The latter portion of the _Tribune_ article draws attention to some very
noteworthy facts connected with Buffalo. When the _Tribune_ says that
Buffalo is “the handsomest residence city in America,” it tells the
exact truth. All Buffalonians are deservedly proud of the beauties of
their city. Many times has the writer heard exclamations of surprise and
delight from the lips of strangers who, for the first time, were being
driven through our beautiful avenues and park roads. Our streets are
exceptionally wide and well-paved. Care in tree-planting has led to
magnificent results. Well-kept, velvety lawns of spacious extent are the
rule, and make fine setting for the thousands of architectural gems of
homes with which the city is studded. It has been said over and over
again by traveled strangers that Buffalo has more fine architecture in
residences, more beautiful homes than any other city of its size in the
world.
We had, at the close of the summer of 1891, about 105 lineal miles of
asphalted streets. It is hard as a rock and smooth as a floor and full
of restful delight to those who drive over its smooth, clean surface.
Personal pride taken by the property-owners in its trim beauty leads to
its being swept and cleaned daily, which is done at trifling expense.
Asphalt is being laid in this city at the rate of about twenty lineal
miles per year, and we have now more miles of asphalted streets than any
other city in the world.
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