| Show SENATOR MAP the washington evening star of saturday may 16 says there to la no now direct aej real local interest lo in senator benatti cannon proposition to construct ia i the vicinity of the national capital it ft it reat ground map of the united states when W ben the ibe idea was waa firt first suggested n V was waa but little understood it was by bj i many considered impracticable but a change of opinion has baa taken place au the has baa mani enthusiastic advocates as may be judged irom from the tact that the U S him baa poaul muriely passed a joint Autton res creating a commission empowered to atteno to the prel the scy BO P pe a and onar acter of the ithe mat mai was waa explained by benator cannon caboon lu in an address before the be senata oo on apro apri that abat attracted much lot aud drew forth hearty congratulation of the plan PIRO itself mr cannon said the purpose I 1 have in view ultimately by thia resolution to secure the or near the capital of our nation of a ground map of this country which shall furnish in beneral en eral aal in ill detail a comprehensive view of the vast domain within the boundaries of the united states proper to provide so large a map as this upon the scale proposed there will be required acres upon which would bo be projected all the geographical lines all the topography and what map makers call the culture of the united states upon imaginary state lines there would run foot paths so that thai the observer could pass around each state and through the larger states where such paths would not interfere with the topography or the cul ure upon such a tract there would first be established the periphery of the united states miles in length of land and water boundaries and then irom from the apparent sea level on the east and west the tract would be graded to a vertical scale corresponding with the horizontal scale to show the greatest height attained by any of our mountains auy aty season 0 the year might be chaben tor too toe representation but juts lot let la is suggested ap ac the moult beu beulus lul one all the rivers forests munt mountains ains valleys valley chasms and all the ibe otelea and hamlets ol of the united states would be reproduced dpn such a map the mississippi river its if missouri tributary would be yards loi lo g and about three fett feet wide f actual water lake michigan gas would contain square yaris of actual water huriam upon such a body miniature steamboats coul i ply abe cities would be probably built of gluss in order that by running electric wires u i der them they bey could be illume at night the financial and physical difficulties t to be ove would be much ma ams lr for than m atit be supposed upon ibe be advantages of the scheme tug tue said saad in part A map of this character would at once upon visiting it convey to the mind of the observer some correct and comprehensive idea ot any physical question under consideration there is not anything pertaining to railroads internal navigation public improvement or to any other development requiring conversance ver sance with the physical conditions of the united states slates but hat will be settled by reference terence re to such a map if established any member of the legislative body any citizen of the untied united states maws visiting here from any section of the country could gain an idea of the requirements of any part of the west or ot of the east people rom roin the mississippi valley and from the abe farther west could see represented the towns where are manufactured worth ot of produces poi per annum the he result ot of quintupled quintuplet powers within the generation of men now living upon ouch a map would be spread out a showing ot of the school houses bouses in the united states where there are being educated by the state more than of those people who have the godlike possibilities of the future upon this map would be displayed all the colors of all the earth and its culture within our COD fines the abe red nd soil ot of the lands east of the ibe Alleg hanles the black loam ot of the mississippi valley and the rainbow tints of the colorado chasms ot of the farther west the physical advantage and the educational cat ional results to be attained are not so great in my humble judgment as the patriotic advantage to 10 the country to have such a map established at ai the seat of government of the united states mates kept in good repair kept up to date with probably an attendant tarnished furnished by each tate state to 10 give the information of changes so BO fast as an they occur he addeo I 1 would hope if such much a map were established that there might be some margin left to the north and to the south mouth where extensions of the map might occur I 1 would hope that the patriotic scientists of this commission if they finally decide to recommend to congress and if the idea should be carried out under their direction would leave a little space off to the far southeast corner from which might rise some time in the dear sisterhood of republics if not in that dearer sisterhood of states elates crucified cuba when the wound in her side shall be hashed perhaps some time her sacrificial ruby flow will mingle with the sacred scarlet of our own flag tue the ut af the idea senator cannon gave ibe following information to a reporter of the evening star I 1 came to washington seven years ago filled with the idea bringing plans piano and statistics and had the honor ot of presenting the subject to that great american james 0 blaine and to other prominent men in public life without exception the they approved the project at that time bract I 1 had hope that the potomac flats might be selected as being most favorable for the purpose this tract is to the heart of washington it is in a part of the most splendid capital reservation in the world its historic hia torio surroundings would add at but the hour was not opportune for a presentation of the matter before congress besides the potomac flats were already appropriated in anticipation for the worlds exposition of the three americas Amerl cas later laier in 1890 1 I was induced by leading friends in both houses to luy lay the subject before prominent men in Chica chicago gow after that city had been sele oed as the site for the great fair such gentlemen as william penn nixon lyman J gage ferd W peck and caner harrison gave the most cordial recognition to the pro jeo the inter ocean published a full description crip tion and remarked editorially that the carrying out OUK of such nuch a stupendous plan at chicago as aa an adjunct to 10 the worlds fair would furnish a distinct attract ion u i a ique patriotic and n many a n L times more valuable than the effiel iff tower lower through the delays which occurred before final me selection lectiOn of the upon which to 10 locate the tair lair no jo much time was consumed that the proposition for our country in miniature could not be executed properly it lapsed at chicago not noi entirely to 10 my regret as this matter belongs properly to the government after afier wailing SOMO some years yearn I 1 presented pres emed the subject to hon gardiner 0 hubbard president denhof of the nacional na ional geographic society he gave to it generous and approving consideration and when the unity came for a presentation of the to congress I 1 asked for the appoint appointment men t of a commission to weigh the questions I 1 involved Thear abe areas essof of the various states and territories are calculated sol an follows fol lowa alabama 6 5 arizoca Ari ArIz zoaa ORS 11 arkansas 6 5 california 16 colorado 10 connection connecticut 06 05 delaware 02 florida florida 6 georgia 6 idaho 8 illinois 6 indiana 4 indian territory 8 kansas 8 louisiana 5 maine 8 maryland 1 eais 1 michigan 6 minnesota 8 mississippi 6 5 missouri 7 montana 16 15 nebraska 8 nevada 11 now new hampshire 1 anew new jersey 1 now new mexico 12 new york york 6 5 north carolina 6 5 nonh dakota 7 ahio ohio 4 oklahoma 4 oregon 10 pennsylvania sylv 6 5 rhode island 01 south carolina 3 south dakota 8 tennessee 4 texas 27 utah 8 vermont 1 virginia 4 washington 7 west virginia 2 wisconsin 6 wyoming 10 this gives given the united states mexico 75 central america 17 gulf of mexico 60 great lakes 9 cuba 4 a total of toe the project contemplates a driveway around the boundary boun Jary lary of the united states state mexico and central centra america with footpaths foot paths for the state boundary lines if the map should be so constructed that the vertical scale corresponds win will the horizontal scale the highest elevations on the map such snob as ia peak would be about six leet feet above the tea level but it is ii faid aid to be cu cust mary to 0 make the elevations higher io in which case came a 8 in of the height of that mentioned would be made per caps eighteen feet the matter now being brought be fore congress and the public in general it to IB to be presumed pree umed that it will be carried through the location suggested on the potomac is said to be remarkably mar kably well suited for the purpose such duch a map would be one af the great attractions of the national capital sno aco all who have closely studied the mst er seem to be in favor of a spee epee y realization of the project |
