Telegram-herald., 1889-06-09
CAPITAL MATTERS
Interesting Facts About the Eyo-
luton or the Census
BOATS N PEssSYLYisIl AVENUE
Sosgrsssman Barrsss' Experience Win
Ebs Floods The as~aas Ia Total
D1rkAess- Fhs GosS Of he Next
Ssasas al Lsast o., 600, 0oo.

Ssasas al Least %, ,0oos 600.
sAs4sssss us.ssss. ssk.-A
WAsafs6Tos June s--kepresentstiTe
Burrows h4i quite an experience With
the foods. He left Knoxville, Tenn,
last Friday week, ard expe cted % be IN
tins cIty on Saturday morning But he
d.d not get here until Tuesday, having
been All that time On the road. He
tells nne that while the delay was some
what tedious, il was not in any way Hn-
pleasant. A. the passengers made the
best Of had job, and got % be very
s0ciable before they were released from
confinement. The passengers N the
Pullman car elected one OF their own
number As steward, and he f0raged
Oa the country round for provisions.
lie vas good ml,sary and they
lived well. and. all things considered, 4,
they rather enjoyed the novelty of the
situation Still I don't think that Mr..
Burrows - very anxious 10 repeat the
experiment in a hurry.
Pennsylvania avenue last sunday pre-
sented a rare and novel sight. In sew
eral places the water was 50 deep that
II was impossible 10 pass from one side
OF the street to the other. except with
boats, and the boatmen did thriving
business ferrying passengers across 50
deep was the water n many places that
street cars were obliged 20 su spend. and
u Was about all that horse could do TO
wade through the muddy water rs
the avenue IS lighted with electric
hghts all the gas amps have been re-
moved and when tine water rose il put
out the fires I'M the engine room OF the
electric light establishment. The con-
sequence was that the avenue was in
complete darkness for couple OF days,
and locOmOnOn was not pleasant FOR
nervous people. The loss % property
has been very heavy, hut fortunately
only couple Of lives were lost, both
coiored.
In a hig room in the attic OF the In
terror Department Is one OF the most
interesting collections IN the posses
son Of the Government. and Vet there
sre not hundred people IN this city
who know OF is existence. In tins
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