The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1870-03-12

YORK ROAD IMPRovEMENTs.-Wheno one remem'
bers the means of public conveyance between
TowsontowD and Baltimore city ten years ago
when we think of the old omnibus land our
veritable "Dick, ~ that ran twice day and
conveyed all the passengers desiring transporta-
ton along the line to and from Baltimore or
Towsontown, and when we think OF the few
houses, the few places Of business, and the APP
parent insign6cance of the line OF the York road,
we can scarcely realize the change that has come
over the old road.
Ten years ago, two imnibuses each way daily
were ample travelling facilities to meet all de-
mands; now a car, more ample than the old mud
monsters steered by faithful pilots, leave each
end OF the line at every hour from early in TIE
morning until late at night, filed when leaving
the city, at almost every hour.
The rapidity with which the railway itself has
accumulated population for this great thorough
fare leaving the city, is astonishing.
As by magic the line of this road has acquired
a ten-fold population, and her once tenantless
old fields are now smiling with the thrift OF neat,
comfortable residences, surrounded with ever
greens and beaulifed with tasteful walks and
neat fences Places once occupied in the culture
of corn or grass are now the sites of prospective
villages, laid off in avenues, with some of their
lots sold or leased, on which dwellings are being
or are shortly to be erected, and others in the
market.
One of these villages (Waverly,) has already
gone so far in the progressive direction as TO
erect town hall for the purpose of having
Lectures for the instruction and amusement OF
the citizens This hall is one that is well worthy
of the name and of the enterprising spirit Of those
who projected the idea and consummated ii.
Several building associations have been brought
into existence, and by their aid many an enter
r.. Of bnn,o hoe ocsic-
lance to put the cottage under roof. Almost
every available locality, at all TO be had, for
several miles FROM the present city limits, con-
tains the nucleus of the will-be town or village.
A stranger riding out of the city in the York
road railway cars connot fail 10 be impressed
with the comfort, neatness order, thrift and en-
terprse that greet bis eyes as be passes along
And what we now see is but the beginning OF
better things that are in the future for these beau
tiful country places.
Aud here we will say word for Towsoniown
Ten years ago il numLered less than twenty
houses now its wide avenues are built up with
good, comfortable, aud in some instances. costly
dwellings We doubt not the coming Spring
will add new impetus to the work that has been
going on, and ere long we shall have all the con-
veniences of some other towns in our State, that,
on account OF the enterprise of their citizens
have outstripped US. There are good things in
store for US il our people will only rouse their
energies aud do something in the right directions.
Foremost among the wants of our village is a
town hall We have spoken of this matter sew
era times, but yet there seems TO be disposition
ON the part of our citizens TO hold back. Sever
al villages in our county that cannot boast tue
number of inhabitants or facilities for business
that we possess have supplied themselves Ia this
line, vet we are at stand still. Let there be
meeting called at once, and the proper steps
taken to form joint stock company for this pur-
pose, and we are confident the enterprise will
soon be accomplished.