Bradford County telegraph., 1906-08-17
WASHINGTON Lrrrrp
Especial ondencc ,

tcpecmi correspondence
A mass Of interesting informs ,,o,,
regarding the public buildings .nd
grounds In the District Is conta,no,, =,
the annual report Of Colonel Cbar,a.
:. Bromwell. the engineer officer IN
charge. Regarding children's n,ov
grounds he says that during the veor
the public Fairgrounds committee wa.
given permission to use Ave nuh,,o
reservations for playground purnosos
Special attention was invited to tb,,
subject" says Colonel Bromwell ",r
my annual report for 1904, and tho
recommendations therein made arc ro
peated-namely, that an appronr,o.
tion Of 5000 be made for establish.
Ing, maintaining and caring for Chill.
dren's Fairgrounds on public reserva.
tions In Washington"
Public Parks.
In summarixing the general work ac.
complished In the public parks Colonel
Bromwell says that one new space was
added to the park system during the
year by transfer of 9.S4S square r .et
OF street area on Twenty second street
near 8 street to the chief of engineers
for park purposes. Three reservations
were improved. The various green.
house structures. the storehouse and
the shop building at the propaeatino
gardens were repaired and maintained
In good condition. The wooden and
glass superstructures Of two green.
houses were entirely rebuilt. Over
100000 plants were propagated and
6.761 trees and 8,145 shrubs were
planted in the parks, in the nursery
at the gardens and In the new nursery
grounds in Potomac park.
The Washington Monument.
During the past year 14S.476 persons
visited the top Of the Washington
monument, Of whom 25.6O8 used the
elevator and 22,87O the stalrways,
making a total Of 2.722,OS visitors
since the monument was opened to the
public Oct. 8, 1883.
| Telephone Rates Cat.
The Chesapeake and Potomac Tele
phone company, the local branch Of
the Bell Telephone company, recently
announced that 1t would voluntarily
reduce telephone rates from 10 to q
per cent In the business section or
Sept. I and In the residential section
OF the city ON Oct. /.
The general manager says that the
business Of the company has growr
to such proportions that 1t can AFFORD
to reduce the rates. What really
caused the reduction Is that an inde
pendent company is making an effort
to secure entrance to the city.
Butler's Big Fee.
BY q decision of the District Of %
lumbia supreme court former Senator
Butler of South Carolina will have t.
wait until the fall term before he car
secure his $4,000 fee from tho Unitet
States treasury on account OF his worl
in connection with the claims Of th'
Cherokee Indians, which were settlet
last winter In their favor. The tota
fees In this case amounted to some
thing over $8OO, 900, the claim on whicl
1t was allowed representing more thai
S1.OOO,O00. an appropriation for tn
payment Of which was made by con
gress at the last session.
Court Of Pensions.
There are many members OF con
gress who believe that good way t
get rid Of special pension Legislation
and deal justly with as many peopl
as ought to be pensioned would be I
establish q court Of pensions with hv
or six judges to sit In Washington
and certify all pension claims to con
gress as 10 done by the court Of claim
In other matters.
City Sanitation.
With the aid Of the members Of th
police department, DIR. Woodward. th
District health of{lcer. and his nume'
ous inspectors have instituted gene
al cleaning up Of the city. paying esp'
cial attention to the sanitary conditio
Of rear yards Of private residences.
New Variety Of Potatoes.
The department Of agriculture ha
detailed N. q. Hansen Of North Di
kota on an extensive trip throug
Europe In search Of valuable fruit
and vegetables with view to their u
PRODUCTION In this country. HIS chile
mission will be the securing OF II
stock potato. which II largely raised
J Europe for stock feeding. This pot
to 10 larger and coarser than the p'
tato raised In this country. and Il
a with Q view Of introducing this pota'
| In the United States for the purpose
producing alcohol that the departmel
has sent Mr.. Hansen to Europe. n
Hansen will also try to secure SON
types Of potatoes with disease 3
sistins qualities.
Il Chicken vesn Cless % CsDitsl
Almost under the shadow Of u
capitol In Warrington two spinste'
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