Evening star., 1921-03-03
JEFFERSON WENT
AFOOT TO CAPITOL
Washington Topham Tells
Oldest inhabitants of
"Quietest Inauguration"

Simple as are the plans for the in
auguration of Warren G.. Harding, the
induction of Thomas Jefferson into Of
flee on March 4. 1901. was even less
pretentious. Washington Topham told
members of the Association OF Oldest
Inhabitants of the District of Column
bia at Union engine house last night.
According to present plans the Hard. =.
ing inauguration parade will consist OF
q few automobiles escorted by caVairS
men from Fort Myer. The paper read
by Mr.. Topham stated ina! rreSioen.
jefferson walked from his lodging house
to the Senate chamber. accompanied oy
five or six fellow dodgers. He took the
oath in the Senate and then deiEereu
his brief address. Mr.. Topham read the
following quotation from i>d! ho' >
THE new President walked home with
Two or three of the gentlemen who
lodged in the same house At dlhner
he took his accustomed place at the
bottom of the table. his new station not
elIcitng from his democratic friends any
new attention or courtesy.
History of II. & o. Officc.
John CIasett Proctor read a paper
on the history of the old Baltimore
and Ohio railroad office at I'd street
and Pennsylvania avenue northwest,
which WAS the first depot in the Ma
tional Capital.
Mr.. Proctor said records show the
Is. & .. bought the ground for the
depot from John Simon, tailor, i'll
1885, for $4,000. The speaker quoted
from The Star of October 4. 1869.
story which told of a new building be-
ing erected on the site of the Landmark
depot. The Star of that date stated
that for long time trains coming into
Washington stopped at Kendall Green.
the passengers being transported
from that point into town i'll stage
coaches.
Talks on Eastern Branch.
Judge Charles S. Bundy made a brief
talk on the early history of the East
ern branch of the Potomac, declaring
that it was cnce navigable and not al
ways a narrow stream hedeed in by
weeds and swamp. He said Soundings
taken by engineers in 1871 showed it
had a draught of thirty-fve feet in
certain places.
Mr. Bundy's talk brought from John
Mccarthy, W. A. Cooper and Benjamin
W. Reiss stories of the condition of
WaShingtonS water fronts in their
boyhood days.
Albion X. Paris called the atten-
tion of the members to what he char
acteriZed as the urgent need for clean
ing out Rock creek in the vicinity OF
the NJ and p street bridges. Trunks
said. and there is debris and waste
matter in the water. He expressed
hope that some day this condition
would be corrected.
"District Night" Is Planned.
The association voted to cooperate
with the All States Society in arrang-
ing to have a District of Columbi
night" at the General Civic Center in
Central High School. President Theo-
dore w. Noyes will be a member Of
the honorary advisory committee for
the event
The following men were elected to
membership: Stephen &. Callahan, II
9th street northeast: Columbus D.
Choate. 933 Virginia avenue; James r.
Duhamel 2723 Ontario road; Clarence
r. Dufour. 1862 Mintwood place: AL
fred HoImead, 1104 Maryland avenue
southwest; James H. Houston, 154 A
street northeast: Max kohner. 3225
18th street: Louis Melius. Oil 23d
street: Irwin B. Linton, 3149 Mt
Pleasant street, and Conrad H. Syme,
3438 Macomb street.