Your correspondent is pleased to be able to announce that something resembling a " building boom" has struck this ancient and staid city. The business of the city has its focus in the south suburb, if you will permit a form of expression somewhat Hibernian. Houses and land have for several years been held at a very high figure in the south suburb, In strange contrast to this fact is the very poor character of most of the existing buildings. Recently therofhas developed a disposition to follow the example of the resident foreigners and build two-storey business houses or at least re-build existing houses in better style. Two Inrge shops which would be a credit to any city in the province have just been comploted in the south suburb and another genuine tw wray structure, upstairs windows and all, is nearly finished. It is reported that ten or twelve firms are contemplating sunil improvements. The tide of commercial Prosperity has been stondily ising here for some twelve or fifteen years.
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