The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1882-08-19
CorrespondsHes Baifimers County UnioH.
LETTER FROM UNION BRIDGE, ND.
A Thriving and Beautiful Town-Buslnsss
Industries-Four Churches and One
Drinking Saloon-schoois and
Lodges-Some Old Ciu-
gems Etc. Etc

Drinking Saloon-0chools and
Lodges-some Old Ciu-
Gems, ETC., Etc.
USIox BEIDaE, CARROLL couSrY, Mp.,l
August 18th, 1852.
Msssrs. Longnseksr Bros.:-There 10 n striking
resemblance between the externai appearance Of
the country around unionviie, the pretty little
village from which TnE USioS had letter last
week, and that Immediately surrounding this en-
terprising town, the hillsdes hilltops and bottom
lands displaying similar evidences Of n bountiful
harvest and richly abundant crop Of corn. The
picturesque view 20 be had Of this thriving and in
dustrious town from the hill Its southwest side
10 truly grand, the panorama extending from the
houses surrounded with thick foliage just below,
Oh toward the west and northwest ill u IL lost In
the aEure-hued mountains far away In the distance.
Thetown, which contains about 500 inhabitants,
IL located on the south side Of the Western Mary.
land railroad. the shops Of the company. employ
ing about 90 hands, being on the north side. II
is Is miles from the city aud has sig passenger
trains TO and from Baltimore daily. except Sun.
day, when only two trains run each way. The
town IL built ON the curve Of u hill having 3 north
erly aud westerly slope. The streets extend south
from the railroad aud are crossed at right angles
by others, which run east aud west. They are
principally named after the early settlers, but one
Of them 10 named Whytc street. after the present
Mayer Of Baltimore, who, when Governor Of the
State approved the Act passed by tho Legislature
In lST? Incorporating the town. giving 10 Il the
right 20 elect q Mayor and Common Council
Main street. the principal thoroughfare and place
OF business, divides the town into two unequal
parts which 20 casual observer Il would be diii-
cult TO give the preference to in the neatness Of
their dwellings aud the beautiful gardens sur.
rounding them. The buildings are either brick
OF frame. the number Of each being about equal.
There Is an evident air 81 business here, and n
proof Of what amount Of IL must DO done by the
citizens Of the town and Of the country for miles
around the number Of stores and business pursuits
In 10 give ample proof. IN my enumeration haste
/ ly made may have omitted some occupations OF
| pursuits, although en1cavorei 20 dnd out ALL
| There are two regular dry goods stores and two
In which other articles are sold besides dry goods
three millinery stores, three dress making estab.
hshments three grocery stores. drug store. two
ice cream factories. one bakery three shoe makers
two taiOrs. one saddle and harness. making e,tab-
iishment. carriage factory. two black aud
wheeiWright establishments. one cabinet maker
! and undertaken one carpentcrs chop. one timer.
: one watch maker. tive painters. one dentist. one
barber and one liquor saloon. There are two
hotels but no liqucr IL sold at either Of them, aud
two livery stables. There l. n large canning e.tab
lisamrnt belonging 10 Franklin Davis 4 Co. whose
I advertisement appears in TaE CNIoS. This estab-
hshmcnt, during operations, employs from eighty
To one hundred hands II has already canned the
product Of aftssn acres of peas raised by the com
pany the town in addition to wha, sold
them BY the farmers. The company has now In
an advanced state Of cultivation for canning pur-
poses. adjacent To the town. about thirty acres Of
tomatoes and ninety acres of sweet corn. They
have also here very extensive peach nursery.-
I mention this because Of his nursery In the 18th
district and three nurseries on the York road. be-
tween Baltimore and TOWsontown. just 20 show
how extensive the operations of the firm are.
Another evidence Of the prosperity Of the town
Is the existence Of live. vigorous aud hourishing
paper-the IadeE. We had the pleasure Of an in
PRODUCTION to the joint proprietors, Messs. Rich
A l. a.. a
pressed the opinion tha, the Police Commissioner
had the bulge on the United states Senator" in
the Cotton Gorman correspondence.
-Four relig ious denominations hold service in the
town-the German Lutheran. the Methodist Prot
estant, the Dunkari and the Methodist Episcopal.
Thetwo former have begun the erection Of churches
the Methodist Protesianis will lay the stone
Of theirs on the Goth inst The Dnnkaris church
l. q eommodous structure and the ". h. church
Is tWo stories high. IL 10 having belfry erected
in which Is to be placed large bell from the we'll
known foundry OF Joshua Register Sons, Balti-
more. This desirable improvement Is a contfibu.
ton by the liberal citizens Of the town. brought
about through the active exeT,ions &c the pastor.
I Rev. Mr.. Ninstead, who last year hal charge of
Hampstead circuit, which embraces large part
Of the northwest section of Baltimore county. Mt.
Tabor, Union Chapel, Pleasant Grove and Grave
Hun churches being included Ia il. Mr.. ". was
q regular reader Of THE tNIOS during his three
years pastsTAtc there. and he says unhcsitatingly
that is one Of the best county papers he has
seen.
The town Ia. .hrce we'll attended public schools
and one GouTishing private school There is a
prospering Masonic Lodge here and Lodge Of
United American Mechanics also. The town
boast Of having very proficient brass band. The
band company owns = neat twO-stoTy building. tho
upper story being used 20 practice in and the lower
one Is for the hand wagon. There il also here q
neat and well.k kept cemetery. Itcannot be denied
that the railroad has been potent factor in build
I ing up the town. but IL could not have done IL
until the citizens Who possessed the capital began
Z 20 utilize IL.
This place l. grea, resort for summer boaTders,
which aitests the healthfuncss Of the loeation.--
Al present there l. said 10 be nearly one hundred
boarders In the tosn and it, vicinity. private
house having thirty. They good patrons Of
the newspaper of the town. for they rarely leave
the propTetors with an extra copy on hand.
B This town is n place u con siderable historic in
terest many of the citizens filling n large portion
Of the public eye; and their ancestors before them
occupied similar position. Mr.. Thos. T. shep-
pArd, living near here. belongs 10 the same family
/ with Moses sheppard. who left fortune to found
the Sheppard Asylum. near Towsontpwn. Here
also lived a man named Thomas. who invented a
reaping machine Of which all the present Teapers
and mower are improvements. During the war
q military company was organized here. Of which
I David RiHehart was made captain. which formed
! n par, Of the Seventh Regiment Maryland volun-
tecrs. Collector Webster and Deputy Collector
Dallam were the Colonel and Major Of IL, and your
own popular townsman, Dr. Jas. II. Jarrett. was
it, surgeon. The company was mustered into the
! service twenty years ago this month. On the last
I day Of June aud the first day @: July following
the frat and 9th army corps passed through this
I town to the battle of Getty sburg. Time has
( wrought wonderful changes since then. and many
Of them for the better have occurred in thi. indus
trioas town. which promises at no distant day TO
enlarge its borders, increase IL. wealth and multi
ply its industries indefinitely beyond the present
I Dimensions. VI.
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