Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-07-28
AND DISTRICT.
IMPROVING THE CITY.
recent and Prospective Additions 10
tne Hesels-A Proposed Business Inn.
Provement.

The large building which Mr. John r cook has
eiecteo al the northeast corner OF .4th and II
sees WIZ be occupied a. a hotel. 1t has been
see ior Term OF years by Mr.. Christopher C.
Deuer' ano as soon as IL Is completed, which will
pe early In the fall, Mr.. Letter viii take possession.
me motel facilities In this part of the city viii
Iecsive other additions during the coming season.
haps the most notable Is the large eight-story
guiding which Mr.. Washington Mclean Is erecting
=. VIC corner Of 18th and streets on the oppo-
ste corner 10 the restaurant ard hotel OF Mr. John
ehamoerlain, which was opened several
5eaIs ago In the corner residence, and has
srsouAAy extenied until three large resi-
uences are used for the accommodation
y. tne travelling pubic. The same process is going
as WeickerA The original structure has been
srealy enlarged In the last few years, and now
an aGaitlon Is being built which wiz add 70 the
Recommendations OF what has grown to be q hotel
As mas been stated In The STAR, the project OF
turning the old building at the southeast corner
notel Is being considered by the owners, and will
no doubt be carried out AS the owners control
ground On both the Avenue and the l5th-street
roots. the new building, when erected, Will prob
ADV cover more space than the structure now
standing at the corner In fact It will be one OF
derstood that the proceedings for the partition OF
tne willard Hotel property, now In progress In the
mssnS nosu,n were ,e 0g1n Ior the PURPOSE o.
ment OF the present building. The changes noted
above In the hotel facilities In one locality OF the
In other parts OF the city. Old hotel buildings are
being enlarged and new ones are being erected TO
meet the demand created by the ever increasing
number OF visitors 70 Washington.
PROPOSED BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT.
A flne building Is 10 be erected al the northeast
corner OF 18th and G streets The property be-
longs to the Douglass estate, and an application
has been made to the court 10 ratiry the sale
which has been made TO Mr. Geo. Z Lemon. II
has frontage OF % feet on 18th street and ~ on
q street. and Is improved by a three-story brick
building. Adjoining the property on @ street Is
the property recently occupied by the Marine Hos
patal Service, having frontage OF % feet, and
owned by Mr.. W. s. Thompson. 1t Is understood
that Mr.. Lemon has secured the control or this
piece OF property. he proposes 10 erect fine
structure ON the ground now occupied by the two
buildings II wiz extend 10 the handsome marble
Structure which Mr.. c. G. Glover Is now building
and which he intends 10 devote to business pur-
poses II this project Is carried out, as 1t win be
building VIII add very much 20 the appearance OF
that prominent location and will be hitting COM
plement 70 the nne building recently erected by
the National Safe Deposit Co. on the corner above.
The AppOrsiOnme nt.0f.Offices Law.
70 the Editor Of THE kvKSISG STAR:
The editorial sentiment OF The STAR is In the
main characterized by so much fairness and sound
senss that It u not often the conservative reader
win md cause to differ with the views and deduc-
TONS found In this department. An exception,
however, may be noted In recent articles condemn
ing that principal OF the civil service which re-
qutres Cor Is supposed TO reQuire) that appoint
ments shall Dc made from the respective states OF
the Union, 80 that each state shall have It's fair
quota OF men and women as employees In the vari-
Gus Departments OF the Government. The policy
advocated oy The STAR Is that the most Capable
and worthy persons should receive these appoint
ments, it matters not where they may reside.
Followed 10 It's logical conclusion this might re-
suit In nlling every desk in the Patent Once, Pen
aon once, Printing ONCE, and every other oiice
and bureau operated by the Government with no
other employees save men and women whose
homes are in the District OF Columbia. Would
this be fairf Ii there no difference between q
corporation, for Instance, that would naturally
engage Operatives from the immediate vicinity OF
the ~ork 20 be done and the United States Gov
eminent on which the people OF Dakota have as
good claim for employment as II they lived In
sight OF the nations capitol? Besides, who shall
say that these distant, outlying states and terri
tones cannot furnish Industrious and intelli-
gent servants as come from other quarters or the
Unionf
But whether the idea OF general selection with
out reference TO state lines Is correct not this
thing Is certain, there has been and Is up to the
present tine an amount OF fraud on the part OF
applicants through the civil-servlce route that
palm q themselves OF as living In Texas or Oregon
or some OF Ine more distant states and securing
places here have been credited 70 these states BY
this fraud bona rde residents have been retarded
In getting APPOINTMENTS or failed altogether This
has b en- practiced TO q shameless extent and this
day there are hundreds In the Government service
registered from states In which they have not
nor ever had. the shadow Of a legal residence
Is there no remedy against such abuses? ES.