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Les diagrammes suivants iliustrent la mAthode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 m.. vi"s*i,. 1 ^ ^ ^ m TORONTO PUBUC LIBRARIES REFERENCE LIBRARY '-v^. w 917 [■.■^.i-vA-i c;,. i::^ &,z;i M 'y^'^^•:^MM'^'^':'li^i,4S Kfi. -.a V, e « i t % 1 )R( r* w^^-Jt y^^^/T^y^ ^f 'm ^ ^«d^ 3NTO A CITY or . ATTPACTIONS r I ■ TORONTO : THE 0. M. ROSE & SONS COMPANY, Limited PWNTRD 5Y THE HUNTGP, ROSE COIiPANY, Uinirecl J- ! ;~':£!.^ mMamms;j^*m»»g«t»Mk TORONTO : A CITY OF ATTRACTIONS ./ SSa' 5*f" THE LARGEST HAT AND FUR STORE IN CANADA Fine Hats Furs We are the largest exclusive manufacturers of fine fur gar- . ments in Canada. We make a specialty of high-class fur garments to order, and excel in the making of rich and costly seal coats, capes and wraps. Dominion selling agents for *' Youmans' " hats. LUQSDIN'S 84 YONQE ST. ,„.t?J;isr«co. TORONTO TORONTO : A CITY OF ATTRACTIONS r- s. ■ -jtrf .«..-•. ukaifi jfeJMt. ^, i«j^ # TORONTO: A CITY OF ATTRACTIONS m SWITCHES WITHOUT DORENWEND'S HAIR GOODS The Largest and Best Equipped Establishment on the continent .S^^^'V'^ Hair Goods Styles by the thousand Ladies'Wigs,Wavy Fronts Bangs, Switches, etc. GENTS' WIGS, TOUPEES, ETC. Over 37,000 wear our feather weight toupees. nr W 1EE& / I wim INSPECTION INVIIEU THB DOREINWBIND CO. OP TORONTO LIMITED 103 and 105 Yonge Street, Toronto ;« .m CATALOQUE FREE ( 1 i I ronto: A Citg of Atrractions A VIEW OP THr: CITY FROH ITS PRACTICAL SIDE «• The blue hills of old Toronto shed Their evening shadows o'er Ontario's bed." — Tom Moore. I T WAS Dr. Guthrie who wrote : ** I bless God for cities. Cities have been as 1 lamps of life along the pathway of humanity and religior. Within them science has given birth to her noblest discoveries. Behind their walls freedom has fought her noblest battles. They have stood on the surface of the earth like great break- waters, rolling back or turning aside the swelling tide of oppression. Cities, indeed, have been the cradles of human liberty. They have been the active centre of almost all church and state reformation. Having, therefore, no sympathy with those who, THE UNION STATION. m TORONTO : A CITY OF ATTRACTIONS regarding them as the excrescences of a tree or the tuniors of disease, would raze our cities to the ground, I bless God for cities." And Dr. (juthrie had never seen Toronto, probably the fairest city on this fair continent. Alth( ij^h the queen city of Canada cannot bo said to be of mushroom growth, it has niaii) could be better calculated to advance with giant strides ? Is there a city more conveniently, more picturesquely or more healthily situated ? Set, as a recent writer has ib, like a richly-hued gem in the silver sheen of Lake Ontario, it has extensive and well-maintained outlets in all directions, by ship, by rail, by electric service, by wagon or by cart. Good level roads run into a fertile country, north, east and west, while on the south is the broad expanse of one of the five greatest lakes in the world, enabling the safest and finest of harbors to be reached by vessels of any size afloat on North America's vast inland waters. Built on a slope, no city has finer draining advantages or superior facilities for the securing of pure water ; nor for the obtaining and maintaining of that most valuable of God's blessing — perfect health. In fact, Toronto, the world over, is famed as being in itself one of Nature's greatest sanitariums. While its business streets, with its miles upon miles of fine, large, impos- 8 TORONTO : A CITY OF ATTRACTIONS ing oommei'cial, financial, educational, theological and governmental buildings, present an appearance of hustling, stirring prosperity, second to no city of the same size, its residential portion for scenery, taste in architecture, taste in plans of g, rounds, taste in arrangement, cannot be surpassed. Possibly, the greatest tribute to Toronto's natural advantages is to be found in the fact that while Niagara, Kingston, and Lon- don were each in turn chosen by pioneers, military con)manders or governors, for the capital of the richest, most resourceful, best populated of the provinces, this city finally forced herself to the front, and stayed in the front, not by favour, but by the right of her own surroundings and )>eaaties of situation, and by the right of the energy of her pioneers and their successors. It was Surveyor General Bouchette, an early hydrographer, who wrote : " I distinctly recollect the untamed aspect which the country exhibited when I first entered the beautiful basin. Dense and trackless forests lined the margin of t'ue lake and reflected their inverted images on its glassy suil tlic CO VI GRAM) TRUNK R, R. TICKET OFFICE, COR. KING ANU YONGE STREETS. <-*>.. TORONTO : A CITY OF ATTRACTIONS SIM face. The waruloring savage bad constructed hia epheinoral liahitation beneath their luxuriiint foliage —the group then consisted of two families of Missiasagas - and th(! bay and neighboring marshes were the hitherto uninvaded Jiaunts of immense coveys of wiUl fowl." Toronto has lost its "untamed aspect," but the glory of the highlands and the magniticenco of the waters remain. THG BIRTH OF THE CITY. Tt was Covtrnor John (Jraves ISimcoe who, lOG years ago, l)y choosing Toronto as his capital, or rather headijuart 'rs, for it was a meagre chief city < state at that time, gave T onto its first impetus t wards decided prominence When Cioveinor Simcoo located here the germ of the town was the Gov- ernor's canvas tent (it had belonged to the discoverer of Otaheite, the famous navigator, Captain Cook), in • which, in an open space by the mouth of the river Don — now the site of the second largest distillery in Ame r i ca — the sturdy soldier ad ministrator spent ~~ """ , a winter, while the Queen's Rangers were set the task of hewing down the forest and clearing a site for the Upper Canada Westminster, consisting of two large haPs, in one of which justice was meted out, while in the other the Provincial Legislature met. From that time on the progress of Toronto was steady, and on the whole safe. FRONT STREET TORONTO Showing Post Office SPADINA Showing Knox College i ( [!*'«" I' ! 1 \\.\ to TORONTO : A CITY OF ATTRACTIONS BUSINESS CENTRES. KINC. KAST. m'lCKN WKST. KING EAST. YONGE. FRONT AND WELLINGTON WIH I I !■! ti »r i;ti iindl beei larul riio\ andl the aga istsj mei "*«*. TORONTO : A CITY OF ATTRACTIONS II CKXTRES. KAST. WKST. In 1812 Toronto, or rather York, as it was then called, was twice sacked by the United States invaders, but intelligence, integrity and industry came to its aid, and the city rose from its ashes and entered upon a period of advancement that has been checked by untoward events, such as political turmoil and the machinations of land speculators, but never blocked. Considering that the leader of the Reform j.iovement in 1^37, William Lyon Mackenzie, that true lion of indomitable courage and spirit, had, three years previoilsly, been its mayor, Toronto (York no longer, the change being elFected in 1834), naturally played a prominent part in the rising against autocracy and the evils of misgovernment. The city was held by the Loyal- ists, but the move- ment brought the '"■«,. ■"■-\ people the liberties they enjoy to-day. From 1837 to 1867 the city prospered, but in the latter year Confederation took place, and if it lost some importance as a seat of government it continued to grow with a greater growth as a business centre, as is proved by the fact that while thirty years ago the popula- tion was only 50,000 and the nsalty twenty millions, to-day the population has nearly (juintupled and the realty almost decupled, if such a word can be used. UKR A FEW ADVANTAGES. Without dwelling further upon the history of the city, v/hich in its details is both interesting and instructive, we will, before passing to descriptive details and material statistics, say a few words regarding its advantages as a place for visitors, for investors and for residents. Tom.to covers an area of about sixteen square miles, intersected by more than three hundred miles of well paved streets, that, al- most without deviation, cross each other at right angles. Filectric lights on a utility plan, and not, as in some American cities, on the ornamental beacon method, illu- !^' m |v:-U «ii« # AT THB PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS THE STAIRWAY. THE CORRIDOR CARRIAGE DR'VE. LEGISLATIVE IIAI.L. ini| or sidi cov iinj fiirl pen tral dir. pall roni not run so eye if I will iiltl coil uat as 1 twl ow TORONTO : A CITY OF ATTRACTIONS 13 niiiiato the city at Imlf-blouk or whole-block intervals, from side to side, depending, of course, upon the h^ngth Jind importance of the thorough- fare : while probably the most perfect system of electric cars traverses tlu; city in every di lection. If ever a munici- pality had rfipid transit. To- ronto is that municipality, foi' not only do the trolley cars run fast, but the streets are so well kept that ;{0,000 bi- cyclists lly hither and thither, if not with tlie speed of the wind, at least with a celerity that astounds visitors, who, with wonder, learn tlutt, although no cast-iron regulation as regards speed exists, and no ordinance is in force compelling the use of brakes, or the canying of lanterns or bells, accidents of a serious nature are so rare as not to exceed three or four in a year ; whereas, in cities half as large as Toronto, vithall the supposed prt cautions, the casualties are freijuently twice as great. THE GDVEKNME.Nr IIOUSK. LUNQS OF THE CITY. The open space and public playgrounds are not as numerous as might be desired, owing to a lack of early munieij)al foresight, but much has been done latterly to im- prove the Island, High Park, Exhi- bition Park, Woodbine l^ark, where the most celebrated horse races in the country are annually held, and the Rosedale Athletic grounds. At some one of thess centres, and on holidays at all, something attractive in the shape of games is always in progress during the summer. It must not be understood, however, that the city is without breathing spaces, for while there are not so B '''^mmi^mlS^ THE AKMORY. EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. TRINITY. NORMAL SCHOOL. I'Pl'KR CANADA COLI.HGF. UNIVERSITY. M MASTKR. VICTORIA SCHOIJL OK PRACTICAL SCIENCE. 4 ,*' >- TORONTO : A CITY OF ATTRACTIONS TRINITY. NORMAL SCHOOL. KR I.ANAIIA COI.I.HGF. 15 \ many in the interior as there should be, there are yet a few scattered around, whereas ^ the drives in the suburbs cannot be excelled anywhere in their natural loveliness. It is not only in itself that Toronto is brimful of interest and attractiveness for both visitor and resident ; its main recommendations lie in the country it serves. No city in the world can excel it in this pasticular. Seldom, if ever, characterized by that purgatorial heat which makes summer almost unbearable in many so-called watering places to the south, and turns cities into little better than Saharial plague spots, Toronto to the stay-at-home and the transient offers tiie Island with its well laid-out grounds and walks, and its lovely, exhilarating, cool breezes off the lake at the very height of the heated term, and many charming siiots on THK KOSKDALE DRIVE AND BRIDGE. ■x-- ' -..-iJa* Branch, Kew Beach, Victoria Park, while within half an hour's ride are the famous strawl)erry beds of Oakville and within a couple of hours' pleasant journey by boat or rail the most stupendous and awe-inspiring wonder of the world — Niagara Falls. Then within a very few hours the loveliest spots in creation, or rather in Muskoka, on the Georgian Bay, or on the St. Lawrence, can be leached ; and no sportsman need go to bed hungry, while the choicest fishing waters or hunting grounds can be got to in the morning and returned from so as to spend the night in town. mmm IN THE PARKS. NOKMAI. SCIIOOI. liROlJNDS. lumrici'i TiKAi. tJARnK.Nv ! RESERVOIR. HIGH. i,UhEN S. RIVERSIDE. as the reg rap quf bru Th( stn joii a la cor equ si(n yea nee we,'- iiig fun boa r<»n .su tfO are for be iul fee of r a rei fai m til in t€ ' I \i. stiiooi. liRoi'Nns. loKTKll 11 KAI. t;ARnH.Vs TORONTO : A CITY OF ATTRACTIONS 17 LOCAL TRANSIT. The street railway system is, as has been referred to, one of the very best on the continent in regard to mileage, ecjuipinent and rapid facilities for reaching any quarter of the large area em- braced within the city limits. There are moie than 90 miles of street railway, operated by a joint stock company, but paying a large annual revenue to the city corporation, and to fall again, on equitable terms, into the posses- sion gf the city after a term of years. The city railway has con- nections on the north, east and west with suburban lines embrac- ing many miles of track and furnishing ready access to many beautiful localities in the envi- rons. The s u bu rban trolley lines are likely be- fore long to be extended into a ])ei"- fect .system of radial railways reaching as far as forty miles out, thus brid'f- ing a vast territory A -r'^ AT MUNRO AND VICTORIA PARKS, i8 TORONTO : A CITY OF ATTRACTIONS virtually within instant trading limits of the city, for between the telephone and the electric travel it will be possible to order and ship goods from and to points within sixty minutes, that until veiy recently were regarded as a day apait, and, in fact, could not exchange communications within less than forty eight hours. In addition to the facilities for urban and suburban travel there are seven lines of railway center- ing at the Union Station, reaching with ease and sj)ee(l all parts of the country and luiving close connections with the great systems of the United States. sr. JOSEPH STRKET A PERFECT CLIHATE. We shall be pardoned if at this juncture we dwell at some length and with considerable pride upon the salubrity and beauty of our climate In summer and in autumn there is no city in the world more blessed in this particular than Toronto. Rainy days, especially in summer, are rare, few places on the continent having more sunshine, as the meteorological records amply prove. What rain there is usually falls i i PI TORONTO : A CITY OF ATTRACTIONS »9 elephone and the to points within art, and, in fact, rs. In addition f railway center- the country aix gUi and with sunnner and than Toronto. / havijig more is usually falls r 1 ■ 20 TORONTO : A CTT^' OF ATrRACnONS in heavy, but brief tliundershowers, and few citizens carry umbrellas. The latitude, 43' 39', is that of tiie extreme south of France, the north of Spain, and Leghorn in the central latitudes of Ttaly, but *he deep, cool lake in front of the city, modifying as it does the south and southwest winds blowinj^ over it, prevents the oppres- siveness of summer felt in cities of similar latitiide in Europe and the Eastern and \\\'sU'rn States of America, and even in other cities of Canada lyiiij; fuith(r north. At the same ^ . time, the inlluenci^ of the Georgian Bay to the north, and of Lakes ilur-on and Superior*, war'ds I ill" the chilly weather- arrd gives the city a remar'k- ably ('(juable temju^rature. Anything exc(!pt oi'dinary summer wear is super- fluous, even for- sitting out at night, for the chilly even ings of San Fr-ancisco, Monterey and ahrrost the entire Pacific Coast, are unknowrr, sometimes for months toi^ether. Even in July, in ordinar-y sea- sons, theaveragedaily maxrmum tall short of 80 in the sliade, and in hot weather the nrercur-y rarely reaches 90". The aver-iigc! rrriniinum daily is a little more than 'JO (h^grees lower* than the irraxi- mum, and hot nights are r'ar-e. In calm weather', jr weather not distuilxMl by strong winds, a "Seabreeze ' blows inward over the city dur- ing the hottest hours of the day, and is wonder- fully lofr-eshing. About nine or ten o'clock in the; (nening this is rvplaced by a gentle ^*ind from the north, increasing in for-ce after midnight and dying away aftei sunrise into the early forenoon calm. The aver^age temperature which in any month is approximately represented by the tenip( tatuie at nine p.m., is about G3" in June, in July 68", in August 6G .5, and in September nearly 00 — \ery comfortable tempera- turi and the ^ teni I nol^ fuiy ic AT TORO.NTO JU.NCTION.— THIS lIRill SCHOOL. IN KENNEDY PARK. EVELYN CRKSCENT. V\ 3x^ TORONTO : A CITY OF ATTRACTIONS 31 s. The latitude, , and Leghorn in le city, modifying enta the oppres- the Eastern and d even in other •th. At the same Ufian Bay to tlie Suj)eiior, vvai'ds le city a remark- ture. Anything ler wear is super- ig out at night, the chilly even of San Francisco, iterey and almost entire Pacific it, are unknown, stimes for months her. Even in in ordinary sea- iheaveragedaily mum fall short 1 in hot weather iches 90". The is a little more than the maxi- n cahn weather, strong winds, a er the city dur- and is wonder- • ten o'clock in ' a gentle wind y aftet sunrise any month is i.'3" in June, in [table tempera- tures indeed, tiiough a little higher than those of Paris, Fr;inco, or Berlin, Prussia, and considerably higher in the warmer months than at San Francisco. Tn winter, the deep unfrozcm lake moderates extremes, and hence Toronfo does not show as low temperatuns in extreme periods of c Id as many places in New York, Michigan, Illi- nois, Wisconsin, Iowa and Mi-souii, and in s(mie winters zero is not approached at iwiy time. While late in December or sometime in January, the bay freezes over, ic ; occasionally is found only for a week or a few weeks, and beyond the Queen's Wharf, at the western entrance to the harbor, Tlurtiber Bay, lying along the city front, affords to ardent lovers of boating, who reck not for ice-cold water, ample opportunity on the calmer days of winter for the use of their oars. CITY FOR CCNVCN- TIONS. It is no wonder, then, that with the salubrity and mild- ness of Toronto the city should be, what its Indian name is commonly supposed to mean, "a place of meet- Here ai'e held, in constantly increasing numbers, many of tlie largest international con- ventions of fraternal, religious, benevolent and scienti'c bodies, and the delegates go away almost invariably with most agreeable imi)res- sioiis, not oidy of the Queen City's h<)sj)itality, beauty and enterprise, but of its pleasant climate. In healthfulness Toronto ranks amongst the foremost cities of the world, the death-rate being under '20 per thousand. The cleanliness of the streets is a mai'vel to visitors ivfun both Europe and America. The water supply, which is drawn from the lake and beyond the island, and is pumped up against the pressure of *>■* YACiniNCi ON r JIK BAY. aa TORONTO : A CITY OF ATTRACTIONS the water iti the Restfrvoir nortli of the city, is ample — more than 100 gallons per diem for each inhabitant. Tiie water, derived from a .' "p, cool lake, anj being spread out as if at one's feet. mg THO APPROACH BY WATER. I'ut the finest approach, petliaps, is by water. Crossing Lake Ontario from Niagar-a- on-the-Lake, the traveller', after being for a short time entirely out of sight of land as much so as if he were in mid ocean, lir'st sees before him a dim, •'■ >■ KESIDENTIAL STRKliTS CHURCH, sr. iii:oKtiic. JAKVIS. SHKRBOIIKNK TORONTO : A CITY OF ATTRACTIONS 25 ; on the east eru], Street across the coess to the water de. The leadiiii,' nearly all within iition. the city by rail, d Trunk Railway, ond the Don, is le lake and bay oition of the city out as if at one's ^CH BY WATER. Hncst approach, water. C/ossini' ) fioni Niagai-a- ietrav('ll(M',aft('r )rt time entirely f land as much re in mid -ocean, rst sees before him a dim, low-ly- ing horizon, which soon begins to unfold itself as a distant line of heights, prominent among which are Scarboro' Heights to the right. Soon the tower of St. James' Cathedral peers aloft, and the tops of the taller buildings of the city. Then the island, lined with hotels and summer residences embosomed in trees, and stretching for miles along the water, charms the vision. Then, sweeping into the harbor, the bay, with its many steamers plying hither and thither, its graceful sailing vessels, pleasure yachts, with their white wings spread, and other small craft, presents an animated scene. The water- front itself is not so imposing, and the hills behind the city have sunk from view. But the line of solid warehouses, the numerous spires and towers, the lofty summits of leading down-town buildings and warehouses, give an impression, whicli is verified l)y facts, that Toronto is peihaps the busiest wholesale city of its size in America. But it is only when one lands and makes his way, not alone through the well-built down-town business streets, but through the residential portions, that the claims of Toronto to be one of the most attractive cities in the world is appreciated. CHURCH. ST. t!i;c)Ki;K. JAKVIS. SHliRBOURNK. THE HARBOR. Unlike Montreal harbor, with its unrivalled lines of massive stone quays and ^ abutments, but like, perhaps, every other harbor in America, Toronto harbor has wooden I piers. This has been necessary, as well as economical, for the Esplanade has been i constantly extending further into the bay, and into deeper water, so as to accommo- date the larger vessels that have been coming into use on the Great Lakes. At one time the water washed what were then cliffs, immediately below Front Street, along which ran the Crand Trunk Kail way. But by depositing earth, stones and debris of various kinds the Esplanade has been created, and now occupies a large and increas ing area. The chief landing place for travellers by boat is the foot of Yonge Street. Here is a large extent of wharfage, sheds and other buildings, and here, too, in the season, peaches, grapes, apples, plums, tomatoes and other fruit, the immense quanity of which simply astonishes the British visitor, are landed from the Niagara district, and sold to the fruit buyers of the city. The scene for months is one well worth a visit. From the wharves at the foot of Yonge Street tho traveller finds his way, on foot or otherwise, across the Esplanade, and up one block to the intersection of Yonge and Front Streets, whence he may easily reach his immediate destination. Several of the leading hotels are reached by turning to the left on Front Street, and several others by continuing up Yonge Street to King and thence turning to the left. But there are other good hotels up Yonge Street, and within a short distance of it to the east- ward. I 26 TORONTO : A CITY OF ATTRACTIONS THE HAIN ARTERIES. Yonge Street is the chief retail street of Toronto, and looking up it from Front Street it presents a most animated view, which is lost in the closing line? of buildings on either side, far up the gentle slope towards Bloor Street. It is, too, the main avenue of road traffic from the north, and reaches northward more than thirty miles to the borders of Lake Simcoe. Front Street is one of the leading wholesale streets of Canada, and especially beautified where it crosses Yonge Street by the lofty Board of Trade building, the elegant Custom House, and that gem of chaste and beautiful PAVILION— IIORTICULTURAI- GARDENS. architecture, the Bank of Montreal building. Parallel to Front Street, and the next north, is Wellington Street, likewise a fine wholesale street, and above Wellington are Col borne on the right and Melinda on the left, likewise large wholesale streets. Several other wholesale streets, on which some of the finest waiehouses of the city are built, cross the streets mentioned from south to north, between York Street on the west, and Church Street on the east. Beyond King Street, a beautiful and animated business street, mostly occupied witii retail shops, are parallel and cross I this TORONTO : A CITY OF ATTRACTIONS 27 up it from Front lineF of buildings is, too, the main an thirty miles to lolesale streets of he lofty Board of ite and beautiful r^».;v" ..V ' et, and the next :)ove Wellington k'holesale streets. >uses of the city York Street on a beautiful and irallel and cross [streets lined often with elegant bnildings, occupied by insurance, real estate and land land loan companies, banks, law and other offices. Beyond is Queen Street, the I longest street in the city, and stretching with its lines of retail and other shops from 'the eastern limits of Toronto for seven miles, till it verges on Humber Bay. Along I this street are scattered special centres of business which in themselves would suffice I for small cities. Two-thiids of a mile further north are Carlton and College Streets, U'oiiKtituting the third great east and west avenue of Toronto, and remarkable in parts for beautiful residences and grounds, and west to Spadina Avenue for a new and Ipromising business (quarter, with asphalt pavements excelled in width on few streets |in America. Then still further northward comes the great parallel avenue of Bloor Street, ending at the west near the rising town of Toronto Junction. The through north and south streets worthy of special note are (besides Yonge Street) Jarvis and Sher- bourne, beautiful residential streets east of Yonge Street ; and west of that street Spadina Avenue, a splendid street — a veritable Broadway — and Bathurst Street, once an old military highway to the north. Dundas Street begins in the west end. It I was constructed in the early days of the Province, and continues westward under the same name throus^h many a populous town beyond London City, a hundred and twenty miles distant. University Avenue, leading from Queen Sti'eet up to the Par- liament Buildings in the Queen's Park, is the " Unter den Linden " of Toronto, though instead of lindens it is lined and centred by colossal horse chestnut trees. It is an a\enue of great witlth, and is pro- nounced one of the most beautiful on the I continent. Jarvis Street in the east, and J St. George Street in the west, are beauti- Iful asphalted streets, and perhaps the I most fashionable of the longer residential [streets of the city. CLEAN STREETS AND GOOD ROADS. More than two- thirds of the 280 miles ' of city streets is paved with asphalt, or I asphalt and granite or brick, or else is still 1 covered with cedar blocks, which, though CUSTOMS HOUSE. ff!,'a g->:.'- ^ ; y^'- .■ ■ ■*<.*r-.T>. -' ■'"■r*'¥^_':'_-»%-*' ''-^A w-'.'** ■•*^fi¥f:y,^vtj/< ,,<./.-';iw;'rK, ^,V( Pi'! 28 TORONTO : A CITY OF ATTRACTIONS AT EXHIBITION PARK TORONTO : A CITY OF ATTRACTIONS 29 unsatisfactory for lines of heavy traffic, formed almost the only material used for improv- ing tlie roadways in the later years of the eighties. But, whatever the material, the roadways are kept scrupulously clean, and are lined by "boulevards," on the well-kept grass of which stand rows, generally, of maple or horse-chestnut, intermingled here tn .i_J i— i . - — '■"l:,.'lsMll».HH.s V< !l.(Vt 1...I'. 11 111 , . , I TOP.ONU). -SUPWWrCO BY VOLUNTARY CONTRmuflONO EVtHY LITTLE M£.LP:> HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN, COLLEUK STREET. and there with other trees. The American elm, the rival of the palm, claimed to be the stateliest tree in the world, is a conspicuous object in some parts of the city. The houses, especially those erected during the past fifteen years, show good and often very superior taste, and, in the better class, a great variety of style. In many cases, and often over considerable areas, the houses are surrounded by ample lawns, where x great variety of trees and shrubs are cultivated, for the climate admits of a wide range of northern and southern trees ; and deciduous magnolias, the peach and tulip trees are not strangers to lawn or garden. On most closely built streets "terraces" and semi detached houses are the rule; the tenement house with its flats is practically unknown. Then, too, the numerous and often beautiful churches and other public buildings constantly break the view as they rise everywhere from aniulst the luxuri- ant foliage of the embowered city. The Virginia creeper and the grape are the chief climbers in use, the former often the ornament not only of residences, but of the older :=amiM : 30 TORONTO : A CITY OF ATTRACTIONS churches, which a natural instinct often demands shall be ivy-clad. So by the glare of day, or in the mystery of night, when the streets are brilliant with electric lights, and the foliage is silhouetted sharply on the pa^'ements, the city is in an eminent de- degree a dream of beauty. Jarvis, Sherbourne and St. George Streets furnish ciiaraeter- istic types of Toronto's best residences, old and new. The plateau between the beau- tiful Rosedale ravines, well worth a visit, also affords fine examples of recent architec- ture, largely founded on European models. The residence of Professor Goldwin Smith, LL.D., "The Grange," in the west end, between Queen Street and thv. University, deserves a passing glimpse. It has, in a modern city, an agreeable flavor of the antique, with its plain brick walls covered with vines. The grounds are spacious, and its grand elms are the pride of Torontonians. --:« 1 n I *> ! TIIK STANI.KY I'lANO COMPANY, MAliAKA SlRKKr. TORONTO : A CITY OF ATTRACTIONS 31 So by the glare of ih electric lights, n an eminent de- urnish cliarueter- etween the beuu- P recent arch itec- r Goldwin Smith thi. University, jle flavor of the ids are spacious. THE^CHIEF PUBLIC BUILDINGS. Toronto, in the number and elegance of its public buildings, is far superior to the City of the Straits, or any of the cities of Lake Erie. This is largely because Toronto is a capital in every respect of a large, wealthy, and populous Province. Here is centered the Ontario Government, with all its accessory machinery. It is the legal, medical and educational centre of the Province, as well as its commercial metro- poHs, and so in addition to the usual number of public buildings, such as municipal buildings, hospitals, charities, schools, etc., it boasts of magniticent parliament buildings, a n o r m a 1 school, a cluster of col leges, nearly all af- filiated with Toronto University, of Osgoode Hall, once considered the second finest law scene in molnt pleasant cemetery. court build- in« in the world and a variety of medical schools. The visitor with little time to spare, bent on pursuit of his favorite subjects of inquiry or curiosity, must govern himself ac- cordingly. There is much to be seen and much worthy of being seen, and a stay of days or weeks is well rewarded, in fact, would in many instances be an education in itself, for between Boston and New York on the east, and Chicago on the west, there is not another city that presents so varied and so concentrated an interest. ■M . M 32 TORONTO : A CITY OF ATTRACTIONS I ) k, HOW TO SEE THE CITY. For the hurried visitor, if he purposes seeing as much as he can in an hour or so, and prefers doing it on foot, a walk along Front St. to Yonge, up Yonge and along King to St, Lawrence Market on the east, and St. Andrew's Chui'ch on tlie west, a further walk up Yonge to Queen, a turn along the somewhat shabby Queen Street, past the magnificent new City Hall and Court House, and around Osgoode Hall up University Avenue, past the Aimoury and a shabVjy part of the city behind it, to Queen's Park, where the Parliament Buildings, University College, the School of Practical Science, McMaster Hall, Victoria College, Wyclille College, the Obser -atory, the Biological and other educational buildings, are to be found ; thence out westward to St. George Street, and up it to Bloor and along Bloor to Yonge Strf et, with a side diversion by Carlton to the Horticultural Gardens, and down by Churcii Street, past the Normal School s(juare, and thence down lo King, will afford a pleas- ant and most profitable glimpse of the central part of Toronto, and may be accom- plished in two hours. It will be a very superficial glimpse, of course, and will be- sides, omit much of the real beauty of Toronto to be found in outlying (juarters. The Street Railway will supply a further and more comprehensive view. The Belt Line trip is to be recommended, and the King Street route, returning by Queen to Parliament and up Parliament to Carlton, and along Carlton and College as far as the bridges in the far west end, thence down Dundas Street and Queen, to the starting point. Toronto old, Toronto new, Toronto's shabby quarters and Toronto's best can all be caught sight of by these trips. By far the best method is to engage a cab by the day or half day, and take in the city leisurely, stopping and visiting buildings in which i' ore than ordinary in terest is felt. AN INTERESTING DRIVE. The routes followed by the "tally-ho's" or "four in-hands "—which call at the leading hotels on King Street and in the neighborhood of the Union Station— are to be highly recommended, both for their comprehensiveness and economy of time and money. The forenoon drive, which, like that in the afternoon, covers two-and-a-half or three hours, practically begins, so far as particular objects of interest are concerned, at the corner of Front and Yonge Streets, with the Board of Trade building on the north east corner, the Bank of Montreal on the north-west, and the Custom House on the south-west ; thence the route leads along Front, past some of the great ware- houses; up Church, past the Toronto Bank to King (where at the narth-east corner ''V, M TORONTO : A CITY OF ATTRACTIONS an in an hour or up Yonge and Church on tho t shabby Queen i around r)sgoode the city behiiu lege, the Schoo liege, the Obsei' nd ; tlience out -o Y'onge Strfet, own by Church 1 afibrd a pleas- may be aceom- e, and will be- ig quarters. ?ive view. The rning by Queen college as far as , to the startin<' •onto's best can %y, and take in an ordinary in ich call at the ■station— are to ly of time and two-and-a-half are conceined, jilding on the Custom House he great ware- ith-east corner 34 TORONTO : A CITY OF ATTRACTIONS i I is sepn St. James' Cathedral, with the tallest spire in America), along King to Toronto, at the head of which is the General Post Office ; along Adelaide, passing the splendid Freehold Loan Building on the right, to Yonge; up Yonge past the Y^mge Sti(;et Arcad(> tol{ichm u i 1 d i n g lead to an excellent view ; and by the some what tedious climbing of the windinj: staii's of tlu; lofty St •lames' C a - t h e d r a 1 SCE.>K I.N lIKill PARK. /" ii :/^ TORONTO : A CITY OK A TTRAC'TIOXS 1 (.11 \IMI. I 1>I lake beat against the iee at the western ehannel to where the coneavc line <»f ice at the eastern ij'ap marks the dividing line between the iee and tlu; inlhtwinn tides of Lake < )ntaiio, whose bi'oad bosom is but a waste? of lonely wateis, without the smoke of steamer or the \vhit(! wini^s of sailing V(?sseLs spread befoiv the wintry breeze. A small fe(? tn the num in charge of the ascent to tcnvers of observation is not unacceptal)le, of course. PARKS AND GARDENS. Toronto has a lari^e acreage in parks, though the area might be bettei- dis tributed with n^gard to the comfort and convenience of a huge portion of the ])opul city. ('ollc<| small i-west Muall l!osc( surro lyim: MnVWK TORONTO : A CITV OV ATTRACTIONS .^7 'tore t lie eve ; in :Un\ illMUIIHM'illtli' y is tVo/cn <»vei', (tf the liilxO l)(','it •(' at, ( lio eastern »t" Lake ( )iitjiii(i, lmjirising ten acres of ground, and lying on the west side of Sherbourne Street and south side of Carlt<»n, are well laid out. Th(^ Industrial I'ixhibition grounds are, except when in use for exhibi- tion purposes, open to the public. The three! chief parks in the city are, howe\t'r, Queen's Park, High Rark and the Island. ,j Queen's Rark reaches fi-om College Street on the south to RIoor Street on the noi'th, more than a distance of t wi» thiids of a mile. I'as.sing its front is College D RIXEVWOS lUHVM- l.lIKi; I 111 Altlll-V. 4' I r^' 'i ■' i. :!5 38 TORONTO : A CITY OF ATTRACTIONS Street on College Avenue, once guarded at its Yonge Street entrance by gates. Up from the south comes University Avenue, of great width and lined by rows of noble trees. Its excellent roadway is a favorite drive and its asphalted pavement a great resort for j)edestrians, while its shady lawns are much frequented by people whiling the tune away. Facing the head of the Avenue are the Parliament Buildings, THE SEAT OF PROVINICIAL GOVERNnENT, a noble and imposing pile, constructed within the decade at a cost of more than 81,250,000. The stone is of rich brown color, and has a most pleasing eflFect. The principal frontage is 4.'?5 feet, with a depth of 200 feet, and the area more than 7(5,000 s<|uare feet. The centie facades measures about 1 25 feet. The main entrance is composed of three arches, 1 S feet wide and 20 feet high, and is Hanked by great towers rich in design and crowned with domes of copper, suggesting, on tlie whole, Moorish architecture. The side entrances are models of beauty. The interior, with its spacious corridors, and lofty and l)eautifully decorated Leg- islative Chamber, is well worthy of inspection. In the buildings are located all the departmental offices, excepting those of the Minister of Education, which arc in the Normal School. A STL!)IO— I.OKl:riO AUUKV. CHIEF EDUCATIONAL BUILOINQS. To the left, at a short distance, are the University Buildings, a noble pile, the purest example of Norman architecture in America, and worthy to be ranked with the 00^' ?..e buildings of Oxford. Tiie buildings were ei'ected during the k*L TORONTO : A CITY OF ATTRACTIONS by gates. by rows of pavement by people Buildings, more than stone is of and has u ect. The s 4.'? 5 feet, J feet, and an 70,000 ti'e facade feet. The )mpo.sed of t wide and Hanked by in design domes of ;, on tlie c'hitectuiv. are models erioi', with s, and lofty •rated Leg- is \V(^11 n. In the ed all the eh are in 39 loble pile, 36 rardy( aktkrs ck.ntral bisixkss coi.i.kui;. n Building on Yonge Street, under the management of Mr. W. H. Shaw. College have been strikingly successful. The pupils of this HOSPITAL AND nEDICAL COLLEGES. Toronto Medical College and Trinity Medical College are situated on Gerrard Street, close to the General Hospital. Down town, on Bay Street, is the fine homo 46 TORONTO : A CITY OF ATTRACTIONS ». of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Otitario, and an excellent medical library. Besides the General flospital St, Michael's Hospital and Grace Hospital there are a number of smaller hospitals, public and private. On Temperance Street, between Bay and Yonge, is the Ontario Veterinary College, to which flock students from all parts of the United States, and the graduates of which find ready engagements throughout the world. Toronto has a College of Pharmacy, Dental College, iiud a number of musical acjidemies, and a large variety of private schools. CRACK. ST. Micir.AKr.'s IIOMK KOR IXCrRAKI.KS. tiKNKRAL. VICTORIA (SICK CIIII.I>RKN). w» host on TORONTO :\ A^CITY OF ATTRACTIONS 47 PRIVATE HOSPITALS. Invalid tourists will find in Kotiierhiun House, Dr. Holford Walker's private hospitaV 54, 56 and 58 Isabella Street, one of the most perfectly equipped hospitals on the Continent. The doctor is a specialist on diseases of the nervous system and KOniKRIIA.M lUILSK— DK. MOI.l'OUl) WALKKKS l'KI\ATI': IIOSI'ITAL. abdominal surgery. It is the only institution in the country where the treatment for the various forms of heart disease, by the Vanheim or Scliott method, may be obtained, a form of treatment that has proved to be uniformly successful in curing heart failure that so frequently follows an attack of la grippe. The dry hot air cylinder treatment for rheumatism, gout, etc., may also be obtained, as well as massage and electricity in its various forms. MANY BEAUTIFUL BUILDINGS. The round of Toronto's down-town business quarter reveals not only the fine array of block upon block of handsome wholesale, retail and other buildings such as are found in any large city, but several buildings that would be noticeable on the finest streets in the world. The Independent Order of Foresters' Temple, at the corner of H m 48 TORONTO : A CITY OF ATTRACTIONS }'! Hay and Richmond Streets, the Canada Life building, the massive brown stone Bank of Commerce on King Street, the Confederation Life, hirge, elegant and harmonious in design, on Yonge Street, the Freehold Loan on Victoria and Adelaide Streets, are, in addition to several already referred to, amongst the number. Several colossal retail shops are also worthy of mention. I.NnKPENDKNl' OKMKR Ol- KUKKSTIvKS TKMIM.K lUll.lMNt;. i i TORONTO : A CITY OF ATTRACTIONS 49 Amongst public buildings, the new Court House and City Hall on (.^ueen l^treet, and looking down Uay Street, is perhaps tlie finest imildiiig in the city, and is a most massive pile, vai-ied by tower, turret, and a lich variety in angle, color and ornament. It is one of the most imposing municipal buildings in the world. Osgoode Hall, a little fuither west, and looking down York Street, is, with its peculiar architecture, rich mosaic floors, grand stairways and corridors, elegant library, fine old portraits, and numerous court rooms — the head([uarters of law for Ontario — a very notable building. It is sui-rounded by larger and shady grounds, on the west side of which begins University Avenue. To the north, on University Avenue, is the Armoury, one of the finest armour- ies in America, and the head(iuarters of the GoNernor-Cieneral's Body Cuard, the Gai-rison Artillery and the thrive city infantry battalions— the dark-green uni- formed Queen's Own, the scarlet-coated Uoyal Grenadiers, and the kilted 4.Sth High- landers, whose frecjuent parades to the martial strains of regimental bands are amongst the connnon evening spectacles of Toronto streets. The building is varied on the exterior by well designed embrasured towers, lined and pointed in grey stone, and presents a nuissive as well as elegant appcai-ance The interior, on three sides of which are the armouries, mess rooms, etc., of the batt.dions, embraces a paved drill ground 280 feet long by 12") feet wide. Many of the downtown b.uiks are models of aichitecture. Amongst other buildings wortliy of note are the Yonge Street Arcade, the Canadian Institute, with its library and museum, on llichmond Stieet, and, a little eastward ar 1 southward on Church and Adelaide Streets, the Free Public Library. St. Lawrence Market on King Street East, and, south of it, the present City Hall, are important buildings at the east of the business centre. Government House, the residence of the Lieutenant-Gov- ernor of the Province, and, southward, the old Parliament liuildings, mark the west- ern boundary of the down-town business quarter. Among outlying buildings of note are the Lunatic Asylum on Queen Street West, a tine grouj) of buildings, suri-ounded V»y lai-ge, ornamental gi-ounds enclosed by a high stone wall, and south of King S .eet on Strachan Avenue, the Cen- tral Prison, with its beautiful avenues and lawns. The INIercer Reformatory, and Tnany charitable institutions for young and old, are also buildings worthy of notice. To the lovers of art, a visit to the Exhibition Rooms of the Ontario Society of Art, on the south .nde of King Street, a little west of Y'^ork Street, will be interesting. Toronto enjoys amongst actors the reputation of being one of the best " theatre % E '^V I fi li 50 TORONTO : A CITY OF ATTRACTIONS towns " ill America. The Cinincl Opera flouso is the finest in appearance of the tlieatres, Imt the Princess Theati-e and the Toionto Opei'a Ii<»use are each well arranged and p«jpular. SOCIAL AND POLITICAL CLUBS. The city ha.s the usual variety of clubs — social, political, national and others. The Toronto Club, on the east side of York Street, iit tiie corner of Wellington, is rilK WILKINSON PLOlXill CO. — TORONTO JLNCTION. the finest club building down town, and is a substantial and elegant structure. The National Club is on Bay Street, near King, and the Albany, the headquarters of the Conservatives, on King st. east. The Liederkranz has a tine building on Richmond St. West, and, like the Germania Club on Wellington Street East, [forms a rendezvous for the population of five or six thousand Germans in the city. The Granite Rink Club Building and the Victoria, on Huron Street, just beyond St. George Street, are fine structures. But the most beautiful club building in the city is the Athletic TORONTO : A CITY OF ATTRACTIONS 5« ce of tlu each well d others. ington, is ^ ure. The ers of the hinond St. endezvoua nite Riiik street, are } Athletic Club's grand and stately pile, a model in finish and color, situated on College Street, opposite Queen's Park. PUBLIC HALLS. Public halls are numerous, for Toronto is given to meetings, iiesides the theatres, which are occasionally in use for the purpose of concerts, lectures and [)ublic meetings, the Pavilion in the Horticultural Gardens, and Massey Hall, on Shuter Street, near Yonge, are the most noted. Massey Hall is a fine structure, admiiably adapted to the purpose for which its donor intended it. The acoustic properties are excellent, and it seats about 4,-S()() people. EXHIBITION PARK. From King Street, down Straclian Avenue, past the Central Prison, over the railway tracks, and westward along an avenue, the visitor comes to l''.xhibition Park, a large enclosure, beautified by many handsome buildings, fine avenues, fountains, lawns find flowerbeds, and the seat of the gieatest annual industrial and agricultural exhibition in America. The exhibition is held for two weeks late in August and early in September, and with its splendid exhibit of live stock, machinery and products of farm, orchard, vineyard, garden and factory, its races, band concerts, fireworks, and numer- ous amusements, its throngs of sometimes seventy-five or eighty thousand people on a single day, it is no wonder that it attracts thousands of visitors from neighboring states and provinces. The park includes the site of old Fort llouille, a fort estab- lished when Canada was still Fi-ench, to control the route to the comparatively thickly settled country of the Hurons, near the Georgian Bay, but destroyed later to avoid it8 falling into the hands of the British. A monument marks the site of the old fort. GARRISON QUARTERS. To the south and east of Exhibition Park lie Garrison Commons, and, facing the lake, the New Fort and Barracks, where are quartered a portion of Canada's Regu- lars, infantry and cavalry. A little farther east is the Old Fort, with its earthen embankment and old cannon, and the remains of its strong wooden palisades, project- ing against the faces of any foe. Here, in the war of 1812, about 200 United States soldiers were killed, during the taking of the fort, by the explosion of a powder magazine. A CITY OF CHURCHES. Toronto is a city of churches, and the spires that rise on every hand, amongst the other towers of the city, add not a little to the picturesque effect of a distant view of the city. There are about 140 churches. m •It- m L^, \l TORONTO : A CITY OF ATTRACTIONS :>.•» Of tlu; down-town churches, the following are worthy of special note : St. James' Catliedral (Anrrlican), Gothic style of the early English period, built of waite brick dressed with Ohio stone, and noted for its steeple, .'JOG feet high — the highest in Amei-ica— its immense clock, and its chimes. St. Andrew's Cliui-ch (Presbyterian), likewise on King Street, and just west of the lousiness centre, a remarkably imposing stone structure, rich in color and design, with a noble Minster front and a beautiful Norman tower. The edifice is built of Georgetown mai-ble, with Ohio stone facings, varied in the arches and band by red- brown blocks from Queenston, Tlu^ Metropolitan Church (Methodist), already referred to, is one of the largest Protestant churches in Canada. It stands on a spacious square, fronting on Queen Street East, and flanked by Bund Street on one side and Church Street on the other. Its erection was hirgely due to the enterprise of the late Rev. Dr. Morley Punshon. It is built of light brick. AN'ith its fine spire and towers and graceful outline, it is justly regarded as one of the leading ornaments of the city. ,-*^ ■rit J iMassi;y ah sic iiai.i. -(.hr. siiiii^u anh nicioki.v sts. 54 TORONTO : A CITY OF ATTRACTIONS ui •N STKKKT A\I;M K. St. Michael's Cathedral (R.C.), jusc to the northward, is a larj^e and fine church, in old English style. It was built on what was at the time forest land, on the then northern limit of the infant city. The Bond Street Congregational Church is in Gothic style, and is a striking piece of church architecture. .larvis >Street Baptist Church, farther east, on the corner of Gerrard Street, is a remarkably fine structuie, which forms a m^nlel for many other churches in the Province. It is built of Queenston limestone, pointed in Ohio stone, and is of the Gothic style "adapted." The tower and spire rise to a height of 165 feet. Holy Trinity Church (Anglican), in a secluded place just oft' the west side of Yonge Street, is a tine structure, and with its peculiar surroundings reminds one of a quaint English city church. It was built through the gift of a lady whose name is unknown. Knox Churcli (Pi-esbyteiian), on Queen Street, innnediately west of Yonge ; St. George's (Anglican), near the "Grange;" the Tabc^rnacle (Methodist), a massive tmmmmmmF'^mmmm TORONTO : A CITY OF ATTRACTIONS v').-* building on the corner of Spadina Avenue and College Street; KSt. Mary's (R.C.), on Bathurst Street, between King and Queen ; the Bloor Street (Presbyterian), and the Bloor Street (Methodist), near b>^ are ani©ng the other notable churches. St. Alban's Cathedral (Anglican)," which Ts in course of erection, and is to be a real cathedral in every respect, including form, stands to the north of Bloor Street. The port^"on completed is in use. MANUPACTURINQ ADVANTAGES. In manufacturing, Toronto, with its hundreds of factories, some of them very large concerns, is by no means lacking, and in the suburban towns and villages, within a radius of a few miles from the centre of the city, are many large establish- ments which have been, in some instances, the cause of the existence of these places. There are seven railways, all under the control of the Grand Trunk or Canadian Pacific Railways, centering at the Union Station. These, with the facilities for obtaining coal and other supplies by water, make Toronto well adapted for steam- running manufactories. It need scarcely be mentioned that, naturally, the city has branch offices of many of the leading factories of Ontario. In distilling and brewing Toronto holds the leading place in Canada, the Gooderham distillery being one of the largest in the world and the breweries having a reputation that extends beyond the national laorders. Regal Tobacco. The Regal Mixture is cool and delicately flavoured. It gives satisfaction to every lover of the soothing pipe. $1.20 per lb. mid in loc. packages. Regal Cigarettes. These new claimants for public favour are made of the finest rice paper and the best tobacco that can be secured, and the quality will be sustained at the highest point of excellence. IOC. per package » FENWICK BROS., Resral Cig'ap Store, 17 King Street West, TORONTO. /*^v^ ill' ^:4^'t^*%vf^..V!%^^^■^^^ 13^ f l^'^-^JiMi^^ V^ ^^ fijS^-^:^ TORONTO: A CITY OF ATTRACTIONS S7 i y. y. THE- Business and Nimmo & Harrison fhSS' College I.O.O.F. Building, Cor. Yonge and College Sts , Toronto. Enlarged Premises and Increased Number of Teachers. Business, Shorthand, Civil Service Courses Thorough Practical Training for Business Life Individual instruction. NO VACATIONS. OPEN THE ENTIRE YEAR. Day and evening. Write for ire; prospectus. PRINCIPALS: R. D. NIMMO, F.I.P.S., JAHES HARRISON, Coinmorcial Specialist ;iiul Undor- j^T.-ukiatt' nf Toronto Universitv and S. of F.S. Sliortliatid Specialist and Member of National Society of Shorthand Teachers, \i\\^., l\v examination. i 58 TORONTO : A CITY OF ATTRACTIONS The Art Piano of Canada e^ di Made by ye olde f irme of ^ Hci Qtzma R &, Co. iij % ENDORSED BY AUGUST HYLEESTED, The Great Danish Pianist. MADAME ALBANI. The World's Greatest Soprano. POL PLANCON, The Great French Basso. PLUNKET GREENE, England's Popular Tenor. SIGNOR ARTURO NUTINI, The Celebrated Blind Italian Artist. KATHARINE BLOODGOOD, Soloist to the Plancon Concerts. HUBERT de BLANK, Pianist to Mdlle. Trebelli. MADAM FRIDA de TERSMEDAN, Swedish Countess and Famed Pi.inist. WILLIAM LAVIN, The Great English Tenor. MDLLE. ANTONETTE TREBELLI. The Famous Vocalist. DAN GODFREY, R.A.M., Forty Years Bandmaster Her Majesty's Grenadier Guards. RICHARD BURMEISTER, Famous Austrian Pianist. MADAME SOPHIA SCALCHI, The World's Greatest Contralto. HAROLD JARVIS, The Popular Tenor. MR. and MRS. DURWARD LELY. The Famous Scottish Musicians. BEN DAVIES, The Popular English Tenor, CHARLES A. E. HARRIS, Manager of the Albani Concert Company. "Excels any piano I have ever used." — Madame Albani. "The tone is noble and sweet, not losing its musical quality c.'en in the utmost for- tissimo."— Edward Fisher, Director Con- servatory of Music. " In singing to your piano at the concert in the Armories it afforded me the greatest pleasure to know that so fine an instrument is manufactured in Canada." — Pol Plancon. " My experience with yot-r instruments justifies me in saying that they will take a place with the best in the world." — Scalchi. " It was a delight for me to play before one of your Concert Grand Pianos. This instrument possesses unique characteristics that mnst give it a distinctive place among the great pianos of the world." — Richard BURMEISTER. "My recital programmes involve a wide selection of songs of most varied character- istics and require of necessity a piano capable in the highest degree of the most delicate in- flections of the widest range, alternating from fine pianissimo effects to the most powerful manifestations of dramatic force. To those demands I found your instrument most re sponsive." — Pli'nket Greene. Hcintzman & Co., U 7 King St. West, Toronto. TORONTO : A CITY OF ATTRACTIONS 59 ^^1 HEINTZriAN & CO. ^"^S^"" 6o TORONTO : A CITY OF ATTRACTIONS EVERYBODY KNOWS BINGLIAH'S PHARHACY Is the best [niice '< . v." "our Prescriptions Filled AND FOR Pure Drugs, Rare Chemicals, Surgical Dressings and Bandages Clinical Ti*ftrn*ometers /^ AND IN F VCT m^^%\F^%''^- Everything for the SICK ROOM. '-^^^^^^"^'^ A PERFECT SODA WATER SYSTEM The Largest Onyx Fountain in Canada. Pure Fruit Juices, Sparkling Soda, Jersey Ice Cream, OUk OWN MAKE. Fancy Drinks a Specialty. HOT AND COLD SODA THE YEAR ROUND. BINGHAH'S PERFUAiES AND ^^pr^ BINQHAIVI'S FAMIiuY TOILET REtJUISlTES ARE THE BEST. English Violets, Lady Dorothy Rose Witch Hazel Cream. Lanoline Cream, Antiseptic Tooth Wash and Powder, Menthol Cologne. CIGARS and FINE CHOCOLATES. MEDICINES stimulating Headache Powders, Laxai:ive Fig Syrup, Improved Chlcrodyne, Special Catarrh Snuff, Celebrated Cough Drops, Embrocation, Syr jp of Hypophosphites, Mosquito Oil. Always open | Phone 1748 TORONTO : A CITY OF ATTRACTIONS 6i INTERIOR VIEW BINGHAM'S PHARMACY, 100 Yonge Street : 62 TORONTO : A CITY^OF ATTRACTIONS ^ Canada's Greatest Art Hair Goods House ^ W. T. PEMBER 127, 129 & 778 Yonge St. Toronto, Ont. The success and most liberal patronage we have received from our patrons in the past has been most encouraj^^ing, for we can truly say no firm in Canada has made such rapid progress in the line of Natural and Artistic Head Coverings as we in "seven years. They have created such demand for our goods that at present we have the largest establishment in Can- ada, and carry the finest and most select assortment of the finest Hair Goods, etc. Latest styles : — Parted Pompadour, Demipompadour and Pompa- dour, entirely new designs, exceedingly natural, from $5.00 to $10.00. Pember's Parted Bang, with Waved Sides, $5.00, 6.00 and 7.00. Pember's Pointed Bang,$ i .00, 2.00 and 3.00. The Borden Hair Structure, no wire, no stem, or cord in the construc- tion of these goods, extremely light and as natural as life. Natural Wavy Partings, from $2.50 to 10.00. Straight Part- ings, from $2.00 toS.oo. Short Curly Wigs, from $7.00 to 15.00. Half Wigs, with Long Hair, from $10.00 to 20.00. Switches, Straight Hair, from $1.00 to 20.00. NaturalWavy Switches, from $2.50 to 25.00. Gents' Toupees, from $7.00 to 30.00. Gents' Wigs, from $10 to 50.00. The Best Equipped ..Turkish Baths.. in Canada in connection. Steam Heated. Excelient Sleep- ing Accommodatinn. Note the Address 127-129 Yonge St., Toronto I ^ TORONTO : A CITY OF ATTRACTIONS CANADA'S GREATEST 63 ♦♦♦ Art Hair Goods House-..- Pember's Turkish Bath and Hair Emporium, 127 and 129 Yongc St, .AND. t^ Complete Turkish Baths ^ n "1 64 THE TORONTO : A CITN' OV A'lTR ACTIONS MENDELSSOHN iS. '■A t:i I'-j H ■ I Unrivalled for Purity and Brilliancy of Tone Beauty of Design Thorough Workmanship CANADA'S STANDARD PIANO FACTORY AND WAREROOMS: J 10 ADELAIDE ST. WEST Catalogue mailed on application. Send for book of unpurchased testimonials. TORONTO, ONTARIO TORONTO : A CITY OF ATTRACTIONS MENDELSSOHN <^5 PIANO F^' 66 TORONTO : A CITY OF ATTRACTIONS RAlt WAi Cbe Great eoinmercial ^\0ms and Double Crack Route sr^^ EXTENDING FROH THE Atlantic to Chicago and Milwaukee 4, J 86 MILES OF TRACK UNDER ONE MANAGEMENT ..The Popular Route and Tourist Line of America.. • • « I w ••• NIAGARA FALLS, BUFFALO, TORONTO, LONDON, THOUSAND ISLANDS, DETROIT AND CHICAGO, MONTREAL, QUEBEC, SAUGENAY, MUSKOKA LAKE:>, LAKE OF BAYS, AND GEORGIAN BAY DISTRICTS, THE HIGHLANDS OF ONTARIO. Through Trains to the WHITE MOUNTAINS AND ATLANTIC COAST RESORTS. For Descriptive Guide Books, Time Table, etc., apply to Ticket Agents. CHAS. M. HAYS, General Manager. Montreal. GEO. T. BELL, GEO. B. REEVE, W- E. DAVIS, General Traffic Manager. Gen*l Pass, and Tkt. Agt. Montreal. Montreal. E. H. HUGHES, Asst. Gen. Pass, and Tkt. Agt., Montreal. Asst. Gen. Pass, and Tkt. Agt., Chicago. ^' Cf FNFBY'i""5K0KA Lakes Di5TRi(f( W.ltMii^'^-SfirfS iiVSAinllMAiiNErAWAN River Region^ (^ Health andM Pleasure REACHED ONLYBYTHE Genera/ m/ii}er, MOA/miAL Geo.B.Reeve, Genets/ Traffic /iiMjer, /ioffr/feAL. W.E.Davis. Oen/Pjssarr/ch/Ajt ZfOftTRiAL. GEO.fBELL. /to/ 6e/}/./^isA TuMASf:, /lONTRtAL / E.H.Hughes. ' Aist.6enfAiii*r/cMAj/:, . f?^ Ctt/CAGO. j,,^^ L4/rf Of Bays, ///o/zums oro^/rA/f/orC^^ /70/(6 /y/fJOOOO/SlA/f/>S or 6£0fi6/A//SAY,- „, y/Ar/£yf/i': ';4/f/6htANl>/f0UDAY, Ac/fOSS /I//A6AAAS 60fi6£ :5P£C/(L£D BfAl/mSl* ■ « ■ t—j a^F^wfcj^*- A/?y o/tAe dJioyese/if free t/pon dpp/f'caf/o/i/o the o/?cfers/^/?ei »w« .»i;^e^'s^" T:.'9Mn»<''r».i w5i)f\T 74 TORONTO : A CITY OF ATTRACTIONS O Keefes Liquid Extract of Malt Is made from the best Canadian Barley Malt. Is richer in Diastase and Maltose than any other made. Is guaranteed free from foreign matter, such as Glucose, Licorice, Salicylic Acid, etc. put up in i6-ounce bottles to retail at 25 cts., 30 cts. per dozen being allowed for empty bottles when returned. Please note the difference in size of "O'Keefe's" bottles as compared with other makers. W. LLOYD WOOD, Toronto GENERAL AGENT. The 5TRAND Hotel E. J. EVANS, Proprietor Noted for the Best Liquors, Wines and Cigars. Give me a Call and Test the Liquors. 8 ADELAIDE ST. EAST uust off vonge st > TORONTO. PRIVATE SITTING ROOHS Telephone 1522 /•.-', ■> JfeMMWBM \ i ': ORO.JTO : A CITY OF ATTRACTIONS 75 Recognize the fact that Manhattan Melinda Aberdeen General Ge ^ii*.a Glencaipn Somethinjr Gc d Queensbeppy Rob Roy Are the n ist Reliable Ci&ars in the iVIarket. r MANUFACTURED BY W. B. REID & CO. 14 rielinda SI., Toronto, Can. A fully assorted stock of Cut and Plug Tobaccos, Cigars, Wpes and Smokers' Sundries always on hand. «!>€ FARMER BROS. CANADA'S QRhATEST GROUP IP^botograpbere «* OS 92 YONGE STREET ^ oj TORONTO N. B. — Special Photographers for Toronto Souvenir. ^ ^ Electric Light Photography a Leading Feature %m ^ WWWJBgWHBBBBHBBBgHt'l s-.r."».-A-»-.>««t!>**»-,!*«Wufiifej« Persistent Coughs ^ ^ A cold which seems to hang on in spite of all rem- edies which you have applied certainly needs energetic and sensible treatment. For twenty-five years that stand- ard preparation of cod-liver SCOTT'S EMULSION has proved its effectiveness in cur- ing the trying affections of the throat and lungs, and this is the reason why: the cod-liver oil, par- tially digested, strengthens and vitalizes the whole system; the hypophosphites act as a tonic to the mind and nerves, and the glycerine soothes and heals the irritation. Can you think of any combination so effective as this ? Be sure you get SCOTT'S Emulsion. See that the man and fish are on the wrapper. ,^oc. .ind $i.co, all druggists. ;;SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists, Toronto. rnc ^SE rn m I *_ -Jf r 1 , Ll^JRARY I^IAOIAN HISTCiW w- •; ■ :-,■ '.■■ i