The Progress., 1893-01-21

change IN the existing structure. SIM ply
10y throwing out wings. connected with the
present house 10y corridors which would do
very well for cCnseTvatories or art galleries,
an enlargement is devised which meets all
pr,srn. md future requirements without
disturbing the mansion which has won for
ltS,li sUch a conspicuous place in our ma
tioual history
g. rdci.w part Of the mansion, some dis
.Grcr .:um ;he old house, the family of the
president could have their home. Their,
they could have plenty of room, comfort
and privacy. In case scarlet fever or other
contagious disease attacked Il member OF
the family il would not be necc s>ary 10 jJCK
II health department placard on the door
which leads to the presidents Office. When
public levce or reception was To- be held il
would rot be necessary 20 incur the risk of
fr.chtful disaster. for there would DE
room enough i'm the prg sem, East room and
Blue, Green and Rcd pasIor>. with the new
corridors and great apartments on the
ground floor of the addition. for all the
crowds likely to be seen i'm the Capital CITY
of the present or future. Tic Old house
would De- left standiug 3- 81. c.ut,. IF t,y
enlarged and completed ,.i.. which cJH'l
bc luiltasa hagmouiou- auo art .~,iru hu,t.
President Harrison did r.t follow L.,
predecessors oEampl, and find for liuse.
q summer home in the cutshir;~ Of Was
!ngton. but have been told that in case J.,
had been reelected il WAS h:- intention o.
dc So He has Occn hCa-d to ny that ne
would not attempt for aErther four ycer-
to endure the di>comiut- # the White
House and force lis family tocudurc thJm
during the parts of the year in which if j..
impossible to get away from 4 ashington.
Mr Cl,Ny.GaU ii present rl.mor~ he well
founded. viii 10 in his second term Just
what he did in his hrst-huy FOX himself
and f2mily pretty home in the outskirt.
of the city His first Investment of this
sort wa, $50 successful that ne might easily
bc induced 90 --. 2 -.-..'. I'll. InrH..fgl
voJd.d country in which Lc huu-h, home
eight years ago is now covered with villa
Site. guI g.. electric railway runs for miles
beyond Rcd Top
There i a rIlmor that Mr.. Cleveland will
buy a building site across the river III Nil.
ginia near Fort Myer and Arlington, and
there build q fine house. This site is one Of
the most beautiful in the surroundings Of
Washington. Tho i,-h l,uI ovcrlooks the
whole ampbIthc&tyr in which .ae capital j.
built At it, base runs Tie Potomac. iust
ahsy, this point narrowing to a rocky
-crgc, with ciii,ikc banks and q growth Of
rrimcyaI forest Across the river Is old
Georgetown. with the famous college OF
that UHne lifting its spires and towers high
. toward the skies just beyond IS the
charming military post of Fort Myer, now
carr. .Jncl ly some oi the veteran troCQ'
WI. faJgh, valorously in the recent In
dian wars. y little way beyond is Airing
ton National cemetery. without question
The lov,licst spot in the Surroundings Of
. the carital-a spot which appeals to the
cycin its beauty and TO the soul in its white
reminders of the brave deeds Of a stormy
day.
An electric railway runs through thcsc
/ hills now, crossing the aqucduct bridge
! where George Washington surveyed the old
canal that once tapped Alexandria. \ new
bridge is wanted. one which shall connect
Fort Niyer directly with the city, and 1
proposition has long been pending to ercct
here by government appropriation beauti
full memorial bridge to cost upward of ;
million dollars. 1t would indeed be a fitting
avenue from the national capital TO tn,
home OF the great general of the Confeder
acy on the other side Of the river and il
/ full view from the national state house anC
executive mansion. At one erd of hi,
bridge it is proposed to erect an equestrian
/ statue Of General Grant and at the other :
1 similar statue OF General Lee. Thus the
north and south would be artistically ant
/ appropriately jOiEed-much better in cvery
/ practical and aesthetic sense than they ar,
now connected, not far away, by the famous
| old Long bridge, over which the troops
marched by the hundreds of thousands dur
| ing the war of the rebellion, and which i,
now used by wagons, pedestrians and rail
roads, and which has Outlived its usefulness
Speaking Of George Washington reminds
! me that within the last month the all con
/ quering electric railway has been extended
from Alexandria, the ancient trading town
in which Washington attended church and
sold most of the produce of his plantation
! with Mount Vernon itself Hitherto il ha.
been necessary to visit Mount Vernon.
which never seems to lose it's hold upon the
affections of the people by steamboat. And
while the steamboat rip down the Poi
mac is a very delightful one in summer, in
winter it is sometimes not so pleasant, and
at any season of the year requires more
time than some tourists like to devote 70
this purpose. Now they can take the rail
way in Washington, and after passing over
Long bridge and reaching Alexandria EN-
bark fifteen minutes later upon an electro
car which viii quickly carry them 10 III,
gates of Washiagton's beautiful home.
RoRFET GRAVES.
The Way of IA Drunkard.