The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1894-02-08
GLASGOW WAYS.
FONTS That Interest an American III tho
Scotch Metropolis.


FONTS That Interest an American In tho
Scotch Metropolis.
LET mo tako you tomorrow to SEQ
our municipal buildings, and you will
sec palace which cost several millions
Of your dollars, Of which sum not Il
sixponce was stolen nor jobbcd," re-
marked Glasgow bailio to Boston
Herald correspondent, who was his
guest.
Next morning won't to tho munich
PM buildings-what wo would call the
city hall, writes this correspondent. l
found the place no less palutial than it
had been described to me. 1t is far and
away the most beautiful building Of
tho kind havo cvor seen. It's marbles,
Its stairways, it's reception rooms, arc
exceedingly beautiful; it's business
rooms arc in admirable tasto. The
building is the palace Of 1.ing-King
Demos-and no crowned colleague has
lovelier dwelling.
There were no loafers in tho halls;
no largo jawcd politicians were holding
up tho exquisite iron gates; no Office
seekers wcro sprinkling the yard with
strong language and tobacco juice; tho
place was more than rcspectable--itw was
attractive.
In this palace Of King Demos there
are state apartments most richly be-
decked; there are drawing room, a
danceroom, Il banquet room, and know
not what, and these apartments arc
used Oh festive occasions when official
citydom is expected to disport itself to
1,a nrnlif OF hn
latter by ono. two, three, four or moro
thousand representatives comes to join
In the gayety.
The mayor Of Glasgow is called tho
lord provost. Ho is chosen for three
years at nothing u year. Ho is expect
ed to live in some state and hospitality
and to uphold the gentle dignity of the
town. 1t costs him from $4,000 to
$4,000 or $50, 900 annually to do this,
as circumstances serve. Obviously it 1s
easier for rich man than it is for
camel to enter the provostship Of Glas-
gov. But tho GlaswcGans propose
that If the camel DO not available, then
shall not the rich man havo it all his
own way. They talk now of cnlowing
tho provostship, SO that the sums nee
essarily spent upon splcnior may hence
| forth como from tho public purse. But
they do not propose to give tho lord
provost salary. His services must DO
gratuitors rs before.
Glasgow is solid looking town.
Every building is of stone, after the
Scotch way. One rarely sees brick il
! Scotland. The ribs of tho hills arc dug
out for building withal, SO that n
! Scotch town seems built to endure.
Wherever you go you find stono stairs
in the buildings of Glasgow.
The difference between British build
ing and American is not moro marked
than III this matter of stonc stairway,
and brick partition walls-dwellina
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, tho Glasgow folk
enacted law that no building shall be
higher than tho width of tho street ON
viii ch it fronts. You can build mile
high if you have IL thoroughfaro as wido
as that.
A capital thing thoy have in Glasgow
which we have not. Tho municipality
has constructed n number Of bath
houses, fitted with huge whito tiled
swimming tanks, each holding from
80, 900 to 100, 900 gallons of water. The
wator is kept at Il temperature of 70 de-
grees. These baths are open day and
evening throughout the year. The adj
mission to those baths is cents per per
son. Half a million bathers use these
tanks in a year. Connected with the
bath buildings aro washhouses whcro
workingmen's wives do their family
laundry work, having for Il charge Of
s cents per hour tho use of q washing
stall with hot and cold water and steam
drying appliances.