NEW-IIAMPSHIRE GAZETTEER.

The Statistics and Gazetteer of New-Hampshire, Seventh
Edition, Compiled by Alonzo J. Fogg. Concord, N.H.:    D.L.

Large and substantial business
blocks have been erected upon the
ashes of the former buildings, far
superior in architecture and beau-
ty. But few cities, of its size, ex-
cel it in its large and expensive
business blocks, fine hotels, its
broad and shaded streets, and ex-
cellent concrete sidewalks. If any
complaint can be made as to the
beauty of this city, it is in its
dense shaded streets, where, in
many places, the rays of the sun
are nearly shut out. A view from
the dome of the Capitol, in mid-
summer, gives the city the appear-
ance of a large forest, with church
spires and domes peering above
the tops of the trees; and a
stranger, who obtained his first
knowledge and view from this
stand point, would be loath to be-
lieve that a city, containing twelve
thousand inhabitants, nestled be-
neath the shade of the trees,
standing at his feet. Many of the
private residences are fine and ex-
pensive structures, and compare
favorably with fine dwellings in
other cities in New Hampshire.

Railroad Facilities. The four
railroads which centre here to-
gether with their branches and
connecting lines, within a radius
of thirty-six miles, make it one of
the largest railway centres at one
depot in New England. At this
station, passenger trains are made
up with special cars, for the Mon-
treal Railroad, Northern, Bristol
Branch of the Northern, Concord
and Claremont, Contoocook Val-
ley, Concord to Boston, via Lowell,
Concord to Boston via Lawrence,
and Concord and Portsmouth,
which virtually makes eight rail-
roads that centre here. Besides,
connections are made with the