Telegram-herald., 1889-04-30


lac been .irClalIy res lzed ln lhe = ssh
gfc1 n re present. tie oea- q TIE
arttal ta4lg lnstsIEssIs- -.4sly lAssrflli-
Iat4l f1rcs ,Asot ta~ c5lrtry ~ tts
electric telegraph. HlL tasf r--~-f
trains a.l us lc1lforts y l1 dem travel
l.I-tY c1Ml I4irs because rte capital =
.es ni-ier freu tie e-afer ~ lopaLlt4ol.
Madison a-~eses hal i1 till s lllle Il
t.s sf..t of pfelhes. fer t- exp.vssed
t.e .eaet lo4t lh- cenref ol p.}a.af.on
ll4y go sxtel-l ..l fhe i.f.4lc
u nalis,l had Leen .l fortunate rs r.
3 q ~ ue - 4il ~ lles Ee.l. "a 10 died
re ot1eE tav d. ~oali have seen tle
eeatef at Iepa4i.aa 3 good ways 90 tie
ot-.e4 sale ~ li.e ALe4 .-l.s
II a.i.sL have oeea ~ III genuine pleas
IRE tt4r tI salient IS asnlnztou -snio
DIV q 20 Georgetown aul Issued. March
81. 1891 ni, orlsfs T. tAe commissioners
" ho h41 1een chosen q survey ale led
erai clIy MARYLAND cedsd her Part of
tte teu nAes square. according 10 her
agreement Lux tie l21i owners were
uot 60 easily disposed o. There were
oaly three or four Of them. but they
proved ~ te ,ers stubborn and greedy.
L. these days the method II condemna-
ton Il private property for public use
was lot as we'll understood as it now Is.
aud wlen The commissioners got into
troubls with the famous Davy Burns
they asked tie president - como and
help then out Even Washington wac
AZ 6Tst uDaOle 70 DO ANYTHING with
the obstinate Scotchman. who did not
Uant capital at his front door. and
didn't care whether tAe seat Of govern
tnent came 70 tho Potomac or went 10
ths Assinl Sosne Washington wrestled
with him for several days. and it is said
that on one occasion Burns turned on the
father of his country aud said 10 him:
You talk very fine. Mr. Washington.
and probably expect people 10 believe all
you say. bat what would you have been
Ii YOU hadn't married tho Widow Custis:"
few more Interviews with testy
Davy exhausted Washingtons pa
tience, and be finally Informed Davy
Burns that the government want
cal his land and intended getting
it in one way or another Burns there
upon came 10 terms. and transferred his
SIX hundred acres, which he did not like
to see spoiled for good farm 10 make a
poor capital. on the same terms that had
been made with the other owners of the
aitc-the government 10 have one lot
and the original owner one alternately.
Burns stipulated that his cottage must
not be interfercd with in the lay Ing ont
Of the city. and as this condition was
agreed 70 by Washington. Davv Burns
cottage still stands, one OF the historical
curiosities of the capital. Nearly all of
these negotiations were carried on by
Washington in person. Among the
estates thus broken up and merged
in the Federal city. as Washing
ton always called the place. was one
which had come down 10 the heirs of
Francis Pope. who settled hero in 1903
Among the older residents Of tho city
enc often hears a tradition spoken Of
that Pope designed the starting Of
small town on his property, which he
called Rome. and spoke Of himself "a
The Pope Of Rome. The high ground on
which his residence was built he called
Captoline hill. in true Roman fashion.
and it was an odd coincidence that he
Capitoline hill Of this pioneers fancy
should become the Capitol hill Of actual
ify more than century after his death.
Another local tradition is that two other
cities were spread over this ground long
before congress adopted it as a seat Of
government. one being called CAROLS
burg and the other Hamburg. but nei-
rhcr making progress beyond the first
paper surrey.
throughout his eight years in the
presidential chair Washington continued
TO cvince lively interest IN the Federal
city Thenew capitol was named Wash
inxton b} the commissioners without the
presidents klowl4dcc. but with the com
mon consent of congress and people. Il
WIS Washington who employed Maj
F L'Fnfant. tho French genius who planned
the city not for ono century. but for thou
sands 4 years. and who planned wiser
and better thnn ANYBODY i'm his lifetime
was willing 10 give HIM credit for. The
chief men of that day wero provincial.
colonial and narrow il their ideas Of art
and expenditure. They had been reared
FOR the most part IN the practice Of the
strictest private economy. and al
through tie revolution and afterwarl
hid net known what II was 20 MANAGE
the affairs of q government with sur
plus Of millions IN - vaults. Indeed.
tho government had 10 borrow money
from tho state % Maryland to carry on