F 73 .5 .S92 Copy 1 BOSTON A COMPLETE HANDBOOK, WHERE to go, WHEN to go, And HOW to go, through the city and suburbs. WITH NEW MAP OF BOSTON. BOSTON: JAMES R. OSGOOD AND COMPANY, (LATE TICKNOR & FIELDS, AND FIELDS, OSGOQD, & CO.) 124 Tremont Street. 1872. Price Ten Cents. BOSTON ILLUSTRATED : AN ARTISTIC AND PICTORIAL HANDBOOK OF BOSTON AND ITS SURROUNDINGS. /"CONTAINING Full and Concise Descriptions of ^*-" Objects and Scenes of Interest in Boston and Vicinity ; with nearly One Hundred and Fifty Illustra- tions, expressly prepared for it. J^ 3 For full description, see third and fourth pages of cover. JAMES R. OSGOOD & CO., Publishers, 124 Tremont Street, Boston. 18 72. WiTH ALL THE l^ESTiM'PRCVEMENTS . 10 4 ' A COMPLETE GUIDETO STRANGERS. (foinq the distance* firm fmJ/a/t in 7 i.Mi/> /„*■/,, ,/„„„„, distmrih thtMotrls /'"''I"' BatadA Ward Boundaries, .»' l'l/>/ . 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OSGOOD AND COMPANY, (LATH TICKNOR & FIELDS, AND FIELDS, OSGOOD, & CO.) 124 Tremont Street. 1872. PUBLISHERS' NOTE. This Guide is based on " The Strangers' Guide," which has been published for several years ; but it has been entirely re- written, and brought down to date, so as to include whatever would be of general interest to the residents of Boston, and to visitors attracted to the city by the World's Peace Jubi- lee. It is a full, compact, and clear index to the most note- worthy buildings, public works, views, drives, railways, and historical treasures of Boston and its suburbs, and is hardly less useful and convenient for residents than for strangers. The references at the bottom of the pages are to " Boston Illustrated," a full Pictorial and Descriptive Hand-Book of the city and its surroundings, which describes and illustrates the topographical, architectural, and historical incidents of Boston and vicinity so full and concisely as to include within a portable book a vast amoui it of curious and valuable informa- tion respecting the city and its environs. It is so handsome, useful, and cheap a work that no one interested in Boston and its history should be withou t it. Entered, according to A< of Congress, in the year 1872, By JAMES R. OSGOOD & CO., In the Office of the Libi 1 of Congress, at Washington. i^ Rand, Avery, & Co., Stereoti/j x rs and Printers,^ Corrihill, Boston. CONTENTS. PIOW TO SEE BOSTON" AND THE SUBURBS. Bt Horse-Cars axd Railroads. r-AGE The Business Quarter 6 The Back Bav and the Common 9 The South End 10 South Boston 12 East Boston 12 SiBtRBAN Trips. Charlestown 13 Cambridge 14 Chestnut Hill 16 Roxbury and Dorchester 17 The Harbor 17 A Sight from Bunker-Hill Monument 18 A Series of Drives. To Chelsea tteach 20 To Lexington, Watertown, and Mount Auburn 20 To Chestnut Hill and Newton 21 To Jamaica Plain and Forest Hills 21 To Dorchester 22 CONVEYANCES ABOUT BOSTON". Horse-Railroads. Metropolitan Railroad 22 South-Boston Railroad 26 PTiion Railway 27 Middlesex Railroad 30 Lynn and Boston Railroad 31 Citizens' Omnibus Line 32 Hack Fares 32 CONVEYANCES OUT OF BOSTON. Railroads. Fitchburg Railroad 34 Eastern Railroad .... 35 3 4 Conte?its. PAGE Boston, Lowell, and Nashua Railroad 36 Boston and Maine Railroad 36 Boston and Providence Railroad 37 Boston, Hartford, and Erie Railroad 38 Boston and Albany Railroad 38 Old-Colony Railroad 39 Steamboats. In The Harbor 40 Outside 40 MEANS OF COMMUNICATION. The Post Office 41 Telegraph Offices. Western Union 42 Franklin Telegraph 42 Expresses 43 PLACES OF INTEREST. Public Buildings 43 Statues and .Monuments 45 Parks and Squares 46 The Principal Wharves 47 Markets 48 Libraries 49 Daily Newspapers .49 Prominent Churches 49 Places of Amusement. Theatres 50 Music and Lecture Halls 51 The City Government for 1872 53 Police Department 53 Police Stations 53 Fire Department 54 Fire Alarms 54 Public Bathing Places 57 Hotels and Restaurants. Hotels 57 Restaurants and Cafes o'J THE PEACE JUBILEE. Officers of the Jubilee 60 The Coliseum 61 The Organ 63 The Orchestra 63 The Soloist and Select Chorus 64 The Chorus 64 STRANGERS' NEW GUIDE THROUGH Boston a^d Vicinity. How to See Boston and the Suburbs. BY HORSE-CARS AND RAiLROADS. We suppose the reader to be a stranger in Boston, to be entirely unacquainted with its crooked streets, and to require to be directed even from his hotel to any given point of departure for the various places of interest in and about the city. It will not, however, be difficult to find the three starting-points of the horse-car lines, namely: Scollay Square, at the junction of Tremont and Court Streets, Cornhill, and Pemberton Square ; Park-street Church ; and Bowdoin Square, at the junc- tion of Cam bridge. Green, Court, and Chardon Streets. It is proposed to indicate the routes to be taken by horse- cars, omnibuses, and ferries, or on foot for short distances, and afterwards to sketch a few drives into the neighboring- country. Those who take private carriages to see Boston itself may follow the routes here described. Engravings and Descriptions in " Boston Illustrated." 5 Strangers' New Guide The Business Quarter. In order to see the business part of Boston, one may trust to his own powers of pedestrian ism after reaching Scollay Square. He should pass down Court Street, no- ticing on the right the Adams Express Office, the County Court House, and Sears Building, — the latter the finest edifice of the kind in the city, — and on the left two or three handsome granite structures, and the " Daily Advertiser " Building. On reaching Washington Street, turn to the left, and pass down into Dock Square, one of the oldest quarters in the city. A short distance farther in the same direction, and we reach Faneuil Hall, the famous " Cradle of Liberty," surmounted by the grasshopper vane, and, just beyond, the new Faneuil-hall Market, commonly known as Quincy Market. At the lower end of the market, we arrive at Commercial Street, with its elegant and substantial warehouses. Turning to the right, and following Commercial Street, we come to State Street. The granite building in the square is th ) Cus- tom House ; and it will well repay an examination. Facing down the street towards the water, we see the solid and imposing State-street Block of fifteen wide and high stores, — the best example in Boston of wholesale ware- houses. Beyond this block is the new marginal Atlantic Avenue, which is to skirt the city on the water side. Facing in the opposite direction, we see the Old State House in the centre of the street, and are looking directly into the square where the famous Boston Massacre took place on March 5, 1770. On either side of the street are fine structures, some of them devoted to mercantile pur- poses, but the most to banking, insurance, lawyers', and brokers' offices, and the like. On the left are the central office of the Western Union Telegraph Company, and the Post Office, soon to be removed to the neAV building See "Boston Illustrated," a pictorial handbook of Boston. Through Boston and Vicinity. 7 on Devonshire Street. We pass now in the rear of the Custom House into India Street, thence up Milk Street a short distance into Broad. In this section are the great wholesale grocery establishmen ts. Passing through Broad to Oliver Street, thence up Oliver to High Street, we are now in the Fort-hill district, where a high hill cov- ered with dwellings has been completely levelled, and will henceforward be devoted to business purposes. Passing- through High Street, wc come to Pearl, — a street devoted throughout its whole length to the boot-and-shoe trade, in which Boston takes the lead. We cross Congress Street a little farther on, and come to Federal Street, on both of which a very large business is done in wool, Boston being the head-quarters of that trade in the country. Continuing still on High Street, at Summer Street we come into the district devoted to dry goods. We pass up Summer Street between rows of very elegant and spacious stores. On the left is Chauncy Street, and on the right Devon- shire Street, both given up to dry goods and clothing establishments. We take Devonshire Street, and cross- ing Franklin, which for its noticeable granite structures is probably unexcelled by any business street in the world, pass by the magnificent new Post-office to Water Street, and through the latter street to Washington. We have now made the circuit of the greater part of the wholesale district of the city. Nearly opposite Water is School Street, through which we now pass. On the right we see the magnificent City Hall and the ancient King's Chapel, and on the left the celebrated Parker House. On turning to the left into Tremont Street, we find on the right the Tremont House, a large and elegant stone- front hotel of the first class, the Granary Burying Ground, — the third established in Boston, — and Park-street Church. On the left are Tremont Temple, the Horticultu- ral Hall, the Studio Building, and the publishing house of J. R. Osgood and Co. Winter Street, which comes Engravings and Descriptions in " Boston Illustrated." 8 Strangers' New Guide into Trcmont just below the head of the Common, is a great street for ladies' shopping ; and the Music Hall, con- taining the "Great Organ," is on a court just off Winter Street, on the left as one faces Washington Street. Next comes Temple Place, where are some fine business structures. We have meanwhile passed St. Paul's (Epis- copal) Church, and the United States Court House, on the corner of Temple Place. Continuing still on Tre- mont Street, we pass the beautiful marble building occu- pied by the Mason and Hamlin Cabinet Organ Company, and come to the foot of the Common. Here we see sev- eral very fine buildings : on the north-east corner of Tre- mont and Boylston Streets is the Masonic Temple, dedicated in 1867 ; on the south-east corner is the Hotel Boylston, one of the most elegant French fiat-hotels in the city, owned by the Hon. Charles Francis Adams; on the south-west corner is the Hotel Pelham, the pioneer in Boston of the " flat" system, and famous from having been moved back bodily twenty feet when Tremont Street was widened, without disturbing the occupants of the house; the next building but one, passing down Boylston Street, opposite the Common, is the Public Library, to be mentioned again. Turning now away from the Com- mon into Boylston Street, we reach Washington Street, and, turning to the left, we folloAv it to Cornhill. On the right we pass the Globe Theatre. A little far- ther on the left, we come to the fine building of the Mer- cantile Savings Institution and the Boston Theatre. We are now in the great retail district of the city. Several buildings may be mentioned as worthy of attention, — the great wholesale and retail dry-goods establishment of Jordan, Marsh, & Co. ; the marble building on the right occupied by Macullar, Williams, & Parker's clothing store; the Old South Church; the Transcript, Journal, and Globe offices, — all on the same side ; and on the left the Old Corner Bookstore at the corner of School Street, See " Boston Illustrated," a pictorial handbook of Boston. Through Bosto?i and Vicinity. 9 and several other much more recent and elegant build- ings. We pass through Cornhill, with the extensive print- ing-house of Rand, Avery, & Co., and the numerous book and stationery stores, to Scollay Square, whence we set out. The walk thus sketched is probably not more than two miles in length. The Back Bay and the Common. We will next sketch a tour of the Back-bay region. The starting-point is Park-street Church, where we will take a Beacon-street car. We pass through Tremont, Boylston, Clarendon, and Marlborough Streets to Dart- mouth. Here we are in the region which is now rapidly filling up with elegant dwelling-houses. We leave the car, and pass into Beacon Street, through which we walk to Berkeley Street, between some of the finest mansions in Boston. We walk through Berkeley Street, passing by, first, the very beautiful First Church (Unitarian), then the costly and imposing Central Church (Cong. Trin.). Between the two is Commonwealth Avenue, already a fine street, but one that will be still more delightful when it has been extended, as is designed, to Brookline, and when the rows of trees shall have attained greater size. We pass also, beyond, the Central Church, and the fine building of the Boston Society of Natural History, which is open to the public every Wednesday and Saturday. We must turn down Boylston Street to see its companion building, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Retracing our steps, we pass up Boylston Street to Arlington, where we turn to the left, and walk on the Public-garden side of the street, the better to see the Arlington-street Church and the magnificent resi- dences on the westerly side, to the central gate of the Garden. On entering, we find ourselves facing Ball's most excellent equestrian statue of Washington. To the Engravings and Descriptions in "Boston Illustrated." io Strangers' New Guide left we see a group of statuary representing- the Good Samaritan, on a pedestal, — the noble gift of a private citizen, to adorn these grounds, and to commemorate the discovery of anaesthetics. Beyond, at the centre of the northerly side, we see the statue of Edward Everett. We cross the bridge, and pass directly through the Gar- den, unless we prefer to wander about, or to rest upon one of the seats so abundantly provided ; and, crossing Charles Street, we are in the Common. Here is occupa- tion for many a leisure hour. We may enjoy the specta- cle of the boys at their sport on the Parade Ground ; we may wander up to the Boylston-street side, and look into the ancient graveyard or the pleasant deer-park ; we may climb the hill, and see the foundation of the Soldiers' Monument; we may sit down by the Frog Pond, and watch the boys and girls at play ; we may go and see the famous Old Elm, which has been a living tree since Boston was first settled, and from whose branches more than one supposed witch has been suspended ; or we may walk idly along the broad malls in the refreshing shade of the grand old trees. We should not fail, however, to see, before our return to Park-street Church, the fine bronze fountain near the Park-street mall, which the gene- rosity of a single citizen has placed there. Nor could the tour end more profitably than by a visit to the State House, where scores of interesting objects are to be seen, and by climbing to the cupola, from which the best view of Boston is to be had. The South End. Our next trip is one that can be made mostly by horse-cars, and calls for but a small exercise of pedes- trian powers. We will start, as before, from Park-street Church, taking a Lenox-street car, and riding to its southern terminus. We pass over familiar ground to See "Boston Illustrated," a pictorial handbook of Boston. TJirough Boston and Vicinity. n Boylston Street, but continue in Tremont Street to the South End. After crossing the bridge over the Boston and Albany Railroad, we pass, on the right, the exten- sive Bay- State Moulding Mills. Beyond Berkeley Street, on the corner of which is the elegant new Odd Fellows' Hall, we come into the region of churches. On the right is the Clarendon-street Baptist Church, close by the Smith American Organ Factory. On the left are the peculiar-shaped brick tower of the Shawmut Congrega- tional ChureH, and the beautiful structure of the Tre- mont-street Methodist Society. Arrived at the end of our route, we notice the immense factory where Chicker- ing's pianofortes are made. We pass through North- ampton Street northward to Columbus Avenue, merely to glance at that fine thoroughfare, from the extreme end of which we see the steeple of Park-street Church, and to pass up one block to West Chester Park. We walk through the latter avenue and Chester Square to Wash- ington Street. One block northward on Washington Street brings us to the marble-front Commonwealth Hotel. Another block, and we come to Worcester Square, on the right-hand side. We pass through Wor- cester Square to Harrison Avenue, having in front of us the immense City Hospital. Turning down Harrison Avenue, we come, at Concord Street, to the Church of the Immaculate Conception, and Boston College. At Newton Street we turn once more towards Washington Street, but pass into Franklin Square, in order the better to examine the imposing front of the St. James Hotel. On the opposite side of Washington Street is the mate to Franklin Square, — Blackstone Square. A short dis- tance down Washington Street we come to the yet unfin- ished but majestic Cathedral of the Holy Cross. On the left, and a little farther on, is the Continental Hotel, — an immense and very elegant marble-front hotel on the French flat-system. We may now take any horse-car that Engravings and Descriptions in " Boston Illustrated." 12 Strangers 1 New Guide 6' overtakes us, and it will carry us back to our point of starting. There are several interesting objects to be noticed on the way; but they need not be specified here. South Boston. There are several public buildings in South Boston that should be visited if time permit. We may take a car marked " South Boston, Broadway," at Scollay Square, and pass at first through a district we have already visited. In Summer Street we see many fine business houses that we have not previously included in our trips, and we also pass the fine stone church of Trinity parish (Episcopal), of which the Rev. Phillips Brooks, one of the most popular clergymen in Boston, is pastor and rector. In Chauncy Street we see many large dry-goods houses, and pass, on the right, the fine building of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association which is occupied by the Boston and the National Boards of Trade. On our route we pass by the United States Hotel, and the stations of the Albany and the Old Colony Railroads. We are supposed to have provided ourselves at the head-quarters of the Institution for the Blind, No. 20 Bromfield Street, with permits to enter that asylum; and we soon arrive on the Heights where it is situated. The visit cannot fail to be exceedingly inter- esting. After leaving the Institution, we walk through Broadway and M Streets, by Independence Square, 10 the territory occupied by the House of Correction, House of Industry, Insane Hospital, and Almshouse. Return- ing to the corner of K Street and Broadway, we take a Bay-View and Eighth-street car into the city by another route. East Boston. The principal objects of interest in East Boston are the Grand -Junction Wharves and the Cunard Steamer See "Boston Illustrated," a pictorial handbook of Boston. Through Boston and Vicinity. 13 Docks. We start once more from Scollay Square by an East-Boston car, and pass through the poorest quarter of the city, — the Five Points of Boston. After a pleas- ant trip across the ferry, we are landed very near the Grand-Junction Wharves, which we reach by passing through Marginal Street. Cunard Wharf lies directly on the way, and we shall be peculiarly unfortunate if we do not see one of the great ocean freight steamers at the dock or lying in the stream. The scene on the arrival of one of these steamers, when she is discharging her cargo or reloading, is full of interest; and the busy activ- ity of the Grand-Junction Wharves at all times makes this one of the trips that ought to be taken. SUBURBAN TRIPS. Charlestown. We will make the circuit of the suburban towns, begin- ning on the North. Charlestown is reached by any car of the Middlesex Railroad ; but we will take a Chelsea car, of the Lvnn and Boston Railroad, that will carry us by the Navy Yard. On our way we pass by the Boston and Maine Railroad Station in Hay market Square, and over Charles-River Bridge into Charlestown Square, where we shall see the fine hotel known as the Waverley, which was built out of the profits of the " Waverley Mag- azine." Arrived at the Navy Yard, we leave the car, and examine the numerous points of interest within. .On leaving the Yard, we shall see the tall shaft of Bunker- Hill Monument, and shall need no guide to direct us to it. We must of course climb the monument, and obtain one of the finest views to be had anywhere. From the south window we have a complete bird's-eye view of Boston ; from the east, the harbor; from the north, Everett, Chelsea, Engraving and Description in "Boston Illustrated.^ 14 Strangers' New Guide Revere, Maiden, and Lynn ; and from the west window we look out to Cambridge and Arlington, to Watertown and Belmont; and in a clear day we may see Wachusett Mountain in Worcester County, and Kearsarge and the White Mountains in New Hampshire. The several points to be noticed are briefly described elsewhere. From the monument, we should pass near enough to the State Prison at least to see its gloomy and forbidding walls; and a walk into the city from that point will not be a great task. If after crossing by the lower or Charles-River Bridge, we pass down Commercial Street a short distance, we shall be in the immediate vicinity of the ancient CoppVHill Burying Ground, between Snowhill and Hull Streets : that will well repay a visit. We then pass through Hull Street to Salem Street, by Christ Church, — the oldest church-building yet remaining in the city. From Salem Street we pass into Hanover, and through that formerly narrow but now spacious street, past the American House, — the largest hotel in the city, — on the right, into Court Street and Scollay Square, whence we started. Cambridge. In order to see as much as possible of Cambridge in one trip, we will take at Bowdoin Square, opposite the Revere House, a car marked " East Cambridge, Har- vard Square." We pass through Green and Leverett Streets, and cross Craigie's Bridge. In East Cambridge we see a large number of important factories. We pass through Cambridge Street, its whole length, to Harvard Square, where we alight, and inspect the old and new buildings of Harvard College. In coming to the square through Cambridge Street, we have passed, first, Apple- ton Chapel, in the corner of the college yard, then Hol- worthy Hall, built with money raised by a lottery, Stoughton, Hollis, and Harvard, — all dormitories. We See " Boston Illustrated? a pictorial handbook of Boston. Through Boston and Vicinity. 15 now see close to the fence old Massachusetts Hall, built in the seventeenth century, the oldest building in the yard, having a clock-face that was put up in 1725. In the corner nearest to Brattle Street is Gray Hall ; and a little beyond, on Harvard Street, is Boylston Hall, where is deposited the College Museum : that may be visited. Boylston Hall may be recognized from its being the only rough-granite building in the yard. A sbort distance beyond, and farther removed from the street, is Gore Hall, where is the rich old library of the Universit}-, — a build- ing which is also open to the public. The buildings of the Lawrence Scientific School, the Divinity School, the Museum of Comparative Zoology, and the Memorial Hall, are outside the College yard, between Cambridge and Kirk- land Streets, and beyond Kirkland Street. After having inspected these several buildings, we take a Garden-street and Mount-Auburn car. We pass by the Common on the right, and by the elegant new church of the Shepard Con- gregational Society on the left. In the middle of the street is the famous Washington Elm, under which Gen. Wash- ington took command of the American army in 1775. At Mount Auburn we piss into that great city of the dead, where again we shall find occupation for all the time that can be spared. No one should fail to visit the chapel, and to ascend to the top of the tower. In return- ing, we take a Mount-Auburn car that is not marked " Garden Street," and we shall then return through Brattle Street to Harvard Square. On our way we pass by the residence of the poet Longfellow, — an old mansion of the Revolutionary period, used in 1775 by Gen. Washing- ton as his head-quarters. On our way into the city through Main Street, we see a great many fine resi- dences and churches ; and from West-Boston Bridge we get another excellent view of Boston, especially the Back- bay region. It will be Well to finish up our views in Boston proper, by leaving the car at Charles Street, just Engraving and Description in "Boston Illustrated." 1 6 Strangers' New Guide ictorial handbook of Boston. Through Boston and Vicinity. 21 ington. Turning then to the north, we ride through East-Lexington Village to Lexington Village and the battle-field. On our return, we visit Waltham, where the great American Watch Factory is situated, and, passing through Newton into Watertown, stop to look over the United States Arsenal; thence to Mount Auburn, by the houses of Lowell and Longfellow, and the Washington Elm, to Harvard Square and the buildings of the Univer- sity, elsewhere described, and thence back to Boston. To Chestnut Hill and Newton. This is the favorite direction for drives out of Boston. The route is by way of Beacon Street, through the whole length of that magnificent avenue, and over the Mill- dam road. Oh reaching the fork in the road, Ave take the branch to the right, — Brighton Avenue, — and continue to the Baptist Church at the corner of Cambridge Street. We have been passing over the ''Brighton road/' famed in song, and the popular sleigh-drive on the few occasions in winter when that class of vehicles can be brought into use. We turn now to the left, and pass through Brigh- ton to Newton Corner, thence by Centre Street to New- ton Centre, where we take Beacon Street, and return byway of the Chestnut-hill Reservoir, and from thence in a straight line, by Corey's Hill, into Boston by the way we went out. To Jamaica Plain and Forest Hills. Our next drive is to the suburbs on the south of the city; and, as before, wc will make a circuit. Passing once more out of the city by Beacon Street and the Mill-dam road, we take the left branch, and pass, through Western Avenue and the beautiful village of Longwood, to the Brookline reservoir on Boylston Street. From the Engravings and Descriptions in " Boston Illustrated." 22 Strangers' New Guide reservoir, by a winding road that gives us some glimpses of lovely scenery, we come to the charming Jamaica Fond, around which we ride ; thence to Forest-hills cemetery, and back into Boston by way of Shawm ut Avenue, Egleston Square, Walnut Avenue, Warren Street, and Washington Street. To Dorchester. Our last suburban drive takes us through the greater part of Roxbuiw and Dorchester. We ride, through Tremont Street and Shawmut Avenue, to Dudley Street, then through Warren Street, past the Warren House, to Grove Hall, and by way of Blue-Hill Avenue to Matta- pan Village and the Blue Hills in Milton. Returning, we ride through Milton Lower Mills, Harrison Square, Savin Hill, and South Boston, passing by the Blind Asylum if we wish, over the Federal-street Bridge into the city. Conveyances about Boston. HORSE-RAILROADS. Metropolitan Railroad. This company serves all the North, West, and South Ends of Boston, Brookline, West Roxbury, Roxbury, a part of Dorchester,, a part of South Boston, and East Boston. It has a large number of routes, which are in detail as follows : — Boston Neck and Depot Cars. — Inward trips, from the corner of Washington and Camden Streets, through See " Boston Illustrated," a pictorial handbook of Boston. Through Boston and Vicinity. 23 Washington, Temple Place, Tremont, Court, Green, Leverett, and Causeway Streets, to the Fitchburg-rail- road Station. Outward trips, from Eitchburg-railroad Station, through Causeway, Portland, Chardon, Court, Cornhill, Washington, Summer, Chauncy, Harrison Avenue, East-Dover, and Washington Streets, to corner of Camden. Boston Neck and Charles- Street Cars. — Inward trips, from corner of Washington and Camden Streets, through Washington, Temple Place, Tremont, Court, Green, Chambers, Cambridge, and Charles Streets, to Beacon Street. Outward trips, back through Charles, Cam- bridge, Court, Cornhill, Washington, Summer, Chauncy, Harrison Avenue, East-Dover, and Washington Streets, to Camden Street. Boston Neck and Chelsea- Fern/ Cars. — Inward trips, from corner of Camden and Washington Streets by route of the de'pot cars to corner of Court and Hanover Streets, thence through Hanover Sti'eet to Chelsea Ferry. Outward trips, through Hanover Street to Court, and thence outward by route of the depot Gars, Mount- Pleasant Cars. — Inward trips, from Stonghton Street, Dorchester, near Roxbury line, through Stough- ton, Dudley, Dearborn, Eustis, Washington, Temple Place, and Tremont Streets, to Tremont House. Out- ward trips, from Tremont House, back, through Tremont, West-Dover, Washington, Eustis, Dearborn, Dudley, and Stoughton Streets, to station. Warren- Street Cars. — Inward trips, from corner of Warren and Morel and Streets, through Warren, Wash- ington, Temple Place, and Tremont Streets, to Tremont House. Outward trips, bank, through Tremont, West- Dover, Washington, and Warren Streets, to station. Grove-Hall Cars. — From Grove Hall, junction of Warren Street and Blue- Hi 11 Avenue, through Warren Street, and thence by route of Warren-street cars, to Engravings and Descriptions in " Boston Illustrated." 24 Strangers' New Guide Tremont House. Outward trips, from Tremont House by route of Warren-street cars extended to Grove Hall. Dorchester and Grove-Halt Cars. — From Washington Street, Dorchester, near Town Hall, through Washing- ton and Warren Streets, and thence to Tremont House by route of Warren- street cars. Outward trips, by route of Warren-street cars, extended by inward route of Dorchester cars to station. Norfolk-House Cars. — Round trips, starting from Norfolk House, Eliot Square, through Dudley, Washing- ton, Temple Place, Tremont, Cornhill, Washington, Summer, Chauncy, Harrison Avenue, East-Dover, and Washington Streets, to Eliot Square. The inward trip extends to the Old-South Church : the outward trip begins at Park-street Church. Egleston-Square Cars. — Inward trips, from corner of Egleston Square and Shawm ut Avenue, through Shaw mut Avenue, Washington, Temple Place, and Tremont Streets, to Tremont House. Outward trips, from Tre- mont House back, through Tremont, West-Dover, and Washington Streets, and Shawmut Avenue, to Egleston Square. Forest-Hills Cars. — Inward trips, from Eorest-hills Station, through Shawmut Avenue, and the route of Egleston-square cars, to the Tremont House. Outward trips, by route of Egleston-square cars extended to Eor- est-hills Station. Lenox-Street Cars. — Inward trips, from corner of Tremont and Lenox Streets through Tremont Street to the Tremont House. Outward trips, back, through Tre- mont Street, to Lenox Street. Lenox- Street and De'pot Cars. — Inward trips, from corner of Lenox and Tremont Streets, through Tremont, Berkeley, Boylston, Tremont, Court, Green, Leverctt, and Causeway Streets, to Eitchburg-railroad Station. Outward trips, back, through Causeway, Portland, Char- ge "Boston Illustrated," a pictorial handbook of Boston. Through Boston and Vicinity. 25 don, ' Court, Cornhill, Washington, Temple Place, Boylston, Berkeley, and Tremont Streets, to Lenox Street. Tremont- Street Cars. — Inward trips, from crossing of Tremont Street and Providence Railroad, through Tre- mont Street, to Tremont House. Outward trips, back, through Tremont Street, to Station. Jamaica-Plain (West-Roxbury) Cars. — Inward trips, from Jamaica Plain, through Austin, Centre, Pynchon, and Tremont Streets, to the Tremont House. Outward trips, back over the same route. Brookline Cars. — Inward trips, from Harvard Square, Brookline, through Washington Street (Brookline) and Tremont Street, to Tremont House. Outward trips, back over the same route. Providence- Depot Cars. — Inward trips, from Park Square, through Boylston and Tremont Streets, to the Tremont House. Outward trips, back over the same route. Beacon-Street Cars. — Round trips, from corner of Gloucester and Marlboro' Streets, through Marlboro', Clarendon, Boylston, Tremont, Cornhill, Washington, Temple Place, Tremont, Boylston, Clarendon, and Marl- boro' Streets, to Gloucester Street. East-Boston Cars. — Inward trips, from East-Boston and Chelsea (Meridian-street) Bridge, through Meridian Street, Maverick Square, and Sumner Street, to the ferry, over the ferry to Lincoln's Wharf, through Bat- tery, Hanover, Court, Cornhill, Washington, Temple Place, and Tremont Streets, to Tremont House. Out- ward trips continue through Tremont, Court, Hanover, and Battery Streets, and by the ferry over the inward route. Mount Bowdoin and Meeting-House-Hill Cars. — Inward trips, from corner of Washington and Bowdoin Streets, "(Dorchester), through Bowdoin, Hancock, Boston, Dor- Engravings and Descriptions in " Boston Illustrated.'' 1 26 Strangers' New Guide 6' Chester, and Federal Streets, to foot of Summer Street, Boston. Outward trips, back over the same route. Field's- Corner Cars. — Inward trips, from crossing of Adams and Hancock Streets with Dorchester Avenue (Dorchester), through Dorchester Avenue and Federal Street, to foot of Summer Street. Outward trips, back over the same route. Milton Cars. — Inward trips, from corner of Washing- ton and Adams Streets and Dorchester Avenue, Milton Village, Dorchester, through Dorchester Avenue and Federal Street, to foot of Summer Street. Outward trips, back over the same route. South-Boston Hailroad. South-Boston Cars. — Inward trips, from the office of the company, corner of K Street and Broadway, through Broadway, Emerson, Third, Dorchester, Broadway, Federal, Knecland, South, Beach, Washington, Boyl- ston, and Tremont Streets, to Scollay Square. Outward trips, from Scollay Square, through Cornhill, Washing- ton, Summer, Chauncy, Harrison Avenue, Beach, Fede- ral, Broadway, Dorchester, Third, Emerson, and Broad- way, to office of the company. Broadway Cars. — Inward trips, from office of com- pany, through Broadway to Federal, thence into Poston proper by the route of the South-Boston line. Outward trips, from Scollay Square, by route of South-Boston cars to Broadway, thence through Broadway to the station. City-Point Cars. — Inward trips, from City Point, through Fourth, L, and Emerson Streets, and the route of the South-Boston cars, into Boston proper. Outward trips, from Scollay Square, by route of the South-Boston cars, thence, by Broadway, L, and Fourth Streets, to City Point. Bay-View and Eighth-Street Cars. — Inward trips, from " See " Boston Illustrated," a pictorial handbook of Boston." TJirough Boston and Vicinity. 27 corner of K and Broadway, through K, Eighth, E, Sixth, C, Fourth, and Federal, to Kneeland, thence inward, by the route of the South-Boston cars. Outward trips, from Scollay Square, by the route of the South-Boston cars, to Federal, thence, by inward route of the Bay- View cars, to the office of the company. Union Railway. This company's cars run to all parts of Cambridge, and to Watertown, Brighton, Arlington, and Somerville. It has nearly twenty routes, which are in detail as fol- lows. To save repetitions, it may be remarked, that outside of Boston the inward and outward routes are the same, and that the starting-point of all the cars in Boston is Bowdoin Square. Prospect- Street (Ca/nbrick/eporf) Cars. — Inward trips, from corner of Prospect and Main Streets, Cambridge, through Main Street, West-Boston Bridge, and Cam- bridge Street, to Bowdoin Square. Outward trips, through Green, Chambers, and Cambridge Streets, West- Boston Bridge and Main Street, to the station. Riverside- Press Cars. — Inward trips, from Riverside Press, foot of River Street, through River and Main Streets, West-Boston Bridge, and Cambridge Street, to Bowdoin Square. Outward trips, through Green, Cham- bers, and Cambridge Streets, West-Boston Bridge, Main, and River Streets, to station. Brighton Cars. — Inward trips, from Brighton village, through Cambridge Street (Brighton), River, and Main Streets, West-Boston Bridge, and Cambridge Street, to Bowdoin Square. Outward trips, through Green, Cham- bers, and Cambridge Streets, West-Boston Bridge, and thence by inward route. Newton-Comer Cars. — Inward trips, from Boston and Albany. railroad station (Newton Corner), through Brigh- Engravings and Descriptions in "Boston Illustrated." 28 Strangers' New Guide •e Witt. Shawm ut Church (Cong. Trin.), Tremont, c. P>rookline, E. B. Webb. Christ Church (Epis.), Salem Street, Henry Burroughs, jun. Trinity Church (Epis.), Summer, corner Hawlej r , Phillips Brooks. Church of the Advent (Epis.), Bowdoin Street. Emanuel Church (Epis.), Newbury Street, A. H. Vinton. Grace Methodist-Episcopal Church, Temple St., A. Canoll. Tremont-street Methodist-Episcopal, Tremont St., T>. Steele. First Baptist Church, Somerset St., R. H. Neale& J. T. Beckley. Clarendon-st. Ch. (Bapt.), Clarendon, c. Montgom'y, A. J. Gordon. Union-Temple Church (Bapt.), Tremont Temple, J. D. Fulton. Shawmut-avcnue Church (Bapt.), Shawmut Avenue, G. C. Lorimer. Second Presbyterian, Beach, cor. Harrison Ave., J. B. Dunn. Second Universalist, School St., A. A. Miner, and II. I. Cushman. East Boston Universalist, Central Square, Geo. H. Vibbert. New-Jerusalem Church (Sweden'n ), Bowdoin Street, James Reed. Cathedral Chapel of Holy Cross (Rom. Cath.), Castle Street. Church of the Holy Trinity (Rom. Cath.), Suffolk Street. Church of the Immaculate Conception (Rom. Cath.), Harrison Ave. Places of Amusement. Theatres. Boston T7teatre. — The largest theatre in Boston. It is conducted on the " star " system. There is a very good stock company, and the theatre always has some fresh attractions, — a great star actor, a spectacular drama, or German, Italian, or English opera. It is situated on Washington Street, near West. J. B. Booth, man- ager. Globe Theatre. — One of the most beautiful and com- pletely-furnished theatres in the country. It is conducted partly on the stock company and partly on the star prin- ciple. The orchestra at this theatre is very fine, and the acting is almost uniformly good. It is on Washington See "Boston Illustrated,'''' a pictorial handbook of Boston. Through Boston and Vicinity. 51 Street, near Essex. Arthur Cheney, proprietor ; W. R. Floyd, manager. Boston Museum. — This is the favorite orthodox the- atre of Boston, and is situated on Tremont Street, near Court. It is the home of comedy in Boston, and dis- cards the star system altogether. It is with this theatre that the famous comedian, William Warren, has been connected so long. The company is excellent. R. M. Field, manager. Howard Athenceum. — Situated on Howard Street. This was once a theatre for the legitimate drama. It is now wholly given up to variety entertainments, and is nightly crowded with the lovers of that class of amuse- ment. The attractions, which are of every variety, from performing dogs up to the latest sensation in ne- gro minstrelsy, succeed each other with bewildering ra- pidity. St. James Tlxeatre. — This theatre has gone by various names. It has lately passed under a new management, and has been used for a series of the lighter class of en- tertainments, — burlesques, French opera, and the like. It is on Washington Street, near Bennet. Music and Lecture Halls. The following are some of the more important of the halls used for public concerts, lectures, and similar enter- tainments. Music Hal!. — No. 15 Winter Street. This is the largest hall in Boston. It is constantly in use for concerts, lectures, fairs, and other entertainments. Admission can be obtained at any time during the day, on the payment of a fee. The hall is well worthy of a visit by all who have not entered it. Bumstead Ha!!. — This is a small hall beneath the Engravings and Descriptions in " Boston Illustrated." 52 Strangers' New Guide grand Music Hall, and is often used in connection with the latter. It is also the head-quarters of the Handel and Haydn Society, and the place for its rehearsals. Horticultural Hall. — There are two fine halls in the Horticultural Building, corner of Tremont and Bromfield Streets. They are used for chamber concerts, fairs, parties, dances, lectures, and religious discourses on certain Sun- day afternoons. Faneuil Hall. — In Faneuil-hall Square. This historic hall is open to visitors throughout the clay. It is used only for public meetings ; and the use of it is granted by the city government, if at all, without fee.- Wesleijan- Association Hall. — Bromfield Street, opposite Province. This is a small but very pleasant hall, often used for concerts, for lectures, and for meetings of associ- ations. Brackett's Hall. — The location of this hall is excellent. It is at No. 409 Washington, near Boylston Street. Its shape is hardly the best for a public hall, but it has never- theless been much used of late for concerts and other entertainments for audiences of a few hundred. Tremont Temple. — Tremont Street, near School. This is a very large and fine hall, used lor religious exer- cises on Sunday, and very frequently during the week for conventions, lectures, readings, and concerts. It was in this hall that Charles Dickens gave his readings on his last visit to America. Meionaon. — A small hall under Tremont Temple. Institute Hall. — No. 113 Dudley Street, Roxbury. The largest and finest hall at the Highlands, and used for all purposes to which a public hall is devoted. John A. Andrew Hall. — Corner of Chauncy and Essex Streets. A small hall used for various purposes. Lowell Institute. — Rear of 223 Washington Street. This hall is the place where most of the Lowell-Institute free lectures are delivered. See "Boston Illustrated," a pictorial handbook of Boston, Through Boston and Vicinity. 53 The City Government for 1872. Mayor. — William Gaston. Chairman Board of Aldermen. — Samuel Little. President Common Council. — M. F. Dickinson, Jr. City Clerk. — S. F. McCleary. Clerk of Committees. — James M. Bugbee. • » City Solicitor. — John F. Healy. City Treasurer. — Frederick U. Tracy. Auditor. — Alfred T. Turner. City Physician. — Samuel A. Green, M. D. Port Physician. — S. H. Durgin. Superintendent of Streets. — Charles Harris. Superintendent of Health. — G. W. Forristll. President Water Board. — Charles H. Allen. Chairman Overseei"s of Poor. — Frederick W. Lincoln. President Board of Directors for Public Institutions. — J. Putnam Bradlee. Street Commissioners. — Joseph Smith, Isaac S. Burrell, Christopher A. Connor. POLICE DEPARTMENT, Chief of Police. — Edward H. Savage. Deputy Chief. — James Quinn. Police Stations. 1. No. 200 Hanover, near Cross Street. 2. No. 21 Court. Square, corner Williams Court. 3. Joy Street, near Cambridge. 4. No. 23 La Grange Street. 5. East-Dedliam Street. (>. Broadway, near C Street (South Boston). 7. l'aris Street (East Boston). 8 Corner Commercial and Salutation Streets. 9) <>ld City Hall (Koxbury). • 10. Junction Washington and Tremont Streets. 11. Hancock Street (Dorchester). Engravings and Descriptions in '■•Boston Illustrated." 54 Strangers' New Guide FIRE DEPARTMENT. The Eire Department, head-quarters in City Hall, is under the direction of John S. Damrell, Chief Engineer, and fourteen assistant engineers, all of whom are elected annually by the City Council. There are twenty-one steam fire-engines, each officered by an engineer, a driver, a foreman, and seven hosemen, — the first three permanently employed, the others called out by an alarm. Six engines are located in Boston proper, three in East Boston, three in South Boston, three in Roxbury, and six in Dorches- ter. The Hose Companies are ten in number, each offi- cered by a driver, a foreman, and seven hosemen, the driver only being permanently employed : six hose car- riages are located in Boston proper, one in East Boston, two in South Boston, and one in Roxbury. The Hook and Ladder Companies are seven in number, — two in Boston proper, one in East Boston, two in South Boston, and two in Dorchester : the companies consist of a driver, a foreman, an assistant foreman, and axemen, rakemen, and members. There are also two "Extinguisher" Corps, both in Boston proper, and an Insui'ance Brigade. The whole force of the department numbers 472 men. Fire Alarms. The fire-alarm department is under the charge of J. F. Kennard, Superintendent, at the City Hall ; and alarms are given by telegraph from the dome of the City Hall by striking, upon the alarm-bells and upon the gongs in the engine-houses, the number of the box from which the alarm has been telegraphed to the central station. The system is explained as follows : to announce the existence of a fire near Box No. 41 (Old South Church), the bells will strike four, make a pause of a few seconds, then strike one, thus: 4 — 1. This wilh be repeated at intervals of See "Boston Illustrated," a pictorial handbook of Boston." Through Boston arid Vicinity. 55 about one minute. For a fire near Box No. 145 ("South- Boston Point), the bells will strike one, make a pause, then strike Jour, another pause, then strike Jive, thus : 1 — 4 — 5. Second alarms are sounded by striking ten blows. Third alarms are sounded by striking twelve blows twice, thus: 12 — 12. In cases where the entire department is required, alarms are sounded bv striking twelve blows three times, thus : 12—12—12. * In cases where hook-and-ladder companies only are wanted, signal to be given by striking ten blows once, with the number of the company struck twice, thus : Hook and Ladder No. 1, 10 — 1 — 1. Hook and Ladder No. 4, 10 — 4 — 4. Hook and Ladder No. 7, 10— 7—7. If more than one hook- and-1 adder company is wanted, the signal will be given thus : Hook and Ladder 1 and 3, 10—1—1 — 3 — 3. Hook and Ladder 2 and 4, 10 — 2 — 2 — 4 — 4. Hook and Ladder 5 and 7, 10 — 5 — 5 — 7 — 7. The following shows the location of all the alarm- boxes in the city : — IN THE CITY PROPER, VO. LOCALITY OF BOXES. 2. Corner Charter Street and Phlpps Place. 3. Corner Hull and Snowhill Streets. 4. Causeway Street (B. & M. Freight Depot). 5. Corner Causeway and Lowell Streets. 6. Corner Leverett and Willard Streets. 7. Corner Poplar and Spring Streets. 8. Mcrrimac House. 9. Constitution Wharf. 12. Corner Cooper and Endicott Streets. 13. Corner Hanover and Richmond Streets. 14. Corner Commercial Street and Eastern Avenue. 15. Corner Commercial and Richmond Streets. 16. East End of Faneuil Hall. 17. Corner Hanover and Salem Streets. 18. Quincy House. 19. Havmarket Square (B. & M. DepotL 21. Corner Sudbury and Hawkins Streets. 23. Corner Cambridge and Bowdoin Streets. 24. North-Russell Street (Church). Engravings and Descriptions in '■"Boston Illustrated." 56 Strangers' New Guide SO. LOCALITY OF BOXES. 25. West City Stables. 26. Corner Cambridge and West-Cedar Streets. 27. River Street (Steamer House No. 10). 28. Corner Beacon and Spruce Streets. 2.4. Corner Beacon and Clarendon Streets. 31. Corner Beacon and Beaver Streets. 32. Corner Pinckney and Anderson Streets. 34. Corner Hancock and Myrtle Streets. 35. Beacon Street, opposite Somerset. 36. Court Square (Police Station No. 2>. 37. Corner India Street and Central Wharf. 41. Corner Washington and Milk Streets. 42. Corner Winter Street and Central Place. 43. Corner Washington and Bedford Streets. 45. Corner Federal and Channing Streets. 4(5. Corner Milk and Oliver Streets. 47. Corner Broad street and Howe's Wharf. 48. Boston H. & E. It. R. Station. 51. Corner Purchase and Pearl Streets. 52. Corner Bedford and Lincoln Streets. 53. Corner Washington and Boylston Streets. 54. Corner Beach and Hudson Streets. 56. Corner Kneeland and South Streets (O. C. Depot), 57- Hudson Street (Hose House No. 2). 58. Harvard street ( li. & A. Freight Depot). 59; East Street (School House). 61. Warrenton Street, near Tremont. 62. Pleasant Street (Providence Depot). 63. Berkeley Street, near Commonwealth Avenue. 64. Washington Street and Indiana Place. 65. Corner Harrison Avenue and Seneca Streets. 67. Corner Washington and Common Streets. 6n. Corner Harrison Avenue and Warehani Street. 6",. Corner Beacon and Exeter Streets. 71. Corner Warren Avenue and Berkeley street. 72. Washington Street (Steamer House No. 3). 73. Corner Shawmut Avenue and Waltham Street. 74. Dedliam Street (Police Station No. 5). 75. Shawmut Avenue (Hose House No. 5). 76. Corner Tremont and Rutland Streets. 78. Parker Street and Railroad Crossing. 79. Corner of Dover and Albany Streets. 81. West-Canton and Appleton Streets. 82. Northampton Street (Hose House No. 4). 83. Corner Tremont and Camden Streets. 84. South City Stables. 85. Tremont and Paul Streets. The numbers from 121 to 145, inclusive, are those of boxes in South Boston ; from 151 to 178, of boxes in East Boston; from 212 to 257, ill Roxbury ; and from 312 to 341, in Dorchester. See u Boston Illustrated," a pictorial handbook of Boston. Through Boston and Vicinity. 57 PUBLIC BATHING PLACES, The public baths are open June 1st, and are kept open daily until September 30th each year, and are free to all. Those marked with an asterisk (*) are for women and girls. All the others are for men and boys. 1. West-Boston Bridge, foot of Cambridge. 2. Craigie's Bridge, foot of Leverett. 3. Charles-river Bridge, near Causeway. *4. Warren Bridge. 5. East Boston, Sectional Dock, Border Street. *6. East Boston, Sectional Dock, 96 Border Street. 7. Federal-street Bridge. 8. Mount- Washington-avenue Bridge. *9. South Boston, foot of 5th Street. 1U. South Boston, south end L Street. 11. Dover-street Bridge, South Pier. *12. Dover-street Bridge, South Pier. 13. Cabot Street, Roxbury. *14. Cabot Street, Roxbury. 15. Svvett Street, South Bay. 16. Commercial Point, Dorchester. 17. Maverick Street, East Boston. Hotels and Restaurants. Hotels. The following partial list of the hotels in Boston may be of use to strangers stopping in the city. The houses are classified. Those which are wholly or chiefly board- ing or family hotels are marked with an asterisk (*). Those which are large and first-class in every respect are printed in small capitals, and those which are smaller Engravings and Descriptions in "Boston Illustrated." 58 Strangers' New Guide in size, though perhaps equally worthy of patronage, are printed in italics. Adams, * Albion, American, Anderson, Avon, Boston, Campbell, Cen tral, City, * Clarendon, * Commonwealth, * Coolidge, Creighton, Essex, * Evans, * Everett, * Hotel Bellevue, International, * La Grange, * Lancaster, Marlboro', Maverick, Merrimac, National, New- Engl and, * Norfolk, Park, Pahker, Parks, Province, Quincy, Revere, Sears, No. 371 Washington Street. Cor. Beacon and Tremont Streets. No. 56 Hanover Street. Cor. Essex St. and Harrison Ave. No. 19 Avon Street. Cor. Beach St. and Harrison Ave. No. 6 Wilson's Lane. No. 4 Central Square (E. B.). No. 55 Brattle Street. No. 523 Tremont Street. No. 1511 Washington Street. Bowdoin Square. No. 245 Tremont Street. No. 16 Essex Street. No. 175 Tremont Street. Cor. Washington and Camden Sts. No. 17 Beacon Street. No. 415 Washington Street. No. 6 La Grange Street. Comer Wash, and E. Concord Sts. No. 227 Washington Street. No. 24 MaverickTSqnare (E. B.). Cor. Merrimac and Friend Streets. Cor. Blackstone and Cross Streets. Cor. Clinton and Blackstone Sts. Eliot Square (R.). No. 7 Central Court. No. 60 School Street. No. 187 Washington Street. No. 1 Province Court. No. 1 Brattle Square. Bowdoin Square. Court Avenue. See "Boston Illustrated," a pictorial handbook of Boston. Through Boston and Vichiity. 59 Selwyn, No. 29 Harrison Avenue. Sherman, Court Square. ♦ St. Denis, No. 1421 Washington Street. St. Elmo, No. 27 Boylston Street. St. James, Franklin Square. Temple, Nos. 8 and 9 Bowdoin Square. Trainer's, Cor. Wash, and West-Dover Streets. Tremont, Cor. Tremont and Beacon Streets. United States, Cor. Beach and Lincoln Streets. Warwick, No. 1028 Washington Street. * Winthrop, Cor. Bowdoin and Allston Streets. Young's, Court Avenue. Restaurants and Cafes. The stranger in Boston who cannot find a place to satisfy his hunger in any part of the city must he extremely unfortunate. For the guidance of those who do not know where to go with an assurance that they will be well served, we insert a list of cafe's, restaurants, and confectioners of the best reputation in various parts of Boston ; but as the list is short, and does not pretend to be complete, the absence of any saloon or eating- house from it is not to be taken as in any way prejudicial to it. Those where ladies are wont to resort are marked with an asterisk (*). Parker House, gentlemen's dining-room, *ladies' dining- room, and cafe' in the basement, School Street. * Tremont- House Cafe, corner of Tremont and Beacon Streets. * Revere-House Cafe", Bowdoin Square. *Copeland's, No. 4 Tremont Row. *Copeland's, No. 208 Washington Street. *Copeland , s, Tremont Street, opposite Park Street. Young's Hotel, Court Avenue. * Weber's, No. 25 Temple Place. Engravings and Descriptions in "Boston Illustrated." 6o Strangers' New Guide 6' *Fera's, No. 343 Washington Street. Kendall's, No. 8 Congress Square. Stumcke Sf Goodwin, No. 9 Brattle Street. *Mrs. Harrington's, No. 13 School Street. *La Grange, corner of La Grange and Tremont Streets. *Dooli,ng's, Nos. 1247 and 1249 Washington Street. * 'Young Women's Christian Association (ladies only), No. 25 Beach Street. THE PEACE JUBILEE. The International Peace Jubilee, beginning in Bos- ton on the 17th of June, 1872, is the legitimate outgrowth of the magnificent success of the first Jubilee in 1869. Mr. Gilrnore projected that grand festival in 1867, and was two years in preparing for it. immediately after its close he hegan to lay his plans for a repetition of the feat on a grander scale. The result we may see to-day in the enor- mous building, covering four and a half acres of ground, at the crossing of the Albany and the Providence Rail- road's. It would require more space than could be de- voted to the subject to give any thing approaching a full description of the building and the plan of operations for the three weeks beginning with the 17th of June and ending on the 6th of July. We can merely refer to some of the interesting points in connection with the Jubilee. Officers of the Jubilee. Executive Committee. — Alexander IT. Rice, President; Eben D.Jordan, Treasurer; Henkv G. Parker, Secretary; Lewis Rice, Henry Mason, Joseph H. Chadwick, M. M. Ballou, Edward Sands, Joseph F. Paul, Samuel Little, George II. Davis, Charles W. Slack, G. Wetherbee, Oliver Ditson, M. F. Dickinson, Jn. See "Boston Illusirated,'''' a pictorial handbook of Boston. Through Boston and Vicinity. 61 Finance Committee. — Samuel Little, Chairman. Building Committee. — George H. Davis, Chairman. Committee on Decorations. — M. P. Kennard, Chairman. Committee on Printing. — Henry G. Parker, Chairman. Committee on Music' — John C. Haynes, Chairman. Committee on Transportation. — A. A. Folsom, Chair- -man. Committee on Reception of the Press.— J. E. Osgood, Chairman. City Committee, — Thos. L. Jenks, Chairman. Projector. — P. S. Gilmore. Superintendent of Chorus. — Eben Tourjee. Superintendent of Orchestra. — J. Thomas Baldwin. Superintendent of the Coliseum. — Joseph H. Chadwtck. Conductors. — P. S. Gilmore, Carl Zerrahn, Franz Art, Joh.vnn Strauss. The Coliseum. The building in which the Jubilee is held is called the Coliseum, and is built on the same general plan as the Coliseum of 1869. The architect is William G. Preston. It was at first intended to erect a more magnificent struc- ture; but the wind played havoc with the part already erected on the new plan, and the time was so short, that it was necessary to resort to the old model. The Coliseum has an extreme length of 550 feet, and a width of 350 feet. It contains a parquet, surrounded by galleries on every side, — that at one end being given up to the chorus and orchestra. Surrounding the building there are immense retiring, ante, reception, and other rooms. The height of the building to the crown of the roof is about 115 feet. The capacity of the building for audience, musicians, and chorus has not been accurately calculated ; but the figures showing the size of the building indicate that its capacity must be very great. Engravings and Descriptions in '* Boston Illustrated." 62 Strangers' New Guide The seats for the chorus occupy the easterly encrof the building for a distance of 240 feet forward from the end wall, arranged in the manner of an amphitheatre (rising some 26 feet) around the place allotted to the orchestra. Radial aisles of ample width give access to the various portions of the chorus territory, connecting with other semi-circular aisles of greater width, into which the stair- ways open. Very ample stairway accommodation has been provided for the chorus ; no less than nine, having an aggregate width of 108 feet, offering their broad pas- sages for the speedy and comfortable entrance and exit of the singers and musicians, the latter being placed in front of the chorus. The parquet is 235 feet long by 200 feet in width, and is divided into sections discriminated on the plan by letters. It has a smooth double floor of spruce ; and the seating is to be made in such a manner as to be easily removed upon the occasion of the grand ball. The parquet is surrounded upon three sides by promenades 25 feet in width under the side and end galleries. These galleries are 75 feet deep, being 10 feet from the parquet floor in front, and rising backward to the walls at a gradual elevation of two and a half inches in every foot. In each of these galleries there will be rows of seats longitudinally, then an aisle, and then other similar rows of seats. Back of the rear row is a promenade-gallery 12 feet wide, and extending all the way round the build- ing, 1,800 feet. These galleries are accessible by means of 12 broad stairways leading from the outside doors; so that those holding gallery tickets reach their seats with- out being in the way of those who are to sit in the parquet. Entrance to the building is effected by 12 doorways, each 25 feet in width, and six others of somewhat smaller dimensions. Passages of corresponding width extend directly into the parquet promenade, and corridors See u Boston Illustrated," a pictorial handbook of Boston. Through Boston and Vicinity. 63 of similar width give access to the chorus Avai ting-rooms. The Coliseum has been very finely decorated by C. W. lioeth and L. Ilollis. The Organ. The organ, ouilt for this Coliseum by J. H. Wilcox & Co., is the most powerful instrument ever con- structed. It fills a space 30 feet wide and 20 feet deep; and one of the pipes reaches to a height of 43 feet from the gallery base. The organ has no case ; and all the pipes are visible, except those in the swell organ. A gns engine supplies the power for blowing the organ, and the eight pumps which throw air into the wind-chest have a capacity of 1,280 cubic feet a minute. The organ has two banks of keys and one of pedals. The great organ has fifteen stops, the swell onjan seven, and the pedal seven. Two of the stops in the pedal organ are novel, one being an invention of the builder, and the other — the megalophonia, or great sound — being the only one of the kind in the country, and having 32 foot- pipes. There are also 15 mechanical registers. The Orchestra. The orchestra is the largest ever gathereu. All the musicians, including the bands, form the grand orchestra. From this is formed a smaller select orchestra. The grand orchestra consists of 2,000 musicians ; and these musicians come, not only from Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, and the far West and South, but from Canada, from England, from Ireland, from France and Germany. The select orchestra, co'nsi sting of Strauss and his orchestra of 50, and over 800 others from this country, will be called upon to play the symphonies, and other selections of the less popular class of music. It is Engravings and Descriptions in "Boston Illustrated." 64 Strangers' New Guide. made up as follows, the famous orchestra of 6'trauss not being included in the list of instruments : First, violins, 200 ; second violins, 150; violas, 100; violoncel- los, 100; contra bassi, 100; flutes, 24; clarinets, 24 oboes, 20; fagotti, 20; trumpets, 24; French horns, 24 trombones, 24 ; tubas, 4 ; tympani, 6 ; side drums, 4 bass drums, 2 ; big drum, 1 ; triangles, 2. The Soloists and Select Chorus. The list of soloists has not been completed at the time of going to press. Among those already engaged are Madame RudersdorfF and Madame Peschka-Leutncr. The famous pianist, Madame Arabella Goddard, has also been engaged, A choice selection of the best solo-singers in the country has been made; and these are to be massed for the performance of solo parts. The arrangements for this part of the entertainment are not complete. The Chorus. The eagerness of musical people to engage in the Jubilee was most strikingly illustrated in the history of the chorus. In three weeks from the opening of the list for a chorus of 20,000, the entire number was pro- cured, and many more were applying vainly for ad- mission. Massachusetts, of course, furnishes the largest contingent. All the New-England States are repre- sented, however, together with New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Mis- souri, California, and New Brunswick. The whole number of societies js 165, and the aggregate number of voices is fully 20,000. See "Boston Illustrated," a pictorial handbook of Boston, fully described on the covers of this booh. Boston Illustrated: A Pictorial Handbook of Boston and its Surroundings. Boston and its suburbs, though noted for picturesque beauty and scenes rich in memorable associations, have never been adequately described and illustrated. Thousands of the resi- dents of Boston, though proud of the city for its numerous at- tractive features, and proverbially jealous of its good reputation, are unacquainted with the precise locality, historical interest,and distinctive characteristics of many buildings and objects more or less famous in the annals of Boston. 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