The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-01-17
AN Improvement worth Talking About

AN Improvement WI Ill c!h1bS 1A0So"
Amidst everybody, whether he knows the
:! nes Of the streets or not, has observed a
= Of l!ue running "slantindicularly
I.g..a9lstcry from Broad street, depart.
j., :rCm that street as it ascends Church
..: Just beyond the Methodist church
IN pretty generally as MIR. BLEDsoE's.
I...t Church stands upon space that has
l. =. -arved cut Of the hill, and the building
Use IS backed against steep cliff which
:,.;> been left by the diggers. Now, the lane
of which we speak abors along the hill east
oi tie church, while at the foot Of The hill is
q 1ayine whose course is also northeasterly.
Along this raVine it is proposed to con-
struct an avenue from the junction OF TWen-
ty.tiTst and Broad TO Twenty. fifth street, cX.
tendng from Marshall to NJ street. At the
Junction OF Twenty and NJ streets is
sort of centre. Around that centre is con.
siderable population and abundant signs Of
enterprise and growth. At that point is
also an elevation, from which the street-car
can with facility and ease reach any part OF
Church Hill. From Twenty-tirst street on
Broad to this central point on Church Hill
there will be a grade Of one foot in forty
grade cntireiy easy to the street-car railway.
Tue grade from Twenty-drst on Main to
Twenty-hrst and Broad Is probably easier,
and therefore by this route the commune =
ton by rail between Main street and Chur' 3
Hill will be altogether easy. The avenue
of nd Tuua r. RET
streets to NJ and Twenty. fifth streets crosses
oblquely four squares, and this happily
furnishes the most direct, and therefore the
shortest, route for transportation between
two objective points in the city, and estab-
fishes what we all so much desire and what
is vitality important to the city: railway com.
munication between Church Hill, and Main
street, and the Old Market. Such an avenue
would be most valuable thoroughfarc, and
would become the first really uneXceptiona.
bl; line of communication that will effectu.
ac Aelp to obyiate the serious Instructions
l" IL local commerce from those inequalities
>'::lace which are at once the beauty and
!, ,,ciect of the city--a beauty indeed to
TX upon, but trouble to encounter. Rich.
!a9Yd has suffered heavily from the BARRIERS
lormed By her hills to the operations Of com.
L-c:ce, and the praises bestowed upon her
II turai beauties cannot compensate for the
evils TO which her social and commercial in.
tsEcourse is subjected; but, thanks to the in.
Tentions OF art and to our own energies, we
may IN time conquer these satural difficult.
ties, and while our city retains her besuties
we can triumph over those difficulties.
Plans and estimates have been made by
cur able City Engineer for the construction Of
,h!s avenue, which will become beautiful
as well as valuable Improvement, atfordiEs
c. and delightful access to Church Hill.
rocure the means to build this avenue
, mas passed the Bosrd Of Aldermen, ana
) i be to-day brought up before the Com.
NJ Council. 1t proposes 10 issue SIX per
Il. city bonds amounting to 100000 S2o,'
900 TO be issued each year for four years,
the interest TO be paid out of the annual APP
propria,ion 10 streets. This will prevent
any embarrassment from the accumulation
of interest to be met by increased taxation.
There can be no doubt that the improve.
ment will more than pay for itself through
the increase OF revenue resulting from The
work, while The public will derive immense
advantage and comfort from it. r
1t is q project eninen,iy worthy of public
appreciation, and one that will confer a great
deal OF benefit upon The. city. We lock
upon the scheme as one that promises a
greater effect upon Lie general welfare aad
. tIYancement Of the city than any that has