Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-08-01

Elsewhere In this issue OF The STAR will be
found the most interesting portions of NJ ajor Ly-
oecK RS report on the SUBJECT OF extern ling our
water works system In pursu ince OF the act OF
Congress providing for ircreas d supply OF
water Tor Wash!n .ton. In this report Major Ly-
decker recommen Is that the auueduct extension
10 the proposed new rvoir be m ,de by means
OF tunnel through solid rock, ami submits his
reason, for pre,erng IN 1t TO the surface SYSTEM
III does not require the possession of engineering
skill to coinpr hen the advant gas Of the tunnel
as set forth by the Engineer Com missioner. IL Is
Clearly SHOWN TO be cheaper, more enduring. AM
VIII, iu' thermore, admit OF eUltrS"Inrnt, In the
event That an incre iSs becomes Necessary, with
out great additional outlay.
SOM opposition To the tunnel project has occa-
sionaliy been IN lnfet d. but seem 4 to be based
on a general Id 4 that til. con Tut 5y stem W ,s
cheape and iuick 81. Majo L.de .k-r's report
contains the first ;; meat eth off 5ial or IN
Official, OF his reasons Tor adopting the tunnel
plan, and he shows Its advantages in a light SO
pidn rs To BE- convincing.
TIE effect OF the determined effort made during
The past ten months to cneck the WI ,te of water
Is shown in the report OF the existing Water works
prih'ei In yesterdays STAR. For the fl seal year
1883 the wAter consumer was over five million
gallons less than In 1882. III the waStage could be
as efectually stopped In the .partnrnts as it has
ben IN the houses OF citizens the figures would
show a much larger saving.
In another column OF to-day's paper VIII be
found brief article from the NY York Ecsnipg
Post, well calculated to dis ,buse the pu0lc mini
Oh the erroneous ippre ioion5 50 commonly enter
tained lii regard to social life IN Washington The
paragr phi In question was doubtless written by
the etiitorin-chief OF that excellent Journal HoS
Carl Schu:Z. who. nrSt as United States Senator
for full term, and afterw .rds as a member OF The
Presidents Cabinet for four years. has had excep-
tlohal opportunities for reaching tntelliI re mt
anu unbiased conclusion on the subject. All who
are competent TO discuss or understand the facts
or the Case will agree with the Opinion of Mr.
Schurz that there few IL any large cities where
q little money will really go so far and where
nuch money counts for so little, as in Washing
toa.
Financial trouble and overwork" is the COM
pound cause as5igne In several quarters for the
suicide OF the late Minister BIrca WHAT led the
unfortunate Spaniard TO his UNHAPPY fate may
never be Known; but OF all the reasons Imaginable
thoss named are probably widest of the mark or
any that could be cOnjectured in a case of orIin-
AIRY diplomatic suicide. As rule, financial trou-
Dies concern diplom is the least OF any they en-
counter, since debts cannot be collected from them
by process of.law; and as for GOVERNORS, well,
they are far NOR lik 'y TO be driven to death by
eHlu1 than by mental or physical strain.
state election Will be held In Kentucky next
sweep The republicans are, however, claiming
that the democratic N iJorfty vi i'll be considerably
reduced II IL does fan below the usual figure II
VIII be because the votes not considered npces-
sary. There is very little change In kentucky
politics
Judge Hoadly says he has accomplished his OBJ
Jet In forcing Gov Foster to disclose the name OF
MS informant as 20 the alleged admission that
HoadlyS nomination cost him $4,000. Now what
the people Want to know is whether Judge Hoad-
Fs nom nation Was obtained by the use OF money
The voters may not be as compiacenJ about the
matter as the candidate
IL really seems as though this poor country is
never TO be free from Affective itions Wehaye
only just got rid or Langtry, and now the Balti-
more san announces that the seventeen year To-
Gusts are due, ana Will be here In full force next
summer.
Anne Arundel county leads OH In Maryland with
delegation TO the stale convention antagonistc
70 the denomination or Gov. Hamilton. This looks
bad for the Hamilton boom.
Art seems 10 pay IN material sense as well as
literature In Boston. Martin Milmorc the sculp-
tor, who died there the other day, lett an estate
valued at over 500 CO.,
Joe Howard en- i0rseS Dorsey's story. at least In