Evening Star Newspaper, July 7, 1935, Page 38

D—12 : AY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, JULY 1935—PART TWO CTIZENS OPPOSED il =202 TG F = COVING OF TRANS bk 5 s T vOU MAY AS WELL, SHOP, IN COMFORT / : First Railroad Train Made Its Appearance Here 100 Years Ago. Br the Associated Press. A hundred vears ago now the first railroad was the talk of this Capital City with the viewers-with-nlarm making more roise than the pointers- with-pride. An almanac gives July 1, 1835, as the day when the first railway trains reached Washington. But the rail- road company says that's wrong— August 25 we: the date when four trains steamec into the Capital. The first trains didn't make the first pages of 1835 papers here. The ® 12,000 Yards of Them ® Real 25¢ and 39c¢ Qualities Aot e Curin e iy ana ® Seven Beautiful Kinds seethed a citizenry fearful that the i n railroad would: ruin the shipping « district. 4 Citizens Offer Protest. The Washington Globe of July 9./ 1835, published a letter signed “Many | e Citizens” protesting a proposed ex-| [ ¥ tension of the rail line from Second| to Sixth on Pennsylvania avenue. It [ ® y "A SUMMER SAVING” demanded “Is it not evident that neither carriages nor any other vehicles could venture to aporoach our doors in the presence of a train of huge cars to hold 60 persons each besides in-| numerable arks of merchandise in the rear? What member of Congress or private family would risk their lives to pay a visit or make a purchase in the presence of such dangerous, machinery?™* | Protest Is Answered. | The Nations! Intelligencer of July 14 printed a letter on the same sub- | ject which answered the argument this extension would permit a rail- road-canal connection Citizens of Alexandria and George- ® 36-inch Anderson Printed Dimities @ 38-inch Virginia Beach Printed Muslins ® 36-inch MacLin Printed Muslins ® 38-inch Garden Gate Printed Voiles @® 36-inch Lucerne Velveray Dot Dimities @ 38-inch Yorkshire Printed Batistes ® 36-inch A B C Printed Percales (discontinued patterns) With Deep Shadow Panels —Beautiful cottons in this scason's choicest patterns and color- town will certainly prefer having their goods brought in by steamboat as now.” it said. “If the steamboats are to be oroken by the railroads the | case will be altered—but let us wait| until we see a prospect of that.” But the editor of the Georgetouwn Metropolitan pronounced “abeurd” the theory that the railroad would hurt Capital retail trade by bringing| Washington toe close to Baltimore. | Lyrically. he exclaimed: 7 our modern mode of | s by hours instead miles, the distance tween the twe cities is henceforth to be 2 hours: that from Washington to New VYork 26 hours and to Boston 40 hours! Are we in a dream!” | THREE BAND CONCERTS SCHEDULED FOR WEEK Those Proposed for Tomorrow and | Tuesday at War Memorial Canceled. Three band concerts will be held | in the local parks this week This announcement, made yester- day by Frank T. Gartside, acting superintendent of *he National Capi- tal parks, declared that the Wash- ington Gas Light Band will be heard on Wednesday evening at Reservation 322 B, located at Twelfth street and Michigan avenue northeast. The Ma- | rine Band will plav on Thursday evening in the District of Columbia World War Memorial in West Poto- mac Park The Community Civic Band will be heard on Friday evel in Section C of Anacos Pa outheast. not | far from the n Navy Yard. Gartside annou that the con- | heduled for tomorrow and at the District of Columbia World War Memonal by the Army and Nayy Bands are canceled. This is to permit the Army Band to play at the Sylvan Theater in the Wash- | ington Monument Grounds and the Navy Band at the Pan-American | Union. | SPORSE | COLORADO SOCIETY'S PICNIC IS THURSDAY Representative Lewis to Give Ad- dress Before Gathering in Rock Creek Park. Plans have been completed for the ennual picnic of the Colorado State | Bociety. to be held at 5:30 p.m. Thurs- | day in Rock Creek Park at Tilden | street and Broad Branch road. Rep- | resentative Lawrence Lewis of Colo- rado will be the principal speaker. | The State's Congressman and other important Coloradoans in Washing- | ton are expected to be present. The program of entertainment will include vocal selections by Mrs. Ida Clark of Washineton and music by a 35-piece band. Larry Garcia will be | in charge of the athletic prog: which {s to begin promptly at 5 pm Information concerning membership in the society vy Terry McAdams C. C. CARROLL TO END 35 YEARS’ SERVICE | Administrative Officer, Bureau of Animal Industry. Will Be Pre- sented Testimonial. Charles Cephas Carroll, adminis- trative officer of the Bureau of Animal Husbandry of the Department of Ag- riculture, made plans yesterday to retire the last of July after working 35 years in the agency. Carroll was eligible to leave the, gervice June 15 if he had taken ad- | vantage of his accrued leave, but he | refused to leave his duties | Friends and associates of Carroll | at the bureau have subscribed for a retirement testimonial to be presented to him the last day in office. e Reception Is Planned. A reception and entertainment by the Andrew Jackson Council, No. 6 of the Junior Order of United Ameri- can Mechanics, will be given Tuesday in honor of Richard Sebastian. who is | returning from the organization's home in Tiffin. Ohio. State Councilor Edwin B. 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