, 1872-11-18

mass, strong as. a citadel. Nearer WAS the Gus
tom House. lifting it's low round dome near sne
a large brick block stood perfect as before the
fire. Outside the waste we're tho
5HRIEES OF THE CITY, ALL UNTOucHED.-
Faneuil Hall; the little old gabley State House
where the Boston Massacre was enacted; tne
thin stretch Of roofs between the burnt district
and the Common, where the Old North Church
steep1e held it's place among the graves a. "nsa
Paul Revere used it for signal-toWer. beneatn
us, Clipped and scrawny at the corner neafest
the fire, the great, empty Post othce $1,000 un7
finished.
'sThere,"' said my guide, "you see what But
1ers Cape Ann quarry is good for. LOOK acr9ss tas
DevonEhire street, right opposite US, and see the
Lawrence building, with it's cursed oo1nes anu'
towers Of wood cut by the gig-BaW., NY once
paper offices on Washington street would hayo
gone. and the fire might have broken thfougn to
the CoLnmoni
sDid It blow hard that night ?" I said to Mr.
Smart, the city editor. oa
the remainder Of the town. They used gun
powder with decided effect
ONLY IN TWO 1NsTASCEs.
At or o'clock Sunday morning, they pew
up a block on Kilby street, a lev doore 1lom
opposite Lindall. Those two holes arrested
tie extension of the fire when it burnt up to
them about 10 o'clock The rest OF the hre
was chiefly the burning out OF what vas aIeaoy
aaame. Up yonder at summer me- afare aaa "ssn sndsv
midnight, which swept off another million;
II was on this roof the better part OF Sunday
night " said Mr. Greene. The wooden MaasaIds
took ire ike the wick Of candle; the scutties
and elovator-ways gave draft; and gfanlse walls,
like those you see behind us, dropped down to
their Easements while scarcely yet ablaze' Inc
streams of water thrown up here we're mere
nothinpg. We fought the blaze from the lnsloe
with prizes and picks, tearing down everything
that savored Of wood; and We we're tWo OF 'nee
times afire, but got it out every time.'
THE GREATEST LOSERS.
aWho WIS the greatest of all losers IN Bos-
ton ?" asked.
sit is impossible to know. The heirs OF
David Sears probably lost the greatest amouns
of building ediice, but the greater losses we're
in goods and there it is difficult to arbitrate be-
tween stock, consignments, and insurance. we
have settled down to the belief that the ire m
burned over 60 acres, and destroyed S79'ooo,ooo
Il How Win it fall upon the town."
stIt will probably come harder upon 1t three
weeks hence than at present." .,
(which interest has suffered most
ssWool and boot and shoe cleaned out; dry
goods next to cleaned OUT"
TUESDAY NIGHT
Having described part of my romaunt Mon
dsy night, will take up Tuesday night as
social Continuance of the same theme. Monday
night had been lively night, the streets 1uA OF
gazing people from town ana county, ~ sa;r,at-
ment Of all social affairs, it was thought that
Tuesday night would show 8 re-enllvened CITY
and early IN the evening, the stores and theatres
we're made ready for entertainment, and the
promenade began. But at the fall Of dark 1t was
found that the gas burned worse than the night
before it would scarcely burn at all al u
o'clock it had
ALL GONE OUT,
and the streets were clad in darkness, Ike tnose
OF old London when highwaynen sWarmed, ana
guarded and surrounded with fanbeaux-men'
little light was reflected from the now smoulder-
ing and nearly spent ruins, and the narrow az
teries between the Common and the revere
House, where the homeward-bound, the be!ateo,
and theidle and cyprian class walk we're filed wlth
dim candle-lighted windows in forlornnoae OF
feeling, until those who meditated folly or crime
we're dispersed by peremptory rain, and tnen
the street-cars rolled slowly and crowded 70 sno
and this city exported, in prior time sta'goo w.,
worth Of candles annually. A city with plg
hole burnt in it where the driving wheel
used to stand will feel its injury sooner or
later; but the absenco OF modern nght Z, IL e
sullen and forward spirit to Geek worse company
than his own, repaired to his lodging, "ath .
couple Of candles in his pocket, and Listened 70
the steam fire engines footing IN the da1k uke ,9
| steamboats, in fog, and to the monotonous roll
| Of militia drums as they marched to change
guard in the burnt district, and to rushing wafer
| from the hose-pipes and the patter OF 1ain.
| This WAS the hour Of relief for us to aak
| WHAT WAS THIS BOSTON
| that had nearly been wiped out OF the world!
It WAS city Of $50, 600 souls, which had g3ow1na 1a
! nearly $4,000 since 1850, and in the year 1ooo
had but 1000 people. It had been settlement
more than ESQ years, and WIS the first ID mari
time and commercial place; and nearly &C eenen3s n
| Ished the first newspaper on the Amenean sa
Continent. It was the turbulent cradle Of the
| War Of Independence and by the year loV1 II
owned one-third OF all the shipping in tbs
! United States. NM
| In 1922, Boston became city, dividing Il, 0oc
votes on the proposition, although IN the t1rs'
year Of Washington's Administration, it had CON
tanned but Il, 900 people:
It was, at the time OF the ire, possessed o.
S585, ,000 600 Of property and wealth, increase
OF more than 100 per cent in ton years; anc
each inhabitant, counted pro rata, was "ortt
$4,000.
It had also become = very different city IT
Typographical outline from its ancient seh, naH ao;
ing reclaimed $50 acres from the sea, or ao|
more than we're burned over in the tire
and by suburban reclamations Of Back Bays
and the annexation Of it's suburbs, it had n, IN,
creased from it's original $50 acres to 1o,iil
acres. ali we'll populated. OF this the great trf
burned over less than one-hundredth part, o.
about 80 acres; and, Of the wealth OF Boston
one-seventh, or little more than years. increase
! Of wealth IN the current period.
| TIE BUSINESS OF BOSTON.
Boston's career had been diverted from the ses
to the land by natural causes, and the effect o1
legislation OF it's own seeking; but its imports
at the time Of the fire we're about 355, ,0ou 0ol
| worth, and its exports about 315, ,000, ,0o0. Ihe
total movement of tonna age from its doors Was
about 800, 900 tons, with 5 400 arrivals and de-
partures Of vessels per annum; bnt the vesselF
entered far exceeded in business those clearing
for foreign ports. As home port of vessels
Boston has 40,000 tonnage, or four times
more than Chicago; and -. nearly &
steamers and above $40 sailing vessels
are registered here. It's larger mercantile
moorings seemed also to be slipping toward NeV
York, which had the advantage OF 1t in fulle'
railway connections to wider market. Boston
maintained eight railways, and had steatn coast
wise lines no farther south than Norfolk, ane
westward only to the British Provinces, excep
one weekly steamship to Liverpool, which feeble
tenure on Europe it had all but lost. It bar
100000 of coastwise steam tonnage arriving
and departing annually, but its great India com
merce had dropped to 16, 900 tons.
But the trade in boots and shoes, leather, ant
wool, and materials for use to do manufactures
Boston still kept in an eminent degree, and it,
banking and reserve capital was very, formida
| blo op3 xr;f3a1v invaatai Tt raYA shape ant