Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-10-08
VIs1rons. WELCOME.

OUR CITY EXTENDS A HEARTY WARM WEI
CONE TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU, AND
EARNESTLY HOPES THAT YOU WILL ENJOY
EVERY MINUTE OF YOUR STAY AND TAKE
AWAY WITH YOU MANY PLEASANT MEMBERS
OF THIS GATHERING. I SAY OUR CITY,
MORE CORRECTLY OUR CITIZENSHIP CITY
OF WASHINGTON Is YOUR CITY: DO YOU RE-
ALLIE THIS FAcT' YOU HAVE A VOICE IN ITS
GOVERNMENTAL PRIVILEGE ITS OWN crTI.
zENs DO NOT ENJOY. YOU PAY PART OF ITS
TAXEs-A PRIVILEGE ~ wasHINoToNIASs DO
NOT WISH TO DEPRIvE.YoU OF IN FACT.
WASHINGTON Is THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
WITH GREAT BIG n. AFTER YOU HAVE
SEEN THE WHOLE CITY AND ITS MANY BEAU
TIFUL BUILDINGS. ITS MAGNIFICENT AVE
NUEs AND NUMEROUS PLACES OF INTEREST
YOUR HEART WILL GLOW WITH PRIDE AND
YOU WILL EXCLAIM. MAGNIFICENT CITY,
WELL WORTHY OF THE NAME OF CAPITAL OF
THIS GRAND NATION"
WHILE HERE. BEAR IN MIND THAT YOUR
CAPITAL CITY Is THE PROPER PLACE TO HOLD
THE GRAND CELEBRATION OF THE ANNIvER-
sARY OF THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA; LOOK
OVER THE GROUND AND SEE IF EVERYTHING
LOCATION, SITES FOR BUILDINGS. ALREADY
ESTABLISHED MUSEUMS. ACCOMMODATIONS
FOR ANY NUMBER OF VISITORS. kc.-Do NOT
COMMEND THEMSELVES TO YOUR GOOD JUDO
MENT. THESE POINTS SETTLED. THE LocA-
TIoN OF THE WORLDS FAIR is SETTLED, AS
THERE CAN BE NO QUESTION AS TO THE PRO
PaETY OF SELECTING THE CAPITAL OF THE
CHIEF AMERICAN NATION AS THE PROPER
PLACE. NOR CAN THERE BE ANY DOUBT OF THE
PROPERTY AND DUTY OF THE NATIONAL Gov
ERNMENTPAYINaT THE EXPENSES.
AS YOU KNOW. OTHER CITIES ARE OFFER
ING GREAT INDUCEMENTS TO CONGRESS IN
THE SHAPE OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AS A
BID FOR THEIR OWN CITY TO BE THE ONE
SELECTED. MAKE UP YOUR MIND NOW. AND
WHEN YOU GO HOME SPEAK YOUR MIND TO
YOUR CONGRESSMAN AND WASHINGTON WILL.
BE NAMED AS THE CITY. AND WHEN YOU RE-
TURN IN 1892 TO VISIT THE FAIR You WILL
BE MORE PROUD THAN EVER OF YOUR CAPT.
TAI. SUCH A BODY OF REPRESENTATIVE
CITIZENS. SPEAKING AS INDIVIDUALS EVEN.
WILL UNDOUBTEDLY HAVE GREAT WEIGHT
WITH CONGRESS- THEN. FELLow-CITIzENs,
SPEAK. AND USE YOUR INFLUENCE IN BEHALF
OF YOUR CITY OF WASHINGTON.
HAVE YOU NOTICED THE MANY NEW AND
HANDSOME BUSINESS HOUSES RECENTLY
ERECTED HAVE YOU SEEN AND ADMIRED
THE MAGNIFIcENT PALATIAL MANSIONS BEING
BUILT IN THE FASHIONABLE cENTERs, HAVE
YOU LOOKED OVER THE FIELD OF ADDITIONS
TO THE CITY. THE BEAUTIFUL SUBURBS, REP
REsENTING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
DOLLARS INVESTED IN GRADING AND lay
ING OF sTREETs-DoLLARS CONTRIBUTED BY
sHREwD, FAR-sEEING BUSINESS MEN FROM
DIFFERENT SECTIONS OF THE COUNTRY
DOLLARS THAT HAVE MORE THAN DOUBLED
THEMSELVES IN FEW SHORT YEARS. CAN
YOU FAIL TO RECOGNIZE SELF EVIDENT
FACT' WASHINGTON CITY is RAPIDLY BE-
COMING THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CITY IN THE
woRLD-THAT ITS FUTURE is BRILLIANT.
CAN YOU FAIL TO SEE THE ADVANTAGE
OF INVESTING NOW IN WASHINGTON REAL
EsTATE' PRICES ARE NOT HIGH-THEY ARE
ABsURDLY Low AS COMPARED WITH PRICES
IN OTHER CITIES OF SAME SIZE AND PROS
Poets.
WHOLE SQUARES OF GROUND LYING WITHIN
10 TO Is SQUARES OF THE CAPITOL BUILDING
CAN BE PURCHASED NOW FOR THE PRICE OF
SINGLE LOT IN OTHER CITIES.
CONSERVATIVE, FAR-sEEINa BUSINESS MEN
WILL READILY RECOGNIZE THE oHEApNEss
OF THIS GROUND. AND IF WISE BUY A SQUARE
OR TWO JUST AS SOUVENIR OF THE TRIEN-
NAL CoNCLAvE. MY OFFICE Is AoKNowL-
EDGED HEADQUARTERS FOR CHEAP GROUND.
OR DESIRABLE INVESTMENTS IN IMPROVED
PROPERTIES. WILL BE PLEASED TO GIVE
INQUIRERs ALL THE INFORMATION I CAN,
AND EVERY ONE Is CORDIALLY INVITED TO
CALL AT MY OFFICE. NO Ills ST. NV. A
LIST OF CHOICE PROPERTIES CAN BE HAD on
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