Evening Star Newspaper, December 11, 1888, Page 6

OVERHEAD AND UNDERGROUND. Commissioner Raymond Makes a Report on the Wire Problem. HE URGES LEGISLATION LOOKING TO PUTTING ALL WIRES UNDERGROUND—PROPOSED REGULATIONS TO GUARD PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INTERESTS— PRACTICABILITY OF UNDERGROUND SYSTEMS. The report of Engineer Commissioner Ray- mond on the electric-wire system of the city was yesterday afternoon submitted to the full board of Commissioners and then forwarded to Congress. The document is voluminous. Major Raymond states, however, that he ex- Pects to receive much additional information of value, which will be imparted to Congress in a supplementary report. At considerable length the Commissioner discusses the various working systems of conduits, and maintains that wires can be put underground and still work satisfactorily. The Commissioner has been in correspondence with leading electri- cians and with the great telegraph, telephone, and electrie-light companies, and the testi- mony of all these supports the Commissioner in his stated conclusion, that “the practicabil- ity of maintaining and operating such buried wires appears tome to be thoroughly estab- lished by practical experience in many places,” ‘THE EXISTING LINES. The routes taken in this city by both over- head and underground wires are shown in a number of maps. A table is also submitted showing the miles of wire owned by the com- anies now operating in this city, In the fol- jowing table the first figures following the name of the system indicates the number of miles of conduit, the second the number of miles of un- derground wire, and the third the number of miles of overhead wire: United States govern- ment, 2.74, 33.4, 8; District government, 4.6, 27, ites Electric Lighting company, apeake and Potomac Telephone company, 5.8, 1,570.8, 1,403.2; Western Union Telegraph aph company. con. | duit, 20.0 niles of underground wire, 1,671.86; miles of overhead wire, 2,688.45. The plan submitted, the report says, shows that the lines of these various electrical sys- tems do not, as a rule, follow the same routes. Any attempt to consolidate them would require radical and expensive changes in their arrange- ments. Moreover, I consider it in the high- est degree desirable that these systems should be placed underground a dif- ferent routes, so far as is permitted by the objects for which they are established. The reasons for separating high and low tension systems as widely as possible have already been given, and I am satisfied that success can only be attained by considering each system as a problem by itself. Cases will no doubt occur where two or more systems of similar character will oceupy the same route and may be placed in the same conduit, but these will be excep- tional and may be provided for by mutual agreement under the authority of the District government. THE GOVERNMENT WIRES, The conduits required for the purposes of the general government should be constructed and maintained at the expense of the United States. Col. John M. Wilson, corps of en; neers, the officer in charge of public ——_ and grounds, has earnestly and repeatedly recommended the undergrounding of all the wires operated by the general government. In compliance with the resolution of the Senate of March 26, 1888, he submitted to the chief of engineers, on April 9, 1588, a full report on this subject. giving a plan for the construction of a comprehensive system. His project cortem- lates the use of the Waring lead-covered ca- bies laid inabox and imbedded in pitch, which method has been already employed with great success both by the general and District governments. He estimates the cost of this system at 260,040.61. The wires of the District government should be placed and maintained underground at the charge of the general revenues of the District. ‘The method recommended for the general gov- ernment is also the best for District purposes, although it may be found desirable to use the combination curb conduit before described to a limited extent. The report of the Commis- sioners of the District of Columbia, submitted April 12, 1858, in response to the resolution of | the Senate adopted March 26, 1888, estimates the cost of the complete system at $180,000. WIRES OF PRIVATE CORPORATIONS. “As regards the construction and control of conduits to be occupied by the wires of private corporatio rep ontinues, “either of three methods may be followed: “1. A private y may be authorized to trol the conduits and | 1 companies duits may be constructed, owned, nd rente¢ 1e electrical compa. ‘nment. ompanies may be author- d to construct and maintain | emselvea, under suitable con- t tothe control of the Dis- const the construction and con- private company, is. in my | ionable. By some the be pion inteined that the conduit | should ser tion to th onduit closed therein are under the control of differ- failure in the working of the charged by one party to faults in the | the other to defects in the ca- in fact, an irrepressible con- | flict between conduits and cables w ing the whole system | + the electrical | companies the: best judges of | the special underground arrangements which their aystems require, and nothing is gained by introducing a 1 party between them and Fs ent. lan of an independent conduit com- followed in the city of New » underground problem is of a | ter. and the results have | jon aud constant con- | ng tothe public prints the | : » place the wi round in New | York have been in progress for about three | Conduits have been constructed with a city of 30,000 miles of single wire, | pugh to remove every conductor from the | oles and the hous With this capacity only about 6.000 miles of sing.e wire are in the | conduits, and no more than 600 miles are actu- ally in operation. It is said that the Western Union telegraph company, the largest owner of ‘8 in the city, has no wires in operation in | any conduit built by the subway commission. iam decidedly of the opinion that no com. any should be permitted to construct con- juits in the District of Columbia except for + by its own wires, nd method—the construction and ce of conduits by the District gov- ernment—appears to be inadvisable at the | present time. The objections urged against | of conduits by an independent PI vate company are, to some extent, applicable to this method. For the telegraph and tele- hone services, which maintained by far the rger part of the electrical conductors in the | District, the employment of solid conduits is | quite admissable, if the companies should prefer toemploy such conduits, it is evident that they could not be owned by the District, being merely solid casings around the wir The construction of open conduits by the Dis- trict government would involve a large initial expenditure, and as the assessment and collec- tion of rents would increase the municipal business without any corresponding benefit, all that would be gained by employing this method can be attained by eapler ‘arrange- ments. THE APPROVED METHOD. The third method appears to be the most satisfactory. Each electrical company should be authorized or required to construct and | maintain its own underground system, in ac- cordance with suitable conditions to be im- d by law. These conditions should be as lows: 1. The location, form, material, and con- struction of all conduits or other unde: id implacements should be subject to the inspec- tion and approval of the Commissioners of the | of all telegraph District of Columbia, and all permits for the underground occupation of the streets and ave- nues of the cities of Washi and George- town should be revocable at their or at the will of Congress. 2. The right should be reserved to the Dis- — vernment to purchase at any time any or ae conduits = @ reasonable price, and. jue notice, whenever Congress may authorize such purchase. The Commissioners should be authorized to locate these ‘1 constructions where- ever they may deem it best for the terest, Leo the og a line of .d avenues, this space the Property of the U ted States, and ail laws or parts of laws in conflict with this provision should be re- I do not consider it desirable to impose any direct charge upon the electrical for the privilege of thus ccoupring the If they promptly place their derground they will be to abandon ie to make an Be ve soe wires un- are not willing to « pevage should be to othera. these ecommendations are electrical business of the be the Thi is unavoldabie it alk Commissioners of the District of Colum- bia should be authorized and directed to make and ge gyern a for the employ- ment of elec lor practical purposes within the said as they may thet ad- visable, and such rules and regulations made as provided, should have the same force and effect within the District as if enacted by Con- gress, Provision should be made for s District electrician, whose duty it should be, under direction of the Commissioners, to apparatus and operations of all electrical com- panies; to see that the electrical regulations are complied with; to advise the District gov- ernment on all electrical matters, and gener- ally to perform such duties as the Commis- sioners may require. He should be the head of an electrical Cetera 9 which should bear about the same relation to electrical construc- tion in the District as the building department bears to the operations of building construc- tion. Such a department is necessary if an intelligent control is to be exercised over elec- trical operations, and if any extensive system of underground conductors is to be carried into effect. TO HASTEN THE WORK. In order to compel the burial of overhead wires as rapidly as the interests of the public will permit, it is suggested that the following requirements be imposed by law upon the vari- bons electrical systems now operating in the ‘istrict: First. Appropriations should be made for burying at the overhead wires of the general and District governments and these wires should be placed underground with the least possible ‘deka . This course will have the best moral effect upon the private companies. Second. The provision, in the last appro- riation act, that “the Commissioners of the Bistriet of Columbia shall not, after the 15th day of September, 1 permit or authorize any additional — telephone, electric lighting or other wires to be erected oF tained on or over any of the streets or ave- nues of the city of Washington,” should be continued and extended so as to include the city of Georgetown. This will greatly assist in compelling the private companies to bury their wires, for the natural increase in electri- cal business, especially in the telegraph and telephone services, absolutely requires a large annual increase in the amount of wiring. I believe there is no city in the United States where efforts have been made to place t wires underground where the amount of over- head =e is not to-day much greater than at the time when those efforts were commenced. No matter how much wire has been placed underground, the increase of overh lines has always been greater. Although this problem in Washington is small as compared with those of the large commercial cities, our experience furnishes an interesting illustration of the above statement. Active operations to put the wires underground were commenced in 1884, and since that time they have been continued without intermission. The following table exhibits the results Miles of Miles of Number of poles, i} |wire under-| wire over- ground. | head. | ‘767 2,623 800 2,688 850 2,900 Third. All overhead telephone wires in the streets or avenues of the cities of Washington and Georgetown should be prohibited after a fixed date. This prohibition, however, should not extend to the alleys. Distributing wires of all the electrical systems should be d in the alleys, under the direction of the Com- missioners, for these arrangements can gen ally be made more conveniently and safely than arrangements for underground entrances into houses. From the best information in my possession I estimate that, to place all the overhead tele- phone wires underground, about 15 miles of onduit will be required. I am unable to de- termine, even approximately, the cost of this work, for if the methods heretofore used are employed, this will depend largely upon the nuaber of wires which the company considers it necessary to establish with a view to future business, “The work will, of course, require a large outlay of money and the abandonment of much valuable overhead wiring. In view of these circumstances I think at least one year should be given the telepone company to make the required change. When the time fixed by Congress has elapsed the company should be required to remove all its poles and wires from the streets and avenues, THE TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. Fourth. If the Commissioners are authorized by Congress to make and enforce regulations for the control of the distribution of electric- ity, as before recommended, they will be able to compel the removal of all dead wires and all wires and poles not necessary for the service of the public. Such action and the prohibition of the erection of new wires would soon greatly reduce the pole and wire nuisance, and would tend to force the telegraph companies to place their wires underground. The number of miles of overhead wire owned by telegraph companies is everywhere greatly in excess of the number owned by all other companies com- bined, yet attempts in this country to compel them to bury their wires have never proved suc- cessful to any greatextent. Congress may enact a law prohibiting all overhead telegraph wires in the streets and avenues of the cities of Washington and Georgetown after a fixed date, and direct the removal of the same when the time allotted has expired. This method, how- ever, has not proved very successful elsewhere. In New York, Philadelp! ia and Chicago laws were passed ordering the peremptory removal les on certain dates. The dates were passed, the laws were not repealed, and the poles still stand on the streets. The simple fact is that the telegraph business | of the country is too important to be suddenly cut off under any circumstances whatever. I suggest that the telegraph companies be given a period of at least one year to place all their wires underground, and that after the | lapse of this time they be required to pay a license fee of $25 per pole per annum for each pole maintained within city limits. The length of conduits required to accom. modate the Western Union telegraph system 11,647 miles. The national conduit, with six ducts, manholes and distribution, costs about $10,000 per mile. Thus the expense to the Western Union telegraph company for con- duits alone (if open conduits are employed) would be $116,470. In addition to this the company would have to abandon all its poles and wires, which would not pay for their re- moval, and expend a large sum for the chase and establishment of underground wires, A letter just received from Mr. Morrell Marean, superintendent of the Western Union telegraph company in this city, states that about 500 miles of underground wires would be required to provide for the present service of the company, and that the c! from the overhead system would cost not less than yar- ELECTRIC-LIGHT WIRES. Fifth. All overhead conductors for convey- ing currents for electric light or power, operated by the express authority of Congress, should be prohibited in the streets and avenues i fr buked, the pri of what is vulgarly called “chipping in.” In one of the towns a lady vee | leave of a friend from the Coogee dic been visiting, came to the door of omnibus to speed the guest. She was an ardent mt, possibly, because her husband held a lucrative appointment under the government. As the vehicle drove away her friend invited her to come and see _ her. “Til come next Thursday Cleveland’ elected,” she replied. “Well, don’t you bake no pies on her ac- count, she won't come,” the driver advised, with the irrepressible spirit of the time. The two friends looked at each other afd laughed heartily. Neither felt disposed to take offense at what at any other time would have been considered decided impertinence. In the same town a very beautiful and charming young woman wagered a box of gloves against a kiss on General Harrison’s election. The wager was made, it is needless to say, with a voter and a democrat. After the election the gloves were received in due time. Some one asked fa what she would have done in case she had lost. “Oh,” she replied, with true woman’s art and feminine indifference to the térms of a contract, “I should have told him that my father always settles my bills.” The bric-a-brac most in vogue in Indiana _ now, and which has entirely superseded he gilded beriboned horrors that came in five years ago, are relics of the campaigns of 1836- 40. All who have such a souvenir—end they are surprisingly abundant—have them dis- peree in the drawing-room ce china and etchings, or in the library, with other Felics of time historical. They are chiefly medals, old flags, old newspapers, song books and badges. The Corner Passenger. From the New York Times. The corner passenger was wet, but the damp- ness had not sunk in deep enough to chill his good humor nor paralyze his tongue. He dropped into corner of a 6th avenue street car, and, after a moment's reflection, half rose, and, putting his ear to the window, listened. “It’s raining yet,” he observed with great confidence. A very nicely-dressed young man who had dropped into a seat near by did not dispute this assertion. Neither did a 2 ee man, nor did his fiercely prim wife who sat beside him, nor did the two other men in the car. The rain fell heavily and the car ground along on its watery way. The corner passenger raised his hand and fishing around among the signs over his head pulled the cord which blows a whistle on the platform. The car stopped and the conductor shoved back the door and looked in: ringly in. A gush of wind swept the rain in, too. The corner passenger huddled himself into his cor- ner and said: “Conductor, it seems to me that the driver and you ought to come in when it rains so hard. ‘ou look reasonably intelligent and I'm sur- prised to see you remain outside in such weather.” The conductor slammed the door and rang the bell, The jolly gentleman wanted to join the othér men in the car in the laugh which followed, but the look on his wit face for- bade such liberty. By and by the rain ceased falling and the conductor opened the door. The corner r passenger leaned forward and in- quired: ‘Will we run through a swamp?” The conductor shook his hea “Then I won't have to take off my clothes?” “No,” said the conductor, ‘‘you won't.” Rain began to fall again, and the nicely- dressed young man rolled his trousers up at thi ttom. ‘Conductor, is it raining in here?” asked the corner passenger. “No. e e ‘hen what's he got his trousers rolled ap for?” The young man flushed and nervously pulled at the legs of his garment. ‘You can get a stretcher for a quarter of a dollar, and then they won't bag at the knees,” observed the corner passenger. The prim lady walked firmly down the aisle behind her husband, with her feet exposed by the dress lifted from the floor. ‘ou ought not to,come out without rub- bers,” said the corner passenger reprovin, “particularly when it looks so much lik Say, boys,” as the lady disappeared, have a drink. Couldn't ask you whil here, you know,” apologetically; look well. Bet a dollar he'd been glad to take a nip, thoug! Nobody responded to this invitation, and the fact that it had been extended immediately es- caped the memory of the corner passenger. He was silent for 4 time, add then fell asleep. see A Common-Sense Duchess. HOW HER GRACE OF SUTHERLAND SHOCKED THE SWELLS. From the New York Tribune. “The late duchess of Sutherland was, during the active period of her life, the cause of no little bewilderment and disquietude among the rank-revering denizens of that aristocratic sec- tion of St. James’ where Stafford House stands in gloomy grandeur. Her common-sense methods of securing convenience, without re- gard to ceremonious formalties, often startled the devotees of conventionality and thrilled the observers with suey lest her grace be led astray by the example of her husband, whose “fad” it was to mingle with the populace on exciting occasions, such as midnight fires and riots like that of Hyde Park, some twenty ago. Ridiculous as it may seem to re- n readers, the duchess was severely d for her habit of walking forth alone from her sombre mansion and calling a cab when in a hurry, instead of letting a half-hour go to waste while the cumbersome vehicle ap- ropriate to her station should be made ready. ‘he entire precinct was once thrown into flutter by the report, doubtless eorrect, that she had personally entered the little bakery in St. James street, in which a postal agency was tablished, and had there purchased stamps and affixed them to her letters, precisely as one of the untitled multitude might have done. In the winter of 1869 the sentinel who mounts ard over the palace wallof Cleveland row fina the opportunity of relieving his dreary routine by saving achild from being run over— aradical cab-horse from Pa!! Mall having so forgotten the proprieties as to break loose and en oe human life as well asthe drowsy tranquility of that solemn region. A day or two later the duchess was seen to stop and speak to the desman, who was so overcome by agitation that he could hardly hold his rifle He would have faced the cannon’s mouth with less trepidation than exchange ten words with this exalted peeress. The pre- sumption was that her grace. desired simply say a kind word in ccinmendation of the man’ behavior; but the proceeding was regarded with anything but approval by the resident tators. Ene verdlet of the austere middle el throughout the neighborhood was that the duchess had been reprehensibly unmind- ful of the dignity of her position, and that she would have done better to send the soldier half a crown by her footman. For this and similar she was not Thomas Axworthy, defaulting city treasurer Clevs Ohio, who is now in London, has to return $160,000 to the repay his bondsmen if is permitted to FOREIGN NEWS AND GOSSIP. government's deposit bank at Madrid has been robbed of $240,000. ence of the consuls on the situation has been without result Advices from reporting that Persia prohibits the sale of corn to Russians increase fee! in Petersburg that decisive action is ne in arrest the anti- ‘aug Osservatore Romano (Catholic) declares +t the new penal code and other iaws would Justify the Pope in quitting Rome. Mr. Gladstone will go to Naples on the 19th instant to reside in the villa Rocabelle, near ype the end of February, when he will Fy at the opening session of parlia- men' ‘The Panama canal commission held another meeting in Paris yesterday. It reported upon measures, Facnsc) ished rye te rmitting en company rolong the iod for meeting it obligations. . . te a The recent disaster to the czar’s train has brought out revelations of most frightful of6- cial gr oes and mendacity, even in that ideal land of jobbery, Russia. The czar now declares that he cannot trust the reports of the department of communication, and that in his opinion the railways “would be useless in an emergency.” He has sent his favorite equerry, Col, Maltzoff, to personally investigate the problem, to whom in the presence of the em- press a solemn oath was administered that he — deliver a full and absolutely truthful re- pol The new Spanish cabinet is announced as follows: Premier, Senor Sagasta; minister of foreign affairs, Senor Armi jo; minister of finance, Senor Gonzalez; minister of the inte- rior, Senor Capdepon; minister of justice, Se- nor Canalejas; minister of commerce, Senor Xiquena; minister of war, Gen. Chinchilla; minister of marine. Admiral Arias; minister o! the colonies, Senor Becerra. The general opinion is growing that a strug- gle between dered and France in the near future is more probable than at any previous time during the past seventeen years. It may arise at Laid moment without the least warning, and it would unquestionably absorb the entire strength of Germany. Austria would then find herself under the necessity of facing single- handed a conflict with Russia, though the Aus- trians think they can hold their own. On the other hand, Italy, now an ally of Germany, ac- knowledges the justice of recent German crit- ics that her army is of small value, The book written by Capt. Driant, Boulan- age son-in-law, for the publication of which e was arrested, is entitled “Guerre de De- main.” It describes with imaginative detail the coming war of revanche, the military sub- jection of Germany, and the recovery of Al- sace-Loraine. Pictorial advertisements repre- sent Frenchmen bayonetting Germans, : During a meeting at Amsterdam on Sunday to consider a project for the ion of a statue to the Pope six hundred ita gained ad- mission to the hall and prevented Abbe Brou- wers from speaking. A fight ensued between the Catholics and the socialists. All the fur- niture in the hall was smashed. The police were compelled to fire and several of the riot- ers were wounded. The Indian press is much agitated over Lord Salisbury’s reference to Mr. Maoroji as a black man. e Times of India refuses to believe that Lord Salisbury used the words. The In- dian Mirror remarks: “The words are a libel upon the whole Indian race and a deliberate insult, meriting the queen’s severest displeas- ure.” ————-+ee. Political Notes. The New York Commercial Advertiser pub- Kshes an interview with Mr. Depew, in which he states that while he would not accept a sition in the cabinet he would go as minister England. By the sudden death of Assemblyman E. Frank Abert, of Guttenburg, N. J., on Sunday, the democratic majority of four on joint ballot in the New Jersey legislature was reduced to three. This may make a difference in the sena- torial contest. - Notice has been served on Congressman-elect | Samuel Fowler, of the fourth New Jersey dis- trict, that his election will be contested by Mr. | Voorhees, the republican candidate, on the ground of fraud. ooo Taking Things Literally. From the Philadelphia Record. Mother—“Your teacher says you walked all over the school-room this morning taking off your hat and coat.” ¢ Little Dick (innocently)—“Yes, ma, I went to my desk with my hat and coat on, and she told me to walk around and take ’em off.” The Gow Stable Consumption Cure. From the Philadelphia Press. The supposed remedial agency of the odor of cows and cow stables in cases of consumption is to be tried at Reinickendorf, near Berlin, on aunique scale. A vast circular building has been erected, in the basement of which several hundred cows will be kept and the odor of the stables will be conducted to the rooms in the upper stories, In the center of the building is a large ye. for which a whey cure, bathing- rooms, &c., are pla Like “Jack, THe Rivrer.”—Ina cheap restau- rant in Bermondsey, a suburb of London, last night, a man without provocation cut’ the throat of the landlord’s daughter. She isnot expected to recover. There are rumors that the would-be murderer is “Jack, the Ripper.” STRENGTHENING THE Svar Garnrson the house of commons last evening Mr. Stan- hope, secretary for war, read a telegram from Gen. Dotmer, at Cairo, to the effect that Gen. Grenfel, commander at Suakim, continued con- fident of his ability to cope with the Arabs, but in the face of repeated offers of reinforcements he would not refuse them. A steamer, there- fore, would leave Suez on Wednesday ‘to con- y to Suakim a squadron of the twentieth hus- sars and 300 men of the Welsh infai . This would make a total force at Suakim of 6.500 men, composed mostly of Egyptians, against 2,400 of the enemy. oo______ Livery Locat Option Contest.—The local option contest in Lee district, Virginia, has be- an in earnest, and promises to be very lively, he election will come off om Saturday, Janu- ary 5th, and present indications point to a close vote, During the past week the advocates of local option set the ball in motion by holding several meetings in the lower part of the dis- trict. The Good Templar organization is quite strong there, and some of its leading ‘members have assumed control of affairs, and propose to make things red-hot before Christmas, The memorable contest in May, 1886, which re- sulted in the adoption of the local option law in four out of the five districts in Accomac, stirred up many bitter personal animosities, which time has not altogether allayed. A Manytanp Ratuzoap Soup.—A. W. Perrie, trustee, sold the property of the Maryland Cen. tral Railroad company | at Towson, near Balti- more, yesterday, to Messrs. John K. Cowen, Wm. Gilmore, Hugh B, Jones, Soorget Brown and George Jenkins for $600, ‘he gentle- men mentioned represent a committee of the bondholders. 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In the publi- "APE WO0L GARMENTS MADE UP On RIPPED | PIEDMONT AIR UNE cation of news it records facts without bias or aceoe eae FISCHER, 8:30 A. M.—Faet, Teun. Mail Daily for Warrenton, | color, and in the expression of editorial opinion it rdonsvi Lynchburg, ons ald 906 G st. iw. between Alezandria and pchoure, Hoke, Bristol, | 18 as steady and Grm tn advocating and promoting = — ——— or joutzouiery . ew N it tent, HOUSEFURNISHINGS. 11:24 A. M.—Past IY Tor, Wartenton hase. | OMY What it believes to be right, as it is persis = = ae ile, Gordoneville, tations Chea. & Qhio’Route, | in condemning and opposing what it believes to be Tse P. Hassox Hiss tween Lynchburg and Davie, Greensbores wrong. It is, in brief, wholly untrammeled by any MANUFACTURING COMPANY. Columida, Aiken, Auguste, Atlante, Birniing: J perm, Montgomery, ew Texas and California. | other interest or consideration than that of serving WALL PAPERS. Sleeper New York to Montgomery in connec: FRESCO PAINTING. _ | tion with Pullman Sleepers, Mouuromery ‘to ‘New Or- | the public, and securing as far as possibile the wel- Furniture, Upholstery Goods and Curtains. Birmingham, 815 15thet.nw. | picenDute and Shreveport. Sleeper Greens: | fare of the family circle, and of society as a whole. Baltimore House, 217 N. Charles st. 411-3 Cooxixa By Gus With these general objects in view, what Tae Star specially concerns itself with, and that to which it gives its best efforts, may be briefly de scribed as THE INTERESTS OF WASHINGTON Louis" A fall line of AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. To these GAS COOKING STOVES fithowt the paper has been unswervingly devoted since 11:00 P. M.—Southern Express Daily for Lynch- = re bin. Ask Atta Atlant Montgomery, New Or tt present management esumed te direction, —_— leans, Te Cal Pullman Si e if, Texae and Calitoruia, Pullman entubule Aener | @nd this pcticy will characterize the future career mb31 WASHINGTON GASLIGHT COMPANY. Washington to Augusta, of the paper as prominently as it bas marked its past history. Canrers: Canrers " Canrers ‘We are daily receiving our Fall supply of BIGELOW, LOWELL & HARTFORD WILTON CARPETS, BODY BRUSSELS, MOQUETS, VELVETS, TAPESTRIES, THREE-PLYS, INGRAINS, and ART SQUARES, RUGS, MATS, CURTAINS, and DRAPINGS in great variety. Aun inspection of our stock is solicited. AS AN ADVERTISING MEDIUM. ‘The EVENING STAR claims to be, and can con- clusively eptablish that it 18, the best local! advertio tag medium tn the world! No OTHRE PAPER PRINTED ISTMAS CARDS, 40c. CIRCULATES SO MANY COPIES IN THE CITY OF Ime HET HE GREAT WARD) PEK 100." Also’ Fin and Gmmay. . elthes, Plush ‘Boxes of Note Paper, Tree Ornaments, T NORTH WEA BOUT PUBLICATION, IN PROPORTION TO POPULATION. It is Snow, Gold Paint, Paper Doll Heads. Scrap Pictures, | pOCHTE THACK ” " SPLETTD Sere hardly too much to say that it is read by the mem- German Favors, aud THOUSANDS of Pretty No! STEED Bat AGNIFICENT EQUIPMENT, for Christmas, Wholesale Price to Teachers, Charches, wal NP REPGT DEC bers of every family in the District of Columbia. FAVE, WASHINGTON. FROM STATION, SIXTH AND B STREETS, AS POL? Low For Pittsburg and the West, Chicago Limited Express of Pullman Veetibuied Care at 50 a.m. daily; Fast Line, 9:50 a.m. daily, to’ Cincinnati and St. Louis, with Sleeping Cars from Pittsburg to and to St. Louis; daily, ‘Sati day, to Chicago, with Sleeping Car Altooua to Chi- cago. Western’ Ex; at 7:40 pan. daily, with —- “anil Harris thre 01 re wi for ‘Louisville and Memphis. Pacitie Ba. 00 pan. daily, for Py ‘and the It is peculiarly the favorite of the home circle, and fs no less esteemed in the counting room and the Work shop. It follows, therefore, that as an agent of publicity within the National Capital and con- tiguous territory it has no rival An announce- West, with thevrh Sleeper to Pittsburg: and Pitts. Ck LTTE weiss DE St Pe For BALTIMORE’ axp Potomac ay omega oun . Eve, Cau i. | low, they are rigidly adhered to, There only re For Williams mains to be added on this head, as an indication of the esteem in which the paper is held bythe business public, which best understands its own Cc. C. PURSELL, 418 9th st. nw. NVITATIONS AND ORDERS OF DANCE. McQUEEN & WALLACE, Printers, 1108 to 1116 J invite attention to a line of invitations, Ball Menus, Fine Tickets and Invitation Cards, which they are now prepared to show. ‘The assortment is so com- Pleteand comprises 8 Many novelties. that they feel confident of meeting all tastes, __PIANOS AND ORGANS. ALL AND SEE THE MOST PERFECT made, at reasonable prices sud easy teria. 23 a 2 TT. 4:10, 10°00. ~~ 287 10th et. sand "S45 | interests in this respect, that, both in the number 7 ra A BPR ERE For Biro rt NY all archi train connect of subscribers and of new advertisements printed, pity vt Brook! nex, wl x AA BBB ER Girect transfer to Fulton street, avoiding each year in the history of the paper shows a large Bd “4 bes Eee increase over its predecessor. For example, during PIANOS. the first nine months of the present year UNEQUALED IN TONE, TOUCH, WORKMANSHIP AND DURABILI Special attention of “Holiday, Purchasers" is invited fo dhelz ew Artiatic Styles,” finished in designs of HIGHEST DECORATIVE ART. Pianos for rent. SECOND-HAND PIANOS. — A large assortment, comprising almost every well-known make in the country, in the average daily circulation of the paper has been 26,681 copies, and the whole number of new advertisements printed 39,605, against an average daily cirgulation of 25,427 fow tieures.. SPECIAL TNDUCEMENTS offered bork mn copies and 38,504 new advertisem: SPEC L ¥ offered bot re Cres! ~ in pricesand in terms, which will be on EASY | For eee mine - a MONTHLY INSTALLMENTS when dosed oo, _| For Annapolis, 7-20 and 9:00 am, 12-05 and 4:40 | ing the corresponding period in 1887. In short, a6 817 Market Space. Bio pag mer Sanday. Sundaye, 9:00 © m, | cure eTAR Aaemever saben o backward step, ond a. ALEXANDRIA AND FREDERICKSBURG. WAY, AND ALEXAN! P4808 FOR HOLIDAY PRESENTS, DKIA AND WASHINGTON | ‘t Conductors are determined that it never shall We have a splendid stock of UPRIGHT, BABY | RAILROAD. a snes GRAND and SQUARE FIAN he following lead- 6 35,8 :40,9:45,10:57 a m ing imekers: KEK BRO! SBER, FISCHER 04 5. 4:25, 5-00, 5:55, 6:05. 8: gpa EST Sf Rosewood, Ebony. Oak, Walnut Sunday et 6:00. 9 mente Gaul aud exam par: rch 5:00 p.m. week ocl-3m 934 F st. nw. shinee af EESi2X, ORGANS FOR HOLIDAY PRESENTS. Beat received. Handso1 sto ‘oh eaay tenuis, Call and ex- THE WEEKLY sTaR amin ND} & STAYMAN, ocl-3m 934 F st.n w. HE PIANO AND ORGAN URSTION. E OMAC TRp pdinctiasd — wes nttalornes, pric Kern Cand other “information POTOMAC RIVER BOATS. | reaaing puviic who desire to be keptadvised of those contemplating the purchase Sane = aaa PIANO, N apglice- : 7 " 4 are so situ tion, fagiore chesrtaty f7> seen rR Mu" VERNON MT. VERNON: affairs at the seat of government, an ak bepsetas papi’ STEAMER W. W. CORCORAN — Leaves 7th-street wharf daily (except #unday) for Mt. LLET & DAVIS’ PIANOS; SUPERB IN TONE; | Vernon and River Landings as far down se it, ct in workmanship; él it in styles; low in | at10 o'clock a m Keterning, reaches tock 0 the Holi ROW bout 3:30 p.m. ER, Agett. sov-Oun | "810 LL. BLAKE, Ceptain. . Fi ol at sil ‘oth st. mw a 1 SOMn 2 4 - Gat a Cc LANDINGS. aa Re Oe ae mh TuRDATs Returning TUESDAYS, » WOOD AND COAL x We Was Desrgs Tye Boer | fanitire oGih cs, terces fs ppiR EVE owen Palos von cuss, Benger Sey mecha gy FURNACE... __OCEAN STEAMERS. yasea, CUBA, MEXICO. ‘The Winter Gems of the Tropica. The Magnificent Steamers of the WARD LINE, pa, 1d for Matanzas, rome eae AE VICTORIA HOTEL, NASSAU, fe perfection. ‘ated as not to need or care for « daily paper. Itis in every respect a first-class family journal. Its news is carefully collected, and may be depended ‘upon to be fresh and authentic. Its scientific, lite rary, household and agricultural deparunents are edited with the view of meeting the wants and tastes of an intelligent and reading public, and of affording assistance to the student and those in pursuit of general information. Some of the mot. noted and learned men and women of the country ‘are contributors to its columns Its ample tele graphic arrangements and full corps of special correspondents enabie it to lay before its readers every week all important happenings, foreign and domestic, and especially such political, social, an@ current events as are worthy of note, in the states of Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, North Caro ‘Una, anc. those adjacent thereto. ‘The low price at which it is published, CHE: =. ‘We «uarantee CLEAN OVA! the ton. end BR. Yard, Cor. Delaware ave. Coan: ty ‘Woon: JOHNSON BROTHERS, ‘Wharves and Rail yards, 12th & Water sta. Southwest. Offices: EL eee its in the Of the best coal mined. Supply: any ONLY ONE DOLLAR A YEAR, ‘brings it within the reach of all. None are so poor, ‘thet they cagnot afford to take it, and none so righ ‘that they can afford to do without it, best quality Whife Ash Furnace Coal at g2igposea bet cuatty Waite ‘Ash Chestaut Coal at er ton. ene Q . 320-1n 2} 6. Seems S agen ries 2 eT