New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-03-21

O'CLOCK y. III. ne COuITactOI'Ss
apology for this is, that he has
been losing money, having taken.
the work at too low a figure. But
now, since Congress has allowed.
an additional 4, 900 for chs p,lr
pose making the whole sppropria.
ton 40 400, Washing ton may be
suspected to even surpass itself for
neatness and hereafter be immacu
late, as to the streets.
Architects and builders are now
busy preparing for the spring work.
Briks and mortar will soon be IN
l,vlier motion than anything else,
for it IS predicted the extent Of
building will be greater this year
han for many previous seasons. "a
drive through Washington cannot
fail to impress one with the promise
of Washington $ architectural fn-
lure. In almost every block and.
square inferior buildings are being
torn down and replaced by elegant
residences, stately churches, or i'm
posing public edifces. The vacant
lots are being filled in the same
way and these Improvements are.
Of the substantial materials OF iron,
brick, granite, and marble. II
@..ould be tedious to enumnrate the
many handsome structures that are
o be erected during the coming
season. The larger CONNIE REAL CT
les have long been pleased to en-
.phasize the diminutiveness Of Wash
lngton. But the time has long
SINCE passed for yaluing things by
mere size and expansion. Aud a
city 50 extensively planned, with
300. 900 inhabitants, and the many
sded advantages Of the National
capital can easily sustain the taun
Fifty years ago Washington con-
tanned but II, 900 people. Pennsyl.
ynnia avenue was then partly paw
d with cobble stones. The city
comprised patch Of houses around
6i,e Navy Yard, a block Of New
J.rspy Avenue, and anotf er on
LAST Capitol Strickland a few strlg
.llng houses in the ''west end. s
The greater part OF the present city
was then occupied by market gard
ms, brick kllns, ponds and marsh
IS. Young people held plcnics III
he groves around the springs on
X Street and Fifth aud Tenth
streets The Capital was little
freestone building with a wooden
lone, outside Of which q " ,odrn
taircase ran to the top. Clay,
Calhoun, and Webster were invok-
i,g the Goddess Of liberty In the
Id senate (now the Supreme Cour.
.Chamber), and slave auctioneer
was selling women and children to
the highest bidder at the slave pen
On Eighth and B. Streets, south
west. Dingy oil lamps were the
only illumination for the muddy
trpets, and palace cars, telegraph
poles, daily newspapers, telephone
;tations, and electric lights existed
My in the dreams Of cranks.
Nothing Of those days IS recognnz s
5,le here now, except the old col,
INNS Of the Treasury east portico.
When the little struggling village
If halt a century ago IS compared
with the beautiful brilliant Capital
Of to-day, the future possibilities Of
Washington can be partially rea-
i,zed. Wealthy people from every
quarter Of the United States have
chosen Washington for their winter
resort, and should not neglect to
mention that EX-SENATOR Tabor Of
Colorado has signiied his Intention
OF spending his winters here in the
future. he proposes to build
,alare in the fashionable quarter
regardless Of cost, and will contrib
ute to the cosmopolitan character
Of the city by ,ranspIanting his
frontier manners to Washington
,o,1 /.