. Rand, McNally & co.'s Handy guide to Philadelphia and environs, including Atlantic City and Cape May. rtment offices occupy the remainder of this floor and also apart of the third floor. On the fourth floor will be found the richlydecorated room of the Supreme and the Superior courts of the State,furnished in a scheme of crimson, olive-green, and gilt, with a mag-nificent judicial bench of onyx and bronze, old bronze chandeliersand carved mahogany woodwork; it is on the south side of thebuilding, No, 454. On the fifth floor are the halls of the two Coun-cils, each of which has a public galle
. Rand, McNally & co.'s Handy guide to Philadelphia and environs, including Atlantic City and Cape May. rtment offices occupy the remainder of this floor and also apart of the third floor. On the fourth floor will be found the richlydecorated room of the Supreme and the Superior courts of the State,furnished in a scheme of crimson, olive-green, and gilt, with a mag-nificent judicial bench of onyx and bronze, old bronze chandeliersand carved mahogany woodwork; it is on the south side of thebuilding, No, 454. On the fifth floor are the halls of the two Coun-cils, each of which has a public gallery, and are fine apartments, thelarger, that of the Common Council, being decorated after Pompeiiandesigns. The blue and white flags here are the citys colors. Thesixth floor contains the Law Library, a very complete and valuablecollection open to all members of the Pennsylvania bar, and thecourt-room of the Criminal Courts, which, in its arrangement andsubdued color, is, perhaps, the most impressive and admirable ofall in the building. The wide esplanade surrounding the City Hall is intended to be. THE CITY HALL A TOUR OF THE CITY. 35 adorned with statues, of which only two have yet been provided,—anequestrian statue of Major-General John F. Reynolds, killed atGettysburg, which stands at the northern entrance, and a statue ofGen. Geo. B. McClellan, not yet displayed. The sculptor of theReynolds statue was Rogers, whose plaster statuettes are familiarall over the country. Broad Street.—Broad Street (fourteenth of the numberedstreets) is the great north-and-south thoroughfare, extending fromthe northern Suburbs south to League Island. It is 120 feet wide, ispaved with asphalt, and forms the grand avenue of the town. Norailways are permitted upon it, except at its outer extremities; and,as the omnibuses no longer run, the only way a visitor can view itsmany architectural ornaments is either to hire a public conveyanceor to walk. The latter method is not beyond average strengt
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