Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-05-23

send the water flying in all directions frequently
lhto tne stores OF merchants, and more freduently
aeinglnS lady street passengers and desire, ing
theii ciethtng. Several complaints have BEEN
made to us of this nuisance bv ladies who have
berh thus annoyed, and 10y people doing business
ln the vicinity of the plugs thus damaged; and il
Tue ponce would turn their attention 10 the matter
Tor 4 few days until the new plugs are put down
they would he doing the community a service
EDITOR OF THE STAR: IL seems to me the ma
chinery of our Corporation is sadly out Of order
Would you believe it, they have done what |
never yet heard Of being done I'm any city of the
Union, viz: levied tax on mechanic s tools in ex-
press violation Of the charter which SAYS THAT
no tax shall he laid upon the wearing apparel or
necessary tools and implements used in carrying
on the trade or occupation Of any person. nor shall
the s1Ine be subject TO distress and sale for any
tax Now, us 1 said at the commencement of
this, the machinery must be sadly ont of order
when they want To raise means TO drive it, OIL of
our tools.
The engine is sadly out of order She leaks at
every joint valves all leak she Consumes too much
1uel To drive her ID wants a thorough overhaul
lhS; TIE leaks all stopped; valves made tight; and
what would he beEPnt, think, to that Kind of
engine, cut-Oh valves should be applied Ia iIer
and more economy used in running her; but all
That leave to the property holders But certainly
must protest against mechanics tools being made
the Ineans to raise the funds to keep such Il Bad
conditioned engine in fuel, when il ought 10 be
oVerhanled and thoroughly repaired, and carcfu
WASHINGTON MECHANIC.
WORTH SEEING The turning establishment of
our enterprising fellow-citizen, Mr.. WIN. p
Webb, OH q street, between Sixth and Seventh is
we'll worthy OF visit from all who would com
pfeheno AT gl1nce the value OF labor saving ma
chimes To society. There, ten or twelve skilled
hands, with the aid Of great variety of different
small arrangements, driven by a ten-horse steam
engine. turns out. each one of them, perhaps or e
N in aNtyau unfl l.raak ak.tS
scrolls, nuted work, balusters, bedstead Eosts
newels, &c, DC as could be done by hand with
ont the assistance of such machinery. The result
Is not deprlvlng those who mi ght otherwise do
such work by hand, of employment, but is redu-
cling the cost Of il, that inuc Ia more than hum
ured fold OF 1t Is being used by the world than
when IT was customary to do it by hand. Thus
have ALL OF all Inedhs had placed within the reach
OF their pockets comforts, necessaries, and orna-
ments in house building, &c. which quarter OF
century ago were available only To the rich.
The NATIONAL ART TEMPLE, which Mr. w w
Corcoran is about to erect on the corner of Penn
sylvania avenue and Seventeenth street, opposite
the Department grounds is to be two stories in
helghtwlth basement, fronting lG5 \ feet on the
avenue, by l23 feet inches on Seventeenth street
IL IS Ia DC OF brick, with heavy ornaments of either
New Jersey brown sandstone or Seneca stone and
enc OF the most finished and tasteful specimens of
architecture which have ever been reared in this
city BY private Individual. Towers, elaborately-
carved windows and statues are to a,lorn its outer
walls and make il what the mum fcence and pub
lie spirit of w. w. COrcOran whose liberality
erects it, intends 1t shall bean art temple WORTHY
the metropolis of the nation. Immense and richly
wrought halls will be fitted up within. to receive
the paintings, statues. and other works of art,
which IT is destined to contain. superb suite Of
rooms, in the second story. lit by colossal sky
lights and fitted up with exquisite taste. are de-
signed as the principal exhibition rooms OIft of
them will be 90 feet long and IS feet in width and
will be, in all its details the finest room in the
country.