New Bedford, Massachusetts; its history, industries, institutions and attractions . of Buzzards bay, on thesouth shore of Massachusetts. At present we have a population of38,000 to 40,000 people, and we are growing rapidly. We rank firstas a whaling city, as ever^body knows, and third in the point of cottonmanufacturing among the cities of the United States, having sur-passed Lawrence, Manchester, Lewiston, and other places. Wehave about one hundred and twenty miles of streets, forty or fiftymiles of which are macadamized or paved. The city is about ten andtwo-thirds miles long from the tip of
New Bedford, Massachusetts; its history, industries, institutions and attractions . of Buzzards bay, on thesouth shore of Massachusetts. At present we have a population of38,000 to 40,000 people, and we are growing rapidly. We rank firstas a whaling city, as ever^body knows, and third in the point of cottonmanufacturing among the cities of the United States, having sur-passed Lawrence, Manchester, Lewiston, and other places. Wehave about one hundred and twenty miles of streets, forty or fiftymiles of which are macadamized or paved. The city is about ten andtwo-thirds miles long from the tip of Clarks point on the south toFreetown on the north, and its average width is two miles. The areaof the city is about twenty and one-quarter square miles. Finally, SEEING THE SIGHTS. 57 New Bedford is, I believe, the wealthiest city in the United States inproportion to its population. So much for a few cold facts to start with. And now, gen-tlemen, we are onWater street, over-flowinjx, to all old cit-izens, such as I am,with the most inter-esting is the corner. of Union and Wateistreets, Four Corners,as it was called in mvboyhood. William , an artist whosegenius has illuminatedsome prominent pagesin local history, painteda view of the Four Cor-ners in 1812, which is regarded as accurate in detail and truthful inthe portraits of several leading actors of those times. Among the 58 NEW BEDFORD. incidental features of this painting is a picture of William Rotch,senior, Friend Rotch, as he was called, in one of the old-fashionedsquare-topped chaises of the period. Almost every old building on this street is interesting to me andI shall show you houses which were here previous to the was one of the first streets of the old town. When I was a boyit was the principal business street. But innovations have the star of empire takes its way, and business has takenthe same direction. Fifty years ago all the dry goods, boot and shoe,and t
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