Evening Star Newspaper, February 28, 1927, Page 20

WASHINGTON AIDED WATERWAY PLANS Search for Titles Reveals| General’s Interest in Canal Projects. In the investigations in progress in ment of Justice, i " v land titles on of Wash many brought ov Iv was disclosed by the a in which were utilized in the dev ment of the Dismal Swamp Canal connecting Albemarie und with the waters of Virgimia. thus fur n inland passage for vessels ng to avoid the rds of open | oc navigation, In regard to the part which Gen. Washington had in the transportation development which respited fn the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal it would appear that his inter- | est reaily was bhased upon a broad | vision of the possibilities of develop- | ment of the interior of the coun rither than upon immediate inve ment in the canal project itself. Supported Waterways. | About the time of the location of | the Federal Capital at Washington ! there much discussion in_the country as to the importance of in-| terfor transportation by water, and it ‘is recorded that Geh. Washing- ton made many calculations as to the prohable decreased cost of canal trinsportation as compared with Wagon transport on the turn- pikes of those day He is known to; have given support to waterway propositions pending in his time, and that he was particularly interested in a commercial route to the west- ward by way of the Potomac River. Gen. Washington was substantially the founder of the Potomac Canal project, and it is believed that he had a direct interest in bringing about an’ assurance that when such canal preject was developed it would con- nett the City of Washington with the Western country. The earliest logks, traces of which are still to_be fodnd near Great Falls in the Po- tgghac, including masonry of lock w4lls ‘and the canalway around the Is, insured navigation for, those timies, even in low water stages. Nu- merous wing dams which still re. main in the river were constructed at‘various points and locks develg af:Paynes Falls and the Great nd Little Falls were to take the place of the system at first employed of NUfting boats over inclined planes by capstan devices. -It is not shown that Gen. Wash- on had any part in the prelimi- n developments of the canal or use of land therefor, but his relation to, the general development of the Potomac Canal is said to be disclosed by the fact found in the early records that the State of Virginia made a subscription to the stock of the canal company in Gen. Washington's name. That he did.not make direct invest- ments in such enterprises is evidenced by the fact that he transferred that interest to the foundation of a uni- versity- in the City of Washington. Visioned Future Growth. Gen. Washington's interest in the Potomac Canal improvement was the resylt of a far-sighted vision as to the possibilities of the City of Washing- ton as a tidewater port for the re- ceipt and delivery of commodities, and expectation that large areas of land which came into the hands of.Gen. Washington and- eome of his asso- ciates in the War of the Revolution, a8 a reward for their services, such lands being mainly in the Ohio re glon, would in time he benefited by the canal #velopment. Tt is the opinion of the investiza. | tors, who have ascertained the part | which Gen. Washington had in these early-day transportation movements, that jt was not unlike that which moves the founders of great trans- portation and industrial projects in the present day. who are aware that their projects, when developed, must be carried on by their successors in order to realize the full results of such great enterprises. 8o great has been the development of transcontinental railroads in recent times that it is of special interest to fate the part which the political and business leaders of 150 vears in the development of the w portation projects of that time. So Jate as 1823, 25 vears after the death of Washington, the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal was actually projected and canal transportation. it was then be. Neved, would be the transportation system of the future, although even at that time preliminary ' steps had m taken toward the establishment of & railroad to carry freight and passengers by methods of steam trans- portation. Baby Dies o; Burns. Special Dispatch to The Star JGRANTSVILLE, Md., February 28, +As a result of burns, Miriam, aged ynonths, daughter of Mr. and Mr= James Hay, near Berlin, died yester- day. James, 3, and Dean, were playing with matches and set fire to the crib. They ran to the barn and s- | Venison, too, is a popular a Upper left: Dr. Afranio do Amaral. Upper right: Col. M. L. Crimmins of Antivenin Institute catching a rattiesnake in Texas. Lower left: John Barnes of Floresville, Tex., examining rattler's fangs. Lower right: Crimmins hold- ing diamond back rattler. { By the Associated Press BOSTON, February 28.—Harvard University, the United States Army and the United Fruit Co. are co-operat- | ing through the Antivenin Institute of America to maintain “the largest and most modern snake village in the | world” in a war against snake poison- i of 5,000 scaly mmhabitants, is Hondur: Dr. Afranio do Au Brazil is director. He recently a flying trip from Central America to lecture before the Harvard School of Public Health. The village is a concrete walled in closure, roofed with palm leaves, and containing 16 houses divided into three apartments each with two shallow drinking basins. There the venom is extracted from the captives, and shipped to Glenolden, Pa., where horses are gradually inpcy: lated with it. “Their.immunized blood makes a serum which is used to pro- ng. The village, which has a capacity t Tela, SNAKE VILLAGE. BUILT TO MAKE SERUM. HAS 5,000 RESIDENTS tect human life from the venom of snake bites. The yellow-chin or fer-dedance is the most common of the dangerous snakes of that section. There is also the eyelush snake, or horned viper; bla rattler, and the coral has a _station at San Antonio, Tex which is aided by the Army, and this station cap- tured 4,000 rattlesnakes in a four- month period last Fall. Seventy-two bites were reported to the station in a three-month period, and 26 of those bitten were given the serum. None of these died, but 35 per cent of those not treated died. The nciples of antivenin treat- ment_were developed by the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil. There the antivenin is distributed to the farmers, but Dr. Amaral believes the best means of dis- tribution_here is through the drug stores, In Brazil hunters or cattle riders in snake infested territory may 6Mtain. small syringes containing the serum. institute also STUDENTS TRY FRANCE. 4,500 Americans Enrolled | Schools There for Present Year. | i in 4500 Am. fications somew here France” this vear, according to the preliminary _estimates of the Pa branch of *the American University Union. This number includes pro- fessors bent on research, graduate students and undergraduates, as well as those taking independent ses in_art and architecture. Dr. Calkins, this year's director of the union, and the first American scientist to occupy the post, has been busy the past year creating contacts between the American and French scientific circles. He recently paid a visit to the universities in the south of France, and on his return from a brief trip to America will inspect the laboratories of the universitics in the north and east. RAG PICKERS’ CRY. German Collectors Seek Rabbit | | Skins and Paper. | BERLIN, February 28 (4). rag pickers, unlike the Amer; lectors, do not ci iron,” ‘but rais for “rags, old ‘This unusual fact that Germans are great eaters | of hares' meat during the Fall and Winter months. One finds hares and rman col rabbits at every butcher shop, in the nd vutdoor municipal markets the carts of the t st food 1 35000242 Insurance 30. Send Date of Birth -_for Full Information LeROY GOFF rurancer 610 Woodward Bidg. Main 330. tion. Don’t scratch and further irri- tate yourscalp. 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The Tuesday papers will carry the thrilling details of this great event! The concrete drilling is fin- ished. The carpentry is over. There is no more brick laying or painting. Thenew Basement Store ex- tending clear across the Lans- burgh block from 7th to 8th Streets is all ready. The open- itig sale begins 9:15 Wednesday morning. History of the Basement Store Some years ago 'when Lans- burgh & Bro. first saw the need of lower priced merchandise of dependable quality, a basement store was opened on the 8th Street side of the building. The business done in this smaller space on the far side of our building, encouraged us to in- crease the size of the basement to the full width of the building. Stairways and Elevators Youmay now reach the base- ment through our main 7th Street entrance, our main 8th Street entrance, stairways from inside of the store and elevators. Policy of the Basement We are not counting on ac- cessibility alone to make the new basement important to you. First of all, new departments are being added—many of them. Secondly, a strong mer- chandising policy will be fol- lowed. Complete lines will be carried at all times in not only good qualities but good assortments. Bargains will be found here every day. The Opening Sale In all three Tuesday evening papers you will find large adver- tisements telling about the bar- gains on the opening day of the new Lansburgh Basement. You will find not only sensationally low prices, but also advance Spring styles. *When you read the advertise- ments you will want to be in the basement at its opening mo- ment on Wednesday morning— 9:15. Naturally quantities are not unlimited in the opening sale. It will pay you to read the adver- tisements carefully and come to the basemnet early. Read all the opening advertisements in Tuesday’s Star, Times and News. BASEMENT STORE CLOSED ALL DAY TUESDAY TO PREPARE FOR THE SALE T LANSBURGH & BRO. NEW BASEMENT, 7th, 8th an MAKE YOUR WILL? - -