Evening star., 1915-03-29


Thousands of additional trees wM corr
tribute 10 the city's healti, and beauty.
Attractive residences. with the same
pleasing variety OF architecture that dis
tInsuishes those which now adorrl wash
ington. will ornament every eligible site
IN the expanded capital New public
buildings will delight the eye at everv
turn. They will not be So constructed as
TO display to all the world a penuricu-
builder with contempt for architectural
attraciiveness. and will not he planted
upon the reservations to clog tho city
lungs with brick and mortar. To disfigure
the capital grand design. and TO torture
tie spirit of poor LEnfant already TOO
much veNed.
Washinston's beauty as
The City of Parks
Will ripen to perfection. There will ne
the same profusion of small multifor-n
reservations spytnkied over the enlarged
city at the intersection OF streets and
avenues. displaying all the adornnents
that nature and the gardeners and sc,,lr-
tors art can supply, Larger PARIS will
not be wanting. In the southern part "a,
the city the Mall. cleared OF railroad
tracks. and enlarged by the addition %
several hundred acres OF reclaimed flatr
will make magnificent park. and fur
nisil a famous driveway by which the
visitor. having swiftly traNerscd historic
Pennsylvania avenue from the Presidents
House to the Capitol. may return to his
starting point by way OF the Bo-
tanical Gardens, Armory lot. Smithsonian
grounds Agricultural grounds. Monument
lot and White House grounds. winding
through trees. flowers and we'll kept turf.
and passing buildings of great public IN
rerest. historic monuments and statues.
To the other end of the city Rock Creek
Park will furnish a breathing place, with
its thousand acres of surface. is beau
tiful, winding stream. and its wild and
diversified scenery.
In the future Washington tho Potomac
river will he utilized to its full cspaciiE
for the benefit of the trade. health, ANA
pleasure of tho city. The present i'm
pedilnent to easy access to the rive
front. the impossible barrier OF n belt
of surface railroad tracks, Illegally &C.
cupied by standing cars. will be sent TO
join the obstacles OF the pasta pestife--
Gus canal. II criminal-infested Mall, and
high bluffs which needed to be pierced.
The local rapid transit system will bring
the Potomac within easy reach. The
good harbor to be secured when the
flats are filled will meet the demands o.
the city's growing commerce. Without
its malarious marshes. the quckened
river will cut large slices from the Dis
trict's death rate. The upper Potomac,
with its narrow rocky channel and rugged
scenery. will delight the fisherman Just
above the city the broadening stream,
with the landings and houses of local boat
clubs perched picturesquely upon the
wooded banks. will allure in ever-increas-
ing numbers the oarsmen and their
friends. and on the lower Potomac the
fifteen twenty excursion steamers of
the present will be vastly multiplied to
furnish fresh air cheaply In the heat
of summer and to bring Joy to children
and the poor, and despair to the doctors.
druggists. and undertakers. Public float
ing baths will further contribute to the
city's health. Handsome and substantial
bridges-perhaps a memorial bridge con-
Meeting with q broad avenue leading 70
Mount Vernon-will furnish communica
ton with Virginia, and the Long bridge.
that shabby. Notwithstanding nuisance
of the present. will be only disagreeable
Renaissance.
In that glittering future the local offices
of the District will be bestowed upcu
District citizens in faithful fuihllment
Of the promises Of party platforms. The
people of the District will be no longer
stunted citizens Of the United States. but
will enjoy representation in both houses
of Congress as their legislature, and g.
voice in the selection of their execu-
tive the President The government
clerks will not be vexed with deceptive
examinations for promotion. intended to
discharge rather than to promote, but
with the victory of true civil service re-
form and the abolition of the apportion-
ment system. which distributes offices.
as bandits plunder. among the states
in proportion to their strength. the EN-
cient clerks will be freed from the haunt
ing terror OF unreasonable dismissal. and
will become a desirable and reasonably
permanent element of the city's house
building and voting population.
Lines Of City's Future Expansion.
Washington will be the recognised
and on'v meeting place OF the Ameri-
can people in convention assembled. In
1887 it drew to itself gatherings like
the International Medical Congress.
the national drill of the militia and in
Vulnerable other conventions. including
the Representatives of such varied ac-
ttvttfes as the shippers of the country.
the woman suHragists. the laundrymen,
the carnage makers. the agricultural
scientists, the postal clerks, the school
superintendent and the Evangelical
Alliance. With so favorable a start in
the desired direction, what may not be
expected in this respect from the fu
ture. which will bring to Washington
increased attractions to tempt visitors
and enlarged accommodations for the
meetings OF representative bodies.
Tho city will not be pre-eminent In
wholesale trade. but long rows of hand
some business blocks. in the line Of
present development. will fully supply
all local needs. Nor will the great
manufacturing centers of the country
find in Washington dangerous com
1880. Washington was then among the
twenty leading cities of the United
states in manufactures, with 971 estab-
lishments, and products for the year
valued at $11, 1,S22.S16: and it has an eN-
cellent water power at Georgetown and
cheap and easy access to the coal fields
But the capital will never lead in the
handling of iron, pork, wheat or cot
ton. Modelling after Paris rather thar
Pittsburgh. it will doubtless develop
the various branches OF light and clean
manufacturing. which. with the depart
mental workshops. will give employ
ment to many and make profitable re
turns. without interfering by noises or
smells. with the capitals attractions
as residence city. In theS latter ca
pacity Washington will distance every
competitor. To live at Washington. not
to die at Paris. will become the AmeH-
can aspiration.
As an educational center the city wifi
also be pre-eminent. George washington
believed in and favored the establishment
of national university at the capital.
selected site for it and added works to
faith by contributing stock for its endow
nlent. which afterward. however, unfor-
tunate1y became worthless. The reasons
he gave for the location of the university
at this point apply at the present time.
and will prevail in the future with the re-
suit of giving the city a series of universi-
ties in place Of the one which Washington
proposed. It is in the nature Of special
education to pass at the seat of govern
ment the years of greatest activity IN
the continent will the student of science
or Of law find In museums and libraries
such treasures for his enjoyment. With
the institution upon which Mr.. Corcoran
lavished a million and half dollars in
his life, and 100000 at his death. as a