The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-03-25
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EEIREMENs-FUr the number u men who
psslorm active terviee in tiuee of fire.. We % net
believe that those OF Richmond can be surpassed
In promptness and efficiency. Most of them are
young, active and ardent, and when emergencies
arise requiring their services however Eherculean
the task, they perform with cheeFfulness and lilac
Sity. FOR these fessuns We hare always advucsfed
their elaine whenever they came before the public
for assistance, and shall ever continue to do So II
they iced more powerful apparatus TO rescue pro
perry from the deyouring elcments--or if they ask
for enlarged quarters in which to hold their meet
ings- is all the pay they get, all they expect for
kind and unjust in the people to deny them
I We think we may safely say that not more than
one out of every ten .fremen owns an inch OF pro
perty to be destroyed BY confagration. They
have no interested stimulent to push them on In
their labor of lpye--nothing to gain but impaired
health, broken limbs and loss of lfe-and as they
make no demands upon the pockets of our citizens
for private purposes it is little as every one can
do to contribute something towards adding to their
general comfort and facilities for action. One or
two of the companies need new engines, and the
Liberty Boys are in want of larger house. Shall
not all of them be supphed9
HANDSOME BUILDING-Thel large centre
building OF the Messrs. Haxall, at their mills, is
beautiful enc and does credit not only to the arch
tects, but to the workmen who have carried out
their novel and attractive design in mastery
manner This building is six stories high with an
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stones to be used for grinding wheat and the other
five, for storage purposes The character of the
Columbia Mills owned by Haxall e. Bros are
too well known to require further notice.
Mesers Exall & A. Lybrock are the architects of
this splendid edifice, which they pronounce truly
Amt dcan' in style, and which take the greater
pleasure in noticing because has been erected by
Virginia workmeD, out of Virginia materials To
MIR. Exall, more than to any other man that we
know OF, is Richmond most indebted for the great
Improvement which has taken place. within the
past ten years. in her architecture Through his
agency the city has secured the services of Mr. A.
Lybrock, who is said to be one of the most praci
cal men In his profession, known In the country
and to him belongs the credit of the important
change in architecture that going on around
us every day. IfMr Exall does not reap rich
reward in money, for his enterprise and public
spirit he at least has the consolation of knowing that
though his agency the capital of the Old Dominion
has been greatly beautifed, and that others have
reaped rich harvest from his labors.
The brick work of this building was executed by
Joseph G. Watts who is said to be one OF the most
proficient workmen in Virginia. The bricks used
were made at Rockets and cannot be surpassed
The wood work is by Samuel Herndon, a master
carpenter, and does great credit to him, far as
it has gone When this mill is completed, it will
be one ofthe handsomest in the country.
FREE BRIDGE.-The people of Manches-