Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1876-05-12
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phians, VIZ:
Market, Arch, Face, aid Vine:
Oh smut. y alnut, Spruce, ami Pine;
we know that No. 800 North Twelfth
street is thu northwest corner Of Vine
and Tweif h. and No. 30I South Broad
fourteen h) i tn southwest corner of
Spruce and Fourte enth.
The geographical centre If the city
is at the intersection Of Broad aud
Market streets underneath the centre
| Of the new CITY Halt, now bui' ding.
| All those fac's and suggestions will,
[ doubt nos. Messrs Editors, prove
rather uniuteI esting reading to many,
but they are the results of mypersonal
experience collected with great care
and have cost me SO mach of time,
patience and mon-y which l would
| willingly save to future Centennial
pilgrims that present them here with
confidence, believing that if we'll borne
in mind they will do much toward
making one feel at home in this great
city. In view of the further feet that
it is about time that Wilmington
should take rank as one o. the cities
of free postal delivery by letter CARR
ers, end as the buildings must be all
numbered on ell the streets, / desire
to call general attention to the
| advantages of the decimal system q!
mum boring, as herein set forth. l.
will be noticed that one has only to
| look from a car or carriage at the
number on any building in order to be
sure of the next street, or conversely
% know the number of the house to
which he would go, in order to know
| thereby between what streets or in
what part of the particular block it
will be found. 1 am informed that
| this system has of late been adopted
in the principal cities throughout the
West
To see the great exposition properly
will be work of some days, as will be
realized when it is said that in the
| Main building and the Machinery
building alone there are something
| like ten miles of aisles and avenues,
| all of which will have to be traversed
| in order to get fair view of the ar
ticles from almost every section OF the
world or important island of the deep
that line every foot of the route, on
| both sides. Add to these the avenues
of the various buildings for special
machinery and work in metals, the
Glass factory, Saw mills, japanese
bazaar, Moorish villa, Dairy, Agricul-
tural buildings and extensions, Brew
ers' building and extension, Carriage
building, Horticultural building, fore
ing houses and gardens, Women's pa
vilion, Art building and mammoth
addition, Photographic Art building,
Historical buildings, Q. S. Govern
ment and foreign and State Govern
ment and private buildings, within tie
grounds numbering IL all nearly 10G
and many of them immense structures,
and hen some idea of the amount OF
sightseeing to be done at this World s
Exposition will be had. [ feel that ]
cuuid personally give a month to the
study Of the gems of art in Memoria
Hall alone with pleasure aud profit.
Many, however, can come'Oniy for q
day or two To such | would say: the
steam roads on which you arrive III the
city will put you down, if You prefer
at Il new depot Just across the stree
from the main entrance to the grounds
A perfect city of hotels and restaurant!
good, ordinary and Indifferent has
been erected in the immediate vicinity
where accommodations (rrobably
rather more restricted and overcro wdet
than in those farther down town. car
always be obtained at rates ranging
from 50 to s. per day.
The arrangements for the policing
of the city are believed 10 be ample
In addition to the regular force, 50f
extra are being drilled and 500 Cen
| tennial Police are stationed within the
| grounds, backed by several regiment!
Of State militia encamped near by.
Yours, t.