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thoroughfares, while  churches,  cathedrals,  and  public buildings rise  from  the  dense  mass  of  lesser  structures. Elegant equipages  with  their  fair  freight  roll  over  the paved streets,  and  out  through  the  park  to  the  ocean beach ; while  street  rail-cars,  with  scores  of  miles  of iron  track  reaching  far  out  into  every  suburb,  carry the less  pretentious  population  to  and  from  their homes.