Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-16
FIFTY YEARS ago
In THE STAR

Xly ALL VIM
at this time fifty years ago.
owing to the confusion that
Rogues' existed in the streets and
~ the difficulty Of enforcing
the civil laws. But a way
was found to make the path of the art
full dodger q rough one. In The Star Of
March II. 1863. is a news note to the eff
feet that two men had been escorted
along Pennsylvania avenue to the tune OF
the rogue's march by a squad of the
provost guard. In the next days paper
the incident was described more at length,
as follows:
1.-THE names OF the parties are George
Morgan and Thomas Riley, who were ar
rested about week since by the police.
but our law not covering their cases-no
stolen property being found on them
they were, according to an arrangement
entered into by Capt. Todd provost mar
shall, and Supt. Webb of the police. sent
to the central guardhouse, where they
lions of the shower BATH but not enough,
however. to clean up their characters
and make them desirable citizens Yes
terday afternoon they were escorted up
the Avenue by the military. each hand
cufed and being labeled on their fore
heads, breasts and backs with large
placards bearing the inscription pick
pocket and thief In large letters. The
procession was headed by a drum and
ffe. and as they marched up the Avenue
playing the rOgue's march-which tune.
by the way. is so infrequently heard
mo- ,io<n 1ly ar
a new and popular air-attracted great
crowd and at various points on the road
the cry look out for pickpockets' greeted
the ears Of the thietish couple. On ar
irving at the provost marshars Office
they were ushered into the presence Of
moval Of the placards, but the captain
was memorable, telling them that their
trappings must be worn back to the
guardhouse and that this morning they
depot, where they would be ticketed at
least as far north as Philadelphia. One
OF the two seemed to have some sense Of
shame and hung his head in his unenvi
able and forced march through the
streets; but the other was evidently a
temptuous gaze of the bystanders with
braZen defiance"
A note in The Star of March 13. 1863.
states that owing to the counterfeiting of
the 25 and so cent post
counterfeit age currency notes the
r,r,., Secretary Of the Treas
ury had directed that no
more Of those denominations should be
issued. The Star continues:
THE counterfeits in question are so
well gotten up that almost any person
is liable to be duped by them. The en-
is a trifie thinner than the genuine. Let
tiers are received daily at the department
1nQuiring how the cOunterfeits may be
detected Many are under the impress
sion that the genuine has the Roman
letters A. B: Co. on the left lower cor
ner of the back, and those notes with
out these letters are often refused as
worthless. 1t not being generally known
that much the larger portion OF the
genuine does not bear the letters. The
currency issued by the American Bank
Note Company bears the letters A. B.
Co., while that issued by the National
Bank Note Company has no mark of
its own. If these facts were well
known to the public the department
would be saved much trouble The small
TO meet the demands Of the public
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In The Star of March 13, 1853, is a
news item telling Of meeting of the
stock O. rs OF the
Street Car Washington and George
r-. town Railroad Company,
ApenscS. at which a resolution
was passed authorizing the raising of
the amount necessary to make the shares
no
LIST of March for construction, real es-
tate. equipment and cost of maintaining
and operating had been $454.OO0. About
500 900 would be required for future i'm
provements. The high price Of labor and
materials had materially increased the
cost Of the road. for the operating and
maintenance costs were found to be
greater than in other cities. The great
length Of the road and the transfer sys-
tenn. it was stated, had cut down the
profits. 1t had been found that 1t cost
between 3h and cents to carry each
passenger A dividend was to be paid to
the stockholders about the LIST of April.
One Of the busiest places in Washing
ton throughout the civil war was the
railroad station. In The
Heavy Star OF March IA, 1853, is
mm. news article describing the
'no' situation there. as follows:
1.-THE business now being done at the
Baltimore and Ohio depot and over the
line of the road is immense. The COM
pany is often obliged to start OF trains
consisting of eight. ten and fourteen
cars, all of which are absolutely cram
med full. The trains arriving, too, are so
long that passengers in getting off and
on cannot find shelter under the station,
and the company is therefore about
erecting at the north end Of the depot
platform thirty feet wide and 200 feet
long. which will be covered, thus ena-
bling all passengers to be under shelter
in bad weather. An additional track is
also to be laid east of the depot and the
baggage cars will be run thereon, thus
bringing them near to the entrance of
the passenger cars, SO that passengers
can check their baggage with much
greater facility. AT 3 and 6 o'clock pm.
two trains start simultaneously, one for
side track and one for Philadelphia and
other points north starting from the 9TH
er track. BY this arrangement the
weight is so divided that through passen-
gers are certain of making the connec-
lions for all points. Some idea of the
amount Of travel may be formed when it
is known that Mr. Charles Cook, the
ticket agent, has taken in as high as
$1,000 or $4,000. per day for tickets"
The SPRING DOPE.
eYoung Binks is tearing up the paths,
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