The state herald., 1892-07-22
OUR ST. LOUIS LETTER.
III. County Polio. dsss.is4i a ,sfsai
BuiidinEs for Special Profsssiess.s
New Street transportation Facilities.

The County Police Gs;sa.sss a. ,srsal
buildings for Special Prossssio.s.
New street Transportation Facilities.
No JuIY ID, 1893, }
The rsunts of;St Louis. 10 Rich and
lection the farmers want. Tho polies
system OF the city is q very efficient
ono and, knowing that, the people Of
the county are moving t0 have their
villages guarded by n detachment Of
the force here. Tho State law estab.
llshinging the metropolitan police
force In ST Louis provides for the dis.
tribqtion, Of pAtsplmeq ip The county,
hhd II will hot be long before thsy sst
the twenty coppers they have asked
for out there.
Some odd and original ideas have
been carried into effect In putting up
new buildings In St. Louis lately.
There is no other city In tho country
probably. that has large building de-
voted entirely to the use Of physicians
ind in nd way Eohnectcd with Y tpedi;
cal college. There is one Of that kind
here. on the corner of jefferson avenue
and Locust street. 1t was erected for
the sole purpose Of giving the doctors
the kind OF offices they need and there
Is nobody else in it except the janitor.
There Is another building here which
Is given up to the studies Of artists. It
Is, on the corner of beaumont street
and Locust Roth buildings, were put
up BY men who were doubtful, at fist,
OF the success OF their projects, but
each has proved the owner q man of
foresight by becoming a profitable In
vestment from the first.
Fred NJ. Crunden, tho manager of
the Public Library, showed himself o
man of advanced ideas when, In ar
ranging the plans Of the new building
on Lo:ust street, he provided for q
large room TO be used exclusively by
women studying or reading. In
Europe that is done, but there Ia no
library on this side o. the water evhcre
1t is considered necessary to. pay this
attention to the woman students. All
women who have to go much to librar-
les say that they cannot work at ease
while they are stared ut by the men
who come In, and many OF them COM
plain that they are often annoyed by
people who walk up behind them and
look over their shoulder.
There are two big camp meetings that
every year attract large numbers q
people from st. Louis One is the camp
meeting ut Piasn Bluffs, and the other
is Camp Marvin. The bluffs are n
score OF miles away, and nre reached
by boats. Hundreds OF men from here
take their families up there, and leave
them in the cottages while the camp
meeting lasts, running up from the
city every day or so to see them. The
Marvin camp-ground is only n short
distance away from the city, and IL
reached by vehicles. There are no
houses on the grounds, and those who
20 out there live in tents till the meet
ing is over. The grounds, with their
lines Of tents, and their religious ser.
vices under pinc-toppcd sheds are n
unique sight, and the road between
here and the busy city is covered every
day with buggies and carriages full OF
people going out to look on. Camp Mar
win Is TO be opened about the last OF
this month, and the meeting at Piasa
Bluffs will begin as soon MS the Marvin
meeting ends.
One million passengers have to ride
on street-car before the company
takes in $50, 0oV, perhaps more, for some
OF the people ride on passes, and some
Of them are children and pay only half
fare. Yet, some Of the lines here have
not only received that much money In
the past year, but have increased their
receipts by that much, since they gave
up their horse power and adopted cleo.
trici,y to propel tie cars. II is nc
wonder that when the reports OF the
City register show such results from
the change TO electricity that all the
lines are grasping ut the trolley. Sc
many have given up the cable and the
horses that the electrical magazines
say St Louis is ahead OF every city In
the United States on Its fast trnnsl,
mileage. Only four Of the twenty -fiv,
lines In the city are now using horses
Two OF these have already bought thei,
material for putting up the overhead
wires, md by the time the crowdi
begin to pour into the city 10 see tn,
fall festivities only two slow lines will
be left These are short, and the Wis
itors will be more Interested in then
m n curiosity than inconyenienced