Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1860-09-01
Ss- Our Public Schools commence their fall
term on Monday next


FURTHER CHANGES AND IMPROVEMENTS ABOUT
TowN-The Benhum store, purchased by Mr..
w. w. HERRIck, is undergoing ap improvement
and an increase OF its capacities, preparatory to
filling up with a stock of new goods The
promise is, and we think there is little doubt Of
its fulfmcnt valuable and important access
sion TO the business facilities Of the village. Mr..
Herrick, though Of quiet and unostentatious
u'ieu, moves with purpose and seltpossesson,
which put doubt and misgiviug al fault, and
aFord ground for the belief that he will take
rank among our very first business men.
S. BENHAM, jr., has laid an anchor to wind
ward in the purchase of lot on the south of
the Fisk lot. that now occupied by the family,
and opposite the Herrick purchase, which in
due time will support substantial brick store.
The north end of the same property now oc-
supied by JAMES PHILLIrs meat market. has,
20 understand. been purchased by MV. P and
ether negotiations, we are told are going on
Tor the remainder Of that property.
DucRo & BRo., have caught the inspiration
Of improvement, and have put glass front and
awning to their furniture room, which will give
them decided business advantage over the old
arrangement No firm 10 town marks its course
with the evidences Of more steady, prudent ad-
vance, and none have acquired larger share
Of the confidence of the public, in their enter.
prise, promptness taste, and the careful and
substantial excellence of their wares Success,
with auck oual;tias 10 MT a malta. of ouo,t;on
It Is inevitable
Az TO buildings in the course Of construction
which have not received attention, we have to
notice fine specimen OF brick dwelling near
its completion on Depot street, facing Park or
Second street, by A. A. STRONG. The location,
on many accounts is the most snowy iu the vii
lage, and the building does no discredt TO il.
Another brick dwelling is receiving its founda-
tions around the corner on Main street, upon
another portion of the same property known
as the Gorton & Bush lot, by Isaac RUNKLE, of
which we are not yet prepared to speak, The
site is the most elevated in that section of the
town, and if the house is worthy ofit, we shall
have very creditable Improvement. w. w.
MANN is about completing frame store on the
rear Of his house lot, on Centre street, near the
Fisk House Stables, which when completed,
will take the place Of the store OF Mr.. Mann,
at East Village.
Another Improvement which sho1ld net be
overlooked, is the grading Of Park street, from
Division, opposite the Baptist church, to Ortho-
dox Place. This long needed and evaded work
has been taken hold of at last, with a degree of
determination by our energetic supervisor, hack
ed by the whole corps Of village officials. This
is right, and we trust the augury orihoronghness
with which the job has been undertaken, will
not be disappointed. That street should be
made worthy of the accession it is soon to have
in the erection on the Savage lot OF the New
Congregational Church. which is likely to be
the architectural monument OF the village.
We have been requested, and perhaps may
as well acceed to that request here to call the
attention Of the village authorities to the dilspi-
dated condition Of the roads and culverts oyer
and about the Glue Factory Run--the one in
Orthodox Place, and the other near the resi-
dence OF JAMES ALLEN, on North Ridge. Money
will have to be spent on these works, but per-
haps less by taking them 10 hand before they
drop through. And while our worthy authori-
ties have their hand in would it not be well to
look at the condition of the cisterns, for the
supply OF water in case of fire. One, at least
1t is said, has no means of supply, and another
is sadly wanting in the means of holding its
supply. If they are not literally broken cisterns,
they are eminently qualified to break, any hopes
Of advantage frcm them in an emergency Pru-
dence suggests that these are considerations
worthy of prompt and sedulous attention.
Move anon.