The Washington critic., 1888-07-28
WASHINGTON IN 1888.
The National Capital Possesses Attrac
tions superior TO Any other city
ON Tire Amnricnn Cnntinent.

country.
1t is the most cosmopolitan city in the
country,
It has 100000 population and is rapidly
moving onward.
1t has the bcst.pavcd broad avenues and
streets and the most dilapldated sidewalks
Of any large city in the land.
IL has more magnificent natural suburban
scenery and surroundings than any capital
city on the globe.
1t contains the largest and finest public
buildings In eth world.
II is the most attractive city for resi-
dents, soJournerB and visitors on the con-
tnent.
1t has the most intelligent population in
the aggregate Of any city in the Union.
IT is rapidly becoming the national cen.
trc of science, art and literature, as II is
already the political and social centre OF
the United States.
IL presents the best inducements for in
vestnent in property, as It's prosperity,
growth and grandeur are assured by the
entire nation.
II is npidly becoming residence of
people Of wealth, refinement and culture
from all parts of our country.
IL is one of the healthiest localities in
the country, and when the Potomac fiat
Improvements are completed and the river
Hont put IN proper Orucf, VIII DC the model
sanitary city of the land.
II has broader avenues, larger public
grounds and reservations and more parks,
circles, trangles, open spaces and miles OF
thrifty shade trees in proportion to its area
than any other city IN the world
II has the best iuturerprospoots Of any
city In America.
Ii. short, everything that pertains to the
greatness aud advancement of the Nation
Inn IN, kp
transacted at Washington; and while other
cities have special local avenues of trade,
commerce and general business, the whole
country pays tribute to the progress aud
| prosperity of its National Capital.
The rate of taxation in Washington is
| established by act OF Congress and Is lower
| than in any other city on the continent.
| IL Is fixed at only one dollar aud a-half on
each one hundred dollars of assessed value.
The Congress of the United States APP
prOpriates yearly an AMOUNT equal to the
sum paid in taxes by property-holders for
| local improvements and the administration
| OF the municipal affairs of the District.
In other words, the National Government
pays one-half of the amount annually ex-
pended in conducting the local affairs Of the
Capital City and In promoting its future
progress and development, No other COM
munity In the world has such resources be-
hind II, or is backed bv such an indorser.
system in the world, and contains the most
commodious and conveniently y-arranged
public school buildings.
Its public school system Is so thorough
and well managed that thousands of Gov
ernment officials in Congress and the De
partments send their children to the public
schools Of the District.
II also has large number of the best
private educational institutions in America.
AS the seat of the Government of the
United States ITS prosperity and future
greatness arc assured by the growth and
development Of the nation at large.
The departments, institutions, asylums,
bureaus, museums, commissions, offices and
boards Of the Government now established
here are being constantly increased by the
rapid growth of the nations interests In
the wonderful progress and development of
| the resources Of the Republic.
Its government is entirely national in its
| character, being under the exclusive jurs.
| dlction and control of the Congress Of the
United States as trustee for the people of
| the entire nation
1t is the only neutral district in the
| Union, and belongs alike to the people of
| the whole country regardless of section,
| politics, religion or any of the pecuiarities
| or isms that TO a more or less extent shape
the sentiment of all other localities in the
| country.
Citizens from all sections can assemble
| here without exciting jealousies, as this
| District Is the common heritage OF the sixty
million inhabitants of the Republic.
lis resident population Is among the
foremost III the land in all the attributes
| characteristic of an enlightened Christian
community.
There is more Individuality of opinion
| and less restraint ON the freedom Of per-
sonal action than in any other city.
In Its vast resources OF hotels aud res
taurants, boarding-houses and lodging.
rooms, il can entertain, absorb and com
| iOrtably provide for larger gathering of
| people than any other city three times its
size in America.
| Its broad, smooth thoroughiares present
| the most attractive lines of march for mill
tary or civic professions Of any city on the
! continent.
1t is the headquarters of the Army and
! Navy, and the dOmicile of great many of
| the officers and their families.
| In the winter season II is the great So
| ciety centre Of the country.
| 1t has the most agreeable winter climate
| of any city in The land.
As the capital of a vast nation, cosmo.
| politan life exists here, as In the capitals
| OF the Old World.
| 1t has more churches and places of wor-
ship and larger number of church.goers
in proportion to population than any
other city in the land. ,,.
II has the most orderly and law-ablding
community, with fewer disturbances Of the
public peace of any city Of Its size on
| either continent.
1t is the most attractive city on the
Western Hemisphere for American visitors
and foreign sojourners, as IL combines more
objects OF national end historical interest
| than any other locality. And here can be
seen the noted men of the Republic, includ-
| ing that distinguished and unanimous
statesman Jedge w. Q. WaXem, NJ. c. from
,Wayback, and the representatives from
| foreign courts.
1t contains at times, in the vast popula-
| tion that grayitates here, more profound
statesmen and philosophers, more talent,
cosmopolitan in its variety, more cranks,
geniuses, blackmailers, bummers, strikers,
reiormers, demagogues, humbugs, "jedg-
es" "majahs," ''kurncls," than any place
of its size within the Nations domains.
Its promenades along the avenues and
| streets on q pleasant afternoon present n
charming spectacle of more beautiful
women in their jaunty and attractive at
| tire than any city ON the continent.
! Ii is the paradise for children on roller
skates and young ladies on tricycles.
lis parks and places are ornamented
with stamary in excess of any other city.
1t Is the domicile OF the professional
lobbyist and the experimental ground for
the fresh Congressional reform invcstl-
gator
1t contains upwards of 70, 600 shade trees,
making Washington resemble grand park,
interspersed with the most magnificent
public buildings in the world, handsome
private edihces, monuments, statuary, etc
For twenty-five cents a person can ride
In and about Washington ON the stree Gear
lines to the extent Of nearly thirty miles and
get q view otmost all The prominent objects
and places OF National and historical inter
est which adom the Capital City of the
Nation. No other city in the world fur.
nishes visitors such an exhibition at so
small an expense,
The n0tual beauty of the suburbs sur
rounding Washington excel In magnificent
scenery any other large city on the globe,
The grand panorama of wooded knobs,
grassy plains, commanding hills, abrupt
and slOping valleys, all bordered by the
broad, silyery Potomac, presents land,
scQpe view such as the residents of no