The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-10-30
Letter from Baltimore.
BALTIMORE, October 9th, 1876


BALTIMORE, October 9th, 1875.
It is now, as commence writing, six o'clock
}. M and the election polls have just closed
Three or four hours will be required to count the
sntire vote and make returns, so that we shall
probably not know the full result of our NUM-
cipal election to-day until ten or eleven o'clock
at night. Enough, however, will come il by
nine clock to tell pretty nearly how the city
has gone. ! may say in the outset, as | have
uniformly said, that Gen. Latrobe, in all proba-
biity, is now, if it were known, the next Mayor
elect of Baltimore, though by less majority
than his friends possibly expected. 1t be does not
get more than 5000 the State is sure for j. Nor
ris0n Harris, Mr. Wallis and Col. Wilkins next
weeks The election to-day with few triHing
exceptions at some of the wards where there were
occasional disputations, passed off quietly and
wholly free from disturbance, much to the credit
OF our police. The friends of Messrs. Harris
Wallis and Wilkins, however, need not be dis
heartened at the result here whatever it may be,
as the ring had every thing-the tools, etc. -
in their own hands and made good use of them
even though should they be defeated. There has
been very little betting. Both parties were
afraid The vote has been unusually full not
much If any below So 600; possibly more
Whether the election has been fair one or not
cannot say
portant improvements are now going forward in
that part of Baltimore county out north Charles
street beyond what is called Boundary Avenue
embracing two and three squares north of it on
either side. 1t is, indeed, both surprising and
encouraging to notice this commendable progress
The celebrated and we'll known architect and
builder, our verify citizen, Michael Roche who
has perhaps, put up more houses in Baltimore
than any other living man now within the city,
has during the past year or eighteen months
erected and has now under way between thirty
ami forty elegant brick dwellings in the vicinity
aDve spoken Of They will average in value
about twelve thousand dollars each, thus adding
Dearly four hundred thousand dollars to the tax
able basis OF Baltimore county in that particular
region within the compass OF few squares. They
are all handsome residences aud superbiy built,
In the most recent style, with every modern i'm
proveineut. Some Of them are especially attrsc.
tive and must be in great demand. IL is Mr.
Roche intention to go on building in that Sec
ton next year, aud, indeed Indefinitely until
he improves and beauties the whole neighbor-
hood, thus adding almost indefinitely to its value
and attraction and to the growing wealth of your
county. He builds mostly on bis own account,
leasing, or purchasing wholly, lots, selling as be
completes his work and generally finding ready
sale at good prices. Entire blocks and rows oil
uu6 uCW HOUSES may u0W NC btcu D6yOQu aQO
just inside the boundary which were built by hin
during the past summer They are especially
elegant and desirable as residences 1t is worthy
of notice that very many of our best most prom
ineut and opulent citizens are now moving out
to the neghborhood here spokenof, whilst other.
contemplate so doing. 1t is really charming
vicinity, beautiful and convenient wherein to re
side. The city passenger aud Waverley cars rur
| to and through ii every few minutes, making tn,
location convenient to Baltimoreans doing bust
ness in the city as if they lived within few
| blocks Of their warehouses, counting rooms
offices, etc. The ride is only from fifteen t.
twenty minutes. 1t will by no means surpris
me to see that attractive and beautiful portion o
| Baltimore county year or two hence grown int,
a superb city, yielding an immense income to th
receipts of your Treasury, collected from million
of dollars worth Of real estate. Mr.. Roche him
! self nnrnnsea. ere long, making il his place O
! permanent residence as dc hundreds of others >
He is one of our most energetic and enterprsin,
mechanics and builders, having already been for
tunate by industry and good management 10 &C
cumulating large fortune, every dollar of which
| sprnging from his own personal efforts and goot
management.
| learn that the next annual Maryland Poultr,
| Show, to be held here in the Maryland Institute
will assume broad national character and b
very extensive. 1t is TO commence early in Jan
uary. Inducements very liberal, by way of pre-
miums for birds etc. are to be freely offered |
is expected deposits and specimens will be re
ceived from all parts of the United States and
large fund raised to meet expenses
Since last | wrote you | am more thorough,
convinced, from information of an indisputabl
character that the case pending in the Baltimor
county Court, TO forecose mortgages against tn
| Western Mary land Railroad and place that worl
| in the hands Of a receiver, will be amcably ad
| justad without resort to such extreme. TIL.
road is now doing good business and PROMISE
well for the future, The Company's new depo
"A very extensive one-is progressing rapidly
There need be no apprehension of the road get
ting into any serious embarrassment
Regardless of what the result of to-days mu
nicipal election may be the Reformers feel san
| guine of carrying the State. They are deter
mined to ahate nothing in efforts TO do so.
Owens, in our city yesterday. He had just re
turned from visit to Boston New York an(
Philadelphia looking we'll and 10 fine Spirits
He is to appear at the Academy OF Music in
short time also al Ford's Opera House in Wash
iugton We are all anxious to behold his quisi
cal face and inimitabe acting once again
Business is improving some what though no
yet SO good as cou!d be desired NEsToR