Evening star., 1937-05-02
BOUNDARY STONES
Official Limits of District Have Been Sub.
ject for Scientific Surveys Since
Original Ceremony.

OF wheat, and barley, and vines, and
fig trees, and pomegranates-a land
OF oil, olives and honey-a land
wherein we eat bread without scarce
ness, and have lack of nothing-a land
whose stones are iron, and out of
whose hills thou mayst dig brass
land which the Lord thy God careth
for; the eyes of the Lord thy God are
always upon it, from the beginning Of
the year even unto the end of the
year
May Americans be grateful and
virtuous, and they shall insure the in
dulgence Of Providence; may they be
unanimous and just, and they shall
rise to greatness; may true patriotism
actuate every heart, may it be the de-
vout and universal wish; peace be
within they walls. o America, and
prosperity within thy palaces. Amiable
1t Is for brethren to dwell together in
unity; it is more fragrant than the
perfumes on Aaron's garment; it is
more refreshing than the dews on
Hermon's hill
May this stone long commemorate
the goodness of God in those uncom-
mon events which have given America
name among nations Under this
stone may jealousy and selfishness be
forever buried. From this stone NAV
superstructure arise, whose glory,
whose magnlficence, whose stability.
unequaled hitherto, shall astonish the
world and invite even the savage of
the wilderness to take shelter under
its roof
HE company partook of some re-
freshments and then returned to
the place from whence they came,
where number OF toastS were drunk,
and the following was delivered by the
master of the lodge (Dr Dick) and
was received with every token of ap-
probation:
Brethren and gentlemen: May
jealousy, that green-eyed monster, be
buried deep under the work which we
have this day completed, never to rise
again within the Federal District"
In addition to the lodge officers
mentioned, the following persons are
Included among the names of those
also present:
John Allison, Joseph Greenway,
Benjamin A. Hamp, Michael Madden,
Col. Dennis Ramsay, Col Charles
Simms, Thomas West. Jesse Taylor,
jr.; John Harper. John Hawkins,
Jonathan Swift, Robert McCrea, Will
liam Hodgson, John Dunlap, William
Herbert, Robert Sanford, William
Hunter, sr.; Edward Harper, William
Hunter, jr.; Charles Turner and
Michael Gretter."
The original surveys for the seat of
the Federal Government were made
by Maj. Pierre Charles L'Enfant.
whose remains repose in Arlington
National Cemetery. And we are told
that the lines were run under the
personal direction Of Gen. Washing
ton, a practical surveyor. But when
We check up on the occasions that
the First President was in this vicin-
lty during the period the surveying
was being done, and the length of
time he remained here, and the way
he put in his time, it can easily be
seen that he had little time available
for actual surveying or for tramping
around all over the 100 square miles,
as it originally included.
IN A resurvey Of the District boun-
Diary lines made by the United
States Coast and Geodetic Survey,
commenced in 1881, some errors were
found to exist. However, when the
writer brought this fact to the atten-
ton of the District surveyor, Edward
A. Dent, this official said that con-
sidering the instruments used at the
time, such inaccuracies were not un-
usual. He further said that where
intervening stones, between corner
stones, were found to be out of align
ment, the line was made accurate by
placing additional stones to mark the
correct line. In speaking OF these
errors, Mr.. Woodward says:
ITO be exact, the northwestern and
southeastern lines exceed 10 statute
miles by 63 feet and 705 feet, re-
spectively; and the northeastern and
southwestern lines also exceed 10
statute miles by 1881 feet and 1905
feet, respectively.
These Irregularities throw the north
corner of the District 1862 feet to