New-York tribune., 1900-11-25
THE PASSING THRONG.

NJ. H Larrabie. Of Washington. in speaking at
he Fifth Avenue Hotel yesterday OF real estate
values In the capital. said: IN
SOME WASH nothing Is the great and wonderful
fNGTON growth of Washington better
REAL emplifed than in the increase OF
ESTATE real estate values. As in every
PROFITS. city of which 1 have ever had per-
sonal knowledge. the growth OF
Washington is toward the northwest and to-day
ne city is far stretching In that direction, where
md open country. When Sir Edward Thornton
2ad either 25 or so cents foot for the land. and
of buy the enr Block rods9 the and Is xotS p8
rom 81 to IS a foot. and the addition which they
ne land they own on the Connecticut-ave. side
IN Dupont Circle. the heart OF the residence sec
purchase there Was m made s t' bg levi Ieiier S
Worth @ hn9 So ne pfd dd f%9' for hd hs s & II IS Ss aSy
worth from 10 TO 50 foot. to-day has ready
$500 an acre in isS brought 5000 q in @ sss WS and
n ~. IN my knowledge, d purchase was made for
$4,000. The late John sherman foresaw this
tFtnre condition OF 5hines, and taking advantage
will be able to dispose OF by the foot. Washington
has Kept full pace with the increase in population
p. A. oFarreIl. of Spokane. who has just
rived from the West il speaking yesterday at the
Wa!dorf-Astoria OF present mining
COPPER conditions in British Columbia, said
OUTPUT OF There will be a very perceptlble
BRITISH increase IN the supply of copper
COLUMBIA. from British Columbia during the
coming year. This viii compensate
for the fall in the copper production of Montana.
in the Rossand district the gold and copper output
and its smelter at Northport is being increased 10
= capacity of fifteen hundred tons of ore a day.
OF ore day and is about to increase its plant TO
TWO thousand tons day. This smeIter viii treat
group The British Columbia Copper Company
smelter at Greenwood will begin operations next next
group Of mines. recognized as second anaconda
ing more than enough gold to pay ali freight and
treatment charges, The Dominion Copper Com
pany is also building smelter of one thousand
tons capacity in the Boundary country. Other
1ehsrs conpsneS aE also are epS TO ou 10
greater abundance in British Columbia than in
are of 80 satisfscory act KIND that Very years
more should suffice TO call the worlds attention To
iumbla." 0 anu '''''' '
General ". p. Orr. of Piqua. Ohio when seen
at the Waldorf-Astoria the other day, said. The
election even better than had
SAYS anticipated / all along
BUSINESS IN extremely optimistic Ohios huge
OHIO is majority and enthusiastic in1Orse-
BOOMING. ment of the Administration were no
more than expected In the Pres
fdent's own State, but. nevertheless feel proud
of the b4 size G The M Pso5s ma s6m & sor m in o s
Gratis again advance ante-election claims that ohio
and an unqualified Endorsement of the Presidents
policy. II seems almost too good to be true that
we have wrested Bryan's own State away from
Democracy.
the present outlook Is likely to continue to do so
tor an indefinite period. There are 10 clouds on
seems 70 point to a continuation Of the wonderful
prosperity that the country has been enjoying since
jor Mckinley came into office.
in my town of Piqua there twelve mills all
running on full time trying TO keep abreast OF the
orders that are piling in on them. The rolling
mill there has been shut down for some time OF
late but 1t is running in full blast now. Prior to
the election I tried TO get the owners to start It
up, but they would not while a chance remained OF
Bryan's coming into power With that menace
done away with. however, the mill Is again running
on full time