HOW IT ALL CAME ABOUT 9 



where the railroads and the lake vessels dis- 

 charge and take on their cargoes of merchan- 

 dise and of humanity. Toronto, at the pres- 

 ent time, is a wonder among cities. The 

 population is growing at the rate of thirty- 

 five thousand a year. Six thousand houses 

 had been erected within the previous year, and 

 yet in a ride in an auto in the afternoon of 

 one day, and the forenoon of another day, 

 but three houses were discovered in that whole 

 distance, with a sign "To Let" upon them. 

 There is such an insistent and seemingly 

 never-ending demand for houses to be rented 

 that the builders cannot catch up with it. 



A Government House is now being erected 

 which is to be the residence of the Lieutenant 

 Governor of the province, where the great 

 social functions and others will be held. 

 Here the state balls, receptions, conferences 

 settlements, concerts, addresses, and other af- 

 fairs of state will make the Government 

 House the center of social attraction in the 

 Province of Ontario. 



Another notable building I should say, 

 palace is undergoing erection, which when 

 completed will be one of the sights of the 

 town, one of the wonders of modern architec- 

 ture and of lavish expenditure of money. It 



