Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-16

City, Troy, SYRIA
cuse, Wilmington and Bridgeport.
With such record as this without
any concert of action in the past to
promote it, what does not the future
hold forth when the new era OF ma
terial development upon which
greater Washington is now entering
is we'll under way? In view OF these
facts it is not untimely to emphasize
this matter. A step in the right di-
rection has already been made. A
fve-million-dollar company has been
formed to harness the Potomac.
1t proposes to erect a turbine
wheel power plant on the Potomac
river at or near Great Falls. From
the power thus obtained it is pro-
posed to furnish electricity to Wash
ington and other adjoining localities.
Those interested in the project
say that within two years they will
have several thousand horsepower
for sale.
Under a great demand for faster
transportation the local companies
have within a very few years
equipped their railways with the best
electrical system in the world, and
Washington's street railways have
become accepted as the model rail
ways of the country.
During the passing years great
improvements have been made in IL
Elimination, and the local gas COM
pany has expended large sums In
bringing its plant to the point where
it supplies a magnificent flow of gas
and an illuminating power that gives
general satisfaction.
The electric light company has de-
veloped facilities for lighting the city
as few cities are lighted in the coun-
try.
The banking institutions of the
city have shown wonderful growth,
and their prosperity and strength are
the best indication that the CONNER
cial prosperity of Washington is an
assured fact. Banks reveal at once
any dilninution or increase in bust
ness of city, and surely in examin-
ing the statements of the banks of
Washington the reader will be inn
pressed with the solidity and
strength of these institutions.
While the passing years have
brought great prosperity to Wash
ington; while the great growth Of
trade has necessitated some extern
sive engagements to their stores on
the part of the leading merchants,
the city has witnessed some
changes in other than commercial
lines.
As the prosperity of a city be-
comes greater the people demand
better art, better music and better
environment. Through the liber-
atty and public spirit of one of her
leading citizens, Washington has Sc
cured a temple of art that is one of
the great educational influences of
the city.
Musicians from all the corners of
the world have come here, knowing
that this is great musical commu-
nifty, that pupils are plentiful and that
the atmospheric conditions are ideal
and the environment allthat the most
aesthetic artistic nature could desire.
Musicians of Washington and their
pupils are known throughout the
country, and there are probably few
cities that have turned out so many
gifted people in proportion to the
population as has this beautiful city
among the trees.
In all the various divisions and
subdivisions of activity this city has
displayed the most remarkable pro-
gressiveness, and has arisen from a
subordinate position among the
cities of the Union to the most inn
portant and wonderful city of the
United States.
In reading the histories of people
in trade, music and art, and in con-
templating the great strides onward
made by the illuminating companies,
the railways, the banks, and other
lines of endeavor, the citizens of
Washington will feel proud of the
record, and will continue with faith
stronger than ever to make this city
one of the greatest in the world.