Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1859-07-11
Suburban Drlves.


heard tourists say: "------ is a very nice place
a delightful retreat for week or month durinI
the heated term, but then one has always u
femain In town, or drive out upon unshsdet
avenues, in the hot sunshine, through cloud
Of strangliDg dust" We are compelled Z,
acknowledge that this objection hold rather TOT
hard against our City.
We are not starting out with recommends
tion of heavy bill Of expense upon our city
or county; we propose, however, to recommend
the opening of "drives" in this vicinity. All
will admit that they would not only be i'm,
mensely pleasant to our citizens, but that they
would prove very strong attraction TO stran.
gers visiting our city, who now iustly complain
that we have no pretty drives Ia our vicinity
When we can prevail upon gentlemen in the
suburbs TO open up "uatural avenues" from ono
road TO another across their rfsrms-.convenieuces
to themselves and the publie-we may expect
to have Dayton one Of the most inviting sum
mer resorts for tourists to be found in the land.
The expense of these avenues would be little in
proportion TO the great benefits to BE- derived
from their use.
We have not time TO day to pursue this subs
ect as we would like. We will briefly allude
to what might be accomplished in one direc
tion while we hope we will call up an inter
est from other points in the vicinage.
Nearly all the strangers who visit us have
heard of our Cemetery, and of the Asylum
about half mile south east Of #, and they
would like to visit them. Woodland, the beau
tifpl home of the dead, being the stronger ut
traction, they give orders to drive there first
After they have spent pleasant hour iu those
consecrated grounds, they express desire to
visit the Asylum and grounds, when they are
informed that they will have to drive back over
the same dusty road TO the city, take a fresh
start and then drive over an exceedingly dusty
road TO the Asylum--a point only half mile
from the o metery where they were an hour be
fore The visitor will ask "Why could not
an avenue be cut through f'om the eastern part
Of the Cemetery to Wayne Avenue and an hour
Of dusty travel be avoided for those who would
be pleased to visit the two prominent attractions
in your vicnily2 As it is, we have but little
time to spare we would be glad to visit both
these, but as the annoy yances are so great, we
will have 10 content ourselves with a view Of
but one place." We have heard this question
asked by visitors an hundred times; aud we
have heard the question seriously considered
at home.
We have to say this; At the eastern verge of
the Cemetery grounds, and exactly opposite the
entrance to the "City Lot" from Wayne Ave.
nue., Nature has made passage way up the
hill into the Cemetery; it is an easy ascent up
gorge in the hill, aud with a very little work
simply the grading of carriage track, will
afford proper passage for vehicles from Wayne
Avenue into the City of the Dead. This ave-
nue. would enter into the "new drive" now
being put around the Cemetery, just at the top
of the hill, and would afford u continuous, pleas
ant drive from the City to the Asylum, via
Woodland g..
The right Of way from Wayne Avenue to the
Cemetery lot can be obtained at small cost, we
are Informed. The expense of a gate with a
handsome arch, and porter's lodge at the en-.
trance would not be much. AS it is, addition
al help seems to be needed at the Cemetery, and
during the day, the east as well as the west
gatecduld receive all necessary attention ut the
hands Of the Sexton and assistants. Alta prop.
er Time in the evening these gates could be Sc
cured, and the services of a porter at the cas-.
tern entrance he dispensed with until the next
day. Now the construction Of this avenue is
feasible; and we hooe TO see it effected.
There are other drives" in the same viciu.
ity we might mention, but we will barely al
Jude to one Nearly opposite the Asylum, aud
north Of and adjoining the residence of DR.
Egry, and on the line of Mr.. Edgar, an avenue
could be opened across on his line and the
line of Mr.. j. Patterson, past the Mission
School. to the old road at Pattersons 3 Mill 1t
would make delightful and shady drive; and
il we are correctly informed il could be secured
for a mere trle. Messrs. Edgar and Patterson
would doubtless grant carriage way Of 80
feet for the purpose, and We feel sure that the
funds for fencing and putting it in order. could
be secured at once on subscription. We are vii
ling to presume pretty heavily upon the known
lIberality and sppreciatiyeness of the gentle-
men named, and we are well enough acquainted
with our citizens to know that they would
cheerfully subscribe the amount necessary to
We have only hinted at the subject, aud will
recur to it again. We hope to awaken our citi.
Eens to the importance Of getting up "drives''
in this vicinity, and offering attractions to
to those who would. if we had these, make
Dayton u place Of Summer soiourn instead Of
other places which, in themselves, do not offer
one fourth the inducements. Get up drive,-
they can be gotten up eheaply-in every direc-
ton, aud let it be known every where that we
have them in the vicinity and we warrant that
our city win become resort for mullitudes du,
ring the Summer months. These rural drvel
are, (aside from the hospitality, urbanity, and
intelligence of the inhabitants, and the health
of the place, and the facilities for reaching II.
the greatest desideratum to tourists. Let tn,
Suburban Drive" subject be agitated.
DrBy dispatch from Cleveland Thursday
we learn that HollsS were entered in the cases 0
Sam. Davis and j. X. Lowe, United States OFF
J GERS arrested through the instrumentality Of tn
oberlin fanatics for executing the Fugiiiv
Law.
gTComparisons are certainly odious, il W
institute them between the weather Of last Mon
day-the 4lh--and to day. We believe W
need say pothinR more in this connection,
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ITWe again call the attention Of the trustee
Of the 4th ward TO the bad condition Of tn
, Warren ST. Bridge. Il ought to be repaired.
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0J-A great many people were out Of tn
city in the groves adjacent, yesterday. Tn
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