The Washington critic., 1890-02-24
WASHINGTON IN 1900.

II has 100000 population aud is rapidly
moving onward.
It has the best-poved broad avenues ,nd
streets and the most diapidatcd sidewalks
OF any large city in the land.
II has more magnificent natural suburban
scenery and surroundings than any capital
city ON the globe.
II contains the largest ana finest public
buildings in The world
It is the most attractive city for resi-
dents, sOiOurncrs and visitors on thc,cou-
tncnt
1t has the most Intelligent population in
the aggregate Of any city in the Union.
II Is rapidly becoming the national centre
of science, art and literature, as It Is
already the political and social centre Of the
United states.
1t Is one of the hcalthiest localities inthe
country, and. when the Potomac Hat I'M
provements are completed and the river
front put in proper order, will be the best
sanitary city Of the land.
II presents the best inducements for In
vestment in property, as its prosperity,
growth and grandeur are assured by the
entire nation.
1t Is rapidly becoming n residence of
people of wealth, refinement and culture
from all parts of our country.
1t has broader avenues, larger public
grounds and reservations and more parks,
thrifty shade trees in proportion to It's area
than any other city in the world.
1t has the best future prospects Of any
city in America.
In short, everything that pertains TO the
greatness and advancement of the Nation
increases the Government business to be
transacted at Washington, aud while other
cities have special local avenues of trade,
commerce and general business, the whole
country pays tribute to the progress and
prosperity of its National Capital.
The rate of taxation in Washington is
established by act of Congress and is lower
than m any other city on the continent. 1t
is fixed at only one dollar and and a-half on
each one hundred dollars of assessed value
The Congress of the United States appro-
PIRATES yearly an amount equal to the sum
paid in taxes by property-holders for local
improvements and the administration of
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 III promoting its future
progress and development. No other com
mulity in the world has such resources be-
hind it, or is backed by such an indorser.
Washington has the best public school
system in the world, and contains the most
commodious and conveniently arranged
public school buildings.
Vate educational institutions in America.
As the scat of the Government of the
United States its prosperity: and future
greatness are assured by the growth and de-
velopment 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 tho
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 iuris-
diction 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. poll
tics, religion or any of the peculiarities or
isms that to u more or less extent shape the
sentiment Of all other localities in the coun-
try
1t is the favorite place in the United
States for holding conventions, anniversa-
ries and public gatherings of the various
societies and organizations existing through
out the country
1t is the domicile of the professional
lobbyist and the experimental ground for
the fresh Congressional reform inyestiga-
tor.
Citizens from all sections can assemble
here without exciting jealousies, rs this Dis
trict is the common heritage of the G0,000,-
600 inhabitants of the Republic.
Its resident population is among the fore
most in the land in all the attributes char
acteristic Of an enlightened Christian com
mmity
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 and rcstall-
rants, boarding-houses and lodging-rooms,
it can entertain, absorb and comfortably
provide for larger gathering of people
than any other city three times its sizei II
America.
Its broad, smooth thoroughfarcs present
the most attractive lines of march for mill
tary or civic professions of any city on the
continent.
1t has the largest and best supply of
stylish carriages, cabs, hansoms, herdics,
phetons, etc, with polite drivers, always in
readiness, and at lower rates Of fare than in
any other city in America.
1t is the headquarters Of the Army aud
Navy, and the dOmicile OF a great many
of the officers and their families.
In the wint er season it is the great society
centre of the country.
II has the most agreeable winter climate
of amy city in the land.
1t has more churches and places of
worship and larger number of church
goerS in proportion to population than any
other city in the land.
1t has the most orderly and law-abding
community, with fewer disturbances of the
public peace of any city of its size on either
continent
II is the paradise for children on roller
skates and young ladies on bicycles.
Its parks and places are Ornamented with
statuary in excess of any other city.
il contains upwards of 10000 shade trees
making Washington resemble q grand park
interspersed with the most magnificent pub
lie buildings in the world, handsome private
editices, monuments, statuary, etc.
As the capital of vast nation, cosmopOl-
itan life exists here, as in the capitals of'the
Old World.
I'll is the most attractive city on the
Western Hemisphere for American visitors
and foreign sojOumcrs, rs it combines
more objects of national and historical in
terest than any other locality. And here
can be seen the noted men of the Republic
ana the representatives from foreign courts.
1t is the bower of paradise for bridal
couples from all parts of the country en-
loying their honeymoon, and the coming
race will he impressed by its beauty, extent
and grandeur with proper conception of
the magnitude and resources of the vast
Republic.
lut natural bc0ulN 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 hordered by the
broad, silNery Potomac, presents a land
scapc view such as the residents Of no other
locality in this country enjoy
with the reclamation OF the Potomac
nats-now in rapid progrcss-ovcr 700 acres
of land will he added to the mall now eN-
tending from the Capitol to the Washing
ton Monument, making over 1000 acres in