Chapter I: Preface

It has occurred to the author very often that a volume presenting the peculiar features, favorite resorts and distinguishing characteristics, of the leading cities of America, would prove of interest to thousands who could, at best, see them only in imagination, and to others, who, having visited them, would like to compare notes with one who has made their PECULIARITIES a study for many years.

A residence in more than a hundred cities, including nearly all that are introduced in this work, leads me to feel that I shall succeed in my purpose of giving to the public a book, without the necessity of marching in slow and solemn procession before my readers a monumental array of time-honored statistics; on the contrary, it will be my aim, in the following pages, to talk of cities as I have seen and found them in my walks, from day to day, with but slight reference to their origin and past history.

WILLARD GLAZIER.

22 Jay Street,
ALBANY, _September 24, 1883_.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

Portrait of the Author (Steel) FRONTISPIECE.
PAGE
State Street and Capitol, Albany, N. Y. 34
Boston, as Viewed from the Bay 38
Soldiers' Monument at Buffalo, N. Y. 62
View of Baltimore, from Federal Hill 92
View of the Battery, Charleston, South Carolina 108
Garden at Mount Pleasant, opposite Charleston, S. C. 112
Custom House, Charleston, South Carolina 116
Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, South Carolina 120
Public Square and Perry Monument, Cleveland, Ohio 150
Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 156
Bird's-eye View of Chicago, from the Lake Side 160
Burning of Chicago, the World's Greatest Conflagration 164
Grand Pacific Hotel, Chicago 170
Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Michigan 192
Harrisburg and Bridges over the Susquehanna 200
Jackson Square and Old Cathedral, New Orleans 274
Mardi Gras Festival, New Orleans 278
Bird's-eye View of New York 296
New York and Brooklyn Bridge 318
Pittsburg and its Rivers 336
Night Scene in Market Square, Portland, Maine 360
Old Independence Hall, Philadelphia 370
Masonic Temple, Philadelphia 378
Girard Avenue Bridge, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia 394
View of Providence, Rhode Island, from Prospect Terrace 400
Tabernacle and Temple, Salt Lake City 440
Seal Rocks from the Cliff House, near San Francisco 462
Levee and Great Bridge at St. Louis 492
Shaw's Garden at St. Louis, Missouri 502
University of Toronto, Canada 524
East Front of Capitol at Washington 538
State, War and Navy Departments, Washington, D. C. 546

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.--ALBANY.

From Boston to Albany.--Worcester and Pittsfield.--The Empire
State and its Capital.--Old Associations.--State Street.--
Sketch of Early History.--Killian Van Rensselaer.--Dutch
Emigration.--Old Fort Orange.--City Heights.--The Lumber
District.--Van Rensselaer Homestead.--The New Capitol.--
Military Bureau.--War Relics.--Letter of General Dix.--
Ellsworth and Lincoln Memorials.--Geological Rooms.--The
Cathedral.--Dudley Observatory.--Street Marketing.--Troy and
Cohoes.--Stove Works.--Paper Boats.--Grand Army Rooms.--Down
the Hudson. 25-37

CHAPTER II.--BOSTON.

Geographical Location of Boston.--Ancient Names.--Etymology
of the Word Massachusetts.--Changes in the Peninsula.--Noted
Points of Interest.--Boston Common.--Old Elm.--Duel Under
its Branches.--Soldiers' Monument.--Fragmentary History.--
Courtship on the Common.--Faneuil Hall and Market.--Old State
House.--King's Chapel.--Brattle Square Church.--New State
House.--New Post Office.--Old South Church.--Birthplace of
Franklin.--"News Letter."--City Hall.--Custom House.--
Providence Railroad Station.--Places of General Interest. 38-56

CHAPTER III.--BUFFALO.

The Niagara Frontier.--Unfortunate Fate of the Eries.--The
Battle of Doom.--Times of 1812.--Burning of Buffalo.--Early
Names.--Origin of Present Name.--Growth and Population.--
Railway Lines.--Queen of the Great Lakes.--Fort Porter and
Fort Erie.--International Bridge.--Iron Manufacture.--Danger
of the Niagara.--Forest Lawn Cemetery.--Decoration Day.--
The Spaulding Monument.--Parks and Boulevard.--Delaware
Avenue.--On the Terrace.--Elevator District.--Church and
Schools.--Grosvenor Library.--Historical Rooms.--Journalism.--
Public Buildings.--City Hall.--Dog-carts and their Attendants. 57-71

CHAPTER IV.--BROOKLYN.

Brooklyn a Suburb of New York.--A City of Homes.--Public
Buildings.--Churches.--Henry Ward Beecher.--Thomas De
Witt Talmage.--Theodore L. Cuyler, D.D.--Justin D. Fulton,
D.D.--R. S. Storrs, D.D.--Navy Yard.--Atlantic Dock.--
Washington Park.--Prospect Park.--Greenwood Cemetery.--
Evergreen and Cyprus Hills Cemeteries.--Coney Island.--
Rockaway.--Staten Island.--Glen Island.--Future of Brooklyn. 72-84

CHAPTER V.--BALTIMORE.

Position of Baltimore.--Streets.--Cathedral and Churches.--
Public Buildings.--Educational Institutions.--Art
Collections.--Charitable Institutions.--Monuments.--Railway
Tunnels.--Parks and Cemeteries.--Druid Hill Park.--Commerce
and Manufactures.--Foundation of the City.--Early History.--
Bonaparte-Patterson Marriage.--Storming of Baltimore in
1814.--Maryland at the Breaking-out of the Rebellion.--Assault
on Sixth Massachusetts Regiment, in April, 1861.--Subsequent
Events during the War.--Baltimore Proves Herself Loyal.--
Re-union of Grand Army of the Republic in Baltimore,
September, 1882.--Old Differences Forgotten and Fraternal
Relations Established. 85-106

CHAPTER VI.--CHARLESTON.

First Visit to Charleston.--Jail Yard.--Bombardment of the
City.--Roper Hospital.--Charleston During the War.--Secession
of South Carolina.--Attack and Surrender of Fort Sumter.--
Blockade of the Harbor.--Great Fire of 1861.--Capitulation
in 1865.--First Settlement of the City.--Battles of the
Revolution.--Nullification Act.--John C. Calhoun.--Population
of the City.--Commerce and Manufactures.--Charleston Harbor.--
"American Venice."--Battery.--Streets, Public Buildings and
Churches.--Scenery about Charleston.--Railways and Steamship
Lines.--An Ancient Church.--Magnolia Cemetery.--Drives near
the City.--Charleston Purified by Fire. 107-120

CHAPTER VII.--CINCINNATI.

Founding of Cincinnati.--Rapid Increase of Population.--
Character of its Early Settlers.--Pro-slavery Sympathies.--
During the Rebellion.--Description of the City.--Smoke and
Soot--Suburbs.--"Fifth Avenue" of Cincinnati.--Streets,
Public Buildings, Private Art Galleries, Hotels, Churches
and Educational Institutions.--"Over the Rhine."--Hebrew
Population.--Liberal Religious Sentiment.--Commerce and
Manufacturing Interests.--Stock Yards and Pork-packing
Establishments.--Wine Making.--Covington and Newport
Suspension Bridge.--High Water.--Spring Grove Cemetery. 121-139

CHAPTER VIII.--CLEVELAND.

The "Western Reserve."--Character of Early Settlers.--
Fairport.--Richmond.--Early History of Cleveland.--Indians.--
Opening of Ohio and Portsmouth Canal.--Commerce in 1845.--
Cleveland in 1850.--First Railroad.--Manufacturing
Interests.--Cuyahoga "Flats" at Night.--The "Forest City."--
Streets and Avenues.--Monumental Park.--Public Buildings
and Churches.--Union Depot.--Water Rents.--Educational
Institutions.--Rocky River.--Approach to the City.--Freshet of
1883.--Funeral of President Garfield.--Lake Side Cemetery.--
Site of the Garfield Monument. 140-156

CHAPTER IX.--CHICAGO.

Topographical Situation of Chicago.--Meaning of the Name.--
Early History.--Massacre at Fort Dearborn.--Last of the Red
Men.--The Great Land Bubble.--Rapid Increase in Population
and Business.--The Canal.--First Railroad.--Status of
the City in 1871.--The Great Fire.--Its Origin, Progress and
Extent.--Heartrending Scenes.--Estimated Total Loss.--Help
from all Quarters.--Work of Reconstruction.--Second Fire.--
Its Public Buildings, Educational and Charitable Institutions,
Streets and Parks.--Its Waterworks.--Its Stock Yards.--Its
Suburbs.--Future of the City. 157-175

CHAPTER X.--CHEYENNE.

Location of Cheyenne.--Founding of the City.--Lawlessness.--
Vigilance Committee.--Woman Suffrage.--Rapid Increase of
Population and Business.--A Reaction.--Stock Raising.--
Irrigation.--Mineral Resources.--Present Prospects. 176-181

CHAPTER XI--DETROIT.

Detroit and Her Avenues of Approach.--Competing Lines.--
London in Canada.--The Strait and the Ferry.--Music on the
Waters.--The Home of the Algonquins.--Teusha-grondie.--
Wa-we-aw-to-nong.--Fort Ponchartrain and the Early French
Settlers.--The Red Cross of St. George.--Conspiracy of
Pontiac.--Battle of Bloody Run.--The Long Siege.--Detroit's
First American Flag.--Old Landmarks.--The Pontiac Tree.--
Devastation by Fire.--Site of the Modern City.--New City
Hall.--Public Library.--Mexican Antiquities. 182-193

CHAPTER XII.--ERIE.

Decoration Day in Pennsylvania.--Lake Erie.--Natural
Advantages of Erie.--Her Harbor, Commerce and Manufactures.--
Streets and Public Buildings.--Soldiers' Monument.--Erie
Cemetery.--East and West Parks.--Perry's Victory. 194-198

CHAPTER XIII.--HARRISBURG.

A Historic Tree.--John Harris' Wild Adventure with the
Indians.--Harris Park.--History of Harrisburg.--Situation
and Surroundings.--State House.--State Library.--A Historic
Flag.--View from State House Dome.--Capitol Park.--Monument
to Soldiers of Mexican War.--Monument to Soldiers of Late
War.--Public Buildings.--Front Street.--Bridges over the
Susquehanna.--Mt. Kalmia Cemetery.--Present Advantages and
Future Prospects of Harrisburg. 199-206

CHAPTER XIV.--HARTFORD.

The City of Publishers.--Its Geographical Location.--The New
State House.--Mark Twain and the "None Such."--The "Heathen
Chinee."--Wadsworth Atheneum.--Charter Oak.--George H. Clark's
Poem.--Putnam's Hotel.--Asylum for Deaf Mutes.--The Sign
Language.--A Fragment of Witchcraftism.--Hartford
_Courant_.--The Connecticut. 207-215

CHAPTER XV.--LANCASTER.

First Visit to Lancaster.--Eastern Pennsylvania.--Conestoga
River.--Early History of Lancaster.--Early Dutch Settlers.--
Manufactures.--Public Buildings.--Whit-Monday.--Home of
three Noted Persons.--James Buchanan, his Life and Death.--
Thaddeus Stevens and his Burial Place.--General Reynolds
and his Death.--"Cemetery City." 216-221

CHAPTER XVI.--MILWAUKEE.

Rapid Development of the Northwest.--The "West" Forty
Years Ago.--Milwaukee and its Commerce and Manufactures.--
Grain Elevators.--Harbor.--Divisions of the City.--Public
Buildings.--Northwestern National Asylum for Disabled
Soldiers.--German Population.--Influence and Results of German
Immigration.--Bank Riot in 1862.--Ancient Tumuli.--Mound
Builders.--Mounds Near Milwaukee.--Significance of Same.--
Early Traders.--Foundation of the City in 1835.--Excelling
Chicago in 1870.--Population and Commerce in 1880. 222-235

CHAPTER XVII--MONTREAL.

Thousand Islands.--Long Sault Rapids.--Lachine Rapids.--
Victoria Bridge--Mont Real.--Early History of Montreal.--
Its Shipping Interests.--Quays.--Manufactures.--Population.--
Roman Catholic Supremacy.--Churches.--Nunneries.--Hospitals,
Colleges.--Streets.--Public Buildings.--Victoria Skating
Rink.--Sleighing.--Early Disasters.--Points of Interest.--
The "Canucks." 236-247

CHAPTER XVIII.--NEWARK.

From New York to Newark.--Two Hundred Years Ago.--The
Pioneers.--Public Parks.--City of Churches.--The Canal.--
Sailing Up-Hill.--An Old Graveyard.--New Amsterdam and New
Netherlands.--The Dutch and English.--Adventurers from New
England.--The Indians.--Rate of Population.--Manufactures.--
Rank as a City. 248-255

CHAPTER XIX.--NEW HAVEN.

The City of Elms.--First Impressions.--A New England Sunday.--
A Sail on the Harbor.--Oyster Beds.--East Rock.--The Lonely
Denizen of the Bluff.--Romance of John Turner.--West Rock.--
The Judges' Cave.--Its Historical Association.--Escape of
the Judges.--Monument on the City Green.--Yale College.--Its
Stormy Infancy.--Battle on the Weathersfield Road.--Harvard,
the Fruit of the Struggle. 256-263

CHAPTER XX.--NEW ORLEANS.

Locality of New Orleans.--The Mississippi.--The Old and the
New.--Ceded to Spain.--Creole Part in the American Revolution.
Retransferred to France.--Purchased by the United States.--
Creole Discontent.--Battle of New Orleans.--Increase of
Population.--The Levee.--Shipping.--Public Buildings,
Churches, Hospitals, Hotels and Places of Amusement.--
Streets.--Suburbs.--Public Squares and Parks.--Places
of Historic Interest.--Cemeteries.--French Market.--
Mardi-gras.--Climate and Productions.--New Orleans during
the Rebellion.--Chief Cotton Mart of the World.--Exports.--
Imports.--Future Prosperity of the City. 264-280

CHAPTER XXI.--NEW YORK.

Early History of New York.--During the Revolution.--Evacuation
Day.--Bowling Green.--Wall Street.--Stock Exchange.--
Jacob Little.--Daniel Drew.--Jay Cooke.--Rufus Hatch.--
The Vanderbilts.--Jay Gould.--Trinity Church.--John Jacob
Astor.--Post-Office.--City Hall and Court House.--James Gordon
Bennett.--Printing House Square.--Horace Greeley.--Broadway.--
Union Square.--Washington Square.--Fifth Avenue.--Madison
Square.--Cathedral.--Murray Hill.--Second Avenue.--Booth's
Theatre and Grand Opera House.--The Bowery.--Peter Cooper.--
Fourth Avenue.--Park Avenue.--Five Points and its Vicinity.--
Chinese Quarter.--Tombs.--Central Park.--Water Front.--
Blackwell's Island.--Hell Gate.--Suspension Bridge.--Opening
Day.--Tragedy of Decoration Day.--New York of the Present and
Future. 281-318

CHAPTER XXII.--OMAHA.

Arrival in Omaha.--The Missouri River.--Position and
Appearance of the City.--Public Buildings.--History.--Land
Speculation.--Panic of 1857.--Discovery of Gold in Colorado.--
"Pike's Peak or Bust."--Sudden Revival of Business.--First
Railroad.--Union Pacific Railroad.--Population.--Commercial
and Manufacturing Interests.--Bridge over the Missouri.--
Union Pacific Depot--Prospects for the Future. 319-325

CHAPTER XXIII.--OTTAWA.

Ottawa, the Seat of the Canadian Government.--History.--
Population.--Geographical Position.--Scenery.--Chaudiere
Falls.--Rideau Falls.--Ottawa River.--Lumber Business.--
Manufactures.--Steamboat and Railway Communications.--Moore's
Canadian Boat Song.--Description of the City.--Churches,
Nunneries, and Charitable Institutions.--Government
Buildings.--Rideau Hall.--Princess Louise and Marquis
of Lorne.--Ottawa's Proud Boast. 326-331

CHAPTER XXIV.--PITTSBURG.

Pittsburg at Night.--A Pittsburg Fog.--Smoke.--Description of
the City.--The Oil Business.--Ohio River.--Public Buildings,
Educational and Charitable Institutions.--Glass Industry.--
Iron Foundries.--Fort Pitt Works--Casting a Monster Gun.--
American Iron Works.--Nail Works.--A City of Workers.--
A True Democracy.--Wages.--Character of Workmen.--Value of
Organization.--Knights of Labor.--Opposed to Strikes.--True
Relations of Capital and Labor.--Railroad Strike of 1877.--
Allegheny City.--Population of Pittsburg.--Early History.--
Braddock's Defeat.--Old Battle Ground.--Historic Relics.--
The Past and the Present. 332-347

CHAPTER XXV.--PORTLAND.

The Coast of Maine.--Early Settlements in Portland.--Troubles
with the Indians.--Destruction of the Town in 1690.--Destroyed
Again in 1703.--Subsequent Settlement and Growth.--During the
Revolution.--First Newspaper.--Portland Harbor.--Commercial
Facilities and Progress.--During the Rebellion.--Great Fire
of 1866.--Reconstruction.--Position of the City.--Streets.--
Munjoy Hill.--Maine General Hospital.--Eastern and Western
Promenades.--Longfellow's House.--Birthplace of the Poet.--
Market Square and Hall.--First Unitarian Church.--Lincoln
Park.--Eastern Cemetery.--Deering's Woods.--Commercial
Street.--Old-time Mansion.--Case's Bay and Islands.--
Cushing's Island.--Peak's Island.--Ling Island.--Little
Chebague Island.--Harpswell. 348-365

CHAPTER XXVI.--PHILADELPHIA.

Early History.--William Penn.--The Revolution.--Declaration
of Independence.--First Railroad.--Riots.--Streets and
Houses.--Relics of the Past.--Independence Hall.--Carpenters'
Hall.--Blue Anchor.--Letitia Court.--Christ Church.--Old
Swedes' Church.--Benjamin Franklin.--Libraries.--Old Quaker
Almshouse.--Old Houses in Germantown.--Manufactures.--
Theatres.--Churches--Scientific Institutions.--Newspapers.--
Medical Colleges.--Schools.--Public Buildings.--
Penitentiary.--River Front.--Fairmount Park.--ZoAślogical
Gardens.--Cemeteries.--Centennial Exhibition.--
Bi-Centennial.--Past, Present and Future of the City. 366-398

CHAPTER XXVII.--PROVIDENCE.

Origin of the City.--Roger Williams.--Geographical Location
and Importance.--Topography of Providence.--The Cove.--
Railroad Connections.--Brown University.--Patriotism of Rhode
Island.--Soldiers' Monument.--The Roger Williams Park.--
Narragansett Bay.--Suburban Villages.--Points of Interest.--
Butter Exchange.--Lamplighting on a New Plan.--Jewelry
Manufactories. 399-404

CHAPTER XXVIII.--QUEBEC.

Appearance of Quebec.--Gibraltar of America.--Fortifications
and Walls.--The Walled City.--Churches, Nunneries and
Hospitals.--Views from the Cliff.--Upper Town.--Lower Town.--
Manufactures.--Public Buildings.--Plains of Abraham.--Falls of
Montmorenci.--Sledding on the "Cone."--History of Quebec.--
Capture of the City by the British.--Death of Generals Wolfe
and Montcalm.--Disaster under General Murray.--Ceding of
Canada, by France, to England.--Attack by American Forces
under Montgomery and Arnold.--Death of Montgomery.--Capital
of Lower Canada and of the Province of Quebec. 405-414

CHAPTER XXIX.--READING.

Geographical Position and History of Reading.--Manufacturing
Interests.--Population, Streets, Churches and Public
Buildings.--Boating on the Schuylkill.--White Spot and the
View from its Summit.--Other Pleasure Resorts.--Decoration
Day.--Wealth Created by Industry. 415-420

CHAPTER XXX.--RICHMOND.

Arrival in Richmond.--Libby Prison.--Situation of the City.--
Historical Associations.--Early Settlement.--Attacked by
British Forces in the Revolution.--Monumental Church.--
St. John's Church.--State Capital.--Passage of the Ordinance
of Secession.--Richmond the Capital of the Confederate
States.--Military Expeditions against the City.--Evacuation
of Petersburg.--Surrender of the City.--Visit of President
Lincoln.--Historical Places.--Statues.--Rapid Recuperation
After the War.--Manufacturing and Commercial Interests.--
Streets and Public Buildings.--Population and Future
Prospects. 421-432

CHAPTER XXXI.--SAINT PAUL.

Early History of Saint Paul.--Founding of the City.--Public
Buildings.--Roman Catholics.--Places of Resort.--Falls of
Minnehaha.--Carver's Cave.--Fountain Cave.--Commercial
Interests.--Present and Future Prospects. 433-487

CHAPTER XXXII.--SALT LAKE CITY.

The Mormons.--Pilgrimage Across the Continent.--Site of Salt
Lake City.--A People of Workers.--Spread of Mormons through
other Territories.--City of the Saints.--Streets.--Fruit and
Shade Trees.--Irrigation.--The Tabernacle.--Residences of
the late Brigham Young.--Museum.--Public Buildings.--Warm
and Hot Springs.--Number and Character of Population.--
Barter System before Completion of Railroad.--Mormons and
Gentiles.--Present Advantages and Future Prospects of Salt
Lake City. 438-447

CHAPTER XXXIII.--SAN FRANCISCO.

San Francisco.--The Golden State.--San Francisco Bay.--Golden
Gate.--Conquest of California by Fremont, 1848.--Discovery of
Gold.--Rush to the Mines, 1849.--"Forty-niners."--Great Rise
in Provisions and Wages.--Miners Homeward Bound.--Dissipation
and Vice in the City.--Vigilance Committee.--Great Influx of
Miners in 1850.--Immense Gold Yield.--Climate.--Earthquakes.--
Productions.--Irrigation.--Streets and Buildings.--Churches.--
Lone Mountain Cemetery.--Cliff House.--Seal Rock.--Theatres.--
Chinese Quarter.--Chinese Theatres.--Joss Houses.--Emigration
Companies.--The Chinese Question.--Cheap Labor.--"The Chinese
Must Go."--Present Population and Commerce of San Francisco.--
Exports.--Manufactures.--Cosmopolitan Nature of Inhabitants. 448-472

CHAPTER XXXIV.--SAVANNAH.

First Visit to Savannah.--Camp Davidson.--The City During
the War.--An Escaped Prisoner.--Recapture and Final
Escape.--A "City of Refuge."--Savannah by Night.--Position
of the City.--Streets and Public Squares.--Forsyth Park.--
Monuments.--Commerce.--View from the Wharves.--Railroads.--
Founding of the City.--Revolutionary History.--Death of
Pulaski.--Secession.--Approach of Sherman.--Investment of
the City by Union Troops.--Recuperation After the War.--
Climate.--Colored Population.--Bonaventure, Thunderbolt,
and Other Suburban Resorts. 473-486

CHAPTER XXXV.--SPRINGFIELD.

Valley of the Connecticut.--Location of Springfield.--
The United States Armory.--Springfield Library.--Origin
of the Present Library System.--The Wayland Celebration.--
Settlement of Springfield.--Indian Hostilities.--Days of
Witchcraft.--Trial of Hugh Parsons.--Hope Daggett.--
Springfield "Republican." 487-491

CHAPTER XXXVI.--ST. LOUIS.

Approach to St. Louis.--Bridge Over the Mississippi.--View
of the City.--Material Resources of Missouri.--Early History
of St. Louis.--Increase of Population.--Manufacturing and
Commercial Interests.--Locality.--Description of St. Louis
in 1842.--Resemblance to Philadelphia.--Public Buildings.--
Streets.--Parks.--Fair Week.--Educational and Charitable
Institutions.--Hotels.--Mississippi River.--St. Louis During
the Rebellion.--Peculiar Characteristics.--The Future of the
City. 492-510

CHAPTER XXXVII--SYRACUSE.

Glimpses on the Rail.--Schenectady.--Valley of the Mohawk.--
"Lover's Leap."--Rome and its Doctor.--Oneida Stone.--The
Lo Race.--Oneida Community.--The City of Salt.--The Six
Nations.--The Onondagas.--Traditions of Red Americans.--
Hiawatha.--Sacrifice of White Dogs.--Ceremonies.--The Lost
Tribes of Israel.--Witches and Wizards.--A Jules Verne
Story.--The Salt Wells of Salina.--Lake Onondaga.--Indian
Knowledge of Salt Wells.--"Over the Hills and Far Away."--
A Castle.--Steam Canal Boats.--Adieux.--Westward Ho! 511-521

CHAPTER XXXVIII--TORONTO.

Situation of Toronto.--The Bay.--History.--Rebellion of
1837.--Fenian Invasion of 1866.--Population.--General
Appearance.--Sleighing.--Streets.--Railways.--Commerce.--
Manufactures.--Schools and Colleges.--Queen Park.--
Churches.--Benevolent Institutions.--Halls and Other
Public Buildings.--Hotels.--Newspapers.--General
Characteristics and Progress. 522-527

CHAPTER XXXIX.--WASHINGTON.

Situation of the National Capital.--Site Selected by
Washington.--Statues of General Andrew Jackson, Scott,
McPherson, Rawlins.--Lincoln Emancipation Group.--Navy Yard
Bridge.--Capitol Building.--The White House.--Department
of State, War and Navy.--The Treasury Department.--Patent
Office.--Post Office Department.--Agricultural Building.--
Army Medical Museum.--Government Printing Office.--United
States Barracks.--Smithsonian Institute.--National Museum.--
The Washington Monument.--Corcoran Art Gallery.--National
Medical College.--Deaf and Dumb Asylum.--Increase of
Population.--Washington's Future Greatness. 528-558