Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-07-03

looked for and IL Is mpsfan, hat The object Of
should be veil understood In ADVANCE have TO reques
viii foster tho patriotic presented by OF you
strongest editorials. All that our people require IL sh
upon the Important points which have rassd 70
roaFt sYrHAx.
Ills proposed to call public meeting of all the citi
,cus Of Richmond 10 favor Of promoting the comfort
the city as place Of residence by having the street
kept As open and unobstructed and tho quiet
possible which the following resolutions sl be offered
l. Resolved. That Il Is In the opinion Of this meeting
great mistake to overlook the fact presented In
perencc OF all cities which have attracted trade aud
within their limits that in whatever such trade
travel may DO introduced into the limits of city, ther,
arc great aud papsbs inconreniences attending their in
PRODUCTION
g Tha, in the opinion Of this meeting IL va, an outrage
on rights to be forgotten forgiven allow ths
James River Canal to be brought into the town. large
portions Of several Of the most important streets Of Rich
mond be occupied by tho public basin that these
being designed for the exclusive all the citi
Ieus lawfully or justly be Appropriated the use
Of any private company, or corporation. or individual
aud that any benefits derived thererom In tho way
trade far too dearly purchased by the violation of
dvidua rights and the obstruction which the basin pre-
scnts to the eest circulation OF the citizens that what
obsructs the free Of street alike by all the
people, renders the Of dangerous is nuisance
which Il Is the duty OF the city authorities to a6ate the
same and that 10 much any citizen attempting to
drive along, any Of the occupied the
basin would certainly be drowned aud of children
who may TALL into the canal basin, would be in
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the water should forthwith be drawn out Of the basn
aud the streets restored their only proper and Legitimate
ue-that OF persons foot and private carriages
The at'nosf-carts and wagons
Sd That great doubts Of the propriey
and expectancy OF allowing the use of private car,ges
within the limits Of the city in consequence of the
thereby incident to the limbs and lives of the little ne
groes, who from time irumemors have been allowed to
indulge in their innocent sports throughout the length and
breadth Of our streets but in view of the requirements
invalid citizens aud the tendency Of carriages and
| in ~,
ereni portions OF the city, disposed the
thereo provided moderate rate Of speed only is
allowed, and ad valorem tax of as DER Cent he i'm =
posed.
4th. That all manufacturing establishments especially
thoso Tor manufacturing tobacco and those IN which
tionary steam engines employed the former bringing
smong hordes OF negroes with their offensive smells
and the latter disturbing the tranquility of citizens by
the noise Of their machinery, nsaces and that all
property owners in the neghbourhood OF these establish
mens are entitled to claim OF the Common Council o!
City the Abatement of such nussuces even though by 40
doing be deprived Of soch OF daily
printed by presses aud get rid Of the giant ener
ges of that power in developing the business OF the civ
and carrying Oh its manufactures That the of ste
engines in any Of the streets Of the city is nuisance
dangerous TO the lives and persons the people who
"use the street. and injurious the property tha
the contiguous streets "as described 10 the petition
"of certain czs oil Monroe Ward to the uitv Council
which Is hereto annexed and the doctrines OF which We
"here repeat and re-airmed" that therefore all the
railroad companies Terminating in this should be 70
quircd forthwith TO remove their depots without the limits
OF the same, that slcu railroad companies have
claim to any compensation Whatever but il they have
the benefits result from such removal ought no, to be
given up Z" in order to protect the City Golfers"
That 1t is evident the greatest advantages the CITY
would result from the policy advocated by US ls The
business brought to Richmond being greatly dun-
ished and what there might be being confined to the
suburbs instead Of active and busting city, resembling
in respects Northern City, which Richmond is be
ginning to become, we should have quiet one in which
any citizen might move IN any direction -obstructed
aud tdulge in quiet meditation in his walks or drives
10 ira h., ~
di-sgreeabe noise Of manufacturing establishments or
his attention required to prevent his riding driving
the basiu running upon railroad train. endIy Wills,
making the city proper moro quiet AID agreeable and
bringing down the prices Of property therein
NIT OF any desiring elbow ROOM having at small
cost, should benefit the of property in the
suburbs, by distributing the trade which might still re-
main avendes leading the city, in little villages
which would rise up in its neghbourhood, thereby giving
impulse 20 Screamersvle and Butchertosn and fu-
ture villages which might be expected TO rise the
proposed terminus CT the Richmond ard Petersburg
and Danviie roads, the South Side of James river.
That whilst consider all railroads entering the
of city nusances, which ought be abated, espec
ally consider the permission Company lay its
rails in such street Broad street; which, for tae
| railroad, would present splendid B.end pis!a
hundred feet wide, with nothing in IT, That we
account for the folly of the people of the
North in allowing railroads TO traverse their streets
in all directions and locomotives be used in them
wherever the shortnesS OF the does preclude
their use, land this Notwithstanding persons whose pro-
perry woull have been enhanced in value by confnng
en 70 'ne o. the ces, nave ire
qIen'! u1eu tne Ies. DUR unfortunately, III
enecuay 70 proven. ~ only suPposng ,Hat the CON,
VI hese ees nave isooieo uhaer zoe ueison OF
looking 10 the greatest good OF the greatest number and
nd' he con"e'c,l Property OF Ineir citzshs generally
mas win 'he ar appteeiauon OF The bene'
fits which would have resulted to private individuals
ing sasoa,pan properly iIc ah opposite course ana the
great satisfaction OF living in 9uie city with grass growa
streets.
ha OF al inc rGroads when enter the city we consid,
er the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac railroad
me one Shcn mas Tue least claim 10 any iavor at the
enus o 'he cy Isl, because wnis1 any dement's con-
eireh " naFs oeen without charge OF any knu 10 the
Guy, any ',aue Tnen MAJ DC FepeYeq from II must re-
uouha exclusively 10 tnis city ana on me sane principle
on which mother loves most the child Tor which she has
made the greatest sacrheeS win the least prospect OF re-
utn go IN our opu'on ought the Guy TO prize most the
Oh afoau 70 "nien she mas made the largest
contributions WIN reasonable PROBABILITY alter its con-
which she has without cost aud ..om which she de.
rives the exclusive benefit 2dy, Because without e
and Potomac Railroad his city would cerDly not be
the great Northern and Southern mail route and there
reasonable probability IL its operations be obsuc
ted that the stream oil Northern and Southern travel may
yet be diverted TO the Seaboard and Rosnoke and Bay
route and To the Alexandria, Lynchburg aud Tennessee