The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-03-06

nensea y vet q Tor All these things, Of course
Manchesier VIII haye D pay" How Man.
che,ter can do that and yet add their precise
cost 10 the debt Of Richmond, Is more than y
can fatlom and Ifeel now that cannot at
tempt IL I" wisely, ca discreefly, and soberly."
IT is also said we must. complete the free
bridge, and make It absolutely free. Well.
Richmond is bound now, before annexation,
to complete that Is, to pay her half towards
,completing-the bridge. which then becomes
aabsolutely free - to her and Manchester.
Whether it shall be made so to everybody
else is questionfor Richmond's discretion.
one which she can control. But as thing
already fixed, hsw can it be considered as.
condition of annexationl Building q bridge
across the basin Is wholly question for the
future, and will be decided by men Of Rich
mond's choice. Ii she chooses wisely I'D
discreetly, and soberly," suppose that
bridge win not be built until 1t ought to De,
nor before Chicago win have ten tunnels under
her two rivers, and another one into the hhe
for more water. - 49,,
Manchester is told that she will find herself
obliged to pay higher taxes If she Is annexed,
and that it is doubtful if cher people VIII De
pleased with the enlarged taxation" she
has. I believe, heard that before, and has con-
sidered it and resolved. think she expects
to nav for improvements when and as she
gets them, and reckons on some increase OF
Taxation as the mode of doing it. But, as
the gentleman has felt i" constrained to give :.
the subject his every serious consideration"
in order to qualify himself for /" INDUCING Ia
q few reflections " to enable his friends really
to find cut whether this whole matter Is not
gotten up without due and proper considera-
tion," he Is, no doubt, able to tell bis
"friends" the real difference between the
taxation of the two places. Will he do it Z
And is he quite sure that it is correctly stated
bv him at one and a half per cent? Or, Is
that "fancy"?
"The Manchester water-power Is at This
time preferred to Richmonds because the
taxes in Manchester are 80 much less than
here" Indeed! What difference will Haxall
6 Crenshaw allow Dunlop s. McCance IN
trade? Or what boot would J. r. Anderson
& Co. give the owners Of BaiFds foundry !!
What made Mr.. Allegro SO stupid as not to
sit down alongside the Manchester paper
mills?
"Our protection will be guaranteed to
Manchester, so that should she be at any time
flooded with Radicals, it will be in our power
to preserve her Conservative character"
Well meant, certainly; but hardly necessary.
Manchester township has, l think, 200 regis
tered Conservative majority. Manchester
town has, probably, 500; but say 200. At
the same rate. according to population, Rich
mond ought to have about :, 400. But she
has, I believe, only about 800. Possibly, then,
Manchester may have the honor of "pre-
serving the Conservative character OF Rich
mond," and of swelling the majority Of some
Richmond aspirant. But, still, the fancy "
is a kind one: and if Manchester had not
lately spent pretty nearly her whole stock OF
ciyility on Richmond, no doubt she would
call meeting at the town hall and make
her acknowledgements.
"And whether we have not suburbs suf6-
cient for our poorer people, and quite as
healthy (pgt strong emphasis on that word,
as on the other side Of the river-on the west,
north, and east of us-is g question for U.s."
Are you there, old Truepenny"? Is not
that remark the key to the fancy and refec-
tons? The unhealthiness of Manchester
makes our friend so uneasy that he does not
stop to discuss the question Of convenience,
but dispatches the weary laborer to Harvie,
or Rockets, or Mount Erin, in search OF
healthI Alas! for Manchester. Chills and
cheapness will work her ruin.
And these are the reflections that are
contributed to "throw all the light possible
on the subject" They have given me, and
I presume others, so little, and that so re-
fracted, that / should not have taken the
trouble to comment on the article if had
found it in some other place. Not that as
crbe it beg pardon ii am out of order
to the editor of the Enquirer. He rarely
quotes Shakespeare, and he never quotes the
Book of Common Prayer. But there Is other
ground quite Us strong on which to eXone'
rate him. The advocate Of free railroads is
of broader gauge than to write in such a
narrow strain. I'VE think our correspond,
ent is "out of DISQUALIFICATION.
To my poor apprehension, the question
appears to rest on for other grounds than the
writer has placed it; and all his suggestions
are matters of wholly subordinate detail,
which will regulate themselves. To accom-
plish her destiny and be great city, Rich
mond needs the space that Manchester covers
or claims. You, Mr.. Editor, never tagging
in your zeal nor fainting in your hope, have
so often shown what trade she can command,
both in the way of commerce and manuiac.
lures, that I say nothing of that. But
cannot call to mind that the necessity OF
space, berths for ships, room for work
shops, and sites for convenient dwellings:
has been sufficiently considered by our PEG
ple-especially good water front-and Rich'
mond without Manchester has but half bel
water front. Why but month or SO ago the
Chesapeake and Ohio road had to 60 below
the corporate limits to get their landing and
this city was trembling lest she should be
found deficient in this respect. The want Of
| it cost her 100000. You have lately shown
how Manchester supplements this defect, and
| you cited in illustration the case OF Bal
| timore. You might have given many moro
illustrations of the same thing and its inlu
ence. What built Portsmouth? Deficient
| water front at Norfolk. What built Jersey
City, Brooklyn, Williamsburg? Inadequate
wharfage at New York. What built Gov
ington? The hills back of Cincin
natl that hemmed in the people on mar
row plain and drove them across the
Ohio. Why does not New Albany compete
with Louisville? Because the latter city i!
on plain, and spreads out all round. Why
is East st. Louis dwarf? Because bel
older namesake can expand for miles on anc
away from the river. Why is Hamburg {
suburb? Because Augusta has room to be I
city. Why is AlGers village? Because
New Orleans is not cramped. Why is there
suspension bridge at Wheeling? Becaus,
the hills threaten to shove the town into TIL
river. Why ut Charleston, over Elk7 Be
cause the town is built on anarrow strip o
land. What is one Of the greatest advanta
ges of Chicago? Thirty miles Of dockage.
What does Richmond mainly need in tn,
near future? Room on shore and land
Why can't she have it? Because some @
her people fear that they will be radicalizet
by Conservative majority, because other