The evening times., 1900-03-16
IN THE HOTEL CORRIDORS.


Canadian, who some twelve years ago OBJ
tained the Office Of President Of the Ca
madam Pacific Railroad. and from a verit
able white elephant burdened with debts
and acknowledgement made it one Of the
largest and most successful railroad sys-
tens in the world. is at the ShOreham from
Montreal. Mr.. Van Horne stated this morn
ing that he had come to Washington 60
escape the snow which tied up everything
In lower Canada. but Unexpectedly ran
into small blizzard in this city.
Il am merely here for pleasure" he
said, and there is nothing official in my
trip. While l am still connected with the
Canadian Pacific and have nearly all Of my
interests centred in the system I am not
president Of the company. having found the
duties growing into burden. The rail-
road is a beautiful structure at present
and is doing a wonderful business. We
were one Of the first systems TO build all
Of our own rolling stock, and ten years
ago. at the big Hochelaga shops in Mon
treal We forged our own trucks and loco
motives. built our own freight, passenger,
and sleeping cars, and turned out whole
trains in week. Today we have to buy
many Of our locomotives as the demand
is too great for our five shops Everything
is prosperous in Montreal but the snow
is five feet deep in places. and packed
hard. l had hoped to get warm weather
here"
Postmaster Charles y Gordon OF Chi
cago, is at the Raleigh. accompanied by
Mrs. Gordon. Colonel Gordon is in Wash
ington endeavorirg to secure the enlarge
ment and improvement OF the pOstofice
In that city.
Il am trying TO get the Treasury De
partment TO give us a large annex to the
present office. which has grown too small
said he. this morning. Il also Taut
to make a plea Tor more clerk
hire for the Chicago service, winch
needs a lot of extra hands 1
am not pressing the pneumatic tube
mail system. as believe this viii come
in time, and am content to get actual
needs at present / am heartily in favor
Of the system and would like TO see il es-
tablished in every city. l am also trying
to have Representative Mann, Of Illinois.
introduce bill which Will give substitute
letter carriers the same pay as regular
carriers
Everett Frazar. United States Consul
General to Korea. is az he Shoreham on
leave Of absence. He Is accompanied by his
wife and daughter. and. after reporting TO
the State Department and arranging some
matters in connection with his Office he
VIII leave for Orange. n j.. his home.
f. T. Ide. OF ST. J0hnsbury. VT. is a. the
Riggs. en- route TO his home from Alabama
He IS a brother Of Judge II. C.. Zoe. one OF
the newly-appointed Philippine Commis-
sioners. The appointment came as a COM
plete surprise TO my brother 90 said Ar. Ide
today "as be was resting down in
Alabama when asked 10 serve. He takes
a great deal Cf pride In his new duties as
he has certain. ideals as 20 how the new
possession should be handled As chief
justice and practically dictator OF Samoa
for many years he was wonderfully sue
cesstul in managing the natives and has
made study Of them. He was always an
ardent 0XPGnsiOnist and when a member Cf
the san Oan Commission always COntended
that the United States should annex the
islands. He viii arrive in Washington
about March 26-'
Now that Kansas City has captured the
Democratic NatiOUa5 Convention. / see that
number Of the jealous cities have been
roasting The hotels in our city" said Dan
iel NJ. Harvey, a prominent stock raiser Of
that town. az ChsmberIIn's today Il
noticed particularly that the little hotel
tiOn during the fiRtt for the convention has
been referred 20 as a mass Of fake PICTURES
and private dwellings. Now he truth IS
that Kansas City should not have used its
hotels as an argument, but. 20 get down
20 facts. We have at least three hotels
there that are fuer than anything Won
have in Washington and We have half a
dozen more that are as good as anything
in the Capital. and this city is no s.ouch
hotel town. The Midland. the Coast. the
Baltimore. the Savoy the Riossorn ths
Victoria, the BOnsventure. the Washington
and the Cordoya are among the best no
tels On the United States. and they are only
a handful Of what We have in Kansas CITY
Then there are the new Coates. the Audi
tOrium, the Brunswick the CcntrnDoIis
and dozen other good houses. We will
supply plenty OF hotel accommodations
don't worry about that and as the peo-
pie are the best be5rted in the country
they viii break their Hecks 20 DO honor to
The visitors
W R. Warner. II. \. Garfield Cen C. 4.
Gnrretsou. and Luther Allen. a delegation
from the Cleveland. Ohio. Chamber OF
Commerce. are at the Shoreham They are
here TO plead for the romode,iag OF the
United States consular system and for IFS
improvement and viii appear before a
Congressional committee to argue in favor
Of tie change.
Kate Pier Kate H. Pier. and Harriet IT
Pier. three women attorneys-at-Iaw. are
a. the ShOreham from Milwaukee Wis
They were recently admitted TO practice
before the bar OF the Supreme Court. and
are in the city attending to some Iega!
matters.
Gen. William s Stryker. OF Trenton y
J.. is registered at the Shoreham. He has
held the position OF Adjutant General OF
the State of New Jersey since 1867. He
was made counselor at law OF the state of
Ohio in the year 1866. He is at present
director Of the Trenton Banking Company
president of the New Jersey Society Of Gin
Cinnati president OF the Trenton Savings
Fund Society. and 4 Fellow of the Ameri-
can Geographical Society In June. 1899
he received the degree of Doctor of Laws
from Princeton College.
Sir Weetman d. Pearson. NJ p. was at
the Arlington from London. England. yes
terday en- route to Mexico. Mr.. Pearson is
member OF the firm OF Pearson & Son
of London. which recently purchased the
Tehuantepec Railroad. in Mexico. and he
is going to make a careful inspection of
the property, and has planned many ex-
tensive Improvements.
The railroad runs from CoatzacOaIcos to
Salina Cruz, on Tehuantepec Bay" said he
''and l believe that it will become a very
important system in the near future The
route to san Francisco by our line will be