The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-04-25
Correspondence Baltimore County Union.
LETTER FROM SPARROW'S POINT.
spInRow,s poIrr. Md. April 2lst. laOs

SpARRow's POINT, Nd, April 2lst, 1903.
Messys. Editors II am sojourning for short
time on the banks of the Patapsco. lovely
view presents itself as the white winged craft
sail up and down upon It's blue waters. Many
LARGER vessels carry their burdens to foreign
ports. This great manufacturing town has
sprung up as by magic. Sixteen years ago it
was great cabbage patch, owned by Mr.William
transported the products of his farm by boat to
Baltimore and elsewhere. He has retired to
farm near here on which ne pullt chapel for
his membership at the NJ e. Church at this place,
Rev. W. G. Babcock, pastor.
The Maryland Steel Company, OF which Mr..
Frederick Wood is president and Mr.. X. X. Wood,
manager, owns everything of every description.
The latter resides here. There are 1ve churches
within two squares of each other The company
owns the ground upon which they are built,
each congregation having erected It's own church
and paying annually small rental for the
ground. The churches are nicely finished with
Stained glass windows, electric lights, heat. &c.
The streets are laid on at right angles, as wash
ington city, by letters and numbers. The resi-
dences are large and comfortable, with lawns,
shade trees and shrubbery. railroad encircles
a portion of the town and electric cars will be
running here in few days.
Holly Grove, long favOrite resort for excur-
sionists, lies along the Patapsco. Fishing, crab
bing bathing. boating, swinging are some of the
sources of pleasure to the great crowds who
The great steel company employs 5000 men in
its various departments. The largest steel YES
sells are built here for the government. Twoare
completion They receive the finest ore from
Cuba and turn out the best seel rails in the coun
try. They are erecting houses yearly for the
accommodation of their employees, yet from
1.500 to 1000 men go back and forth to Baltimore
daily. Twenty-seven artesian wells Of pure
filtered water supplies the town of 5000 inhabi-
tants. The company keeps herd of 20 COWS and
sends their milk and cream to the residents daily
They keep 81 horses for use in the carts and de-
livery wagons: No one but their agents are al
lowed to deal in anything. the company owning
everything, even to the lash barrels at their
back doors. The company employs physician
at regular salary to minister to the residents
in sickness, They have bank, drug store. labo-
ratory. club house, schools, lodges. electric
lights on the streets and really seem up to date
in everything. Best of all there are no saloons.
This is considered very healthy town. very
few being sick here owing, no doubt, to the river
water being salty and to the perfect sanitary
regulations, having an underground sewerage.
The volunteer fire company of this place Is
organizing band and expects to furnish the
public with music by the 1st of May.
The cornerstone of the new public school
building was laid on April 10Th, an account of
which was published in The UNION las week.
One interesting fact connected with it vas that
it was the fifteenth anniversary of the opening
of the first public school at this place
OCCASIONAL.