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BITS OF 0UII10US HISTORY.
HOW THE CITV OF WASHINGTON
WA9 FOUNDED.
Tim Pntplirtlf r.)n of (Iih I'iiIIiit of III
Country -1 tin ilriilu of l.'i:nfiiiil, Who
llculnnril (h CM) A Olt'liiiilcil Scpmlb.
Iilr llr lliirm.
HmvIaI Oomapondctico.)
Wahiii.mito.n, April 25. Nowlioro la
thn liaiiut of WiiHhiugtoii held In dcior
rovcti'iico tlinii lioin In the- rYilcrnl city.
If WiiNlilngton wns tho fattier of his
country the Hynonyitm of nuti'i nullum
inll nlciiiitcly lo ox pi est I1I0 relation
ulilp to tin1 vapltul. It wn WiiHlilngtoii
who concolvi'il tho city, mlcctoil tho bIIo,
bccuiciI tegUlntlro location of tho neat of
govartimeiit, and Ixiro tho brunt of tho
burden of not ting tho Rtrlplltig capital
upon Its foot. Tho story of Washington
tho limn niul Washington tho city In well
told In history ami yet not well known
to tho Hopla It In a story worth
telling ngnin and again, ami of cno
clal tlmvllneiM Just now when tho great
accomplishment!! of tho first president
nro receiving so much nttcntiou, When
drat Inaugurated president a hundred
yours ngo Washington wan busy with his
plans for tho creation of n groat national
city on tho shores of his Iwlorcd Poto
mac, Washington was In this ns In
many other mnttcran long ways ahead of
his times. Tho nlto of tho present capi
tal city had been scon by him nnd had
won his admiration, many years before,
Whon n inero boy ho saw It whllo riding
tho country on horseback, nnd spoko of
It when ns n young olllccr ho camped
with Dnuldock on tho hill wltcro stands
tho National observatory, within the
limits of tho present city. Then thcro
was nothing hero but wooded slopes
partly tilled by two or threo farmers.
On tho hill tops was an almost unbroken
thicket of scrub oaks, and tho lowlands
w'oro covered with underbrush of nldor;
but Iwtweon tho broad Potomno nnd tho
bluds, n mllo nnd n half away, and tho
heights of Rock creek at Georgetown
and of tho Eastern branch, II vo tulles
apart, thcro lay nu amphitheatre of bucIi
gcntlo slopes and useful lovels that tho
oyo of tho young surveyor wns quickly
attracted to It. Washington, always
morn of a merchant and engineer than
artist, had thought of n great com
mercial city hero, with tho imvlg
ablo Potomac, reaching to tho sea.
to help It in tho rnco for suprem
acy. It was In this spirit that ho
had Rurvoyed tho route, of a canal from
tho Potomno to tho Youghlogheny, de
signed to connect tho Atlantic with tho
Ohio nt PlttHburg. Of a company or
ganised to build such n canal ho after
ward became president. And J et It is
possible that oven nt thnt early day ho
foresaw tho destiny of his country, nnd
felt siiro it would hoiuo tlmo reijuiro a
capital. If ho did not dieniu of Inde
pendence, ho surely looked forward to
local autonomy and tho need of u sent of
government. Tho slto of this city ho
often passed on his way to and from
Georgetown, nnd Inter, when occupied
with public cares, whllo en route from
Philadelphia nnd Now York to hH homo
at Mount Vernon. It is a curious fact
that for generations tho Indiana used tho
Blto of this city us n meotiug place, hold
ing hero many council fires. Of theso
great "talks" traditions survived nil
through Washington's life, and this
legislntivo and governmental use of tho
ground by tho aborigines may havo sug
gested to Washington a slinilnr uso by
tho now posscRsois of tho soil.
However this may havo been, It Is cor
tain that Washington wns the llrat and
foremost champion of tho location of
tho national capital on tho shores of tho
Potomno, For eight or ten years a bitter
contest wns waged In congress over tho
selection of n slto for tho capital of tho
young republic, Theio were many rival
aspirants for the honor, nnd oven at
that early day sectional jealousies weio
strong. Now England nnd Now York
wore afraid tho south might gnlu undno
advantage over them. Tho judgment
of congress often changed, and as its
favor shifted from nlto to site now tho
Susquehanna, then the falls of the Dela
ware, again tho Potomac, and later (J or
mantown tho country was thrown Into
a turmoil of conflicting opinion ami in
terests. At one tlmo a bill passed both
houses of congress locating the capital
at Gcrmantown, now a subutbof Phila
delphia, but somo delay ensuing, recon
sideration was had and Ucrmnntown lost
her golden opportunity. So bitter be
came the contest that It wns feared tho
republic, ns yet none too Btrongly welded,
would bo shattered ero ix settlement was
reached. All this tlmo Washington fa
vored tho Potomnc, as Ids correspondence
shows, and wns loth to abandon the
project which had occupied his attention
for many years, but ho modestly ro
fralued from lining his great iufluenco in
any active manner.
,At this juncture another contention
arose and threatened tho stability of the
republic. It was, curiously enough, a'
public mensuro similar to tho direct tax
refunding bill, which President Clovo
land vetoed n few months ngo. In car
rying on the war of independenco tho
Now England and northern states hud
contracted large debts, which they now
wished tho government to assume, Tho
south, having 110 such obligations, or, if
any, of smaller sums, naturally pro
tested. Secession was threatened by
both sides, so high did tho feeling run.
This danger was averted by a bottlo of
wine nnd u good dinner, just as bottles
in wine nnd good dinners occasionally
exert great (ullueiico upon th legislation
and KIItli'H r this day. Hamilton und
JefTeaou lu-ddeutully metvln front of
the president!) houho in Philadelphia and
engaged In conversation about tho re
funding meuMiio und capital project,
for half an hour they walked up and
down together, nnd next day met at
dinner In JelTcrbon'd house, having
for company several of tho promi
nent men of both north and soutlu
Hamilton, taking the initiutlvo, ox
pressed the opinion that tho men
of the north would bo willing to let
ilm capital go to the Potomac If tho
men of tho south would consent to pas
sage of the debt assumption act. This
suggestion foracomprombo wns happily
received, ti ml the prosperity of tho Union
nnd of the futuio capital on tho Potomac
was di link by all present before tho com
pany disponed, It thus appears that the
north sold tho capital for tho pi Ice of Its
state debt, n bargain which the south
wns piobably moro than willing to
makf Dm tug the long debate Mr.
Madison, urterward president, saldi "If
It weio Kssllile to promulgate our
laws by somo Instantaneous opera
tion, it would bo of less conseiueuco
where the seat of government might bo
placed." That condition, though not
prophesied by Madison, nnd probably not
dreamed of by tho most imaginative
statesmen or sclentlfl' men of tho day,
has boon virtually realised in tho Wash
ington of thu present, tho uows of the
capital Mug instantaneously dissemi
nated throughout tho country by thu
electric telegraph. With fast railway
trains and the comforts of modern travel
noliody complains becauso tho capital Is
600 miles ft om tho center of population.
Madison, however, had In him 11 llttlo of
tho spirit of prophecy, for !in expressed
tho belief that tho center of population
"may oven extend beyond tho Potomno."
If Madison had been so fortunate as to
llvo to bo as old ns Chovrcul, who died
tho other day, ho would havo seen tho
center of imputation n good ways on tho
other side of tho Allegheiilcs.
It must havo leen with genulno pleas
tiro that President Washington enmo
down to Georgetown nnd issued, March
80, 1701. disorders to tho commissioners
who hnd been chosen to survoy the Fed
eral city. Maryland ceded her part of
tho ton miles squaro, according to her
agreement, but tho laud owners were
not bo easily disused of. Thcro wcro
only three or four of them, but they
proved to lw very stubborn nnd greedy.
In thoflo days tho method of condemna
tion of prlvato proicrty for public uso
was not as well understood ns it now is,
and when tho commissioners got into
trouble with the famous Davy Burns
thoy asked tho president to como nnd
help them out. Even Washington wns
at first unable to do anything with
tho obstlnato Scotchmun, who did not
want n capital nt his front door, and
didn't caro whether tho seat of govern
ment camo to tho Potomnu or went to
tho Asslniboino. Washington wrestled
with him for several days, and It Is said
that on one occasion Hums turned on tho
father of his country nnd said to hiim
"You tulk very lino, Mr. Washington,
and probably expect pcoplo to bollevo nil
you Bay, but whnt would you havo been
If you hadn't married tho Widow Custis?"
A few moro interviews with testy
Davy exhausted Washington's pa
tleuco, and ho finally informed D.ivy
Uurns that tho government want
ed his laud und Intended getting
it in ono way or another, turns there
upon came to terms, mid transferred his
six hundred acres, which ho did not liko
to boo spoiled for 11 good farm to make 11
poor capital, on tho snmo terms that had
been made with tho other owners of tho
slto tho government to have ono lot
nnd tho original owner ono alternately.
Uurns stipulated that his cottage must
not bo Interfered with in tho laying out
of tho city, und ns this condition wns
agreed to by Washington, Davy Uurns'
cottngo still stands, ono of the historical
curiosities of tho capital. Nearly nil of
these negotiations wcro carried "on by
Washington In person. Among the
estates thus broken up und merged
In the Federal city, as Washing
ton always called tho placo, was one
which had como down to tho heirs of
Francis Pope, who settled heroin 100:1
Among the older residents of tho city
0110 often hears a tradition spoken of
that Pope designed tho starting or a
small town on his property, which he
called Itotuc, nnd spoko of hluisilf ni
thoPopoof Homo. Tho high giniiud mi
which his residence was built he called
Cupltollno hill, in true Roman fashion,
and it was tin odd coincidence that the
Cupltoline hill of this pioneer's fancy
should becomo tho Capitol hill of actual
ity more than n century after his death.
Another local tradition is that two other
cities were spread ovor this ground long
before congress adopted It us 11 sent of
government, ono being called Currolls
burg und tho other Hamburg, but nei
ther making progress beyond tho first
pniicr survey.
Throughout his eight yeais in the
presidential chair Washington continued
to ovinco u lively Interest in tho Federal
city, Tho now capital was named Wash
ington by tho commissioners without tho
president's knowledge, but with tho com
mon consent of congress and people. It
was Washington who employed Maj.
L'Enfant, tho French genius who planned
tho city not for ono century, but for thou
sands of years, and who planned wiser
and better than anybody In his lifetimo
was willing to glvo him credit for. Tho
chief men of that day were provincial,
colonial nnd narrow in their ideas of art
und expenditure. They hnd Imjcii rcured
for tho must part In tho practice of tho
strictest private economy, nnd all
through the revolution and afterward
had not known what it was to manago
tho nlTnlrs of n government witli a sur
plus of millions in its vaults. Indeed,
tho government had to borrow money
from the state of Maryland to carry on
Its building operations, and so low wns
tho republic's credit that Maryland de
clined to mako tho loan till tho capital
commissioners pledged their privnto for
tunes to its repayment. L'Enfant, on
tho other hand, was metropolitan, grand
In his ideas, and of courso tho commis
sioners and everybody elso were unnblo
to appreciate him und his work, und
as ho was of a pcrvcrw; dis
position, as geniuses have u right
to be, It was not long beforo
ho had lieconio Involved in quarrels with
nearly everybody in the city. Even
Washington, who admired his talents
very much, found it difllcult to get along
with him, und finally dismissed him. A
curious Instance of the poveity and
economy of tho tlmo is found in tho fact
that for planning this wonderful city
and giving his personal attention for
man" months to tho survey und pre
liminary operations, L'Enfant was paid
tho iii'.mlllcer.t sum of $3,000, His suc
cessor, mnii of much ability, was no
ctiscd of greediness becauso ho desired
to bo paid ?" u day nnd expenses, nnd
was finally Induced by Jefferson to dls
hmi80 w I tli reimbursement.
At that time Jcircrson was tho only
man In conspicuous public life who had
any considerable nrt culture, and who
had hud the advantages of extensile for
eign tinvel Even JelTcrson wanted tho
city laid out In a regularity of squares
with all thu streets intersecting nt right
angles, as In Philadelphia, and, unfortu
nately, In most other Aineilcan cities.
L'Enfiiiii iiiado the regular chess board
squares as Jefferson wished, but ho nlso
put in so many avenues running nt ncuto
angles that tho monotonous effect was
happily destroyed, and tho oportiinity
presented for milking of tho capital tho
magnificent city which it has finally be
come. Washington suppoitcd L'Enfant
In his design, which wns much criticised
at tho time, und ho nlso supjiortcd him
ns against John Adams, who insisted
with n good deal of vigor that tho Capi
tol or congress liouso should bo surround
ed by all tho executlvo buildings in n
great squaro of public edifices. Wash
ington gnvo n good teason for tilts, ns ho
did for everything, nnd it Is interesting
to note that his reason was that If con
gices and tho oxecutivo ofllccrs wero lo
cated close together tho latter would bo
so annoyed by tho former, ns they had
been in Philadelphia, that they would
havo to takothoir business homo In order
to keep up with it. In this day of good
streets und rapid and cheap means of
travel tho congress liouso is found alto
gether too closo to tho offices of tho
president und his ministers, If tho com
fort of tho Litter is to bo considered.
Washington did not llvo long enough
to see his fuvorlto city occupied ns a cap
ital. Ho died In 1700, and government
was not lomovcd hero till tho next year.
When Washington Inst beheld tho city
it was a mud holo in tho woods, almost
wholly dovoid of streets, with thirty or
forty residences, only two or threo of
them spacious and comfortable, an un
finished president's house, congress liouso
and trcusury. Tho government was in
volved in financial difficulties and bad to
resort to lotteries for tho raising of funds
a method sanctioned by Washington
himself, but afterward regretted. A
wretched placo It remained for more than
half a century, or until it had becomo
endeared to tho pcoplo of tho wholo coun
try by tho civil wnr and its nssoclat'ons,
nnd until Shepherd recreated it. Now
it is magnificent, nnd tho judgment of
tho first presldont and tho genius of Its
designer havo been nmply vindicated. If
tho spirit of tho Immortal Georgo now
occasionally visits this mundano sphere,
'tis safo to say thcro is no spot affording
it moro delight than tho ono on which
young Washington set his prophetic gao
when camped on Observatory hill with
luckless Drnddock.
Walter Wellman.
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KnoniKiui, Trice That Am Paid for SuU
Along tho Itnulr.
Special Correspondence)
NKW Yoiik, April 25. Tho great show
to bo given hero next week is, of courso,
to bo 11 freo one, so far ns tho street pa
rades go, but nil tho sunie, if anybody is
coming to Now York to seo them it will
bo ndvlsablo to Inehido In tho cstitnnto
of expenses the item of tho cost of a
good placo from which to view tho show.
Thoro is no charge for looking at it, If
you can find a placo from which you can
seo it; but us all tho deslrablo places on
tho Btrects aro likely to lw filled with
eager crowds, thero has risen un oxtraor-J
diunry demand for windows along tho
route
Naturally, tho first impulso of ovcry
ono is to go to n hotel, but tho individual
who relics on that will almost certainly
bo "left." Tho main hotels of tho city
are, most of them, along tho routo of tho
procession, it is true, but they nro all
crowded now, und nro likely to bo still
more crowded dny by day till tho agony is
over. Store nnd olllco windows, therefore
have been rented for tho two days, nnd
oven, in somo cases, prlvato houses havo
been sublet ut figures that havo gono up
rapidly nnd nro likely to go much higher.
It is safe to say that thcro is not a win
dow from which tho procession may bo
seen which is not already rented, but
many of thorn uro held by speculators
who nro holding for tho highest prices.
In ono instance, 1 am told that $3,000
vus paid two weeks ngo for tho ton (tout
windows of 11 privnto liouso on Fifth
uvenue. just ubovo Twenty-sixth street.
In this case thu speculator who hired
them arranged ten seats at each window,
nnd ut first charged $30 a day for each
seat for tho two days. Nearly nil wcro
taken, but ho remarked chcorfully last
night in tho Hoffman liouso that ho
would not dlsposo of tho rest utidvr $50
a day. It seems a tremendous nricc.
but ho will probably get it, for tho liouso
Is ono of tho handsomest in tho neighbor
hood. A good many pcoplo havo each paid
$10 in advance for each of tho two days,
for the privilege of occupying a camp
Btool on n roof at tho corner of Twenty
third street and Oroudway. This is
probably tho best location In tho city, for
tho roof Is not high and it overlooks
Mndisou square, and unless tho weuthor
is bad the camp stool peoplo will bo really
better off than tho window holders.
Tho notion of allowing trucks to stand
at tho curb lines at tho corners of inter
secting streets along tho routo, which
was first publicly udvanced by Muyor
Grant, Is likely to bo a bonanza to tho
truckmen. Many of them havo already
reserved their space and arranged for
placing chairs on tho trucks, which
chairs they will rent for all they can got.
Somo have advertised tholr accommoda
tions and have already disposed of tho
scats, clearing n hundred or oven two
hundred dollars for each day, but oven
this is less than tho moro speculative
ones nn likely to mako, for they 'aro
holding off till tho Inst minute, and thcro
is not yet any Indication of a fall In
prices.
Hundreds of instances liko thoso cited
abovo could bo mentioned, but tho sto
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