New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-09-22

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tional museum and the MEDIEVAL old
brown-stone castle ofthe Smithsonian
institution Beyond the Smithso-.
MAN is the agricultural department..
and further over IN another big reser-
walton is the Washington monument,
which, with the almost wash
ing its foot, and some pretty lakes ~
ing In it's shadow, stands on one side
OF the many acres OF lawn and trees.
which extend up to the White House,
and the big granite building Of the
state, war and navy departments
beyond. This long mile and more Of
park is a perfect forest, with paths.
as romantic as you will find any
where, with little pools of water in
cosy hooks here and there, and with
now and then q flower bed. Seats for
resting are everywhere, AND children
with their nurses in white caps, lovers
and their sweethearts, gentlemen Of
leisure with natty canes, and in fact
all classes may be seen wandering OF a
Sunday and at certain hours of the
day during the week, enjoying this for
est shade in the midst OF the city.
Every one knows how the big White
House looks, and not a few will re-
member that it's building covers a
third OF an acre OF ground. But the
lawns about it are seldom described,
and it will be a surprise to know that
it has eighty acres of lawn and trees,
and that the lawn is hill and hollow
at the back, and that old trees shade
the walks that lead up to it at the
front. A great fountain dashes spray
into the air in the lawn facing it's por-
tico, and behind it another fountain,
larger still, continually sends a show
er of diamonds into the sunlight.
Just across the street from the White
House grounds is Lafayette square, a
park OF seven acres, in which there
are many tropical trees, as we'll as
old oaks and elms. In the centre the
bronze statue OF Andrew Jackson
stands upon his horses heels, and the
houses facing the park are mostly
old and full OF history. Don. Cam
eron now lives in the old Taylo man
sion, and the millionaire Corcoran oc-
cupies the big house which some Bos-
ton capitalists presented to Daniel
Webster when he was secretary of
state. On another side of the park
is the house where Decatur died,
now owned by John Nc Leans father.
in-law, Gen. Beale, and a little further
down is the houseln which Blaine was
living when he began to write his po-
lital book which has paid so we'll.
The Sickles mansion further on is
now owned by Washington Nc Lean,
and on another side of the park
is Charles Summers old house and
the new mansion in which COL John
Hay lives.
Standing on the corner OF Lafayette
park one could almost throw stone
into Farragut square, and by turning
his body it would be easier still to
strike the reservation in which the
statue OF Gen. Mcpherson stands on
horseback among the trees. A mile
beyond the capitol lies Lincoln square,
with its statue of Emancipation. It
contains six acres, and not far off
from it is Stanton place of three acres
and Green square of like size.
The circles of the capital are reserva-
tions made by the intersection Of
the important avenues. They general
ly consist OF a round mound OF green
OF the size Of an acre, more or less,
and in the centre of many of them
stand the statues OF noted generals in
bronze. Scott circle has a statue of
Gen. Scott cast from cannon which
the general took in Mexico, and
Thomas circle has an eques-
TRAN statue OF Gen. Thomas which
cost, all told, $4,000. In Iowa circle
there is fine place for a statue
Of Gen. Grant just opposite the
house in which he lived, and in
Dupont circle, with his back facing the
castle of the Chinese legation, and up
on granite PEDESTAL, stands bronze
figure OF Admiral Dupont. And so it
is all over the city. Statues and trees
and beautiful houses, wide lawns and
good breathing spaces. The parks of
a city have been called it's lungs. and
if so Washington is less in danger of
consumption than any other city in
the world.
We can accommodate a great pop
ulation here in the smallest space,
and the city is so arranged that it can
never be crowded. There is tenden-
cy now, however, among the citizens to
desire more room to build upon, and
they are fast moving out into the
suburbs. There are half dozen bills
now before congress for extending the
limits OF the city, and I doubt not ten
years from now much of what is farm
lands and garden spots will be covered
with beautiful houses, and will be a
part of the Washington city OF the
near future.
The main business street OF the CAPT.
tai is Pennsylvania avenue, which be-
gins at Georgetown and extends out
beyond the capitol to the east branch
OF the Potomac beyond the navy
yard. It passes the White House
after leaving Washington circle, and
then switches down around the treas
ury and for mile until it reaches the
capitol grounds, when it winds around
them and on by the capitol out to the
river. 1t is about four and one-half
miles long, and its width inits business
portion is one hundred and sixty feet,
or as wide as two average city streets