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 THE CITY OF WORCESTER 
 
 jdRCICS'PHR has been rightly named, " The Heart of the Commonwealth." Situated in very nearly 
 the center of the State and having unrivalled railroad facilities it has advanced since 1S50 from the 
 tlst city in tiie United States, as regards population, to the -'9th city. Worcester is the second city 
 in population in Massachussetts, the third in New luiglaud, and the third inland city of the United 
 States. 
 
 It ranks second in value of manufactured products in the State, the third in New Kngland. 
 Worcester has tlie largest wire factor\- in the world, the largest loom works and envelope factories in the United 
 States. Every kind of machine used in a woolen or cotton mill is manufactured here. 
 
 Connected with the world by the trunk line of the Boston i\; Albany Railroad <a part of the New York Central and 
 Hudson River Railroad system) to the north by two divisions of the Boston iV Maine system, to the south by two 
 divisions of the New \'ork. New Haven \ Hartford Railroad, its transportation facilities are unsurpassed. A perfect 
 network of electric lines radiating in all directions, connecting the surrounding towns within a zone of twent>-five 
 or thirty miles, gives Worcester a trade population of nearly 400,000. 
 
 Worcester has a carefully laid out Park System adapted to the needs of ever\- part of the City. There are -1 tO acres 
 devoted to these Parks. There is also Lake (Juinsigamond, a beautiful water park eight miles long, the shores of 
 which are lined with siunmer cottages, club houses, and picnic grounds. vSome of the largest regattas are held here, 
 and the Lake is visited daily by thou>an(ls of peo])Ic who tind this report, which can be reached from all parts of the 
 City for a five cent f.ire, a ver\ enjoyable place to spend the afternoon or evening. Few cities ha\e so many beautiful 
 drives as does Worcester. 
 
 Educationally, Worcester is in the front rank. An evidence of the prosperity of the people is the large per cent, of 
 children who are enabled to complete the entire course graduating from the High ."schools, of which there are three. 
 A diploma from the Worcester .Schools will admit to any college without further examination. 
 
 Upwards of 2,000 attend the evening schools, jiroving the desire to .secure an education on the part of those obliged 
 to work (luring the day. Besides the jiublic schools for which the city spends annually S60O,0O0, there are many 
 preparatory schools and colleges, among which are the Bancroft School, Clark's College, Clark's University, Holy 
 Cross College, Highland Military Academy, Oread Institute, State Normal School, Worcester Academy, and the 
 Polytechnic Institute. 
 
 PUBLISHED BY 
 
 BARNARD, SUMNER & PUTNAM CO., 
 
 WORCESTER, MASS. 
 
 (J.ipyncht. VMi:,, Hmki. I.y I.. \\. Nelson Co. 
 
HARKINGTON CORNER 
 The busiest spot in Worcester. 
 
MAIN STREET 
 Looking toward Post OfTicc. 
 
COMMON 
 Showing Soldiers* Monument and City Hall. 
 
CITY HALL 
 Corner stone laid. Sept. 12. 1896. Completed. April 1898. Cost. Complete. $660,000. 
 
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WORCESTER COUNTY COURT HOUSE 
 One of the finest illustrations of Greek architecture in Massachusetts. 
 
TWO OF THE LEADING DEPARTMENT STORES 
 

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CITY HOSPITAL 
 
STATli HOSPITAL FOR THE INSANK 
 
ODD FELLOWS' HOME 
 
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OPEN AIK THEATRE AT LAKE QU I NSIGAMON 1 1 
 
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