The Washington times., 1903-08-09

IT. HE trolley car lines around Wash
ington offer the visitor to the
city. and the dweller in the Cap
ital as we'll, number Of enjoyable trips
which viii while away these warm sum
mer evenings in very agreeable man
ner. Among the most picturesque is the
ride up to Cabin John Bridge. the
greatest stone arch in the world, which
every schoolboy knows was built by
Gen. NJ. c. Meigs. The bridge in itself
IS well worth making the trip to see,
but it is not the only thing to interest
the sightseer at the end of his ride
There is earousel, scenic railway. a
superb hosiery, and all the varied at
fractions OF the frst-class city summer
resort
OFF for the Bridge.
The trip, too. from the city to the
great bridge is-as they say in France
not TO be sneezed at. By a very con-
venient arrangement a through" car
viii take you from the center of the
city. from the heat and whirI of F
Street.-The Wall Street OF WASHINGTON
straight 20 the bridge without a change
This car goes through old Georgetown.
too, the quaint little city, with its his
toric and romantic associations.
number Of the prettiest homes there
are passed by the car. and as you whip
by Twenty-ninth Street you can Just
see the great iron fence of Oak Hin
Howard Payne is erected. and where
James G. Blaine and his wife lie buried.
There is a fence of a very different
order on P Street. near Twenty eighth,
which the Georgetown resident points to
with pride as an evidence of the great
age OF the town. II is formed Of gun
tarrels taken from the arms which the
British destroyed in 1912, when they
burned Washington. It seems odd that
these old guns should be still protect
Ing the property OF American citizens
after hundred years of service.
Life on the Raging Canal.
The long electric car turns round by
Georgetown University and the new pow
erhouse, and you catch your first
glimpse OF the Potomac and the canal.
AS you round this curve you can see
one Of the old canal boats creeping
down the long ribbon Of water TO Wash
Eru tFr Fr
beaten and dingy, but there are many
others which show neat lace curtains at
the tiny stern windows and a row Of
pots OF mignonette near the helm. StoHd
mules walk ahead, urged on by a bare
footed urchin. a pipe between his teeth, |
the steersman leans against the huge
tiller. Suddenly he shouts to the boy
On the towpath and instantly the urchin
hauls taut on the hind mules tail 10
ease the ship as she rounds the corner
of the canal
ideal way 10 travel IL is as if some
good fairy were to take you up, house /
and all, and show you the world with
out your having TO leave the front door
II may not be strenuous" enough for !
the modern youngster, but at least the /
men who follow it never seem TO grow /,
old.
These canal boats come all the way /
from Cumberland, the busy Maryland /
town, with eargoes OF coal and produce /
which viii not spoil on the voyage. Very
often you can see women steering. and 4
children scrambling about on deck. as
safe, apparently, as II they were on q /
nursery floor ashore.
Washington's "Haarlem."
After you pass the ball fields of the 4
university you skirt the thriving village 4
OF HARLEM with its one street Or
the Conduit Road bordered with trees
and trim white washed fences. Chick
ems strut about the cottage grounds.
and shy country children stand in the
doorways. waving their hands 10 the
travellers in the car often l. woodman,
his ak over his shoulder and his boots
brown with mud. will stop to let the