. Book of the Royal blue . ^^ IE BRONZE MONUMENT TO DANIEL WEBSTER AT WAISHINUTI Book of the Royal Blue. Published MonthlyCopyright, 1907, by the Passenger Department, Baltimore & Ohio Railroadi (All rights reserved.) William Elliott Lowes, Editor. Vol. X. BALTIMORE, AUGUST, 1907. WASHINGTONS HEROES IN BRONZE. mX the days when the Capitol City wasa straggling village, and the broadstreets and avenues which were thenplanned for the great city it has sincebecome, were only dirt roads thinly borderedby shabby dwellings, and the Governmentbuildings were separated by wide stretchesof open spac
. Book of the Royal blue . ^^ IE BRONZE MONUMENT TO DANIEL WEBSTER AT WAISHINUTI Book of the Royal Blue. Published MonthlyCopyright, 1907, by the Passenger Department, Baltimore & Ohio Railroadi (All rights reserved.) William Elliott Lowes, Editor. Vol. X. BALTIMORE, AUGUST, 1907. WASHINGTONS HEROES IN BRONZE. mX the days when the Capitol City wasa straggling village, and the broadstreets and avenues which were thenplanned for the great city it has sincebecome, were only dirt roads thinly borderedby shabby dwellings, and the Governmentbuildings were separated by wide stretchesof open space, some traveler in derisioncalled it the City of Magnificent Dis-tances. But that was long ago and thisname has been outgrown, and if a descrip-tive title were now needed it could becalled the City of Parks and conformation of the city where thestreets and avenues intersect lends itselfto ornamentation by making open spaces, triangular or round, and many of theselittle parks are ornamented by statues inmarble or bronze of our nations eminentmen. These reservations, 312 in number,vary in size. The grounds are carefullylaid out with flowers and foliage plants andsome of the larger are provided with seatsfor the use of visitors and in several of theprincipal ones Gove
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