174 OCEAN TO OCEAN ON HORSEBACK. 



the river, which is used for extinguishing fires and 

 running light machinery ; the other from Hemlock 

 Lake, twenty-nine miles from the centre of the city, 

 and four hundred feet above it. This water is sent 

 through sixty miles of mains, the pressure being such 

 as to throw from the hydrants a stream one hundred 

 and thirty feet perpendicularly. No city is more 

 perfectly protected from fire. 



At the corner of Main and State streets are the 

 Powers' Buildings, a peculiar block of stores, built of 

 stone, glass and iron, seven stories high. In the 

 upper halls is a fine collection of paintings. A tower 

 surmounts the building, from which a fine view of the 

 city and its surroundings is obtained. " The Arcade " 

 is roofed with glass and numerous fine stores line its 

 sides. Opposite stands the County Court House, a 

 handsome building of gray limestone, with a tower 

 one hundred and seventy-five feet high. The hand- 

 somest building in the city is, I think, the Rochester 

 Savings Bank, corner of Main and Fitzhugh streets. 

 The First Baptist, the First Presbyterian and the 

 Catholic Cathedral of St. Patrick are the finest church 

 edifices. 



There are twelve spacious parks here, and four 

 elegant bridges cross the Genesee. The Rochester 

 University, founded by the Baptist denomination in 

 1850, is located on a tract of twelve acres, a little to 

 the east of the city. It has a valuable library and 

 mineralogical cabinet. The State Reform School or 

 Western House of Refuge for vicious boys is an im- 

 posing edifice, containing usually about four hundred in- 

 mates. Mount Hope, the site of the cemetery — before 



