The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-11-24
CITY INTELLIGENCE.

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tSt"ay @""FeSSy" @ thc Iilst p''n0n 1n"Tlpe', uPo'
TINS PROJECT lhere were also NUMBER OF GU
prominent citizens present, TO near the argument
to be advanced by this gentleman in favor Of thi
scheme cr which he is the originator. He prefacel
~; ,i h., Stain, tbot he had dasrned hr;I
us th tt >S ~ ditI 70 nnhiic aitnrtin -
IiS tHe ~ o. %i " P-k ttt..
means % d sei leS vi a. 'iNi..' u - O'
had yielded To the suggestion OF IIiehus h the pro
iect TO adopt this means. He then detailed tn
main features thereof as follows:
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ane oJect nave 70 GneI lor your h'Js, @ cGsu
eIati1n Il one oi "a p, I a.s 10 ''' ~ "a l'g
,i vStS " ~; 'S t oo..S " "a anu f'' ~ ~"
PuHiic PH SrIlt i 70 carr! @ % iIouC :; .. 81, m a., ,i 49,
No"' "hat wan you 20 uo @ j 70 M up to psl" al'
docks from ligEt street 10 he continuous Win ,he ives
side Of Jone falls at the same time ieyelng ana grading
Federal mn, ana t3en carving 1877 aonen Ion
merce Gay anu tredrrlck st'eet Mafsh Market space
concord street ana est ans avenue aGIos anu over tH
basin and milestone Point TO the Falapsco river, be
tween Fort McIienry and the Ferry Bar, aud to Oper
CaGh, CONWAY, baIIe Lee, noISi MI "teat liugie ~
ana Montgomery streets eaSWardiy, 10 hterSect ives
rays AZ M .vrnue at or near re rem i, loaiit, M, ,.,
IL the plan proposed pe c''lerlaeu anu eNecu'e"' as
ee assured IL must "hFt us are ~!
understood and justly appreciated you will see that ht
following results must of necessity occur:
lst. First, and in my view chief OF AT the sanitary
condition OF the city viii be lmmelsuIapy improved ano
visitation of epidemic yellow fever rendered impossible
| LOT tlG iuture.
"a The basis OF taxation viii be greatly enlarged by
bringing within its scope property now out of its reach
anu 3PPrecauhS 10 an immense e1tel' otier PFoPeF'e'
%ssi 're al al psei' S @ ;rii tI t e.
eSsehhs each man share oi the puDhc Durthen at tue
the harDof VIII be almost entirely avoided.
ou Inc city VIII make from property Nhlch VIII neoiS
10 II from three TO lVe millions OF doas %hefeDy tae
present debt may nc correspondngly reduced;
4th immense advantage must result to her general
commerce as well as to her internal ana local TRADE OF all
descriptions 800
oh Inc encroachments OF commercial DulIulrgs upon
the space now occupied by dwellings viii be arrested and
% g WIN De carried DacK 10 deep wafer, Where IL prop
erly belongs, and where it be conveniently
nomicaly and proftably carried and the vastly in
creasing trade OF Baltimore will be recommended from
/
o. Inc large interest on Baltimore street and lis adJa
cent avenues will be consolidated and the centraty Of
ehIE estanIshed as places best suited for commission
s0ous houses anu Jopoers as well as Tor retail stores
anu ~ S'gi's. gp -,
adnntin,, ~ ~ o rn.J VI ;t 80 80. -. - ~ !, IN i:I "a
auoPoh Vi te proposed pr9tct seem 10 De most happy
TPortue tne FORMER ahihilathg Instances Whlch tne
- - ~ ga =, > .i % ."0 De'hs e9sei'''l u 'ae eonP'e's
StI NJ, M t'iI s,i "'Let; ,
@ on W. de .5 WI pe sltdty improved IN appearance
oy the coSodatoh OF lS now separated quarters, and
many OF her Phcpai thoroughiaes VIII be opened eN-
% an" nPIoFeu us means Oh
and her capacous and deep water harbors together with
waste l"i'uS auJaceht 10 thelA auVahlageousiy
ut6.i"eG o.t III, ;. - W, ,,,. -, ,.,,-
] III, 80 if VI " ieells WIN pe oroushl lrac'c''ly
nearer 70 baitimore Dy from nifty TO sixty miles
oth In the execution and completion Of the proposed
every interest must De 1ostered ana al the depart
S % u 1.l"io"i ttI anu lhuus'iaI pursuits Will ne
" 11tiS 9tiS TT,iep.'vG. M Piti 49,, o,. p..,, c e,
me htii'iloTe anu Ohlo halroau company, Hhd-
& s i. telr interest wout estanlsh depot Tor al pur-
pose, space OF one or TWO hundred acres on
~ i IN oitt ,el NheHGG P.sSeIse'S anu iIetEi's
al NC 20 anu rom the lhadelpla depot over e
ynn 81 80; VI ~ W Veeiil 1 + Is d' eiue, M..ec! VIC VIC
cAPeuSe anu tlhic now incurred III transporting then
through the city may be saved The commercial railroad
III fra street may then be taken up and city passenger
@ c tt i t ~ us poe ereny Ienuetlns lrat sseet
~; ~ " nG mus es as wen as toFoug lares
thb ,Ie anu gnhncns very Iargeiy thG P operly
po,t shoTid L - -; - ~. ~. nc loie i VI ~ "ne.tot7
lo ~, 'o an ie IN iact one vast aeP9t 10 aecoo
W. 'h' " se anu "fses INCREASING ua"e ol the great
I9th Tho scbor,o = an, hi ,. :. - , ala
ments of nropnrnn and co,4sat th. H. % i,y y
carrod on In cr',i- 80 i up ii ' ~ PUP @ S ~
imnairaJ ,nmcb Is 5i5 ~ ~ ., ,i t'' e f ~ ~
- t, i,,,.ou,i '''' NV i"'N'-9'' Vi ''+
4 fter raa m a., ,to,o s,,-oro, ,oo,;.;o 80 ; =
of The arSnntS r. he ,rJ ~; 20 ~ ' pGliIt
10 Ia ~ Tt ~ w. D " t: - ~ !LPot vi tlis ioJeot'
;r ~ :, @ M ll' Iuestion III 1liS coulec,loh ueser'
@ nS ,it; s @ was tit Oh te sanitary
coilon OF our Guy ANY one IlSltlng our wharves can
@ y tos te ergS anu Ienectloiis "ilch @ haIu!lE
% 2 ~ w Ii, 10 I, ] III S|"i'is uPol liG nar'or' "i'icI,
can now only be compared to good sized fish pond, and
Ju=s Ul our caPdcltes lor the transaction OF mercantile
pursuits nE the capaclousneSs Of our harbor he must
id b5 10 ~ ee @ ete 10 nav ms business wants sup
- ~ 49, ~ &c ~ @ pI 1 ds t'' season .! tsc ar
men us presents oiiiy mass OF putfla hsh the
o, W'th n en- IS dealing disease 10 an those sections
contiguous TO te harDor lf he be North Carolina gen
gehah ne would conclude 1t to be metropolitan fish
ueyoteu 10 the purposes OF general sh fry for our
lnIraolIaIIs Tf aII;, , ~ ,,- !, -,
b ,ic ot fiI III - ne sd,', va equdilt! oiIi!
y tose VI Coosne, WHICH Is casSeu as te worst IN the
word ana the strpger would most certainly Joyfully
anu histy eaFe the CITY lelt TO form ms Opinions OF
1t u! te appearance oi our rDGr Is IL nOta shame that
rgge[s ol tne Co[h ana fonr exchange should be
compeed TO transact their business on Change with one
hand holding their nose while the other conaineda smell
ing ootte WIN Wlch TO countefact the stencil summers
sun was most sure to create upon the dock adjacent to
thelr quarters 80
me noar" o leatl OF LONDON nave reported that the
river Thames was the source OF the Ill health OF that city
uullng the past le" years NotWlsandng ts enormous
ude the drainage OF the city during the last summer
most uhiei'y stehch TO aflse thereiron 10
ar, 81 49, ri NJ - -; - q 80 "ue a, a!tilputeo t'g sue
go " ti;.! In ~ ~ '.s t'o olIosltIUn were W wen
from telr posts ny the rivers stencil If this the re-
sun mere lie ASKED Wat must II DC mere, where we nave
t t oedIeu o'C o the marrow NOUN nl river
oI'lcI WneIe eEetythihg from Delow Is packed up ana
INTO wch the hth from that section OF the city bounding
II nows while the tide is so limited as not to cause
change IN Its waters once during the year!
rive years SINCE he sad lie had suggested the neces
sy of clearing out the harbor for the prevention of that
uIeiueu uscase; the yGoW ieFer, whch was then pre-
nallIhs III Charlestoh becoming an epidemic mere Ihe
oara OF Irade were impressed wil the necessity OF suc
measure anu lmmeda!ely TOOK tne necessary steps TO
TAI d AZ G IN. t mus anototG % was ] Only par
'i' INC ei!o'i'! OWING 10 te Itpiu manner
80 ~ -. 80. ~ Iii ~ % i VIZ" VI VSoiS .,,S ~. I'm N
oi sanitary matter II was demanded thereby mat ms
m uou;r ~ ." ia carried % out, us me expenditures
@ ~ t >, IN n e - my -. ~ ~ - SSSlh ar are d cohPdI"uFG
oa e'HS' Honi l'S aHoFGihs nut temporary ana
PaTtla! n relItI' ~
~ w pa" ne sdu' tne yeiiow ieNer III
Wv eM VA estoh ana oif'rieSton' haa eeen OF
more chraCttr IMAM ever before anc as BaIti-
more Is IN the geographical line OF its progress norward,
we 5hoHa De prepared Tor Its coming, which, perhaps,
Ei W dt Ilo uIStdIt u'tN hlS COuhc had better ap-
eVe ;. an out vi S9oopoou' than 10 suer any
eds ii its pedN,us ouL mere 70 exist NO human
toS @ u say we ~ h't iE leallZe tAe necessity OF
TG Tti DeloIe aotnGr summer passes away:
"i"' II "l'hou' prospect Oh iu'uIe
FedIi"dtioH ol pecuHiary advantage theLelrom
o" ~ o'"'. pe uone, out an ga
Vi tie S'tgect hau SHOWN MN that II would not
acuy pea1enueu Win any outlay oher than what the
e VI tt I e! Foierty Mouu nthe lull return
VI e sanitary consluerati9n' Inc city
as ee quIe ne"'y' generally uurhg the past year
out the IePors sno" aC great proportion OF the more
malignant cases were conhned to that section OF 1t west OF
the harpo and winch was affected by the stencil arising
tereioh lhere nave Deeh seNeral cases ot mal9naht
!eio" leFer a' the forI uurlnS the past summer ana
time alone can answer the question-When VIII II VISIT
tlS CITY as an epluemlc Durhg each summer we nave
had cases OF the fever which have attacked the outpos
or III the oWer sectos OF te city ana none can
tel now ons ere VIII attack the citadel Its prevalence
mere win hrDo such as ours would prove far more de
sTuctlVe tlan nerce canonade upon our city.
The single question of the improvement of sanitary
condition should prove sufficient to the carrying
out OF this project as that should be paramount to all
other considerations IT Is curious fact that our people
are ignorant upon TINS SUBJECT and will not improve
themselves but always prefer to attribute epdemics to the
most remote causes as was the case with the National
Hotel dsese-numerous causes being assigned therefor,
ana the real onethe want OF proper drainage and the
carrying oil OF the h OF the premises being lost sight
Of There is no knowledge SO much needed here as this
The next question to consider he continued is the in
crease OF the territory for the building up of the city Al
ready Is extending over us Nesternmost boundary,
ana III rev years even AT the present ratio or increase
there W De millions oil dollars OF Improvements made by
our czens beyond our taNaDe limits We find already
that dwellings, are being forced back from harbor by
the increasing mercantile want and no will say that
the dock be hed up VIII afford an increased mart for
trade ana brng IL directly to that point which 1t should
occupy and which oilers so many natural advantages by
capaclous water fronts
Inc property reclaimed oy TINS means Will ne from 10
to so acres which, at 500 per foot after allowing thirty
per cent lor anu aieys VIII realize to the city the
amount OF S4oOoooo-and after the city has sold the
same teeGPon can safely be estimated at
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