The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-02-20
GLASGOW WAYS.
Points That Interest an American In til
Scotch Metropolis,

Let mo talio you tomorrow to sec
our municipal buildings. and you will
see Il palace which cost several millions
of your dollars. OF which sum not a
siXponcc WAS stolen nor jobbcd." re.
marked IL Glasgow b&ilie to Boston
Herald correspondent. who was his
guest.
Next morning went to tic nunici-
pal buildings what we would call the
city hail, writes this correspondent.
found the place no less palatial than it
had been described to me. 1t is far and
away the most beautiful building of
the kind | have ever seen. Its marbles,
its stairways. its reception rooms. are
exceedingly beautiful; its business
rooms are III admirable taste. Tho
building is the palace of Il king-King
Demos-and no crowned colleague has
Il lovclicr dwelling.
There Were no loafers in the halls:
no large jawed politicians were holding
up the exquisite iron gates; no office
seekers werc sprinklinS the yard with
strong language and tobacco Juice; the
place was moro than respectable-itw was
attractive.
In this palace of King Demos there
are state apartments most richly be-
decked; there are II drawing room, a
danccroom. Il banquet ROOM and know
not what, and these apartments are
used OH festive occasions when official
citydom is expected TO disport itself to
the credit of the COMMUNICATIVE
latter by one, two, three, four or more
thousand representatives comes to Join
i'll the gayety.
The mayor of Glasgow is called tho
lord provost. He is chosen for three
years at nothing year. He is expect
ed to live i'll some state and hospitality
and to uphold the gentle dignity of the
town. 1t costs him from $40, 900 to
$4,000 or $40, 900 annually to do this,
as circumstances serve. Obviously it IS
easier for rich man than it is for
camel to enter the provostship of Glas-
gov. But the Glaswegians propose
that if the camel be not available, then
shall not the rich man have it all his
own way. They talk now Of endowing
tho provostship, SO that the sums nee
essarily spent upon splcndor may hence
forth come from the public purse. But
they do not propose to give the lord
provost Il salary. His services must be
gratuitous as before.
Glasgow is solid looking town.
Every building is of stone, after the
Scotch way. One rarely sees brick in
Scotland. The ribs of the hills are dug
out for building withal, so that Il
Scotch town seems built to endure.
Wherever you 80 You find stone stairs
III the buildings of Glasgow.
The difference between British build
ing and American is not more marked
than III this matter of stone stairways
and brick partition walls-dwelline
houses, l mean, us we'll rs warehouses.
Dceming 1t necessary to prevent the
construction of sky cleaving buildings.
which shut out light, air and every
thing but ugliness, the Glasgow folk
enacted Il law that no building shall be
higher than the width of the street OH
which 1t fronts. You can build a mile
high II yOu have Il thoroughfare us wide
as that.
a capital thing they have III G lasgow
which we have not. The municipalitv
has constructed number of bath
houses, fitted with huge white tiled
swimming tanks. each holding from
$4,000 to 100, 900 gallons Of water. The
water is kept at il temperature of 70 de-
grces. These baths are open day and
evening throughout the year. The adj
mission to these baths is 4 cents per per-
son. Half IL million bathcrs use these
tanks i'll il year. Connected with the
bath buildings are washhouses where
workingmcn 5 wives do their family
laundry work, having for Il charge of
cents per hour the use Of IL washing
stall with hot and cold water and steam
drying appliances.