Evening star., 1922-11-26
Fifty Years Ago
in The Star

| The Star Of November 30. 1872. ~
nounces the completion Of w9rh
that stood AT III"
TLa Enl of time for marked
! improvement in mu-
This was the construction Of the Il
street sewer. The Stars account OF
this work follows:
| Yesterday afternoon the E street
sewer, laid near the site OF the old
| Washington city canal-the standing
nuisance of the capital for nearly ila r,
a century back-was completed, th"
i connection made and the water for
| the first time came rushing down.
leaving the serpentine channel of til"
canal hard and dry. The sewer COM
mences at 1th street and extends 4"
18th street, a distance Of one milr-
Messrs. Gantz and Appleman wer'
the contractors for that portion be
tween eth and 18th streets, 3.4o0 feet.
and Strong & Co. the lower section.
1900 feet. This work was extremely
difficult, the ground being marshy and
requiring the shoreiug of the bank.
1 and as the large laterals were con
| lets had to be made for them and
] powerful steam pumps were en-
| ployed
| There were required ia thc c"t
struction of this work "Tcr %.oop."""
| brick The brick WAS made hy ih,
| contractors at their yards near tE'
Long bridge. There need be no ap-
prehension of this sewer bursting.
as the entire area il drains now IL
but s37 acres. Other large sewers
have been connected with the Tlt-r.
| which drain over 5000 acres and tn.
l. street sewer in the northwestern
part of the city. The work was done
under the personal supervision Of
Mr.. r. c. Phillips. chief engineer OF
the board of public works; Mr.. John
of the contractors. and Mr.. John Il.
Stanley. acting for the board. THIS
morning Messrs. Cluss and Phillips
examined the work and found that
| the very best material had been used.
and having ascertained thai during
| the late storms not one brick had
been displaced they expressed conf
dence in its strength With the eNc"p-
tion of a drunken man failing into
| the excavation and one OF the WORK
men being slightly bruised by tn
! upSettinG of barrow of bricks a..
| him. no accident occurred during :h'
work. which was commenced on 'i"
first Of June last"
i: !:
Washingtons development a cen
ter of art was advanced fifty years
ago 10y th"
Corcoran Art School the opening OF
Established. connection
with the Corcoran gallery. An
nouncement TO this effect was print
| ed in The Star Of November Il. 1872.
as follows:
| "It is understood that a scnooi a.
art for the practical instruction of
| students and amateurs will be es;ab-
| lished in connection with Mr.. Cor
coran's mun!flcent gift to the city. thr
Corcoran Art Gallery. The best pro
fessors will be engaged. and thus thr
gallery will not only be an ornament
. to the capital and a point of interest
/, to visitors, but an institution o!
learning in the direction of drawing.
| painting, sculpture. etc. The orig
| inal design was to make it simply
| depository OF paintings where The
people might pass an hour or tw"
pleasantly, but this failed to fully
| realize the benevolent design Of NJ
| Corcoran and he determined to vital
| lZe anu ullllZc tue SdlleTS pS H!dh-
| ing it q positive instructor in mat
ters of art This plan is one which
must be hailed with universal ap-
probation. since its consummation
will add fully 100 per cent to the
| value of the gallery. Prof. Henry.
secretary and director of the Smith
sonian Institution. in pursuance OF
the scheme of Smithson to increase
l and d!ffuse knowledge among men.
will be a valuable contributor to I'll,
gallery. The institution at present
has credit for specimens Of art in
the way of paintings and sculpture
at many foreign capitals which Prof
| Henry has been in no haste to de"
mand. mainly because of the INSULT
cheney of accommodations at the in
| stitution. When the art gallery is
! thrown open to the public. however.
| requests will be made for these works
| of art. and on their arrival they will
be at once placed in the gallery and
will form an interesting and valu-
able feature of its attractions. The
| art school in connectlVr with the
i gallery has the warm indo.-sement ot
| Prof Henry. who for one viii do All
in his power 70 enhance It's useful
ness"