Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-02
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chased an exact fac-simile of that vase for
my home.
The little lady abhors powder. and her
comment upon an acquaintance whose nat
ural beauty was somewhat heightened by
a liberal application, was as follows:
annot understand why women will rough
Gouge) their faces in such manner as
to be noticed clear across the street"
X x
One of the new leaves turned over at
the city hall at the end Of the year 1908
was the installing of a modern telephone
system. The necessity for this improve
ment has long been apparent. Heretofore
the six members of the District Supreme
Court were compelled to depend on one
wall telephone instrument located In an
ante-room off the room OF Circuit Court
No. 2, en- the main floor of the structure
The inconvenience resulting from this stu
alton was a serious one. For instance
Justice Gould, who presides In Equity
Court No. 2, at the southern ex-
tremity of the upper floor of the east wing
scend the stairway and walk to the oppo-
site end of the court house when he desired
to use telephone.
The ante-room in which the lone instru-
ment was formerly located has been fitted
up as a private office for Justice Wright.
the latest addition to the bench, and now
each judge has a phone on his office room
desk. A private branch exchange has been
III one OF tne rooms uSeu Dy tLe
United States marshars office, and
deputy marshal serves as central operator.
Urder the new order of things the judges
may confer with one another without going
to the trouble and exertion Of meeting in
the consultation ROOM and in consequence
everybody concerned is much pleased.
4 x
''There is one popularity of Washington
1 have noticed" said a travelling man at
an uptown hotel, and that is the absence
of after-theater crowds on the streets and
in the cafes. In many big cities the hours
from II to 1890 are among the gayest of
the day, the streets are thronged with peo-
pie hurrying. to the cafes for a bite and a
sup, and emerging afterward to stroll slow
ly home or to the cars.
These midnight cafe crowds jolly
folks; they seem to be less restrained than
at other hours of the day when bent upon
the same mission of eating. Perhaps it is
the music and the lights and the Bohemian
atmosphere suggested by the midnight hour.
l will not deny that it is in measure de-
moralizing. 1 am sure 1 would not want
my two sisters. eighteen and twenty years,
TO be in the crowd. But, I am delighted to
run across some other fellows sisters there
L notice in Washington that as soon as
the theaters let out the people make a
break for home. They are anxious to get
the first car that comes along and won't
wait moment, but would rather hang to
a strap.
washington is a frightfully dull place
at night I hate to get hung up here over
night. But, 1 suppose it's a good thing for
the young folks that the town is a little
slow
X X X X
little story illustrative of the ingenu-
ity OF some co'ored walters when they are
really up against IT, is told by Mon
cure Burke, secretary to Engineer Com
missioner Biddie, at the District building.
n aorh1y
other day, says Mr.. Burke, land ordered
a sandwich and cup of coffee 1t is one of
the rules of this food emporium that the
waiter snail write the order on a little slip
oi paper and put the price opposite. The
check Is then paid to the cashier at the
desk. Wv
When l had finished my light repast, I
picked up the slip placed on the table by
me waiter ana glancing at it saw written
thereon:
Pie. Sc
Coffee, &C.
Il called to the waiter in curiosity.
Hey. John. 1 didn't have any Die. I ate
a sandwich
That's all right. boss he replied. pie
ana san Wlch is both the same price, and
ain so good on spelling that san wich' +"
x x X
The annual expenditures of railroad COM
panies for purposes, concerning which the
punhc takes little thought. are enormous
one of the items of large expense is the
soItenlng OF water used in locomotives ex-
perience having demonstrated that it is
cheaper TO install water softeners than
supply these locomotives with raw water
ON the middle division of the Atcaison
Iopeka and Santa Fe railway system the
sum or 27375 Is expended annually for
this purpose, the softener being used at
tWenty-nine water stations where the water
ma been found unsuitable for boiler purposes.
The locomotives passing these stations use,
on an average, about $4,000 gallons of
water daily. The water from nearly all
these sources contains encrusting constit-
uents. that IS. the sulphates and carbonates
OIL lime and magnesium. and in many
cases. corrosive substances, such as chic
ride OF calcium and magnesium are present
in troublesome amounts.
The encrusting solids contained in 900. 600
gallons OF water used each day IN the year
amount to over 1920 pounds or in tho
course or year, nearly $50 tons. This
amount OF encruSting material deposited
In the boiler would. in the first place, dam
age the boiler plates and cause an enormous
ir crease in the consumption of coal The
removal of this scale would cost probably
from to 10 cents per mile of distance
run.
At these twenty-nine water stations water
softeners have been erected al great in
ltIal expense. The maintenance of these
softeners requires the expenditure of about
81 per day Tor chemicals. and an additional
charge of about s5S per day FOR services of
attendants, making a total of $I5 per day
OF S2I,3I per year. The cost of construc-
ton of these water softeners was Lot made
public. but, if the cost of maintenance rep
reSentS per cent on the investment the
total amount expended for wafer soften
ers Is nearly 100000.
The same experience holds true of other
railroads. At ten water stations along the
! Union Pacific 279O pounds of solids are
removed from the water each day, almost
as much as Is removed from the water of
twenty-nine stations along The Santa Fee
system. although at the ten Union Pacific
stations, they use about so per cent more
water than at the Santa Fe stations
The chemical survey OF natural waters
which is being made by the hydro-economic
experts of the geological survey is directed
in part. toward the location Of available
waters which may be used for boiler pur.
poses without treatment. If. by extensive
surveys. such waters can be discovered
and their location made known. the saving
of a tremendous amount of money will be
effected. In the case of railroads the cost
OF such great losses. as above mentioned
Is due largely to lack of info ma ton con-
corning the sources of water suitable for
boilers. and they will become the greatest
beneficiaries of this phase of the work of
the government.