Telegram-herald., 1886-04-18
THE IMPROVEMENTS.
Projected on the West Side the
Coming Season
BLOCKS lA0 BEAUTIFUL HOUSES
a Promising Osiiook so thai PoF-
ton u the Waller CttY-Olher
BITS ~ Meas sao Goss
Tbe vest Sloe's Crisi

While the property o0ners on tbe Easf
SIDE II TIE river are making hsfeaieau
efforts to be4utfy the els and slfieh theme
selves by the erection of large blocks the
people Oh the West side sre nol lar 1elind
and msny Improvements afe undef wss oI
contsmp plated For several years the resi-
dents 0f the portion 1T the oiiy .oealed on
ihe vest bank Of Grand River ind0'sei iu
> sorg oi sleepy existence. bus recently new
hie has been infused into them aud thes
show a cotumendable spirit of enterprise la
pushing 10 the front Among dle many
Improvements the following are Well worthy
Of mention Frank Ecker is erecting a
two-story block Of three stores. 45N65 feei
Al the corner OF sixth and Broadway SIS
which will he completed by July J.
Daniel PauuenteF- -s just having a tasty
two story frame residence finished Tor his
own use, al the corner OF shawmut-ave and
Gold-si b " Barnard new residence al the
corner Of Court and Allen-sts is almost
completed and with a neat barn la the rear
IL makes very fine appearance Mm Dun
ham. president OF the Fifth National bank
will soon begin work on has new block ou
West Bridge -, in which the bank will be
located Julius Berkey wii also build d
block Just al the side of it. and some outside
speculatOr viii erect hne block gust
opposite on the vacant lot next "a Koch >
undertaking rooms, a Mr. Mliman. of Rich
mond. Ind "a dry goods merchants
negotiating for the purchase OF a iot on
West Fult0n-st between Gold and Broad
Way-sts., on which BE desires 10 erect a
large brick block, 90 be occupied as dry
goods emporium and hard ware store, "a neat
two story frame residence at The corner OF
West Broadway and BoWers - is IN course
OF erection, George lien has had nice
residence finished al tie corner Of stock
ing-st and Springheid-aye sixteen men are
buisilv engaged on the new school house
at the corner of Turner and Ecventh-sts,
the foundation of which has been COM
pleted and the walls are going up very
rapidly two neat two story frame
residence. have just been completed
and TWO more are IN the course Of
erection on the west side of Alpine ave and
two similar ones are mostly completed on
the east side OF the same thoroughmre Mr.
Smallbear has built front part 10 his house
on Alpine ave. just OIL West Leonard-st.,
and will open a fancy goods store ln short
time. two small frame residences have Just
been completed ON Davis-st three very neat
and convenient two-stOrv frame residences
are in course of erection on Iurncf-st. a
very pretty cottage is just being finished on
Scribner near Sixth ST. also Il two-story
residence on Seventh-st., bet geen Broadway
and Turner-sts-; quite "A number of small
frame residences are either ia the course of
erection or Just finished Al the northern ter
minus or West Leonard ST. and on almost
every thoroughfare signs of improvement
are noticeable.
Baker Marvin, of Turner-st, a salesman
at Foster, Stevens & Co 5, is very III.
4 number of the residents of the West
Side are having their houses repainted in
stylish and hashy cOlors.
Alpine-ave.. north of West IeOnard-st
has recently been regarded.
The new street railway for the Eighth
ward is almost certainty and the line As
mapped out at present begins at Straight-st.,
on Fulton, running along the latter street
10 Front, thence 10 Pearl-si crossing the
new bridge and connecting "a the Mon
roe-st. line, running up 10 Lagrave-st.
The people residing on West Fulton-st
would like bridge placed over the creek at
the west end of that street, 90 enable them
10 ramble through the woods in the Bal
Forty and pluck The flowers that bloom
in the spring, TIA la la.
About twenty men are at work regarding
Sixth-st which. as soon as the bridge spans
the river. promises to become quite thor
Oughfare.