The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-01-08
WASHINGTON LETTER
rspectaI OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

from the statistic makers of the census
/ bureau. A little pamphlet has just
been issued from that interesting gov
ernmentaI bureau purporting to show
/ the ESTIMATED true value Of proper
/ ty" in each of the several states and
| territories for the years 1000 and 1904.
| IT permits comparative study that is
regarded as remarkable in its results.
Valuation Of the District.
| For instance. the great state Of New
| York, worth about S1O.000.000,O0
brings only $500 an acre when aver
aged by the census bureau experts.
In the Empire State the men. women
and children are accredited with only
S1.157.36 each, per capita wealth less
than half that of the national capital.
Maryland is put down as worth lin
real property and improvements" just
500, 469, 135, all of which necessarily
includes the city of Baltimore. The
District of Columbia is valued at $780,
244O62, almost as much as the entire
state of Maryland. with only 3S.400
acres as AGAINST 6.362.240 acres in
Maryland.
NontexabIe Property.
The entire continental United
States" according to the report. was
worth in real property in 1904 only
S62, 341, 492. 134, which, however. is an
increase of $4,000. 100000 over the
valuation given for 1900 OF the grand
total more than five and half billion
dollars worth of property is not tax
able. The District of Columbia alone
carries 1895 .O27.47O in exempt prop
erty, most OF which, of course, belongs
to the government.
Rich In street Railways.
The District of Columbia has nearly
S46,O0O,OOO in street railways, ship
ping, waterworks, etc, as against
SAL 10000 for Virginia and about
$24OOO,OOO for West Virginia. In that
one item the District presents a higher
valuation than Maine, New Hamp-
shire, Vermont, Rhode Island, Della
ware, North or South Carolina, Florida
or nine-tenths Of the western states.
In the products Of agriculture, manu-
features and mining, imported mer
chandise. clothing and personal adorn-
ments and furniture, carriages and
kindred property" the District has
$142, 1877 ,240.
Passing of Long Bridge.
The historic Long bridge will soon
pass into memory. For several weeks
workmen have been busy tearing down |
the old structure and but remnant /
remains. Since the Pennsylvania rail
road constructed the new steel bridge |
across the Potomac and the govern |
ment built the Potomac highway |
bridge there is no longer any use for /
the old bridge.
The old Long bridge dates from the
administration Of Thomas Jefferson.
In the winter of 1SO7-OS congress pass
ell an act authorizing it's construction.
The new bridge" as it was then
called, cost 100000. 1t was well built,
a little over mile In length. with
broad carriage way and passages for
on either side.
British Lett 1t Intact.
General Ross and the British invad-
ed the capital during the war of 1912.
burned the capitol. scared children and
drank up all the good Madeira they
could find. but for some reason not ex-
planned by historians failed to modest
Long bridge. On Feb. %. 1881. a
spring freshet carried away portions of
the bridge.
The bridge was reopened for traffic
Oct %. 1885. George w. Hughes was
the engineer
OF Historic Interest.
The next event of Importance in the
old structure was another flood, but
not Of water. 1t was flood of human
beings, wild with CONSERVATION. that
flowed over the old bridge when. on
July %. 1861. the panic stricken Union
army FASTENED from the field OF Bull
Run back to the capital From that
day the bridge has. by reason of this
formed part Of great his
.orical fact
Unclaimed Mail Packages.
At the annual auction of unclaimed
packages from the dead letter Office
he articles of merchandise embraced
n the S.263 catalogue items of the sale
included the salable contents of $4,000
parcels originally directed to foreign
for delivery and held as I'M
nailable, $4,000 pieces of unclaimed
domestic mail matter and $1,000 ar
icles found loose or without wrappers
n the mail.
LhC SdtuiOS IlCulS AhSiudCd a SiCoS
-ariety of salable Enclosures, embracing
mink skins. drovers' whips. French
ewel boxes. chinaware. watches. dia-
nond pins. pearl brooches and books
II all descriptions and values. none of
which was returnable because of fail
Ire on the part of senders to attach
heir card addresses.
President to Visit Jamestown.
A committee from the National Ed
torial association. headed by j. E.
Tunkin. called on the president the
ther day and asked him to speak be-
ore the meeting Of the association at
he jamestown exposition next sum
ner. The president said he would be
Had to do so if the meeting of the as
ociation should be held about the time
e will visit the exposition to take part
n Georgia day exercises. He has
greed to go to the Georgia day cere-
Monies at the Georgia building be-
ause his mother was a Georgian The
ate has not been settled. but it will
Re either the 18th, 14th or 18th Of
une.