The Carlisle independent., 1917-12-20
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Other Noted BUiIdinas.


 The Provincial Building the Govern | ion Building and the new Customs House were among the edif1ces of which the natives of Halifax boasted. Other buildings of prominence are the Dalhousie College, Provincial Museum, Academy of Music, T. NJ. c. A. Build ing, Odd Fellows Temple and the three principal hotels. Halifax, Prince George and Queens.
 Among the famous edfices of the city is the St Paurs Episcopal Church, said to be the oldest Protestant church built in North America. It was con structed in Boston in 1850, year after the town was founded. and carried in schooners to Halifax, where the parts were put together. The story is told that when Gornwallis wrote the Earl of Halifax he wanted to build a church the earl replied by sending to Canada the architect who built St. Peters in 1 London
 l St. Matthew's Presbyterian Church, which was built during the late years u Alle elSHAtSuIA tcuLulS St HslS AiC- stroyed by fire in 1857, only to be re- built.
 One of the most beautiful buildings in the city is the St. Mary's Catholic Cathedral With a tall white spire extending upward 1t is visible for miles
 Religion of all denominations seems to thrive in Nova Scotia for in a re- cent census of religions only 543 per sons were listed as belonging to no sect. At present there are 129,0 ,0O0 Ro- man Catholics, 100000 Presbyterians, S3. .0O0 Baptists, 66.o00 Anglicans, 5700O Methodists and few thousand spread through the Adventists, Disciples and Jews. Of the latter there were 437.
 Eighty years ago, when the province was small and practically uninhabited, the PreSbyterianS were the largest body, although there was a fiourishing colony of Roman Catholics at Cape Breton The Baptists then were an in- considerable body of poor peasants preachers. Today the Baptists stand third in the list of denominations.
 One of Worlds Best Harbors.
 Halifax has one of the finest har- l bors in the world and is the chief Canadian gateway for exports. It is l the capital of Nova Scotia, with a population of 6OOO0 The city is three miles long and a mile wide; is built on the eastern slope of q small penin- sula.
 "It is a garrison city and has eleven forts and batteries, including the Cita- del, once one of the strongest fOrtifica- tions in America.
 The harbor is open all year. It's inner haven Is Bedford Basin, 20 miles l in circumference in which the colli- sion and explosion occurred. I have seen as many as 140 ocean vessels in i the basin ar once.
 Vast new wharves and railway ter minals are being constructed by the government at a cost of $30,O000O0, but these are near the tip of the penin- sula at the south, and evidently were not harmed.
 Halifax is SIS miles nearer Liver i pool than is New York for trans-Atlan- tic liners. It is 600 miles from New York
 Founded By Cornwailis In 174e.
 Colonel Edward COrnwallis left Britain in 1749 and founded the city. The French armada gathered there in 1757 bent on demolishing Louisburg, only to meet disaster through storm and plague Howe went to Halifax with his men after they were defeated at Boston. Great numbers of royalists from New York found refuge there in the revolution. Halifax was the chief British base of supplies.
 "One hundred and six warships made harbor there in 1912. The expedition that burnt Washington started from Halifax. And 1t was there the Shan non sailed with her prize, the Chesa-