The morning times., 1896-06-14

yellow" on the map, which III was pro
| posed t. .divide' among 1.-The states In
| the Uuion for each of them to improve, or
| subscribe sum additional to the value OF the
| land, that purpose and the Improvements
| found the square to be completed in u
limited time"
The center OF each square, the pro-
jector believed, would admit OF statues,
| columns, obeisks or any other ornaments,
such as the different States may choose TO
erect to perpetuate not only the memory
| Of such individuals whose counsels or
military achievements were conspicuous
| in giving liberty and independence to this
| country, but also those whose usefulness
| hath rendered them worthy of general imi-
tation, to invite the youth OF succeeding
generations to tread in the paths of those
sages or heroes whom the country has
| thought proper to celebrate"
They were to be so situated as to be
'most advantageously and reciprocally seen
| from each"
A GRAND CASCADE.
A grand cascade was also to be fea-
ture It was to be formed of the sources
of the Tiber," the water To be carried ''on
the high ground where the Congress house
now stands, and after watering that part
OF the city its oyerplus will fall from under
the base OF that edifice in cascade OF
twenty feet in height and nifty feet IN
to run in three rills through the garden
into the grand canal"
Plats colored red In the map were ln-
tended for the religious denominations, IN
which they were to erect places OF wor-
ship. These plats were to be allotted TO
the churches on the same terms as those
governing the State squares. The faded
condition of the map served TO oblterate
all but three of the church sites, but these
are marked in the copy.
A number OF squares were to be devoted
to the educational interests. 1t was before
the idea of having public schools had been
developed, but Major L Enfaut provided ID
bis plan of Washington that squares or
areas unappropriated. and IN situations
proper for colleges and academies, be do
mated to that use, stipulation being added
that every society whose object is na-
tionai may be accommodated.
A s.public walk" is laid off, "being a
square of 1900 feet, but through which
carriages may ascend to the upper square
of the Presidents house." In addition to
this. a '.grand avenue, located at the north
side of the present Mall, was described 1t
was to be 400 feet in breadth aud about
a mile in length, bordered with gardens,
ending in a slope from the houses on each
side''
This avenue was to lead to the 'nioGu-
ment,'' the equestrian statue previously
referred to, and connect Congress Gar
denr with the Presidents Park" through
a "welI improved field, 1900 feet in
breadth and three-fourths OF mile III
length"
HOUSES FoF FOREIGN MINISTER'S.
Sites, colored green in the map, were des
gnated as situations which command the
most agreeable prospects, and which are
best calculated for spacious houses and gar
dens such as may accommodate foreign
ministers"
The perpendicular heighth of the ground
where the Congress house stands, was
given as .sahove the tide Of Tiber Greek
seyenty-eigbt feet" and the reference TO
this historic stream, which now serves.
Greater washington as Il sewer, induces
the belief that there is q vast quantity or
made ground in the section where Its placid
waters once gladdened the eye and siaked
the thirst of old-time residents.
1t was provided that around the Con
gress house, square, and all along the
Avenue from the two bridges to the
Federal house, the pavement on each side
should pass under an archedway, under
whose cover shops will be most conveniently
and agreeably situated This avenue was
to be 1902 feet in breadth and a mile
long,"
Rock Creek was then a ripping. silvery
stream, doubtless, and attractive to the
sense of sight and To the taste. 1t was re-
ferred to as Pine Creek, ''whose water, II
necessary, may supply the city, being
turned into James Whites branch
Major L'Enfant's plan OF the ''Pcrma-
neDt Seat' was adopted only in part. Just
how far his outlines served in the actual
design is known best TO those whose business
it has been to make the two a study, but
the foregoing summary OF his ideas, rs re-
corded on the margin of his map, will give
a slight conception of the differences
That the residents of the beautiful city.
the details of which his fertile mind por-
trayed O century ago, have paid his memo
~ but comparatively small honor, is COLI
ceded. What the future may develop. as
in some degree atoning for the past, is
matter of conjecture.