The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-01-25
GLASGOW WAYS.
Points That Interest an American In the.
Scotch Metropolis.

Points That Interest an American In the
Scotch Metropolis.
"Let me tako you tomorrow to see
our municipal buildings, and you will
see palace which cost several millions
of your dollars, of which sum not a
sixpence was stolen nor iobbed, re-
marked a Glasgow bailie to Boston
Herald correspondent, who was his
guest.
Next morning went to the munich
pal buildings-whatw we would call the
city hall, 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 in admirable taste. The
building is the palace of king King
Demos and no crowned colleague has
a loyelier dwelling.
There were no loafers in the halls;
no large jawed politicians were holding
up the exquisite iron gates; no Office
seekers were sprinkhng the yard with
strong language and tobacco juice; the
place was more than respectable-it was
attractive.
In this palace of Kin, Denies there
are state apartments most richly be-
decked; there ARK a diving room, n
| danceroom, aka fr,at-E2ut Lao
not what, -
used ON feSuve oC>, ..a
citydom is expected 10 G4as .u4I l., 80,
the credit of the community W
latter by one, two, three, four or l.
thousand representatives cogil3 to ~ .
in the gayety.
The mayor of Glasgl 'lsc.li t..z.
lord provost. He is
years at nothing a y ~. -, .,
ed to live in some state aad l.
and to uphold the gentle dig1ity u .s-.
town. 1t costs him frull /; 49,. e..
$15, 900 or $40, 900 annually
as circumstances serve. ObvI,
easier for a rich man than 1t Is =
camel to enter the provostship of Gl
cow. But the Glaswegians propos
that if the camel be not available, theA
shall not the rich man have it all his
own way. They talk now of eniowing
the proyostship, so that the sus rs ~
essarily spent upon splendor may heEc,
forth come from the public purse. Ell
they do not propose to give the lord
provost a salary. His services must DO
gratuitous as before.
Glasgow is solid looking town
Every building is of stone, after tt,
Scotch way. One rarely sees brick j..
Scotland. The ribs of the hills are d.
out for building withal. so that a
Scotch town seems built to endure.
Wherever you go you find stone stairs
in the build. Igs of Glasgow.
The difference between British build,
ing and American is not more MAJ ked
than in this matter of stone stairways
and brick partition walls-dwelling
houses, mean, as we'll as warehouses.
Deeming it necessary to prevent the
construction of sky cleaving buildings,
which shut out light, air and every
thing but ugliness, the Glasgow folk
enacted law that no building shall be
higher than the width of the street ON
which it fronts. You can build mile
high if you have a thoroughfare as wide
as that.
A capital thirg they have in Glasgow
which we have not. The municipality
has constructed a number Of bath
houses, fitted with huge white tiled
swimming tanks, each holding from
80, 900 to 100, 600 gallons of water. The
water is kept at temperature of 70 de-
grees. These baths are open day and
evening throughout the year. The adj
mission to these baths is cents per per-
son. Half million bathers use these
tanks in year. Connected with the
bath buildings are washhouses where
workingmen's wives do their family
laundry work, having for a charge of
8 cents per hour the use Of washing
stall with hot and cold water and steam
driving appliances.