Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-10-21
on THE PLAN OF WASHINGTON.

on THE PLAN OF WASHINGTON.
The excursion party caught its first glimpse
of Detroit from the steam yachts proffered for
their use. Two hours of delightful steaming
took the crowd almost to Lake St. Clair and
back to the furthest limit of the city's water
front. wonder if there are a score of people
In washington who know that Detroit was built
on substantially the same plan as the capital of
the nation? IL the city were not quite so fat
Its resemblance would be quite striking; as it
is, birds-eye-view reveals multitude Of SIM
liarlties, Although the busting Michigan city
is at least a century older than Washington il
is nevertheless close reproduction. It hap
pened in this wise: In 1904 there resided in the
city of Washington q brilliant lawyer and q
decidedly cratic man. whose godfathers and
forefathers had given him the name Of Angus
tus b. Woodward. He was an intimate friend
OF President Jefferson. and when the spoiis of
office were being handed around he was APP
pointed supreme justice of the territory of
Michigan, then barely established In the
same year the entire city of Detroit was wiped
out by lire, and, as the governor and judges
formed board which controlled the affairs of
the city and the territory, Woodward had a
good deal to say In planning the reconstruction
of the city.
Detroiters jeered at him and said that Detroit
was planned after Washington, Washington
after Versailles and Versailles after cobweb. "
Where the city hall now stands was located the
imaginary heart of the city, then denominated
Campus Martius, and to this, which is within
the grand clrcus-a complete circle-all streets
and avenues tended The principal streets
we're made two hundred feet WIDE, and boule-
ward to encircle the whole city 100 feet wider;
this latter Is still incomplete. President Mon
roe received SO many complaints of obnoxious
conduct that In 1924 he incontineutly fred Mr.
Woodward from the bench. Hewas subsequently,
appointed supreme Judge of Florida, where a
couple OF years later he died of yellow fever,
but one Of Detroit's finest avenues perpetuates
his memory.
on SENATOR MMILLAN's YACHT.
The delegates who sailed this morning were
all on Senator McMillan's yacht and several OF
them-notably Senior Guzmau OF Nicaragua
entered heartily into a discussion on the prob
abilities of Canada soon becoming portion o.
the United States. Senior Guzman said he was
convinced that such union must soon take
place. Senator Stockbridge was quite emphatic
on the subject of annexation. "The French.
Canadians OF Quebec and of that part OF the
DOMINION, said he, ''are bitterly opposed to
anything like annexation; they are opposed to
anything that looks like progress. In Ontario
there Is totally different feeling and at Ottawa
positive friendliness has been developed. The
English-speaking people are ripe for the mar
riage and am convinced that il cannot be much
longer delayed"
SENATOR srocxBRIDGE's REcoLLEcrroNs
Mr.. Stockbridge was in a chatty mood thii
morning and told q numbes OF "reminiscences
I'm not an old man." said he to me while the
| little feet was sailing smoothly up the river
''but was passenger on the first passenger
coach that was pulled out Of Chicago THAI
vas in June, IS49, and when see around me
these evidences of the power of railroads ano
look at the beautiful train You occupy do moi
| find it difficult to imagine that I am dreaming
The hrst passenger coach ran from Chicago e
Joliet and the journey was undertaken with
| fear and trembling by my sister, who had been
invited TO be one of the small party of venture.
some excursionists. Transportation in this