Evening Star Newspaper, August 4, 1883, Page 2

Se eter THE EVENING CITY AND DISTRICT. OPPOSED TO SUFFRAGE. Why Mr. John A. Baker Favors the Present Form of Government. “There are two classes of citizens here who favor suffrage.” said Mr. John A. Baker, as he dropped n this morning and turned to an- ewer the ions of a StxR reporter. ‘One is | the party of pluader, that hope to profit by a | return to old methods; the other good, honest . who are idealists, er men who have been disappointed in “ome way. There is the man, als¢ that that is a mismanaged voice in. He may é ¢ honors. That nese strikers constitute | of the class that desire suffrage. 1 10) if becat he be- ister the affairs of the District covernment properly; another because he ean use this man when elected to office. The average striker wants to have the rum and 2 fanfaronade of election | the same element ather-duster lesislature. | ts to the present form of | who from over-zeal or a idler, is always seeking ads or his friends’ friends. He | ct Commissioners and falls to | osed to the Distri ase he is not listened to. He hot on account ry | He is piqued. His better judgment | in favor of suffrage, but lis pr I { | govern’ thinks a ve up the hat it is the iewable | “2 to vote, ysurd, becaus! control throu: the appoints, and review, than it is ed. Both the cripple the | t pract their at, 2 powe 3, and for reilef nesty under the wernment than any othe an Is eleeted to oftice he holds hi of him till i 1, Mr. Baker,” s: it d the re- yz one of the gent en who ernment. < held up nd oth M and eth of on was time some of order and affairs were in determined that We not ys nt. but secured or the Di got Cor Sto provide for one- penses of the i uz iladeiphia and | use it wonld be fi This territory the city beneiited by re- form of soy ment?” asked the the | The character ot th such as to induce and good willef the whole It is rare te find aman who opp to beautify Washingtot The niment is, [ think, a model govern- The city vel lighted and policed. and all the functions of the city government are so lischarged that it has become aj “reity governments. 1 think it is | the best municipal form of government of any city in the world, and one on which all night be modeled.” od oF country ” said Mr. Baker, as he resumed his I have not felt that T have been deprived The strongest tyranny in the ‘yranny of aleyislature elected bya ——+e-— ‘The Sparrow Again. ‘To the Exitor of Tux Evestxe S1an: The relentless attacks of Mr. Elliott Coues ‘Upon the sparrow entitie him to the well-earned sobriquet “Sparrowhawk.” Our indignant and ul ornithologist rushes to the aid of Major Lydecker, and suggests methods of abat- ing the much-exaggerated so-called sparrow Buisanec, which it would appear the engineer- ing skill of West Point is at a loss to cope with. is are in keeping with the voca- rnithologists who, for alleged es, have killed off or driven away ieathered songster or rare bird of plumage ty. Shame upon any one who would th in the wanton destruction of has cost u: mnoney to suppress! The His yond any | If we really | ddance the | doubt re- ein keep- | s alled into requist- me that it is a n to the questio: determine E y planted tr inthe parks upon my head e anything the s say nothing eins and ina t expeuse of ft. no amount: # or ornitholozical sclence will re- e trees from destruction. | ts that the \ | 1! vay pinmazed and song ‘ong birds and those of beau- kave vit. als and forests they j the bold Ettle sp nidat the busy | ved Lard, oriole wre the spay ot fh y and subarbs. d ornithol the spar- Give first a sub- € you exterminate Mr. Coues’ in: i ium of on dollars for ctorily tested specics of | bird whieh ve and thrive ina city, and at the saine tir preserve our trees as eifectually from destruction as does the so-called English sparrow, and have our park commission be the judge to award the mium. rward, then, ir. Coucs and brother ornithologists: apply | yourselves to tioproving the sparrow, and. for | ‘once in your lives direct’ your energies towards | construction rather than destruction. — . Epwanrps. = <a —— = Hot Walk, To the Faitor of Tux Evesixe Stan: The hottest walk on some of these hot days is that frequently-traveled foot-pavement south eide of Pennsylvania avenue Just above 15th street. Some of us well remember the fine old sun shades that were there in the days when the State department occupied that corner, but had te be razed for ‘Treasury improvements and as yet have never been replaced Cannot thi peri ing commission come to our rescue by con- ing the White House row of along to 1th street? Kespectfully yours, 1090 IN THE SI — Mr. Burt, of Hartford struck by lhtal: She back. having been mildly ng, Says it felt like a blow in It isals | dist y+ | ni he | {the line and at th | below th atime. THE GREAT BOUNDARY SEWER. ‘The Largest Cylindrical Sewer in the Werta. WHY ITS CONSTRUCTION WAS COMMENCED—THE SEWERAG TEM OF THR DISTRICT—IMPROVE- NTs MADE BY CAPT. LOXIE—THE INTER- CEPTING SEWER AND THE TROUBLES OF THE CONTRACTORS. Since the commencement of the Boundary street intercepting sewer, in 1579, Tue Star fromtime to time has kept the people of this District posted as to the progress of the work on this great conduit. Not muci has been said the past year, except to record disasters and drawbacks to the work consequent upon the caving in of the em- bankment during heayy rainfalls caused by the proximity of the new sewer to an old sewer, built by Messrs. Gantz & Appleman under a tract with the board of public works. This sewer when built was thought to be large h to carry off the surface drainage of the level portion of the northern and northeastern section of the city, together with the natural drainage coming down from the county through several creeks, which used to flow through the smaller sewers and gutters of the streets. doing immense damage to them, and overflowing the lowlands at the mouth of Tiber creek. where it emptied Into the old canal near the Botanical Gardens. Many thousands of doliars were ex- pended annually by the ‘Itorial government in repairing damages all along THE LINE OF TIBER i, but allto no purpose, and the merchants on the line of Pennsylvania avenue will long remember the losses they susta by the backing up of Water in their cellars when ever there was a rain sto were espec when the » coupled with south wind, which backed up the water ted a free flow doy trea. When Hoxie entered upon the District engi- heer service one of his first duties was to make 3 inage surface of the District, posting himself asto. the ni ural flow of the rainfalls, extending his Inves- tigmion through the county north of the city, and even into Moutgomery and Prince George counties, drainage from ich he ascertained flowed indirectly through this city, to the de- 1 of our sewel hi 3 he ascer- he approxiinate quantity of water which gravitated to this I and was enabled to provide for it salin addition to the rain fall within th that the least possible might re One of the most annoy- i iffieulties for many years had been the bursting of the Tiber Ci sewer, as before m overcharges of water. This trouble reome by the construction of an autu- ised and constructed by him ical gardens, near the point of the nto the cld canal, where the bursting nce which time there has rence of the trouble. ‘The survey ‘apt. Hoxie convinced him that the of the Tiber and 3b street sewe ler the strects ent for the amount ute them, and that a moreeven. ‘ibution must be made, throwing the drain- age direct into THE EASTERN BRANCH, made by capacit of wate Rock Cree he mouth of the B si of 17th stre general pl has been carried out, with th nuels direct The survey also resulted ina which of the completion of this immense sewer on the Hin Oye of the; i ptin ructed fr. | le, running from ew York avenue to 1 5 15th to a point soath o| , Where it diverges into the V Tus On a straight course into th and soon through th cha: |. This is small end downward: = constructed of trap rock, in Portland cement on a cement foundation, and is pronounced by ail good Judges to be one of the tuost perfect sewers he purpese of this sewer kof water ran- $s north of it, and give south of it, which object ‘fully accomplished. ASH RUD sewer, constructed under the board of public works, relieves a great portion of the plateau north of Mand N streets, carrying the drainage into Rock creek. As above stated, the master- of this sewerage plan—the Boundary street ing sewer—was commenced by Loane & Co. Baltimore, in 1879. gentlemen met so many obstacles that they became failing contractors, and the contragt was given to Messrs. D. B. Cooper & Co.; who undertook the completion of the first and second sections of but also failed, le finished them both. The sewer at its starting point. between 17th and 18th and E_ streets northeast extended, is cylindrical in form, and is 22 feet inside diam. eter, running 2,200 feet past the old- toll gate. It Is constructed like all of Capt. Hoxie’s sew- era, of the best material, with trap-rock invert, close Jointed, and laid in Portland cement on a deep foundation ot cement concrete, and backed up with the same. ‘The outlet discharges intoa ravine packed with boulders and rubble stone, thus preventing any washing awayof the banks, and the water runs direct into the Eastern branch. This 2,200 lineal feet unites with the second section, which is 20 feet internal diam- eter and extends on the line of Boundary street 3,700 feet. ets thenee THE THIRD SECTION er & Neitzy, and yle, the latter at the contract price of $135,000. Both these sec- tionshave been dificult to work In consequence ir character of the ground, ¢ y that of Mr. Coyle, which abounds with quicksand stratas and accumulations of water. : ting the ¢ at of Jarge sieam One advantage Messrs. Acker & Co. have over Mr. Coyle is the tact that in their sec- found a deep strata of supe ay ut at_considerable saving Is dle, Which wiil possibly enable them to out whole. In M nt. The depth of tie cut is fifty feet, and aracter of the embankment on either side diingly treacherous by reason of quick- ; but added to all other drawbacks is OLD SEN wer was hastily and badly con- ta depth of thirty feet on ¢ point of Mr. Coyle’s work, which is between M and N and Boundary and 6th and 7th streets northeast. The depth of cut for the new sewer is fifty fect, or twenty feet old sewer. ‘The latter is always ex- posed, and, with its defective construction and worn-out bottom, is ¢ tantly pouring its con- tents into the new cut of Mr. Coyle’s, occasion- ally breaking away fifty or.one hua rf struc rebuilt, adding v to the cost of the wo ‘Thus far on this section alone Mr. Coyle has re- built above three hundred feet of it, and what makes it appear more strange and foolish is that when the ne whether this old sewer will be of any the new sewer belnz of such huge din as to be amply suilicient to carry oif al drainage. DERRICK. i in the prosecution of this work are as perfect as skill can make them. One of th is an extended derrick for hoisting dirt and loivering material into the cavernous cut. This derrick was invented by Captain Hoxie, und proves to work most admirably. When this derrick is in et running order, ¢ cart load of dirt can be removed per minute and a quarter; the dumps are made into carts which convey the dirt a few rods to the rear, where the sewer is com- pleted, and is dumped in for filling. Ofe circumstance which has proved of great benefit to Mr. Coyle is the tact that the arch portion of the sewer can now, through discove- rics of Prof. DeSmedt in the manufacture of cement, be constructed of concrete, which is by common consent equal, it not superior, in strength to the best brick masonry, and at con siderable less cost. The Roundtop cement, whieh bas always borne so good a reputation, is now, by manipulation and the combination’ of chemicals, made to set at any time required. Hitherto the trouble with this cement has been that it set too quickly. The sewer arch of con-, crete mixed with this preparation la Just as solid and HARD AS ROCK itself. The only brick necessary in the sewer is one inside ring, the balance of the structure being of the concrete. Tiis sizo of sewer (20 trees right ; feet diameter) is to be extended 6,060 feet, to Gales’ valley, between Ist and 2d streetz, where there is a large natural water connse coming in from the county, and always ronuing. It 1a expected that section No. 5 will soon be given out by the Cotamissioners. At Gales’ valley will Commence the 13.6 icet size, which will et outlet at the foot | sewer is finished it is doubtful | f s | Man” for his attempt to get up a panic amon; west—2.700 lineal feet; then comes the 7.6 feet diameter, which will end at Sth street west, where there is also another water course. Between 8th and 14th streets there Is a natural formatian, known by engineers as “water shed,” the surface drainage Parting about midway between the points named, an running both ways, east and west. At 14th street 1s to commence the western section of this sewer, which will be discharged into Rock creek, above the P street bridge, in the same manner ag Slash run sewer diseharges itself be— low the P street bridge. This sewer, when com- pleted, will finish up the grand plan devised by pt. Hoxie, and will render this one of THE BEST DRAINED CITIES inthe world. The Boundary street intercepting sewer Is constantly attracting the attention of engineers throughout the country, and is re- garded as one ofthe sights in Washington to visit, as it is the largest cylindrical sewer in the worl Prof.De Smedt, who has traveled much and exainined all famous sewers, states that he hever saw a werk of this kind which can ap- proach it in size, strength or durability, not even the famous sewers under the city of Rome, which have been in use for centuries, can com- pare with this. It will probably require two more appropriations to complete the work. ——-—_____9- THE WEST END CITIZENS’ ASSOCI- ATION ‘That End of the motty Has Grievances, ‘00. To the Editor of Tur Evestna STAR. The long-continued and almost utter neglect of the westernmost portion of Washington,— from the Circle to Rock creek at and near Penn- sylvanla avenue,—has compelled the west- enders to form an association to represent their grievances and pray for their amelioration. The fi in the premises may be thus exhibited: Let the passengers in a street car, other vehicle, or the pedestrian on the avenue, going west, when. say at 21st street, look ahead a little beyond 22d street, and perceive a dense grove of trees, encircled within circular stone coping, surmounted by a tall, massive iron fence, and as it Is approached there is seen through the branches a white object of some kind, and continuing around on the north side, that Hght- colored object turns out to be the pedestal of a bronze equestrian statue of a general? Yes, it isthe Gen. George Washington, It is an every occurrence for strangers passing to inquire, jose statue is that?” or “What does it rep- resent?” It is really that splendid, effective, and admirable work of art. by Clark Mills, rep- resenting Washington at the battle of Prince- ton at the moment when the murderous fire of the British veterans caused our Continentallers to recoil, id then, amidet that death-hail of lead, Washington rode to the front and rallied our patriots “to do or die.” The likeness is good, and the expressive effect is a per- fect success. Amidet the hurtling battle-storm the affrighted brute rears and snorts and trem- bles in every fibre, whilst his noble. nndismayed rider calmly and resolutely looks the situation in the face. How unfortunate tt was to the cause of art, and appropriate embellishment of this end of the avenue, that the proper historic estal desi:ned for this was not approved by , though it may yet be applied to the e. So much for this fine statue of the uuder of the Repnbtic and of tl ‘ity of Wash- ington. ed. Hius masked in trees and v penitentiary palll- ot onr forefathers (not our city thers) look dewn beneficientiy upon ust In additton to this barbarous neglect of the vallation, ith the innocency of lamp it has been for years f hiackgnard hoodlums opukition, so men, walk around ing throush the © Washing- mmission- don so utterly useless | and cut out and prune away the | supertlions tr tat the statne may be seen by | all and appeal to thelr appreciation? And why net roa the areat thoroagii ait to define, by a broken vot the circle? Washington cage and grove, let vis the litt on aque- panaing Rock Creek, and there, | as a background for the statue, if By authority , the terminus bridge is desecrated by immen: bulletin boards ot’ showmen petty speculators, contract! { pal thoroughfare of our metr lis. ke the en- | trance to a fish wier or eel trap—on both sides to the posts of the bridge—obstructing the view ' and free passage of In the name of all de- and in behalf of the rights of the neigh- ested in the welfare uty of the metropolis, have the bulk- heads re:noved, and such proper metal guard- fences erected in thelr place as ts deemed proper! Are not the taxes on property here as promptly paid as elsewhere? Are its inhabitants in any manner less deserving of consideration than more fortunate and consequential citizen: L street, at this end of the city, continues a st unsightly and inconvenient rotten road. Twenty-fourth street, quite narrow, was paved by Goy. Shepherd with cobble-stones, and the harsh clatter of vehicles through It is agonizing to the sick and infirm, and hearty people are rudely awakened from needful repose by the rattling din of acart or wagon. And 25th street is in a very primitive condition. We are not sure that the sewerage into Rock creek is exactly what it ought to be, conaidering all else connected with our extre:n- ity of the city to bein keeping. The remarks of a stranger in the Circle to the author ot this, to whom he ied for information abont the statue were well that the great monu- ment to the father of his country’ 1s tins so avenward, as if invoking spe- upon the metr igh above man’s nurroy political apath trees!” and 1 \ i i Mixed Sc To the Editor of Tre Your corre: in his article of the 28th July, fuils to vindicate his claim to frankness. In the actual condition of public sentiment, it is quite tasy fur him to. alarm white people by shouting “mixed school id colored people by the cry “the colored teachers must go!” But where are the” facts to justify either alarm? There Mave never | ween any inixed schools in the are none proposed; the school cognize em; no. tru resolution in’ their “Op District; there uies do not re- | vr offered a} favor; the Coimissioners | sed to them; so are most of the wh! people, to put it gently; and “Colored Man” seems to think it the duty of colored people to go into spasms at the bare mention of them. | Why, then, does he try to seare us by flourish | ing this ra and bloody bones? | And as to dismissing the colored ‘teachers for ! colored scitools, there Is no danyer of it. Before i 1874, while there was, a_ separate board for col- ored schools, some white teachers were em- ployed in them. Since that time; that is, since white trustees have had a two-thirds majority in the board, the steady policy has been pur- sued of employing colored teachers whenever competent ones can be found: so that now there is but a single teacher of the condemned tint. Inthe county colored schools, governed by the white superintendent and having a white supervising principal, there is not a single white Cac What ground, then, has “Colores ‘d | colored people? He asks it I propose ‘to change this (exist- ing) state of thi: Tanswer no; it suits me better than it does him. He asks, too, if I pro- } pose to “impose upon the colored schools as | managers mople of another race?” 1 answer “Yes.” What has made colored people so gran ‘at nobody can be in authority over them except one of their own race. I, a native, am governed, in various ways, by Scotchmen, Irisimen and Nexroes, with a big If I do Wrong I may be arrested bya colored policeman, bound over by a Yankee judge, sent to jail by an Egyptian, indicted by a grand jury and tried by a petty Jury of mixed nationalities, before a Seotch judge. And I send my children to schools governed in part by colored trustees. ‘Colored Man” must not ride too high a horse. | of iron ore of val jy’ it ‘exew ned by Mr. Byron Ford, | and the San “Jorge,” owner unknown. Crossing from the arr of San Antonio northerly into the arroyo Gaasimo you will find two undeveloped mines-—E) Burro” and “El | | has been found in tle prosecution of this work | little save possession work has been done upon LETTER FROM MEXICO te Worth, a 2 Sse AN IMPOREANT: AND AUTHENTIC STATEMENT FUR- NISHED BY GOW. A. R. SHEPHERD TO THE MEXI- CAN SCHOOL UF MINES. Correspondance of Tus Evenrxe Stan. or Baroritas, July 16, 1883. Your evrrespdndent succeeded to-day in ob- taining acoge dt a very interesting statement of the m its wonderful district, which had Just,bpen’ by Goy. A. R. Shepherd for the ‘Mexiegn schol of mines. This is the first statement ever made by Gov. Shepherd as to the roattts i which he is operating, and it will serve to show your readers throuzhout the United States gamething of what American en- terprise is doing away down here, in the heart of the Sierra Madres. The letter is as follow: Baroriias, July 16th, 1883. Governor Luis Terrazas, President, and Senor Tomas Macmanus, Committee of the Mexican Society of Miners, Chihuahua: Gentlemen:—I am in receipt of the commurfica- tion of Don Tomas Macmanus of date of June 23d, 1883, asking tor detailed information as % the mining district of Batopilas, and take greai pleasure in turnishing such data as is in my pos- session and available for the purpose indicated. First. I submit a topographical sketch of the real of Batopilas and the surrounding mining district. Commencing at the extreme southerly point, as shown in the sketch, you will note the *DESCUBRIDORA” hacienda, and adjoining, the mines of the Des- cubridora. This hacienda and mines are the property of the “Descubridora Consolidated Sil- ver Mining Co.,” of New York and Mexico, of which Mr. George W. Quintard, of New York, is president, and the subscriber vice president | and general manager. The hacienda consists of afive-stamp mill of 750 Ibs. stamps, two frue ¥: ners, two amalgamating pans and settler, retort, | water pilas, Lama_pilas, and is now in complete | working order, The capacity of the mill is ten | tons daily, and the hacienda comprises in addi- | tion, a Tiénda de Raya, dwelling-house for superintendent, employ and = workmen, steam pump’ and boiler for forcing | water from arroyo for_~—suse_—_ot | mill, and occupies about ten acres of ground. | ‘The cost of the mill and improvementsan¢ haci- } enda has been about 350,000. Directly above the hacienda . and to the north of it, is the De- scubridora tunnel; which is a cross cut tunnel, with a direction a little east of north. This tun- nel is nearly 800 feet long, and was driven for | the purpose of cutting tlie veins in the property. The property consists of four full pertenenclas, in which are located a vast number of silver bearing veins, The principal ones are the “S Francisco,” “Veta Nuevo, Trinidad. amid” and “Guadalupe.” been cut by the tunnei, and some work done upon them; a shaft bas been driven from | the surface to connect with the ‘San Francisco” Vein in the tunnel for ventilation and explora- tion; between 300 and 400 tons of ore, varying from €2,000 to $50 per ton, have been extracte and are now being beneficiated at the mill. The total workings on this property are about 1,500, feet and its promise for the future is most excel and ruby. vith considerable petauki. These ores are all tre ed by amalzamation in the pans, | the richermetat, however, requiring to be roagted befo: meilgaumation. The amount expended in the develupment! of these mines to the present date is about 000, Going north tHe ne: “CARME property is'the MINE, = ni ‘The Mincs “of Watopiias and Their | 2. lent. The class of silver comprises white, black } and yield readily to that treatment, a portion of | in this mineral. Dr. L. 8. Filbert, of Philadel- | their present condition would warrant the be- | persons from develop! resident of this company and Mr. Alex. | lief, as enormous chambers exist in each from | s0 if opportunit, is ‘Shenlera vice president and general man- janing the town, is the mine of “CONSOLACION,” mown during the last century as the “San Bernardino;” the workings on this property to the present date costing about $16,000, and the Property is owned by the “Consolacion Silver Mining company,” of Philadelphia and Mexico, Hon. Wm. 8. Stokley president, and Mr. Alex. R. a Res ‘vice president and general mansger, Adjoining this property to the east is the small mine of “PROVIDENCIA,” owned by Messrs. Randolph and Shepherd. On the ridge dividing the arroyo Dolores and the arroyo Del las Minas is the “TODAS SANTOS,” owned by the “Todas Santos Silver Mining company,” of New York. Mr. Omer Leynes is the present superintendent. The workings on this mine are quite large and under former own- ers considerable “bonanza” has been taken from. it. In the arroyo Del las Minas is found the “CINCO DE MAYO,” consisting of a tunnel and two pertenencias known as the Garfield and Arthur pertenencias. This tunnel has been driven a distance of 100 feet and is owned by Messrs. Shepherd and Ste- vens. To the east of this is the celebrated mine of 'PASTRANA,” owned by Mr. George Le Brun, of Alamos. This mine in the early part of the century is said to have ylelded many millions of dollars, but dur- ing latter years has been worked but little. The workings on it amount to several thousand feet in length and are made on the “Pastrana” and “Cata” veins. To the south of this lays the “ESCRITORIO,” owned by the Escritorio Mining company, of Maine, Mr. J. J. Durham, superintendent. It has been worked but little nner the new man- agement, but fs an old property and believed to be one of exceeding value, the pyincipal veins being the “San Ignacio” and ‘*Escfitorlo.” Ad- Joining this is the property of owned by Messrs. Alex. R. Shepherd and L. H. Stevens. This is a small property aud worked but little. In front of this property and on the north side of the arroyo Del las Minas is the SAN CARLOS pertenencia, a small property, owned by Messrs. Ramirez Bros., of Batopilas, Adjoining this on the east are the celebrated mines of SAN PEDRO AND MARTINE owned by the “C Mining company, of which Mr. George W. Quin- tard is president and Mr. Alex. R. Shepherd, Vice president and general manager. These properties consist of two pertenencias, having workings. Total amouut expended on this prop- evty has been $75,000. The improvements con- sist of superintendent’s house, ore room, patio and cleaning table. A vast amount ot ore is in sight of low grade, averagin from $60 fo $ | per ton, and tracks and cars.are being put in to enable us to handle it economically and quickly. The ore from this iin | Adjoining this property on the south is the BALLI owned by Messrs. Alex. R. Shepherd and L. H. is worked through a * C. Hernandez” turtnel which is owned by Mr. Byron Ford. This mine has been worked but little, and has yielded some silver, Adjoining ticse two properties are nu- merous yeins, Some of which have ted, pit too insignifican mention. 1 arroyos Idys the? ye due i oft Messrs. an old inige, wh an excvilent quality This mine is a Brothers, of Lbs them. Some ‘¢from ‘this mine has been usedat the hacienda of Sea Miguel 1n sinelting turnace, and found to make a most | the propert | arroyo of San Antonio, ina northerly direction, you will find the MUCHEU DEL St" ohn Burtia, Robert Alex. Rv Shepherd and L. H. Stevens. is a property of promise, but the workings are inconsiderable. Across the arroyo of San Antonio sre the mines of ANTONIO AND CAMUCHET,” two of the largest and the bes ties in the mineral. These properties are owned bythe “Camucheit Consolidated Silver Mining | company,” of New York and Mexico, with the same officers as those of Descubridora. The hacienda consists of several dwelling houses, Tiénda de Raya and quarters for the workmen, ‘The workings on these mines consist principally of three large tunneis, viz: The George Washi- ington tunuel, the Andrus B. Stone tunnel and the Camucheii tunnel, and together are nearly 2,000 feet in length. There are shafts connect- ing these tunnels with the surface for ventila- tion, which comprise about 1,000 feet more, This property contains vast number of veins, lying in the two pertenencias which compose it. ‘The Class of metal found is largely native silver, the higher yrades rannipg from $2,000 to £4,000 nin value, and the low grades from 259 to ) aton. | These mines are now yielding a sat deal of ore, and promise exceedingly well. re being insi ev in the arroyo, he machin are treated at the ada zuel,and are all free amalgama- { defined proper- | ! ting o1 Caballo,” the latter owned by Mes and Guerra, but little save possess been done 6n these properties Again crossing from the arroyo Guasimo into the arroyo Dolores you will find the old mine Jorgensen | work has which is now being worked by the “Montezuma. Silver Mining Co.,” of New York and Mexico, of which Mr. A. Morris is the superintendent. A cross-cut tunnel, some 300 or 400 feet in length, has been driven on this property for the purpose of cutting under the old workings of the Dolores mine. Some silver of fine grade d some $15,000 expended upon it. Follow- ing down the arroyo” Dolores we find the Valencia” mine, owned by the Ramirez Bros., of Batopilas, which consists of several perte- nencias. These are new denouncements, and but them. The next property to this in the arroyo is the myowned property of “Row ALLES” AND “SAN DOMINGO,” the workings ofwhich consist of two main tun- nels of some 4,200 feet in lengtn, with several thousand feet of smaller workings. These prop- erties are owned by the “Roncesyalles Silver Mining Co.” of Washington and Mexico, and are the best paying mines in the mineral. They are both old mines, having been worked in the past century from the surface, and a tunnel driven in. some 150:feet.. Mr. J.T. Stevens, of Washing- ton, D. *C., is; the president, and Mr. Alex. R. Shepherd, vice president and general manager. Overs100,000 has been expended in. opening these mines, and-the yleld from them has been largely in excess of tis amount. Black, white and ruby silver found in large quantities, and the’ ores, vary! in quality from $25,000 to $40 What *: Colored is really after isa ‘sey arate organization”—that is, a separate He would break down the present system, From the vicious way he lashes out against per- sons of mixed blood, he may want a board for the pure blacks. Why not have a third one tor the mulattoes and quadroons? And a fourth for the Jews? Anda fifth for the Irish? And so on for each nationality. Ifa boardis an “ ed- ucational force.” as he says, it 18 as good for one race as another. On the same principle we inlgtt have separate courts. police systems, Commissioners, and gas, water and sewer ar- Yangements. Everybody could then have an office and be educated to public business! Such education is too costly for the public purse. The unity of the board, accomplished in 1874, ‘Was a step forward. What there 1s good in the public echools has been promoted; what good Temains to be done in them depends upon k ing them in close comparison with the whit schools and upto the same standards. Sepa- ration would be decay. What Is wanted is good character and scholarship among the trusteos, without regard to color. Theee are ny views. ° Wurre Man, per ton, biack silver predominating. The ores are admirably adapted for amalgamation and concentration; some of the low grade ore found been pros- | Betweem the Descubridora and San Antonio | | Eduvigen.” v1 | Deen done on them save possession work, of 700 feet in length. An air shaft has been | driven down tor yeatilation, which has reached | adepth of 350 feet. The pertenencias forming jan Miguellto,”” tit . | has been ea prope nd trom some of its mines a large punt of silver has been taken, the ores being native silver and borasca. ‘Lo the south of this is the property of the “VALENZU a er Mining Co., of New York and Mexico, | with Mr. Georze W. Quintard as_ president, and Mr. Alex. R. Shepherd, vice president and gen- eral manager, These properties consist of the “Aurora tunnel,” “Santa Martina perteni “Santa Teresa,” “san José,” “San Juan, ),000, amount ot ore > Immediatel It, is the said to have been taken. ‘A MARIA,” pany of Washington and Mexico, of which Mr. J. T. Stevens is president and Mr. Alexander R. Shepherd vice prestdent and general manager. The workings on thig property are about one thousand feet in extent, and the old workings by the Spaniards some two hundred or three hundred feet more. This property has yielded | siver and low grade ore, but not in large quan- tities. The total amount expended on it is some 000. At the mouth of the arroyo Del las Minas, on the north side, is the property of the “ BATOPILAS TUNNEL COMPANY,” @ property owned by an association of New York and Batopilas residents, represented by Mr. A. Morris as superintendent. More than one thousand fect was driven in this property during the years 1881-1882, and the total amount expended Will reach $20,000. TONITO,” $ of Batopitas. These sinall in extent. Nothing has to this comes the “Animas Tunnel,’ _ con- trolled by sbme residents of California and Don” Enri alenzucla, of — Batop- itas. nel, in a south- westerly to be driven throuzh the Animas hill, with the view of cut- ting the xeige intersecting. None save posses- sion work “has been done on this property for the last ten or twelve years. Adjoining this to the north are the mines of *4 Tra Senora” and “San Nicolas,” with numerous other pros: pected ones. the northern slope of the An- imas hill, to the north of the Animas tunnel and above it, is the “ANIMAS” MINE, owned by the Animas Silver Mining Co. of New York and Mexico, with Mr. George W. Quintard president, and Mr. Alex. R. Shepherd vice presi- dent and general manager. The new workings on this property consists of a tunnel 600 feet and a ventilation shaft of 150 feet. The expen- ditures on it to date has been some $28,000. A. considerable quantity of bodoque and black silver crystals were taken from the surface workings by the original owners, but the yield under the new inanagement has as yet been nothing. This mine overlooks the arroyo Mon- eriché, which empties into the Batopilas river, at the foot of the Animas hill tothenorth. Some four miles up this arroyois the Ranche of Guadalupe, owned by the ‘Consolidated Bato- pilas Silver Mining Co.,” and farther along are several prospected mines, notably the San Fe- lipe. Oroché and Guatemazin. These mines at the surface hold a small quantity of gold with silver, but not in sufficlent penny to justify their working. A considerable amount of de- velopment work has been done by Messrs. Alex. R. Shepherd and L. H. Stevens. The de- velopment work on “Guatemazin” has been done by Messrs. Chavez and Cordero, of Batop- ilas, who are the owners of this mine. Besides the mines named, the ‘‘Napolari” and “M Christmas” have been also opened and explo! with like results On the east side of the Bat- opilas river, coming south, we find the “San Do- mingo” tunnel and pertenencia, the ty of @ Philadelphia Aine A resident and S. M. Wilkinson, superintendent. The lower tunnel is some 1,100 feet in length and in upper one some 300 feet long, with a connect- ing driven down for ventilation. These tun- m ere projected to cut the celebrated veins in this mine has been concentrated up to @1,500 a ton, with a loss ot only six ounces in the tail- ings. Owing to the lack of water in the arroyo, the ores from this mine are treated at the hacienda San Miguel. The improvements con- sist of houses for superintendents, ore house, patio and washing tables for cleaning the ore. Lower down the arroyo Dolores towards the town of Batopitas Is the “PENASQUITO” silver mine, owned by the “Penasquito Silver Mining Co.,” of Philadelphia and Mexico. This mine comprises many large veins, notably the “Santo Domingo,” “Penasquito,” “Veta Grandi.” The workings on this property com- prise some 900 feet in extent of tunnel, drifts and shafts,and the amount expended on It tothe present time is about $30,000, and the yield has amounted to several thousand dollars, the ore being native silver and similar to the ore found of “San Antonio,” “Carmen” and “Veta through thls: property fee the adjouing pa rot iy 1e tenencia of Ben Miguel oslrer kas been taken from the various wor! of San laste of the “San Domingo” is the famous “GAN MIGUEL TUNNEL,” acrosscut tunnel 1,400 feet long, 1855 by Manuel Mendozona, a miner of Batop!- las, to cut the veins of “San Antonio” and “Carmen.” These velns bad been worked at the close of the last century and the beginning ot the present one by Christoval Perez and the Marquis of Bustamente, re: . Tradi- tion says that many million of aliver-was removed by them from wo veils, and ‘onsolidated Batopilas Silver | two large tunnels and several thousand feet of js treated at the hactenda Sau Miguel and, with the exception of a small portion of lead ore, amalgamating very readily. Stevens, which comprises six pertenencias, and | ‘South | amalgamating pans, five set! Some 275,000 ners, a lixiviation plant of eight vats, three nded in the development of this | roasting furnaces, cupelling furnace, smelter, This property contains about two j thousand feet of workings, which has cost some From the old workings considerable ly above this property, overlooking owned by the Sant& Maria Silver Mining com- which every particle of ore has been extracted, jearer the entrance to this arroyo, ad-|not a pillar being left. Mendozona dying | atax on mines held for after having cut some 100 feet of tun- nel in 1961, the propefty was purchased a —— of Americans represented by Mr. J. R. Robinson. The tunnel was then driven in some 1,200 feet, and numerous veins cut, the principal ones being ‘Veta Grande,” juité,” “San Fierros,” ““Cuieo de Mayo,’ wuna,” “San Antonio,” Carmen.” Large amounts of silver were taken from the “ Veta Grande” vein, which is an enormous one. In 1879 the property was purchased by the * Con- solidated Batopllas Silver Mining Co.,” af New York and Mexico, George W. Quintard presi- dont and Alex. R. Shepherd vice president and general manager. The systematic working of this property was then begun, and has con- tinued to this time. Connections for yentila- tion of upper workings have been made with surface; the old workings opened, pumped out and an intelligent and vigorous prosecution of the work entered on. The track for a railroad was blasted out of the side of the mountain to the hacienda of San Miguel, ab@nt a mile distant, and a road laid for the conveyance of ore from the mine to the hacienda. This was a m necessary but costly work, as heavy stone arches had to be built across the numerons arroyas which cross the road between the mine and the hacienda. The total cost of road was some 236,000. The workings on the tunnel and veins of San Miguel and its intersecting veins aggre- gate some 10,000 feet, and the total amount ex- pended in its opening and development will ex- Cog $1,000,000. The yield from It has been in exteess of expenditures, bnt the exact amount cannot be ascertained, asin the year 1876 cer- tain reyolutionists or pronunciamientos took possession of the mine and removed a number of the richest pillars from It. To the south of San Miguel is the “GIRAL,” OR ARMEN CHEQUITO.” This property is owned by the same company and comprises a tunnel 800 feet in length and some 300 feet of other workings. The ores trom It differ from all other ores in the mineral, some- what rebellious, but can be treated readily by n. The expenditures on the mine have | been about £25,000, and the yield about one- third of that amon To the south of + tral” and adjoining it is the vapa” mine, owned by Measrs. Becarra, of Unique. This is a long exploring tunnel, some 1,400 fect in length, and ts said to have cut several im- portaut veins. The work has been prosecuted | Very energetically by these gentlemen, and has eached its present great depth. The outlay on | thts property must have been 340,000. Above the “Nevada” tunnel and to the south, over- j looking the hacienda of in Migvel j mines of “Valencia” and ‘Los Taho: ionging to Messrs. Becarra Bros. These are both old mines,with considerable workings, and j have yielded and are now yielding a fine qua- jity of silver. Ruby stlyer is found in the Los S$ mine, many fine specimens being ext Adjvining these mines are the “San Nestro’ and “Los Hilas,” the property of Don Enrique Valenzuela, of Batopilas. The former is quite an extensive mine and has been worked for mai rs, ylelding a qnaatity of silver. The Los Hilas has but little workings and is not much developed. Just below the mines men- tioned lies the MACTENDA OF SAN MIGUEL, the property of Consolidated Batopilas Silver Mining Company.” This hacienda was formerly occupied by the Marquis ot Bustamente, who benediciated his metal here. It was bought at the same tine “San Miguel Mine” was pur- | chased, under Mr. Robinson’s management, and but little improvement made save the repairs of | dwellings. In 1879, when purchased by the new | company the total outfit for beneficlating In the | hacienda of San Miguel were two old arastras | and three small stamps driven by water from | ditcn, with a capacity for treating two or three tons aday. To-day it has forty-five stamps, ten rs, IX frue van- { retort room, crucible furnace, and a capacity of eighty tons a day. It hasa retaining wall on river front and mountain side over 2,500 feet In length, 10 feet in thickness, and from 8 to 17 feet in height. The total improvements made ince the advent of the new company have cost 350,000, and It is now one of the best equipped ; haciendas on the continent of America. During | the last two and a half years, with but a portion | of its plant in operation, it has beneficlated over | $1,000,000. The mode of treatment is by ami gamation of the richer ores in pans with heat and mercury, with lower grade ores, concentra- tion, on the frue vanners of fifteen tons into one and amalgamation of the concentrations. The tailings from concentrations and from richer ores are roasted and leached. so that the entire product is realized. The geology of the valley of Batoplilas and the occurrence of silver therein Is of great interest, as being of a very unusual character. Through the granite whicl | here as elsewhere carries no veins of silver of a permanent character, rans a belt of diorite from 4 point a little north of the town of Batopilas to Morelos on the southwest. Its width is about one mile and a half, and its greatest length 30 miles. In it are many fissures, of which the filling 1s cal and spar, and the ore near the surface is chloride, bromide and todide of silver, changing a little lower down into sulphur, arsenical and antimonial compounds of silver, such as argentite, light ruby silyer, dark ruby silver, palyrasite, &c. Still lower down the characteristic of these veins is native silver, with an\almost total absence of the silver min- erals found nearer the surface. These peculiar- itles are true of all the mines found on the belt of diorite above mentioned. At Batopilas the demarcation of this belt is found on both sides of the river very plainly in contact with granite. The hill of “san Anto- nio” and the Mill of “Los Animas,” in whichate cated many of the properties herein men- «d, are entirely within this belt of diorite. ery recently this was the only belt of this character known in the world carrying veins | with native silver as an ore. Researches ta }on the north shore of Lake Superior and th discovery of silver islet there proves a sirfilar | state of slairs existing in a more limited extent in that locality. CHARCOS SYNDICATE. About tweive hours ride south of Batopiias, and within the same belt is the hacienda of Chareos, situated on the Teneribariyer or creek. This hacienda 1s the property of a syndicate of Americans, of which Mr. George W. Quintard is trustee, and Mr. Alex. R. Shepherd manager, ‘The hacienda consists of five stamp mill, amal- gamating pans, settler roastin furnace, boiler, turbins with tienda de raya, officers’ houses, &c. The miges belonging to this concern are situated arouhd it, and comprise those of “San Joaquin de Arrenio,” “Santa Juliana,” “EL Satissimo,” Las Bronces,” *Consolacion.” In + Lapota Arroyo are “San Judas,” “Santa Cruz,” | “Tendajones.” “Santa Nina.” In Realito dis- trict are “Mina Blanco,” Guadalupe de Ore,” and six others. The tetal outlay on this prop- erty has been $150,000. From the foregoing can be had all the infor- mation possible as to this mineral. Regarding the questions propounded in your letter I will answer seriatim: . 1. Number of men worked? Ans. The aggregate of men emplo mines and hacienda will reech 1,200, an times exceed this amount. 2. The present and future product of mines? ‘Ans. The present product will reach 100 tons a day, and will probably be trebled within a year, as none of the mines are fully opened as yet, most of the work up to the present time having been preinuinary development work. 3. The present capacity of mills? ‘Ans. ‘The present capacity of mills is about 100 tons with the leaching plant. This can be in some- them who would was - Instead of es for everyting, I lative In this way they must either work or them. Again. a register should be kept in office of Gefe Polttico, ofall mines, and all fers or sales should beentered there and ported from time to time to the state and ral governments. In my opinion this mi has a splendid future before tt, but legish such as has been here suggested ts very sary apd probably others, which ean come th ire experienced than I. Very truly and sineere?, LEX. R. SHEPHERD. — tee Improvement Bast Washi ‘To the Editor of Tm: Eventne Stan In an interview with a committee of gentle men from East Washington with the Distrie Commissioners,—notices of which have ap- peared in the city papers,—it was asked by one of the Commissioners, “whether the rule for estimating for the Improvements in East Wash- ington should not be large! rmined by thelr proportion of annual taxation Allow me to suggest through the colamns of your paper, that no such rule has governed in the past, and none shonld control in the fature. The enormous debt saddied by the government upon our people was osten- sibly to furnish funds for public improvements, A glance over the city shows where the great butk of this sum was expended. The northwest has had the lion’s share, and for more than ten years the other sections have been paying taxes neet the interest on this old devt,—the b its of which were so iargely received by the northwest,—and have also been paying taxes to into the general Improvement fand on old apprais ts pen property depreciated nyt d condition of their streeta and s while the northwest has also been ing taxes on old appraisements on ced in value fourfuld by reason of made from the funds repre- bt, and carried forward and * general impr ent fund, ear by taxation! pn the character of the im- ight exceptions, are i of the northwest there is not a street or avenue fulshed up from end to end, and scarcely a paved alley. Nearly everything ix in dhe rough, just as it was left over ten years ago by the old board of publie a fn ing producing mi since raised In East ¥ grades estab- Capitol buil » give it ereater elevation.” And the | greater part of what was done in Bast Wash- | ington was under the old rule of chafeing the adjacent property for supposed *betterments,” vhfle the greater part of what has been done the northwest ha raie, and from funds c city. While the so-called Improvements of East Washington have largely be positt dam- aging to property, those of the northwest have consisted in fuishing up whole lines oT streets with asphalt pavements, sidewalks, extensive vers, and water and gas mains complete. And yet the cost of these damag: nig excavations and tearing up of old grades in East Washing- on has been set off against the cost of the hi order of Improvements made in the West Et in attempts which have been made to show that there has been an equality of expenditures! But the Commissioners at such interview con- ceded all these causes of grievance on the of the people of East Washington that they had been against in the past, present Com- missioners were not responsible, —but assurance that full justice ‘should be doue them in the future, so far as heir action could make it — possible. The people of Capitol Hill feel grateful for these assurances, and have every confidence in the Commissioners and the gentiemen in charge of streets and alleys. But what they fear is that it may be thought “justice” to merely set off for improvements in this section, their proportion of annual taxe for more than ten 5 the rule that “to him who hath, # and from him who hath not shail be taken away that which he bath"—if any change ts now made by the Commissioners, shouid it not be to xo clear over to that other and better rule—“do unto others as ye would they should do unte you.” The West End has been built up and finished, greatly at the expense of the other sections, In other words, money has been borrowed from the common tund to complete her improve- ments. The West End must now contribute to bring ‘up the neglected parts of the city to something like an equality of benefits. “The West End must pay back what she has bor- rowed during the last ten years, and Bast and South Washington must get back what U 1] been calied upon to advance for her ben- efit! It Is therefore suggested to the Commission- ers that they should not limit the expendi- tures for improvements in East and South Washington, to the annual sums they may here- after pay into thecommon fund. This would be equivalent to pete | they have been cali to build up the northwest, li be given, got, and get what you can.” thing, must, be met squarely, and ts it not time that a & halt should be made in estimating for further improvements in the northwest—so nearly finish up—and proper attention given to th® necessities and equitable demands of other parts of the city? The people of these ne. glected portions will never rest satisfied antil benefits are made even, as youand all just minds can see they should be made even. And in making estimates, therefore, for future im- provement should the Commissioners in. any nner be limited to the amouut of annual tax tribated by the section within which im- provements are to be made? But looking over the whole field, and considering all things proper to be taken into account, should they not use nearly the whole improvement fand available for the purpose, for years to come, to bringing up the public works in East and South Washin; the We: Tha rest in both East and Northwest Washington, but none in South Washington. August Ist, 1883. Svscrstor, ————+e-—____- - Another Voice for the Sparrow. To the Editor of Tux Evextse Sram. It is quite possibie for scientific men tobe mis- taken in regard to the English sparrow. Ang lady living in Washington at a period immedi- ately preceding their introduction, can readily bring to mind the disagreeable memory ot the hosts of caterpillars she encountered ina fiye minutes walk. Any observer of nature can de- tect the difference iu the verdure between the ante and post periods, I remember when I used to gather enough cocoons, hanging from ‘the trees, in Afteen minutes, tor a day fishing, and excellent bait they made. They ure now seldom seen. I have often seen the sparrows chasing butterflies, I saw a female last week with a May fly in her mouth. Some years ago I observed one light beneath a tree with a cicada, which she held with her feet on the picked off the wings in a twinkling, and flew away to feed her young. In rezard to the English sparrow driving out our native birds, I doubt that; at Jeast I have not observed it. It is true they attack crows and blackbirds, and so will our native sparrows: and wrens. My observation teaches me that our native birds are inclined to be solitary, notwithstanding that, there are more of them within the city limits than there were 30 years ago. It any one doubt, let him visit the various i FE increased on pour ores by putting upYrue van- ners and concentrating them. 4. What is present population of Batopilas? Ans. I judge about 4,500, one-third ot whom, I should think, are miners and laborers. 5. How many more men could be loyed? Ans. At least twice or three times the ber; but the facilities for freighting, food and material are very bad and cost heavily, and the of which Mr Glenely is currency of the state is too small to allow a] of native birds ind much greater expenditure than the ent. 6. In what manner could the federal a well as the local, aid the mining district? A inst vs m of loitering on tthe st: gambling, drinking and fighting. Secondly. In a proper punishment for thett in mines; there 1s no for this offense. In Saturday and Sunday in streets of the town. In suncieha ese Sra’ - in ei Sulldiag them or ving the tal, s va ery in it. take or swimm! be done in four or five days with proper facili- Ifthe federal government or state goy- ernment can not do it those interested to do it, and pay for it in taxes. Anot! parks, such as the Smithsonian, where 40 years ago there were no birds except a few snipe and lover in $he periods of their migration. Then [et him take in the other parks and compara, rd he can, and I'm sure he will bear me out in my assertion. It is again objected to these visitors that they invade the surrounding country and devour the email fruits. septs gy pw e i Hy E know a gentleman in an possession of every and the witl he is constantly denouncing iif i Fae et the i i i Hil The whi