The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-11-09
WASHINGTON LETTER.

GREAT IMPROVEMENTS IN THE WHITE
HOUsE-THE PRESIDENTS TRIP TO NEW
YORK-POLITICs OR SOMETHING ELSE -
GROWTH OF THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
- W AsInNGToN, ID. c., Nov. 9th, 1891.
To the Editor of The MOrristown Gazette:
For the next four weeks, Washington
will devote herself almost entirely to
fixing" for the session. The PTesi-
dent has gone to New York; some say
to vote, others say for purpose ro-
mantle and matrimonial. One thing Is
certain, he cannot vote, for he had fail
ed to register, but who will say he can
not get married. or course the elabor-
ate fixing that is going on at the
White House-new carpets, frescOing,
furniture upholstered in old gold, re-
gliding and other exquisite details Of
Identification, may have nothing to DO
with a permanent female occupant.
But the personal interest taken by the
President in the new installation of the
old mansion W uld seem, at least, to in
dictate that he knows something about
mural decoration, and the aesthetic be-
ftments of the home of-Of-well, let Us
say the Executive of great nation.
Perhaps he VIII live alone for three
years and four months in these splendid
halls and luxurious boudoirs, but it is
the most inappropriate cave for an an
chOrite that Satan ever invented. Fur,
niture has been ordered from New
York, and it is expected that every
thing will be completed, and the man
sion ready fer occupancy, by the goth
inst. The East Room, with which Wis
itors to the capital arc most familiar,
will be refurnished throughout, and the
wood work will be carved in modern
and elegant designs.
All the Government Departments are
being repaired and placed in proper con-
dition for the winter. But it is not the
Government alone that is labOring to
improve the national seat of govern
ment, and prepare it for tic thousands
Of visitors vino come every winter to
spend a few d Us, or a few msnths, in
Washington, 10 engage in its fashion
able gaycties; to view its historic aud
architectural monuments; to see its art
collections; and, especially, to hear, in
the two legislative hall Of the capitol,
some men who, though living, are his
tOric. Such are the power and facili-
ties of the press that men and history
are given, as it were, by instantaneous
photography, 20 jewellers in hamlets,
and our public men may. see the judg-
ment of postcrity in the criticism or the
praise reflected from the factory, the
farm house AID the miners camp. To
return from this digressiut--l u, gan to
write something about the private i'm
provements and the growth of the city.
Real estate agents say that such activi-
ty has not been known here for several
years. There are at this time fewer
houses vacant than ever before, and all
are readily rented at prices ranging
from five TO ten per cent. in advance Of
the prices current last year. The class
of houses sought, too, are of higher
order than those in demand last season.
The northwest section of the city
seems to lead, though in Georgetown
and on Capitol Hill the demand is steady
and the prices little in advance of last
year. So great is the demand for resi-
dences in the northwest section .hat
many, still uucompleted, are already
rented. During the past year a larger
number of substantial dwellings have
beer erected than in any season for
years. The outlook for building next
season is bright. and argues well for the
advancement of the capital of the cOun-
try.