Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-05-07
" here to Advertise.

TIE srAR, which, from its start, has been the ps-
Der Of tbs people, has, by the pains taken to
a. safe reliable, messy and acceptable visitor to
evsry family, gained popularity amongst all classes
o. the Community secoT to that OF Newspaper In
the country with the area Of opulHtion Keep
ing full pace with the extraordinary growth Of the
city, and reaching every house hold in the District
aud vide range outside, TEE srAR has noe at
tsinet circulation very mach larger than that OF
81 the other city dailies combined This idle
claim, but one We prepared to establish at any
time BIZ "b.oks and pspsrs." Aud this circulation,
n slated above, IL universal, reaching the bust
pt8 community, the wealthy, tAe great indus
trial forces, the skilled mechanics, the laborina
men, the bankers, the merchants, the house.
keepers, the government employees, the Congress
men-in short, there IL circle where THE
eIAR IL not o regular and welcome guest. The
ult is that The STAR affords unsur passed Cd
vsutaees . medium Of commune ation bet vesu
ell classes Of the munity IN the way Of the I'd
jusimept OF demand and supply.
IN.
The attempt has been made to show tn At the
cost Of executing the work of improvement in
Washington has been excessive. We are salts
ned that a comparison with the cost of execut-
ing similar work elsewhere will show that it b las
really been done very cheaply. We notice in
this connection some comments upon the man.
ner in which money Is wasted upon public
works In New York city, even under the Gre
form" administration. There are two subjects
OF constant complaint against the PRESENT adj
nlinistrstion OF local affairs in that CITY, the
1imes says; the disgrsceful condition of the
psvemenis Of most of the public theron fares,
and the steady growth of municipal burdens,
In debt. in assessments, and In taxes. Money
which should be used to repair do Sn to wn
streets is wasted in other directions. Property
owners will not petition for the replacing Of the
miserable cobble- stones which disfyure so
many Of the business streets, because they have
found that the work will cost fifty per cent.
more than IL would do we're they to be left to
Contract for IL themselves. In other parts of
the city assessments are sought to be invoked
On AL technical grounds which the Law affords
Between June and December, 1872, work to
The declared value of nearly half q million of
DOLLARS was given out under secret arrangement
to half dozen favored contractors, and these
zen were paid more than s13i 900 in excess of
the true value Of the work performed by them
Taxpayers have no guarantee az .inst q con-
fnusnce of this system; the Common Council
have the power to set aside the contract system,
md 90 far, IL is urged, they have exercised 1t to
the public detriment.
These are q few features of the unpleasant
condition of municipal affairs in New York,
under ''Tefcrm'' administration, as depicted
by the Tunes. Would it not be charitable and
just, then, in New York papers to acknowledge
IL at our District government, with all the i'm
mense and exceptional burdens on their shoul-
Gers, have managed to accomplish great results
III the way of Improvement for a sum that other
cities have fritteTed away without results?