. The street railway review . ## MONTREAL THE CDNVENTIDN CITY ##». To one who has spent his life in the United States thecity of Montreal is full of interest. There are many oldbuildings, and churches which present a good back-ground for those of a more modern style of are the historical features which are conspicuouseverywhere, so that one who tries to obtain a knowledgeof them all becomes bewildered after the first is also one of the noticeable things, particu-larly the clean streets, and the absence of dust, soot andsmoke, which make so many American citi
. The street railway review . ## MONTREAL THE CDNVENTIDN CITY ##». To one who has spent his life in the United States thecity of Montreal is full of interest. There are many oldbuildings, and churches which present a good back-ground for those of a more modern style of are the historical features which are conspicuouseverywhere, so that one who tries to obtain a knowledgeof them all becomes bewildered after the first is also one of the noticeable things, particu-larly the clean streets, and the absence of dust, soot andsmoke, which make so many American cities disagreeable. It does not take the visitor long to discover that thereare really two cities of Montreal, the French and theEnglish. In 1672 the population of the city was 1, there are about 300,000 inhabitants, two-thirds ofwhom are French, the remainder English. Although out-voted, the latter have two-thirds of the wealth. The eastside is the French quarter, which is by far the strangestand most interesting portion of the city, for the houses areold
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