Evening star., 1922-06-11
Fifty Years Ago
in The Star

The Star of June 3. 1872. contain .
an announcement OF James Gordon
Bennett. founder
Death of lanes of the New York
Gordon Bennett. on ~. Is, -
June at his residence. washing'on
Heights. on the Hudson, New York
city. in the seventy-seventh year n
his age. Mr.. Bennett. born in Scot
land, came to this country in 1919,
landing at Boston. where he was e.--
ployed in book store. He developrr
literary talent, and in 1929 wen:
to Charleston. S. c.. where he served
on the Courier as translator of South
American revolutionary news. l. was
his custom TO sail out to sea t.
board incoming ships for fresh news
In 1924 he went TO New York and
tried lecturing on political economy,
which proved unremunerative, and n
DID space writing for newspapers IT,
1925 he bought the Sunday Coug.ei
on credit. Later he became Watl-
inGton correspondent for the Ee,r
York Enquirer, and in 1892 he boUgr,
the Philadelphia Pennsylvania. Nsv
6. 1925. with the. aid Of two prIg--
ers, he began the publication Of t.r
-NcN as Il l-celI Ddlff.
writing his own wrappers (if he hs
any to writeD, notes. news, leader.
and even advertisements, on a board
he was his own agent and errand boy.
he took what little there was OF CO sh
and he had nobody to call with
bell"
At s o'clock Wednesday night. June
s. 1872. the water was shut off frorl
all Of Wash
City Goes Two Days inston and;
Without Water. oeores,o~n orssr ,o r,t. ~
connection between the new thirty
six-incn main, across Rock creek. sr3
the conduit at that point. Il Was
thought that the supply would 'a
shut off for only few hours. but tn
work proved TO be more difficult thaa
was expected. and the city was G--
prived of water for more than :"
days. In The Star of June 4. 49,.
is the following on the situation:
"At the time this article is wr!tte!
the Potomac water has been Gu, of:
from the District cities about forty-
eight hours. and the small supply "a
in by housekeepers has been Ions
since exhausted. A few pumls
throughout the city are surrounded
by crowds OF men, women and chill
dren, with buckets. pals, tubs and
cups, and fights for precedence ar
not infrequent. The wells are noT
falling and the situation is becoming
graver. Drivers OF carts in some IL
stances brought barrels 10 the pumps
to lay in a supply for the rema!Iuc-
of the day, and when this was the
case the small consumers ins .sted
that they should be first supplied an.
numerous alterations have enrued
AS may be supposed. with Such
scarcity of water, beer is in demand.
and the restaurants are now doing
large business. The employees in the
currency bureau have been suspended.
there being no water for the boilers,
and several machine shops through
out the city have been forced 10 stop
work. AT The Star office an old We
was opened yesterday, and the boil
ers were filled and our extra, with
the news of Grants nomination. was
printed and served about l O'Clock
pm But the impure water c!ogged
the pipes. and the press Tor the edl-
tion Of the paper VITA Iuli aGSouI,s ,
of the nomination OF Senator wilson
for Vice President, and the action OF
the Philadelphia convention could not
be got to work until late hour. Had
the fire yesterday afternoon occurred
in the upper or central part OF N
city it might have been terribly &c
structive."
The fire in question was in frame
building, on l3i2 street, south ot
Pennsylvania avenue. Franklin en-
cine located in ID street between 18th
and 18th. responded quickly and by
pumping water from the canal, which :
was near at hand extinguished the
blaze promptly. 1t was believed 70
be Of incendiary origin.
The connection was restored tri-
day night, and after forty-nine hours
the water was again turned on for the
two cities.