The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-08-02
Correspondence Baltimore County Union.
LETTER FROM BALTIMORE.
Jopious Showers-Unwholeso Fruits
More Improvements-Bad Roads
The w. M. Railroad, So, sc.
BALTIMORE, July 29th, Is

BALTIMORE, July 29th, 1884.
Editors Union II am glad to say that for some
days and nights past we have had copious show
ers, which served greatly to refresh and saturate
the earth, doing great benefit to vegetation of
every kind. 1t has proved particularly useful to
corn and vegetables. With the month of August,
which will be upon us before THE UNION goes to
press this week, we shall have entered upon the
last month of summer. 1t has-all things con-
sidered-been a very pleasant and healthful sea-
son, which I hope will so continue. We shall
then be quite fully in the camp meeting season,
which, learn, will be quite abundant and fully
attended. Let me hope they will have their good
results and make many pure, sincere converts.
In passing, recently, through several of our
city markets, l was especially struck with the
large amount of fruit and vegetation in all of
them particularly bananas, brought from the
West India Islands. Many of these fruits, owing
to the sultry weather, become tainted and mea-
surably spoiled, SO that the owners sell them to
boys, careless negroes and white persons, who eat
them regardless of health. The result is that
many persons are made sick from using such ma
terial and occasionally lose their lives. Some
times they serve thus to generate and spread
disease, wilhelm the very hot weather-turns
into and spreads an epidemic, such as cholera,
summer complaint and other maladies 1t, there
fore, is matter of infinite moment for health
officers to be on the alert for such matters. A
supervision should likewise be kept over boys and
careless persons. There is no telling what harm
may come from snch a cause before we are aware
of it and spread even to healthy regions of the
country. I see that the cholera is quite viru-
lent in parts of France and becoming worse
There is no telling how soon it may be in Balti-
more or other large towns or cities of the United
States. The matter of caution, therefore, ought
to be rigid. have not yet seen this subject thus
noticed in our city journals I am convinced
they would do their great share of eventual good
by so doing. Much better than treating readers
to filthy rapes, murders, hangings, robberies and
such other stuff as is unintelligent and of bad
effect at best and of no use to the general commu-
nifty. 1t is simply hateful and demoralizng.
There among the many new buildings
recently erected in the northern and western
boundary of Baltimore some twenty five or thirty
stores, that will be ready for occupancy this fall
and early winter at good rentals. Some of the
buildings have already been sold and others
leased at fair prices.
I noticed passing up west Baltimore street, out
side the city boundary, that the roads are quite
bad going towards the several cemeteries, and are
needing repairs and improvement very much
The road supervisors or others in authority will
do their county much service -andthemselves-
if they will speedily make these repairs.
observe particularly that DR.. Schroeder, the
popular chemist and druggist, who advertises in
THE UNION and keeps his place-including all
kinds of mineral water-on the corner of Town
send street and Greenmount avenue, is now doing
quite large and handsome business. He has
grown-and deservedly-very popular, becoming
more so daily.
am told that the Northern Central Railroad
Company purpose. building new and elegant de-
pot at their central station, near Jones' Falls,
north Charles street. 1t will, besides being very
costly, be superbly magnificent structure, adding
much to that part of the city in improvement.
The Western Maryland road, is, I learn, doing
the most profitable business it ever did, including
excursions to Pen Mar, Luray and elsewhere. Its
profits and business of every kind have greatly
increased. With so able president and superin-
tendent as Mr.. Hood, and so complete a road,
reaching now to all available points south, north
and west and still stretching out its iron arms it
must-really is now-one among the most i'm
portant works of the kind in our country.
At present very large number of our citizens
away to the springs and the mountains. 1t is
said that there more places now open in the
country for board than ever were known before.
People should make good use of them whilst they
last. They certainly afford healthful change
and relief. NEsToR.