The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-06-02
LIVE WASHINGTON TOPICS.
MRS zIcH CHANDLER BUILDING
SIOO.OOO MANSION.
An Innovation Upon the Prevailing style
Of HE'D Brick Houses - Commissioner
Hnum CurtaIIInE the Privileges Of Con-
r,,..mrn In the Pension bureau.

, WASHINGTON, June LIN addition 10 pcinH
known as the city OF magnificent distances
Washington has often in late years reservoir
thc name tho city Of rcd brick This Is bo-
cnuso OF the fact that red pressed brick is the
almost universal material used in the con
strurtion Of nil classes OF houses. The rage
for stone structures has never reached tho
capi,al, although number OF very line resi-
dcncos are constructed Of that material, Ihey
are an exception to the rule. however. for all
( Of the fashionable streets OF Washington ana II
large majority OF tho unfasltpnable ones pre-
sent an unbroGen line OF houses bullt oil req
brick In some cases the bricks are dark and
in some light. but they are always red and the
OBJECT Of niles OF the snmo color displayed in
tho architecture of tho buildings Is rather
striking especially to II stranger Tho indca-
lions are now. however, that the red
brick craze Is dying out, and that
before many years are passed Washington VIII
nrescnt as great n contrast in tho matter OF
materials for residences as 1t does now in tho
matter OF the different styles OF architecture
Western ideas OF house building have never
been adopted in Washington 10 any noticeabe
extent although como OF the weathiest people
who have come hero OF late and erected benn-
tiful houses arc residents OF Western States.
. A most elaborate and costly dwelling is now
being erected in the most fashionable part OF
the rity. which will he n decided innovation IN
! prevailing STYLES. aud which will be, "a its out
! lines grow an object OF much interest and Cos
sip. This is the house which the widow OF TIE
| late Xnchariah Chandler Is erecting AZ homo
! for herself and her daughter. who is the wife 81
Senator Hale of Maine. Mrs. Chandler rur-
| chased tho lot about year ago, ana paid SGJ,-
! 600 for T.. 1t is on tho northeast corner of
! Sixteenth and X streets. two OF the
! most beautiful and fashionable thorough
| fares OF Washington. The price paid
! for the lot was al about the rate OF $3.50 per
! square foot, which was regarded as remark
! ably stiff price nj that time. Since then. how
| ever lots that were plated from the private
| grounds Of tho late W. W. Corcoran at the cor
! ner Of Sixteenth and streets. Just one block
! from Mrs Chambers purchase. brought $40
per square foot. which is tho largest price
ever paid for residence property In this city.
The reason why Mrs. Chambers house will
be such surprise to Washington is that ii is
TO be built OF white marble and Milwaukee
brick, tho marble being confined chiefly to the
foundation walls Milwaukee brick, which is
very popular in some Western cities was never
before brought into Washington. 1t is light
yellow in color and tho effect OF an immense
house built Of this material in the midst of the
piles OF red brick which abound on X amt Sin
teenth streets will no doubt be quite startling.
Mrs Chambers house will be one OF the larg-
6SL III lIle CITY uuu Is W CO5L uodlIS Slou'uOv.
Members OF Congress would like to let the
old soldiers of the country know that they can
no longer be OF service to them in extracting
information from the Pension bureau as TO the
status OF their pending claims. For several
years it has been the practice OF the bureau to
make special The re Iuests of Congressman for
Information as to the condition OF claims nend-
ing in the bureau. and to Keen force OF clerks
at work in answering the requests sent in.
Congressman have always been provided with
status of n Claim they had but to insert The
name. company. ana regiment OF n soldier. and
forward it TO the Pension ONCE. when reply
would be almost Immediately returned Com
missioner Raum has Just decided that there is
no warrant Tor keerng II large force of clerks
under pay 8 imply to answer in advance OF the
routine of The Office the requests OF Congress-
nan. and he has Informed the statesmen In
into the general hopper and b.. answered in
the usual course OF business. The Congress
men are ordD or "a y a
the Commissioner has no right to pnt them on
par with claim agents and neonle generally
reau for information regarding the status OF
claims pending there. They think they are
they arc sent here to relresent their constilu
ents. they are entitled to receive information
out to everybody else. One wel-known Con-
gresham was Indignantly exhibiting to his
cole agnes few Gays ago letter WhiHn ne
and which was an answer to n request for in
formation which he, had mad" in February.
The Congressman thought this was an out
rnge and promised TO stir the Commissioner
up with n sharp stick. Commissioner Raum
to DO Il physical impossihility to make special
and answer at once the thousands OF requests
gressmen Each congressman he says, sends
anywhere from six to thirty letters every day
aud 1t requires large force Of clerks to handle
them. even If they arc not made special. The
Commissioner thinks. also, that claim agents
and unworthy. persons OF all sorts take ad-
advance Information by unload ing their state !
cases on them, and thinks he is justified In
making immediate replies I" one class OF
claimants and letting the Others go without
any SS at a me keW an s 6s &
soldiers will understand that 1t is as much in |
their interest as 1t is OF an economical admins
trntlon.
Tho bitter personal controversy between Sen
ator Wilkinson Call OF Florida and W. ID. Chip !
ley the Chairman Of tie Democratic State Gem |
trail Committee OF that state. is growing in in
tensity as the timc for the meeting OF the !
Florida Legislature approaches: Mr. Chipley |
has taken n contract to retire Mr.. Call 10 pr- |
the sena0 + s sest Ssy tRe
case Is printed pamphlet emitted Of
i has been sent privately to each member. OF |
the Senate i contains some very interesting
charges made by MI Chipley arc true, Senator
CAL must, to say the least. be very peculiar !
a ,SFo to Sir: ,Call, buI Tie S%n9,o,95
considerable fun therofrom. Mr.. Chipley says
that the, issue between himself and Mr..
Call Is simply whether the latter should. IN
view Of bis eleven years record. be returned to
the L nited States Senate. Mr. Chipley. at tho
beginning Of hls effort to, prove Mr.; Calls IN
worthness attempts to demonstrate his fail
ure as Senator by quoting from the records
to show what has been the actual result OF his
eleven years Of statesmanship. He brings out
the fact that in the eleven years that Mr.. Call
h has been In the senate he has Introduced ~
bills and Joint resolutions. OF which fifteen only
became laws. The Forty-siX!h Congress-
PASSED only "ne Of his bills, and tho. Foru,sey-
enth two, all oil them Tor the relief of individ-
ppalS II tho Fory;eghth Congress Mr.; Call
broke his own record for ineiflciency, MIR. Chip
ley says. by passing only one bill out Of sixty
nine, and that to relieve the noIiticsl dlsabili-
the thu, author ls,a.reasticay with $1,000 salary
hilities OF A. W Stark" Mr.. Chipley passes
from sarcasm TO give ,compste record Of
all ~ into SAYING that he never reformed
clediiahle act in his life. lie charges him.
among other things. with having stolen moor