Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-02-15
IMPROVEMENTS.
The Sound of FOOLS arc Heard on
the Building

Ii is a source of pride to our citizens and
those who visit Nashville, or who as resi-
dents of the State, have natural
and commendable desire that we should
expand into proportions, and be decorated
with improvements commensurate with the
taste and dignity of the capital of a great
State-to see the vast numbers of improve
1faent that are going on in our midst. Many
of these, too, are on large scale, and win
be of the most costly and elaborate charac-
ter, embracing edifces and structures of
both public and private nature In the
way of magnificent improvements, Nash
vile has made rapid and solid strides du-
ring the last few years. Without beginning
| to mention the many elegant buildings
erected and finished, as evidencing this
we have but to point to the Maxwell House,
the extended Porter Block on Cedar street.
between Cherry and the Square, the solid
Spring Brook Block on Market, the elegant
store of Mr.. Browne on Summer, the
splendid Nashville and Decatur railroad de-
pot, Linck's hotel, Judge Lea's palatial resi-
dence on Vine streel, and any number Of
manufacturing and business houses, aswell
as private residences.
But aside from those already finished, and
which SO highly adorn and decorate Oul
city, adding to her growth, her wealth and
her usefulness, there arc more large anC
costly new buildings now going up in tht
city and in process of completion than wa
, ever before known at any one time in on
history. We cannot even allude to tith
of them. The noise of blasting resound
t | in all parts OF the city throughout the day
c | and the noise of the pick, the sound Of tn
| hammer and the chisel and the saw, shoV
: that the very spirit of improvement
/ everywhere infusing itself into the mind
S and energies of our people. There ar
: heavy improvements going up on Sout
T College and Market streets, and even
o the valley excavations are being made fc
t new buildings. In the western part OF tn
T city large number of new houses are bt
' | ing erected and other improvements al
Y | being made of substantial character. III
t, new Church of the Advent Is abo1
2. being completed, which when finished vi
IS be one of the handsomest and most attra
70 tive public buildings in the city. The Te
: nessee Manufacturing Company will 500
n commence in vigorous earnest the erectlI
Id of an enormous cotton factory at cost
ID | over $500, 900, every dollar IN the sto
=, | of which has been taken by the most
1t sponsible and pubhc-splnted men OF u
ne CITY. An immense block of buildings
:: being erected on the corner of Church a
I'd Summer streets, extending down the latt
)i- to the vicinity of Union street. Our
he terprising fellow-citizen Mr.. Browne
A. erecting adjoining his store on SUNNI
S. street, a magnificent three-story sto
,e- front building, to be finished in the mt
rs. elaborate style and to be a hundred IL
he deep. The Messrs. Thompson are &C
ID. verting the st. Cloud corner into a palat
ISIS bazaar of the completest finish and
P. most ornamental and unique style OF m'
he ern architecture. These are but few
RI. the hundreds of buildings going up
to over the city which we could mention
our space permit. Enough has been s
led to show that our city is improving wit
IN. rapid advance, and that her destiny as
rl, capital and metropolis is upward and
7 | ward