The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1873-04-12
LETTER from IYOSHjl0tO3l.

W ASHlNGTON, -. u, pTll o. 1910
There has been much in the weather during
the past winter, and also the spring with the
exception of about one week, to mar the pleas
ures of out door life. The winter was long and
severely cold March came in with a storm Of
sleet and snow, followed with cold blasts from
the North that would do credit to the coolest
winter weather. The past few days has been
varm-growing warmer all the while, the muir
curry rising 20 degrees in the shade.
A visit through our markets already beto-
kens the result of the late warm rains. All
spring vegetables are in abundance, lettuce,
greens and the like being disposed OF at
rapid and reasonable rates. In this connec-
ton it might be we'll to inform your readers,
that in Washington is found one of the finest
fish markets in the whole country. Excellent
shad and rock fish are in abundance at prices
to suit every body.
The comparative examinations in the Treas
ury Department to fill forty vacancies have
closed. Upwards of 500 have been examined,
nearly one-half are from the District of Colum
bia, Maryland and Virginia. There are over
two hundred from distant States ofthose exam
ined who are still here under expense awaiting
the verdict of the examining board Since
only about one-twelfth of those examined will
under any circumstances get positions, the
numbers who will be compelled to go home
with sorrowful hearts will be many,
The inequalities of taxation in different lo-
Census reports, in Kings county, New York,
for instance the local assessment amounts to
81 per cent of the true value as reported in the
Census while in other counties OF that State 1t
is but Is per cent. Albany county stands at
AZ millions in the State assessment and l57
millions in the Census Kings county is as
sessnd at 81 millions while its true value is not
less than 700 millions. The problem of tax
equalization is assuming annually more i'm
portance and practical phases which demand
attention
Our American Signal Service haseS Sed
the superiority of its processes by its fSaults.
OF the predictions Of 1872, not less than-S2 per
cent. were verified. The British observatory
boasts only 80 per cent, though it has been es-
tablished many years The wide extent of our
country and the special facilities we esfjoy for
the collection of original facts enable our OBJ
servers and coindicators to get hold of general
principles much more readily. Our observers
were specially educated for their work. At
Fort Whipple on the Virginia side of the Poto.
mac, opposite this city, every new recruit is
sent to study the methods of observation and
to prepare himself by general knowledge for
his serving duty.
The late census has thrown to the surface
many facts and principles Of unsupported val
ue. Other information coming from different
quarters of the Union in departmental cores
pondence and through other channels show
that iron manufacture will soon find its most
remunerative seats in those localities where
the raw material can be most readily collected.
Mr.. G. T, Lewis, of Tennessee shows formid-
able phalanx of figures in support of the SUI
perior cheapness of iron production in that
State. The expense being at Nashville $3.50
per ton against 1927 90 per ton at Steubenville,
Ohio. The iron and coal being in close juxta-
position, he estimates that on the Nashville
and Chattanooga Railroad, iron can be made
and delivered in Nashville at $40 per ton, or
$3.50 less than the cost of its production at the
latter point. LIFE.