The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-01-12
WRITES OF HIS TRIP
Mr.. Ernest Starnes Gives
Some Interesting Obser-
vations of His Trip TO
Washington.

The Prize Corn Grower Gives an Ex-
oeIIcnt Description OF the Hand
some Union station at the Nation
a CapitaI-seenes of Interest
Along the Route.
Mr.. ". Ernest starnes. OF Hick-
DRY. the winner in the boys corn
contest, will write a series OF ar
tfcles for The Caucasian telling OF
his trip to Washington and OF his
weeks stay In the capital OF the
Nation. Our readers viii find these
articles both interesting and instruc-
tive. His first article appears this
week, and is given below:
II left home Sunday morning. De-
cember II, at s.54 o'clock and came
into Salisbury al IL o'clock. l no
ticed some cotton fields along the
way that were almost as white as
snow with the cotton that had not
yet been picked. Some fields were
as large as 100 acres that were az
rich and fertile as in the Central
States, but some are very poor. like
most of the common land in the
western part OF North Carolina.
landed at Salisbury Just In time
to catch the train that would take
me to Washington. Just after leav'
ing Salisbury | noticed the Southern
Railway Company's car shops. Here
noIIanffna IF UroPkaF
engines and cars which were brought
to Spencer for repairs. AS we pro
ceeded to Greensboro I noticed some
large cotton and corn fields. A large
area of the land toward Greensboro
is covered with swamps and mead
ows. AS we neared Greensboro
saw little spots of snow. The close
came to Virginia l saw more snow
and by the time l reached Danvill
the ground was covered with snow
Danville is a large city and has
great many manufactures, such a
the Riverside Cotton Mills, and man
other things. The country now Is DC
ginning to be mountainous and yer
rocky The coal mines are alon
Iu6 way dGu SNSIy hfC VI tCh AAAAaS
one notices branch track leadin
from the coal mines to the mai
line. At Lynchburg I noticed tina
it was a railway center. Here
noticed twenty-seven locomotives a
moving at once. Leaving Lynchbur
at shutdown, We passed throug
mountains covered with six incht
OF snow.
1t grew dark, and I could not Sc
anything of interest until l notice
the lights all in front for mile
away. l arrived in Washington ;
1890 in the night. I went throue
the Union station, which is a ma
nificent building.
The union railway station from
on a plaza at Massachusetts, avenu
northeast of the capitol. It WI
constructed by the Pennsylvania RAJ
road, the Baltimore and Ohio RAJ
road, the United States, and Il
District of Columbia. 1t is of ma
nificent proportions, exceeding Il
Capitol in dimensions, with leng
of 760 feet, and a width of B.
feet, the exterior material is viii
granite from Bethel, Vermont. T
structure was designed by Daniel
Burnheim, the architect of the CT
cago Worlds Fair, and is of mon
mental character, the architect ha
ing found his inspiration in t
great triumphal arches Of Rome. T
apartments which have chief int
est for their magnitude and arcl
tectural features are the main wa
ing rooms and the passenger &C
course. The waiting room is 220x1
feet in area, with a height OF 1
feet, and the circular window
each end is Is feet in diameter. 7
passenger concourse. $50 feet
length, is the largest room in
world under one roof. An army
$4,000 men could find room to sta
on it's floor. At the southern end
the concourse is the Presidents I
yate waiting room. The Penns
vania Railroad and the several ro'
from the South reach the new 6
ton through twin tunnels throu
Capitol Hill. Twenty-eight branc
come into the station. The tunn
are below First street, between
Capitol and the Library, being,
the Neptune Fountain, forty feet
low the surface. I passed throl
the depot to the street cars and W
to the st. James hotel, where
stopped all week.