Evening star., 1942-08-16
Fifty Years Ago
in The Star

secured the annual convention of the
Grand Army of the
GAR Convention Republic, was busy
PIons with plans to make
the meeting sue
cess when it opened in September. The
Star Of August 13, 1892, said: The COM
mlttee has on its mind many matters
The parade question is not yet set
tied. AS stated in The Star, the COM
mander in chief proposed to have the pa
rade formed in two lines or double column
on Pennsylvania avenue, so as to get it
past the reviewing stand in reasonable
time Other less spectacular details,
though of equal Importance, also were
discussed, such as providing enough food
for the city during encampment week,
There were no trucks in those DAYS, and.
according to the article, "the railroad
companies foresee that their carving
capacity will be taxed to the utmost
for several days, and railroad officials
say that for week there will not be a
single freight car hauled into Wash
ington."
Another item along the line of i'm
proved transportation occurred in The
Star OF August 16, 1892:
New From the activity exer-
Turnpike cised lately it seems posi-
BILE that the grand scheme
of boulevard and a new line of rail-
way between Washington and Baltimore
will be realized The last Legislature of
Maryland granted a charter to the
corporation organized under the name
of the Baltimore e. Washington Turn
pike & TTamWay Co, which seems to
more than provide for all the require
ments. Congress last session provided
for the entrance of the road into the
District
AS naval note, The Star of August 15
1892, observed: The great naval review,
to which this country has in
Noyol vited the nations Of the earth,
Show in New York Harbor next
April, will afford the United
States an opportunity to parade her new
fleet before the eyes of the world with
the pride of a young hen with her first
brood of chickens 1t will be no insig-
nifcant feet, however, for it will include
ships that would prove to be formidable
antagonists anywhere. and though there
won't be so many of them they will
make up in quality any deficiency in
quantity" There followed a description
of the fleet, with table of tonnage that
seemed powerful then but would be
almost picayune today.
The principal event of national inter-
est was railroad strike The Star of
August II, 1892, in dispatch
RoIrood from Buffalo, announced:
Strike THE Great Railroad Strike
Rapidly Spreading. The
strike situation this morning is most
alarming and the danger can hardly be
overestimated There are nearly 1000
men on strike with probability of 300
or 400 more being added to the number
in the next "a hours. The switchmen of
the New York Central Railroad struck
and quit work at o'clock this morning.
The aim now seems to be a general tie
up. The widest rumors prevail as to
the probable outcome of the trouble,
which strikers predict may extend from
the Atlantic to the Pacific unless their
demands are acceded to-" The strike
did become serious. but never got to be
Nation wide, as predicted.
y X
The sporting world eagerly was await
ing the decision for the heavyweight
championship be-
Sullivan -Corbett tween John L.
Match Prospects Sullivan and the
challenger, James
j. Corbett. Remarked The Star OF Au-
gust Is, 1892: THE great fight between
Sullivan and Corbett is now only three
weeks off and the interest Is getting to |
boiling point. Prominent fighters all |
sver the world are coming to the front
with predictions as to the probable win