Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-10-20
WASHINGTON LETTER,
what Boss sheppard Did Tor Tie Capital
City and the Damuing He
Got for Il.
An Instance Where eases Can't Bc
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Correspondence of the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, oct, 10 Washington is
about To put on her best bib and tucker
to receive in suitable manner the man
who was mainly Instrumental IL making
the clty the most beautiful and attractive
in the world. When Boss Sheppard was
at the head of affairs IN the District OF
Columbia. he was boss with all that the
name implies. lie struck out with the dc
termination TO make Washington what the .
capital of biz country should be, the
pride OF American people aud the envy of .
foreign visitors, and how thoroughly nc
has done the work the streets and parks
and general appearance of the city abuud-
antly demonstrate. IL mattcred not that
sheppard practically impovcnshedthc tax /.
payer of the district in the grading and
Improvement of the streets, by the eN-
travagant prices that he paid for labor (
and material, for property was enhanced
In value to that astonishing degree that
turned the tide of bitter feeling against
Sheppard to one OF absolute admiration.
The government pays one-half OF the tax (,
levy of the city, while the citizens pay the
other half and little more because that
for gus and water Is levied directly upon
r
1865 TO 1874 while Sheppard was in the
vigor of his administration, he expended
about thirty-one millions Of dollars In
bringing Washington out of its poor es-
tate rs 4 swamp and malarial swamp at
that,So that besides the extraordinary adj
vanccs In the value of the real estate OF
the city there was corresponding in
crease in the hcalthfulness as well rs
cleanliness of its population. When the
Potomac Hats snail have been deepened
and the sewerage of the city completed a.
it is now proposed to complete It, there is
no reason why Washington should not
show as clean bill Of freedom from NOR
tality as any city in the United States, Tor
all OF which she stands indebted to Boss
/ sheppard.
TYpE-sETTING MACHINE,
1 The prospect that the occupation of
! the compositor and consequent dctation
of typographical unions will be gone, is
( promised by the appearance OF machine
which is capable of setting type and
Stcrcotypug the matter rs it goes along.
The instrument has not yet been put
upon public exhibition, but it is said
that IL works admirably. 4 company of
newspaper capitalists, ut any rate,
have become so thoroughly con
ymccd OF It's utility that they lave
agreed to invest Il quarter of Il mill
ion dollars, making thorough expert
ments with IL, The machine does away
with compositors, It dispcnses with
Stenographcrs, and II has 10 nse- fnrAny-
-b7riy ubuuC0 printing Office SO far as the
mechanical part OF the work of getting
up a newspaper is concerned. 1t VIII
only claim perfection WHOM IL furnishes
off-handed editorials to suit the political
tastes of all readers. The machine is OF
Baltimore manufacture, but the name of
the inventor has not TRANSFERRED. Surely
. 1t looks rs ii we were going 70 have Il
revolution as well as Il revelation in the
black art
NOr ANALOGOUS CASES.
1t is well known that the docket OF the
United Statcs supreme court is not only
full. but ovcr-crowded; but it is not 50
. generally known that the National mu-
scum is in possession of large number
of valuable contributions which cannot
be exhibited for lack OF proper cases
Prof Baird is director of the museum, as
well rs the Smithsonian, of which latter
institution Chief Justice Waite Is chan.
ccllor and regent.
The professor was telling the chief jus.
ticc the other day, in his matter-oi-iact
way, of what the museum lacked, and IL
the abundance of his generosity the chic
Justice smilingly said: "My dear profes
sor, come up to the supreme court anC
help yourself to cases, II that is all yor
want. We have several hundred we woulC
be glad to dispose Of"
'''rhe difficulty with your Offer re
piled the professor, els that cases whicl
are so hard for YOU to reach could not b,
utilized by us. Besides, We only meet
those easily seen through, qunliC
which never knew supreme court cas-
to have"
MupENs srAGE-sIRuCK.
,rbp Critic to-day saws. WASHINGTON /
noted MS mace where mnnv yonn
yoncn bccome stoaa.strnck and cyor
dramatic season dryclons numerous os
nironts who wish Ia brrome votarirs a
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