The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-08-14
WASHINGTON LETTER
Especial Correspondence

traffic between the capitol building and
the new office structures of the yena."
and house respectively. Work ol IL
subway from the house side of The
capitol to the house office buijIiD. n.
New Jersey avenue and 4 street south
east was begun a few weeks ago.
Neat and modern passenger coaches
will be provided, it is said. to convey
representatives. officials and Others to
and fro between the capitol and the
two office buildings. These will run
from the lower stations Of the senate
and house elevators to the lower sta
tons of the elevators in the office
buildings, so that immediate connec-
tons can tie made for any part of the
structures. The cars will be operated
and lighted by electricity.
Subway to BE Ready by December.
1t is said to be provided in the con-
tract that the subways Oh each side of
the capitol are to he completed and in
running order by De.
The subways are twenty-five
feet wide after being A."hed, but the
workmen are c~Xcavating about thirty
feet in width to ALLOW for the masonry.
The tunnels will he at a varying depth
Of from sixteen to twenty-five feet, ac-
cording to the grade Of the surface.
The work of construction through the
foundation Of the capitol will he diff.
cult, it is said.
The electric power and light will he
supplied from the big power plants in
the capitol, and there will be freight
cars as we'll as those for passengers.
Already applications are being made
| for employment as 0notormen on the
trains.
Training School For CoIored Youth.
Steps have beer taken by prominent
q training and Industrial institute for
colored young people. The institute
will lie established within the limits of
the District of Columbia, with a farm
school as an adjunct, to be located
somewhere in Maryland. Before the
work Of construction begins $4,000
must be insured. either in cash or in
bona fde subscriptions. Mr.. John Joy
Edison, president of the Washington
Loan and Trust company, will be the
trustee for money and subscriptions.
| When that amount shall be raised the
subscribers will elect the trustees for
the school, and 1t will be started az
soon thereafter as possible.
The New Ten Dollar Bill Issue.
The United States treasury has put
In circulation a new ten dollar gold
| certificate. The new certificates, which
are the first gold notes OF a denomina-
ton less than $50, were issued under
authority Of the Aldrich act in order to
supply the demand for more currency
Of small denomination.
No. 4 of the new issue was presented
to Assistant Secretary Reynolds Of the
treasury department In exchange for
other good and lawful money. Like
the twenty dollar gold certificates, the
back of the new note is printed in
orange ink, and there is some of the
same color on the face Of the bill. The
face bears a finely wrought vignette Of
Michael Hillegas, the first treasurer OF
the United States.
Garfeld's Funeral Unpaid.
William II. Speare. a Washington un-
dertaker, who died a few days age,
left among the assets OF his estate n
bill against the United States govern
ment for conducting the funeral Of
President Garfield. Speare had charge
Of the funeral, but has never been paid.
Congress passed an act appropriating
money for the cost of the funeral, but
1t contained a provision requiring all
claimants to file with their claims re-
ceipted bills and statements agreeing
In advance to accept whatever amount
should be awarded them.
speare refused to accept the theory
that the government should lie treated
differently from any other debtor and
refused to file either the receipted bin
or the agreement to accept anything
that might be given him. His claim,
therefore, remains unpaid.
Attempts have been made to get con-
gress to authorize the payment of his
bill, but unsuccessfully.
Would Abolish eiilboards.
Commissioner Mcfarland wants to
e the billboards Of the city abolished
and says he favors a movement against
the increase Of outdoor advertising
here.
II have felt for a long time that
Washington ought to lead the way in
the regulation Of street advertising"
the commissioner explained. Il would
like to see billboard advertising abol-
ished and in its place advertising on
small ornamental structures erected by
the municipality, which should rent
spaces upon them and SO derive a reve.
nue. while keeping the advertising with
in strict bounds. This is the method
used in several foreign capitals, notably
Paris, Berlin and Vienna, while In Ber
lin, according to our consul general
the system yields a revenue OF ovel
$4,000 a year.
Revenue From Advertising.
"When you consider that we now re