The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-11-11
street block Of fifteen wide md high stoses-
the best example In Boston of wholesale
warehouses. Beyond ti;is block Is THIS new

! warehouses. Beyond this block Is tbs new
marginal Atlantic avenue. which IS TO akirs
| the city on the water side. FgGug in tlss
| opposite direction we see tie old State House
| in the centre of the street, and are looking
directly into tie square where the hrnous
Boston massacre took place March D, ITO.
On either side or the street ara fine struc,
| lures, some Of them devoted to mercantile
| purposes, but the most to banking, insurance,
lawyers. and brokers' offices and the Ike.
On the lett are the central Office Of The Wet
ern Union Telegraph Company and the post
Office, soon to be removed 20 the new building
on DeyoRshire street. We pass row ID
the rear, of the custom-bonse into India
street, thence up MIX street short distance
into Broad. tn this section are tfie great
i wholesale grocery establi shments. Passing
through Broad to Oliver street, thence up
Oliver to High street, we are now In the
Fort Hill district, where bigk hHi covered
with dwellings has been completely Ieyeiied.
and Will henceforward be devoted Co bust.
ness purposes. Passing through High street
we come to Pearl--a street devoted thronRhoIs
It's whole length to the boot and shoe trade.
in which Boston takes the lead. we cross
Congress street a little farther on and come
to Federal street, Oh both Of which very
large business Is done in wool, Boston being
tho headquarters of that trade In the col,n.
try. Continuing still OH High street, at Sum.
u,er street we come into the district devoted
to dry goods. We pass up Summer street
between rows of very elegant aud spacious
stores. On the left Is Chauncy stree
and on the right Devonshirs street. both
given up to dry goods and clothing estab.
llshments. We take Devonshlre street, md
crossing Franklin, which, for It's noticeable
granite structures, Ia probably unexoellcd by
any business street In tile world, pass by
'lte magnificent new post-ofties TO WAtev
street, aud through the latter street TO WASH
tugtpn. He have now made the circuit OF
tho greater part Of tho wholesale district of
the city. Nearly opposite Water Is School
street, through which we now pass. On the
right VIC see the magnificent City Hsit and
the aDcient Kings Chapel, and OH the LEFT the
celebrated Parker House. 0nturnIng to tho
left into fremont st;eeS we find on tho right
Ehc fremont House, n large aud elegant stone.
front hotel Of the first class; the aranary'
buryipg-ground,t ethird tablshed In Bos-
ton, aud Park-Street church. On the LEFT arg
fremont Temple, the Horticultural Hall, the
Studio building, and the publbhipg.house Of
], K. Osgood & CO, Winter street, which
comes into fremont Just below the head Of
the Common, Is great street for ladies' sliop-
ping, and the Music Hall, containing the
"Great Organ" Is on court Just of Winter
street, on The left 81 enc faces Washington
street. Next GENES Temple Place, where are
aoHa line business structures. We have meme
while passed st. Paufs EplseopaD church.
and the United States court. house, on the
corner Of Temple Place. Continuing stu
OH fremont street, we pass the beautiful
marble building occupied by tho Mason aud
Hanlln Cabinet Organ Company, aud come
TO the foot Of the Common. Hers we sec
several very fius buildings: CD the north
east ,rrer of fremont and BoylstoD streets
Is the Masonic Tenn IL, dedicated In; 1861 |;
| on the sou. least corner is the Hotel BOylston,
one of the most elegant French tlathotels In
| the city. owned by The Hon. Charles Francis
Albums; on the southwest corner Is tho Hotel
Pelham, the pioneer IL Boston OF tho fat"
system, and famous from having been moved
back bodily twenty feet, when fremont
street was wideued, without disturb.
ing the occupants Of the house; the
next building but one, passing down BoylStou
street, opposite tie Common, is the Public
LibrAry, to be mentioned again. Turning
now away from the Common into Boylston
street, we reach Washington street, and,
turning to the left, we follow 1t to Cornhlll.
On the right we pass the Globo Theatre. A
| little further on the left we come to the fne
building of the Mercantile Savings 1nstitu-
ton ard the Boston Theatre. We are now
In the great retail district of the city. Sew
elal buildings may be mentioned rs worthy
Of attention: The great wholesale and retail
dry goods establishment Of Jordan, Marsh 81
Co. the marble building on the right, oecu.
pied by MacuIlar, Williams & sParkers
clothing store the Old South church the
Transcript, Journal, and Globe oftices--al
on the same side; and OH the left, The Old
Corner Bookstore, ut the corner OF School
street, and several other much more recent
and elegant buildings.