Boston of to-day; a glance at its history and characteristicsWith biographical sketches and portraits of many of its professional and business men . ISAAC BLAIR. educated at Mt. Allison College, Sackville, learned his trade in Boston, and began business for Sl^. a-. C^c^G^ r^eJL, liOSTON OF TO-DAY. H7 hiiiisLlf here in 1885. One of his most importantundertakings was the raising of the old United StatesCourt House Building, on the corner of Iremontstreet and Temple place, now the dry-goods estab-lishment of R. H. Stearns & Co. This was a stonestructure 80 by 60 feet, and it was raised to
Boston of to-day; a glance at its history and characteristicsWith biographical sketches and portraits of many of its professional and business men . ISAAC BLAIR. educated at Mt. Allison College, Sackville, learned his trade in Boston, and began business for Sl^. a-. C^c^G^ r^eJL, liOSTON OF TO-DAY. H7 hiiiisLlf here in 1885. One of his most importantundertakings was the raising of the old United StatesCourt House Building, on the corner of Iremontstreet and Temple place, now the dry-goods estab-lishment of R. H. Stearns & Co. This was a stonestructure 80 by 60 feet, and it was raised to a heightof 32 feet from the sidewalk. Other successfulundertakings were the raising of an iron tank, 35feet in diameter by 40 feet high, to a position onbrick walls 45 feet high ; the raising of the greatroof of the Columbia skating-rink 25 feet, whenthe building was reconstructed into the GrandOpera House; and the raising of the old CatholicCathedral, on the corner of Washington and Mottestreets, a brick structure 80 by 75 feet, to the fullheight of 37 feet and i inch. Mr. Blair is mar-ried and has two children: M. and (leorgeA. Blair. :, , son of Francis and Caroline (Trum-bull) Blake, was born in Needham, Mass., Dec. 25,1850. He is
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