Evening bulletin., 1897-12-31

hanging they we're absolutely i'm
bedded in dust. The reporter was
told not oply that these chande-
liers we're relics OF royalty but
that the dust WAS OF royal origin
also.
Ascending the main hallway
the fronts Of the steps will be
found to the badly worn, while
the rubber coverings are worn
away in places, 80 badly as to be
dangerous.
On entering the upper Railways
a aisgraceful sight meets the eyes.
Strips of o'd dirty mating, fray
ed and torn, filed with holes
which trip up the nwary pas.
senger, partly cover the floor but
not suffici, ntly to hide the accu-
mulated dust underneath. The
evidences If filthy expectorations
meet the eye everywhere; there is
not even a spittoon in the entire
length of the halls aud 10 plac 3,
notably opposite the room of the
Chief Justice, there are holes in
the flooring big enough to throw a
cat through. The condition OF the
walls is very bad.
The Judges chambers are bare,
dismal aud dres,y looking places.
The old Chinese mating on the
floors needs to give place to more
cheerful looking carpets, and
more chairs and accommodations
generally are needed.
The Supreme Court room needle
new cocoa mating on the floor,
instead of an ancient wornout
Chinese stuff now in use, and new
carpet under the clerks desk.
This room is given partial clean
ing four times a year before the
opening of each term, and gets an
occasional lick and promise on
Saturdays if the Court adjourus
in time, and the same may be said
of the other court room.
The last room visited by the
reporter was the jury room. This
is small room, entirely unified
for the use it is put to. The fur.
niture, such as tits, consists of
one table, foul and dirty, and four
chairs and one bench equally so.
The only other articles in the
room were common ink bottle
and penholder and spitloon, the
latter in a horribly dirty condition.
The walls are filthy with the dried
expectorations of years aud the
floor is covered with the dirt and
filth accumulated since it was put
to its present use. The memory
of no man about the building that
the reporter could find ran back
to the time this room was scrub
bed out. No judge on the bench
would fiDd conscience enough to
fine juryman for refusing to b.
cooped up in a.place hardly Fl fo'
decent pig.
Chief Justice Judd was inter
viewed on the generally disgrace
full appearances of the building,
and acknowledged that it was we'll
worthy Of public condemnation.
He said: "We are supposed to
look after the upper portion of
the building, although the law
makes the Minister of the Interior
the custodian of and responsible
for all such buildings. What little
cleaning up is attempted is done
by the two messengers attached to
the Judiciary department, as there
are no jsnitors. These men sweep
out the judges chambers and look
out for the court rooms bur they
are messengers and not japitors.
What is needed is daily personal
supervision of the building the
same as of the Executive building
across the street. IT the govern
ment will turn the building over
to this department and make
proper appropriation for janitors
we will see that a different state of
affairs prevail, bu. at present. we
are simply powerless. I did order
piece of mating taken up day
or two since because it was actual
ly dangerous but | really had no
authority even to do that. l shall
make'a very strong representation
of the present condition Of this
building to the President in my
forthcoming report, but that is all
l can do. 1t Was only the other
day a prominent visiting jurist
called on me and commented very