I N T E R P R ET AT I O N O F A b ov e

— & Th e adz e or b r oad a xe Repre sents th e s quare tim b er trade . & h — in t T e b e ehiv e Repre s ents du s r y . — s Th e ploug h a n d s h e a f of w heat Repre ent s plenty . — s Th e locom otive Repre s ents tran s portation facilitie b y rail . — & The locks a n d river Repre sents tran s portation f acilities b y w ater . — & s s s b ss w h s s h m b a m . Th rural cene Repre ent a country le ed it un ine , ti er g e — & Th e Chaudiere Falls Repres ents w ater po w er f acilities . n i h — J s Th e fi gur e o r g t Repre sent s u tice . — & Th e fi gur e on left Repre sents di gn ity of lab or . — & e s his a n d s h m k e s s r s h . Th ro e , t tle a roc R pre ent B iti connection

HE TY OF OTTAW A s The a CI has made rapid strides in the last ten year . Capital is admir bly itu a te ~on . S d located a high bluff, where the picturesque Rideau and the capricious Gatineau

O a m s . rivers &oin the waters of the ma&estic ttaw . it ake an ideal site for the seat of government The n e w b stately pile of stone , the Parliament Buildings and departmental locks , which crown t i d . the highest par of the city , are at once the wonder and a mirat on of all But aside from the O w i a it s its interest which centres in tta a as the Nat onal Capit l , wonderful natural scenery and unrivalled water power give it an attraction for tourists and those of indu s trial pursuits th a t c a n — h a e a . O is fi O not be over estimated ver three hundred years ago Champlain made rst voy ge up the ttawa , l ving w the what is now Montreal ith a party of Indians in hope of discovering the Western Sea , the way to China ; w a s 182 6 The 1 812 th e i but it not till that the city had its beginning . war of had shown need of an inter or line c i s e of communication , and so the Imperial Government decided to build a anal for mil tary purpo es , conn cting

& K s 1 26 O . . m the ttawa with ing ton , a distance of miles Col By ca e out to take charge of the work and built rude frame b a r ra cks f or his men where the Parliament Buildings now rear their stately strue

. T tures A residence for himself he had erecte d in what is now Ma&or Hill Park . his was 1 82 2 7 B . 18 8 the nucleus of the city . In the village of ytow n was incorporated In the vil ’ 100 Th e lage had grown to include over houses . first church , now St . Andrew s , was erect in The 1832 a n e . v ed this year canal was finished in , d ga e a wat rway for the trade between L w 184 18 U . 7 D pper and o er Canada In it was incorporated as a town , and on ecember , 1854 O , the city of ttawa was incorporated , taking as its motto the pregnant word , & ” e He r h e . V a s t Advanc Ma&esty , the late &ueen ictoria , selected Ottawa the Capital of ’ D 1857 1859 s ominion in , and in the Parliament of Canada ratified the &ueen choice after 18 . 60 His K E VI I some stormy debates In , Ma&esty , the late ing dward , then Prince of s J y l st 1867 &a Wales , laid the corner stone of the Parliament Building , and on ul , , the g D & of the ominion oated from the c e n tra l tow e r . '

Another point in which Ottawa e x c ell s is its progressive educational facilities . In

1872 4 T - 22 25 . o there was public schools with teachers and pupils day there are 0 . g -a J 225 The i kin de r a r public schools with teachers and pupils . school stud es include g m‘ m E NT RAN CE i ’ s . ten for the l ttle ones , manual training for the boys , and domestic science for the girls p ARLI AICI E NT BUILDING S . The R E Th e separate schools , as the oman Catholic schools are called , have both French and nglish sections . es T i s u n de n om in a t onai The schools have also made progress . hen there is the normal and model school , which i .

s . T 1 s . U O collegiate in titute i s the next step in the educational system hen there the niversity of ttawa, which was s T de troyed by fire some years ago , but which has risen from the ashes , better and grander than ever . his is one e of the finest Catholic institutions in America , and its doors are open to all . In addition to the above , th re are ’ s many business colleges , ladies college and convents and private

schools that leave little to be desired .

FROM AN INDUSTRIAL POINT OF VIEW

But while old Bytow n was being transf ormed into the Capital City shrewd men were exploiting the natural wealth of the district , — and the lumbering industry was given its birth a h industry that has done much for Ottawa and has made many an individual for e tune and materially assisted the developm nt of the city as a whole . The first saw mill was erected at the Chaudiere in 1 853 and others s The 1900 followed in rapid succes ion . disastrous fire of resulted in i some of these being replaced by other industr es at the Chaudiere ,

such as paper mills , and in the rebuilding of more modern enterprises

and more substantial structures . While the vast lumber limits are m c o yearly becoming more distantly re oved , lumbering , and its O ’ industry , pulp and paper making , still loom large in ttawa s indus

trial life . Ottawa stands third among Canadian cities for percentage growth — of manufactures in a period of five years and what is still better, it occupies the same proud position in compari s on with leading United H States cities during the same years , ranking only beneath amilton

B T . T O PA LIAMENTARY LIBRARY . and oronto hus it will be seen that three ntario cities hold the PRORO G ATION OF PARLIAMEN T . NEW P ARLI AMENT B UILDING . - THE VICE RE G AL RESIDENCE . highest positions in comparison with similar manufacturing centres a cros s The a the border . following ch rt shows in concise form the comparative U a i advances of Canadian and nited St tes cities dur ng a five year period , where it is seen Ottawa hold s a creditable position &

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Ottawa and Hull may yet become the centre of an important iron ore The D industry . report of the ominion Mines Branch fully confirming this

l & 0 be ief, follows N very large bodies of good iron ore have been proven

OTTAWA CITY HALL .

a l exist in the province of &uebec , though th e re are wide spread indica a tions of iron , but it is possible th t extensive beds of iron or e may yet be discovered or that some of the known

RIDEAU FALLS . deposits now regarded as doubtful R A OR THE OB SE V T Y . T . E may prove to be of great value here is some reason the astern Block , as they now exist , and part of the T to believe that there may be extensive iron deposits Western Block . hese are a pure Gothic of no parti e n H along the Gatineau river in ull lar period , but the noble civic O n township , ttawa county , within buildi gs of the Low Countries a few miles of the city of Ottawa . and Italy are understood to have In this book will b e found a afforded suggestions to the archi D te c ts sketch of the new ominion Par . At a later date the Western lia m e n t D Buildings , where Cana epartmental Block was much d s m ian in council will control the enlarged , and the agnificent future destinies of the Domini on . Macken z ie T ower was added to T Canada stands at the threshold of it . hi s rises to a height of 2 72 a new era , when , as a vital link of feet , and eclipses the tower in the E 255 the greatest and freest mpire main building , which is feet The the world has ever known , she high . style of these additions i a . a will attain her her t ge States is Gothic of similar character, a n d z The man citi en alike have the but of a later date . effective opportunity to help in the y ears rock - faced work of the walls is to come , and if all pull together generally of sandstone from the for the common good , who is Nepean quarries close to Ottawa . there can say that her future i s Its colouring is varied and beau s & c not a sured tiful , and grows in ri hness under The n The following description of the ha d of time . dressings O the Parliament Buildings is taken are of hio sandstone , and the ’ from the late Sir Jame s Edgar s red arches are of Potsdam sand m r & da . La ad irable wo k , Cana and its stone , obtained from St w ” & — The Y Capital original s tru c rence County , in New ork State . & ” s The L tures consi ted of the Parliament ibrary building , con T & Li s n & C M ME . tinu e s J is ary and brary building , a d UEEN VI TORIA ONU N Sir ames , a rotunda THE NORMAL S C HOOL AND G ROUNDS . in form , but possesses a marvellous combination of strength and grace . The great height of the dome is sup s b ported by mas ive buttresses , and y & e ying buttr sses , which are lightened Th e is by graceful pinnacles . interior equally imposing . From the floor to 140 the centre of the dome is feet , while the height of Westminster Hall i 90 The & s only feet . oor is inlaid with

- Canadian woods , and the book shelves are richly carved in Canadian white pine , rising to three stories , with gal ” le rie s c for ac ess to the books . The history , both of Canada and its

Capital , is too recent to admit of much in the way of commemorative monu ments or statues . Perhaps the most V notable is that of &ueen ictoria , in the centre of the Parliamentary Li

. N EPEAN POINT . ra r T - b . z y his is life si e , in marble , and

‘

E . . On was executed by the late Marshall Wood , an nglish sc ulptor A replica of the statue is in Calcutta Par lia m en t H H er z ill is another statue of late Ma&esty , in heroic si e , supported by an emblematic group , the whole m T s ounted on a lofty pedestal . hi was placed in position since the death of the &ueen , and is the work of a young

- sc n French Canadian ulptor . O the same side of the terrace , overlooking the river and the Chaudiere , is a statue e z L D of Alexand r Macken ie , the first iberal Premier of the ominion , and another of Cartier, one of the Fathers of ’ ’ th e e n tra n c e H Confederation , after whom Cartier Square is named . Ne ar to Ma&or s ill Park is a monument to the memory of Ottawa volunteers killed in the last Nort hwest Rebellion ; and on City Hall Square a noble monu

Th e ment commemorates the Ottawa men who died for the E m pire in South Africa . memory of these Ottawa ’

- z . citi en soldiers is also kept green by a large memorial w indow and a brass tablet , in St Bartholomew s Church , R n 1885 the former placed soon after the ebellio of , and the latter upon the conclusion of the late war in South r Af ica . AN INTELLECTUAL CENTRE

& Ottawa is not only the political , but

in many respects , it is also the intel T lectual centre of the Dominion . his to is not be wondered at , as the Fed eral Civil Service requires the employ

ment of many specialists . A most

important branch of the public service , though one which is very ‘seldom s heard of, is the Canadian Archive . This branch was organi z ed by the late Dr D Br m n e r . ouglas y , who was its T first head . hrough his industry a splendid collection of historical docu The ments has been gathered . Geo of logical Survey , course , brings to r e re Ottawa a number of specialists , p senting every branch of science ; and the same may be said of the Ex e rim e n ta l p Farm , and several other

branches of the service , such as the

G . D PRINTIN BUREAU Fisheries epartment , number seien

tifi c m e n among their staff. Ottawa is — ’ M H . 1 H H 2 M TH T 3 T . P CH & 4 T T CHURCHES , C URC ; , RO AN CA OLIC CA HEDRAL ; , S AUL S URCH , DO INION ME ODIS h R of d f d the ome of the oyal Society Cana a , an institution ounde

L is & by the Marquis of orne , which divided into several Sections E H & L L c . &c . nglish iterature , istory , ; French iterature , ; and the E several Scientific Sections . ach of these consists of a fixed num ber of Fellows , who must , of course , be Canadians , eminent in their D respective fields . An annual grant is received from the ominion

Government , to cover the cost of bringing out a large volume of T ransactions . L Among local societies are the iterary and Scientific , the Field ’ ’ H ’ s VVom en s . c Naturali ts Club , the istorical Society , St Patri k s

L & - iterary Society , and two or three ourishing French Canadian lit e ra r y societies , of ’ which L I n stitu t

Canadien is , per im haps , the most

portant . R Ot esidentially , tawa is most hap

pily situated . Built

upon high ground , amid most pic tu re squ e surround

ings , with wide ,

well kept streets ,

attractive houses , many parks and SH ARP S H OOTE RS ’ public squares , a NOON G UN climate as clear T G T . ISOLA ION HOSPITAL . ENERAL HOSPI AL and bracing as that of any mountain resort , and an endless supply of the purest water— what more could any man ask as ’ a place in which either to spend a month s holiday, or estab

lish a permanent home .

DRIVES IN AND ABOUT THE CITY

It may be of interest here to describe a few of the many delightful drives that one may take in the neighbourhood of

the city . Starting from the centre of the town , one may fol D L T low the new riveway , either through the ower own , New E R H R dinburgh , ideau all , and ockliffe Park & or, turning E south , follow the banks of the Canal to the xperimental D Farm . If one leaves the riveway at Bank street , and crosses

the bridge to the southern side of the canal , a good road brings one in time to a charmingly picturesque little water R R fall and rapids on the ideau iver, known locally as the H ’ og s Back .

Another delightful drive turns westward from the city,

O R - ou - - and follows the ttawa iver to Britannia the Bay , on T c on v n i Lake Deschenes . his summer resort may also be e e R ntly reached by the Ottawa Electric ailway . 9 H E Aylmer, miles distant , is reached by the ull lectric d ’ R Via . ailway , the Interprovincial Bri ge From &ueen s Park , k the terminus of this railway , the visitor may ta e a steam boat twice a week to the splendid series of cataracts known ’ Y ou P a rkm a n s de sc ri as the Chats . remember graphic p & G & L , , TRANSPORTATION BUILDIN . tion ike a wall bristling at the top with woody islets DRIVEWAY. of the h f h i h the Fall C ats aced t em , w t the sheer plunge of their sixteen cata ” racis .

THE CANADIAN ADIRONDACKS

If one would wander farther afield , the Ch e lsea Road leads into the heart of a country which is rightly known as & ” L the Canadian Adirondacks . eav ing the neighbouring city of Hull b e hind , the road rises gradually , in a s eries of splendid sweeps , until the H foot of the Chelsea ills is reached , where a splendid View is obtained of m Ot the surrounding ountains , and of tawa in the distance , with its spires , and the graceful masses of its Par lia m e n t Buildings , standing out boldly a s a s ag in t the southern sky . A drive K S MM R S , N P PO T P R . far as Chelsea will probably be found U E HOU E E EAN IN A — a n d as much as the average pers on cares for some ten miles out , as many back again , but by taking the morning t train on the Ottawa , Northern and Western , one may run up through the delightfully varied scenery of the Ga i & ” V - Ten T L s neau alley , through the well named County of housand ake , through the heart of the mysterious L i s y aurentians , past ra p ds and waterfalls in bewildering succe sion &for the railway clings closel to the banks of a n Ka z a b a z u a G ra c e fi e ld the Gatineau &, d so on , up as far as or , the present terminus of the line , which , how

e i L . ev r, w ll soon be extended to Maniwaki , skirting the shores of the beautiful Blue Sea ake

' POINTS OF INTEREST I N AND AROUND OTTAW A

H V F . B N . Parliament uildings , from epean Point iew of the Chaudiere alls from Parliament ill S V Sir A x Parliament Buildings , from the Chaudiere . tatues of &ueen ictoria , John Macdonald , le ander

z Sir H . House of Commons and Senate Chambers . Macken ie and George Cartier , on Parliament ill V O c t V . o Library of Parliament , with marble statue of &ueen ictoria iew of ttawa and surrounding ountry from p of Central

Tower . ’ R Crim e a b ehin d ussian guns from , &ueen s

H . statue , on Parliament ill

Dc Privy Council Chamber , in Eastern r m n pa t e tl a Block . F Central Experimental arm .

Supreme and Exchequer Court Building .

Langevin Block . W Chinese guns , in front of estern De r m n l pa t e t a Block .

Model Room of the Patent Office .

Government Printing Bureau . Royal Alexandra Bridge across the

Ottawa . Vie w of Chaudiere and the Laurentian

Mountains from Nepean Point . ’ Hi Ma&or s ll Park , with monument to Ottawa soldiers killed in North - W est

Rebellion of 1 885 . S S Geological urvey Museum , on ussex

street . ’

F O Con n or . isheries Museum , on street r Drill Hall and Cartie S quare . ’ Ar t O Con n or Dominion Gallery , street . ARCHIVES . DRIVEWAY SCENERY . S S . h . Dominion Met odist Church The Basilica , ussex treet ’ K ’ A . St . Christ Church Cathedral . ndrew s Church The irk

Lansdow ne Park and Exhibition Grounds .

R H r . ideau all , the official esidence of the Governor General R A R . . R . ideau Club Golf Club , ylmer oad ussell Theatre

Ottawa Amateur Athletic Club .

- R H Ottawa Cricket Club house and grounds at ideau all . R O . ttawa Canoe Club , ockliffe

- O R S . ttawa owing Club house , ussex street

- - - on . Britannia Boat Club , Britannia the Bay E x e ri Drive over new Driveway , from Laurier Bridge to p F mental arm . Drive out Bank Street and along south bank of Rideau Canal H ’ to og s Back and Black Rapids . R u H R ff Drive on new Driveway , to idea all , ockli e Park , and R & R the i e anges .

- on - - R Drive to Britannia the Bay , with view of apids and Lake . H l Drive across Interprovincial Bridge , through ull , to Ay V mer and ictoria Park .

Drive over Interprovincial Bridge to Gatineau Point, with

Splendid view of Parliament Buildings .

a. Drive to Chelse Drive to Beechwood Cemetery .

R t - ou - - Electric ailway to Bri annia the Bay . R R ff R & R Electric ailway to ockli e Park and i e anges . H R A m ’ ull Electric ailway to yl er and &ueen s Park . O N W R . V ttawa , orthern and estern y through Gatineau alley . S R teamer trip through ideau Lakes . S A ’ F teamer trip from ylmer to Chats alls . N S . O U Provincial Model and ormal chools ttawa niversity . F Pulp and Paper Mills and Match actory at Chaudiere .

C T ARTIER MONUMEN . — ROC KLIFFE PICTURES&UE SCENE . OTTAW A ’S RAPID GROW TH

’ Ottawa s growth has been sure and steady . This can be seen from the following table showing the assessment and population of e the city , and the rates for public and separate schools for a numb r of years

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& PLA A BUILDING . ’ K LOVERS WAL SCENERY . FIRE PROTECTION

Ottawa has been several times visited disastrous Each

has arisen phoenix - like from the a dm ir ashes . The result has been

able , regulations regarding the style of buildings , the piling of lumber and the storing of wood have been F inaugurated . The ire Brigade has

also been placed on a fi rst - class foot ‘ in F g . The personnel of the ire De pa rt m e n t consist of 99 officers and 37 1 1 4 men , horses , fire stations , & steam fire, engines , aerial hook and

ladder , trucks , feet of hose ,

fire extinguishers , salvage covers and

aerial trucks . It is modernly equip a J ped and has the latest electric p UNION ST . OSEPH DU CANADA . paratus . The fire brigade has been c u n virtually transformed under the highly competent and pra tical Chief Graham ,

- til to day it ranks as one of the most effi cien t in the country . The cost of the h administration is in the neig bourhood of yearly . The leading officers are

W . . S . . R. Chief John Graham ; District Chiefs , Burnett and J Lemieux

THE W ATER SYS TEM OF OTTAW A

Through the kindness of the City D epartment we are indebted for official ih f formation o our splendid system . — S O R 2 s . S ource ttawa iver , miles above busine s centre ystem Gravity to — W S . . Main Pumping tation Direct pumpin g through mains Power ater , elec i i — t r c t . R S y , steam Capacity ated at Main Pumping tation , imperial

Hin t on b u r S t . gallons per day ; g Pumping ation , imperial gallons per day A 191 6 ctual daily average for , imperial gallons . MONUMENT NATIONAL

PARLIAMENTARY LIBRARY AND SCENERY ” ” — — D 90 1 00 S z — 3 36 W At H . Pressure Main Pump ouse omestic , to i e of Mains to in diameter ater is S — t O R 1 10 1 12 . A o pounds ; fire , to pounds Booster tation this taken from the ttawa iver at Lemieux Island ab ut two m l - station th e water is taken from the domestic ains at a pres mi es above the business centre of the city . The Lemieux sure of from 40 to 80 pounds and raised 80 or 120 to 130 Isl a nd Pumping Station is equipped with f ou r fi ft e en million pounds , and discharged into a restricted area . This district gallon electrically operated centrifugal pumps . The water O R e runs from Slater Street north to the tawa iver , and from is rais d from the river elevation by means of these pumps R e the Main Pumping Station east to the ideau Canal , covering from ten to fifteen f et , according to river elevation , into a F h e th e largest part of the bu siness distric t of the city . Mains tank . rom this tank t water is fed by gravity through a — 4 40 ” 2 6 H No. 1 S . . miles . ervices Meters ydrants intake pipe to Pier at the mouth of the aqueducts R P . C C T . T . T D ANAL ENTRAN E O C . CEN RAL E OT . H d O R ere a cross connection is use and the water is fed through north to the ttawa iver , and from the Main Pumping 40 ” 42 ” S R i s . a pipe and a pipe , one in each aqueduct , into the tation east to the ideau Canal , a Booster district In th e S t a r e a a suction header of the pumps at &ueen tree Pumping this by me ns of three centrifugal , electrically driven ‘

S . On 3 tation Lemieux Island there is , besides the Low Lift pumps capable of delivering M imperial gallons each per H 24 1 h S 30 . S . Pumping tation , the ypochlorite tation , in which the hours , the pressure may be raised to lbs per sq inc

H . At ypochlorite , which is put into the water , is mixed and regu in case of a fire the present time there is under construe H z H lated . The ypochlorite is carried through galvani ed iron tion , and nearly completed , at Lemieux Island , a new igh A A t S . pipes to the suction pipes of the Low Lift pumps . the Lift Pumping tation bridge has been constructed from ” S S Hin t on b u r 5 1 &ueen treet or Main Pumping tation there are eight setts g to Lemieux Island , and over this two lines of i of pressure pumps w t h a rated capacity of 2 5 M imperial lock bar pipe have been laid . These two pipe lines run as far 12 A 51 ” gallons per day run by water power and one M imperial as Champagne venue , and from there one line of pipe r o A gallon per day elect ically operated centrifugal pump . The runs as far as the top of Br nson venue hill at the c orner A water power for the pressure pumps is supplied by the two of Laurier venue where it &oins the present city mains . The aqueducts fed from the Ottawa River with an available head new Lemieux Island Pumping Plant is most modern in every A t . At of about thirty feet . the Main Pumping Station a pres respect It has a separate power and transformer plant . 2 0 85 100 . sure for domestic purposes of from to lbs . per sq . inch the present time two M imperial gallons per day Swiss

110 1 12 h . . is maintained , which may be raised to to lbs . in case centrifugal pumps directly connected to p motors are

. S S . of a fire In the business part of the city , from later treet being installed Provision is made for two similar sets at any

time they are required . r In the past two yea s , has been spent on the Lea Redistribution Ne w system . feeder mains have been laid throughout h t e city. By means of these new mains and the

repairing of several leaks , the pressure in all parts of the city has been much 36 improved . The new main on Gloucester Street has been connected to t he ' O T . J . R . BOO H S INDUSTRIES verland Pipe at the cor G CROWDED C EN T RAL CANADA E & HI B IT ION SI HT . A ner of Bronson and Laurier venues , and when the new Lemieux Island Station is running will become the main feed to S andy

Hill and the eastern part of the city . The W ater W orks Department is under the sup

i n s W . ervis o of Commi sioner of orks , Mr

D n l A . W . Ma c o a d Macallum ; Mr . . E , sst An W ater W orks Engineer . assistant engi neer and two of a staff are employed in a d n ministering the aff airs of the Departme t . W ithin a few miles of the city there is u h

rivalled water power, much of which is yet

undeveloped .

THE CIVIC GOVERNMENT

The municipal government is un der a

Board of Control system and City Council , a 1 8 A rm Mayor and lde en , elected by the

people in January of each year . The mem bers of the Board of Control and Aldermen are — F Mayor Harold isher . — N Cha m a n e Ed Controllers apoleon b g ,

H H K W . ward . inchey , Joseph ent and John B EAUT I F UL P ARLI AME NT N P B G . elson . S OT NEAR UILDIN S Aldermen V — W — R . R W . F ictoria ard Ernest Laroche and David ice Capital ard Thomas Browne and rank H . Plant . ’ — M r h — St . F c G a t . W W A. . W Ha s e S . t . Dalhousie ard James orward and Edward P George s ard alter Cunningham and B . y — W — A R. S t . W W . W . ellington ard James D Denny and Charles ephen By ard lfred Des&ardins and Eugene J . Labelle . — O — . W A . A W J . Central ard John . Macdonald and Charles G Pepper ttawa ard lbert Pinard and Oscar Racine . R W —W Br ea r Slin n . ideau ard illiam Cherry and y s

The permanent officials of the Corporation are as below .

City Treasu rer City Collector City Auditor City Solicitor City Engineer and Commissioner of W orks Assessment Commissioner Building Inspector Charity and Relief Officer Chief of Police Acting Medical Officer of Health

CHURCHES

O 50 ttawa is well provided for in regard to churches . There are about R all , including Episcopalian , oman Catholic , Presbyterian , Methodist , Baptist , ’ R n H eformed Episcopalian , Congregatio al , Lutheran , orner s Movement , Church

S A U a S . of Christ cientist , Catholic postolic , nitari n and Jewish ynagogues The assessed value of the churches is over exemptions

HOSPITALS AND HOMES

AS to public institutions , the sick , the poor , the aged and the unfortunate

O . are well cared for in ttawa There are three general hospitals , a civic isola ’ tion hospital , a tuberculosis sanatorium , maternity hospitals , children s hos it a ls p , home for incurables , Catholic and Protestant homes for the aged , the friendless and the orphans .

OTTAW A ’S BEAUTIFUL PARKS

N d ature has one much for Ottawa . But the civic and federal authorities

& G THE CITI EN BUILDIN .

MUNICIPAL PROGRESS

Ottawa has an excellent sewer sys 1899 tem . In Mayor Payment turned the

first sod for the main drainage system , which was completed at a cost of about

The progressiveness of the city may best be learned from the following table & A rea , acres . 1 917 Population , , with sub

Mileage of streets ,

Mileage of permanent pavements ,

Mileage granolithic sidewalks ,

Mileage water mains , 138 52 5 Mileage sewers , .

Mileage electric street railways , Mileage streets occupied by electric street railways , Number of steam railways entering 9 the city , . A . K rea of parks , acres FOUNTAIN , STRATHCONA PAR . V t alue of proper y owned by the city, A e . . R a commission compos d of Messrs J . Ellis , P . D . oss and V 1 1 . 9 6 alue of Government property exempt from taxation , the Mayor The surplus for , after deducting all charges , was As a business proposition municipal owner V alue other property exempt from taxation , ship has proven to be an unquestionable success and a credit V f alue of taxable property , to the sta f generally .

O u & u - - . O ttawa possesses a paying municipal electric plant ttawa has fo r ourishing and p to date newspapers , d F Each year its enlightened management have been in a posi two morning and two evening , an one rench evening paper , tion to Show a magnificent surplus . It is now overseen by a Danish paper and several other weeklies and monthlies .

Outside of the new Public Library there are several circulating d libraries in the city in ad ition to the Parliamentary Library . There

N n a c c om is also a beautiful atio al Geological Museum , which provides

’ m oda ti n N Ar On o for a ational t Gallery and the Fisheries Exhibits . the F O Experimental arm an bservatory , which cost a considerable sum , has been erected , and will be found in the views .

ENTRANCE RIDEAU HALL .

R H Ottawa has numerous handsome residences , including ideau all , the home of the Governor General ; the residences of the Premier and

many of the cabinet ministers , as well as the palatial homes of wealthy

lumbermen and others . — N The F ench - Canadians have three well known institutions , the E TRANCE MINTO B RID G E . ’ ’ N n L I n st it u t e L Un ion St . Monument atio al , Canadi n and Joseph

buildings . T C G . HE VI TORIA MUSEUM, EL IN ST THE OTTAWA POST OFFICE . THE CHATEAU LAURIER .

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