Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-07-19
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Correspondence of The Star.1
RICHMOND, Va, July Is, 1911.
The ride by steamer up the James Cor Jeemes
as the natives call it, from Norfolk to Rich
mond is delightful The scenery is very fine
and there are many objects OF historical inter
est Fortress Monroe, Newport News Drurv'.
Bluff, Dutch Gap Canal, and other scenes of In
terestlng events during the war are pointed out
to travellers. The sunken boats and other war
distractions st Drury's Bluff have been removed
by the general government, 50 that the channel
in front OF Fort Darling is now $50 feet wide and
The steamer goes seven miles around the bend
at Dutch Gap, and is then within stones throw
Buffers canal, and if they succeed in making
the main channel through il, this detour OF seven
miles will be saved.
RICHMOND
is pleasant city to visit, and justifies the boast
ing of its residents as to its beauty and health
fulness. Built on seven hills, it has excellent
Drainage, and is clean and sweet. The streets,
much narrower than ours in Washington, are
wider than those of Baltimore; and as nearly
every dwelling-hou has ward i'm front and
many of them open spaces all around, with nu-
merous shade trees, the effect Is very agreeable
Some parts of the city resemble the Heights of
Georgetown. In many of the yards here and in
norfolk, the trees known in this section as the
ance, being now covered thickly with great
bnnches OF red bloom, varying in color from
In letter to THE STAR from here about five
years ago, wrote OF the rapid progress of the
work OF rebuilding
THE BURNT DISTRICT.
Main street now shows no traces of the disas-
trous fire which swept down one side of it. but
from the ruins of the dingy brick stores have
arisen handsome rows of business houses. bright
Win paint and plate glass. Some of the build
lngs are models of architectural skill and taste.
There is an ugly gap yet where the Spottswood
hotei burned down last winter, but it win soon
ne rebuilt. There Is no lack of enterprise here.
Northern capital, too, is freely employed and
the trade of the city is steadily Increasing
There are several lines of steamships 10 the
nortnern citles, and they are now building here
announcer iron steamer for the New York trade.
THE ALL-RAIL LINZ To WASHINGTON
seems to be making satisfactory progress. They
are now laying the rails from Brooke's station.
on the Fredericksburg road, a few miles from
Aqua Creek landing, TO Quantico and are
driving piles at the mouth of Quantico for the
bridge across that stream. North of that the
road Is graded all the way to Alexandria ready
for the ties, which are piled up along the entire
route, and rails are now being received.
GARRETT AGAINST CAMERON.
1t is reported here that the Richmond Freder-
icksburg and Potomac road has been purchased
by President Garrett, also the Fickln charter
from Fredericksburg to Alexandria, which will
give me Baltlmore and Ohio road continuous
line from Baltimore to Richmond, and force the
pennsylvania Central to build an entire new
line IRON Washington to Richmond Whether
lnls Is so or not, engineers OF the Pennsylvania
ROAD are now surveying new route from Guam
tico to Fredericksburg, and will 60 from there TO
Hanover junction. They have already COMPLETED
surveys for the Baltimore and Potomac road
from hanover Court House and Hanover iunc-
ton into Richmond. The war does not stoiS here
though. 1t is rumored that the Baltimore com
nany is negotiating with Gen. Malone for the
privileges granted to him to build branch from
his line to Richmond. This will bring them both
to PeteIsburg-the Pennsylvania having control
OF me petersburg railroad. At Petersburg The
nat yaa people meet friends in the Petersburg
ana eldon road, but the Pennsylvanians have
negotiated, through Col. j. NJ. Walker of Phil
adelphia, Ga brother of Gov. Walker for the
Charter OF the road from Petersburg to Greens
Rich mond Is now striving hard to secure some
OF The advantages which the eastern portion oF
virginia is to derive from that important artery
OF trade, the
CHEsAPEAKE AND OHIO RAILROAD
now being rapidly pushed forward to its western
Observation-Disclosures lots in which
city On paper, are selling to-day at S2,7Oo each.
Where the eastern terminus will be located is
not settled yet. They have a depot here and
are are now trying TO get the right of way through
the streets OF Richmond from their depot to tide
water ON the James. There are two projects
one a surface road across Carey, Main and
FRANKLIN streets, three of the principal business
thoroughfares; the other TO tunnel under Church
Hill. Naturally enough there is great opposition
10 the surface railroad, and the city has offered
10 pay the cost of tunneling if the company will
guarantee richmond share of the expected
trade As the builders OF the road include some
OF the heaviest capitalists of the North, the
induce ment offered lthe tunnel will cost about
S2p,oOo) is too small TO influence them They
nave never yet asked Richmond for the go 600 900
subscription to the stock Of the road which
was authorized by q vote of the people,
to have the road STONED 0n at Roc IEcbes
within her borders, and thinks that place suit
able for shipping depot for the expected coal
anu IRON; but N her citizens generally are not
more liberal than very prominent one who
wants from the road nearly 800 900 for a lttIe
over one hundred acres on the James a mile or
so below the city, they would drive the company
further down the river, even If they did not in
tend to go there. Mr.. Aspinwau has bought
Il goo acres between the York and James rivers.
stretching from one navigable stream to the
other, but the Richmond people think Yorktown
or "Aspinwall'' ION the York; not at all suitable
fer the new city. They say it will cost over a
million OF dollars for a breakwater to protect
shipping there, and besides it is very unhealthy
AS the company expect a heavy Transatlantic
trade, and intend to have 1t, they are not likely
70 let any minor considerations influence them
III choosing tue most suitable depot for il.
POLITICAL.
AS soon as the conservatives got control here
they so gerrymandered the city as to throw the
strength of the eolored vote into one ward. THIS
assures the white mans party a majority of the
city councils as long the status of parties re-
mans as at present; and as ''the new departure
Is not popular with any Virginia democrats /
have met so far, affairs political look as if they
were TO last as fixed here for some time to come
i do not see that the prejudice against colored
people-as citiZens-has abated here one lot or
little since the year succeeding the war; but L
must do the authorities of the city the Justice 10
say that this prejudice does not prevent them
from as kind and humane treatment OF unf,jrtu-
nate colored people as of the same class of
whites.
CHARITABLE.
The City Almshouse is as well arranged,
well managed, and clearly kept as any
similar institution have ever seen. II Is a
large and handsome brick building, on Shockoe
Hill, about the coolest place in the city,
and the inmates have an abundance of pure air
and water. This building is reserved for the
whites Colored paupers are accommodated in
a spacious brick building, in the same breezy
neighborhood, formerly used as a smallpox hos
pftal 1t Is cool and pleasant, with high cell
ibes, and windows on every side; neatly kept
Hover plot and q vegetable garden. EVERYTHING
Is as clean as knickerbocker housewives par
ior. The diet Is exactly the same for white and
colored, and is ample and varied, Comprising
wheat and corn bread, fresh and salt meats 1
fsh and an abundance of vegetables. There