The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-06-13
ver much worried when the ucwsboy fails

We ~ mitch worried when the ,ycwsboy fai,s
9, 60 throw mynaper of the cars, as / never
nks 10 miss the Dispatch so, If you have q
ntuc room to spare, would like to have
y "he 10 about the park and where 1t should
W' : see by tho papers. and hear It talked
a,nut, that II ought to go UP the River or
GroVe road. There are some objections TO
snat, ana will give one or two: The first is
!nat nil pleasure-riders would have to face
the sun al, the way out to tue mark; and il
what have heard Is true. it will be about
nVe miles out Of the city. Now, think of il !:
10 'ace The hot sun five miles every afternoon
Almost too much Of good thing. A
!ady>s i@rasol In your face when driving out
- Tue only way she can keep the sun off, aud
10 any one driving il is bad. Tons TO bug.
sies are OF no use to any one in the afternoon
going west. Now. what would the Church
hii people do II the park went west? They
Would have to face the sun all the way
through Richmond and UP to the park, and
ny tue time they reached there they would
Dc pretty well used up.
would hardly do to take It below Rich
mono, as 1t would be too far for the Shockoe
hth people. hut IL would be better on ac-
count OF The sun-yOu would not face the
sun going that way.
Now, why not take it. out northeast of
Rlcbmcnd! That would be central to the
uptown people. and lower ones also. The
riders from Church Hill could ret to the
punk us soon and as well as the riders from
shcckoe Hill, it being about the same dis
tanco out OF the city from both ends. You
would not have to face the sun out, and
when you came 10 the sun would be so low
IL would he behind the hills
The city could buy lands without any i'm
provementS on them, from half-mile out to
three miles, for one-half they could get it
by going west of the city. The Richmond
and Henrico turnpike, which is now being
built from the base Of the bill on Second
street, running northeast from Richmond,
runs through as pretty country for park
as could be found anywhere. The new pike
has fine springs every quarter-mile ON it for
three miles out. and runs through woods in
two miles from Richmond, and at that point
| there can he found springs, branches, and q
| tue creek running through the woods
which would make line lake at u very little
cost. They could also get us much Level
ground to drive on as they could wish for
| The Chesapeake and Ohio railroad runs sc
the park could touch it. and then the people
could come out on the cars who had nc
| horses.
| The new turnpike will he at such good
grade that horsc-cars could leave Main street
and not have any giade to trouble them OIL
to. the park.
In closing. Messrs. Editors. wish to sa,
that have no land to sell aud none 10 buy
but am in favor of both parts of Richmond
being treated alike; and all ask is that Tho
committee will come Out and take Il look
aud invite some one who knows the countr,
TO show them the grounds. &r. Two mile
from the city, over the Richmond and Hen
rico turnpike. is the centre Of the county tina
holds Richmond city.
Hoping YOU will not think have takel
too much of your time, will close.
l CITIZEN.