Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-27
A CITY OF TENTS.
Spokane Showing Great Recuperative
Powers After the Fire.

Judge N. T. Harrison Of the probate court Of
Spokane Falls, W. T., arrived in town this
morning. He comes on . business trip TO the
east and particularly to Washington to see
Capt Thomas W. symons in regard TO improv-
ing his large business interests in spokane
Falls. Judge Harrison. in speaking 10 STAR
reporter, said that the spirit Of confidence in
spokane Falls has never been greater than at
the present time: The day after the fire be
ever been paid before in town. The three
corners occupied BY the three principal banks
sold at price exceeding $1,000 per front foot,
. price never before equaled
The fire, instead Of depreciating the price Of
other property outside that within the strict
business limits Of the town, has much increased
IL People are rapidly assuming shape to re-
build, and within two years Spokane Falls will
exceed It's present business dimensions by more
The loss by hre will not be less than sc ,OOo.-
ooo, with an insurance aggregating about
S2,5OO,0OO. No business failures are reported
and he says the people in the east seem to have
confidence that the business interests OF Spo-
kane are as good if not better than ever be-
fore. Large numbers Of loaded freight cars
are now standing on the Northern Pacific
tracks awaiting to be unloaded and stored in
the temporary structures now used for bust
ness. At present Spokane Falls is a city of
tents, but In the near future fve-story build
of Spokane Falls will do business.
All that Spokane Falls needs at the present
time, he said, Is a suthciency of building ma
terial, and before winter sets in many beauti-
full business blocks will be nearly completed.
The Preference Given to Old Soldiers.
Chairman Lyman has made an explanation
Of the ruling which was said to have caused SO
much trouble in the Indianapolis post office.
1t had been stated that Postmasmaster Wallace
and the local civil service board had been I'M
able to agree as to the meaning of the rules re-
lating to the appointment of old soldiers TO
office and that the matter had been referred
to the civil service commission. The decision
Of the commission, ii was said, was to the effect
that an old soldier was only to be given prefer
ence when il was proven that he was discharged
from the service on account of disability con-
tracted during his term of enlistment. Mr.
Lymans explanation is lengthy, but in effect is
as follows: The question raised by the Indian
apolis postal board was simply to the maxi
mum-age limitation for letter carriers, the rule
on the subject being as follows: No person
shall be examined for carrier if under twenty
one or over forty In reply the board was in
formed that the maximum limitations of age
prescribed by the rule were held by the COM
mission not to apply to persons entitled to
preference under section 1854, Revised Statues,
but to all other persons they do apply. The
dispatch to which you call attention seems to
imply that the commission has made some new
ruling that discriminates against the old
soldiers in the matter Of preference. This is,
however, not the case. The civil service rules
limit the preference to those to whom Congress
gave it. Had the civil service commission and
the President in formulating rules. given
preference to other classes il would have been
an assumption of legislative functions clearly
not delegated to them, and would have de-
feated the purpose of Congress to give prefer
ence in civil appointments to a certain limited
class which ID Enthusiastically described"
MARYLAND EXPOSITION VIA PENNSYLVANIA
RAILRoAD.-Elaborate preparations are being
made for the great exposition to open at Balti-
more on Monday, September 8, to continue I'M
til September IA. A monster parade. industrial
and civil. with 200 floats and over so 900 men in
line, will be one Of the strong features of the
first day.
For this occasion the PENNSYLVANIA railroad
Will sell excursion tickets from Washington
from September to II inclusive. at the re-
markably low rate of one fare for the round
trip, good to return passage until September q
inclusive.
The trains between Washington and Balti-
more over this favorite line are admirably APP
pointed and make the run between the two
cities over a road bed unsurpassed in excel
lence. Twenty-one trains leave Washington
for baltimore every week day and thirteen on
Sunday. The only route protected by the
Block signal system.-Adrt.