Literary cadet, and Saturday evening bulletin. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1826-1827, 1826-11-04

street and what have been their course,-what has
been done for their individual patronage ;-'bow
much have they increased in value, OF what are
the prospects before Them Unless they change
hands, or unless the proprietors pursue different
policy, they must gradually decline, whilst the
west will continue TO flourish, and finally triumph
over her eastern sister section.
The fact is the vast estates the ca:t side Of the
river are owned by capitalists, who, having amassed
immense fortunes, by inheritance, by enterPrhe,
accident, care but little about the prosperity OF
the whole community; and, ithe wisdom ofa JEP-
PERSON had not abrosated entails, they would en-
tail them and thus, whilst they would succeed In
establishing a stepping-stone to an aristocracy-
with them. u favore theme--tbey would, at the
same moment, dampcn the ardor Of individual en-
terprise, and aix imperishable obstacles to Domes-
tic Improvement. The east from the founda-
ton Of the town, possessed advantages over the
west, which il seemed almost impossible for art, or
human industry TO rival; but which the west, by
the perseverng labos Of her citizens, has surpass
eJ. The east, for all the purposes Of foreign or do
mesic commerce, had, originally, and it is possible
west but as her citizens neglected the advantages
ofnatare, and condemned the examples Of enterpr-
zing adventurers she has, al length, lost them and
the rival section has grown and fourished and tr-
umphed, on the apathy and the Incidence, Of her
eastern neishbor.
II is in vain that we look TO the east for improve
ments, capable Of competing with those displayed
by the west; and unless the apathy Of our neigh
bors be awakened, it is impossible to conjecture
what may be the results their supne and ndolent
policy.
Far from us is il TO attempt to awaken local jea-
ouses between the two sections Of the town and
we should most sincerely lament, ifwhat we should
utter would in tho least tend to awaken heart
burnngs animosites, between the people of one
community, somewhat separated in their feelings,
their interests, and their employmeDts, by natural
and local lines of demarkation. But we have seen
with sorrow, manifest spirit of Incidence, display
ed by tho eastern citizens of Providence ;--and
whilst we have noticed this, we have been sadly
convinced that il has not only tended TO reard the
increase Of the east but has had unfortunate and
poisonous influence on the whole community
Already has the prosperity Of the one, and the iu
dolence Of the other, given rise TO feelings of ea-
lousy, which ought not TO be cherished and whc h,
il they tinue to increase will, in the end, ter
inmate in which all must deprecate, and
which we will not anticipate.
The east complains that the west, in our town as
semblies, carries decided influence; and that the
citizens oftha quarter can, at all times when ques-
tions Of importance are asated, out-vote them, and
carry whatever measures they may deem expedent
to adopt That this is fact, we will not, for mo-
ment, deny; and whilst admit it, we shall be al
lowed to remark, that whatever ascendancy the
west has gained, has been acquired by the indus
try and unremittiDg perseverance Of her citzens.-
lift would not be considered nvidious, and some
what gratuitous on our part, we would compare
the vigilant industry Of the citizens of the west
with that displayed by the east, by alludins to
those great enterprises the reduction of Fox Point
Hill, by the east and the formation of that valua.
bic tract Of land now owned by the Dorrance Street
Company, by the west. The former was COM
menced in the year 1809-t was undertaken by
capitalists abundanly able 10 carry it into effect
it has fingered hand seventeen years, and is not
yet completed. The enterprise, compared with
the Dorrance- Street project, was matter Of insg.
nifcance, SO far manual labor was concerned; but
its importance to the undertakers and to the public,
was incalculable. Had il been persevered in, long
ere this, would that section of the town have been
the seat ofcommerce, the nominal head of naviga-
tom and whilst the west was warring aganst her
sand hills, her morasses, and her insufficient chan
nels, would have gained permanency, which after
competition might indeed have assailed but the as
sault would have been made in vain. The Dor
rance Street project was commenced in the year
1918 1T was looked apon at the time as an Her.
culcan task, well as idle undertaking and the
viows oftho DYERs, its projectors, were laughed at,
as wild and chimerica 1t was said by the wise
ones Of those days, that il would never be accom-
plished; or, if, indeed, it was accomplished, il
would involve its projectors in absolute ruin How
completely their predictions were falsifed, the his
tory Of those lands has told and we have seen tho
Dorrance Street estates sold at an advance, on the
original costs, offrom five TO seven per ceptum per
year-yieldiDg to holders, a nett gain of about se-
venty or eighty per cent.
The Dorrance Street speculation, wild as il was
supposed to be, will thus be seep has mot with