The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-09-27

| is yine.ciad and H0rnamented with shrubA
berry and xalEfoWeIs, evidencing1 great
| taste on the part OF the occupants. All Of
thesbouses have small gardeh.spots, many Of
which are eineultipafion. Baconsvillei Is one
of the most quiet md orderly localities in the
city, its only street is kept inn perfectly
clean condition. and stroll through Peple
avenue conldino fail to be interesting and
attractIyeto those OF our people who have
never put foot east OF HUH street in all
Of their born days. It is estimated that
there. are some seyeHfy-fve Inhabitants and
twenty-five registered voters in this district,
and 1t might at least pay some OF our poll
ticians to make Just friendly cal1 some
night and see BaconsvilIe after dark. They.
will no doubt be warmly welcomed. There
is sometimes wedding, and IN occasional
death, but at all times and under ali circum-
stances its people seem cheerful, happy.
and contented. Far from the madning
crowd'signoble strife on Hull street. they
pursue the even tenor of their way, do not
give themselves up TO base uses, attend to
their own business, are never idle except
when the mill stops, and DON'T seem to care
who's elected or whether school keeps or
not. All Baconsville needs is liberal supply
OF paint to make it one Of the prettiest spots
in the city. ALI Of its tenements are uni
form. and 1t is capable Of great improve
ment-
On the north side OF Fifth street between
Everett and Maury streets is another band
some square. All the houses: are new, are
painted white, with green blinds, and from
distance the view Is very pretty one.
But distance does not lend enchant-
ment to the view, for the reporter
found yesterday that the houses all bear
the closest inspection. The residents
of this locality also show their appreciation
Of the beautifully the cultivation Of many
beautiful and fragrant flowers. Dotted here
nd;tbere, like GASES in the desert, are other
neat cottages and tenement-houses, all
frame. There are but three brick buildings
east OF Hull street and between Third and
Seventh streets, and one OF these was re-
Gently erected. Onthe south side ofSeveDth
street between Stockton and Naury are
located some very pretty new buildings,
one OF which is occupied by Frederick G.
Weisiger, Esq. The territory bounded by
Fifth, Seventh, Stockton, and Maury
streets-an area OF four squares-is un-
marked by single building. There is am
pie room for cheap and pretty tenement
houses. The location is healthy and the
view from all points lovely one. Some
filling up might be required on the southern
boundary, but on Sixth street the elevation
is Just right, and one can see from Rockets
to Hollywood with case. On the site of the
large fire of last October two brick buildings
have been erected, and it is expected that
others will soon be built. The Dispatch has
time and again called attention to the First
Ward, the mills which line its water-Dower,
the revenue derived by the city therefrom,
and the paramount claims its people have
upon the better located and more fortunate
ly situated portions Of the city. All it asks
is the repairing OF the Hull-street
pavement, the keeping in order OF the
walkway to Baconsville, and OF the
little bridges which connect the eX-
treme eastern section with the city proper.
With the exception OF the mills there are
but few objects Of interest in this locality.
Here, however, are situated the old Masonic
Hall and the Baird-School building, in
which the white children OF the city are
educated. Soon after the war, when the
railroad bridges were down, the extreme
lower part OF the city was known rs the
Lower Bowery, and was the great Rialto OF
Manchester, where everybody met, and the
old Continental was most famous place.
Now the latter is in decay, its glory departed,
and the harp that once resounded through
its walls is mute and tuneless. A vacant
| space lluThS tuc SpoI lloui SnchSo lho ~ o.
grant "Fruits and Flowers" were once
shipped to admiring thousands to soothe
many OF the ills that flesh is heir to; oppo-
site is the vacant site where once stood the
large framed building owned by the Man
chester Cotton-Mills Company. These places
stand as monuments OF two Of the most dis
astrous fires that ever visited the city. And
in this vicinity, what fire failed to accom-
plish has been etlectualy finished by devour-
ing floods. But despite the discouraging
aspect OF affairs, chastened by past afflic-
tions, the people OF this locality look for
ward for brighter and better day. The
clouds which have been hanging over them
seem silver.lined, and they confidently be-
lieve that the day is not far distant when
all parts OF the old First will raise Its now
diminished head and blossom like the first
flowers OF spring. r