The Critic and record., 1891-03-31
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Tur ,rrrrr MOSTLY used by those who
carry freight io and from the stcamboa.
landings is Niuth southwest 10 is we'll
paved, with mo- street railways or other
distractions to impede traffic. lt crosse.
the steam railroad tracks In the large
rectangular space formed 10y the inter.
section of Virginia and Maryland avenues
and & street. This space is a. large as
Mount Vernon square at the crossing Of
Massachusetts and New York avenues and
X street northwest. There are five rail-
road tracks laid along the surface Of the
avenues In this space
This is one of the most dangerous rail
road points IN the whole city. Indeed It
is not saying too much tp characterize 10
as N, most dangerous. Trains are con-
tmually passing aud repassng all day and
through the night. In the daytime, too,
these avenues are utilized as railroad
yards and trains made up thereon. Switch
engines are rushing to and fro continually
when regular trains do not occupy the
tracks.
Dangerous as his crossing is by day, il
is vastly more dangerous after nightlal.
Instead Of the space being flooded with
light il is foebly illuminated by two small,
ordinary gas lamps, one at the southeast
corner of the crossing, the other at the
northwest corner. They are thus dag
onally opposite each other, And these,
instead of being set as close 10 the cross
~. a.
feet from the space they are supposed to
lichtup. The only other illumination is
the feeble light which shines from the
signalmans cabin and the htful gleam
from the headlight Of passing engine.
Now this space cannot be lighted 10y
electricity without'an act of Congress. But
no act is required TO put enough gas lamps
there 10 light IL up as brightly as neces-
sary. That it can be properly lighted up
10y gas there is no question. The inn
proved gas lamps and burners now in
vogue are of sufficient power TO illumine
even 50 great q space as that Of which we
are speaking. As it is the litful twinkle
of the two little lamps which are there do
not serve any useful purpose.
TIM CRIrIC has spoken of this matter
before, and purposes to keep on speak
ing of it until it is remedcd. It's not
right that those who live south of these
tracks and those whose business carries
them to the wharves should be put in
needless peril Of life and limb in order 10
reach their homes or business. The mat
ter can be and ought to be remcded with
cut delay.
TINS Is TREASURER HusroN's week 10 be
come reconciled aud remain.
AccoRpiNG TO THE New York HfiulTS
illustration of the Easter Sunday parade
in Yesterdays paper, the men of Gotham
do net wear boards. Thenearest approach
10 beard was Mr.. ClEyELiND's mustache
and WAEp McALIsrEn's imperial
WIEN nIE ANNOUNCEMENT was II
shade that RIDER IIAGGARp had formed a
Literary Copartnership with WILLIAM
HOSEA BALLov, The CRITIC expressed the
opinion that either the story was a lie
0ut of whole cloth or that Mr.. HAGGARD
had been wofully misled as to the qualili-
cations of Mr.. WILLIAM HOSEA BALLou.
Now that Mr.. HAGGARD has returned
from his Mexican wanderings and can
speak for himself, however, there is no
further need for conjecture in the
premises. Approached by representa-
tive Of the New York Rcco,dcr yesterday,
HAGGARD'SCouted the idea of collaborating
with BALLoU, He says he had entered
into business arrangement by which
BALIOu was to receive proportion OF
what he would make by the sale of his
books in this country over and above the
amount that would be lost il he had nc
copyright. And, he added, now that the
Copyright bill had passed IL would not
he necessary TO carry ont even that small
bargain. This restores HAGGARD to the
respect of the country, and relcgateS
pALLou 10 the insigniiicance out of which
the now-cXplOded roorback had tcmpora
rily iished him.
TnrEE Is NOTHING in the rumor that
rS.Speaker REED visited Paris for thepur
pose Of securing a specimen of genuine
infeNible Gallic cloture.
foETrNATELY THERE is no ground fol
apprehension that the quality of imported
leer will dcteriorate because trouble Il
brewing in Europe.
JERRl SIMPSON Is doing New York il
great style. Just how his sockles and dis
heveled followers i'm far.off Kansas viii
like his performances remains TO be seen
but meanwhile he is putting up at th,
Windsor, one of the very swell hotels o
the metropolis, the uptown rendezyou
Of JAW GOULD and the other milionaires
Rembering theseycre simplicity of JERRY'
professions during the campaign, ON
would have expected 10 find him taking
twenty-iiye-cent bed at SwFENEY's an,
hashing at Fulton Market, but JERR
is a statesman now and he eyidentl,
intends to have his rights. Lunchin
with HENRY GEoEGE at the dow
town DFIMoNIco's and occupying
apartment at the Windsor will eventual
convince Brer SrpsoN that there is som
fun in being a hIgh-tiyer and that play
ing the mendicant is useful only for cam
pHgu purposes. We expect % see hin
in Prince Albert and patent leather
next winter minglmg In the giddie.
reyels of hotel society and advancing b.
rapid processes of evolution To the glor
of the pin-tal coat.
MRs. NJ. GmrrIH, at meeting of tn
Woman's Home Missionary Society
the NJ. y. Church, wants Indian Commi
sioner Morgan 10 remain i'm office for if
At least she wants him retained in ohi(
until he solves the Indian question.
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