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The village of New Brighton is unique in its attractiveness.

Its public buildings, churches, hotels and institutions are all handsome and substantial, its residences the perfection of refined taste ; it has fifteen miles ( 24 km ) of streets, the principal of which are wide, well paved, and generally well shaded with ornamental trees.

A complete system of sewerage has been adopted.

The inhabitants are filled with a sense of local pride which is in itself most commendable and leads to the happiest results, the most noticeable of which perhaps is the great care bestowed upon their private residences.

The neighbors seem to vie with each other in friendly emulation as to who shall keep the smoothest lawn, the neatest fence or the most graceful fountain.