Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-11
FIFTY YEARS AGO
IN THE STAR

| w&.<.. ana .teamboat lines were AL
| ,ro.t urtver.afrv tied nm nv
| zee ana snow, marAe0 oy an eui'oiia' ~
The Star of March 3. 1866:
THE whole country has lately been vocal
| ures even over the best conducted and
| usually most regular and acknowledgment
| railroad mail lines In the United States
There can he no question that these COM
plants are founded on facts. In our mind.
however, there IL serious question as to
| their justness We believe that season
so fruitful OF embarrassment for all out
of-doors business as the present hasenet
| been known In this country-certainly with
| in the last quarter of century. We have
| felt 1t in our own business where
| in unfooked-for contingencies, growing for
( the most part out OF the disabilities ocea~
stoned by the extreme temperature and
accumulated snow. cost us during the
months OF January and February the ex-
penditure OF at least an extra 81 900: and
that. too. without enabling US to remedy
satisfactorily the embarrassment to the
proper conduct of our business thus brought
on 1t by the uncomfortable elements There
| are vessels lying in the Potomac river that
have been stationary in the ice for at least
| two months. costing their owners and those
| VI iheir careoes thousands on thousands or
1 collars through the unexpected detention.
Inc various railroad corporations have been
me prIhcipai sufferers. however: thougn IN
| eile mos VI ,heir ,rouoies the popular voice
% esaeu III .He hsWspdperS mas beeh
io .s III concentration OF the futiilty or their
" w Soiiie ihpossipii,ies
The local board of aldermen met on Mon
day. March 3, 1856. and the next dav The
CO. ,.,,t, -. :. -,
local P.iii'eu iepoi''"l Tue
proceedings of over column,
FINANCES. the greater part being taken
up by review Of the mes
sage submitted h,- tho mavor ra,at;re IN +ba
eiaea June %. 1900:
statement SHOWS gross eXpenai-
e., anoVe receipts from all sources OF
surnlns f,,na 60 on - 80 ~, t .i,..
the redemption fund 81 ga "a (which viii
have to be reimbursed these funds being
apphcable only to the purposes for which
r,a, al .,,.s,.. Nv a't'ih', wl,lrh VIZ
n,,rnosas 81 COP e7o az. 49,, a1t; - - rlso,
6,a b,. +ta Observation-Disclosures. or ,,,,n is,,,a
fnes n net SIM, op sta e-o az Tbere vac
| also s. ene % To tho credit Of tba school
fund whilst the fund sbould bava baen
evenly hatancad Tho arror VOC oooos,o,o5
h., making nm Tho deic;anov N tha4 go
from, Stba eenerai f,nd - ~ n1osa at d tha
wear I, ADVANCE of Tho epa1 donoeft 10
tho raceints ~ tha schooI So Nv, .Ia 90,
Iao+or. ~ .arear aa,,' IN ~, ~ ~
- 80, ~ ite'ii ~ -
eaice. WIS pesmllteo 70 remain; Inc
asseeo e.t " ieai I'm. aiiu yer piop-
VI al n'.os' ihei"u,iis " I'M a. nn o 'o--
slocN, iu &C. .. 10 year e1ufls June ao 1oo',
VIZ s@@,W-'''n, wl.ch was est'fistea 10
yieid. wnen colected AFTER deductlns as
count tor prompt payment. ETC. al 80
cents IN the hundred dollars. the sum or
s,t' sla, the assessed value or the same
kind Of property for the wear ending June
81 1875. Is s26. s.7oS. which will Yield.
when collected. after deductine discount
for prompt pavment. etc. at 30 cents in
the hundred dollars the sum of $40 49,
The Greater Washington projects preached
20 -. - 49, $500. - AZ.
u i"ee years i'i .he .Feiop'neh' VI Tue
Capitol Park pansive character In
The Star of March 6.
1856. appears the following note of a pro-
posed Improvement:
''The resolution Of Senator Brown. the
chairman or the Senate's District COM
n,iIaee. ,nstruc,ne the commissioner or
a. fornoatinr e. az So W, .ei Ill,
adopted Yesterday, is OF great imnortance
to the people of our city The construc-
ton of the magnificent addition to the
oapftoi building. now under way. makes
LII nee h Una. cohsIaeraple aoait .,
CanttoI prounds' ON tbe north wast and
south sides Mr. Brown proposes ia inn,ude
within them all the snaca Included in a
line run from the north capitoI aate down
Delaware avenue To r street north. thenca
down p IN od street. thence along Al strsat
TO 3 street south. thence along r street
south to New Jersey avenue and thence
along Nov Tarsev avenue ia the south
20 fto, cato Tbis nronoced addition corr
nrises an area @of about q acres nerhans
three fourths of which ts ALREADY the NOR
ertv NJ the poyernmnnf We fol,a ~ Co.
granted that the owners Of the nrivate
nronerty within fine limits described above
will at once agree to sell TO the government
at an actual cost value. as the interests of
aH tHeiF leiioW citlzehs are fnVoiVed u
the success OF the project or the honora be
senator from Mississippi"
x
The " leading g art. article 's in
hecepC1On. -oiSH Q, 1870, "ds ue-