Evening star., 1950-01-01

near where Thirtieth street is shown
to intersect on the official Federal City
maps.
The tavern ballroom has been used
for birthnight balls honoring General
Washington, for other social affairs
and for theatrical performances. Play
ers known here have appeared there.
In recent months, Messrs. Hamilton
and Co. of Baltimore have offered a
dramatic olio, consisting of songs,
jests and sentiments, in three parts.
The town has regarded with inter-
est the growth of the Georgetown
College. This place of learning was
established by the Jesuits in 1889.
Leading Paper in George Town.
The Centinel of Liberty continues to
appear twice weekly in Georgetown,
and is the leading journal of the day.
Washington has had no newspaper for
two years, those that were published
there having failed.
1t is almost certain that this de-
ficiency will be supplied by new pro-
prietors when the Government moves.
Bricks are made in the town and
are for sale at Sc the thousand.
Stage service is provided from
George Town to Alexandria over the
Falls Bridge at cost of rs cents per
passenger.
General John Mason maintains a
fine plantation on his island in the
Potomak opposite Georgetown and
Hamburger. which is Immediately
| cfr Mo-. NJ r;I u,
He is the son Of George Mason of
Gunston Hall and is an important
figure In the commercial and social
affairs of Georgetown.
Cotton Crop Successful.
Among many crops. he has been sue
cessful in the cultivation of cotton on
the island.
1t may be appropriate at this juno
tture to review the happenings of more
than 10 years which now seem about
to culminate in the establishment of q
permanent home, albeit mean and OF
little dignity, for the Government OF
the United States.
In its present form. and as the Con-
tinental Congress, the legislative body
has sat at New York; at Philadelphia,
Lancaster and York Town in Penn
sylvania; at Princeton and Trenton in
New Jersey and at Annapolis in Mary
land.
The mention of relatively small COM
munities and of unsettled areas as
prospective locations for the Federal
City prompted the Gazette of the
United States. newspaper Of New
York. to- exclaim:
"Then let us to the woods repair,
And build Federal City there!"
Prognosis in Jingle.
In light vein, the Gazette told In
poetry of the CONGRESSES deserting the
conveniences Of large city for less
pretentious location, where land costs
could be expected to be lower:
without buzzing in our ears
OF SPECTATORS hopes and fears,
What laws and statutes shall be
| made!
To help the discriminating trade;
To regulate the country roads,
And clear the neighborhood of
toads;
To regulate the time for Matching
Hens eggs-and shad, and oyster
catching;
| What time is best to ring the swine
And other business in that line. = ."
The final decision came in 1890. The
outcome was related directly to the &C
| ton of the Congress on Mr.. Alexander
Hamilton's debt funding proposal,
which, on its face, would seem to have
no connection with the matter of es-
tablishing Federal City.
Mr. Hamilton had urged that the
United States assume and be respon-
sible for the debts contracted by the
several States during the war of in
dependence. He brought the weight of
his position of Secretary of the Treas
ury to the proposal. It would, he said,