Daily national Republican., 1863-09-08

| mately-have been part OF his household for two
years, and atA net mistaken In my estimate OF his
character" .I.. .i e s'sillN7
TO TAE HOAELEss IN wAsHla0TOA.
ssra FwAsHixsros, Sept. =, issa
To the Editor Of hs National Repsbifcan: D" .siith
have noticed a paragraph In several papers
to the effect that from 500 to 900 additional
houses are needed In this city, at the prsssut
time, to meet the demssd Of persons deslrous
OF housekeeping. This statement Is withou,
doubt true, as the large class of hitherto home.
less house-seekers can attest, and the fact sst
forth Is one Of the grestsst dscomforts OF this
uncomfortable town. II is worse than mud In
the winter, or dust 10 the summer, or detective
sanitary regulations, or aught else Of this na-
ture-for, let . msa have comfortable home
to retreat to, and he can bid defiance to q le.
gion Of external evils such as those mentioned.
It is well known, I believe, that there is dif.
ference-some are disposed to regard Il radi.
cal-bctween the comforts Of Washington
boarding house and those of q home. But |,
was not my purpose to writo a hoaily, nor
draw invidious contrasts, but 70 suggest 4
remedy. " BE-. .'.
Ifthe surplus population Of clerks, traders,
suffers, and army ofIacer rsmsln here and con,
tinue to come, ! can ooae,ivs ef ,oaiv sso
methods by which this scarcity Of house room
may be relieved. ,f gs,s .,,'
One ofthese methods Is for tho capitalists of
Washington gsaeross'v to invest their money In
supplying the deficiency Of houses. But, as
capital is Instinctively neither very credulovs
nor generous, and a. at no very distant dsy,
events may reduce the population within Tue
limit Of the buildings already erected, va have
no hope Of speedy relief from the maguauiu Gus
capitalists. -
There is more reoson 70 hope for mitig alton
of the evil referred to In the remedy am about
to propose: ."'.. ~ =. "il
Our peighboring city, Baltimore, has jus.
now great many very fine dwellings, In tissI.
rable locations, for rent and my proposition
Is, that those who ind 1t impossible to secure
houses IN Washington, and who are ayerss 10
encountering the boarding. .house comfssts
above advered 10, can relieve themselves nom
their unpleasant situation by renting some Of
these. An hour and half's ride, of course.
can DO no very insaperable objection, when eli
the circumstances Of the case are taken i,so
account. "1hs countcrvalling advantages may
be briefly summed up as follows: '''.h'l" ear,
( LIST. A home can be secured In an elegant
locssion, at . reasonable SUN; for rents ore
from 80 to $50 per cent. less in Baltimore than
In Washington. .''. ola"
I'd. In point of cleanliness, healthfulnessI
comfort, and convenience, no city In. the conn.
try stands ahead of Baltimore. -. ..5E.
Sd. It possesses rare social advantages. The
antiquity Of the city and the perseverance, Of
Its population having crystallzed society into
forms never attsinabie where people nuctuste.
Sd. Its public and private schools. hs'
churches, and places of recreation are NOT
surpassed by, those anywhere In The uuitsa
states.' ... 49, 4,
4th. The markets arc Of ready acces. IN
every nelghborhood In the city, and are stocked
with everything aesIrabls, and at prices aver.
aging from 10 to 25 per cent. less than tho
anne can be purchased In our Washington mar
kets.
On the subject Of fuel, II may be sunicient
to state prices, anthracite coal being sold in
Baltimore. at present, for $3.50 per ton, whIls
1t Is SO per ton here. r''fF I'd
There reothsr advantages which will readily
occur to any one who will visit Bait Imore and
walk an honr through Its neat and s,agan,
streets, but those rected will, think. dcnon.
strate to the unhappy class of the bomeles.
that the remedy proposed presents claims IN
their attention, at least, II little more.
But there are two objections, and only ,wo
SO far as ! can perceive, against the sdop,Iop
Of the foregoing suggestion; One, the Is,ensss
of the hour-l0 O'Clock a. m,-at wh,o, ~.
second train from Baltimore arrives here, and
the other, ths high. price Of a yearlv ,,.,..-
high price, say, not In the sepse ,h., ~.
Ia greater on this than Ia paid pronor,,nn.ss,.
on other rosdsi but large to that clsss N nsy.
sons who would probably rent resdepces in
that ttcity. have no doubt, however IN any
reasonable number Of such persons ,a,. sr1
present the case 70 VIM. Prescott Sml,n E.o
Master ofsrransportation, judging from ~, ~, !
gcntleman's well.known enlightened a.a Ts
eral admIplstrstiOn, he would nse his ,.s.. ~
In removing these objections. '""''uee
What do the parties interes ed In this
say TO holding meeting for connar,.n., ."a''es
views or concert OF actiona W
These sagssstions ere thrown TINA h..,u,, |
together with the design Of ben, Gtip', aist
and increasing Number Of persons In Washinyss
ton not satisfied, ] am assured "wTi,I'rgtpGf.
tresent lot and from fellovv Soaii-N .sny