Seventh Standard; Oriel Geographical Reader (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1894. Excerpt: ... provided in almost every house. The Post Office is a magnificent building; but, owing to the rapid growth of the town, additions are constantly being made. 9. Buffalo lies at the entrance to the Erie Canal It is another town of elevators, for here millions of bushels of wheat are changed from lake vessels into suitable canal boats. At Chicago and other places, com is bought and sold; at Buffalo, it simply passes through the town. It is strange to English eyes to see such vast quantities of wheat lying unguarded in bulk. With us it is always packed in sacks, or, as Trollope says, "It is aristocratic, and travels in its private carriage." 37.-PHILADELPHIA AND SAN FRANCISCO. 1. Philadelphia, the " Quaker City," is the second city in the States in point of population. It has been called also the "city of homes," because here, more than anywhere else in the States, we find that quiet domestic life which is such a feature in England, and which is almost entirely absent in New York and Chicago. The city is noted for the number and neatness as well as the durability of its buildings. 2. The great barrack-like tenements of New York find no place in Philadelphia. The houses are mostly built of brick, and are faced with marble or brownstone. Like all American towns, it is regularly laid out, and the streets are, as usual, lettered and numbered. Chestnut Street is one of the few which has a name, and it is the Fifth Avenue of Philadelphia. 3. The site was discovered in 1623 by the Dutch, and laid out as we now find it, by Penn, in 1682. There are few traces left now of the people who first settled here; but, in the early days, the sober garb of the Quaker was frequently met with in the streets. 4. The people of Philadelphia are proud of their city, and have adorned i...