. Detroit, "The city of the strait"; historical, descriptive, illustrated . us building is the new HotelCadillac, a handsome modern structure, on the corner of Row-land Street; and on the right, fronting the square, is the DetroitOpera House, an elegant stone building capable of seating twothousand persons. In the Detroit Opera House building, on the CampusMartius, is the city ticket office of the Michigan Central, wherethe traveler may purchase railroad and steamship tickets toalmost any point in the civilized world. By this time hisattention will have been attracted by the tall skeleton stee
. Detroit, "The city of the strait"; historical, descriptive, illustrated . us building is the new HotelCadillac, a handsome modern structure, on the corner of Row-land Street; and on the right, fronting the square, is the DetroitOpera House, an elegant stone building capable of seating twothousand persons. In the Detroit Opera House building, on the CampusMartius, is the city ticket office of the Michigan Central, wherethe traveler may purchase railroad and steamship tickets toalmost any point in the civilized world. By this time hisattention will have been attracted by the tall skeleton steeltowers, triangular and quadrangular, upon a single support,that he will see at prominent points here and there. Thesetowers are from a hundred and fifty to a hundred and seventy-five feet high, surmounted by from six to eight electric account of the ingenious novelty of their design they excitedthe deep interest of the French engineer, Tissandier, whovisited Detroit in 1885, and described them in detail in hisinteresting book Six Mois aux Etats Uiiis. r-— ~^. Detroit Opera Home.
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