The Washington weekly post., 1900-11-27
MEN NET IN THE
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The thing which lnprae-as a ,;4-,s..-
| visitor" observed Rep-er rtatire u
| Alexander, o. Buffalo. last evenir-. a.,s,
I NoTmaHdie, speaking 9s hls recent ~.
/ in the South on gn inspection of the g.
sa River, --is tie I1rlE intetes, .7 .s.
/ number Of cotton saelories AT El.a.--
/ City. three miles from Cad The 5,ir
Company has erected neat inEivls--i
houses Tor its operatives In TIE ee--..
OF the town f. IN artificial pond r.s
! scores Of bath houses which they .re y-ss
Z 20 Use A very handsome library hg.lfs--
I has been erected for their use; .ar-s 10
I four churches have lEsa.se bsa b-n,
i by the min conpsny f5r the A.r--, NJ
i its employees Esch of the dwelling hogs.-
I Is different style Of aTChitecturs. aaE fs
painted i different color. All are larr.sr-
ed with large garden tracts. Tha houses
rent for a dollar a m0nth per raen. ana
+ they have from four 60 eight and len
rooms each. Each house SIS inspected
/ twice a month and II they are aot ken.
clean. the tenant goes out on tW5rty-f.s.
I hours notice Each operative cratri5.
/ utes a fraction o. I per ceat % bis sal.
+ ary, which amounts. perhaps. 90 3
month. for a physician. This IS a'l IRE
+ doctors bus they have % pay. no ms,-
ter how many sick or for what length o.
tine. The result a. ull this IS that nearly
every operative has q. savings hank a.-
count A very fine school buHfiue. with
the best OF teachers gives the child an
opportunity FOR an education, and an
must attend up % the age of 13 or H.
AT Coiumbus.Ga., a company has cor
structed a dam across the ChattahOOrhss
10 obtain electric power 90 run The cotton
factories Of that town One % these fac
tories has already been erected with the
latest machinery and most modern meth
DDS. It Is said TO be the finest and most
complete cotton mill Ga the United States.
The energy and faijh in the outcome %
the investment Of money IN Columbus are
equal TO anything one viii see IN the
North"
( Col. Alexander has come 20 Washington
early 90 sit with the River and HaTbor
Committee, Of which he Is a member He
was reelected by a majority 1850 large
! than two years ago. and showed equal
strength with Mckinley In tine district.
which few members OF the House We're
able to do this year.
Mr.. Rudolph Grand. OF Chl,a~o nresi-
dent Of the Brewers Association there ia
al the Raleigh, on the way farther East.
4 Year before last" said he last evening,
"the consumption Of beer fen OF l.G00Oa
barrels, where f. ought 20 have increased
100000 barrels. The figures for the past
year are not az hand yet. There is no
denying that the brewing business Is in %
deplorable condition. and We attribute it
TO the enormous tax which the govern
ment levies upon US. This tax Is s. on 4
barrel Of thirty-one gallons, about 40 per
cent. Of the price OF the product The
brewers have 10 bear the most OF this tax.
because the retailers could not staud e.
The consumption IS affected chiefly"
added Mr.. Grand. by the sales such as
are popularity styled rushing the growlcr
that is to say, people who send aaoss
the street to the saloon for a pitcher OK
beer get about two-thrds as much now as
they did before the war tax was imposed"
MIR. Grand says he believes that Congress
will remove a large portion Of the tax sg
this session.
a courtly gentleman, with all the suav-
ity of the Frenchman and the ggaiaiity
Of the SOutherner, is SIR. Paul pleviaie,
mayor of New Orleans. now al the So
James. lie and his brother, Armand. man-
aging editor Of the Bee, a French neNs-
paper and one Of the oldest daiiies In
this country. have been on "a trip 20 New
York and Boston. II was the recipient OF
the most cordial hospitality in Boston"
said Mayor Capdevieile II spent three
days there and Mayor Hart showed me
every courtesy possible ! viewed the
beautiful park system Of the Hub. stud
led the working Of the splendid under
ground railway. and visited the various
departments OF the city government My
old-time friend in New Orleans, Mr.. Wal
ter Denegre. has a palatal residence az
Manchester-by-the-sea which he styles
cottage, and there / spent a day In
most delightful fashion. Mayor Van
Wyck, Of New York. quite astounded me
with the information that his budget for
various city departments amounted 10 E9.
10000 year He is a charming gentle
man and made my visit 10 the metropolis
a very pleasant one"
Mayor Capdevielle has been elected for
four years, and has thus far served only
a few months. zone OF the very impor.
tant projects 10 US" he explained. "Is the
completion OF the sewer system. for which
the city will soon make a loan. The BIDS
will be opened December Is The city has
authorized a 2 mill tax on its valuation
To pay the interest on these bonds. This
VIII make an income Of $4,000 annually
and the amount Of money We borrow Will
depend 10 some extent upon the rate Of
interest offered. There was some criticism
! by people In the residential districts that
they would not receive the benefits Of The
sewer system as soon as the downtown
residents, but IN my campaign for the
m5y0Taity promised that / would open
tne entire system at the same time and
accordingly | shall break ground stimuli
tdneougly IN the seven districts OF tho
city. The work viii require four or i've
years for completion"
Mr.. Frank IT, Lathr0p. OF Riverside
Ala, native Of Piattsburg, ". Y. lonz
a resident or Michigan and Wisconsin
and fer the last thirteen years a citizen
Of Alabama and a prominent lumber
operator. IS at the Ebbitt, Waging q cam
paign for the COIiectOrshiD Of the port OF
Mobile made vacant By the death ~ Gen.
j. W. Burke. With him f. Mr. d. y.
| Cooper, Of Mobile. United states marshal
for the southern district OF that State.
Mr. Lathrop has strong Inducements for
The Federal office. both from his frlendg
IN the south aad the North.
Three thousand houses have bean built
IN Birmingham and vicinity during Tho
past year" said lie "which alone BE- EVIL
dence Of the great Industrial activity
which prevails IN that section. The price
Cf lumber has advanced from % cents -
! s. per thousand in the last SIX week
One of my friends IN the iron trade told
/ me recently hat IN one day be mad sold
/ lg,o1 tons Of IRON. which Is a pretty good
| straw 10 show irat there is nothing si1E
| about that Industry" Mr. IafnrOD says
| that TIE supply of Southern pine Is being
deplsted yislbiy in Alabama. bgf fhlg
there Is still enough 80 last the lifetime
OF most men OF this generation Tree
/ culture has been introduced. bgt LITTLE yet
IN Alabama" he continued. Except .r
the way ~ adornuent IN Che c.ta7. (
have no doubt 81 viii b. eventually. The
pine trees grow 70 size for cutting ll
about fifty years, ard there IL great
deal OF young growth IN the state"
Il mad a Democratic majority u ZOO
I votes in the last election" renaGEed Rep
reseHtative r. 2. BCrke. of Dallas Tex.
last evening AZ tho Metropolitan. ''in srlts