Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1901-09-26
LETTER
Especial Correspondence


The District commissioners have or.
dered that the schedule of new names
for District streets and highways be-
yond the city limits shall take effect
On the date the map being prepared
shall be recorded in the Office of the
Under authority of section 5 of the
act approved March 2, 1898, to pro-
vide a permenent system of highways
for the District of Columbia, 'sthat the
commissioners Of the District of Co
lumbia are authorized to name all
streets, avenues, alleys and reserva-
tons laid out OF adopted under the
provisions of this act,' and under au-
thority Of the following clause in the
District appropriation act approved
June 80, 1898: THAT the commissioners
of the District of Columbia shall here
after have the power and authority to
change the name of ny street, road,
avenue or other highway whenever any
two of such highways have the same
name" the following system of nam
ing is adopted for the highways in the
District Of Columbia outside Of the
limits Of the city of Washington:
North and south streets will be deS-
ignated by numbers, the present city
system being extended into the county.
East and west streets will be named
after distinguished Americans. TAX
ing East Capitol street as a dividing
line and running north, names Of one
syllable VIII be used, arranged in al
~phabetical order. Upon completion of
the one syllable series a two syllable
series will begin and upon completion
Of this a three syllable series until the
northern limit OF the District of Colum-
bia is reached.
East and west streets in the county
south Of the line Of East Capitol will
be named with the letters of the alpha
bet. Upon completion Of this a series
of one syllable names Of American cit
les or prominent geographical objects,
arranged in alphabetical order, will be
started. and SO on, until the southern
limit of the District of Columbia is
reached.
A Deserted City.
"The Deserted City" would be a good
sobriquet for Washington at this peri
cd of the later summer and particular
~ this year. Probably a census Of the
people now in the city by comparison
with the regular midwinter population
would show a less startling disparity
than a tour about the hotels and de-
partments would lead one to expect.
The everyday population is doubtless
here in nearly full force, little dimin-
ished in number by vacation or other
absences, but in the SO called official
circle the effect of the seasons van is
very marked.
Call Them sWandering WiIlies.'
"Wandering Willies" is the title ap-
piled by census Office clerks to the
clerks detailed as inspectors to see that
the other clerks eXpend the Whole of
the 6@ hours they are engaged in the
Office attending to government busf
ness and nothing else. Owing to the
necessity Of completing a large part Of
the census work before congress meets
Director Merriam has been compelled
to employ over 5000 clerks, and to pre-
vent waste Of time certain clerks in
some Of the divisions have been detail
ed as inspectors. With 5000 employees
the loss of even Is minutes a day for
each one spent in idle conversation,
reading newspapers or writing person
al letters, as is customary in the other
departments of the government, would
mean j loss of $50 hours, or the work.
ing time Of rs clerks. AS the clerks
average $500 per annum the monetary
loss Of their services were each one to
idle away 10 minutes a day would be
$1O3.5O0.
Supreme Court Chambers New Roof.
If the nine justices of the United
States supreme court were to walk in
to their courtroom at the capitol today,
it would be difficult for them to repress
the shock they would receive. AS all
roads lead to Rome, so all traditions
Of the supreme court lead to one Senti-
ment, and that is a reverence for the
past and a generation Of everything
spiritual or material that has, come
from generations that have passed
away. If the justices were to visit
their courtroom, they would find it O
mere shell, without furnishings, with
it's board flooring torn up and it's roof
being demolished, with only a rough
board scaffolding between the brick
; floor and the sky. Never before in the
history of the chamber has it been In
vaded by the spirit Of improvement.
The dome s~urmounted by a cupola that
acted as a sounding board when Web
ster, Clay and Calhoun held forth in
senatorial debates is being removed,
and in place of the timber there will be
a roof Of steel.
Shirt Coat Didn't Go.
The shirt coat, a new style of sum-
mer wear for letter carriers which met
the approval of the postmaster gen.
eral, has proved a flat failure. 1t was