Evening star., 1941-03-23

chief clerk, Lighthouse Board;
George S. Prindle, patent attorney;
Sumner I. Kimball, superintendent,
Life Saving Service; Ellery c. Ford,
lawyer, and Henry A Merrick. On
HareWood avenue lived Andrew
Langdon, Henry Gannett, chief
geographer, United States Geologi-
cal Survey; Arthur A Birney, at one
time district attorney; Benjamin
Butterworth, member of Congress
from Ohio and afterward Com
missioner of Patents; James H. Nc
Gill, the architect who drew the
plans for SO many of the houses in
the park; Staughton S. Doyle, who
taught music; Ezra B. Barnum,
Pennsylvania avenue clothier; N. M.
Brush, and DR.. Joseph N. Rose, who
died recently. Rev. C. H. Fay lived
on Spruce street. as did j. j. AL
bright, Charles w. Fisher, Capt.
Howard L. Prince, Abram L.
Swartout, George E. Sloat, William
T. Hornaday, for many years the
director of the Bronx Geological
Park at New York; Charles Ruoff
of the firm of Willet & Ruoff. and
Marie Ginesi Mrs Norman Flem-
ing and Edmund Woog, chief of the
Financial Division, Indian Office,
resided on Linden street. Others
who resided in the park in the
early days were Charles Darwin,
librarian of the Geological Survey;
Col. o. H. Irish of the Bureau of
Engraving and Printing; Brenton L.
Baldwin, Emma B. Smith, F. H.
Ramey, w. E. Williams, Ralph Bald
win, Mrs. B. Pettingill, S. S. Gan.
nett, F. ]. Young, Charles A. Hamil.
ton, correspondent; o. B. Brown,
William H. Degges, w. F. Hide
brandt, James A. Marter, T. 3.
Campbell, T. j. w. Robertson, E. M.
Merrick, De Lancey Gill, H. B. Wy
man, M. Horstman, A. w. Conlee,
c. R. Folin. Mary Ragan, Oscar T.
Towner, E. Woodruff, w. Hollinss-
worth, H. E. Cooper and J. B.
Thomas.
Charles E. Fairman, who resided
on U street, in the park, which was
formerly Spruce street, was probably
the earliest resident of the noted
subdivision.
LIE Droit Days.
For decade or more everything
went along smoothly with the in
habitants Of LIE Droit Park. All i'm
provements were made by those
owning property there, and all that
the people then seemed to desire
was to be left alone to themselves
to work out their own salvation.
But, Of course, there were others to
be considered, and soon there was
a cry to have the high board fence
! sk1rtlng the north of the reserva-
tion removed. The controversy, as
published by the papers in 1888,
when the contention was at fever
heat, clearly indicated that it was
a few spectators who sought its
| removal.
Early on the morning of July 81,
1888, according to press account,
a gang of laborers, under the COM
mand of Charles E. Banes and
directly controlled by John Wilson,
broke down part of the fence to
ALLOW ingreSs and egreSs to a
regiment marching company front"
Protest Made.
The next day the following letter,
signed by number of the residents
of the park, was addressed to A. L.
Barber:
Dear sir: The rights Of resident
and property holders of lie Droit
Park have been again outraged by
the tearing down of the fences
across Linden and Elm streets,
which protect our property against
trespass. AS property owners and
residents, we ask that you authorize
the officers of the LIE Droit Park
Association-W. Scott Smith, Henry
Garnett and H. L. Prince-or some
one of them to represent you in
the matter of rebuilding and main
tanning these fences until some ar
rangement satisfactory to yourself
and to others in interest can be
made with the proper authorities as
to the control of the streets"
Mr.. Barber Immediately placed
the matter in the hands of his
lawyer, A. S. Worthington, who
speedily drew up a power of at
torney, in which he gave w. Scott
Smith, president of the lie Droit
Park Association, authority to enter
or defend suits at law whenever Mr..
Barber's interest in lie Droit Park
was concerned.
On August 8 barbed wire fence,
replacing the one removed, was
| erected, but this, of course, in the
end also came down, and the Com
missioners thereafter took charge
of looking after Improvements here
and policing the place.
But things have greatly changed
in this neighborhood since the
early days of LIE Droit Park, and
even since the present ball park was
first opened, and those who wend
their way this year to see the
opening game, at least will not
have to ride in one Of the old bobtail
streetcars of so years and more ago,
but will be able to travel In q much
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