The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-03-13

his fine houses once upon site Of those removed
! lie would not drst drive the business men from
street and then wat for tho vacated buildings to
ta Gown, whilst aspiring citizens were rejecting
how nearly next to lothiug the value OF the pro-
merry could be REDUCED before buying palace site
lie would not woit for vacilla1ng mlllionf're7 to
decide whether they would build now one and then
another, OF at once and to'ether. He would not
until the di apldat2d appearance OF the stre,t
would rIghten the milltonNres out of all thoughts
of building thereon. He would not leave It an even
chance hether tho desert d storehouse1 should be
convel,cd INTO squalid tenemont-houscs and fifth.
Iate actOilCa OF lAto proper BopleTTrd Just such
as IL should be With him tbere might be IpiusJce
but there would at least be method despatch, and
What Is the plan propc 60 to our City Counci'sY
It's cleartSt feature Is ths tlnIshsnt Of our busi-
ness men They have already recNved notice uom
Councils that their time is short. Before, however,
the tracks con be removed, q very lnrgo sum OF
morey must be raiLed by voluntary contributor
irom our cltizsns TINS IS intended to deiraY the
loss to Oe sustained by c)rpoIauons and others who
are interested IN the Broad street tracks.
Whilst the oity pa emily waits for the collection
OF TINS money ana ITS disbursement in the proper
quarter, the occupants of the Broad street ware
houses and yards will have gone away, or viii
hnger there in spirltcSs and declining condition.
The buhdines wIll have Iallen in value, b cause
NO longer tenauted. Rents OF comse, Would de-
cline or wholly cease. No repairs would bo put
NJ ON condemned pToDerty, ana it would speedily
fall INTO complete dlspidadoR anu decay. The re.
venues derived by the city from the portion OF the
street doomed to be Boulevard would be sus.
peAd' d, perhapr permanently Tho propnety Of the
word permanent y, thus used, may be inferred from
the tact that the Reading Railroad VII very re!uc.
tanty part with her franchises Broad street for
woUld demand We know no. The jaw Of five tree.
holders appointed by the ILL estimate The value
ot these henehtses mgnt agree to DISAGREE, SiVe
= verdict that would carry this matter into a
court OF law. There 1t might rest 1or nany weary
Without any wish to disparaRo the enterprise Of
our ieliow-cltizens, we may permitted to hazard
voluntary contributions, especially when such
large snms are involved. Any nau vino hr-
yassed the community ia behalf OF . project of
those most deeply interested refuse to assist. Nor
will the difficulty be le-,ened because all this
probably be shat the city will find herself iu pos
session OF dlsmantlC1 and ruined street. whlch,
lar from yielding revenue will only disgrace her.
When tins condition OF thinSs shall have lasted
LONG enough TO disgust every BODY Councils will be
told that Iuasmuch they approved OF the removal
OF the tracks, and seeing that the PROPOSED Boulevard
with Its various charms, designed tor the 9esra
good therefore it is nm and ur reasonable 10
expect afeH individuals to spend their private means
for the embesDmSnt Of public thOroughtare.
Councils Will tberGrore be called on TO undertake. the
matter, ana loan of several millions wall ueed to bo
negotiated, and Il corresponding tax be mDo'ed
upon the dear people for the annual tax accrulng
upon tho same. Tho pubic certainly would noe
wish 10 impose the expense upon a 1cw rich men,
even if in a moment OF uHgusrded and generous I'M.
pulse they promised to bear IT,
Let tue City Government then beware that it
sooS rot, by unwaIJ legIsation, pile up additional
burdeEs upon our already overt-Xed conmunity
1t is but just that we should notice ~ this place
the interest owned by the city the North Pennsyl.
van!a R"I'rond, amounting u 50 go 0C1. TO sever
the connection oy Jall OF this road with the s0Rth
slde oil the cly, MI deplAye 1t OF i2ciltT it
eDJOls Moa,ureS OF t1ls kind never improve the
Of the property against which they are drcctod
" La ever adVantages cur .roumsnt has shown to ce
conferred upon the Reading Road iu the uss OF the
Broad street racSs, are mes urADy Dos es5ed by tIs
North Pennsylvania Road. Il Is, therefore, of im.
pOrtanco thai the should rot be rude and thought
It5sly cast asoe.
THE PROPER MODE OF DBvELoPING BROAD STREET
In tho DEVELOPMENT OF Broad street INTO q greet
Boulevard no artificial stimulus should bG applied
We can safely leave ITS lmp oVsmcnJ TO the opera
tons tho same natural lava wn!ch have doy aoped
streets. 10 Is
more gena ~, queL,Y, aud oil ctye.y than b. arb
ness advances, DWELLINGS disappear, and shops and
warehouses taSe their place There Tor ncces-
sary 10 accomplish Ihs result, save the forcs OF
cUmstances and that alone il should be 1t is
very antlrepubhcan ~ compel people TO abandon
their pToperCy or sell It agaus their will. II this
pressure OF absolute necessity II certain par.ies
coyet broad treet for "a drive" think the ia
cienty fashionable to be in kt epng with the Jlen-
did equine turnout, let Them buy the property
which harbor5 these men at lair pl.cc, and Con-
troll the situation. There necessity FOR dragging
City Councils into'tio matter.
THE EMBELLIsHMENP OF OUR CITY
There are NO citizens more 6ssrous than ourselves
that our city should be attractive to The eye. Is is
not however, the trst OBJECT to be med at by our
people. We should not sacrifice to it greater aud
graVtr Interests, Tor NC would thereby certainly de-
ltst our own WISHES. 1t might be thought atua5-
tive TO have q grassy walk alSng whole river
front, smbelllshed with trees statuary aua foua.
talns, TO which citizens might repair on summer
afternoons; but there are lew who would advocate
sach a use Of Delaware avenue. Even artistic
eye might doem its present comparative detormty
preferable to the efeminat9 luxury and posltye ira
beeility displayed in supplantlng business b. idle
We like our city parks, and approve of saeh in.
crease OF their number and extension of their size
tho wants et eur people ald proper sense OF the
beautiful may demand. We a6mlre Lemon Hili,
and would like TO SEQ 1t oeSupy much ground ON
the WestOrH side of the Sehuylki it now does
the EASTERN We would not, however, place a park
directly on the path Of trade There room enough
On the broad area ON which our city built 10
commodate both palaces and trading houses, with
out iRtrudIng upon the latter. Surely the interests
OF the tOng merchant and aborer are to be less
tenderly carsd fer than those Of the retired mlion
aire.
1t HuSt bo forgotten that the power to adorn
city IS based upon successful prosecution OF trade
Destroy IT, and that destruction Will involve all aI5
all beauty, and all civic improvement
THE PORTION OF OUR CITY NATURALLY DESIGNED
FOR TRADE,
To those who have reasct-d maturely upon the
matter, II IS evident that much OF city as Is
enclosed between the Delaware and SchuYlUl
liVeIs, ana extends HorthwaId from League Island
| to Willow street, nust be manly surrendered to
| trade II not wholly now, then little later. the
growth Oh our CITY, more particularly in palace,
has always tended towards the hIgh ground lying
| mansions are now found on Broad street north OF
Willow and west Of the Schuylll In these DIS
tricts the air is salubrious and the building sites
| more commanding South Broad street, down TO
the junction OF the two rivers. is broad, low hat.
| lily adapted 10 paatia mansions, bat well fitted
| for manufacture and trade. All our great docks,
shipping ana railroad interests VIII display them
selves in that quarter Lot us then yield to the
| indications Whica nature presents, nor seek to
oppose legal ordinance against her invinciblo
power.
| RHFUTATIoN OF A MISTAKE MADE BY THE BoULE-
VARDIsTs.
In the treatment Of this subject we have con.
traTy to the example set us, turned away from the
consld eTanon oil mlnuuie. We must, however, COR