Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-01-01
WASHINGTON In 1890.
The Important Events in the District
During the Year.
A PAGE OF LOCAL HISTORY.
Activity in Many Directions-Much Good
Legislation in the Districts Interest and
Much Progress Msde-The Growth and
Prosperity of the Capital.

Az the representative OF the people Of the
District of Columbia in the newspaper TRINA
ment. The STAR considers 1t duty and
pleasure to lay before its readers at the begin
ming Of each year a brief summary of the local
happenings duriaS the preceding twelve
months. During the year 1880 much has &C.
Cured for which the citizens of Washington
have cause to cOngra tulate themselves The
upward progress of the city and District has
been so marked to point to a realization
Of the dream u tie founders-that Washing
ton in time would be not only he capital OF
the nation. but from an artistic, literary, educa-
tional and social point of view The capital of
the world
POPULATION OF THE DISTRICT.
Every ten wears Uncle sam counts noses in his
family In Washington the work of taking the
census was performed under the supervision of
Mr. Harrison Dingman and the work was well
done. TIE census showed the District of Co
lumbia To be the happy possessor Of 80 .3S2 in
hnbitants- In 1850 ;he population of the district
was III. G2+. The gain IN ten years wsls, there
fore. 81 80. or 29.7l per cent. The police census
taken in 1889 showed total of 2iS.l51. Ii was
rather unfortunate for the District that the
Was taken IN June. Wien 81 large por-
iioE Of the population were absent. The show
uONtfcts nas uioA4F SiSuAboDAS " sAc
capital
MATERIAL GROWTH.
The city has grown, there is no doubt about
that and the pas; year has seen a considerable
PORTION of the outlying country in the District
covered with homes. Up TO date 3.S.s5 build
ing permits have been issued for hOlses, ag-
gregating nearly 5. O0O. 900. which Is n showing
TO be ,roud If. The new buildings erected
have been Of all sizes and al! classes. but the
la
of architecture, AMI the buildings of 1890 tend
~ further ehrch Washingtons claim to being
the handsOmest city In the world.
RIAL ESTATE INTERESTS.
The year has been one of activity in real
estate. A great deal of building was done in
the city. especially in the line OF small houses.
During the spring extensive purchases were
made of suburban property in the vicinity of
Ieilevtown and beyond into MARYLAND. which
was stim ulate,l by the building of the Tenley-
town electric road. completed during the year
From the terminus of this road at the District
line the building of two electric roads
begun-One IT, extend west To- Glen Echo on
the conduit rad. the other north along the
Rockville road 70 Bethesda and eventually TO
Rockville. These roads viii be ready FOR bust
ness in the spring. The most notable transac-
tion that has ever been known IN the history of
suburban property WAS the extensive purchase
o. land along the line of Connecticut avenue
the representative Of .he Sharon estate and
others The purchase of the land involved an
expenditure of about cl.jcO.000 Under the
same auspices THE buildIng of the Rock creek
electric road was begun. involving tremendous
engineering work and outlay OF about 4 half
million OF dollars. This road will be seven
miles long and will be completed about Nav /.
Another important real estate transaction
marking the past year was the acquisition by
the government of 1000 acres Of land along
Rock creek. stretching from klingle ford to
the District lire. fOr the purpose of national
park. The Eastern Branch bridge was opened
during the wear and property III that locality
well as along the line of the railroads was
extensively subdiyided into building sites
During the spring one of the features of the
real estate market was the heavy TRANSACTIONS
III suburban property. extending on the Met-1-
pOlitan branch Of the Baltimore and Ohio "a
far rs Rockville. and on the Washington branch
as far as Laurel Another notable feature of
the market WIS the extensive dealings in bust
ness property In the section of the city
bounded by 9Th and 18th streets. PENNSYLVANIA
avenue and New York avenue. The activity
was especially noticeable i'll G. street property
and in property on the side streets. The
highest price ever paid for business property
was reached during the past year
The number OF subdivisions recorded during
the year was l55 in Washington. in George
town and - in the county.
THE CITYs DEAD.
The District of Columbia has increased in
size. but has at the same time suffered many
losses By death The death rate of the CITY
during the year has been somewhat larger
than could be wished. but compared with
other cities Is satisfactory. Washington suffers
in this respect from having 80 many non
residents Gle on her hands who are not reckoned
In her population. but who are counted among
her dead IN making up the death rate percent
ages In the early months OF the year the pre-
yaIlnO disease the yrIp nlayeH havoc in,
Washington as well as In other localities.
The number of deaths up to December % was
5.4s5. divided as follows: January. 652; Febru-
ary. 3s7; March. 452; April. ass; NAV. Az; June.
$50; July. j42; August, $50; September 4OS: Oc-
tober. Ash; November. 362; December. 3s5.
Many notable men breathed their last within
our boundaries during the twelve months
Among the local deaths were Hon. VIM. Kelley
Walker Blaine. Mrs Tracy and Miss Mary
Tracy, VIM II. Taulbee. Gen. Robert Sehenek
Congressman Randall Senator James Beck.
Representative l. 4. Watson. Gen. W W
Belknap. Justice Samuel F. Miller. Gen. David
H. Nckibben. Surgeon General Baxter, AlonZo
ii. Parks. Richard III. Clarke. DR.. Charles Nc
MILAN. Martin VI. Mauge- Hugh A. Colds
borough. DIR. T.. a. Adams f. Il. Barnum Hon
W. W. Boyce. James d. O'DonneI Capt w p
Sanger. J. Jay Camp. j. VI. Parker. A. A Duly,
VIM Wallace Warden. Capt John p. Bentley.
Col W. II. Chase, John L. Baker. Col Thos g.
Morrow, Louis Waldecker. Vim. =. Davis VIM
II. Hamilton. W. c. NcGill. Gen. John s
Croker. Samuel III. Wimsatt W H. Faulkner
A Ii. Mullett. Judge VIM Il. Smell W Haugh-
wort Howe. VIM Pope, E. W. Fox and Wash
ington Mclean
CONSUMPTION CURE.
The discovery by DIR. Koch of Berlin Of a cure
for baeilh tubuculoses has excited interest in
Washington Is in other places. The arrival
here Of supply of the lymph and the innocu-
latlon Of a number Of patients has drawn even
greater attention TO the subject The patients
who have been treated are watched closely and
II Is thought are improved.
RELIEF AT LAST.
One Of the most important of local events
during the past wear was the passage through
Congress Of bill providing for "a new city post
once. The old office has fallen into such a de-
plorabie condition that relief was a positive
necessity. The site selected on the south side
Of Pennsylvania avenue between 18th and 18th
streets Is entirely suitable and Washington will
soon be able 20 boast of at least one respectable
city building
The tight for the new building has been
long and ardnous one. Ia March the House
passed bill providing for post office at the
corner OF 9Th and unsylvania avenue. The
Senate committee on public buildings and
grounds at first agreed TO this site and IT was
thought that the question was settled The
committee. however, recOnsidered their action
and IN a conference meeting between the two
committees the site at llrh and Pennsylvania
avenue was decided on. The House passed the