The evening times., 1901-11-26
Every Day Stories Of the
Workings and Workers Of the Departments.

partment is because it is necessary each
| year to secure license for him. and this
| is one OF the first issued by the ONCE OF
the Collector Of Taxes Weaver Is the
property Of the District, and so his IL
t cense comes free
Weaver always goes to fires when his
/ company is called out He runs about
a square ahead Of the wagon. barking
with all his might. BY a sort Of instinct
he knows tSe location Of the fra and is
always on the scene waiting for the truck
TO pull up
Weaver has lad his hair singed once
or twice by too Jealous attention to duty
dashing into burning buildings looking for
persons who may be there
A good deal of credit is being given to
the Secretary of War and to others in
connection with the completion of the
Washington Aqueduct Tunnel otherwise
known as the Lydecker Tunnel The in
ception Of the plan to connect the
Georgetown reservoir and the Howard
reservoir was due to the pertinacity,
courage, and untiring labors Of Major R
l. Hoxie, Of the Corps Of Engineers.
It became necessary to make plans for
the work and to estimate the cost Of
the enterprise before Congress would ap-
propriate cent for the proposed i'm
proYement- It was Major Hoxie who per
formed or supervised the performance Of
all the field work preliminary to the
drafting OF the plans. It took months of
hard labor Hundreds Of boriags had to
be made along the line Of the proposed
/ tunnel Some of the shafts had to be
sunk into quicksand, and it was here that
the genius Of Major Hoxie shone forth.
On one occasion the worknen Iefused
to stay in the shaft unless he remained
there The quicksand was very t-each-
erous- He remained with his faithful
men for four days without a wink of
sleep, and his wife herself brought his
meals to him more than two miles In
this way the shaft was sunk and the na-
ture Of the soil along the line CT the pro-
posed tunnel settled.
Gen. George H. Harries. Vice Presf-
dent Of the Washington Traction and
Electric Company. is a frequent caller at
the District Building He has several
conferences each week with the Engineer
Commissioner. His errands are more or
less Of q confidential nature. but 1t is
always understood that they refer in some
way TO the street railways.
General Harries IS q very busy man.
most humble friend and to make him
think that he occupies the head of the
list Of the generals acquaintances.
General Harries for some reason likes
the press room when he calls and IL IS
seldom he does not come in 70 shake
hands and joHy the boys along
HA Taylor, Assistant Secretary Of the
Treasury, is a splendid type Of the North
westerner. He came 10 the Treasury two
years ago from Madison, Wis. Friends
Who call on him at the Treasury are often
greeted with: How are you. neighbor.
Walk right up into the main body OF the
church." Secretary Gese X dependent
upon Mr. Taylor for his good judgment in
important questions affecting the Chinese
and Immigration services and also to
matters pertaining TO the construction OF
Government buildings. And HOW during
the illness OF Assistant Secretary SpauId-
ing the most responsible branch OF the
Treasury Department, the customs, has
been assigned 10 Secretary TayIOr's di-
TectIOn- But he IS equal 10 the occasion.
With sI this great work on hand Mr.
Taylor always finds time 10 tell q story
or Ister to funny yarn He has strong
vein Of IUmOT II his makeup.
Mr. Taylor has recently built hand
some residence al 2007 Massachusetts
Avenue, where he delights 20 receive his
friends with true Western hospitality.
Pumpkins. squashes. potatoes, bugs,
pigs, and other barnyard fowl yesterday
Uttered the desk of John T Bivins Chief
Clerk Of the Internal Revenue bureau
Of course. the farm produces we're not Of
the living, breathing. moving kind; they
were only limitations OF the real things.
Ez-
practical uses as pincushions- Mr. Bivins
somehow or other is never able TO keep
pin near at hand for immediate use
Yesterday vas Mr. Bivins- ffty-ffth birth
day. The sight Of the pincushions, 10
which were attached little messages OF
congratulations was one that moved the
heart Of the eyer-obliging and pleasant
chief clerk. MT. Biyins is universally
beloved by all who know him. and every
body wishes him many returns Of the &C
easion-
Frank Tyree, the aristocratfe-Iooking
member OF Chief Wilkes stan Of Secret
Service men. is one of the cleve-est Of
the younger members Of the force Mr..
Tyree IS said to be of French extraction.
but he really doesn't look IL. With his fine
physique, his lUxuTiant crop of blond
hair, his picturesque Vandyze beard his
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closer resemblance to a German count or
q captain in the COidstream Guards than
10 his friends Of Gallo extraction. How
ever that may be- Mr. Tyree has 3 fne
record, and prospects for him are very
bright He is highly efficient officer q
thorough American, and his services are
highly yalUed by his chief.
Miss Ann Hayes, of the Bureau of
Printing and Engraving, has often been
described as the power behind the
throne What Miss Hayes does not know
about the bureau and its history is not
worth remembering She is the person 10
whom is submitted the names OF those
who are detailed for work at the bureau.
and she it is who advises the superi1tend-
ent as tC the fitness of the applicant for
the work designated. Miss Hayes is just
She recognizes merit and is the first one
to recommend its recognition by the pow
eTs that be. in the shape of proF7OtiOn
She is conservative, a hard and conscien-
tioUS worker, and it would be really diff
cult to find a person who could I'LL the po-