The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1857-06-10
Local COLUMN.
ASHLAND, O., JUNE 10. 1857.
oUn Town-Ir. Pnoarrcrs-In

Qua Towx-ITs PRosPEcrs-IM-
PRovRMEETs-TowE Hall, &c.-There
are, at the present time, more indications
of prosperity and Improvements in our
t,sn than has appeared. at any period
within the last len years N~otwithstand-
ing the depression in the money market
the two successive failures Of the
crops-the high price of provisions, and
the advance il laborers wages, new build
ings are rising, like the Phoenix, from
the ruinsef the old, aud the dilapidated
exteriors of ~aBtiquated structures are
disappearing like magic, and giving place
to modern improvements aud beauties,
A large force is now at work onsthe
Town Hall building, which. if carried
out according to the original plan, will
be an ornament to our place, and will
surpass 10 size and elegance, that of any
other to~n Of equal population, in the
State. Some Indication of what its ap
pearance will be, may be obtained from
che following extract of the speci6ca
lions 10 the contract between th~ecouociI
and the builders. !.
g The .beilding to be54 feet front By
50 feet deep-three stories-the base
ment story eight feet in the clear-the
second story twelve and one-aalf feet,
and the third story twenty feet. The
basement walls to be of cut stone, the
remainder of brick, with stone window
ellis and capa1n
The basement story will be divided
by briok walls into three compartments
one, about thisty.two feet square, will
be used as an engine room, the other two
as cellar ware rooms for the stores above.
The second story will be divided into
two store rooms with counting rooms
cut from the South end. Mr.. E. w.
WALLACE has leased the West room,
and viii use it as a Wholesale grocery
establishment. Mr.. j. W. BoYD has the
East room for a dry goods store. The
whole of the upper story will be finished
off in one large room which will be
known as the .sTown Hall"
The building when completed will
have cost about ten thousand dollars.
Ashland County can then boast of the
best Court House and Town Hail, in
proportion to its population, of any in
the State.
There are also many IMPROVEMENTS, of
. pfivafe nature, going on in different
parts Of the town. Mr.. Willis has
torn down the front of the old building
adjoining D. s. Sampsel's Store, built it
mp anew and re-arranged the inside,
making it one of the haDdsomest rooms
In town. The sheW-uindows in front,
filled up with shining tin.uare, present
quite 8 lively appearance.
MI. MlcHAEI MLLER has purchased
the old store building adjoining his Ho-
tel, which be designs reistiug and an
nexing to his establishment.
Mr. M~ELsHsIMER, the obliging land
lord of the Sampsel House, is erecting
. large aud elegant brick building, on
the lot directly East of the Presbyterian
Church.
There are also many other changes for
the better. going, on in different parts of
the town. Ashland is really b~eginning
to look up. The enterprise and industry
of her citizens will not permit her to lag
behind. There are now strong hopes
that the rail road will eventually be
built and thus will be afforded us the
advantages of speedy intercourse with
the rest of the world. and rapid trans
portatien Of our products to Eastern
markets We have a county that can
not be beat for its adaptsbility to the pro-