Sights in Boston and suburbs : or, guide to the stranger . Passing up State Street, we soon reach The is a splendid building, fronting on State Street. Thecorner stone was laid August 2, 1841; the building com-pleted 1842, and cost, exclusive of land, $175,000. Thewidth on State Street is seventy-six feet, the height seventy THE 17 feet, the depth two hundred and fifty feet, and it coversthirteen thousand feet of land. The front is of Quincy granite, and has six columns,each forty-five feet in height, and weighing fifty-five staircases are of iron and stone, and
Sights in Boston and suburbs : or, guide to the stranger . Passing up State Street, we soon reach The is a splendid building, fronting on State Street. Thecorner stone was laid August 2, 1841; the building com-pleted 1842, and cost, exclusive of land, $175,000. Thewidth on State Street is seventy-six feet, the height seventy THE 17 feet, the depth two hundred and fifty feet, and it coversthirteen thousand feet of land. The front is of Quincy granite, and has six columns,each forty-five feet in height, and weighing fifty-five staircases are of iron and stone, and the entire build-ing is fire-proof. The front is occupied by banks, insur-ance and other ofiices, and the rear is a hotel, while at thetop is a telegraph station. There are three entrances,one on State, one on Congress, and one on Lindall The Merchants Exchange is up stairs, and is amagnificent hall, eighty feet by fifty-eight feet, having its 2* 18 BOSTON SIGHTS. ceiling supported by eighteen imitation Sienna marblecolumns, with Corinthian capitals. There is a granddome overhead, filled with stained glass. Here news-papers from all parts of the world are received, read, andfiled. A superintendent, registrar, news collector, boat-men, messengers, &c, are attached to the room, and arein attendance from seven oclock in the morning until tenat night. Vessels arriving are immediately registered, aswell as shipping news telegraphed from distant , invoices per railroad, ships, &c, are all en-tered, with the name of the consignee, on books kept forthe purpose. Sales of stocks, cotton, &c, are also regis-tered. Merchants, singly, are admitted to all the privi-leges of the room for eight dollars a year; firms of twopersons, ten dollars, &c. These are called subscribers,and have the privilege of i
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