Evening star., 1921-04-03
Railroad Station
on the Avenue.

tance to Washing
on tne avenue. ton fifty years
ago. At first il was proposed TO place
it south of the Mall. Then it was plan
ned TO put it on Pennsylvania avenue
In The Star of March 81. 1871, is a ne&s
item giving the first intimation of tbks
project:
Some weeks ago agents of the Balti-
more and Potomac railroad visited thn
owners of the property located on the
south side of Pennsylvania avenue. eN-
tending from the corner OF 6th street
west TO include tho fine iron-front build.
ing of Messrs. ]. Il. Bryan & Bro. and
with the most of them the bargains have
been closed. The price Of the Fountain
Hotel. belonging TO Mr.. Golston. is
$5o.e0e. but the price agreed upon for
the other pieces of property. Moorc's :.
L. johnson, Campbell and BRYAN. have
not been made public, but the entire
aggregate will not he far from $aS0.oo0.
1t is understood that the Bryan prop
erty will be used by the Adams Express
Company. and on the other property
there will be erected an iron-front build
ing of five stories in height. the upper
portion for offices and the lower por-
ton a passenger station. and as soon
be commenced
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This proposed location of the sta
tion caused a protest. In The Star
of March -. 1871.
The Star Enters is an editorial as
follows:
1SeHiVHstinAce'' odd. isn't it. that
after fighting the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad for years to force it from
the Avenue TO the city boundary. on
the general ground that running
steam cars within the city limits was
nuisance. our city councils now
turn round and in A single night
bill is rushed through both boards
giving the Baltimore and Potomac
road the right to bring their steam
cars into the very heart OF the city
and to plant their depots and station
house directly upon Pennsylvania
avenue? Years ago. when the Baiti-
more and Ohio Railroad Company had
their passenger station on the Ave
nue.. in q much less conspicuous posi-
tion. between I'd and 3rd streets, than
that now conceded to the new COM
pany. we all remember the outcry
concerning the nuisance from the
hacks and railroad business about the
station. and the drawback to the
growth of all that part of the city
and after years of eXertion by the
city authorities. the railroad station
was driven back to New Jersey ave-
nue., but still the evil was not REM
edied. The steam cars still came
too near the heart of the city. and the
presence of the railroad tracks seem
ed to be bar to. the growth and
prosperity of all that part of the
city traversed by them. Then fol-
lowed the protracte contest to force
the company farther out toward the
boundary. in which contest the city
government was baffled by the
hastily made concessions and privi-
leges granted to the railroad COM
pany by previous councils. And up
to this time the war of litigation has
gone on in our courts to compel the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com
pany to relinquish just what We are
now conceding offhand to another
company. We wish to encourage
railroads and to aid in the develop
ment of new lines. but there is such
thing as granting privileges in this
free and easy way. as We have seen
from past sad experience, that We
may speedily have occasion to rue.
Manifestly steam cars and railroad
depots have no more business on
Pennsylvania avenue than they would
I.on Baltimore street. in Baltimore:
Chestnut street. Philadelphia, or
Broadway, New York"