Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1859-03-26
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cir improvements.
Tie hand Of improvement is more busy in
tins than in any former wear Of her exstenos
n stamping ne signs q psosrss - he city
o. Memphis As he sammcr sdF1aCs a great
CITY wiz BE- rapidly balldin- up before our
eyes spots where the forest 'res throw
ueH shade, Whert the bird pan 81 heir
song, and aoWers yield Their Perfume, viii be
covered b. handsoIae stores and sFicndis resi-
dencsa An nat architectural skin can de-
vase, and the decorative artist imagine, Is to
b. called int a~etion, g. modem ass asmatds
that the beautiful shau be combined with DE
useful thus IN Memphis We az nct merely
raising q city. bat e kaaSsonc city, q place
mat shah BE- the pride ana boast Of Is nhah-
itaHt~ IN every street, a. he present tme,
the pedestrians has 10 step out Of BIS wsy on
aecoant Of being impesed BY soil thrown from
formations in the course Of excavation, OF Of
seaholdiHg raised IN the front Of new teuc-
menis. E~serFuhere. amid the hum Of busi-
ness, and o. tie oaiskrts, where the stumPs Of
the cid forests stand - undecayed, is beard
the clanging Of ne uonei and The hoarse calls
Of busy isboren We bfsrd Ct statedyeae-
day, an Conversation smung some architects
and builiers who happened to meet. that dur
ing the present season the number Of stores
and houses that VIII be baif EiH amount TO-
several hsndred.
We are glad 10 stare mat boih TIE burnt
districts, that uov dissgan a pouionof Front
Row and OF Main street viii sen have hrst
class buildings upon then. On Man street.
below Monroe, John NJ La, Esq, is about to-
Commence the erection q a uniform block q
j three stores, Of which Mr. Hammerskod is the
architect and Chas Jones the b-ilder. ThesFhoie
is TO b. finished by the first % September newt
We have seen a plsn Of tie front elevation, and
md II admirable. TIE fronts Of be stores VIII
be an of glass, with the exc phon Of the strong
bot slender pillars thai serre as f~r5mcwods
for The door ard windows, and as supports to
the suPersuucture Zach winsom and half
doorway win b. Of oHe pane f plst- glass
each pane viii be ten feet hih b. aEee and a
half fee long The GAS lof ne hons Of
the three stores Eill oost enc ahoasand eight
hundred dollars The hout windows q be
three upper stories viii be zach ten fees hish,
and the frames vii be richly o-ns meusod o.
the completion Of dis block, tie same gentle
nan viii commences another of three stores. ei
tie handsomes style, On The eupty iot above
Speed, Donohae & staage-s Dry Goods stor
On Front Row, above Adams street, the
foundations ere now being dug for i've hand-
some stores, that NE PEoPasor Of The ground,
John TnEg, Esq is commencing. 1r. Ham
merskold has dralFn Tie plans They viii be
four stories mhislh, aud cblyiseorsted
Opposite The above, waere Tie &c occraed
IN TIE rear of The Barne, House. q. J. wan &
GO. are commencing the hGiiding q two large
and handsome stores, to face Fr1ut Ron The
fronts VIII Be beautifully ornam aied and en-
ished with s-acco. VI. Hsmnesksd is TIE
architect
Not oaiy is TIC hand 4 Improvement At woIk
within the city limits. brit RS stamping viii
new value TIE lands b. he mbrrbE Az Port
Pickering, Yesterday. Massm wallace Wiz
kersan sold by auction a nambsr Of lots II
ground The ATTENDANCE was very lsr-a aad
the competition IVES extremely hsl5. Mr..
Wallace has sold land at Fort Eckermg, al
intervals, FOR the last hve yesss, Bat, he informs
US, on this occasion price were fully double
those realized on any former occasion. One Of
the lots is Of Fey irregular figure and sur
face, and fronts on the river. This lot is val
usble FOR the sand that can be obtained from
81, Is nearly haf an scrr in eEteut, aud brought
$3.50. The rensmiHg lots average twenty
i've feet fnoat ty one hupirsi and twenty-five
feet deep they vary from ninety to ore hun
bred and seventy feet deep, md some few are
Only t~Fentv-fee front; he greater portion are
twenty-five feet front By one hundreds AID TWEEN
tyfse feet Fory los were ssd altseaher.
as follows one iot, sl65; four sI75; one, Z
sls5s two, sla5 feur. SOS one, 500 sN,
s2I5; one, SOS two, $3.50 two, $3.50 two, +,
sz70i four. 500 two, s3I5; one. SEQ; four.
$50. tWo. s420 one, $3.50.