Iron County register., 1892-03-10

part of the city would be in that direc-
ton. but from some cause. the major
portion of Washington lies to the north
west, so that what was once the back
has now become the front.
Two streets, one running due north
and South the other East and West di-
vide the city into four sections, the
Northeast, Southeast, Northwest and
Southwest. These streets intersect at
the point where the Capitol stands. L. C.
they would intersect but for that build
| ing. Thus the Capitol is made the
starting point, the aforesaid streets
called East, West. North and South Cap
itol streets being the points from which
the four sections are numbered. All
streets running east and west are named
| from the letters of the alphabet. those
| nortd and south from the ordinal num-
bers.
SO far it would be similar to other
cities, but now come in the various
avenues to vary. beautify and as well
to mystify the stranger. These radiate
from the Capitol as the spokes from
the hub of a wheel and run consequent
ly in an Oblique manner across the
other streets. The avenues are much
wider than the streets and where they
intersect the streets, large spaces re-
suit, which are generally adorned by
little parks in the shape of squares or
circles in which are placed statues of
our civic and military dead. Thus we
have washington Circle" jackson
Place. " ..Farragut Square," etc,
The most important Avenue (and
which is the street) is Pennsylvania.
Upon this front the White House, State,
War and Navy, Treasury, Corcoran
Art Gallery, New National Theatre,
and other important buildings.
Most of the states have Avenues
named for them and Missouri is '.in it,;
but Missouri Avenue don't count for
much. | said these avenues radiate
from the Capitol. Well, some don't
.'radiate'' worth a cent, for they are
no where near there; you see, the
country got too big for the space and
there was not room for them to ''radi-
ate" in, so the late comers are put any
and everywhere. / have never seen
Missouri Avenue yet, but l know it's
here, and some day I'll feast my eyes
on it's beauties.
The hotel business tiourishes in
Washington to a degree. The hotels
are with one or two exceptions very
small, however, the Shoreham, Will
lard and Riggs being the largest The
Willard is a very ancient caravansary,
as but casual inspection of either the
exterior or interior will show. 1t is
considered Democratic headquarters,
and is patronized more generally by
Southern and Western people. The
Metropolitan is also one of the Oldest
hotels here, having been in existence
since .'before the War;"
The streets are paved with asphalt
and are as smooth as plastered wall
(almost). This has advantages and
drawbacks. 1t reduces noise, wear
and tear of vehicles, makes b1cyclist's
paradise and perhaps is cleaner. They
say it "smells to Heaven" when not
comes on and that ones feet
even sink into it. 1t is skating rink
for horses in slick weather,
| was at the Capitol on February
22d, but of course the two Houses were
From the gallery of the
House" / looked down upon the floor
and Missouri reigned supreme, for
Byrns and Cobb were the sole occu-
pants. Most every one else was away
% Chicago, junketing.
Yours Truly, ID.