'2o0 DIIiECTIOXS FOl! TOUKLSTS 



\vrtU'rf< of the liarliour the city jireseiits a fine aiipeaniiK.'e, cliiub- 

 iiig tliL' slope of the hill which i.s crowned b\ the Rouiau Catliolic 

 'Cathedi'al, a noble structure which overlook.s tlie whole. There 

 is ample space in every direction for expansion. Ali'eady the 

 tendency is to build dwelling houses in the suburbs, or on the 

 summits of the rising gi-ounds overlooking the harlwui', and to 

 leave the large stores and shops solely for. business ])uri)oses, in- 

 stead of having as formerly residences over them. Many of the 

 new houses erected outside the city on the higher giounds are 

 ■of a superior descrijition, and these as they increase will form 

 s(piares and crescents, and become the fashionable quarters. 

 The leading roads in all dii'cctions, to the distance of two mile.s 

 from the city, are getting lined with handsome villas, the resi- 

 <lences of the wealthier classes. Water Street, the principal 

 business street, i)resents a very substantial appearance, the 

 liouses being of stone oi- brick. The shops, stoi'es and counting- 

 houses occai)y the ground tloors, while some of the merchants 

 .and many of the slio])-kee[)ers still reside in the upper stoi'evs. 

 Fish-stores and other warehouses jiroject from the rt^ar on the 

 side next the harbour. Many of the shops, especially in the re- 

 cently re-built part of rVater Stittt, present a \eiy handsome 

 appearance, and comjiare not unfavourably with similar estab- 

 lishments in the large cities of Canada and the United States, 

 In other [»arts of the city the bulk of the houses are built of 

 "wood, anil many of the streets are exceedingly dingy and com- 

 monplace. 



VUliE WATEK— FIKE BRIGADE. 



St. Jolm's has the innnense advantage of possessing an abun- 

 <lant supply of the purest water which is obtained tVom Windsor 

 Lake, four and a-half miles from the city and standing at a 

 lieight of 4:00 feet aliove the sea-level. The pressure is thus so 

 great that water can be thrown frbm the hydrants to a height of 

 fifty feet, or 150 feet ahnig a street. Taught by sad experience, 

 the ( Jovernment and Muni(,'i])al Council are now organizing a 

 fire bi'igade of a liighly etticient m'der, equipped with all modern 



