“On seeing how they are arranged helter-skelter in all sizes and how they make streets crooked and unequal, one would say that chance, rather than the will of a few men using reason, has thus disposed them.”
“Inefficiency and disorder reigned over far too much of the city. An inescapable example of this was the helter-skelter arrangement of railroad freight yards and terminals.”
“Those clear summits had a siren way with them, and we were almost persuaded to hitch on our rucksacks and make a helter-skelter dash for them without more ado.”