The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1894-03-21
GLASGOW WAYS.

Points That Interest an American In the
scotch Metropolis.
LET me take you tomorrow to see
our municipal buildings, and yOu will
see a palace which cost several millions
of your dollars, of which sum not a
sixpence was stolen nor jobbed, re-
marked a Glasgow bailie TO a Boston
Herald correspondent, who was his
guest.
Next morning / went TO the munich
pal buildings-what we would call the
city hall. writes this correspondent. j
found the place no less palatial than 1t
had been described to me. 1t is far and
AVA 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 a king-king
Demos-and no crowned colleague has
Q l~ovelier dwelling.
There were no loafers in the halls;
no large jawed politicians We're holding
mp the exquisite iron gates; no Office
seekers We're spTinkling the yard with
strong language and tobacco juice; the
place was more than respe. tablet was
attractive.
In this palace Of Kin Demos there
are state apartments .ust richly be-
decked; there are a 4 awing roUIn, a
danceroom, a banquetT ON, and know
not what, and these apartments are
used on festive OcCa rOns when official
citydom is expected disport itself 10
the credit of the c mmunity-whiCh
latter by one, two. hree, four or more
thousand represent Gives comes 70 join
in the gayety.
The mayor Of Glasgow is called the
lord provost. Il. i chosen for three
years at nothing a year. He is expect
ed TO live in some state and hospitality
and TO uphold the gentle dignity of the
town. 1t costs him from $40. 900 TO
SIS, 900 or $50. 900 annually to do this.
as circumstances serve. Obviously IL l.
easier for a rich man than 1t is for
camel to enter the provostship Of Glas-
gov. But the Glaswegians propose
that if the camel be not available, thea
shall not the rich man have il all his
own way. They talk now Of endowing
the provostship. so that the sums nee
e~ssarily spent upon splendor may hence
forth come from the publIc purse. But
they do not propose 10 give the ioid
provost "A salary. his services must la
gratulr5us d before.
Glasgow IS a -..I looking town.
Every building Is OF ,tana, after L.
Scotch way. One T~-.I- brick lI
Scotland. The ribs ~ 2. H.'s az 4:
out for building wit. . sG that a
Scotch town seems ju..r I'D end -..
Wherever you 20 you l.3 stone -ta.rs
in the buila -s gi GIa-g.#.
The differ nee L.t3eaa I-i,i-l aui.l-
ing and American j. Ia, l4ule l|Hsaae!
than IN this matter Of stone s~tasgHIys
and brick partition withdrawing
houses. | mean. As well as warehouses.
Deeming II necessary 10 prevent the
construction Of sky cleaving buildings.
which smut out light, air and every
thing bat ugliness. the Glasgow folk
enacted a law that no building shall be
higher than the width of the street on
which it fronts. You can build a mile
high if You have a thoroughfare as wide
as thar.
A capital thing they nave in Glasgow
which WI have not. The municipality
has constructed a number of bath
houses. fitted with huge white tiled
swimming tanks, each holding from
80, 900 10 100, 900 gallonso 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 4 cents per per-
son. Half a million bathers Use these
tanks in a year. Connected with the
bath buildings are w~ashhouses where
w~orkingmen's wives do their family
laundry work, having for a charge Of
5 cents per hour the use of a washing
stall with hot and cold water and steam
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