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to view the sacrificial processions of flower-decked victims is the central point of the great net-work of horse-car lines that extend out from this point in every direction, and is a busy scene of activity from morning until night.

The familiar appearance of cars bearing the name of John Stephenson or The Brill Co. serve to modernize the plaza & distract from its picturesqueness although they are very convenient adjuncts to travel about the city, as the lines run out in various directions for some miles to suburban towns. In Guadalajara and Cohima Morelia, the main stores of the town are gathered in the portales about the central plaza, but in Mexico they have left the portales to a cheaper grade, and the finest establishments & main offices of large business houses & banks are