The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-04-21
In THE HOTEL CORRIDORS.

J. Frank Mullen an Alaskan miner. l.
at the National from New York. en- route
to Seattle. whence he sails for Cape Nome
II think the Nome fields are
without doubt the richest in the
world" said he this morning The
deficiency in the South African
supply will not be noticed, as we Will turn
out enough this season to glut the market
1t Is a fact that three fourths OF the
worlds gold production comes from placer
mines and a goodly share Of the total last
year. $2s8. 100000 came from Alaska 1
think the figures were SCI. OCT. O0s. This Is
great. as it must be remembered that the
Alaska fields can only be worked for a few
months in the year. Despite the war in
South Africa, the worlds production for
1900 viii be In excess Of $3O9, O0O. eco. and
the Nome fields alone viii make up large
amount Of this"
"COIllis P Huntington is going to make
big terminal out OF Galveston" said H
NJ Murray, Of that city. at the Riggs to-
day. He has purchased ten blocks Of
water front property for this purpose and
is building a lot Of wharves for the use
the Atlantic seaboard points. He has also
bought a railroad running between Gal
weston and Houston and has given the
Southern Pacific terminal on the Gulf. We
are greatly pleased at the prospect and
are certain that within a short time the
city viii be one OF the biggest points on
the system. Galveston is on an-island
thirty-one miles long BY two and half
miles wide and has a fine harbor. We
have fine driven well water supply and
are IN no danger of foods. Business grows
greater each year and our shipRipgF inter
ests are on the increase" Is
Business is splendid all over Montana"
said Col A L. Hoyt. prominent lawyer
OF Helena, Mont, at ChambeTlin's to-
day, and / am afraid that the good
times are dangerously liable TO Increase
the Republican vote The fail campaign
PROMISES to be very lively in conse-
Guence- The new State House has been
completed 10 the third story and viii be
a grand structure Senator Clark knew
/ what he was doing when he made the hght
/ for the location OF the state Capital al
! Helena instead OF az Anaconda or Butte.
/ The present site meets with general ap-
I prevail. Things are quiet over in the
I Occur d'Alenes at present The troops
are stin performing police duty, although
/ VIII soon be removed
The new Auditorium Building for the
use OF the Democratic National COnven-
/ ton will be completed and ready for Oe-
cupaney by June Is" said T. R. Ross. OF
| Kansas City. at the Arlington today
over S1e0 OOG has been subscribed and
this. with the insurance money. VIII pro-
vide a better structure than the OEe thai
/ was destroyed Il was. Of course. an VI
4 fortunate affair, but We are showing tho
/ hustlers. The fire Vas a great spectacle
/ The flames leaped Up fifty feet into the
/ air and the heat was terrific Thirty fire
/ engines were busy throwing water bIi
| they might have been throwing oil fos
I all the impression II made On the flames
! cit Is. proposed TO builc a s.. 000. COO in
/ terna.ionaI dam above e. Psso, Texas. and
to redeem the Rio Crande valley" SAID J
/ A S5mers. OF e Paso. al the Raleigh to
I day. This viii be the biggest thing FOL
; this section Of the State ever contemplated
I but We are being beset with difficulties al
I ready. II the big dam IS completed next
/ year al tkis expense. il win have 70 b
I entirely rebuilt By the mex generation
! The reason for this Is that the Rio Granje
at this point is so heavily charged with
silt that the bed OF the dam VIII al up al
/ the rate of al least fifteen feet each year
/ The silt is finely divided anuvial soil held
| in suspension by the water as il moves
| and is rapidly deposited whenever the
I water is wholly or partly al a standstilL
Z Daring the big food in May. 1887, the
+ flooded fats we're raised three feet in
three weeks time by this deposit so you
: can imagine what il would do al a stand
still IN ten years. The dam viii be built
anyway and the barren lands for several
hundred miles reclaimed. bat our sons
I will be compelled TO build new dam and
reservoir on top OF this which We are con
n