Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-02-03
IN THE HOTEL CORRIDORS.


care in black broadcloth and with "a. e.y.
courteous manner Of an accomplished diplomat.
walked through the Office q the Shoreham las,
evening arm and arm with Secretary 81 state
Foster. The signature on the register. - T.
Phelps. Yermcu;.' belonged % the ea-envoy
extraordinary and minister ficn.posensiary os
the United States e. the court % ~ James.
A to politics AMI the probable successor %
Minister Lincoln Mr.. rhclps completely
at sea y mariner a hundred leagues frosa
shore. The BerinS sea negotiations are pro-
crossing satisfactorily. however and Mr.. phclr.
Is IN town 70 confer with the state Department.
regarding the claims of the ritri States an The
controversy. which Mr. Phelps vii representa-
the conference IN Faris IN March
The short stont gentleman. with smiling face
and ample breath ~ Waist-oat Who .urported
one Of the marble pillars at the Kigss last even
ing. was James 7. SrarkmAn. vice prvsidcn, %
the New Jersey and New y orr Bridge COMPANY.
Mr.. sparkman is so fun 81 statistics ai.a mAtho-
NAUTICAL calculations that on warm aAv. he
perspires results. hcuratvely speaking Asit
, was cold evening TUE Sr,R representative
jabbed has sharp peucil into Mr. SpArkman'.
| rotand form SO start she auN
The greater ana the better the facilities q
travel - he said. the greater the n, q -ncA
facilities IN give you some curlo-itie- in III.
way OF figures on transportation tina, are amaE-
ing. In the first place. see What the cattle ava
electric roads have done Tor Washington.
Where lines Of trafc are created th.y levolnp
the communities through which they pass L.,
| Us take Brooklyn. last year the street lifi-.
| earned 10. 600 600 and the oleNatsI e. OeO 90
passengers. II was tai1 that elevated rnal-
would destroy the surface r1af- IN that city
and New lork. The New hork elevated roris
| carried In 1871 l96.7lt.lg9 Passengers an IN
| crease Of io.>>a.eoo over i>sN. Now Tor tho
4 surface rusds that We-s % b. wired ont The
lhlfd Avenue. with the elevated overhead .
| spending about 5000 90 an making a o. cabs-
road. In spite Of the couseg lyut impeachment
OF travel. 1t carried lE,t war 80 600 psO t.az-
sengers, an increase - 90 600. lie sixth
| Avenue. short line. Wt:h an overhead elevated
| carried 1880. O0o. an increase % - Ala The
Ninth Avenue. also with anelcyates above carrisf
| II. 500. eco. an increase Of C5a.uaa The second
| Avenue line. also with an elevated road above.
| carried 4, .Do. 600. an increase 81 - 30 III.
BROOKLYN bridge carried a.. 600 p0a aud 10. Fa-t
| river ferries. which were going ont 81 e,istsucs
when the bridge opened carried M RE than ever
/ before-uameiy. sS6f3. 600 pa-s,f-.rs The
grand total % passo myers carried hy ne New 5rk
surface roads. that we're al going a. hc snll -
nay their debts when the elevated rsa D STARRED
in 1880 was 22j01o 900 a. against is 90 oOD
transported b. tie elevated roads Ina TIA.
year.
The gentleman with the filk hat and con-
tented expression who sat quietly IN one Of the
! big easy chairs in corner Of the Arlington
lobby last evening, while has eighi-course din
ner digested and has Havana slowly burned into
white ashes and fragrant blue ,apor. - the
president Of the Chicago aal Northwestern
railroad.
| ''Al the roads leading into the greatest CITY
en- earth, said Nerwia Haghe,t o. THE sr.E
| representative. ARE making active preparations
to be in a position TO meet all demands 10 be
made upon them when the rush come. f,r tho
| fair. The question Of passenger rates and the
| reductions which are said are 90 be made la.
| not, 80 far As | knoG. beea considered. There
| Is yet time for action 30 he taken In that mat
ter. and II would be premature for me 20 say
| what will be DONE n / knew The railroads an
| the northwest have had what NAV be called q
| fairy prosperous year and We are not com
planning"
| A. j. Sewbury OF New York il at the Hamii-
ton. He owned the schooner that was sunk III
Sandy Hook by a shot from the experimental
| naval station at Sandy Hook some months AGO.
Il have just examined the Official government
report about the affair." he said. .hni ( am
surprised at several statements contained
therein. Il is certainly a very unique case. A
l bt'ANHC "AAlOAt a. lafdliel. III appears from
the report that the Lieutenant who discharged
the gun states that he looked ahead in il.
range snd that the line clear He did not
even see the schooner The first intelligence
! they had of striking the vessel Was when the
crew. which had roWed ashore appeared at the
| station and related what had hAppened
| This proves that the shot had detected
| and richochetIng over the water crashed
into the stern of the schooner fo,ir miles ont 10
ehO rlaff A..
ont forward under the water line. The officers
at Fort Nsdsworth at the Narrows have used
/ lower New York bay for practicing with their
| guns. aad the shots have many timo- gone
within few hundred yards Of vessels and ID.
Sandy Hook steamers. the officers. of cour-e.
having such confidence IN planting ths proj-c-
tiles just where they want them L. strike. lgut
sometimes they don't, Was Wel illustrated IN
the case Of my schooner"
| There is no probability. not in this century.
| anyway" said Gen. Horatio :. Alger Of Mich
igan. ''of my state ever splitting into indie
pendent bodies polite, over which there has
been some discussion recently. The northern
peninsula is scarcely prepared to assume the
responsibilities of statehood. and folks down our
way wouldn't allow it. Speaking about the
northern peninsula reminds me IL n fact that
may have been lost sight Of and certainly seems
|
| world are considered. II is that little town
on the lake shore named Escanaba IL the fourth
greatest shipping port in the world as to ton
| mage, nearly all the output Of the great iron
and copper mines of the state being shp,,ed
| from there. Things political are rather quiet
out IN my state just now. the republicans being
in full control again. and the Legislature will re-
| store the congressional districts which we're
gerrymandered by the democrats TO their
proper lines for equitable representation
about the first thing a San Franciscan
notices in Washington" said a resident OF the
golden gate city, sis the finely paved streets.
Out in my town they have what they term the
81 limit That is. the tax levy cannot exceed
81 This suits some taxpayers who like LOG
taxes and have conscientious scruples against
improvements. They are dubbed 'silurians'
Two Of the results OF this economy are, firri,
the city has an inefficient. inadequate. peculiar
half-volunteer fire department. and the other 10
that Its streets are beyond contradiction the
toughest and worst paved thoroughfares Of any
city on the globe. The principal streets in ths
business and resident quarters paved with
round, oid-fsshioned cobble stones. full Of
holes, hummocks and ruts. and how any decent
a~Q dxtU 81. -.