branch of industry in which she has attained such a prominent posi- 

 tion, that, in this Centennial year, she can safely challenge any port 

 in the world to a comparison with her catch of fish, her clipper ves- 

 sels, and the enterprise and daring with which the business is prose- 

 cuted. She stands to-day at the head of the fisheries, as headquart- 

 ers for the purchasing of fish, from first hands, a fact which a walk 

 about her wharves demonstrates to a certainty. The telegraph brings 

 orders daily from all portions of the country, and the facilities for 

 transportation are such as to warrant purchasers to send their orders 

 direct to Gloucester. If another half-century witnesses such rapid 

 growth and progress in this branch, as the past has developed, we 

 ma}' expect to sec the shores of her outer harbor lined with wharves, 

 the much talked of breakwater on Dog Bar completed, the marginal 

 railroad in active operation, horse railroads around the Cape and 

 throughout the city, her population doubled, and vacant lots on hill- 

 side and valley, covered with neat dwelling houses. 



