The Encyclopedia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, and general literatureWith new maps, and original American articles by eminent writersWith American revisions and additions, bringing each volume up to date . evision in 1849, with instruments ofnuich greater precision disclosed no error of im-portance See Britannica, Vci. XV p. 605; XVIII,p. 504. i\I A S 0 N CI T Y — M A S Q U E II A U E 1059 MASON CITY, a town of Mason county, 111.,situated in the best corn-growing region of theState. MASON CITY, an incorporated town, the coun-ty-seat of Cerro Gordo county, la. It has flour-mills,
The Encyclopedia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, and general literatureWith new maps, and original American articles by eminent writersWith American revisions and additions, bringing each volume up to date . evision in 1849, with instruments ofnuich greater precision disclosed no error of im-portance See Britannica, Vci. XV p. 605; XVIII,p. 504. i\I A S 0 N CI T Y — M A S Q U E II A U E 1059 MASON CITY, a town of Mason county, 111.,situated in the best corn-growing region of theState. MASON CITY, an incorporated town, the coun-ty-seat of Cerro Gordo county, la. It has flour-mills, limestone quarries, good water-power, and issituated in a good agricultural region. Population,4,002. JIASONIC TEJIPLE, CnicAGo. This new andimposing edifice (now in process of erection,Aug. 18, 1891), is located on the corner of Stateand Kandolph streets, Chicago, 111. The site, all ofwhich will be covered by the temple, measures 170feet on State street and 114 feet on Randolph street,and is surrounded by streets and alleys. The cornerstone was laid with imposing ceremonies in1890, and the contractors are to hand over thekeys of the completed structure to the repre-sentatives of the Masonic order. May MASONIC TEMPLE, CHICAGO, ILL. The new building will rest on cement and Iron foundations,extending far out into the adjacent thoroughfares, and thesuperstructure will be of steel and perfectly flre-proof fromDottom to top. It will have twenty stories, and the heightUof the building will be nearly -m feet. The first three storieswill be faced with dressed red Montello granite from Wiscon-sin, with glimpses of carving, the corners being ornamentedwith electral layers. The remaining stories will be faced withgray buck that is indistinguishable from granite, eaclimeasuring four by five by fourteen inches. Between the six-teenth aud seventeeth stories terra cotta of the same shadewill be used. No particular style of architecture can be pre-dicted of this building, though the
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