Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1865-10-07
THREE CENTS.
CITY N E w S.

! flooded with orders for dwellings and at the lowest
calculation over three hundred buildings would be
required TO meet the immediate demand. Large
numbers of persons temporarily sojOurnng at
hotels and boarding houses until they can obtain q
house suited to their taste and means. Now that our
capitalists have embarked in tho building enterprise
we hope they will keep the ball moving and take ad-
vantage of the present fine weather to get their walls
| up and closed in
While are glad that a start has been made in
this direction deeply regret that more care is
observed in the construction of buildings designed for
dwellings. We read in the Scripture Of a certain
man who built his house upon the sand when the
rain descended and the wind came and blew upon
that house and it fell, and great was the fall
thereof. there are hundreds of houses in this city
answering the description Of the house mentioned
IN Holy Writ, and we would not be surprised
any day TO hear that whole rows of them had
suceumbed to the elements Many houses. par
ucniariy IN the western and southwestern
tions OF the city are miserably constructed, and
for want of stone foundations are almost rent in
twain. The mason work is unworthy the name and
the carpenters work by-wOrd and reprOach to that
trade Windows and doors 50 lily fitted as to require
an archimedian lever to pry them opep and so out
of place are the latter that they will close without
the aid OF springs and pUcys, soon us the hand is
withdrawn from the knob. Great creyices can be
found in the window castings which, though affordng
good ventilation in the summer time, require about
this time Of the year to be stuffed with pounds of
cotton
''ro keep the winters wind away
The roofs of nearly all of our houses are covered
with tar and pebble stones and are invariably sprinR-
ing aleak requiring during lively shower all hands
to bear aiott kettles, pans and tubs to catch-not
drops-but streams Of aqua pprd they pour through
the creyices in the macadcmized substance which was
designed to protect from the wind and watery
elements We sincerely trust that there will be some
Improvement hencciorth in building in this city and
that builders will not contne themselves to the Old
rule--of not putting brick or a nail or a plank in
buildings that can be left out.
CELEBRATION or THE CoLoRED ORDER OF Opp-
FELLOws.-The annual celebration Of the CoIored
Independent Order Of Odd-Fcllows, for which ar-
rangcments have been in progress for some time past
took place in this city yesterday, with great pomp and
ceremony Early in the morning hundreds of the
colorcd population, in holiday attire, assembled at
various points the prescribed line of the process
sion to witness the demonstration and long before
the head of the column reached Monument Square
every available point occupied by men, women
and Children all eager to get glimpse of what was
going The procession formed on Mount Yer
non Square at nine o'clock but on account of some
delay on the part of the committee of arrangements
march was not taken up until about 1Ol1 o'clock
The officers of the day were as follows:
Chief Marshal, p n. +. Greenbury d Martin; Aids
P. G. Ms C. L. Lee and j. Scott; Chief Marshal of
Baltimore delegation, Samuel ". Chase Jr; Aids.
John H. Griffin and james II. Jordan: Side MarshaIs,
W. H. Brown, Joseph S Chase. Edward Toogood
Alexander ". Cotman Joseph c. Hamer, c. Dutton
lSadorc Oliver and James jackson. The column was
formed follows First in advance platoon of police
officers followed by band of music; then came the
lodges in tho following order: Mancssah King David
Mount Lebanon, Xerrubable, Chrysal Fount, Olive,
Eden; Wagon tastcfully draped with flags containing
several children appropriately clad; Music; John +.
Cook Lodge, Eastern Star, Union Friendship Lodge
of Washington: Music; Bethlehem, Carthagenian,
Radiant Star. Unity Lodge of Philadelphia Nche-
mah, followed by the Grand Lodge of the State after
which came several hacks and carriages containing
officers of the fraternity and Others The procession
interspersed as 1t was wi tn numerous banners aud
flags, presented very neat appearance. The column
passed through Madison street to Aisquh Jefferson,
Broadway, Cough, Exeter, Lombard Gay, Baltimore
Holiday, Pleasant and Calvert streets to Monument
Square where it halted in front of the stand opposite
the Monument.
The route of the procession on account of its ex-
treme length was changed by the committee and in
consequence many Of the friends of the order suffered
great disappointment.
The stand was appropriately drapcd with flags and
banners and in front presented the motto Of the order
"FricndShp, Love and Truth"
And the words" -"North-South-East-
The members of the Grand Lodge and the speakers
having taken their places upon the platform, the ex-
ercises were opened by the presiding officer Samuel
W. Chase, Jr., in q few pertinent remarks.
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