The Worcester of eighteen hundred and ninety-eightFifty years a city . hange, which has latelv been reconstructed, and is nowoccupied by the Mechanics National Bank and the Mechanics SavingsBank. It was removed from that place to Post-Office block on Pearlstreet, where it remained for nearly thirty years, expanding as itsbusiness increased, until, in 1893, it occupied the whole of the firstfloor of that building. In February, 1897, it was removed to the newgovernment building on Main street, where it will doubtless remain formany years. This building was begun in 1890, or, to be more exact,ano
The Worcester of eighteen hundred and ninety-eightFifty years a city . hange, which has latelv been reconstructed, and is nowoccupied by the Mechanics National Bank and the Mechanics SavingsBank. It was removed from that place to Post-Office block on Pearlstreet, where it remained for nearly thirty years, expanding as itsbusiness increased, until, in 1893, it occupied the whole of the firstfloor of that building. In February, 1897, it was removed to the newgovernment building on Main street, where it will doubtless remain formany years. This building was begun in 1890, or, to be more exact,another building much smaller than the present was then projected andthe foundation was laid. In the spring of 1891, the postmaster suc-ceeded in having these plans set aside, the first fotindation taken out,and new plans adopted for a larger building. The building as it nowstands cost, with the land, $400,000. It is, in convenience of arrange-ment and style of finish, one of the best and handsomest in the country,and its working-room especially is not excelled by SOCIAL CLUBS. ll^ilORCESTER is, perhaps, not as much given to club life as somellAJl other cities in the land, heme attractions prevailing to an extentwhich overcomes the propensity to find a refuge from family infelicitiesin^the diversions and excitements of artificial surroundings. The club,of course, serves a useful purpose in its way, and to those who haveno home it is in a degree essential. Regarded as a place of resorton social occasions, which do not follow every day in the week, itis unobjectionable; and the conveniences afforded members for the?entertainment of transient guests are worthy of approval. On thewhole the club has come to be an institution which is found in all?civilized communities, and probably it could not well be dispensedwith. The most prominent as well as the most exclusive club in thecity is the Worcester, which was organized in 1888 for social purposesdistinctively. The elegant dwelling
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