Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-03-30
On THE BROOK ROAD.
ercENT IMPROVEMENTS ON THE LINE
OF THIS THoRoUGHFARe.
proposed Extension TO IL Of the boulevard
aud Lombardv Street-Major
Giuter's Home.

bat greater ones sum arc 4" N""'"hlp'etiOn.
Tbc proiect is 10 widen the road from 60
70 100 feet.
thuttiug propcrty-owncrs will give tho
.o,,ranv sufficient ground 20 enable them
20 10 this. and then tho plan is TO have a
,,cn Graded hard road on each side, and in
,h, middle a crass-plat and doublerow Of
trees ilo whole length.
TER ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
One 81 the great obstacles TO the i'm
,,-.yrmcnt Of this section has been that
d.. road as Il ncarcd the city passed
through a great group Of cattle-pens and
eje,.htcr-louscs As time passes and the
..-'rr-ty I'm that vicinity becomes more
Valuable it Ia believed the owners OF these
c.ta Inshmeuts VIII deem II TO their interest
4. soak other locations, where land ia
cleaner. but the future Of the Brook turn
nike "a. q suburb Of Richmond Will not
aeY.u1 entirely upon their removal, for tho
,oaa IT,. o. iuterscct Brook road by extend
u. IomharGy street.
sr.u.HT SHOOT PROM THE RICHMOND COLLEGE.
Iomiardy street leaving Main street
masses tAo Iombardy-Strcet SchOOl-hOuse,
.. .trpct-car stables. and the Lee-Monu-
mont Grounds 0ud Richmond College, and
town mates near Hartshorn College, on
Lc -b street.
Now. what is proposed is that the city
elaU extend II from Leigh street 20 Bacon 3
Quarter branch. and then the country peo-
p.evll bridge the branch and extend tho
10 from the branch 10 Brook turnpike.
This wll enable the travel 20 reach the
c.tv without passing through tie region
# Clitlc-pous and slaughtcr-houses.
ANOTHER IMPROVEMENT.
Auaralcl improvement is the extension
O. tl. Boulevard from tho reservoir 20 the
hermitage road. whcrclt VIII connect with
On. Brook road 10y an avenue on the east
Of N4.r Glutsrs now residence.
Major Gutcr year or two ago became
fh. purchaser Of the farm long owned aud
coupled by Colonel John Is. Yong, aud he
I4- Teauilt tho house and made of 1T
beautiful country dwellingand surrounded
81 b.. low ly parks and roads. il is ROW ono
81 thc great features OF the landscape IN
tIht direction. and the water tower which
has iuilt M connection with 10 may be
st . for great distance.
A REVOLUTION.
Major Ginter is tine leading spirit in the
enterprise which has mctamorph0scd tins
section of the country. tie aud nT. John
Pope own lind ON both sides of the Brook
road TO the extent OF 1000 acres.
lic Brook turnpike Is ON ridge Of high
'4rl which she'd. its wafer ON the north TO-
wards the thickal OWiry, and ON the south
f..MlI'l" the Julitrt anu "a" l1 Ailii'iN S'tl
,ia Dc made ore of the most picturesque
parts of tho country near Richmond. 1t
I.- upon Do three Of the finest country resi-
C.rcos IN Virginia. those If Ma. Joseph
Ir.au. Major GJnfcr, anl the late blr. John
Stuart. while that al DIR. McGurc's,
Uush not quite so costly, 10 very attrac-
.ya.
TIE rUTrrP or THE sUBUHn'
Tho development Of this section Is coT-
d t-..s .tr.. 20.
toms Heights. aud the eaCorucss with
which those lands are sought q amonstratcs
tI.tc capitalists have grand idea Of what
t.. future oil these su tUrh9 arc % be, while
from tie Brook turnpike 70 the hermitage
yo4l and from thcUeTmItage TO the Broad
Street road spirit oil activity ana IN
pr.Ecmcut ever whore prevails.
The Hermitage road IS also 10 be
giieued and improved.
UNDERTAKING..
Major Gintcr and Major Bryan each has
fp.lt large sums az money n uudcrdraln-
',- by tiles and thus hundreds of acres
lave been opened. 10y which means the for
llty of the land IS very much improved.
ARTISAN WILL.
Ono of Major Ginter's enterprises is the
construction of an Artcslan well eight
niche. IN diameter.
lie has very good water on his place now
70
wants more. He is really Going n public
service ma boring tins well, because no
very thorough experiments IN ATttSlau-
wei boring have ever been made IN the
vicinity Of Richmond. The result here
VIII be- watched with interest, as u y both
desirable aud important 10 know II tue
rranito-beds which are supposed 20 UNDER
ll- all of tins country can Doe bored through,
oT If good supply of pure water can be
YaHCnei before I nDv ara struck.
In the case of two ArlcsIan wells bored
IN Richmond, though clear water was got
ten iu each. il Is very much dOubted II u
Is NOT surface water that L. T. say, II the
horer dld not strike some assure III the
granite IN which water had accumulated.
HISTORIC
Major Gintor has constructed n beaut-
!ul avenue or the eastern side of ms farm.
connecting tho Brook turnpike and the
Hermitage road, and has planted shade
trees along lts whole length.
The Brook turnpike IN the vicinity or
Major Gintcrs is historic from the fact
that ON tine Lowell plain there Sheridan IN
DIS raid planted Als light artillery and
threw shells which almost reached the
western suburbs oi the city, while few
mIIr- 90 the westward Us tic battlefield OF
Yellow Tavern. whore The fierce cavalry
trnt occurred Ia which General y. T.. Is.
buMt received hls death wound.
uGooE AyrNyr.
Brook avenue was the fast avenue Rich
moUl had
Williamsburg avenue was NeN,.
Now $50 have Floyd avenue. Grove ave-
Brooke avenue enjoys another dis
trcuou-it runs north and south and no
other street here does.
4, deuoucAe- from Broad street between
.H srr.. l., g
t.w lots bounded lv Broad and Adams
street., and Brook avenue.
PLACE FOR APARX.
r. vii Ice in Keeping with the coming
dignity of tins thOrOughiarc tor he city %
condemn thus little "lsl0nd and make of
j. park. and then the further suitable.
I.-5o tllugs will demand that statue OF
t..art Ie placed there; an equestrian
statue o. course. No other could be
thought Of iu connection with that daring
commander OF the cavalry OF the Army OF
lDvN,n Virginia. who was always ready
ir fun or hsht: who was es 50 aclous as
l.. ui. brave. ana who at the head of ms
Command out ON the Brook turnpike re-
oely,i a mortal wound-nOt. however, be-
tte he had checked the enemy and saved
She city.
An UNKrrT TGO.uST.
General stuar, was brought TO Richmond
in au ambulance and lodged in house ON
Grace street near where now stands the
Guce-Strect Presbyterian church.
N.l surgical science been then as much
advanced a. Il Is now there is poslnih-
TIA bare possibility nat an operation
iurut nave been performed that would
ln. saved bis iic The skill Of great sur
e..rs. however, ayailed him nothing, and
l.e4 amentcd by the army and people.
I., Dty Council asked that lac should bc
ll here. They promised TO build a
Iol4meut over him. lie pas buried at
HOLLYWOOD. Tho Council never built any
r.1umeat. Years passed. and General
t.urf'- brother, unwilling tnat the grave
f..gl longer remain unmarked, erected
over bis restine-place noble granite shaft.
Hcamoud viii redeem her promise yet
fli the EroOk-Avonue Island " wlll no
c,4ot he chosen as the most appropriate
DC.
TIE FUTURE.
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