Evening star., 1924-12-07

The Rambler has taken the time to
look up in the directory of 1869 some
of the names given above. George +.
Gulick and his brother James Fl. Gu
lick were grocers. George lived at
$50 New Jersey avenue and James at
474 Second street southeast. Joseph
Holt, Judge Advocate General OF the
Army, lived at $50 New Jersey ave-
nue. at the northeast corner of that
avenue and c street ID. w. Middle
ton, who lived at 56s New Jersey ave-
nue.. was clerk of the Supreme Court,
and his son. ID. W. Middleton of the
same address was a teller with
Riggs & Co. Thomas II. Trott a
clerk in the second auditors office.
lived at $50 New Jersey avenue, and
Mrs Susan G.. Trott at the same ad-
dress. Selma G. Pendleton. widow of
Alexander Pendleton, lived at $50 New
Jersey avenue: Rufus L. b. Clark.
lawyer, lived at $40 New Jersey ave-
nue.; and Charles X. Gardiner, busl-
ness not given, lived at No. 566. Jo-
seph Saxton. who lived at Coz New
Jersey avenue, was superintendent OF
weights and measures in the Coast
Survey, and William A. Saxton, a
clerk In the Treasury. lived at the
same address. John Roney, one of
the property owners in the square.
kept a restaurant at g street and
First southeast.
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THE name Ingle appears in the as
L. sessment lists over a long number
of years as a taxpayer in the square,
and as you see above one of the
lot owners in 1859 was Joseph Ingle.
That name is not in the Washington
directory of 1869. though there are
several Ingles-Christophe Ingle,
lawyer, 234 H street north. James A.
Ingle, clerk in the second auditors
office, 393 First street east, and Mrs.
Henry Ingle. 3e3 Third street west.
S. A. Elliott was a clerk in the Post
Office Department, but his address is
not in the directory of 1869. ]. II. Ri
ley, who appears among the square
owners trustee for Laura Butler,
later spelled Laura Boteler, lived at
447 Thirteenth street.
Opposite the square on which the
House Office Building stands and on
the west side of New Jersey avenue.
the square being bounded by that
avenue. B and C and South Capitol, is
square No $50. The New Jersey ave-
rue side OF the square is faced by fine
hotels. In 1874 the owners of that
square were Thomas Laws heirs.
Daniel Carroll. Peter Brady, w. +.
Balls heirs, and Thomas W. Broad
head
In 1854 all the land in that square
is assessed in the names of John
Hedgelie or Kedgelie and D. A. Hall.
In 1869 the owners were Lloyd n.
Rogers. Samuel II. Platt, John NJ
Brodhead, Maria w. Mattoon, James
Admas, John II. Riley in trust for F.
p. Riley, Eliza &. Mills and s. H.
Evans. In 1879 the owners were Lloyd
y. Rogers, three lots, Elizabeth S.
Rowland one lot, John NJ. Brodhead
seven lots. Maria V. Mattoon two lots,
Alfred and T. Richards eight lots and
Benjamin F. Butler four lots. John NJ
! Brodhead was second controller of the
| Treasury and lived at 5S3 New Jersey
avenue. c. 5. Mattoon was clerk in
| the Government and lived 3 SIT New
| Jersey avenue. Samuel II. rlatt lived
at $50 Ninth street west and Sherman
! Platt lived at the same number
James Admas was cashier of the Bank
| of Washington and lived at 81 Four
and-a-half street. Alfred and
| Thomas Richards were among the
| prominent South Washington brick
at 734 New Jersey avenue, and
| Thomas at 765 New Jersey avenue.
The Rambler has many more names
and numbers, but will spare you and
hopes you forgive him for what he
| nas done. When the Rambler goes
! into the woods of the Eastern Branch
! and writes of meeting bears, Indians
| and ghosts, some subscribers say
| "Pshaw, Why does not the old man
| give us some facts" And now, when
ne takes the trouble to lug in an arm
| sul of facts out of the land records
| tax lists and old directories, there are
| perhaps subscribers who will kick
! against the facts. Well, friends, there
are murders, divorces, funny pictures
! and a variety of diverting matter in
| The Star suitable to all grades of un-
derstanding, and the Rambler cannot
| hope to satisfy all tastes. He writes
as much and as good stuff as he can
! considering that he has to see all the
| foot ball games, work out crossword
| puzzles, log the air all night for
waves from far-off stations, play five
| hundred with the neighbors, and see
all the motion pictures that come to
! town.