The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1881-05-21
Correspondence Baiiiaors CoaRly Uaioa.
"CHESAPEAKE's" OBSERVATIONS.
Those Costly Bridges and those Wonder
ful Animals-Dr. Kirleus' Church-The
Cause OF Economy (7,-Tho Bolt.

BALTIMORE, May nth, 1881.
Msssrs. Editors Much has been said BY one
Of your correspondents Of the many improv ements
developing In the Belt that coveted territory that
producer OF auriierous eggs in the imaginatons Of
oar enterprising assessors and tax gatherers. all
Of which must be most gratifying to the vanity of
you county folk but We too have somsthing
whereof to boast. Have you seen our series Of
new bridges spanning the classic and fragrant
waters Of Jones Failsl A stream thus metricAlIy
treated by wandering but observAnt Scot many
years since:
II takes its rice In distant hills,
by Scotchmen called hummoeks,
Aud after turning fifty mills,
Turns fifty thousand stomachs.
II you have not seen. make n special pilgrimage
hitherward for the purpose. Our economical %
city fathers have permanently invested more than
half u million Of the peoples money in these
adornments Of our northern precincts, that are Of
no special advantage TO any one except the own
ers Of adjacent lots that anxiously awaiting TO
be leased for 20 years renewable forever under the
system familiar To Baitimoreans by the name of
ground rent. They offer some attractions, how
ever, 10 you county people In the way Of more
easy access 10 the centre Of our enterprsing city
Of which few Of you seem 20 avail. doubtless dc.
TERED by the prospect Of arrest and fine for driving
upon our sacred streets without prepaid license
number tackled to your vehicles. IL would be n
pleasant afternoons ramble for those Of you in
e'es.o" W ."'nss "eaut"W 70 'hH this iN"feu
Ioeahty' The bridges themselves are substantial
and really handsome for such cheap structures,
(haif million or 50 they cOst,) but the browning
grace IL the NEUROLOGICAL animals guarding the
entrance either eide of the Falls 20 the Calvert
street oriuge. four huge horrible looking mon
sters OF unknown genus IN modern natural hist 'ry,
rear themselves in grim and gloomy majesty upon
ICuI ktea. o,oe.s OF gtahite' anu there ,tnnd'
ns'ch'u, seh,,ne's owe, tue Two nunaIea anu hiy
.noussrn "onas D1ugea IN NJ tnat particular
spot. Inc genius that inspired anu tue mana thai
es.'e. '"esc s,o..ou, REPRESENTATION, u Tue pre-,
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