Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-16

The railroad is not content to throttle South
Washington with its no-thoroughfare belt OF
rurfsco tracks. 20 retard its residence and
business growth. and to kill and mangle its
citizens ut grade crossings In order that this
section may DO absolutely surrendered to its
uses. il causes its mouthpieces to slander on +
rageously the people whom il has injured. The
least opprobrious epithets which it distributes
upon those who protest against being uplawfully
killed or damaged by il are ''cranks," lob
structionists." "strikers." real estate
speculasors'' and .blackmaiiers" The eli
max Of this policy Of SANDER was capped
in the House Monday, by the railroads mouth
piece. Mr.. Mudd, who proved himself an eager
and very enthusiastic vilifer. He referred to
the section OF the city in the vicinity OF the
tracks and between them and the river as .'em-
braced IN the territory usually designated as
Murder Bay or Hells Bottom, a section OF the
city nearly all OF which is an abode Of filth and
crime and unhealthfulness to such an exte Mt
that the city at large would be better off il every
foot Of IL was girded with railroad track.
It would be hard to crowd more dense ignOr-
ancs and reckless disregard of truth into an
equal number OF lines. Murder Bay and Helrs
Bottom are both in the northwest section OF
the city. IL these names should ever be given
to the land about the tracks 1t will DO because
the railroad, Congress consenting. there MUIR
ders people at Its grade crossings, and makes
n hell Of tho life Of residents. The muir
ders Of South Washington are committed
mainly by the road, and the section does not
resemble the internal regions except in the
noises and smells Of the railroads making
The records cited in communication,
published elsewhere, show the falsty OF
the charges both as to crime and
as to unheslthfulness. The railroad belt &C.
cupiss and spoils two magnificent avenues, and
comparatively high ground, on level with the
general post Office department building, much
higher than Pennsylvania avenue. Washing
ton lies in hollow aud no part Of it is high
Ths reclaimed .slashes" of the fashionable
northwest will not reproach Maryland avenue
as low and nialarial. South Washington is not,
as Mr.. Mudd intimates, an aggregation Of dis
reputable houses. but section of reputable
homes. If many Of them are less
preteptious than the palaces Of railroad
nabobs, they are none the less dear to the
owners and none the less worthy of protection.
A section cursed by railroad which pays no
attention TO the law and threatened with alb
sorption by this encroaching corporation is not
residences. But in the history Of Washington
the people Of this section, largely made up OF
persons born and reared at the capital, have
been y respected and influential element in the
city's population. Wholesale SANDER Of the
section may well be resented by such families
as the Johnsons, Stevensons, Hennings,
Rileys, Churches. Lloyds, Magees, Holmeads,
Mudds, Cassells. Thomases, wimsatts, Davises,
Birds, Hendleys, HAIRLESS, Gordons, Grahams,
Croggons, Huttons, Pages Carrots. McDevitts,
Hepburns, Aliens. Bankers, Morgans. Brooks, |
Mattinglies, Thompsons. Bells, Martins, Clarks,
Goldens. Walkers and host of Others who
have been identified with South Washington,
including some of the best known aud most
respected business men.
No, Mr.. Mudd. South Washington does not
need Tor its moral or physical publication to
DC gridironed with railroad tracks. All public
spirited citizens OF the capital sympathize with
the people whose lives are illegally threatened
and whose property is illegally damaged by
the railroad, aud all will resent this outrageous
Islander. Mr.. Mudd. representing a congress
sional district adjoining this city, has many
constituents In Washington. and utilization of
the city or any part of it for the benefit OF
corporation which tramples upon it will be re-
msmbsTed by them.