The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-11-07


hriaal couples nonopolized the patron.
% ieeal hosteiries yesterday TIE
.iai.si'ht tfaae vanished quite cGmpIeteiy.
49,, $50 t.ose Who have lately learned ths
o''Ss o. married ife. washington has
Zen : mecca q wedding tours ms fan
s''o ~Hat mas ever been tn recent
seaIs' mere mas beer no cessation In tha
newly welded arrivals In the las, thres
/ OF Tour days. when nearly VERY otbsr
man hastened away 70 the vicinity Of his
own voting precinct. '
ABOUT the only exceptions yesterday
were lew travelling men from q distance
ara TOURISTS who came from States vvhera
malorities are assured beforehand rhs
haste toward the South was less marked
than toward other points Of The cornrsss
because the Democrats have i.rtls need ~
recruits there. save possibly En- some Con
gress!oral districts 81 Maryland ami Viz.
ginia. There were several arrivals early
last evening from the two adjoining states
Of Maryland and Virginia. chiefly seobla
interested in getting the election returns
early as displayed on the local canvassss.
'sThe surveyor OF Jackson County. No
in which Kansas City Is situated has -
Gently put down a large number ~ mon
uments TO mark the formerly disputed
boundary line between Kansas and ltis-
souri," said Mr.. T. p, Hewloud. % Kan
sas City. at the 81. James yesterday ''Tha
mouth OF the Kaw River has been recae-
nized as a point in the boundary line. but
it was claimed that the Kaw had CNrrg.
ed its course by over a third OF a mile
since the boundary was run way hack IN
the twenties. Mr.. Callahan. the county
surveyor. dug I'D the old records and mas
been placing the Monuments thirty-fOur
III number. a mile apart. along the original
line. In few cases the old stones and
stumps Of trees referred 20 in the early
documents were discovered. A record Of
these will be forwarded 10 Washington. 20
be deposited IN the land office OF the II
terror Department"
Some three years ago n ship called
the Andrada turned turtle IN Tacoma
harbor and went 70 the bottom IN eighty
fathoms OF water" observed Mr. s 8
Thornton. OF Tacoma. WASH yesterday
ri the Shoreham. '"There have been num-
erous efforts To raise the vessel, which
probably turned ever because Of lack OF
ballast, but lately all these have been aban-
doned. First the underwriters tried 20 at
NN~N-i 9N'NA NoAif0 " tue ANU hlA- nNf tfEa
failed. Later a special APPARATUS. de-
pending upon inflated water bags was
tried, but that trial resulted IN the drown
ing OF man.
THE harbor at Tacoma IS a splendid
one. but the trouble IS that there is not
sufficient docking room, and after yes
sells have unloaded. they must pull out
into the harbor and anchor to buoys at
tached to the shore by steel chains. TherH
Is project for deepening the channel Of
the Puyallup River through the shallow
tide flats, which would give plenty Of
dock room and make Tacoma one OF the
best harbors in the country"
Mr.. G. T. Zane. a travelling man from
Minneapolis. is at Wizards "Our city
was one OF the first TO. undertake the
building of bicycle paths" said he. "anf
although the craze. II l may so call II,
has suhsided in other localities. Mime
apolis is still constructing bicycle paths. az
a cost of about 81, 900 a mile path on
Lyndale avenue has just been completed,
at a cost of almost Sl2009. The wheel
men have complained that the cost was
greater than necessary, but the city en-
gineer insists that everything was done
to keep the cost down. and that no I'M
necessary items were Included"
New portable schoolhouses are the
latest thing in Massachusetts" remarked
Mr.. Jonathan K Taylor. of Boston. yes
terday, at the Riggs House. The idea
is not altogether a new one. but II has
attracted much intention. and our school
authorities have received requests for in
formation regarding the working OF these
portable structures from almost every
large city I'm the United States.
Boston now has nine of these school
houses. They were decided upon when I
was found that sufficient money could not
be appropriated for building permanent
brick houses. and that the portable houses
would cost less than the rent Of buildings
would amount TO. The new schoolhouses
are located easily on vacont lots, and are
found 10 meet the needs OF the scholars
very satisfactorily for the present"