CITY OF WASHINGTON. Si 
scale well suited to the extent of the country* 
one thousand two hundred miles in length* 
and one thousand in breadth* of which it is 
to be the metropolis; for the ground already 
marked out for it is no less than fourteen 
miles in circumference. The streets run 
north* south* east* and west; but to prevent 
that sameness necessarily ensuing from the 
streets all crossing each other at right angles^ 
a number of avenues are laid out in different 
parts of the city* which run transversely; 
and in several places* where these avenues in¬ 
tersect each other* are to be hollow squares A 
The streets* which cross each other at right 
angles* are from ninety to one hundred feet 
wide* the avenues one hundred and sixty feet 
One of these is named after each state* and a 
hollow square also allotted to each* as a 
suitable place for statues* columns* &c. which, 
at a future period* the people of any one of 
these states may wish to erect to the me¬ 
mory of great men that may appear in the 
country. On a small eminence* due west of 
the capitol* is to be an equestrian statue of 
General Washington. 
The capitol is now building upon the most 
elevated spot pf ground in the city* which 
happens to be in a very central situation. 
From this spot there is a very complete view of 
every part of the city* and also of the ad- 
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