The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-09-06

ment Of law. II the power Is vested
In him TO prevent the continuance OF
/ Euch scenes IN locality which should
/ be free from every faint OF immortality
and irTihgion, and his attention IS
I called TO existent facts, there can be
/ no doubt that he viii promptly exer-
/ else that power.
/ But Riverside park Is not the only
! point OF interest along the route Of this
/ rapid transit road 10 the last resting
/ place Of Washington. The trains con-
! sist OF the motor and two trailers.
which are open cars eight months Of
| the year, and the rapid time which
Is made over the route produces an In
vigorating breeze on the hottest day,
SO that the trip Is an outing not only
interesting but beneficial. Unlike the
broad-gauge trunk lines Of steam rail-
ways, the electric line is indifferent to
grades; and the cars mount hills. some
of them at an angle Of forty-fve de-
grees, with apparent ease and with but
slight diminuton of speed.
On the southwark trip the view TO
the left is Kaleidoscope in beauty and
romance OF scenery and surroundings
Nearly all the way the view OF the POI
tonae river IS unObstructed and tho
ever broadening stream with It's tribu-
taries and bayous presents a picture
which is not successfully rivaled by
any points on the Hudson or the
Rhine. With the growth Of wealth IN
the national capital, with the influx
of families of fortune. the river has be
come dotted with steam launches, sail
and steam yachts and private aquatic
conveyances without number, 50 that
IN addition to the regular river craft
the Potomac is dotted here and there
with rapidly moving manifestations Of
the prosperity and pleasure of the peo-
pie.
To the right are the fragrant fields
and pastures of Alexandria aud Fair
fax counties over which only a few
years ago million of men marched and
countermarched in deadly array, all Of
them accoutred and panoplied for con-
test and grapple in grim visage war.
from Alexandria to Mount Vernon the
Eray-clad confederate and the blue
coated federal soldiers possessed and
repossessed the land These fertile
fields were recently the scenes Of camp
and bivouac and skirInish, and all Of
them echoed from time 10 time with
deep-throated quaverings ot death
dealing cannon, and the rattle and
shrek of bullet and mimic. So that
the spirit Of reflection seems 70 say 10
every pleasure-seeker on the route:
Take Off thy shoes from of thy feet,
for the place whereou thou stsndest is
holy ground
1t Is the general expectation and be-
lief that after the electric road crosses
the celebrated Long bridge and Is ex-
tended to the heart of the city accord |
ing 70 the plans programme and char !
ter the principle part Of the patronage /
of the public win be given 20 this rapid /
transit system; but the growth Of our
common country and the increase Of |
population In the national capital war 1
rant the anticipation that the old-ti1ne !
excursion line on the river win be .
largely patronized, particularly by The /
people who love old-fashioned ways Of 4
doing things; as well as by the good .
mothers Of Israel who appreciate the
value Of a river outing for the children
Smith ID. Fry.