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     HISTORICAL SKETCH. 51 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Mott’s Spices are the Purest. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     civic government comprises a mayor and ten councillors. 
     
     It is well' laid out, with large squares and wide streets 
     
     running at right angles to each other, some of them have 
     
     lately been ornamented with various kinds of native and 
     
     imported trees, which in a few years will add considerably 
     
     to the pleasant and charming appearence of the city. The 
     
     four large squares, named respectively Queen’s, King’s, 
     
     Hillsborough, and Rotchford, are conveniently and ex- 
     
     cellently located. On Queen Square stands the Dominion 
     
     and Provincial buildings. This square of late summers has 
     
     through the exquisite taste, judgment and incessant 
     
     watchfulness of Mr. Arthur Newbery, assistant provincial 
     
     secretary, become the centre of culture and beauty. To 
     
     attempt a description of it would be idle. It is one mass of 
     
     variegated bloom. Its well designed walks and the rare 
     
     taste displayed in harmonizing the colors of the beautiful 
     
     flower plots command the admiration of beholders. On the 
     
     erection of a contemplated fountain this square will com— 
     
     pare favourably with any public garden in the Dominion. 
     
     The city is steadily adopting the improvements of the 
     
     age. It is lighted with electricity and connected by 
     
     telephone with the other principal towns on the Island. 
     
     This fall (1888) it will be supplied with an abundance of 
     
     pure water, from a spring in the valley west of St. Dunstan’s 
     
     College, about 2% miles out in the suburbs. Charlottetown 
     
     can boast of as fine public buildings as any city of its size 
     
     in the Dominion. The Post Office, Custom House, Savings 
     
     Bank, and the various offices connected with the Federal 
     
     Government are in the Dominion building on Queen Square. 
     
     The Court House built of brick, finished in 1876, is a fine 
     
     building. In the centre of the square is the Colonial build- 
     
     mg, built of Nova Scotia free stone, the cornor stone of 
     
     which was laid in 1843. This is a very imposing edifice and 
     
     from the roof a splendid View can be obtained of the 
     
     harbour and surrounding country. In this building the 
     
     local parliament meets, and in days of yore its walls re: 
     
     sounded to speeches which would be creditable to statesmen 
     
     0f mightier parliaments. 
     
     . A New City building just completed is another acquisi— 
     
     tlon to the city. This building affords accommodation for 
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
        
     
        
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
         
     
       
     
        
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
         
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Mott’s Coffee is guaranteed.