The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-05-24

reached heretofore by rough and devious
routes.
A similar highway IL already planned
to extend along the south water front of
Locust Point and make that accessible
The great development at Port CovinR-
ton. tidewater terminal of the Western
Maryland Railway. has been made since
the fire, the railroad itself has been ex-
tended westward and its business greatly
increased.
Vast Sum for Imprsvenents.
Since the fire Baltimoreans have voted
debt upon themselves Of So 900 900 for
public improvements and several other
proposed loans are still pending to be
voted on.
The money has been spent. or is being
municipal docks and the reconstruction
of the water front. on smooth paving, a
better water supply, on the large extern
sions and improvements Of the park sys-
TEN. on new schoolhouses. new fre-en-
CINE houses. on conduits to carry under
ground the wilderness Of overhead wires
which numbered the streets and almost
fire. on the widening and Strengthening
and better grading Of streets.
Nearly everybody can remember when
St. Paul street alongside the courthouse
was so narrow as to be a mere alley: now
the handsome plaza takes its place.
Southwark st. Paul and Light streets
were narrow. forming a waterfront SO
congested and inadequate as to very
seriously hamper the transaction Of
business
That whole section. one OF the busiest
in the city. is new and handsome. Broad
streets instead Of narrow are there. with
plenty of room instead Of congestion. and
many fine and ornate buildings instead
of the ancient, raty and rickety old
warehouses In which Baltimore firms
weer wont to do business little more
than a decade ago.
There has been a marvellous change in
old Marsh Market space. filthy, crowded.
and VIGOROUSLY tough in the old days
before the fire. The Maryland Institute.
which lived over the old market has
moved to its own fine home on Mt. Royal
avenue.
New Buildings Feature.
Since the fire Baltimore has added to
its famous hostelries of former days such
hotels as the Belvedere and the Emerson.
1t is a far cry from the old Eutaw House
or even the Carrollton to the great sky
scraping houses Of entertainment.
At the time Of the fire the Calvert and
the Continental Trust were almost the
only really nlgn buildings IN the CITY,
and these were both Quilted by the fire
Since structures have risen higher than
these, and their cloud-scraping tops form
a skyline from the harbor that is quite
impressive.
Since the fire the new custom house
has been built, together with the Walters
Art Gallery, and the big Young Mems
Christian Association edif1ce; the street
car service has been vastly improved, the
price of gas has been lowered, electric
light and power has been brought from
the Susquehanna River; European liners
of above 10000 tons come and go at this
port.
Since the fire Johns Hopkins University
has been presented with q new home
at Homewood, one Of the most beautiful
sites in the country. and upward Of
81, oOo, 900 given It to move; the Phipps
Psychiatric Clinic has been built and en-
dowed; the University Of Maryland and
its hospital have been enlarged; the
Mercy Hospital extended. and an endow-
ment fund Of s., oO0.ooo raised for Goucher
College.
And still only a few high spots have
been touched upon in the progress that
Baltimore has made since 1t was a city
of smoking ruins. little more than ten
years ago.
Only in its government and its politics
does It continue to move In the same old
fashioned way.