Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1894-09-17
IN A GOOD ROAD COUNTRY
THE COMMITTEE IN PAssAIC,
n. j., TODAY.
what Thev saw In Washington
Besides Good ROads-A Glance
at MilljOns-Mr. POwell's story
Mai. Blackwell's Eyes Open.

that would be of use in road making, II
the delegate made the same trip Bun
combe's delegation did. There are two
reasons why this is true: /. The trip is
made in the night; 2. The splendid
vestibuled operated over
the great Southern railroad travels with
such seemingly absorbing desire to get
here before everything else that even il it
were daylight one travels past mile Of
country road before be can make up his
mind whether it is corduroy, shell, mud
or macadam.
The delegation had an appointment
here with Gen. Roy Stone and stopped
over until the afternoon. A LITTLE of the
time was spent in sightseeing and the
remainder in inspecting roads. The
party went through the Agricultural
museum and were placed in a cage-in
the Washington monument, and carried
500 feet up into that great structure.
From there we went to the White
House, where Grover had (probably)
left word that on account of repairs
being made he was unable to be at home
to welcome the gentlemen from the
State of Bunconibe. This he regretted,
of course. The next place visited was
the Treasury building, where we found
"Bill" Scott, OF the Lcnoir Topic, who
obligirgly accompanied the crowd on a
a trip that to some at least was an eye
opener. Ofcourse. to Messrs. Reed and
Clayton, who have to legislate for the
incompatible Tarheel State and the boss
county, and to Geo. S. Powell. whose
time is spent in assisting Partner Snider
in keeping up anever-ncreasing business,
the treasury of Uncle Sam could not be
so fascinating as it would be to lay
man. We saw prcsswomen printing the
"long green" that everybody strives for,
handling it asa feeder in THE CITIZEN
pressroom would sheet OF the paper
on which this is printed. We went into
the vaults were the coin is stored. Here
were something like The neat little pock-
etful of 103 100000 standard silver dol
lars, and in a nearby apartment another
cool 500, 900, 900 of gold and silver. l
noticed that iron partitions separated
the employees from the visitors, but l
was assured that the guards were not
put up because our visit had be antici-
pated. The guide who explained things
pointed out the big machine in which mu-
tilated paper currency is ground up. and
Charlie" Nichols declared his Intention
to tell the people this campaign OF the
great quantity of money destroyed
every day. The last room visited was
connected with the secret service, cor.
tanning samples of counterfeits and pic
lures of counterfeitersgalore. Une frame
held pictures OF Guiteau, Gartield's assas
sin, while i'll the center was one of John
Wilkes Boo,h, labeled "Guiteau's prede
cessor."
From the Treasury the party went tc
the Capitol where Capt. Dubose and Mr.
Nichols had discussion as to whether i,
was right to make Coxey keep off th'
grass. The Senate and House chamber.
were not forgotten, but there was nc
life therein. Peffer's whiskers had beer
moved and swept out and Tom Reed!
bulldozipg squeak had been effectually
silenced by Speaker Crisp's gavel.
In the afternoon the delegation. to
gether with Gen. Stone, went out tt
Alexandria county, Va, to look at sec
tion Of road work Deing carried on unde
the supervision of Frank Hume. th'
county superintendent. who also accom-
panied the visitors. There are thre
miles of this, which is known as tn,
Mount Vernon road. The macadamiz 4
portion OF the road is nine feet wide. OF
a clay subsoil. The stone used is gath
cred from the fields in the vicinity ant
crushed, the spread four inches deep
Thisis covered with two inches Of gravel
and makes a good road. The cost of i
is only 5000 mile. whereas the road
in Mecklenburg cost in the neighborhoo'
of $4,000. The visitors were very favor
ably impressed with this character G
road construction. Mr.. Hume is
TYPICAL Southern gentleman and owns
beautiful home near Alexandria, over
looking the Potomac and the nationa
capital. He took the committee to hi
home and entertained them in mos
hospitable manner, pressing an invita-
tion Tor them to be his guests Longer
But they had to forego the pleasure ar
returned to Washington, whence the
set out late In the afternoon on the wa
to New Jersey.
Little Grains OF sand.
Let me 60 back to Charlotte and tell
story as related by Mr.. Powell. H
says he was in Charlotte at the 1877
centennial ofthe signing of Mecklenburg
declaration. While standing on Ind
pendente square, with Catawba ma
at his side, soldier came along wit
"F. |. l.. I.-1794" in letters that wei
seen by the Catawbian. "Great gosh
the latter exclaimed, "there's younI
looking fellow from Fillidelfy who We
born in 1884," The initials stood fc
the old Fayetteville Independent Ligf
Infantry.
II Asheville's brilliantly uniforme
police were to be seen in Charlotte thel
would be lots of interest in them. Cha
lotte's coppers don't have to" butte
their vests. The water rents there. a
told. are so much higher than in Ash
vile that what an Asheville man pa.
r $40 yearly for. a Charlotte man pa.
$40. But the Mayor gets $500; Aide
men glory only.
saw Metz, Ashcville's second.bas
man, here today.
How is this for sign Jas.
Oyster, Butter and Cheese" 1t Is {
Pennsylvania avenue, in this town.
Mai. Blackwell Is keeping both ey
open for anything like an improved roa
while Mayor Patton is filling up on fac
and figures and getting samples OF stor
PAssAIc,N j., Sept. 17-[Special.
The road delegation is today iuspecti
roads in Passaic county. We are acco
panied by Gen. Stone, and shall probat
not take the Canandaigua trip, in viii
event the delegates will. be home Wedn
day or Thursday. Aiken
Breckinridxe VIII Contest.
LEXINGTON, Ky. Sept. 17,-Brcck