Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-05-03

In Europe the street railway companies are re-
quired to lay their tracks layei with the pave
ment and to use rails OF kind thst Will not In
terfere In any manncr w tn the use OF the street
by pirate or business vehicles In other words,
the right, comfort AMI convenience OF the gen.
eral public in the or the streets are pro7 led
Tor as paramount to the interests OF the tramway
corporations Here, N Washington at least, it is
just the reverse. The railway com 1anies are
allowed TO mono2oliza the streets, lay down rails
OF any sort they choose, in any way they choose
above or below grade-abd the public instead OF
having free OF the streets for driving are
hemmed In between the rails an the curb, and In
seeking to cross the tracks have to engineer
their way with the greatest care to avoid break
Ing axies or wrenching carriage eels out OF
shape III the RATS are Gro ssed at acute angle
the carriage Is almost certain TO receive injury;
and from the narrOwne53 OF the rOaiway between
the q ,ks and the curling and It's crowded cond-
tioD from the number OF vehicles compelled to
resort t. this part OF tao street. It is almost
sfbe TO the rails at right angles. The result
Is. that Washington is the paradise OF the car
rtage nders who are never idle, and never likely
TO be while the car companies are allowed to
maintain their diSlocatiEg rails on all the prin-
cpal streets.
IL had been hoped that through the reorganiza-
ten OF the board OF commissioners the public
would get some relief from the intolerable abuses
OF the railroad corporations but this expectation
does not seem 10 be realized. On the contrary, the
commissioners, by allowing ons o; these COM
panie5 to lay the abominabe Trail on street.
between 9th and nth, for the express purpose of
driving private Carriages OF that street, seem to
Indicate that their syinpath,es with the cor
porations and not with the public II Is strange
that the Commissioners do not see that their
plain duty In the case of the street tramways, as
well as the steam railways through the city, Is to
protect the rights OF the citizens they represent,
and that their failure to do gives positive
force to the growing clamor against the commits
sioner0hip form Of government
The star route Jury yesterday examined, with
manifest interest, the oaths flied with Brady, az
Second Assistant 70 5tmaster General, relative to
the expedited routes These little documents
part of the recor1s of the department. Afforded
proof stronger than any words that could be
uttered, Of the connection of Brady with the ring.
Such OF the oaths as had not been altered by
erasureS and subStitutiOnS 1t was plain had been
sworn TO IN blank. 1t is not surprising that the
jury should examine the documents with interest
nor Is 1t To be wondered that OF the counsel
for the defense should attempt to distract the
attention OF the Jury by calling out that they had
seen the documents fif:y times The record evi-
dence OF criminalty brought to the attention Of
the jury yesterday 10 only part OF what the de-
Tense sought TO escape IN proposing to submit the
Case without Argument
The late devastating t0rnadoes have set the
Socialists to actively working once more at tnves-
tgatiOn OF the phenomena, with view to the
aequrs ment OF useful Information. The result OF
This study so far as yet presented 10 the public Is
not OF any great value II consists Of statistics as
TO the number OF destructive tornadoes or cyclones
which have visited thu country In certain period
the months In which they occurred. average width
Of the path OF destruction, etc. but contains little
or nothing OF prec iutoEary value II the students
or meteorological Science want To do themselves
credit ami the country service, let them find out
how people may be warned OF the approach OF one
or these death-deanng clouds in time to escape
from It's track. western journal axiomati-
cany declares speaking OF cyclone, 'if its exact
path were known a few minutes would suffice to
escape to one side or the other but this never
De foretod-" It Is not necessary to foretell the
exact path In order TO prevent great deal OF IN
jury. III the approximate route OF approach
Ing tornado can be arr we'd at and the Information
conveyed to the threatened people very little In
advance OF the storm. human life can be saved:
for statistics prove thlt the average width OF the
path OF destruction Is narrow, only about 5 feet
and therefore half an hours warning would be
invalu bic.
The confessions OF Patrick Delaney and Thomas
Cahrey, two OF the mfn arraigned for completely
In the PaGnix park murders. naturally create1
SENSATION IN the Dublin court yesterday, and 1t
must be confessed that their pleas tend to remove
the doubt that has been thrown around these
Cases There Is an apparent sincerity upon the
lace or these confessions which will give them
great weight; though, unfortunately the conduct