CAMBRIDGE. A city. the seat of Harvard University, and one of the county-seats of Mid dlesex County. Mass. It is on the Charles River opposite Bo-ton, of which it is practically a suburb. being connected by several bridges (Map: Massachusetts, E 3). It is entered by the Boston and Albany and the Boston and Maine railroad,, and electric railroads connect with Boston and adjacent towns. The historic divi sions are still locally known as Old Cambridge. North East Cambridge, Cambridge port, and Mount Auburn. Cambridge is ir regular in shape. generally level in surface, and covers an area of about square miles. Its street, and aNenues are shaijed with beautiful old trees. and there are many handsome resi dences and well-preserved Colonial mansions. among them the Craigie House, occupied by Gen eral Washington. and later the home of the poet Longfellow. DOW fronted by a memorial park, and Elmwood. the dwelling of Jame, Russell Lowell. The principal features of Cambridge are Harvard University (q.v.), with it ample grounds and many buildings, Radcliffe College (q.v.), the buildings of the Protestant Episcopal Divinity School. the First Parish Church (Uni tarian), the Shepard Memorial Church (Con,c!re gationali. Rev. Thomas Shepard (9.v.), and Christ Church (Protestant Episco pal). The city common contains a soldiers' monument and a statue of .Tohn Bridge. Less than a mile from the university are the Harvard Observatory and the botanical of eight acres. filled with a great variety of trees. shrubs, and plants. especially of native specie,. Mount Auburn Cemetery. partly in Cambridge, one of the most beautiful place, of burial in the coun try. contains the graves of Longfellow, Lowell, Phillip, Brooks. and many other distinguished men. Among prominent buildings, other than those already mentioned, must be noted the pub. lie library. Cambridge Hospital. the Latin
School. High School, Rindge Manual Training School, the city ball, the •ourt-house, jail. and other county buildings. Cambridge has a fine system of public parks; besides Interior Park,. the River Parks include the entire river-front. and add greatly to the beauty of the city.
Among the industrial establishments of Cam bridge are the Riverside, Athemenni, and Uni presses. the latter dating from the earli est printing house in America, founded in 1639. which are all widely known. There are also large foundries and machine-shops. meat-packing houses. and extensive of soap and candles, pianos and o•eans, furniture, confec tionery. rubber goods, ailers, chemicals. astro nomical instruments, carriage, and automobile,, bricks, and ninny other articles. The industries are centred principally in Cambridgeport and East Cambridge.
Cambridge is governed. under the charter of 1891. by a mayor, elected annually, and a bi cameral municipal council, of which the board of aldermen is elected at large and the common council by wards. In the administrative de partment,. the majority of officials are appointed by the mayor. subject to the confirmation of the board of aldermen; the city council. however, elects the city clerk and assistant. treasurer, auditor. messenger. clerk of committees. solicitor. and overseer of the poor; and members of the school board are chosen by popular election. Cambridge own, and operates it, water-works. Some features of municipal politics deserve mention. Cambridge is noted as the largest city in the world with no open saloon,, and the no licen,e system, as operated under the Massa chusetts law, seems well established. Municipal elections are conducted by local parties entirely independent of national and State organizations.