Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-02-02
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New Enterprises in Worcester.

there are indications at the present uheS thet sne
business season about to open, win show an increase
of growth and prosperity, such as no previous year
has Witnessed. While the number Of private enter
prises will equal those Of former years, when the
strides of progress have been most rapid, there are
others, on foot of a more public character, which
are deserving Of especial notice, for they will mark
an era in the advancement Of our city.
The want ofgOod hotel accommodations, has been
a serious drawback TO business for long period OF
time, aud il has been arepoach to Worcester, that
while her accommodations for her own citizens have
been rapidly extending in every direction, and her
workshops and manufacturing establishments have
multiplied on either hand, that the 'sangers within
her gates, have found the hotels inadequate 10 their
desires and expectations. This deficiency Is to be
remedied blythe erection, the present season, oil two
large and elegant hotels in the very heart Of the
city, in close proximity TO the railroads and prlnci'
pal thoroughfares. One Of these, the Allen House,
will be erected at the corner OF Main and Pleasant
streets, fronting on the city squaee twill be built
OF brick, 10 the most substantial manner, FIVE sto-
res high, and is to contain twelve spacious stores;
eight of them upon Main street, and four on Pleas
ant street. In every respect this hoSse Is designed
to be first class hotel, and the well known energy
and ability OF the protector and proprietor leaves no
room TO doubt that the design will be carried out IN
every particular. lew rods north cfthe site pros
posed for the erection Of the Allen House, spa
sous block is to be constructed of brick aud iron,
by Calvin Foster, Esq. This block will have
front upon Main Street, ofaboul twenty-five ieet,and
will extend back upon the line OF Pearl Street, near
ly hundred feet. The lower story will be occu'
pied for the most part, BY Messrs. Foster & Co.,
dealers in and importers Of hard ware, Tor the ac-
commodaiion OF their own extensive business. The
second story 'front.' We under stand, viii be fitted up
for new bank, which is expected TO go into opera
tion at no distant day,
Directly opposite the Foster Block stands the old
United States Hotel, the proprietor OF which we
are told is making calculation to demolish It's d.
Iapidated walls, and erect upon its site large block
for stores and Offices 10 front of the Worcester
House, where stands the long range Of one story
buildings Familiarity known as s'the Iombs," rumor
SAYS Messrs. Hemmenway and Wall intend to erect
block Of stores that will be creditable to their
enterprise, and more ornamental to the neighbor"
hood than that which occupies the above named To-
cality.
In the immediate vicinity Of the Boston s Wor-
cester Depot, Col Dwight Foster win erect
spacious brick block, fronting upon Foster Sreet,and
new street will be opened through the lot Of which
he is the proprietor, parallel with Main Street,
Meeting Foster Street with Exchange Street. This
will be very great Improvement to this part Of the
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add to the convenience of the inhabitants.
Flagg's block, oil course will soon be replaced by
a block even more substantial and beautiful than
that which has just been destroyed by the FIRE; and
VIM. Dickinson, Esq, with characteristic enter
prise, will carry up his block Of stores upon the site
of those destroyed by the late fire, so as to have
them ready for occupancy the first Of April at the
farthest.
Upon The opposite side of the way, at the corner
OF Main and Exchange Streets, the City Hotel Cor
poration design the erection Of first class Hotel of
ample dimensions, and III all respects complete and
well finished edi6ce. The plans and models are
undergoing the inspection of the building committees
consisting of gentlemen of experience and judgment
in such maIters upon whom all interested, and who
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shall be crediable to their taste, and to the CITY.
Farther down the street and a lew doors below
the corner Of Central Street, Hon. Isaac Davis will
erect splendid edifce for the of the Quinsga-
mond Bank. Judging from the plan which we have
seen, designed by Mr. Elbridge Boyden, We should
say that this will surpass in architectural beauty any
as yet erected upon the street. Colonel Davis is
man Of taste and what he does is always done we'll.
In addition 10 the buildings above enumerated, all
Of which, with single exception, may be regarded
as fixed facts, there is to be erected in the south
part Of the city, by our enterprisug fellow citizen,
Eli Thayer, very large stone building, capable Of
furnishing workshops with ample accommodations
for four or FIVE hundred workmen, and steam power
sufficient to all the machinery that may be re-
uured in their various departments.
We notice, also, in the vicinity Of the Western
Rail Road, some very suspicious looking stakes,
which shose in that vicinity, who well posted up,
saw Indicate the site Of another large manufacturing
establishment, which viii go up in the spring.
Whether this ia 81 or not, our catalogue of new en-
terprises is already long enough 10 indicate that
vast amount of business 10 TO be done here in the
season about TO open; that carpenters, masons,
blacksmiths, brcklayers, nod carriers, and in short,
all kinds of working men, can here find countless
opportunities to sell their time, and devote their en-.
ergies for an equate reward. Such enterprises as
these, wall OF course draw hnher large numbers d
artzans, who yet unacqualnted with the pecu-
liar facilities afforded in Worcester, for the prosecu.
ton Of all kinds of mechanical business. Many OF
them will have families, all oflhem must keep hose
or board and this will create still more increased
demand for houses and tenemenis Of all sorts. New
streets will be laid, new babatons must be erecsed
every days business will increase the demand, ev'
ery body that cen work, will be needed TO work.
there will be brisk time generally, and it will be
seen that our beautiful city the close of the year.
will have taken another stride in her career Of
progress, without parallel in the annals Of New
England towns.
E Weprepared our article OF yesterday in re-
a,ion to the damage and loss sustained by the late,
FIRE, from the best information we had then been
able toobtain, and in the full belief that il was sub
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