Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-12
FIFTY YEARS AGO IN 'Hk$TlR

t e 81 3$twpYiaetpal streets
street s9 e. rs .,,x r.desN 4 every part
canal is also . favorable one Tor the
removal OF offal. ana especially eo
for the needs OF tho fsh nsasket. Tho
a SsM %srk ssns sys9tyF Esgst y made
b - nssa not Of have ,s 2 vestss Of market
front should BE 1sndaskhR ssscss ana IN.
stores, with . spacious hail overhead.
Ine market eHtfances should be on
1th AND 9th sttebts. H4s COW market,
with its bafnyaN eoncomitsnts,
should be sent to some less ccnspic.
nous locality: SO Of the straw mar
kct and the weodsaNerkst The curb.
stone dealers, with their pokeberries,
sasssfras bark ARA such like wares,
should DO ordered 70 the rear. with
with a handsome. building erected in
place OF the present Wretched sheds
our market wOsi1d be 4 matter ~
pride. Tho handeome market houses
IN PhiladeiphiasB Boston and ST. Louis
demonstrate that they can be made
ornamental to any street"
Senator John Sherman Of Ohio ad-
dressed the Senate january 6. 1859. on
-, the subject OF
Karyland's Attitude biiis then
Toward Capital. r,s..n 80 ~ ~.
the construction Of additional railway
connections with Washington. and In
the course OF his address he took ee-
casion TO score the attitude OF the
state OF Maryland toward the capital,
as thus reported In The Star Of the
next day:
ut Ia thus apparent that the rail-
road transit to Washington 10 neither
direct, convenient nor cheap, ana that
from the nature OF the existing mo-
nopoiy no remedy can be expected
from the state Of Maryland. That
state commands every avenue Of sp-
proach to Washington. II coded to
tho United States this District ~ .
national capital. This fact At CON-
mon law implies . reasonable right Of
WY over her remaining terxitcry %
the ceded territory. This 10 not
granted. Che obstructs fFea cenasnu-
nication between the capital and the
table tendency Of this policy 10 10 On.
settle the continuance Of the capital
At this place, IT Is now far from the
center Of population. but fta dne lcca-
ton on the Potomac. central between
the north and south, the historical as
scciations connecting it with Gen.
Washington and the crest expendl-
ture incurred for public buildings
will secure the pesmsnenee Of this To-
cation Il direct. convenient and cheap
communication may be had to II from
all parts Of the country. One citief
reason urged for this location was tts
easy access to the west BY the old
route Of the Potomac and Mcnongahe-
Ia and Ohio rivers. This il the great
national route to the west--the route
of the Indian trails-0f the pie neefs
Of Ohio and Kentucky. Of Washington
as surveyor and soldier. and aVpa-
rent on the map IS the nearest and
easiest connection between the va
tiers of the Atlantic and the waters Of
the upper Mississippi basin.
The only remedy for these complaints
is free competition In the building
and running Of railroads 70 and from
Washington. Where this is allowed
no. leIislative restraints Or regula.
tions are required. II the suProunalnE
states would adopt thu general pyia.
ciple, now nearly universal west Of
the Alieghanies, OF allowing any as
ISOLATION to build q railroad wherever
local or general intaresta demand. un-
dor general laws applicable to ail
alike, complaint would cease"