The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-24

TEN of street railways in the country;
the best fire department and the most
efficient police force"
But at the same time" continued Gen.
Nyer, in ruminative mood, washington
is not quite up to date in some things,
as compared with other capitals For in
stance; many Of its laws are the same
es in King Georges time-absolutely I'M
changed. Then in the matter of personal
liberty; at midnight everything is hermet-
ically closed, and visitors from the
states at large, who arrive shortly after
Y o'clock and desire to go into any first
class hotel or cafe to satisfy hunger and
thirst, find that they cannot do So be
cause by law, everything is closed. Sup
pose the opera holds late-you have to go
home supperless and champagneless, I'M
less you carry a lunch in your pocket!
That IS not the case in London, Paris or
Berlin, and ought not to be so in Wash
ington. Another thing that is badly need
Ell is a municipal building for the joint
use of the general government and the
district governments building in keep
ing with the dignity of the national CAPT
tal. / also want 10 see erected here a
temple of justice for the accommodation
Of the United States Supreme Court and
the district courts in place of the dread
know there was a bill pending for such
building when Congress adjourned
There should also be national haH of
records, for the safe-keeping of the re-
cords of the government. am told that
the new postofice buildng-magnif1cen
though it is, is inadequate to meet the
demands for space required
by that department. 1t is
true that many members are opposed to
large appropriations for the District, be-
cause the general government is in every
case required to pay half the cost. But
those members forget that the general
government owns most of the valuable
real estate in the District"
Thanks to Gov. Shepperd, who began it,
and a few such men of taste and ex-
tended vision as the Louisiana Represen-
tative, the time is coming when Washing
ton will rival Paris in beauty-when the
muchtalked-of Mall will be an accom-
pshed fact, and the splendid memorial
bridge across the. Potomac, and many
other projected Improvements. The odd
est thing about Washington has always
been the number of negro shanties-gen-
orally White-washed outside, with old hats
and bundles of rags stuck into broken
panes of glass, and the premises swarm
ing with mongrel ours and picaninnies-
sandwiched in between fine residences in
the most aristocratic portions of the city.
or course our eighty-five or ninety thous-
and colored population have to live some
where; but they are being gradually rele-
gated to certain quarters of the city. An
acostia for examples suburb within the
district limits, is now almost entierly
populated by negroes. +
We have a new institution by the way,
Which is of great service to visitors. 1t is
called the Seeing Washington" cars,
ana is sort of Cooks tour of the Capt.
tal City-special cars on rubber-tired
wheels, each accompanied by a guide or
rather lecturer, who explains the points
OF interest as he goes along. 1t is such
an excellent idea that, like the one ex-
enphhed in the legend of Columbus and
'he egg one is amazed that 1t never ac-
CURED to anybody before. The large and
Weu-appointed conveyance goes to every
part of the city during it's two-hours trip,
MADE three times daily; and am glad to
ray That it is always full of people, who
pay fifty cents each for the excursion.
ana they are not all strangers seeing
washington" for the first timel The
"YeIaSe Washingtonan, pursuing a GER
.dlh beaten track of business or pleasure.
from day TO day and year to year, finds
wen more delight in this all-around trip
Lou the casual visitor, because IT makes
uln realize the beauty and charm of his
no1ne as never before, and its rapid i'm
POVement in recent years. 1t is impos-
Iule IN brief, notice to picture the va
teV OF scene, incident and Information
RESENTED in the trip. You board the car
a. "a given point; it is promptly filled with
.Sules and gentlemen, and started pre-
SIsely on schedule time. First, es the
maroIe portico and colonnade of the
Ileasury Department appear fronting the
passenger, that structure has to be dis
aoseu or by the guide-a young man of
..VaI voice, who makes himself not only
auulole to everybody in the vehicle, but
.ll.eresting. He tells you all about how
e treasury was erected, and what II
w. and contains, and that the rows of
o'uinhs on the north and east fronts
ere copied from the Temple OF Minirva,
Athens; and concludes with the airy
,enark that the whole thing has been
"'nea Uncle Samuels pocket book"
nen we are OF in good earnest, turn
,e INTO street. The popular fashionable
~ made of Washington from the hour
70 In the afternoon. so says the
,b,suier Notable persons. places and