The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-04-06


Masons. who will lay the cornerstone, and
the military OF this city and sister cities,
our Fire Department, and the veterans.
and other organizations, We can have a
very nice display.
OTHER BIG BUILDINGS.
The First Presbyterian church rev. Mr..
Kerr pastor} will. when the building Is
rebuilt, have q very advantageous location
and an elegant house Of worship, In nice
neighboThood, on street OF churches, and
in the line OF the city's extension.
The United States Senate has passed
bill appropriating 100000 for the enlarge
mept and remodelling OF the custom-house.
Such Is the urgent necessity for the work.
there is no doubt ut all that the House Of
Representatives will concur whenever the
bill Is taken up.
HOTEL.
The project for an uptown hotel has not
died out; there have, In fact, been good
many propositions concerning II, but as
vet these have come short OF financial ma
FERTILIZATION.
Some parties who have been considering
the matter are inclined to think that proba-
bly, the best site for 1t, In view Of the great
future OF Broad street and the fine rents
that can be obtained for Broad-street stores,
wou,d be the old Swan Tavern lot.
That the hotel will be built before very
long IL quite certain. but whether on the
Swan-Tavern lot, on the Allan lot, or, as
some suggest, near Monroe Park, no man
can now say.
HOPES.
A union depot is also one OF the hopes
Al 81 L. ho n mt opd
a finished Armorv. The music-hall scheme
makes mighty little noise.
STATE PROPERTY.
The useless State properly here, consist
ing OF the Armory lot, Public warehouse,
Penitentiary Spring lot, and Ropewalk
lot, will be sold some time this season, and
the proceeds invested for the erection OF
State Library building under regulations TO
be hereafter adopted by the Legislature.
The Penitentiary Spring lot will be
quickly built up; lots are In demand in that
section.
The Ropewaik lot is steep hillside
down on Williamsburg avenue, diagonally
opposite Mr.. jefferson Powers's property.
It, sole value at pre- ent Is as promenade
for goats.
The warehouse and Armory properties
are valuable for business purposes, and the
latter would be good site for union
depot.
Under bill passed by the Legislature
great improvements are to be made on the
Library floor of the Capitol. The Govern
or's Office Is to be removed 10 the north
west corner (now Mr.. Fairs office. Gov
ernor Cameron, who has been in New
York, was expected to select elegant furni-
fure for gubernatorial use.
NEW WORK.
The following is a partial list of the
seasons INDEPENDENTLY dwellings and
stores. IL does not include the work
given ont last year and left unfinished
when winter came
Handsome brick residence ON Franklin
street between Madison and Monroe.
Owner. Captain Richard G. Peg-am.
Handsome brick residence on west Grace
street near Pine. Owner, j. Blythe
Moore.
Large three-story brick tobacco ware
house on Tenth street near Arch. Owner,
Isaac N. Vaughan.
Three brick tenements on Grace street
between Third and Fourth streets. Owner,
r. Y. Cannon. Contractor. Mr.. Taylor;
brick contractor. Richmond Brick Com
pany.
Brick factory for NJ. S. Valentine corner
Cary and Sixth streets. Architect, Albert
l.. West; contractor, A. &. Houston; brick
Powers & Crump.
Two brick houses on Main street-Nos.
1887 and f439-between Fourteenth and
Fifteenth. Owner, b. Samuels. Archi-
.ect, George G. Moser; contractors, Smith
4 Thompson; brick contractors, Powers
& Crump.
Eight three-story handsome brick stores
On Broad street between First and Second
streets. Owners: Four stores, G.. u.
Whitlock; three stores, III. G.. Cannon
one store, Andrew Pizzini. Architect,
George &. Moser.
Brick parsonage corner OF Fourth and
Marshall streets. Owner. st. Mary's Ger
nan Catholic church.
DR.. X. ID. Cunningham, Main street cor
ner Monroe, four brick tenements. Jarvis
4 Glinn, contractors; Bailey Davis, brick
work.
v. Hechler & Brother. on Seventeenth
street near elevator, one large brick meat
house. Il. Wiley Davis, contractor; W.
]. Westwood, brick-work.
Mr.. Henry A.. Nightingale, one brick
'tore and dwelling, Seventeenth and Broad
streets. Marable d Dansey, contractors;
Baltimore Brick Company, brick-work.
Joseph Bryan, brick residence about one
md half miles from city on Brook turn
pike. John Gibson, architect; G. T.. Red
ord. brick.work; Lumsden a Co., stone
work.
Mrs. NJ. A.. Danforth. five brick tene-
ments, corner OF Seventh and Marshall
streets, In course OF construction. j. +.
contractor; II. Maynard, brick
work.
John and Minor Woodwork, two brick
dwellings, corner OF Linden and Floyd
streets. Bell a. Bowles, contractors; Cap
lain NJ. j. Dimmoek, architect.
Gilbert j. Hunt, five brick tenements on |
the north side OF Clay street between |
Adams street and Brook avenue. Davis |
Crump, bricklayers; CD. Hunt, builder.
Mrs. Vail, three brick tenements on
Main street above Burch. Lambert a
To-. brick-wors; W. w. Winfree, con-
tractor.
Mr.. A. r. Green. one residence fbrick)
,n SEVENTY between Marshall and Clay
treets. Lambert a. Co., brick work; A.
- tAoUht CtutiaSipTs
Mr.. Campbell, brick residence on Sew.
nth street between Marshall and Clay. ID.
y. Bcwles. contractor; Hooper Il Bran
IAN. bricklayers.
A. G. Houston Is erecting on Caryabe-
ween sixth and Seventh streets large
lve.story factory for Mr.. l.. Ginter.
Also large brick house on Grace street,
oove Shafer, for Mr.. Joseph Anderson.
Also two dwellings on west Clay street
DR. Gibson & Son.
Mr.. TalIey, brick store on Cary street,
etween Twelfth and Thirteenth. Snead
Scott brick-work; Marable Il Danscy
,ntrsctors.
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