The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-08-27
Washington Lette1..

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Washington is very quiet now. The
president is in the woods, the cabinet is
scattered and the clerks are running the
well regulated government machine.
The usual >flocks of tourists and fair
sprinkling OF gawky bridal couples fill
in the street and department piano.
ramas. Hundreds of Washingtonians
are off at the springs or the seashore.
They will begin to return in a week or
two, and by the middle of September it
is expected that the president will ar
rive with a string OF fish. Then the in
dustry of office-seeking will begin to
hum, and by the first of December,
when congress arrives, and the canvass
for the new Speaker of the House be-
gins, the Capital will have its annual
shaking up, and VIII attract the atten-
ton it deserves from the back counties.
1t is the general opinion in political cir
Giles chat the coming winter will be ex-
citing from conflicts in the Capitol and
in the White House, and from grow
ing antagonism between the two. But,
with the present excess of sweet har-
mony, and the cOmatose condition of
old issues, it is not easy to see where the
unUleasantness is TO come from. 1t is
said that Speaker Carlisle will be elect
ed without opposition, and it is looked
upon as almost certain that all respecta-
bic repu blican senators will vote tor the
confirmation of the presidents excel
lent appointees in office. By respecta-
BILE republican senators, | mean pretty
much all except the pair from Virginia.
Since all Americans have a certain
pride in the improvement and be1tii-
cation of the seat of government, it will
be OF interest to know that there has
been progress in this direction during
the heated term. The amount of
building in the city seems to be unpre-
cedented. In a drive which L took to-
day through the four quarters of Wash
ington, not including Georgetown, L
counted over two hundred buildings,
either in the course OF erection, or fin
ished during this season. Most of them
were tenement houses, and the demand
for this class of dwellings is so great
that they are frequently rented before
they are completed. In one row OF
twenty-eight two-story bricks which
rent for SIS per house, there are eigh-
teen rented, and the wOrkmen are now
finishing the other ten. The increase
IN the number of houses on Capitol Hill
is very noticeable, while houses are 60
ing up i'll the northeast quarter to a
much greater extent than most persons
suppose. 1t the present rate of increase
is continued for ten years, the improve
ments which Washington will exhibit
will be even more marvellous than the
changes which have occurred during
the last decade.
Life is comparatively easy in Wash
ington. People do not work so late at
night, nor do they get up so early in the
morning as in other cities. There are
no all-night cars OH our street railways,
and the day begins on the car-lines at
40 in the morning, an hour when
New York seems to be all alive in sum-
mer. In cities like New York, Phila-
delphia, Boston and Chicago the days
work begins tor the vast majority from
one to three hours earlier. People in
Washington go to bed early, too, and
thus cut the day off at both ends.
The public Improvements in drain
age, sewerage, parks and reclaiming
swamps are telling in improved health
statistics. In about two years the new
waterworks will be completed and the
capital city will have a sufficient sup
ply of pure water to keep her hundreds
of fountains flowing, and to daily wash
her streets and parks.
1t is expected that the coming winter
will be marked by the usual number OF
social events, but new faces and names
will be conspicuous at receptions and
entertainments. Secretaries Whitney
and Manning have wealth, as has also
the p. m. general, and if they have the
inclination to do so, they can easily
sustain the traditions of old-time demo-
cratic hospitality.
Hon. Jos. Pulitzer, who will be
member of the next house of represent
atives, proposes to maintain Washing
ton residence during the winter season,
and has cabled from Europe directing
his agent here to secure him a suitable
house for entertaining.