Evening star., 1920-07-11


r,.. through legislation. In
" A''' The Star Of July Z, 1870.
Is the following on the subject:
THE limited supply of Potomac
fwater in this District is not owing to
any scarcity in the reservoirs, as
they are constructed on a scale to
supply Washington when it has ten
Itimes as many inhabitants as at pres-
ent and are fed by an electrical con-
duit with interior diameters of nine
and seven feet. The trouble is in
the incapacity of the mains from the
distributing reservoir to the District
cities. There are now two of these
mains, cylindrical in shape and with
interior diameters of thirty and twelve
inches, respectively. The bill which
lpassed the Senate on the evening of
1.-THE Fourth of July provides that the
engineer officer in charge of the aque-
tduct shall cause to be laid from the
distributing reservoir to Capitol Hill.
bin the city of Washington, an iron
main of thirty six inches in diameter,
and the cost thereof is to be borne
lproportfonateiy by the corporations
lof Washington and Georgetown, and
in order to provide for such costs the
| corporations are empowered to in
crease the present water rates and
water taxes to such an amount as
may by them be deemed necessary;
For the purpose of enabling these cor
pOrationS to carry out the provisions
Eof the act they were authorized by
the bill as first reported to borrow a
sum not exceeding s2s0,000 for the
city of Washington and $50 900 for the
city of Georgetown; but previous TO
the passage of the bill it was amend
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now $4,000 for Georgetown and $3.50
900 for this city. The new main, after.
crossing Rock creek alongside the
present one, will probably be carried
to the circle and thence eastward
along the high ground in the north
ern. part of the city SO as to furnish
an abundant supply for the dwellers
in that, section who suffer most"
1 The first sign of the trouble in Eu.
rope that resulted finally in the
| Franco Prussian
Issue of Spanish war came in ca
blegram from Lon
| ouccesSAon' don printed in The
Star of July Z, 1870, as follows:
There is much excitement, not
| only here but on the continent. in
view of the threatened European COM
| plication on the subject -ef Prince
Leopolds candidature for the Spanish
! throne. Dispatches from Pafie say '
there is strong feeling in France. even
outside of official circles, against the
| bestowal of the Spanish crown on
| any Hohenzollern. Tranquiflizing as
surances of the French emperor have
exerted beneficial effects in Paris, and
particularly on the bourse. Rentes
Il A. 60
centimes, or Is centimes higher than
/ the closing of yesterday. British
consols opened decidedly lower to-
! day, in sympathy with French rentes,
which have declined heavily within
! the past few days" .ttsa,f'
date stated that it was asserted there
that an alliance between France and
Austria had been concluded.
| 1t was over this question: or the
Spanish successor that France and
Prussia eventually went to war.
..s<4.
| The movement OF Chinese coolies
| into the south caused a great stir in
- .,.s- -. this country fifty
Coolie Labor years ago. and there
in the South. We're fears OF :
of celestial laborers here with seri-
GUS economic effects. In The Star OF
July Z, 1870. is the following comment:
Another batch of Chinese have ar
rived at New Orleans via the Pacific
railroad to work plantations. The
New Orleans papers think the Chi
nese element in the south will become
livery large ere long and that the ce-
lesttals will in great measure take
the place Of the negroes. Letters
have been received in Washington
within a day or two stating there is
a pretty decided feeling of discomfort
among the colored laborers in those
localities in the south where it Is
proposed to displace them by the
cheap coolies. The colored men seem
Ito think it pretty hard when they have
just emerged from slavery and are.
! just beginning to get fair wages for,
| their labor that they are to be under
bid and thrown out Of employment
by contract Cinnamon, brought here
tfrom a distance of thousands of miles
1t is probable that this feeling among
/ the colored men. of the south will
speedily find expression in the shape
of remonstrance and a petition to
Congress for relief" 80 /,
| According to The Star of July Z,
1870. Mr.. Samuel Binnix had to go to /:
| court to collect cents
A Suit for from the Washington
six centsr and Georgetown Rail
| OLA Nen1s's way Company The ?
news item relates that while riding
on 7th street car he asked the con:
ductor at the Avenue junction for
| transfer. AS the transfer ticket sup
ply had almost run out the conductor
| tore one in half. Mr.. Binnix getting
the half containing the usual printed
| agreement, together with the date
| and the name of the president of the
| road. He took a car on the Avenue
| line. the motorman of which refused
the half transfer and told him he must
1 pay cents or leave the car. Mr.. Bin
nix chose the former alternative and
| two days later he appeared before
Justice Clark and filed for collection
! a bill of 6 cents against the president
and directors of the Washington and
{ Georgetown Railway Company.
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With the appointment of Col. w. B.
Smell of Maine as judge all was ready
for the establishment
Pnlice of the new Police
| Court Of the District
oo"'' fifty years ago. In The.
Star Of July 8, 1870. is the following:
Judge Smell is today preparing to
open the new Police Court in the
Kimmeu House. C street between 4iz
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