, 1874-12-08
Beauty Of tic Now stroet-Arohiteo-
turo,
Business In f" the Hubs and Through
out Massachusetts.
One Hundred and Twenty Tlioti-
sand People in tho Stnto
Out OF Work.

l,c Tvro,t,n Bureau hero, Hni1 to Yo,1r corro-
snoni1nnt HOMO ttrco years ago,-speaktuR Of
fino piece Of bualrcss- known aa Tho
acathodrat BLOCH, ,"-tat, IN old days, ntoii built
cathodra1a to tho honor Of God; now, thoY aro
dceirncd for tho worship of Mammoth" Tho
earcaHm ia nj apt as was that Of JOHN lliskla
wbcn ho said "t;od shows what lilo thinks OF
riches BY tho kind Of mon l,o gives theM TO-"
TIL: NEW NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Of Boston Utmost relieves tho osthctic nltld from
Its usual contompt for moro wealth. 1t IL worth
something to DO rich whom 1t onablos thoao
go endowed to rear euch monuments TO
tasto md harmony III now cover tho
Burnt District" In ono Of my occasional
visits here, witnessed that mighty cou1lagra-
ton, Less than twelve mouths 1ator, saw iho
district in Which 1t occurred "pinplo osor with
Tim beginnings OF construction. I think tho
ruins of fire wore far mora picturesque tllan tho
iur1b1cs Of reconstruction. But now, again re-
fracinc my stopa to the :" Hull" for bricf
Walt, | find myself onrnptured with the a1porb
bIocke of buildiuga which hayo nrlsen Oh every
band.
1 ,,aye long held to tho belief that Dem ocratio
lfo. such as ours, with ita wontlro1is akfos and
broad out-of-doors, our vast continental spaoos
to breathe in,-n,ust brood its own art as vol ns
,itcratu;o Much of tho formor muat be spec
tacular in character. Architecture aad aculp-
turo aro It's m,1acs and fnndluaidone. An oitr
lilo iB that Of tho people, ous palaces ute to DO
devoted to usos. Industry and cointneroo, With
education md government, will clalsn tho AiHI-
est service. Our etrcot.arclfitacuro Ia to be. III
INV ludgn1out, tho moat attractive III tho world:
il.ro, then, In Goston's ncw ktrrctH, ! tlntl
r;,,rl,i;l iltnatratoAs. II. W Maklaulo do Staol
unre sad " Architecture il
rnuZrN Mug1c,"
eurety t..orc arc all forms OF that Divine
lnlCuaCy "tlaxi,!G OUT In thege buildings. Ono
u3uvt 10 elus.ful ovon fur iiro. when It's puril-
cation Eccon,sJ cstllGsio. a'ld, III proving that
tho sul;. giAy hs,d SsA.,i!s could not withstand
thu Aan!n claaied tho ground which 1t cumhersd
ard ren,aSsd iicu. tho atmosphere h'ioS that
nale /. grtrn s,,.:bre leaving to tho oyo the soft
tolca with wh:cA everywhere tue new beilulitga
b:!G,!t it.
To dco2 typeroolo md como to ao'id fact, 1t
Mould l.sta!y 1n poaelblo to maAo QUO reaIizo.
nei9r pcstion OF the new buildings which cover
tls - burnt District" aad afford striking lnon-
uuant ot BOTH the taato ansl enterprise Of this
oit7. III dIuezrlding rho inGonptab!o granite,
lint 90 oiton darlHn tho sli:a. tho nrct'itcctB
ha;o elao discarded tho lEuaaeds," aud. III
Eroat part, MI tho
Ptr1ArLE ATTEMPTS At THE !" nl:Sa!asAEcE "
uty!e Of construction, which Nr. htnllett Affects
40 mach. Tho Reualrsaoco hcfapgs to Tho
Borrboaa aud llapshussa, TO the sea8uous and
1a5auched nonatGilted, and hnn nlwaya nrl erred
10 mo bastard in :ho u!llat Of Republican, sur
rouudinsn. It ia tho Are.iscs.uye OF tho Aspgs.
HLcu in their deculcrco,-~o floynlty on !" q
bendes" mud teuling III rneret:lcicus coverings
i, Na Aebauch. Mg theme ~, however, not
fings In tho ordinary sonao. j" 1t IL better to
DO q King among thr1 4 King oyor forty mill
luns, 80 ct least 6ni! Democratic mystic to
Mo On QUO occasion. Looking nj Tho promise Of
lhis city aud OF Others fountain in Cincin-
mutt, your own phtunfx-!llie structures, tiloso
towering in DroatlWay,-l call reallze, Ill some
dcsroc, wlat ho meant.
but % return have bcon most struck, IN
oil the delight whtci, Inns attended tho Wander
il1gs Of the paat few days, at tho
soFg AND uAa:NoNIous TONES
woyan iuto the atmoBplero by tho building ma
terlals used. As I haye saist, tho iuhospltablo
grauits has vanished. mud III itB nfacb arc ereat
blocks Of Vermont nlurblc, soft aud white, alter
Tie Academy Of Dosigp ii. Nev York; or, better
still, long roys Of werIn. creanl-lued stone,
like tho bloom Of q tca-rosaa .pctata. Tlis
material is not III light as tho hno brick Which III
churuing. Whether used Us. i!sclf. or to
solteu and ennanco tho brick Which hat
hee. profusely used, this material Ia Of tho heR!
character. There ia another ssono in usc herc
which lnvo noser aeon before .,, It Is M sand, N
soft 1ose-rod, It belongs to tho same group II
tho Seucca sandstone Of Washington /; but it Il
10 much softer in color as to plcase, not of1ent
tho eye III that does.
Altogether. except in tho p,atsor OF Widening
tho strootB. Boston has gloricd in hor oppor
t,1nities, aud nat!o tho best uaa of tlon,. sho Il
to be excused. aud probably approved, for rotnu,
ing to stra!ghton theus- II i waa tho price o.
jnid That pravontcd doing oil TINT WAS wished
ono may bo grateful, because tho form Of tl'
streets ndds greatly to tho unexpected Flsta
down and ut Which ono gazcs in oyoty turn Q
tho improved mazo TINT will always eo known tt
Leaving It's prooincts, aud wandering toward
tho Charles River, ono could almost 1layc tl,t
larlbool to sigh for another fire, which ehoult
burn out tho fostering mass Of old and dilapt
dRtod atructurca tint arp seen on every hand.
BUSINESS IN TUE uun
is bottor than In Gothnm. 10 much BeomH Ger
tain, comparative aB tlat mRy DO. l speak no"
from tho standpoint Of tho employed. Their
has not been IN Boston itaelf inviting ike tn
too frequent in Now York Of late: Tho fac
OF which speak ID largely duo to tn
amount Of binding TINT has becln. mt
~ II bse GaF as os Doea ssff areoy yhseSn reeSSsst
cd. there ia still n good deal DOING. and to b'
done. Tho mouoy spout for and by builders ant
workmen haa mado O. considerable degroa o
prosperity oil around tho city: There IL . larg'
yillagea and towns within 60 miles. In Eas
noston, Cholsea, atld along tho wharyo6,- tll
occupations dependent for aotiyity ou inyoAt
mont and thriving commerce. ,-thcro IL ms groa
gtill, the larGo aetiyity OF tho building trale
mnkes considerable bulwnrlt to tho poor nnt
toiIor. Tho 1nachino.shops, sIiip-yards, repair
chops, md similar industries, aro nonrly MI ia!o
10 whole or part. Boston, Just nov, IL suffering
1p0at from .......
ExTEn1oR EXAMINATION.
In conversation WITH the o!llcarao Of tho Duren,
Of Labor statsticst tho Htato Police, tho Uoart
at htnto Charities, and other porBo.s, public ans
private, wl!oee positions render thoir Judgment
(tcxtlia} aro really royiving; TINT tho loss to th
labor In In iss lessening, aud not lts eosaaon
tho stoto,-ron, loasl,or, md boota and n,ocH.-
there Is h!uaost eesap!eta ategnatlon. Tne M latte
thn othor to a. much asu, moro. UnHltil!ut Iabo
IL, therefore, very badly of, aud tue State |
saarming with mon WHO hayo Gean q attr,sto ,te
Eoin. on, md by other activities, but NOR
Iargoly by Tho fact TINT thc1o was leeH dHttos
hbre thai, elsewhere.
1t IL Tho loss Of limo, or tho lcnsening Of pro
ductiol, from which
LABoN HAS RUYEEREp Mogr.
Tho cersua Of 1910 gives tho number Of ctr