Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-07-20

chants is quite brisk, and improving eve
~ day. New buildings are going up in
every quarter of the city, and such
transactions in real estate in and around
the city as was neve known or heard of
in this State before. The great tunnel
through Church Hill, for the Chesapeake
and Ohio railroad, is being pushed ahead
as rapidly as is possible. The new paper
factory near the Petersburg depot is. in
full operation. The bridge across the
James river, connecting the famed Tired
agar iron works with the Danville rail-
road, has been completed, and is being
used by the company for transferring
cars and other material to the different
railroads throughout the South and
Southwest. Belle Isle nail and iron
works are at astandstill for want of coal,
which seems strange, situated as it is on
the border of the immense coal fields of
this section of the State. The stOppage
of these works is seriously felt by the
operatives employed on the island, also
those who use the excellent nails and
iron manufactured in the mills / am
sorry to say Mr.. Douglas Baird, the eff
cient manager of these works, was very
seriously hurt a few weeks ago, and il
was feared at one timehis injuries would
prove fatal, but 1 learn he is now i'm
proving, and viii soon again be at his
post. His loss would be seriously felt 10y
the company. The free bridget has nOtyet
been completed. Anew park, called the
River Side Park, has been opened above
the city lying between the rivers and canal
near the first locks, and has become q
great resort for u citizens. There are
two lines of boats plying between the
city and the park, and seem to be doing
a good business. Our old and WORKOUT
CAPITOL BUILDING
has Just been repaired and painted, and
looks well, considering its age. Speak
ing of the Capitol, many here wonder
why the large number of convicts con-
fined in the State prison here are not put
TO work getting out stone for a new Cap
itOl. 1t could be done. The State, l I'M
told, owns some of the finest stone quar-
ries near the city, and it seems to me the
%convicts, OF some of them, could be put
to work in the quarries, under cOmpe-
tent instructors, and in a year or two, at
least, get out a sufficient quantity of
stone to erect a building that would be a
credit to the city and State. The same
thing might be done for public buildings
for the city.
Ordway & Co, contractors fOrstone to
build the new State Department at
Washington, have now at work about
seven hundred men at their yards, on
the south side of the river. The con-
tracts for building the new cOtton-mill
have been awarded, and the work will
be pushed rapidly to completion. All
of the tobacco factories in the city will
soon resume work, now that the tax on
tobacco has been settled. 1t is said the
wheat crop will be short in quantity, but
the grain is unusually large. There are
no less than five candidates for Congress
siOnal hOnOrs in the field from this dis
trict, and all are working like beavers to
secure the place. May the best man
win, | say.
II GRANT PARTY
viii hold a convention in this city this
month, which will be attended by Fred.
Douglass and'other shining lights of the
party. There will be a high old TIME
among them, as it is expected the gov
eminent will make strenuous efforts to
carry the whole coloTed vote for Grant.
D.. c. Mayo q Co.'s tobacco factory, sit
uated at the corner of Twenty-fifth and
Main streets, was entirely destroyed by
fire last week. Loss, very heavy; only
insured for about one-third. Energy is
a point with this firm, who have already
rented another building and will resume
work in a few days. Such men deserve
to succeed. A good many persons, prin-
white girls, were thrown out of
employment ythis fire. LONG TOM.