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talists, and an active movement is on foot to make this city the center of a 

 great cotton industry. 



ST. LOUIS AS A HOME. 



The foregoing facts and figures are addressed to the millionaire, the 

 capitalist, and the investor. The business man naturally and inevitably 

 seeks points where he can make money. And such a man, having control 

 of wealth, can always and everywhere command comfort, refinement, and 

 luxury for himself and his family. But St. Louis has exceptional advan- 

 tages as a residence for working people and those of slender income. On 

 three sides the city is touched by a suburban country unexcelled in natural 

 beauty and healthfulness. Rents are reasonable, because this suburban 

 country is reached by a system of street car service, which, for cheapness, 

 quickness, and efiiciency is unsurpassed, if it is even equalled, by any city 

 on the continent. Our markets are cheap and abundant, being especially 

 noted for the quality of fruit, fish and game. Having easy access to the 

 immense fields of the South, our markets supply the people with fresh fruit 

 and vegetables foran astonishingly long period of the year. We have a large 

 number of delightful public parks, some of them situated in the very heart 

 of the city, and tne largest, which covers an area of 1,371 acres, is within 

 easy walking distance of the main residence parts of the city, and easily 

 and cheaply accessible from ant part by our splendid street car service. 

 These parks furnish the people with natural and agreeable country resorts. 

 The great Botanical Garden, given to the city by the late Henry Shaw, is 

 worldwide in its reputation. It is not only "a thing of beauty and a joy 

 forever," but it furnishes opportunities for the study of botany, horticul- 

 ture, and intelligent agriculture, which are unequalled in this country. 

 Our sewage, both natural and artificial, is superb. We have scores of miles 

 of well-paved streets. Our great libraries, public and private, stand among 

 the first in the land. Our school system has merited and received the en- 

 comiums of intelligent educators from all parts of the country. Largely 

 organized by the labors of that eminent educationalist, Prof. W. T. Harris, 

 the system has more than fulfilled its early promise. Since his removal to 

 a wider field of educationa' usefulness, our schools have been shaped by 

 men and women who have achieved a national reputation in educational 

 affairs. Washington University, with its various branches, and a number 

 nf other private institutions furnish abundant and economical instruments 

 of tne higher education. The thousands of people who live in adjoining 

 towns and do business in St. Louis not only have frequent and easy access 

 to the city, but they have the advantage of a Union Depot, which is not 

 only the largest in the world, but the one in which a larger number of pas- 

 sengers are more easily, and safely, and comfortably handled than in, any 

 passenger station in the land. As a place of residence, St. Louis is one of 

 the handsomest, most economical, healthiest, most comfortable cities in 

 this country. _ 



John Snyder. 



