National Republican., 1883-06-12
THE MAN ON THE AVENUE.
Small TaiIs About Men and Measure

small Talk ABOUT Rtcn ana measures.
"It is a shame the district authorities do
not adopt measures for flushing the sewers
and cleaning the water mains" said the sani-
tary plumber. "1f the commissioners would
spend some of tho money that is being sunk
in the big hole Maj Hoxie is trying to dig
through TO China, In connecting some of the
water mains with the sewers to clean thom
out, scores and perhaps hundreds Of lives
would be saved in Washington every year,
Hundreds of tons of foul sewage is al
lowed to accumulate under tho city 20
breed malaria and pestilence when 1t could
just rs well be swept away, Sewer gas is tho
deadliest of all gasses, have tapped water
mains many times to mako connections, and in
nearly every instance l have found from one
to three inches Of sinking black mud in the
bottom of the pipes-mud that has been set
tling there for years. Ono Whit Of the mo-
phitic odors arising from it would knock
soap boiler crazy. At certain times in the
yoar a green scum flows from the water pines
in every house in the city, and that black
mud is the cause of IL. Turning
the water pipes into the sewers occasionally
would serve double purpose 1t would flush
the mains and the sewers at the same time.
The experiment wouldn't cost much and IL
would be we'll worth trying Tho average
depth of the water pipes is four feet and tho
average depth of the sewers is nine feet"
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Speaking of sewers" continued the sani.
tary plumber, have you boon out to see tho
big boundary seworP"
mo"
well, IL is daisy. 1t is twenty-five feet
in diameter. part Of IL is built Of brick,
! five rows thick, and part of one row OF
brick and the thickness of four rows of
cement, About sixty feet of the cement
work caved in not long ago, The accident
was kept as still as possible and the plaster
work is going on 1t is liable TO cave in every
few minutes, but the costly engineers have o
hobby to ride and they are going to ride it,
come what will. Just think of It.: A twenty-
two foot sewer, with veneer arch consisting
of one row Of brick. Why don't they try
tissue paper and BIO done with il ?"
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DR.. Mary Walker has started opposition to
Billy McGlory in tho life saving business,
and she isn't advertising IL either. In walk
ing down L street, near Seventh, she saw a
little child crossing the street in the path of
flying team of horses, and at great personal
risk she ran out and bore the reckless young.
ster to place of safety, narrowly escaping
being run down herself in doing it. ... l..
a#s
An indignant treasury clerk cornered the
Avenue Man yesterday, and showed him tho
following TRADE by the Washington CORE
spondent of western paper against popu-
lar class of officials
Zone of the most notable creatures in the
civil service is the toady clerk. He deems
it advisable to crook tho pregnant hinges
of the knee, that thrift may follow fawn-
ing He can be found in every bureau
and in every department. under the govern
ment. / am informed that he is most nu-
perous in June--just before the promo
tions are made for the next fiscal year.
He catches the chief Of his division at lunch
time and steors him to the nearest saloon,
and there pays for his beer and pretzels. He
calls on the chief in the evening and takes
him out driving. He hangs over his desk in
the Office and begs for extra work in order to
show his industry and self.abnegation. Result:
/ July he gets promotion of 5000 per year,
and the chief clerk gets the i'll will and dis
respect Of all the men in his division. He is
a pert smart chap, who looks down on the
other poor devils. Nobody is deceived in him
but the chief, to whom he toadies That in
divdual mistakes the adulations of the toady
for personal friendship. 1t is naught but
thrifty servility to the Office, rather than to
tho man."