Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-05-17
LITTERS FROM TEE PROPL1.
The Water Famine.


incred credit hat In this clty Of magniHcens Dis
tances large number Of our citizens are psssi.
water famine, but so it is, Notwithstanding the
munifcence Of our legislators. For some weeks
the neighborhood Of my residence has been sui:
fer1ng more or less for the want of water, and
the residents thereof have been entirely cut Off
after early morning until evening. Nov 1t Is
necessary for US to get what water we require
nine pm, or go some distance Off to q ricketty
Old pump, which Is nearly used up, and which
you can hear couple OF blocks of as the han-
die comes down and strikes against the pump.
{Fancy how pleasant such humping must be
to the residents Of that neighborhOod, besides
the nuisance of having to carry every pailful
ones family.) The object OF my writing Is to
endeavor to enlist general sympathy; that per-
sons In the lower levels OF the city will kindly
streets, desirable as it is to have done, or other
similar acts, and remember that people in the
higher levels are probably enduring privati0ns
Tor want OF that water thus thrown a. on the
Is somewhat irritating for persons SUFFERING as
we are to see, as we frequently do, a hydrant or
pipe opened In some OF the lowest levels and the
''flush the sewer" when we are 80 much In need
OF it to furnish ablution power and otherwise
promote decency and health Hoping you Will
remain SUFF6RER.
HE I11XA OhaKkeS VA HAy 0ACk&AVSS
Editor Star:-One Of the questions OF vital
Importance to our citizens, and one that should
be thoroughly ventilated. is the outrageous and
unprincipled charges made and demanded by
by our physicians. l say unprincipled because
the sum OF two dollars is eXacted, and In my
own case paid for, call where the physician
simply inquired how the patient felt; did not
remove his gl0ves-did not part from his hat
and did not sit down, saying that he was In a
hurry and that there was no need for any future
visits; but that one made ten ana he declined
to take one cent less than twenty dollars, and
OF course had to pay him. Their excuse for
advancing their own pay at the beginning OF
the war was that the cost of living had doubled
which was true and no complaints were made
when they, doubled their charges, but after the
war, when the unparalleled shrlnkage OF values
begun (Which continues to this day. think In
all justice to a liberal public that they should
have acknowledged what l am satisfied they
know, viz: That 81 per visit is an extortion. and
reduce it to 81. have conviction that at 50 cts
per visit they would be called oftener and paid
more promptly than now, and In the end do far
better than by soaring Off all but the rich by
their 81 charge except where the case Is serious
and people are compelled to snbmit). They say
that their losses are heavy and that those who
are able to pay must make up for those who
are not. / say that all occupations and profess
si0ns are subject to losses, and In my case If
tell my customers that the good must pay for
the bad very soon find that they are buying
their goods where no such rule is applied. There
Is no use talking, the doctors must come down.
EAST WASHINGTONIAN.