The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-10-25
CITY mPROTE.HENTS.
Signs Of Progress-New Buildings Going
Up In Various Portions OF tho CtfS.

Up In Various Portions o. n oifS.
The most healthy sign-o of progress, and the
most practical manifestation OF genuine pros
perIty that a city can exhibit, is the building
IN of It's waste places and the Improvement OIL
those quarters which are remote from the
centres Of business. The principal streets ola
city and Its centres of business may be adorned
with monumental works Of art and a profu'
sion of fresh paint, and may be even magni-
fcent In their general appearances; but II tne
out of the way places of that city are diapida-
ted and wanting in signs Of Improvement, and
If It's waste spots remain waste, Its prosperity Is
confined only to q narrow class OF citizens, and
there is consequently no progress. That the
waste places of Charleston are being built up,
and rapidly, too. and that Its remote quarters
are undergoing Improvement, will be reaaly
Impressed upon the mind of any person VINO
will take the trouble to walk over them.
The elegant brick mansion OF the late Gene
raj Clement a.. Stevens, situated Oh bay
street, Hampstead, which has fallen ineo oe-
plorable state of dIlapidatIon Since the close
of the war, has recently been purchased by
Mr.. J. d. Plepsr, of the firm of Henry Blscnon
d Co., wholesale grocers. A large force Oh
workmen have been set to WORK upon II
within the last week, and are now engagea In
its thorough renovation as well as IN im-
proving the grounds attached.
A two.story brick addition has been recently
erected TO the wooden building on the nortn
oorner of Burns lane and Meeting street. the
odd,t,on stands on Burns lane. It is seven
teen feet square, and surmounted by-a lin
covered pitched roof. The property Is owned
by Mr.. A. BIschof. The work was done py
Mr.. John F. Oleary. The wooden portion OF
the building will be repaired and repainted.
Mr.. P. West, the proprietor OF the sale stables
In Queen street, near Mazyok, has just compile
ted the erection Of new stable building Of
wood, thirty.two feet long by eighteen wide,
one and a half stories high, covered With q
fiat tin root. The interior is supplied with
light and air. by q panel Of laths three feet
deep, extending eatirely around The building
about six feet from the ground. The lalns
are nailed on perpendicularly with interstices
two inches wide between them. The WORK was
done by MIR. b. W.. Heulog.
On the east side OF Mazyck street, three
doors south of Queen, Mr.. J. G. Houston is
erecting a neat two and a half story wooden
dwelling for Mr.. Oran Bassett. The building
Is sixteen feet front by fifty deep, with double
plazzas on the south side, and q pitched roof
with tin. It contains six square
rooms and two attic 8, with the usual number
OF dressing rooms and pantrIes. It is also
supplied with a large clstern. Tn building
will be ready. for occupation about the 18th Of
December.
Next, north Of the above, Mr.. B. 3. B.
Cbrletzberg commenced yesterday the erec-
ton OF a two story wooden dwelling for Mi.
George L. Bell, OF the firm Of John L. Bell d
Sons, coopers. This building will be fifteen
feet front by thIrty-slx deep, with a single
piazza on the south side. 1t will contain four
square rooms and a pantry. The brick work
Is being done by Mr.. F. Lucas. The building
viii be completed by the first of December.
In the course of a few days Mr.. F. Lucas
Will commence the erection OF q two story
wooden dwelling on the east side Of Meeting
three doors north of Line, for Mr.. O..
q. Gilbert. 1t will be seventeen feet front by
torty-si1 deep, with double piazzas on the
south side. 1t will be capped by a pitched
roof, and will contain six square rooms, with
pantriss and dressing rooms. 1t will be COM
pleted about the 26th of December.