Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1885-07-02
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WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, June 10. 1885.

interest except the official changes
that are made daily in the Executive
Departments, The latest includes
several chiefs Of important divisions
OF the Treasury, and an assistant Sec
rotary Of the interior. In this con
nection may be mentioned some for
eign appointments made yesterday by
the President, among which appears
the name Of Judge Stallo Of Ohio, to
be minister to Italy,
The business Of the government
seems to go on very smoothly under
the new regime, and in some branches
of the service it has even been a~cceler-
ated. The soldiers for instance, can
not complain Of the Pension office.
During last month, 5000 pension GER
tifcates were issued, which is the
largest number ever granted in one
month since the Office was establish
ed.
The new Pension office which was
utilized in its unfinished state for the
Cleveland inaugural festivities, isnow
ready for occupation. The work Of
removal to it has been in progress for
several days, and will probably take
two weeks more. The new building
is in Judiciary square, near the City
Hall, and is excellently constructed
with regard to light and ventilation.
It is made Of pressed brick and has a
frleze Of creano colored terra Gotta
sculpture carried around It's entire
perimeter at the level Of the second
story. The sculpture illustrates in
cidents of a soldiers life in camp and
field The Nays part IN the opera
tons, out of which the pension sys-
tenn has grown, is indicated by boats
rowed by sailors, all taking their pla-
ces in this sculptural procession. The
building is 400 feet long by 200 feet
wide It's perimeter is is therefore
Zoo feet, and that is the length Of
terra frieze.
SMOKING af tho Gaod in7sina1s rec
lu Of the new Administration, re
nands ne Of an incident IN the Gov
iarsafnent Printing Office. The newly
appointed United States Treasurer
had ordered a piece Of work done
within four hours. He was told by
some Of his subordinotes that he had
required al impossibility. Treasurer
Jordan took Of his coat, stationed
himself before an unoccupied case,
and began to set type with rapidity
and accuracy, while the clerks looked
On with astonishment. There" said
lfr. Jordan after he had worked
awhile, "that is the way [ want work
done fer this government when [ so
order it. What [ asked could have
been accomplished in fifteen minutes.
barring the unnecessary delays and
red tape of this Office. Hereafter"
said he, when I want d thing done in
a specified time, remember I know
what [ am talking about"
During the late Presidential cam
paign II of the most frequent argu-
ments used in Washington against
the election Of a Democratic Execu=
tive, was that it would have a disas-
trous effect on business here, and
cause d rapid depreciation in real es-
tate. Alarmists predicted that what
is styled small property; houses rang
ing IN cost from three to five thous-
and dollars, would be thrown on the
market III solid blocks, on the advent
of Democratic administration, and
a ruinous depression IN prices would
follow. So far from this being the
case, it is found that houses of every
character find ready and profitable
sale.
One Of the newest projects contem-
plated is a grand hotel in the most
fashionable quarter of the city. the
West End. There is an association
of capitalists who are going to invest
several millions in the enterprise.
They propose that it shall cover an
entire block, leaving an interior court
large enough for any kind of enter
tainment. There are fifty or sixty
wealthy families that come here every
winter and take furnished houses be-
cause they consider the hotel accom-
modations inadequate for people used
to luxurious modes Of life and lavish
entertaining. It Is for them that the
hotel is projected, and it is to be CON
structed and managed in accordance
with ideas that will secure their pat
ronage.
At the rooms OF the Civil Service
commission her, thirteen persons have
been examined during the week for
positions as post ofise inspectors. A
committee from the Post Office De-
partment conducted the examination
was intended to have direct
application to the fitness Of the can {
didates for the places to which they
aspire. One requirement was that
they should write down a personal J
description Of ome person. DR..
Gregory, one of the civil service com- |
missioners, was selected as the sub ]
iect for description, and he stood up :
for some minutes before the class !,
while 1t scrutinized closely before !