The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-09


G-ound-A Change in the TeIe-
phone Numbers-Tvo Cargoes of
Asphalt Expected From, Trinidad.
A Georgetown man IN the Government
service writing from Cavite, Philippine
Islands. says:
MY first impression of Cavite is not the
enc ] hold now I thought at first that If
the place wasn't hades itself it was so
near II that il was hardly worth while TO
trouble myself with the question Of where
hades left of and Cavite began. Its a
slow-going place No one is ever in 4
hurry Everybody seems TO think that
what can be done today can be done to
morrow. ana what can be done tomorrow
can be done any time. Minutes are never
precious. Time Is almost vaIueIess, being
measured by pay-days and mail days
which come every two weeks.
There are but a few American women
in Cayite. and these few are wives Of aa-
val and marine officers, who, on account
Of their exalted official positions, believe
that they would be overstepping The boun-
daries Of caste 10 look AZ mere civilians.
The native women are homeIy and dirty.
There Is never any news in Cavite
Facts develop by d process Of evolution
They never come with that jarring sud
we hear a rurnor that something is true
and going TO happen. On general princi-
pies we call it false, for Cavite is filed
with prevaricators- Then We hear d little
more, apparently from an authoritative
source. StiH we are dubious but as the
story is repeated and the authority for
Il becomes more apparent, we finally ac-
cept il as a fact We are the most credu-
lous, and yet the most dubious, people in
the world"
Citizens say that the vicinity Of the old
Presbyterian graveyard is becoming pop
ular IS q dumping ground for refuse At
the corner OF Ihirty-fourth and Q Streets
quantities OF ashes are now being de-
posited daily. The people regard the old
cemetery as an eyesore. = detriment TO
property interests, d bar TO the advance
Of improvements and a hot bed in summer
for The growth ana decay Of offensive veg
citation.
Experience has shown that when con-
dltions favor sickness germs Of disease
grow latest IN this section Time and
agaIn citizens have made an effort to
nave Ihls place cleared Up, Yet the au-
thOTItleS have eTlnCed no decided inter
est IN the matter The subject Is to be
again brought up before the Organized
Citizens Association. however.
The Engineer department has notified
the property holders, whose possessions
abut on the alleys south Of = Street be-
tween ThirJy-secOnd and Thirty-third
Streets, that the District is about 10 i'm
prove The same Inc alley viii be paved
with VituIed brick.
Because Of the division Of territory
covered by the cables and lines radiating
from the exchanges OF the Cheasa apeake
and Potomac Telephone Company the
company has notified the West End sub
scrIbeFs that it has been found necessary
TO change ali Georgetown telephone mum
bers.
TWO asphalt vessels are expected 10 ar
EtFe At the Georgetown wharves TODAY
or Monday They are from Trinidad with
Sstrs0es assigned 10 the Washington
Brick and Tile Company and the Crawford
PaNlnS Company Each boat carries
from l--gJ 10 100 tons Of asphalt The
Echooners LEFT Trinidad. February IL and
were sighted in the Potomac yesterday.
The receip-s 1T the Georgetown Custom
House for Re week ending yesterday.
amounted 10 SZS09.4T-