Daily Republican., 1889-04-06
MONUMENTAL CITY.
THE s. W. M. VISIT FORD,S
THEATRE.
A Brief Description OF Baltimore and
Some Of Its Notable LocaIities-The
Streets, Parks, Monuments and
Other Institutions.


BALTIMORE, April 5.-As stated in
yesterdays letter the Supreme ConcIaye
Heptasopbst or 5. w. NJ, adjourned
aOout $50 this afternoon and In the
evening those of the members who had
not started for their homes were taken TO
Ford's Theatre where they Witnessed a
performance by Thatcher, Primrose &
Vests hinstrels. This company have
made a new departure In the minstrel
bufiness, and In the first part each is
dressed to represent shakespesren
character.
1t was the intention of the conn, ,ttee
OF arrangements to have taken the. visi-
tors on an excursion down the bay this
afternoon, but as there was a cold East
wind blowing this was given up and the
time devoted to finishing up the bust
ness. At the close of the performance in
the evening several members started on
late trains for their homes.
The committee of arrangements were
unremitting In their attentions to the
VISITORS, aud did everything possible to.
render their stay an epoch In their lives
which Will never be forgotten. Each
member seemed to vie with the others in
doing all In his power to make every
member feel that he was not only well
come, but perfectly at home.
No one who Is close observer can fail
to find many things to interest and in
struct In a strange city, and this is par
ticularly the case with Baltimore. The
city was originally settled in 1884 by two
hundred immigrants, who were aided by
Lord Baltimore to colonize near to what
is now the city proper. In 1870 about 80
acres OF land were laid off into lots and
! called Baltimore, as a compliment to the
Proprietary, who had derived his title
from seaport In Ireland. Baltimore
enjoys many natural advantages, and her
location on the seaboard places her so far
ahead Of other cities that 1t has been
| styled "The Liverpool of America" BY
means OF the Baltimore & Ohio, the Penn
sylyania and the Northern Central rail-
roads, the city has ready access to the
mineral and agricultural treasures of the
South and West.
That these are improved is shown by
the immense grain elevators at Locust
Point and Canton and the feet of vessels
that are continually being loaded for all
| parts OF the world.
| The corporate limits of the city are
comprised in q space of about twenty
square miles, containing neary 1O0, 900
houses, inhabited, or used for business
purposes by population of half a mil
lion persons. Jones' Falls, a small stream
rising about twenty miles northwaId,
DIV des the city into East and West. Sub
stantial iron bridges are thrown over this
stream, which it may be said has been q
cause of considerable trouble and ex-
pense to the city, as It sometimes becomes
wild and turbulent In 1887 at mid
night this creek, which now seems SC
calm and sluggish, rose in its fury and
destroyed considerable property and
twenty-five lives. July "a, 1868, 1t again
| gWnnt hrfd
houses, inuDdating mary streets and
drowning several persons.
A stone on the Maryland Institute
shows the height the water was in the
street at that point. Since then the
stream has been Strengthened and mas
siVe stone walls erected, which it is
thought will render 1t less dangerous,
( The chief business firms are found on, and
south of Baltimore street, but there are
many other streets which seem to be al
most entirely devoted to stores, On
| Charles street, St. Paul street, Madison
| avenue, Eutaw place, Harlem park and
many other thoroughiares there are
| numerous blocks of palatial houses built
| of brick, granite or marble. Another
| noteworthy feature of the city is the
streets, the majority of which are paved
with vulcanite or Belgium blocks. some
! of the wider ones have parks beautifully
laid out In the center. The greater part
OF the city is lighted with electric lamps,
| and there is also a ilre alarm and police
| telegraph, with boxes on the poles con
| tanning telephones, which enables th
| Ger to report to or communicate w.,nt.e
main station at any time.
In connection with the Department
there is an Insurance Salvage Corps,
| One of the houses of this branch of the
| service was visited, and was found to be
| equipped with two large wagons, four
horses and every appliance that ingenuity
| or skill can suggest for prompt and efil-
Client action. The two wagons carry 40
gum covers to protect Il DDS from damage
by water, and the house is furnished With
all kinds OF electrical arrangements.
There was fire on Tuesday evening last.
| and from the manner In which the fire.
| men responded to the alarm, the short
| space OF time 1t took them to get in SER
| vice and have the flames under control.
the entire system must be very efficient
and we'll managed. There Is a number
| OF industries In and around tho city,
prominent among them being the cotton
mile, which consume from so, COO to
70, 600 bales of cotton annually. There
Is also number of iron foundIies, -four
mills, distl leries, breweries and other
industries.
There are altogether thirty newspapers
published ia the city, the most important
OF which have immense Calculations.
The water supply is derived from Joues'
Falls aud the Gunpowder river. There
are four reservoirs connected with the
Jones' Fallslsupply, holding 536, 600, 900
gallons, and two with the Gunpowder
river supply holding 765, 200, coo gallons,
making the entire storage capacity when
filled of 100000, 900 gallons. There
are over 200 miles of pipes laid under the
street, supplying over $1,000 houses and
l,2OO FIRE plugs. The city boasts of
eleven parks and public squares, as fol-
lows: Druid Hill Park, Clifton Park,
Patterson Park, Federal Hill Park River.
view Park, Harlem Park, Lafayette
Square, Franklin Square Union Square.
Madison Square aud Perkins Spring
Square. In addition to these there are a
number of beautiful public walks, the
most prominent of which is Eutaw Place.
which extends for half mile along the
middle of Eutaw street.
baltimore is also noted for its monu-
ments, which has given It the name of
"Ihe Monumental City," Washington
monument, which was partially described
in yesterdays letter, is the most promi-
nent Then there is the Battle monu-
ment, the Odd Fellows' monument, the
McDonogh statue, the Wells and Nc
Comas monument and the Armistead
moL ument.
There are over two hundred churches
In baltimore, besides numerous halls