Excerpt from Commercial and Architectural St. Louis: Illustrated In Presenting to the business men and general public of St. Louis and the West our triennial review of what the great city has accomplished since our last compendium of her resources, facilities and achievements, it gives us pleasure to state that no city in the United States, the most progressive country in the world, can compare with St. Louis in her march to greatness as a mercantile and manufacturing center, and in the arts, sciences and general culture of her people. St. Louis every day of her existence proves herself more and more entitled to her proud position as the metropolis of Missouri and of the mighty West. She leads in commerce, manufactures and mechanics. Her people are enterprising, progressive and liberal. As a commercial center, her railroads and rivers give her a natural pre-eminence that the energy, industry and ability of her merchants have utilized to the best advantage. As a manufacturing point, she furnishes the most eligible sites. Abundant water at a nominal cost and inexhaustible supplies of the cheapest fuel in the world. In matters aesthetic her public museums, libraries and the numerous fine collections of paintings and other works of art in the possession of private citizens, attest to the refinement of her people. It shall be our endeavor in the following pages to present a panorama of what St. Louis has done during the past three years, where she stands at present, and her flattering prospects for the future. In doing this, we shall confine ourselves to a plain, unvarnished statement of facts, backed by authentic statistics. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from Commercial and Architectural St. Louis: Illustrated It is admirably Situated, with all natural advantages; two of the greatest rivers in the world, to which numerous smaller streams are tributary, and rail roads from every section pour ing into its lap the wealth of the incomparable Mississippi Valley and of the Great West. It may with truth be said to be the center of river and railroad transportation. Its climate is temperate and salu brions, and statistics prove it to be the healthiest city of its size in the world. It has an admirable street and sewerage system, in these respects offer ing a model to cities of much greater pretensions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.