Deseret Evening News | 1901-01-05 | Page 19 | The Old and New Washington

II i fm OLD A AND D BW WASI The strong faith and optimism of the Fattier or of Our Country A as to the future of time the el city ot of WashIngton stand out In bold relief Throughout the rancorous debates In over oer time the selection ot of the permanent seat ent or of germent Geneal General Wahington Washington had constantly exerted nn an In favor tAvor of the banks of the PotomAC wih with whose natural advantages lie he had been boyhood 11 Iii was the guiding spirit In the adoption of the all ad plans for tor time the of the capital and he watched time the bull built In lair operations wih with I a lovIn loving interest A l glance reveals mar change Th The straggling vI vii lae ot of 3 has become a Iros cl city of 00 population amid time the little departmental band of 16 or of clerks and ha has swelled Into an army arm of I If Sen en tutor ator NornA were ere Alve alive today toda his In gen gentie tie WOuld QuId li be turner to for h soult ull behold In the tue or of urban moel model and amid continental I center of cit time the orts arts sciences wih with its superb that Is represent sent ent Rn an olta outlay of upwards of one hun bun bundred dred millions of dollars Its acres of nC palatial residences Ia its one hundred an twenty IleM of brI broad d asphalted Mtr streets et It its of park fountains anti shade trees and 18 lie Rd ad sanitary In Harpers Wl kl