Evening Star Newspaper, February 20, 1892, Page 13

» THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON. D.C. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1892—SIXTEEN PAGES. be] DRILLING A HOLE. ik rt cna ap te pipe ead lown below the drill a . of the upward cbeu protected. These How the Boring on the Post Office | conditions frequently occur just before rock og is encountered. as. was tho-eade in the two pits Site is Done. already sunk of the site, and then the cas Can soon find a firm resting place and there —_$+-_—_ no tendency on the part of ‘cutting water THE DRILL AND DERRICK. |0" 0's: nens thataro brought to the sur- manecl ites voto ot tes, basket teat bo z placed on the ground beneath the lip on the Both Perform Their Respective Duties With | casing, sad when itis devised to guamine the Remarkabi “The Apparatus S| ‘ts the water is poured carefully off an en —— Crees Ben preserved by being placed on ple but Effective—The Starting of a Hole— eheets of paper, 60 that the retained Examining the 5; ‘imens of Soil. e! n be draine: 4 a ‘The samples are taken into the construction = office on the north side of the equare and dried ee the stoves in a sauce pan. It is eurious STEEL POINT AND A} oer ing, this, and produces all sorts of um: stream of water have | wholesoine-looking staff, but it is highly prized been eating their Dy. the architect and "his assistants. When sd ig | thoroughly dried it is placed in small bottles of down into the soil in| ()iiOigiuss with wide mouths and labeled with the square opposite the | numbers corresponding with a tally sheet that ‘edditional inclosure formed an important part chordof the bridge should be | berewith—that it monument coln | agitation on the part of citizens on both sides] “A ‘air compromise would soem to bea! office of Tux Stax this | js carefully ma lA GRA N D PRO JECT. | tizeers 28 storia rate oh at placed at ‘about twenty-olght feet above the | au pee = eae CO nd nn ee ‘week in a very curious | 108 9re made apps a i is eS ae project, @n individual plan ae, A yan. woe Siey tam z end “It seems peculiarly fitting that the nation’s was prasticaliy abandoned for the time as be- | most oy —S. pass mgr yt 4 ae . acter of th oul of engineer | smal pase at | Monument to these great " ‘too e: Ithough when Washington | topmests. 0 lowering © way. Certain human | {fice und the depths at wi Socpe, then saisiant to the hs Teopinoet Gommis- | opening the draw, the piers and abutments to | form of e noble brides scree thoes Si Lidding for dhe world’s tel the pleas Sere Shp largest vesnsis would wed bo an GaDUEEEP agencies have aided the| countered. From this memorandam there 18 | qm, Bridge A the Po- | omer cf the District, which will be mentioned | be built in the most substantial manner of solid | separates the two sections lately in arms against | again disctssed as one of the features of that | able concession to the public, for it te euly at stream and the point, | prepared another sheet of drawings of the vs Proposed Bridge Across the Po-| in apother part of thie article. masonry; the truss to be capable of bearing a | one another. It is symbolienl of the renowed | exposition. rare intervals that such vessels make their ap- presenting a1 effective | Fious strate that anes _— beng ourtace, tone to Asli AS geo Newton said: “The > stl rayving lee st aves seventy-five pounds to — brought about so ly by their it was generally felt here that the plan for ® sone ed = Tyee) awe “bese Puy “phd . |done m the regulation style, with a certain structure. whether viewed from a square foot of roadway. Genius, wisdom and strength, Jow bridge with a draw was not altogether ac- | vessels could pass uuder it freely without e and unique combina-| style of marking for clay, another for sand, aud ington, or @ national standpoint, would involve inter- THR COST OF THE STRUCTURE. “A subordinate idea of the bridge is to pro- | ceptable, as there las long been a sentiment | that inconvenience. tion. The facts about pnb through the different materials that are = Sam itude oad bom sa proses dnd “A bridge of this kind will, in my opinion, Tate —— ad — statues to the lieu- | that Washington deserved at least ous ban - SPENSION BRIDOR. nd. 4 judgm onsider- nt a . and cle - derground regions of the square that | 1° THE MOST SUITABLE PLAN. | stion of emised bosrd of cugincors whoss duty | ee) f0l0ll the requirements of the Sonate reso: | and influential te tsa eee cha ne | sme, PERIRS, and the epectacle of the 0-1 ss, view to mecting the objections $0 ® shan Gorxa THROUGH ROCK. ugineers y n ber and the | sightly struct 0 Long. bridg: have been revealed by this means Dive ythe| When rock is struck the drill gets right down it should be to give the plans to be adopted for | lution. The cost of such s structure, finished | fleld during thecivilwar. The places provided | sufficient to dingust people with that clase of | drawbridge, and at the same time to bring the exceptionally interesting and valuable to the| |W! x yet eee ee its construction the f ‘and most careful | in the best manner and with some degree of | are upon the piers of the bridge om sash side | river crossing. cost of one without a draw within reasonable people whose business itis to ace that Washing fo brminoss and ents downward with slow Uf) Efforts Made During the Past Six Years to consideration, and it {s recommended, should | ornamentation, It, Is estimated would be $602,- | of the roadway. ibe details could be moditied ANOTHER REPORT. limita, I bave designed « bridge on the enapen ton gets a new city pos’ e. steady precision that is admirable. i struction, ‘imates e each pier i is 9 J Yeserday'e Sram contamed Mine p44 of | then Asis niin dtd aaa ise te aoa ness fer fod - per — aes Hl tion, rere poacher Y hg ay ee | proda tot and» pleasing variety of effect} Op the rp of a. 1890, - resolution | son prineiple, the clear beicht above the wate® these results that have been obtained so far. | ¢.-¢ of the rock or particles of stone chipped jubmitted by Col. ins , could be reduced by increasing the number and ‘TRE PRO! was passe: rougl Senate directing the | 4: kid channel to be 105 feet; the river span to and it may be interesting to know some facts | Gir” an Cxbert eye ean easily discern the char- | ®@d Capt. Symons—A Suspension Bridge. ee eee POSED SITE, eoncerning the methods of the borer who is thus poking two-inch holes through the sand, elay, gravel dinto the welcome rock that seenig to underlie the square. ‘The erosive action of water upom almost any substance bas been utilized many times in reducing the width of the ns, but such re- “ Secretary of War to ort to the Renate on the 6b2 feet bmitted t dhaw- 3 wf] "The location of the brid; 7 rep be 1,100 feet, and two shore spans ack; acter of the rock by these fragments, even wae wee Hazgultesd paler aed ac ioT,, | duction would not be expedient, as it is im-| 00 gon tae nace ecthaber oli Bo ae Sirect | moet ouitable kind of bridge with approaches | rhe cpproaches ab cach end tobe on naseney= when they are as fine as powder, and 7 portant to keep the number of piers down to am 7 mpeintater usar the Secte! Bow York ot b his report to the chief of engineers ho said: | the minimum in order not to t the flow | erm gate of Arlington. Themain spans are 300 | T°™ ® poin zs “% arched viaducts and embankments of earths glass being braught to bear on them brin, T 18 NOW SIX YEARS gi © minimum In order not to obstrast the Sow | orm gate of sieans with c clees san welt” | avemus sevens Fotemas river ton potat i the| weeecagtetee aati ao be of O00 paint their characteristics with wonderful distinct- “The expediency of construeting such a bridge | of water. go that the project of “20 4 3 high tide of ninety feet under two of them, | Semetery at Arlington, soas to counect in the | ovr twos granite towers, each about 210 feet ness. It is thought that the rock found in the as the resolution calls for has been discussed | ‘A variation in the form of truss could be bridge across the Po- fr + . best manner the public grounds on both sides r northwest corner of the square is of that nature oe for several years’ without apparently develop- ; made by curving the upper chord, and to some | This is believed sufficient for all purposes. —- high, pierced with arcbed openings for road» the history of engineering, and this process of | known to geology as Schistose horneblend, of tomac river to the| ing dissenting opinion. Invieed, no argument | this modification would ‘have more pleasing | Some of the largest vessels going tf ceeece: ok cad river, Wem eutisenine of Cho Rink =f] [> Po chensh bate Gb anes of A sing i to drill eat pite 1 by ne meane novel | pastard granite. The particles are flinty, with National cemetery at | fg needod to show the expediency of a bridge| effect. ‘The cost would practically be the same. | town would have to lower their toprst to | WAGE deemed mortexpedient and which would | ways eid anchored inte the mass of masoary picks : be made by a steel drill aided by sharp edges, and very pretty. ‘The nature of L Arlington was first | Of some Kind other than s glanoo at the = AM ALTERNATIVE PLAN. Saat mma, Rat cn Soe yhols She tnecovenionns, This reoolution wee referred to Col Halen, whe, | tobe’ toon or anes ak the central span, Tater than oue working clone against the wab- | Cope Beat |prplteorr Pang pee estar pores broached in Congress, | Siuing of the Potomee iis will reclaim an ares | , “42 alternative plan would be three-span resulting would be very much lese than that | on the tith of Apri reported 10 the chic! of | sys.) 0°8, Pet mated, though it would be the natural expec- : filling of the Potomac flats will reclaim an area | , , yaus and 4 feet per hundred tation that it would very elosely resemble the KE in the shape of an en-| of about 750 acres of land along the river | PFidge, built of stecl, and with the upper chord | monumental charactor of the bridge requires | P&weCeS as follows: on the approaches. The extreme width of the ‘A SIMPLE APPARATUS. deeuchiend: Ait, zjactment, and as yet front on the Washington side. From the Capi- | either curved or straight. The draw span, in | {¢ to be continuous and precludes the adeption COL. MAINS’ OPrxIOxB. bridge to be about St Sect, tho sentuay Gar ee> Borer Conley’s apparatus is wonderfully sim- | —Arehitect Edbrooke yesterday expressed the rper othe bridge has come to | tol to the monument. grounds there is already | this case, to be about $50 feet, ‘The other two | of s draw. “That a bridge of some kind to connect the | hicles 34 fect wite in the’ clear, and ¢wo sides pl. Teun be buriiled ap and earried off the | pinion that here are traces o/ gol in some of 4 only on paper. | 2 aren of S78 ucres of public land iad out in| spans mould be 425 fet each, In other respects | | “The arches are designed to be of steel ompe- | oatiiclunde on the ten snc af the Teveseas | waits fot Palette feet each. Lateral ve P Bo - fe clays and gravel-of the intermediat 2 ‘ | parking, to which the reclaim wi e bridge woul ¢ the four-span structure | cially adapted for the wor In the drawin, wation would be prevents of ties ground by ono man, provided be te 0tOnd | 15: Gs to oct cltegetbersunprising, oo is well | At various times sinee | Connected. “A bridge from the Intter to Arling. | already ailuded to. It would have ose grees | ot 7 sn tad seperti ee oe shown as ent arches. It would | Urgently needed scarcely admits of argument. extenfing « om the sides 6 and rb. |_There is, first of alla steel drill point | known that there is gold to be found through- === thentheprojecthesbeen | ton will connect the wholo system. Arlington | disadvantage, however, as the draw span would | probably be mote desirable to adopt the ellipti- | The only question i, what is the most suitable | vernut signg\ n't ue Sidon of the towers and four inches long, finely tempered and | ou¢ this vicinity. Some small but handsome widely discussed in and | Cemetery, where the remains of so many gallant | be located part 1 water, so that veusels, | cul form as more gracefal and more suitable | kind of a structure, and what is the most| "Ihe chet leicht a ts shove water level Rell sharpened. that scrows into the shaft of aD | agates have also been prought to the surface | out of Congress, but no definite shape has | *2ldicrs of ‘the Union rest, is a* place of resort | ae. rule, would use only the side toward the | under all the circumstances. The approeehes | desirable location? ‘The most suitable kind of | Will allow the target Lomr-mested sehooners 1 gurths of an inch in | from the gravel beds just above the rock. geen hese Sehea ithe G4 adi of the majority of visitors to the national capi- | Washington shore. The cost of » three-span |and a portion of the bridge across the low bs ‘ pte orgetown by lowerng their topmasts, bottom of the pipe, Just | “There will be a hole bored in each corner of ‘en Dy the idea that there is a necd | tal, and would be to many people of the Dis- | bridge would be about $630,000. lands are designed to be inan embankment fifty | * bridge is one that will afford easy and sale the span of 1,100 fect practically leaves where the drill enters it, are two omall holes. | the square, and as soon as the results so for some sort of a connection between the | trict if there were better facilities for reaching feet in width on top, well paved, with sidewalks megs. for vehicles and sere semime and at] the full with of the river unobstructed, both under the ordinary city pr obtained have been formulated there will be | government lands on each side of the river. A|it The route by way of the Long bridge is 80| cephore may be a groat diversity of opinion | 248 substantial railing. the same time not materially obstruct naviga- | to navigation aud to the free flow of the waters pam tpon eee But Bowing, freely, ie sent | others located and the borer will go to work in | bill is now pending in the House for the eres. | 00g that it is almost impracticable to ‘pedes- mae height pdahcroad pi brags _ an cane tion, How this can be best accomplished is. a | [¢ the Lot . a, €0 y ‘ : : : 08a d matier on were may be some dive! apertures at the bottom, spurts through the | Htermediate parts vo as to determine whether | tion of such a bridge, and its fate will doubtlees | Tine Itis unsafe for carriages drawn by 7 reity | It is not to be understood that the plan and 7 i 1 spirited horses, and is too narrow to afford | order that it may not materially interfere with | | “It is only possible toestimate approximately | of opinion. Any bridge thiat doce not give 4 | cigaynette be are designed as finished two holes with @ crepe tae motion, while Well as the north end of the lot, extends evenly | P@ Watched with unusual interest both by proper facilities. The route by way of the ation, If navigation interests alone were | the cost of this bridge. To make a close esti- | clearance of at least 150 feet to the water would | <0" bimitted are designed as fini orke Teahi, "4 c nat - “4 working drawings. There ere many detaile of all over the site. Washingtonians and Virginians, to whom such ; Aqueduet is but little better, and in its present | consulted, » clear height of at least 140 feet | mate would require much more elaboration of | be more or less an obstruction. Schoon rycen end arehitedi features that sad round and toand fro by the man on the) ‘This work. is of the bighess importance in| astructure would be a grent convenience. | Condition less safe; besides, it is not a govern- a are now built for coasting and foreign tr pequiss 00 be shuberebee ted ed would require to be elaborated, and ne attempt determining just what sort of foundation shall | This bill was introduced by Representative | @eBt bridge and ann tolls are oxacted that Rave | masts reaching to = height of ‘ be provided under the building. If piles are | Meredith of Virginia, representing the dis. | 0% every one crossing it.” ‘used-—as seems probable—they willundoubtedly | trict jast across the river. Tt was presented | , Sitee, this report was written the Aqueduct be driven to the rock and then all question of | to the House January 11, read twice and re- | Pfdge hus been rebuilt by the government and the firmness of the structure will be set at rest. | ferred to the committee on publie buildings | 8 8W free to all who cross it, so that this Bhero are some, however, who aro of the opin- | and grounds, Point in Col, Hains’ argument is of no avail at ion that with the large beds of clay and grave ‘ Present over the rock there is no need for piling and TWO OBIECTS IN VIEW. has been made im the accompany drawings to do this in any other than a way. “The drawings are designed to show the gem eral character of such « structure, its outlines, general effects, and to enable an spproximate estimate to be made of the cost. “Such a bridge as I nave indicated is, in my structure, nearly 150 feet from the water line.” Buch @ schooner came to this port onlya short time ago. It was 148 feet from the water line to the topof her topmaste; the latter were fifty fect long. but she could = unship and lower them without difficulty. EET ee ee 4 ses ae - a ae : os Even then, howover, she required nincty-eight i has : ‘ . opinion, the most suitable kind of & ae a ces be obtained by | The bill has two objects—firat, the formation | « ; ‘ : : feet clearance. The schooner was four-masted, | (Pit: the most suitable } aon marely concteting. ‘There ‘hae es yet been de- | of « public park on the Arlington estate, and, Fit gyre a Ee avatase ie an é but this is e type of vessel that is rapidiy com: | ty, °7uuect the public lands on both sides of Yeloned absolutely no mud oF muck beneath | second, the erection of « Dridgeacromsthe river. | wnued “that would be availble to pedestrians ing into general uso in this country. To re- | ““inen cliowed a table of estimates, and im the surface. and thus the presages of the au- | For the first object the sum of $50,000 is named Fad lech cationic wodiee tan FY cade ses 0 Port t | conclusion Col. Hains says: “By red the lower her topmasts isregarded as objectionable | ridth to 40 feet, mahing ‘the roadway 24 feo by the shipping intereste; but when the bridge | wide, instead of 34 areduction of 000 ded only by providing &| can be made in the estimated cost. A still fare tugonists of this site that the place was a mud | hole and wholly unfit for the purpose for which it was selected ure set at naught. The shortest and least in the bill, and it is provided that so much of | indicated on the preediaa tia fant eine the estate as may not be otherwise used shall | Iine is almost a direct" prolongation of New ; be converted into @ public park and that ap- | York avenue and would place the bridge about | ¥oU!d be considered necessary. In these days | the design and much more data than is now nt —— H , draw. This, however, will sometimes, get out - = propriate roads and aventes fn it shall be cone of sharp competition every obstacle to free | available as to the subriver strata. ‘Theaccom- ‘ out | ther reduction of about £400,000 could be made EXPERIENCES OF AN INTERVIEWEK. | structed under the direction of the Secretary | G"ay Aqueduct and Long | navigation in any port tends $0 drive. trade to | penying estimate is mace upon data obtained | %°Fder, particularly if not in frequent use; at | by building the approaches on iron trusses ——_ of War. ‘The Secretary is also directed to have | D'Al&es. #0 t er the Aqueduct be made | Chigr outlets. To require all, or vearly ell, | from various sources aud asumed according to | OST times it jaa nuisance to the public, oF | resting on masonry piers. Itde proper to add Mr. Frank G. Carpenter's Interesting Lectare | constructed an iron bridge from the most con-| furoem ee ge Net tis would be @ desirable | Cciling vessels that trade to Georgetown to | my best judgment, According to the estimate | *#62 open travel is obstructed. that these modifications would detract from at the ¥. M. C. A. Building, Yenient point of the naval observatory grounds | "™!The only question is, what shall be the char- | lO¥eF their topmasts, for fustance, would be | the cost would be $1,250,000. ould gi THE LocATION. the dignity of the structure, and would map Pe conv P a i i, Muuive will e urel a) Ir there had been more room in the parlors | ert aint in the Arlington peccenhe oes | Actet OF the ridge? ‘There is mo limit to tho | Regarded of 8 rent ardshlp by thelr owners, | s bridge of great strength and solidity. of the | «as to location, « glance at the tracing trane- | harmouize with the rc Gatenee of the Y. M.C. A. building last evening the Fi ngton property. It is number of different kinds of bridges that are e e Lal Drs y was specified that this bridge shall be of iron, with WATCHING FoR 4 NEW STRATUM. under without doing so would add immensely | structure. It does not include anything in the | ™itted herewith eannot fail to convince anyone audience that listened to Mr. Frank G. Car-| ahwagon way thirty feck wide atl raven | practicable end that will not muterilly uffect WHICH RHALL 17 BE? : j ¢ cost of the structure. t not be | way of statuary, which could be added from | that the line of New York avenue extended, or} Of cone the action of the water would soon | penter's lecture would have been much larger. | footway on each side vight feet wide, and shal | wing urreetony OF, She TIVAr., A bridge some- forgotten thatthe governsient bau, ata reat | Ute to ime. ve plans and estimates. eau be | one very near it, i by far the moct desirable Rientpessesyehentpe ye ocdmag cima! {og te ground would be caving in around the | * 18 was every seat was flied, additional ebaire | be of such height an to permit the free edrin | Puult on stone piers, with wide spans, x0 08 101 Glorsetown' so that larger voseele ean ow | of the etme general pe atin ertenee nos en | Providing no extraordinary engineering aifi-| }°* Me st tw poem advanced, both as bo sézo of the pit, were it not for the use of « | rere brought in and all the available standing | e440 4 should be deemed impracticable to give | OW ample aren for the discharge of freshets, | roach it. "Is it good policy to interpore. what | ceeding #1000000, ‘Oh the other hand, ua, | eulties are to be met.on that line. There are | S*€uipente that have be go and ite chamnsten. veasing or larger pipe outside of the emaller, | room was occupied. The lectarer was happily | the bridge ‘euch "a height! to. bane wm dee | Would Reem to mect all uctual wants, would be cons 2 serious obstacle of | kuown diticulties of construction, inereased | About 1.066 acres of land in the Arlington prop- | 1% Beau" 08 BG © DMs, Aue, ie cltaree Fotairing the walls of the pit in their eireular | introduced by Mr. Maurice plain, the editor | erected in the bridgeof suitable dimensions for |g Such astructure would cost comparatively | Srother kind? Ord; trading schooners | ornamentation, beautification of the ap-|erty.. ‘The Potomne fate and the councsted | It wont! seam as thous ee ee shape and affording an easy channel for the | of the Sunday Herald. the accoumoduticn of vessel Tee eae foF & stuall sum of mouey; but if the bridge be de- | RUOWEE , Mind! | Or ened wo that fey ennnot | proaches and thelr vicinity, dc. might bring | PS lie grounds west of and including the Cap- | sented by the engineers bad incladed every ty. Mater to reach the surface and bring up with it) Mr. Carpenter in a talk occupying nearly an | $500,000 is appropriated by the bill for the erec- | LENed s#® monumental structure it ean only | be taken down and re aced with facil the cost up to $1,500,000. In’ other words, the | #tol contain about 1,120 acres more. The ap-| possible variety of bridge, except one on the samples of tue materials encountered. hour gavea highly entertaining account of his | tion of this bridge. bey thembahemerpad — a “A bridge then, if built without «© draw, bridge will cost from 1,000,000 to €1,500.000, th end will be on government | cantilever prineiple, aud there should be po ‘IRE STARTING OF THE HOLE. experiences a8 a newspaper iuterviewer. It viernes suibes exis: ofdies tine tat pr epinges feds ion | would need to be about 140 tect above high | according to the ultimate details adopted and | !and, so that land damages will not increase the = m feat cost of cause litigation. The position is about | ck of information upon the subject when the When ‘the hole is first started Mr. Conley | ot ciiicl intesent they public wioe thes | Tt will hardly be necessary for the commit-| bridge anda number of borings to determine | f2°- eRe a EGE Delle, whether | Ge dimentiias of ceneeraction soot with. __, | mitmay teteonn tholong tralioreed tee Ago | tuple ts Gheonaeh la Ooupeens, shasta Siu drives down into the ground about five feet of | Sctalle which interest the public when they | 10 tocall upon the Secrctary of War for in. fhe depth to wolid rock, Tuo depth of rock | would be an expensive undertaking, the cost | Hine to the gate of Arlington, so that it shail | duct bridge. Itts the shortest route from any | mittee or in the House. Of the three plans izon pipe, two inches in diameter, provided at | jos prominent, He spoke of the responsibili- | formation in regard to this project, for unless | oriyet enue tate wees (fects © ight to | running up into the millions.” cross Analostan Island Proper. a saving could | point along the shore line of the District to the | that for a suspension probably is most pleas the top with what is known to plumbers asa | ties and powers of an interviewer and then his therefore fected ve cemetery. It is believed that there | - | the records of the committee have been de-| favorable f i . SYMON! 7 be effected of $150,000 to T have the ——- - fh ‘ ing to the average Washingtonian, for it is felt T-joint. The lower hole of the joint screws | qualifications, The main feature of the latter | stroyed there are now on. file. at least three | ov 2r#ble for the erection of a Leavy structure. Ay Et a hed i a p- sila peg that the grace of such structure would add down on the casing. the opposite one yawns | was described to be “a nose for news,” which | separate pluns for a bridge across the river to | ini yea Mepis once Papasan deen eka * upward to receive the drill shatt, aud the other, lane A PRAWDRIDGE WoT SUITABLE. the epeaker explained megut a faculty of know- | \Aivato: en 2or ‘I aul ‘The plan of the bridge that I would pro-| pendix to this report to Congress containing | forin Senator Sherman's resolution.” ‘ = i, aa iy out. * e1 plains en! Arlington, the result of resolutions of inquiry Bs pr gt infinitely to the beauty of the city and would “The last resolution of the Senate calls for ing what people are intorésted in. | sent to the Secretary af War upon the subject. | pose is that of an iron trass, with four spans of | Capt. Symons’ plan for « memorial bridge, the 4 MEMORIAL AncH. th, itable kind of bean exsellcst compromise between the 09 ward to forms lip for the free flow of the ris- | Mr. Carpenter th poke of the men | the ti od a : : 1© most euital @ bridge to connect | interests. Itshould be noted that there were ing water aud turn it intos bucket placed on |he had’ seen “in the course of bis | Aue "Fst resolution passed the Sennte May 24, | about $00 fect each, the second span from tho | drawings of which have been familiar to Wash-| An appended general description called at- ji A | in the best manner the public grounds on both | reasons for the radical change in the 1586, calli pon the Secret: f to ex-| Washing! # aay i : the ground underneath to catch st. With this | professional career and whom he had subjected | amine aint sevort upon the erpomncy Gy eens | Nashinuton city aide to be a pivot draw. ‘The | ingtonians for the past ive years in shop win-| tention toa memorial arch that was to form|‘arct the Tasca ie may be seriously | views of Col. Hains as to the of his dri down fifteen or twenty feet below the | after interviewing # number of the uncrowned | (raw and. a sr j a ber Sirti ade entirely at the volition of | at the Washington end of the bri mmem- : + remacks in his two reports, four years apart, u r approaches, connecting the public | river, the bridge to have a carriageway twent) v i Be, cot for this locality. Public i t ny . some t . = | igeway twenty- | Capt. Symons, who took # deep interest in all : for this locality. sentiment seems to “ ‘ara oo, some distance beyond i Lowel _ kings in thie gus. pent srownd th world Jands on each side of the river, aud to report four feet wide and two sidewalks, each eight pee he pertaining to the beattifi ation of the pfesciaehedl dee eo sapacry ag ingrid demand something better than a cheap. sub- die whens Sb ey te oe steel paint and te, ater make « smooth hole | and called on the crowned head wronal cppear. | 12,the Senate, with estimates of the cost of a | feet wide. The main bridge structure will be | national capital. “Iu his letter to the chiof of bridge was “rected novos the Potoman free | stantial structure, built. for utility alon other than a draw for the accommodation of tered, and then it isnecessary to put the casing | ance and peculiarities of the Lings iy voth | yrluge deemed by the department most exp out 1200 feet long. the approach on the | engineers, transmitting his plan, he say the north to the south ae th t suitable “ wed vessels trading with Georgetown, he placed —— se atcres wee ray jena eee ote | dient, and which would not materially affect | Washington side to be by a roauway on an em- ige is designed to furnish a wide | horument’ es neg ors ad ec of 160 feet, which is the only kind that would | himuelf in communication with the owners apd ‘When this is required the first length of cas- | aadintee oy oF ‘Be | the navigation of the river. bankment, with a grade of about three feet in| travelway from the capital to the national Gen. Newton, in his l of transmittal, re- | Ot in some degree obstruct navigation. is ont | masters of vessels that were in the habit of ing is pulled out of the grocnd and then the | ‘The next lecture will be delivered on Friday | /HF OVSION OF THE cUIEY OF EXoIsExus. | 100, Andiostan Island and the bed of Littie | cemetery and extensive government estate at | ferring to thie plau, Tt does not appear | Of the question on account of its great cost and | passing freguently under the great East River final casing ia put into the soi, which remains | evening uf ucxt,week by Mr. George. Harries. | The resolution was returned to the Senate a| Fiver could Bs crossed partly by an embank- | Arlington, to pass at « sufficient height above | that Capt. Symons has allowed sufficient ‘head | the steep grades that it would neccesitate in its | frig in New York, and it wa mainly as a preserver of the pit until ell the experi- omimes James month later, June 24, by Secretary Endicott, | Tietiway, due ates eee nemmeetins se ssl goed = pln pis regen itcnemedo ly Ae ml Pe prose! with a draw is not one | their testimony th was induced to ne eee Masonte Veterans’ Association. transmitting the letter of the chief of engineers | trestle work to beso calculated as. to give an tar, actiatia ter il tio pacdls ona’ gucemeg: Gintweter, and thustie secs Leteecn ite walls | Ata recent meeting of the officers of the | upon the subject—Gen. Newton | and the drill-carrying pipe is slightly reduced. | Washington Masonic Veteran Association ar- hey ‘This w an important factor, as only such par- | rangements were perfected for the approsehing | eles of muterial as can go between the two | annual meeting on the 22d. At the banquet, tubes will come to the surface as samples. inte wilds ei bathe Genmaadlocy satan it may last so long that everybody will be tired | trinket that sheeomuch covets. What a blush of REAL ESTATE GossiP. in the evening, speeches will be made by prom- DAN CIN G THE GERM AN to death. Nor must a german leader allow too | happiness overspreads her face when he gives x Di bis frm recommendations character, artistic in all ite details and pleasi Raggeticinnd st tlidttatet Scere atic repo open area sufficient, in widition to the aroa in | in general effect. ane Pie) ‘Then for nearly four years the matter was : chon paaheoee- | hea ah tees meen | Pos @ main river, to discharge the highest fresh- he ed by the bri untouched by Congress and not again men-| thing to the public needs and the latter should | bat iane ‘the He d “description tioned officially,though there was continued impose no unnecessary obstacles to navigation. his residence here. That was in the year 1649, THE LAND OF THE PHAROANS. and he finds that during the forty-t — many or too long intermissions between dances. | the toy to her aud how disappointed she is when | The Steady Progress Made by the City in| that have elagecd the average yentiy intoonse Mr. Lysander Dickerman's instructive Lest iment Masons of the District aud elsewhere. Me cetae arte mtrecal eo reed german is nota place for conversing, but | he passes her by and gives it to another. How Improvements. ip the population has been about 5,000. Dur- | ure Before the National Geographic Society piety! bya popular musical pees {primarily for dancing. Conversation comes in triumphant is the bappy man Se ek ot ing the dscade which ended with tbe last census | ‘The land of the Pharoahe and the erchie ciation. The stewards have been given carte i - | Bctentelly. Whose coat are covered with the trophies which | 4 GROWING POPULATION AND ACTIVE BUILDING | year the average yearly inctease was some- | tecture of the inhabitants thereof farnished blanch #0 far as the proparationof thebanquet | Lt i8 the Most Beautiful Way of En-| “itis this tact that has made the german un-| have beon given tohim, He is ike teach |’ onecnone ar THE FeaTvnes oF Tux | What in excess of that figure, but the growth 4 rt 4 eo je if ery interest: vd truct Cone ad car tie aor tee ee popular with many people, and there can be no | honored foreign prince decorated -by his sov- che sulgest of o very Salonen ant Seu ini Iry's LIFE—1 os— | Population which these tigures indicate fu: thane A ypg in matters of that kind ite success is assured. tertaining, doubt, as the man of observation quoted at the | ereigns with tin medals and tinsel orders. But| SITY® LIFE PROPOSED FuBLIC scripiwos— | BORE MI Ble th rates a prediction | 2 » aahveoed boo, Seemp eutiente ae) ‘Sienals in tecack to anasiliaded oe tha uasenbace i beginning of this article observed to the writer, | how utterly wretched is the poor fellow who| THE TEMPORARY CITE Post OFFICE—OTHER | tnor'the future growth will show a still higher | i the approaching meeting, and. from prosent eee that it is nota good institution for matrimonial | receives no favors at all. ‘Ibere be sitsinevi-| MATTERS. purposes. Thove flirtatious in retired nooks, | dent ill nature waiting for what to — aaa J eign waaay drdeampimwed and i < . us ia retired no nature Wi Femina op Bera a Sree |THE LEADER AND HIS POWER, |S": adeerst sesso iain |S ccnioasenge ue oe evene rs. | eae hs Soda ao is Sie pescse silaons axes Sata We Vaooee cee = es and the dancing, are not apt to occur at ger- speaking of the german it isonly fair dication that the com- | still greater changes. jeographic Suctet; In te dent; Noble D. Larner, first vice president; . man. If you are not dancing you are busily | that an allusion should be made to the benev- re was delivered under the auspices of the i i : ing season, as far as the REPAIRING FIRE DAMAGE. The lecture was illustrated with B. Donaldson, second vice president; James P. | #e Must Be Alert and Impartial—The Ar- | occupied looking on. If you are not receiving | olent people of heart who take on the a cre: | views o: > ida, #9 4 aciea: deearene ECs Maghan foonerash rangement of the Seats—The Question of | favors you are thinking what your chances are 1 —s orman who has not been lucky real estate market is] | Next week it is expected that the toe | et oe ee ond wey Sena Joseph Jony and James H. ‘Trimble, stewards | y, Either = Positively Geed or o Pes- | © getting some. - In thé matter of favors. ‘These Christians are concerned, willbe quite | pelsing tho Gamage Gens to she chapel of she | iSnesing tains @f tyyinl Hangin Goa ‘The following compose the membership:| »2*OTe Mither @ Positively =< he leader of a german, like most ambitious | doing » kindness that heaven will remember. i th jan mced enGholest. 3 | Dbaree a te Dovenat by Gh pests Goo oie = ” Chae A Appel, Woh Anderson, J Ce Alley: | stively Bad Time the Iesult. men of power, bas very little fun himself. He | They aro suving people from a large measure does not sound’ very | D@bekun- ‘The loss, as ascertained by the in- Ro 1 TE Thos. Auldridge, Wr. Bryan, R. H. Boswell, must keep his eyes about him and his mind; of unhappiness, and when the recipient of ies = a ies agence eg ye ay hey is prop- ‘When the second casing is inserted it is added | Louis berg! an ke 0 ee must be on the alert. Ho will get himself dis- | such kindness is ungrateful he or she does not emote te ey 58 Lene. women Sate ne Sen ese | ee piles of architecture. Stone was Yo at intervals as the pit grows deeper, the drill | John Brown, Johu D. Bartlett, John’ H. Bird, weed lose uesuects OF overlooks e couple. | He | deserve to receive charity any more. ; Dasiness te holding its | Sells will ‘have to be rebuilt The. Plane for | found in alundance, and. the people keeping ahead of it most of the time.’ A large | Thos. K. Benson, Bond, 8. H. Bacon, C. W. of the german?” beret eee ae laser, amild IT COBTS 4 GREAT DEAL. K . own and that the city | ial will 3 nigh Tf wren VEG rl sre by | ‘ er of iron serves to drive the pipe | fennes, oe 6 een Retort Bo Fx ¢ Awriter for Taz Stan german wundry. indivhinele priests Ged ic | Anot unreasonable objection to the german is going on at the same | Col. Robert 1 Fleming, architect, provide for | months in the ye) iT i ildit d, and kings at $ : : : : put the question to an | tions and of fait exterior, but ec atterly wid. | i# that it coste a great deal. A handsome db) rate as last year. Some-| the rebuilding of the chapel as it'was before | dated, « ditional lengths lena aie se aoe ee cxpert on society mat. | out conscience that they will wueneter am op- | €eFman fe undoubtedly tho costliest “kind of how it is expected that | the fire. The heating apparatus in the base- | Workinen gind to labor for only their bread. dat y os a ; i -| entertainment All tho supper aud music of jt ment will be inclosed in brick walls and the | The architecture of that day was devoted to cmp. popernb mel 8 gy Cg ag Qn wise iG Diem ters and awaited his re- | Pertain ‘unto themoclves of right, ‘Tuncfory | am ordinary ball are ‘necessary, and added to S a an a- | floor above will rest_on iron beams filied im | Commemoration of the virtues and deeds of a ph mnt peer ar i EP. Grows, KB. Donaldson, David G. Dizon, spouse with breathless | of abstraction of another person's goods is not | this is the cost of the favors. ‘A large german Preciable advance and that the record of each | with brick arches. There will be no spaces be- | kings and to the glorification of God. to be on a level : Nm. J- Donovan, Jas. &. kdwards, Chas. Frei yes ssst Precisely to bo classed under the head of felony, | thUs costs as much as the salary for‘a Year of Year should show an increase in tho number of |{woon the plastering snd the walls, and in . Dickerman flashed upon the canvass twenty feet in Leight, somewhat resembling | Y. F ee ae eee tact since the purioining is not done for the pur- | ® large number of the young men who go to it. | Bew houses erected and in the general volume | othor respects the building will be made as ay le which was pr cen Hosoda Mayr prem ior Tees jn & aoe i . wet apres oiner's own benefit: but for that of the young | Let Poor people think of it for e moment. of business ‘lone as compared with the previous | secure as possible from the-ravages of fre. Bos dyoeaty. Recah = ee ae 4 gab warm q lowly, ‘the truth i | jadies to whom he wishes to give his il | There mn | e at, nay $3 a bottle, and | year. le to pred PUBLIC BUILDING PROJECTS. y ~e-? 2 CURIOUS DERUICK. Goods, Andrew Glass, KV. Godman, W. A 2 a Eo il-gotten ey A hak Gil be Seis teeing Se Abraham. Another . : . ¥ that Iam a little too old | goody. Honest men—that is, honest men in the | hundreds of bottles are drunk; there aro! ¥! “yore sews) pagan Sanam the middle of April the city post office | ‘This derrick of Mr. Conley's i a curio. It is | Gatley, G. Goodman, C. B. Greer, Jos. Ham- : a " eect coreg . waiters innumerable; there is terrapin by the | Some dealers look forward fo an acti Lf +4 + | Pyramid of made of all sorte and coniitions of boards |seler,Munuel J Haislott, ET, Halstead, Jae cae cree see ans tus temptation of tankig: Doujucts, i they | Gallon; there nro vents to be hired, band of Rent i real extate and base this mo pete ay Hirealgeeny” pred hastily nailed together and depending for its | tiodguian, Thou Hiyuce, B. f. Howser, John T. leasentest, but, you | “ust Bobody te looking. pelpeypeed pie many tagger pe ieage ena] fm per pies mons Mamas pened Prank N. Carver, expects | j reputation rather on its utility than its besaty. | HH. , das. B a ® Holmes, Jobn H. P ful and secking investment. ° d carry it across the ‘THE QUESTION OF Favons. bouquets. the tinsel | _ But in the event thatin the real estate activity — ready by that time. aed years were cousumed in erecting But it is not necessary to have many ‘favors’ tio) straw ali and Se a a eveting Cae inmsict | This pyramid overlooks the apart and put together again several times. ¥ I. L. Jolson, | like myself. I like to go to dancing parties |,» ippers 8 aot finished the work of completing the interior | mothe: of Christ rested with child upon Each time it accomplishes this disappeari: ; Geo. W. | and dance or not, as T choose, but at agermanI| *** rman. When the dance frst became the Sxpensiye gim | cracks | £3 denen berry be pushed forward y-, The new | the fight into Egypt. Abraham, Moses and act its value as am original antique becomes | Koppel, Jas. K. Ke of A. W.| pave to dance all the time, whether I will or | *#tiom there wore few presents given away, but AG jay astuvors. There are reg- | 'arge! and six stories high, has frontage of | Aaron had sat at its base and discoursed Spon greater, until now it isa fit subject for retire- | Kelley, Wm. Kennedy, Henry Kaiser, N. D. | BAY %@ dane : | SrAdually more and more were used, and now, | pls" favor mauutacturers now and the trade is ildings 108 feet and e dopth of 212. with alleys on the | the law. ‘Mr. Conley has come to this conclusion | Larner, John Q. Larm 3 |. W. | 30. But you must not misunderstand m at a private german cepecially, favor Sgures becoming quite an important one. The finest abel pwd wy oy reached | theee sides, and is of fireproof construction. | ""Sruch speculat and announces the fuct that Le is going to re- | Leese, Jolin E. Lord, E: N. Leonard,’ A. P. | think it the most beautiful way of entertaining, | are more frequent than the plain figures, where | OB6? are said to be made in Paris und their i 1000, hat the increase | Only # portion will be needed for the use of | ne use At paramiae place it. It has aided 10 the boring of many a | Leidy, J. Ii. Littlewood, Sami. C. Mills, H. S. | and it gives more pleasure to the young people | you bave simply the honor of dancing without ue, ‘ i the post office and it is expected that the bal-| that thoy wore te Well and thus has accomplished an honorable | Merrill, Wm. H. Minuix, L. H. McDade, E-8. | than they ever get from an ordinary dancing | 8"¥ by th last ance of the building will be occupied by the ’ real cotillon—and lon EC licks He Itis now two years old, having been taken W.How- | 80, it is too much of a dance for an old stager misson of earth—perhaps it would be better to | McCleary, T. F. Maguire, John H. Mills, Wm. ‘i ‘uries, which b eehctae | I land office. In case this latter #7 in carth—by helping toquench the thiret of | MacKenzie, Alex. MeKericuar, Wm. H. Nally, | P***Y, but my own jointsare getting « little too | peobutly a more correct word to use than the en offer lines of e lazge part of humanity. K B. Nixon, Jas P. Pearson, J. W. Palmer, | stiff for it more usual word german—never contemplated | &T¢ handsom When « new length of pipe has been added | Wm. Pittis, L. Penfield, Godwin Pierce, | Qne_ needs limber joints to enjoy a german— | favors at all. It iss French dance originating to the drill shaft the borer goes up on the der- | Wm. B. P Philip Peyser, E there is no doubt of that; one “figure” succeeds | in the eighteenth century and had two, four, Fick and starts ouce more to push bis drill | P. L. Rodier, Jos. E. Rawlin another, “favors” come rapidiy, polkas suc-| ¢igbt and sometimes, altho Rot down through the various strate of earth | Richard Kothwell, Geo. W. Reardon, Thos. M. | ceed waltzes, there is pretty incessant moving | More dancers. ‘The; rough comp! that be finds The water comes into | eed, Will A. Short, Geo. L. Sheriff, Wm. J. | all the time. ‘The “old stager” in the ball room | ¢ated evolutions and executed various fancy clothing the tube through s piece of inch hose, and as |Stephunson, John M. Smith, "Hubert | has not the energy to keep up with the pro-| steps. The modern cotillon comprises any be turns and twists the drill shaft around and i Scuutter, Geo. Schwab, John H. Schultz, Win. | cevsion and he had better give up his seat to | number of dancers, the steps are the sim) ‘equal eround this bose coils around the casing in a|J. Sterling, John Smith, TW. ae |aeyos five men oues of the waltz or 2<- gehed possibly some \prove- snaby way that might be suggestive to nervous | Clair, James A. Sample, Malcolin Seaton. made | other of the ordinary Foom dances, an to meet temperaments, on Dt, ke Spang, ft | the evolutions or figures are usually simple previous | doiph Saur, J. B Suit, Wm. K. Singleton, Wm. | unde jenough, Necessurily they must not be made . W KR. Smith, B. Silverberg, George W. Shea: is that | too ted, for they Geo. F. Spencer, P. G. Saxton, f- = ah Ha forehand and there is no J.8. Tomlinson, James H. Trimble, 8 John | all about equally good. To have this in per- | here can be one thing ‘Thomson, Wm. A. Thompson, Thos. BR. Turn- | fection a ‘course, impossible. Some seats: @bout the favors, If you give a gi bull, W. |S. Tappan, Matthew Trimble, W. 'T. | are bound to be ina more conspicuous place | 84 few favor figures ab you choose, but if i ‘owles, S. E. Thomason, E. P,| than others, but if skill is onercieed tears wit foe Lahti be eeetieee Vebster, Charles J. Watson, | be no te so good that their occu wi ough around. meaus £ havo all the fat and nono so bed. thas the an discrimination in their distribution, and then | Maryland was before the Probate Court, fortunate individuals who sit in them will be ' there will be rage end indignation among your letely inthe shade. The couple guests. Williams, P. Siting tea corner where they can’t be seen by This matter of the favors isoften carried tos E ors is s ing ridiculousextreme. To Henry E. Woodbury and Jose M. Yenaga. — ‘most area anit and nt gat toys comreme. _ Teste your guns te Sater O'Netl Loaned. the wee ees 4 at services of Tommy O'Neil, the Colum- | head i tieks different. There bia’s trackmaster, have pats borrowed by the i revulsion Sianlonset ‘this kind, a | i iE il atit fe Z rH i ? i ff t i e< we et 4 3 E E & if Hf Hi i r Hl il C the is to return Young Men's Obristian Association. For some oe favors which were beed eben permease eee germans into fashion. il | i i 4 rf Tn i | fits ma. ‘