Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-04-25

andrla was more contracted than at nrsser,
all hsr business irdcstrea we're in operates
and her people found employment, e. o,.
thing or another. Toward the close If ,h,.
year, however, when the war cloud be,s,,o
gather, money, that sensitive baromet., :.
coming events, began TO grow scarce. ara :,
the eally part OF 1861 sp=ce had sboot Il,
appeared. This was followed By pe,ildot
depression, which brought tGa CITY 10 : row
plste stsndsiiil, asd had il nesn OF ,oro
duration would have sTomp=d eler.ihtnn'
Busioess seemed to shut d,wn ut on,e
painful uncertainty took possession OF ever,
one, while The shipping melled sw.v n
nothing Alsxsndria YVES at tba; .i.ls tsa
By The confederate troops sud an eu,bs,co
was laid upon both sail ana a;esm aaa.s tho
guns CT Inc Pawpee 10 the mssnt'm4 ps.,i,c
from her portfolios upon the city. A!,p- Tho
capture of the city by The federal troeo.
decided impetus was given to trade, the BORT
was opened and in few months the civ
was o1ercrcwded. Reuta ross to tl.ee Iimts
as much as they were year previous. s,a
modest dwellings which shctt Tine b ia
could be obtained FOR elk aud e!gh. dolfarss
Month were soon bringing twenty live and
tlirty. Every store irom King street dock
to Eoofi's run found liberal teuanl, sb,I1
1, numerous iLs abcss two Grue, conduo.,p,
different bus!ness occupied ono stole. e,eo
taking q separate window. King street WAS
soon found too limited for thia extracrdigarv
boom, and Prince, Dake, Royal aad msnS
other thoroughfares btcsme celes OF busy
life. At that time clothing stores existed an
upper Duke street. Tits tT' mepdous stin.
ulus, however, Was short lived. TIE growth
had been abnormal, not healthy, and v ~ des.
tined, like Aladdin's palace, &c vsnish slmost
ae quickly SO it came. Finally, tickle For.
tune, after toying with Alexsndria COR four
short years, left for other regions, aud ut The
close Of the year 1865 we found ourselves
| about where we were in 1860. thou2h there
| were several hundred more houses In the
city In the shape of cheap ard temporary
/ frame structures, scms of them in he early
| stages of decay, and several Thousand
additional population in TIE shape OF meur.
mitted negroes. The boom had Gems and
gore, and Demonstrated 10 every oru's sal.
isfsctioa that sud eu Il fax end irsaots.
Z UCOuS tUTIIt 6tf hDtt u. lSiyt.
and that the tffeclual bniidiug up Of CIV
is not matter OF few mon,rs. hun Of
patient tolios sLd ltgi!iG.ale busi. ess en-
terprise. Tee tuboe ta1 resn Grt-6dtG
end hurst, and no:b.ug renamed icr
our people but to vie in repslrlng the
breaches and beginning The bu! Din . otthe
city anew, hut On more besithy auG QUA.
Gle foundation.
During the four yesra' wSE thc city's a.
fairs had heen conducted moa;ly hy ,hCse
v hose pre- elections were toward he federal
government, end by ecme not o the msnuer
born, spd no Efforts y bgisVer bad bier made
toward improving tie Hueiic prOps:sS OF The
city. Upon the ssiu-n Ct cur own people @
power The ci.y's lfAiis were placed in susre
aud the work OF gTt dleily reea.c tltirg AL
e1andria set III.
AS has been stated, he activity which
ragged during The War, when this place was
the base Of supplies for the Amy Of the Po-
tomao, made the dsmaLd for houses sud
stores pressing, but msuy Of both clasees
we're temporary epd f,all, improviaeG for he
emergency G! The times. Ttere were
frame j.wery ard clothing e,oree, AID,
strange as IL mey eeem, frame
theatre building on KiDg street, while the
number Of sheoiy reslau ants. esting houses,
Ice cream and eods water boCtnes was le-
gion. Houses, such az they were. had
sprupg up as quickly as in California during
the gold fever, and lie them ware destined
to demolition when conservative busines5
demanded more durable and imposiDg
structures
In The years which followed eli these tem-
polary buildings vanished before brick and
mortar, and from he foot OF King street one
by one of these var memen gave place
10 brick structures, come oflerGe prsiensious.
The custom house OF Inc day IL of our ia hers
Gas among the first of the o;d-iime build
ines 10 suffer from ihIs epri: Of icouociasm
That wss soon rfz.d 70 The ground sui the
Corn Exchange building appeared in ils
stead. The beard structure used for iEee.
rical purposes having been destroyed By
Ere, Sarepta Hall GROSS from the ruins, sDd
In few short years nearly every uneiRhtIy
gap on our main tho-oughfare ges filed
with fDe buildings. The ground upon which
our modern Ooers House s,ends wss few
years ago occupied by an old fE0mo build
ing, as was eiso ihs southwest corr or Of
King and Washington Streets where the
McBurDey building new cVerrhsd0ws ita
sller Deighbors.
Upto 1871, cur Market tui ding wls of
the colonial pattern, much cut OF repair and
unsighily, though halio~ed by many hlstor-
ical associations. a 6ie in My o. ha year
cleared the space far the ma9n i;ent Cry
Hall with it's stespe and Illuminated clock
OF to-day. ss well hS for The Masonic Temple
Ia the came sq1are the tor ls,ger aud
more imposing than can be iouBd Ia maDy
cities much larger than AlexsHdria.
Besides, during the past t~o d.Cadea
nearly every church in Alexandra has hetn
completely rebuilt, s'rests have been opentd
and graded and row after row Of htu,es
erected.
Ga north s.. Aaspb street, houeh The
spindies of the cotton factory e'srd su one
of the la gast ard most prosperous bte@erles
In the country has been ESTABLISHED, aud
througho u; the land he name OF the Alex
andrs brewery is familiar, Whlio cur sboe
factory, Though but a year old, ba, made
Itself Wel!-kno0n outside Of lie o9o city,
In feet, the city has gained by al it7 cieng-