The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1894-02-13
GLASGOW WAYS.
Points That Interest an American In the
scotch Metropolis.

Points That Interest an American In the
scotch Metropolis.
Let ne take you tomorrow to see
our municipal bliidine-, and you will
see a palace which cost several millions
Of your collars. of which sum not a
sixpence was stolen nor jobbed. re-
marked Glasgow bailie to a Boston
Herald correspondent. who was. his
guest.
Next morning 1 went TO the munich
pal buildings what we would call the
city hail. writes this correspondent !
fornd the place 40 less palatial than it
bad been described to me. 1t il far and
away the most beautiful building of
the kind ! have ever seen. Its marbles,
it,. stairways. it, 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
4 lovelier dwelling.
There were no loafers in the halls
no large jawed politicians were holding
up the exquisite iron gates; no office
seekers Were spIinklilg the yard with
strong language aud tobacco Juice: the
place was more than respectable-itw was
attractive.
In tins palace of King Demos there
are state al IartmeIts most richly be-
decked; there are drawing room, a
danceroom, u banquet room. and i know
not what, AID these apartments are
used ON festive occasions when official
cItydom is expected 10 disport itself to
the credit of the community which
latter by one. two. three, four or more
thousand representatives comes to Join
in the gayety.
The mayor of Glasgow is called the
lord provost. He is chosen for three
years at nothing a, year He is expect
ed TO live in some state and hospitality
aud TO uphold the gentle dignity of the
town. IL costs him from $40. 600 10
SIS. 600 or s2u. 900 annually to do this,
as circumstances serve. Obviously il Is
easier for rich man than " is for
camel 10 enter the provostship of Glas-
gov. Bnt the Glaswegians propose
that IL the camel be not available, thea
shall not the rich man have ii all his
own way. They talk new uf e6dowing
the proyostship. 80 that the sums nee
essarily spent upon splendor may hence
forth come from the public purse. But
they do not propose Ia give the lord
provost a salary. His. services must be
gratultous as before.
Glasgow is a 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 .
Scotch town seems built to endure.
Wherever you go you find stone Stain
in the buildings Of Glasgow.
The difference between British build
ing and American is not more marked
than in this matter of stone stairways
and brick partition walls-dwelling
houses, mean, ~ we'll rs warehouses.
Deeming 1t 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 1t fronts. You can build mile
high IL you have thoroughfare as wide
a. that.
A capital thing they have in Glasgow
which we have not. The municipality
has constructed q number of bath
houses, fitted with huge white tiled
swimming tanks, each holding from
80, 900 to 100, 900 gallons of water. The
water is kept at a temperature of 20 de-
grees. These baths are open day and
evening throughout the year. The ad-
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 . charge Of
s cents per hour the use Of washing
stall with hot and cold water and steam
drying appliances.