The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1881-05-14
Baltimore County Union
LETTER FROM BALTIMORE.
A Dog Fight and Scare-Tramps and
Thieves-More Police Protection
Needed-The New Postmaster
The Custom House-More
Building improvements
More Complaints.

BALTIMORE, May 18th, 1881.
There was very considerable excitement in
the thickly populated portion of the Belt, in the
vicinity of Maryland avenue and Sumwalt street.
on Monday last, caused by dog-ight and sub
seouently one of the dogs-both of which belonged
to Mr. James NJ. Eppley-biting several persons
I suppose you have already had all the partlcn
lars. This circumstance has put inhabitants OF
that norton of the Belt-in the entire suburbs in
deed-in decided mad-dOg furry and they are
now for putting all CANNES in the dog-pound, II
they can be gotten there, some other safe place.
1t is said this dog before running its career, bit
several other dogs, so if this animal was really
mad we may soon be looking out for regular ex-
nerienco of hydrOphobia in that section. Inc
dog-catchers in the city are now at work quite
vigiantly in gathering up the uncollared and un-
licensed dogs struggling in the public thorough
fares and highways and taking them 10 the
"pound" where they consigned to watery
crave. In the Belt, however, outside the city
limits there appears to be no particular law winch
gives authority to kill or do more than requiring
a dog-tax and the name of the owner to be at
tached to these animals. This, well as tar as 1t
goes does not keep dogs from going mad nor pre-
vent those so unfortunate as to be bitten by them
diving tie terrible death resulting from hydropho-
bia. 1t is poor consolation that because owners
nav a tax on their dogs those bitten by them
Shall ever after live in the fearful apprehension OF
becoming suddenly i'll at a moment not dreamed
of and fall victims to this awful maady. The
County Commissioners should lose no time look
ing to this matter.
both city and county consists IN tramps; .nleees'
are committing depreaatlons ooth dSy aid nIsht
They have lately attacked locations of the Belt
and suburbs and robbed several houses of very
valuable furniture-also money-to the serious
annoyance and loss of owners. The truth is the
police protection in the Belt or suburbs all around
the city from Canton to the northern and western
extremities, is entirely insufficient to be of effec
tive service, really Of little at all in reality
except to draw their pay for services. They may
intend very well and be serviceable far they go
but there should be three or four times more of
them than there They have too much terri
tory to patrole, that their visits to any one
point or locality during the night or day are like
angels, few and far between.
Col. Harrison Adreon has filed his bond amount
ing to 100000 and will take possession post
master of Baltimore on Saturday next. He had
not the slightest difficulty in procuring the security
and could have obtained five times the amount
had it been required. Mr.. John P. Haas has been
appointed by Col Adreon his cashier. This, it is
believed is the only appointment the post
master will make for some weeks. He (Col. Az
has gone to Old Point Comfort on a short pleasure
voyage and expects to be back on Friday. There
has probably never been a more universally popu-
lar appointment made in our city than that of Col.
AdreOn. Nothing new is known about the other
important appointments for Baltimore.
There is no doubt that change will--at the
proper time-take place in the office Of Collector
of the Port, and the belief gains strength that
Hon. J. Morrison Harris will be the selection.
The Surveyorshp and Naval office indicate no
present change.
Mr. Spence, owner of large number of lots in
the county or Belt, located on st. Paul, Calvert,
Charles, North, Mankin, Brown, Shrk and some
other streets-amounting probably to $50 or 20U
is now about commencing to have thirty very
handsome residences and stores erected on St.
Paul street-ffteen on each side-between Man
kin and Brown streets. The workmen will begin
operations in a couple of weeks. These will cost
some $4,000 apiece. They are to be in the most
modern style. | notice six very fine new three
story brick dwellings belonging to Mr.. John Stack,
just finished on Shirk street, between Wood street
and Maryland avenue They may be put down
in value at probably $4,000 apiece. They are
built in very handsome and substantial manner.
hear also of nine or ten residences about to be
commenced soon on Huntindon avenue and row
of dwellings on Maryland avenue. Nine houses
have likewise been commenced ON Calvert street,
near Boundary avenue and Townsend street, within
the city limits but north of the Falls. Eight or
ten more are soon to be put under way opposite
to them. The foundation of row of dwellings
and probably some stores are being commenced
shop stands. There will be about seven or eight
OF them We St have cSmmeqfsa to 4Ren end
to the new bridge Jones Falls. This will be
completed in probably five or six weeks when the
bridge at that time will be finished and ready for
use. 1t promises to be a beautiful and substan-
tial structure. city passenger railroad is to be
put into operation very soon on this street, run
ming out probably to North or Huntindon avenue.
| might also refer to other new buildings about
being put up in this section of the Belt, but will
defer to another time. You will see what is here
stated that improvement is going very rapidly for
ward in that favorite locality of the Belt and of
your wealthy county. The sentiment is gaining
popularity and strength every day with this sec-
ton Of the Belt inhabitants of annexation with the
city of Baltimore. They seem determined upon it.
again hear complaints that letters deposited
in the letter box the lamp post opposite Beams
drug store, corner of North avenue and Charles
street. are not taken out on Sundays after O'Clock
in the afternoon, thus causing delay and annoy
ance to the writer's because Of being greatly de-
layed 1t is also a very great probability that
packages too large to put in the box and laid on
top of it are either stolen or not attended to by
the carriers, as the Government is not responsible
for them.
The York road railway company is now about
to put down double track all the way from the
Boundary to its stopping place on Holiday street.
! find a very large increase of passengers on this
line from the Belt and that direction, caused no
doubt by the convenient and more economical even
fve-cent fares. There appears to be a deermi-
nation to dscountenance the six. cent fare on the
other lines
We have it now very hot. Thermometer to day
SO to SO in the shade. NEsToR.
z.1s. Tho Jud;ciarv Committee Of tbo II 9 San