Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-01

municauon. The pcpulgion b the District
January I. 2001, will be. I think. about
100000. provided Inducements are offered
to the manufacturing interests to locate
here" n. q
Mr.. c. B. Hunt, the computing engineer
Of the District: II bAlievesthe greatest
achievement during thasninet1enth century
was the development OF the telephone. and
that the population OF sthe District Of Co.
lumbia in 2OO1 A. d. VIII be 1850. co.,
Prof. ]. D. Hird, the District chemist:
Generally speaking. ,Ahoulds say that the
practical application OF the law Of the con-
servation Of energy insits relation to ma
chine locomoion. was the greatest achieve
ment Of the nineteenth century. To par
ticularize. however, 1 4houldi say that. as
embraced In the above. the practical appli-
cation Of steam to locoinotion Is the great
est Of them all. The population Of the Dis
trict January I. 2001. will approximate very
closely 5O0.OU0."-
Mr.. w. c. Haskell. District sealer Of
weights and measures: II am Of the opin-
ion that the 'harnessing or control of cleo
tricity (Which at present I consider only In
its infancy. the greatest achievement Of the
nineteenth century. The telephone, where
by we converse with others q thousand or
more miles away in our usual tone OF voice,
recognizing the person by the voice, 10 GER
tainly wonderful. The population of the
District Of Columbia, January I. 2O01.
place at 2.O00.OOO. Washington will be the
most beautiful city on the globe-the great
center Of wealth. knowledge and culture"
DR.. VIM. G. Woodward, health officer of
the District: I'm my judgment the most
important achievement Of the nineteenth
century was the application of steam power
to industrial purposes. The wonderful prog
ress which has been made in other lines
has, believe, been effected largely through
the diffusion of knowledge which has been
the result Of printing. such could not
have been accomplished without the use of
steam. This diffusion Of knowledge has en-
abled workers in every line to utilize the re-
suits accomplished by others engaged in
similar work throughout the world and in
past ages. and thus they have been led to
discoveries and inventions which would not
otherwise have been practicable had each
investigator labored as an isolated unit. The
population of the District January 1, 2OO1.
will in my judgment, be about Co., 600
Mr.. Matthew Trimble, member Of the
board of assistant assessors: by all means
l give electricity the chief place among
the great achievements of man in the nine
put to such practical benefit for the human
race that it commends recognition of its
wonders. / think that the District will
have 1.OOO.OOO inhabitants by January l.
2OO1."
Col James A. Bates. chairman of the
board of assistant assessors, said: "Elec-
tricity is the greatest achievement when
viewed from practical point OF view, and
its wondrous effects in all fields of human
usefulness places it paramount among the
achievements of the nineteenth century. AS
to the population Of the District, January
1. 2OO1, for a guess, I will place 1t at 1,OOO,-
OOO."
Mr.. E. G. Davis the District collector of
taxes: 1.-The development of electricity
regard as the greatest achievement Of the
nineteenth century. I believe the popula-
ton of the District. January l, 2OO1. will be
100000 or more"
Mr.. WoOdwnrd's Views.
Mr.. 8. w. Woodward: You ask me to
give The Star my thought on two ques-
tions-first. What is the greatest achieve
ment of the nineteenth century? second.
What will be the population of Washington
in 2oo1 A. D.? To my, minh the greatest
achievement of the century just closed is
the spread of the power and influence OF
the English-speakng peoples and through
them the extension Of Civilization and
Christianity among nations. The natural ad-
vantages of our country, WHICH have made
US the great producing country of the
world to which other nations must look
for their food supplies, and our supremacy
in the iron and steel trade which will ul-
timately make the greatest manufacture
ing nation. will comb!nie to make US also
the wealthiest nation in the world.
If, therefore. history repeats itself, the
power and wealth of the United States
will be reflected in theEgrandeur and mag
nificerce of its capital, our beautiful city
of Washington, with a, corresponding in
crease in it's population. Which may be
predicted to double ltSeif every
say, three times in this ceatury-and my
prediction is that in A. d. 2o01 the popula-
ton of the city Of Washington will ap-
proxmate 2,J00,0OO. .s. .,
Mr.. Brainard H. Warner said: II regard
the development Of electric power as the
greatest achievement of the century. 1t Is
yet In It's infancy as to Its application,
both for purposes of manufacturing and
transporta ton. 1t binds the affairs of the
world together so that conditions in one
nation must influence prices and demands
elsewhere. 1t will in the near future make
much larger use Of great water powers
which now run to waste.
washington has increased its population
about thirty-five fold since the beginning
Of the century. 1t then had but few at
fractions; now its new career commences
with everything In Its favor-great gen.
eral prosperity, enlarged public spirit and
capacity among It's own citizens, pride and
patriotic enthusiasm for the capital on the
part of the people Of the country. who are
anxious for the expenditure Of money to
make 1t great and grand; fine avenues.
streets and magnificent homes, good eli
mate, attractive hotels and places of
amusement, street car systems that will
open up and make available miles of ad-
jacent territory, provision made for great
railway terminals, inducing the incoming
of travel and trade. Our advance will be
marvellous, and although 1t may astonish
some, / predict a growth far greater than
has come to Paris Berlin or Vienna and
have no doubt the advantages we now pos
sess, coupled With those we do not at pres
ent understand, will give US at the opening
OF the next century a population number
ing more than two millions and a half
Our growth must of necessity be phe-
nomenal and wonderful under the control
and government of the aggregated intelIi-
gence and power of this great republic"
Caught on the Curbs
Mr.. James F. Oyster: 1T is a hard ques-
tion to answer offhand, but l believe the
application of electricity to practical uses
Is the greatest achievement of the closing
century. Even that is. in my opinion, only
in the infancy Of it's development. The
District should have population of at least
a million and half people when New Year
2OO1, Is celebrated. Washington Is Just be-
ginning to become well known and appre-
clated by citizens of the nation generally"
Mr.. Charles A. Shafer: What is the
greatest achievement of the nineteenth
century? Why, the Blue Ridge Rod and
Gun Club"
Mr.. Wilton ]. Lambert, attorney-at-law:
Now that the human race is about to
cross the rubcon dividing the nineteenth
from the threshold Of the twentieth CEN
fury the mind Of every reflective man nat
urally takes retrospective view of the
great events which have occurred and the
wonderful achievements scored to the credit
of mans ingenuity. InvoluntariIy one
marks here and there that which appeals to
him as Of the most successful. To attempt