The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-07-18
,snnner Recreatio,l.

rcms,f In the Cincinnati mfnerctat
c.l,. scur attention to-the subiectcf pre-.
yfainc, as. well 40 isstpracticable, ior taes
summer rssreation Of. those Of tourl people.
who may 6na Il Inconvenience OF Impossible
TO seek enjoyment 10 our bealtifu Y ana
heal.hsul mcuntain retreats. State "a Gas,
superior ones but II is within re poWsr ],
Of 1 small part oi The people q the GUY g
enjoy them. ,.s 81. s,.;. ).
Richmond has natural advantages snat
NAV be improved and utilized 90 the PRO r2
motion Of healtbful exercise, 20 the enjoy
n,ent 81 fpe views and grateful rest. No
CITY has better, and no city has observatory
nositions and places asnited forpubiic re-
sorts that could be improved to advantage
with less expenditure. b
At many points the beginning has lheen
made, and as time passes we may CONFIDENT
lycxpect that consid erable advances Rllf |.
be made In the way OF beautitying The city
aud promoting the public comfort ana re
creatio1t. The City Engineer Is! O. man OF
fine taste aud Ans qualifications. Re has
done a vast deal to educate the public taste
and enlighteu The, people Of the city upon.
the extraordinary advantages OF Richmond
Another year will develop great deal and
expand the views Of voters aud authorities
with regard to the general improvement.
Two points Of Improvement Just now
interest us, and they are Chimborazo and
the avenue from Main and Twenty-hrst
streets to ID and Twenty-fiftb. These TWO
improvements will carry with them extern
sive advantages, snd open the way to sug-
gestions OF value, as we'll as improvements,
that will impart general good to the city.
The avenue will most happily increase the
intercourse between Church Hill and other
parts OF the city, while it will lead to ex.
tensiye improvements on Church Hill, and
throw into the district for pleasant resi-
dences a number Of eligible lots. The
practical grade OF the avenue will let
through the street-cars to Chimborazo, and
to the Mechanicsville turnpike, the moment
there is travel enough in that direction to
sustain the track.
The grading and ornamentation OF Chin
borazo will constitute one OF the most COM
mendable parts Of the city, and open an adj
mirable addition to the agreeable drives
and lingering sites OF the city. II we turn
to the west, Improvement is just in its
dawn. Every part OF the city there is
suggestive OF work to be done, Of plans to
be carried out. The new reservoir is just
pride to us all, and it is hardly possible that
any of US can visit it without being struck
with the grand field there presented for i'm:
provement, and the indulgence OF such
taste and liberalty as would at once afford
the highest qualification to our own people
and elicit the praise and admiration of the
intelligent traveller.
The country Is improving, and the ideas
Of communities arc expanding and becom-
ing more and more liberaized. The means
OF recreation Of city, the objects Of admi-
ration that 1t has, and the amusements and
sights that it may offer for the entertain
ment OF the stranger, are solid advantages
to its business and prosperity, and are in
deed considered as such In every enterpri-
sing and enlightened commercial commu-
nifty.
We cannot too earnestly impress these
points upon tue minds OF our people. Nor
can we too earnestly tell them OF the many
rich endowments which have been bestow-
ed upon our happy city by kind Proyi-
dence. We are especially reminded in this
heated and dry term Of the attractions of
our river, Of the grand adaptation OF the
beautiful falls. to the finest works Of art in
bridges and charming temples, for recrea-
ton and pleasure. The bed OF the river, is
granite, and upon it can rest in solidity and
endurance the finest structures. This is a
field for art OF great interest. It's to be re-
GREETED that.th far there is SO little done
that is worthy OF the locality.
Looking at the river as great SOURCE Of
reireshment at a. season like this, why
should we not establish there public baths
for the sake Of the health and pleasure Of
those whose occupations detain them here
in the warm and oppressive periods OF the
year,. Exactly Why not? j., .4.lar
Turn where we may, we see the noblest
fields for the exercise of taste aud for the
display OF those measures which are
prompted by considerate and generous
hearts that find delight in promoting the
pleasure and the health of others.
I.fy1j
Cost of Transportation.
The secretary OF the New York Central
and Hudson-Riyer Railroad Company, un-