, 1873-03-25
WASHINGTON.
What Has Been Spent Upon
the National Capital.
Government Gives It Three Millions
1T Exponds Ten Millions,
The Building Of tho City---NoW
and Then---A Retrospect.

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T. .eLor nh ~ ,,,o nn;i, ~ t1o ortiafs of tho
1o,,hr r., t,ro voora from thn nariod. thoro will
81, oo,o..,, stot,,ca In flo atreota nf thjs city
.--avo NJ than, eouoetrIan Washington. Jack-
eo,, scntt Grnnt TLomas, md rarrau,,t, bo-
aiaoa ' % ont.of-door atotuoa Of Ltncoln. Scott.
md woa1,noton. Tl,c old f,itv Tall hes nassod
,-ho,lv {,t, fho noaaoaaion of tba T1nitoa Htatoa
,,t, ts;+,, +ho ,,rncooaa md r. divcraion of c,tv
Ft,r1u E0fa1 HH Villa will In CrHntni In
+so,t of +,,o .,root +,orv ,,ro,.honac ,-1ic 1,as
.,,t1or;,oa md t1,o hr,,dno.norm,ts ,nn1ied for
~. a.anto5 a,n,r ~ o~tr.ord;rorv livery odvonco IN
~ s,,a,, - .a,,a,s ,a ~ ,,i,,, o,,.ra,.
CONSTRUCTION, mucu y! "lAcn 10 u VIZ" cuaa"c.
tor in tho suburbs In nlay, tho whole limo or
tho Baltimore & Potomac 11oad will DO opened,
m.,.,.,o.a :. o1,,a A,,7 t5,o nT,r;o;no1 aovorn.
oa''!n.oio " onio LIN aao aan ano .l"nolp' .s,t
mont mas spent Soooo'ooo III "Dou' osn'con
months, according to its OWN report, anu its op-
tho f,ll valuation Of proportv,
'oo 4o1' '"''"''oA W p.or''
rolSIs'
Tho enormous aquetl1ct Which runs eighteen
bridrea Ia ri laat com,> .ctef and connected with
~ e., a. = +o+o1 cast - ohout AZ ann mn
1no e,1y' ~ .o'al 'oss " 1' augu. ovou'
t1Vo nrlagos OF INC most ousab1o eharae9ef'
probably good for tho next quarto, OF oentusy'
,ncn of ,vator-na;, nro ,,o,v in ,,so in this Dis.
49,. s.",''ss[ w I.s.. .atsoa -.
.1ic'' o, "nlon e"elEo 1o'aoS h"'e poon @ taaea u
toworoa TO the now sFaaea ana o9o iiro.plags'
tuins carry or tho 81, COO 600 gallons used every
t1rontv.fo,,r ,o,ra IN tl,is ranit,, vb;o, ia hit
y" noo nm ,a noa - ~ ~. s." r".. a. w.,
2o'oov'ooo leas tnan all i@fie go1a from lib gov
ernmont.
The nmount Of paving done in the past six-
tson months In nimost incrcilibls In view of the
s,r,,or .7,,r ,.,a o,,,.o,rot;ro rrorroou ~ ,,,n
80. 49,. ~" "uu .on s:,a sas
city N'noty-threo mlos OF bflck and concrete
sidewalks, and 115 milos Of con creto, wood,
nd-block, gravelcd, cobbcstono, Alacadam, o.
Belgian block atreet have been laid. Add
to this eoSonty miloB of tlo-sowor, and
eight nailcs Of brick main sewerage through
Which buggy eau be driven with caso and tue
oblltcration OF tho old Tiber Crock mud Canal BY
ono Of tho largest sewers IN tho world In dl.
nmotcr from 20 to SO foot, and you will see that
old Washington Is no moro. The Landmarks
have perlshed from tho eye. And the names OF
tho stFoots arc nlao to be chnngod,- those run.
ming from north to Routh to 6e numbered ~ IRON
First TO 6ixtloth, 1nsteaa O. fHHt stroeb mest
becond street Eaat, etc.; nno tn9so funhI8 1lon y
9ss to Test ao 70 20 GsGr
ton, Clay, Douglas, etc., on ono Hsde, anu Ander
son, cambridge, CAauhcey, Decatur, otc', on LII
other.
Tho Board OF Public WORKS claim tnat'
botwoen 1802~'72, tho Federal Govern
Of the Capital whllo ~ tho @ municipality Spent
upon tho same sl3 VI s1S3 adding deoree
toMna oSRcnqtnro, S2,uoo,ovo moI9; ,,,,s.
before the DrtlsA b1rnea tne pnollo p9iltnngH i41
md up to 1880, tho Government spone 92,ol4,oo
on tug pubic oaliceb. In uo. !.
at thus Pcint It may not ue q OH! matter e
recount tho early Trials OF tho s1<o ahd 1T
NAl1lo42s
nu114p1.;d THE c1FY-l79o-l06o.
Tho American Capital ID tho only seat OF GOV
ornncnt Of tirst-clasB power which was
thought and performance OF tho Government 1t
self. It uEcd to bo ca!loa, IL tho Madisonia1
ora, "thc only virgin Capital in tho world"
st. Petersburg was the thought OF an LIN
perar, but tho Capital OF Hl1sB1a long hltefWaft
remained nt Moscow. and potor tho Great SAX
TINT ho designed st. Petersburg to bo only ~
window looking out into Europe"
Washington City WAS designed to be not moro
IL window, but q whole inlabitaney III 70,
simple for tho deliberations OF Congress, ant
they were to exercise exclusive Legislation ove
It, SO the Constitutional Convention ordained
and in less than Hoyen weoke aftor tho thissoont'
Capital vas designated by Congress- to be tn
potomac Rivor In six months moro, the Pre-
cieo territory on tho Potomac was defined, undo
the personal oyo Of Washington.
THE MOTIVE OF BUILDING --.
an entirely new city for the Federal seat vas no m
arbitrary, i'ho Fotor tue GREATS wall VIII "
Petorabnrg, nor fancifui, like that OF tho foun
der Of Versailles. 1t vas, like many Of our III
stitutions, III act Of reflection suggested BY que
harsh experience aa oneo droye the Papal Lien
from Rome to Aylgnon. anu, IN our az, ha
withdrawn tho Eronch uovor1imoht from tafl
to Versailles; -Four yoara Ge1ore tho Cons1itt u,
tion WIS mado, Congress-, while sitting at Phll
adolphla,-tho largest city IN tue btatoa, a,-ha
been grossly lnsultod by some OF tlo unpal
trnnuH nf the Revolutionary Wnr. and tho Penn