The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-05-15

The cities OF this country, VI i.'e F'''>'i
ones anou-s. them have found u hece>s''.
to make cr"a, changes III their s'fse'' """
,>,,u. .oncr,y,y 10 accommodate the growing
,,,,,. If ror,Ilation mud commerce. Nc"
1.n ,,,. hoou in the course of rcconSiruc-
,,,,, ever since the completion OF the Ere
c,niI. ana now after all that she ha zone
HI, see, Tint il is necessary TO spend many
,,,1lio,. to widen street that there nlav be
,,,m for tran, portltion and travel Watrh
,,.l r,,nu,c ol.,iructed to the degree ri ''c.
;,r~ hl,rhrd w for want Of room. VI l.
f,und necessary 10 alter streets and improve
The means "f inicrcommnnicalion ~ wen
for comparing and harmonzlnS The com
,,,,oi,y and il interests n, for the actoi0lho-
,I,,iur of trade in 4 great many cities.
TN. is orc OF the grandc>t objects thai can
o,,,,-n iLG consideration Of a city govern
mrrt 4 city population may be compared
IN = GREAT army. Upon lis organization with
:, view 10 active efficiency depends its hope
-, triumph. |, must be compact and so dis
,,,,cd - 10 move with harmony and Is well
secured against adverse strategy rs 1t Is
>;ron- for Success in conflict. lis reserves
must be readily available and its supplies
convenient. The main point Tor this efficient
organization Of tho army and the city popu-
n,ion is the establishment Of easy and rapid
communication between all their divisions
and sections.
No city can achieve The highest success
without the best means of communication
between its different sections. 1t cannot
fully into the struggle: and without this
much Of is power goes for nothing. and it
might be beaten by community Of smaller
force bat better organization.
Ifa community has the best ways of com.
muuication it will be harmoniZcd, and Its
means concentrated by personal intercourse.
It's plans will be eompacted, and for the gen.
eral welfare-beng matured by common con-
sultation between all sections, and carried
out cnersetically, unrestricted by sectional
opposition and prejudice. The same facill-
ties for social intercourse that will thus pro-
mote the success of public Improvement for
the general good facilitates that commerce
which is the source Of the support and pros
perity of all. So that without speaking oil
that other good result, the improving the
,od appearance of city, these objects ar.
- important that no city community can dis
regard them without the most serious injury
TO itself.
Richmond is perhaps more called upon
t!au any of her sister cities on the Atlantic
>ilcu 10 consider this subject. Her street
trades are >hnrp and her population is di'
>l,d ly deep seams IN the earth that make
those divisions almost alien to one another
The people OF Church Hill are Us far apart
from those of Shockoc Hill As they are from
Petersburg" The two divisions are as little
interested in one another rs the two are in
The affairs of Manchester. We have but to
consider the struggles in the City Council
OYER appropriations to lind how little each
j. interested in the other and how strong
a:t TIC icao,l:cs between them.
Tie energies of Il city caDnCt be fully eX-
cllcl with di>cordant population IA ropu-
!atiou wiln&c intercourse is obstructeu 10 Il
t'@f't ala'litlle- tl'Dl hbul oiIc dooti'ti
Ami I'll" same causcr which obstrllct this
intercourse seriously interfere with the sue
,r>>lul prosecution of the business Of trade
aud manufactures.
Richmond ~uatS a pan ii plan that ha
for ii, object the harnouizing of the public
'.rr-ic, and her social relations and the
establishment Of easy ways for commerce.
~ forming such plan now She will greatly
increase her prosperity and avoid great rN-
lvnditurc and great inconvenience III Il day
nclr at hand. when the carrying out OF such
II Pan will be 20 necessary is that unwi>c
economy and narrow policy can no longer
delay it. The city authorities cannot give
their attention 10 Il more important Object.
y plan 10 unite the people and facilitate
commerce now will save to the city hundreds
of thousands Of dollars expended unwiscy
10 appcase sectional jars, and will give to
Richmond increased power and thrift which
she can hardly derive from any other source,
while such plan will enable Us to employ
every new agent Of prosperity with fer
greater benefit to ourselves fb1n we possibly
cin as the city now studs, with lis rugged
surface and steep grades.