Year: 1867

WHAT WASHINGTON WILL m
AND WHAT IT NEEDa.


In our yesterdays issue we gave som,
views in regard TO the growth Of this city
the probable increase in the price of real
estate, and the indications that rents will
not be reduced, though there is large in
crease Of houses for rent. We now pro.
pose to offer some proofs that our calcula.
tions are predicated upon certain and i'm.
pregnable grounds. When we say that
this District Of Columbia-for all our re.
marks and suggestions heretofore made
have reference 10 the entire District-is
bound to increase in wealth and popula-
tion, and that real estate and every species
of property is gradually to be enhanced
in value, and that this growth is to be q
healthy and sound one, we do not reckon
without sufficient evidence and incontro-
vertible facts which must be patent to all.
The more we think upon this subject in
the light Of the circumstances which sur.
round us, the more thoroughly are we con.
vinced that our conclusions are correctly
arrived at, and that our theory Of the
future prosperity Of Washington is well
sustained in every respect.


Let us see! Washington is the capital
OF great nation; and, say what you
will, for many years TO come it must con.
tinue to be the capital Of the United States,
Now what followsf As the capital of the
United States, and as town most delight.
fully situated in oil its natural adyan-
tages-for we maintain there is not on the
continent place more beautiful in all Of
its natural surroundings and advantages
than this same Washington-it must be-
come at no distant day the residence of
the men Of means and Of elegant leisure.
Capitalists and rich men, statesmen and
scholars, will, after a time, find it the
place to reside. The founders of this
capital looked to this. They expected
that science, learning, oil that is pleasing
in art, all that instructs in statesmanship,
politics and government, all that enlightens
and liberalizes the mind, and rehnes and
improves the manners Of great and FREQ
people, should be established here. This
is what Washington needs, and what the
founders Of the Government wished for,
and though they died with but small
part Of what they expected realized, they
did not pasa away without leaving their
dying request that we their children, and
our children, should carry out the designs
which they projected. No one can travel
over this city and observe the plan upon
which it is laid out, and not be made fully
aware that the men who devised and
made the plan meant that here shoult
spring into existence city which, IN all Of
its appointments and in all It's length and
breadth, should realize in permanent form
the perfection Of ancient and modern
architectural beauty, and demonstrate
before the eyes Of the world that modern
civilization has here, on this new cont
nent, q model city which shall stand
forever in vindication Of the fact that re-
publican institutions furnish that complete
training Of the mind which insures the
highest success that it is possible for mar
to attain in every department. Now, il
remains that we state briefly what is to be
done by us to realize this idea of oul
fathers.


To speak practically, then, we will szy
that our authorities should adopt, in the
first place, the best system of sewerage
that can be devised let our broad and
beautiful streets and avenues be paved by
the best of modern pavement; let Con,
gress and the property-holders unite in
furnishing the means to this end; and then
lot every man. whether he be mechanic,
merchant, politician, statesman, or mer.
chant prince, know that we have room fol-
all, and then each can build his home nc.
cordlng to his own means and taste, and
that there shall be no outside ineonyeni
ence to make his residence in the capita
Of the nation unpleasant or uncomfortable
All we have portrayed in this column, an,
more, is bound to come at no distant day
Let none, therefore, talk Of the deprecia
tion OF rOal estate and property in thi
city, We would mislead no one; neither
would we attempt to initiate or give Ia
property fictitious value. Our ealcula
tions are based on what we know mus,
sooner or later be realized.


We shall enlarge upon this and kindred
topics from time to time.


PERSONAL.


Hon. s, ID. CoLBY, the Register Of thu