Evening Star Newspaper, September 8, 1897, Page 11

eee ° = = ATLANTIC ITY AND RETURN. .&O, $2. VALID RETURNING ON ALL REGULAR TRAINS UNTIL MON- DAY, INCLUSIVE. Special Trains Sept. 11---3:00 P.M. Sept. 12---6:30 A.M. SS i SS i i i i ii sO nh z $| 4 1-2 HOURS TO =] THE SHORE. a ; ~ No tedious delays. Royal £Blue, shortest line, best service.$ Vetoettetetototeetetet sects Wdoatoedoeseot oortontees 1.00 BALTIMORE: AND RETURN. a Alltrains going and returning Septemberl2. JAPAN ON ARBITRATION Imperial Views Communicated to the Min- ister at Honolulu. Wants the Discussion Limited to Questions of Law—Belgiam's Ruler for Arbiter. Mr. Matsui, secretary of the Japanese legation in this city, has furnished Secre- tary Sherman with a copy of the accept- ance by the Japanese government of Ha- "s proposition to arbitrate the differ- between the two countries. The let- addressed to H. Shimamura, Japan's minister to Hawali, and is signed by Count Okuma, Japanese minister of foreign af- fairs. After acknowledging the receipt of Hawaii's offer of arbitration, it says: ‘The imperial government are firmly con- vinced that their complaints in this matter re well founded, and that their demands are just and reasonable. Nevertheless, in a spirit of conciliation and in the hope that their action may contribute to the good relations of the two countries, they have resolved to accept, subject to certain ssary limitations and qualffications, al of the government of Hawaii. yrdingly, on the 28th ultimo I tele- graphed to you to the effect that the J se government accepted in principle zyestion of the government of Ha- for arbitration, and that the terms conditions ef such aeceptance would low by m: w confirm that telegram, and the object of this instruction is to explain the nature of the terms and conditions, an ad- -sion to which is in the estimation of the vernment essential to a satis sue of the contemplated arbitra- sons assigned by the minister of irs of Hawaii in favor of ar- ‘itration make it also desirable that the ward, when pronounced, shall be of the highest and most commanding character. ry ntly, the Imperial government pro- two governments shall, when er time arives, unite in requesting , the King of the Belgians, d to accept the position of 1 government are, moreover, persuaded of the desirability of expressly ring the scope of the reference, not order to lighten the labors of the but with the view as well that m my address itself solely to points of divergenc erefore, prog that the two nts shall agree to the essential of the case, and that the arbitration be limited to specified questions at and (im ease the award is in favor of the measure of damages suffered subjects of his imperial majesty. ye to frankness that I should, in connectiof, state that for reasons are fully set forth in_another in- ion, the imperial government cannot | that the question of the bona fides ion of $0 by each of the laborers, or of the applicabil- treaty of 1571 to the Japanese ther than those belonging to the ass, shall be regarded as points f pon which the decision of the ar- bitrator is to be invited. “If the government of the republic are Prepared to meet the imperial government upon the foregoing essential points, it is not apprehended that any difficulty will be experienced in arriving at an understand- < in reference to questions of minor im- tara “You are consequently directed to com- mi » a copy of this instruction to the minister of foreign affairs as the reply of the imperial government to the suggestion contained in his note of the 2sth of June. You will at the same time urgently Impress upon him the import from every point of view of an immediate response.” The following extracts from the Instruc- tion referred to by Count Okuma in the foregoing letter explain why the Japanese government wishes to restrict the scope of the arbitration: I letter to Hawaiian Minister Cooper, Count Okuma says that the Hawaiian gov- ernment has persisted in shifting the issue concerning the reasons assigned for refus- allow the immigrants to land. On should not now ocasion any » believes, if the Japanese gov- lines to discuss the question whether the possession by each free immi- grant of was bona fide or not. “The im- perial government,” he observes, “main- that in the present case possession prima facie evidence of ownership. Hawaiian government has frankly and :vocally admitted that each of the rejected free immigrants was actually in ssion of $50, and has, moreover, de- i that under the Hawaiian !aw “pos- " is synonymous with ‘ownership. Consequently. the imperial government denies that it wes at any time incumbent on the immigrant to prove that the posses- sic question was bona fide. But even irden had at first rested on the ants, it was shifted by the action of Hawaiian government in definitely as- inother reason for the acts of ex- pulsion without calligg in question the bona tices of such possessfon. Under any circumstances it would now, after this lapse of time, be unjust and un- re able to call upon the Immigrants to such bona fides. Equally the im- government cannot consent to join $ with Hawali on the question whether the treaty of 1871 is lim ted to the merchant For mcre than a quarter of a cen- the contrary has been consistently by both governments. All Japanese ull Hawaiians are alike entitled to the it of the treaty. The action of the Japanese government in I89$ In throwing open the whole empire to the trade, travel and residence of all Hawaliars, without dis- tinction of class or condition, was only reconcilable with the contention that the treaty is not restricted in its application, and I am utterly at a loss to know the grounds upon which Mr. Cooper alleges the yerial that the Japahese authorities, in regard te the immigration of Hawaiians to Japan, have adopted the narrower interpretation of the treaty which the Hawalian govern- ment has now for the first time put for- ward “And again the convention of 1886 was Trot concluded with a view of meeting a ¢: sus omissus In the treaty of 1871. On the contrary, the history of the negotiations leading up to the signature of that con- vention will place beyond the range of con- jecture or doubt the fact that that instru- ment was concluded at the instance of Ha- wali and that its object was to encourage and premote, not to authorize, the emigra- tion to Hawaii of the very class of persons now excluded. ————-e.______- BLAMES HIS WIFE. Sequel to 2 Domestic Row Developed in Police Court. Mrs. Alfred E. Jones, colored, was not in the Police Court today to defend her name against the attack made on it by her hus- band. There was another woman in the case, and Alfred claimed that there was also another man. “Jones and his wife were on Pennsyl- Yania avenue near 20th street,” said Po- iceman Burlingame. “Mrs. Jones caught Fim with two women, and she was pro- ceeding to call him to account for his con- duct when I happened to come along. The officer said he thought there was go- ing to be trouble and he followed them heme. While waiting outside he heard them scuffing, and he also heard some pro- fanity, in which both husband and wife indulged. “I wasn’t doin’ no swearin’,” said Jones, and then he proceeded to tell the court how his wife had tried to get rid of him for another. “She told me she didn’t want me no lon- ger, anyhow.” Jones had several witnesses who told the ccurt he did not swear, and one of them accused the officer of having used the bad language. The court held Jones guilty and a fine of $ was paid. ——.__ DECLINE TO GIVE W. ¥. Postmasters Who Think They Should Retain Office. The Post Office Department {s meeting with objections from a few bostmasters removed from presidential offices, who de- cline to surrenger to their successors on the ground that, under the President's re- cent civil service orders, they are entitled to protection. So far, two such cases have been reported. In one of these E. K. Stull was removed from the office at Mount Pleasant, Ia., and in the other, W. R. Hamilton was removed from the Warren, Ind., office. Both claimed that under the President's orders charges in writing were necessary to secure their removal and that they were entitled to an opportunity to make defense. Fourth As- sistant Postmaster General Bristow Te- plied by instructing the inspector to re- move the incumbents and Install their suc- cessors without making explanation. Sete eee CONTROLLER TRACEWELL REPORTS Hin Office Gave S36 Decisions During the Year. Controller Tracewell of the treasury is the first of the bureau officers of the treas- ury to submit his annual report to Secre- tary Gage. This is gratifying to the Secre- tary. as he ha sked the bureau officials to get in their reports at least a month eorlier than has been their custom. The Secretary desires to have time to go over these reports before beginning the prepara- tion of his own. Controller Tracewell's report shows that during the fiscal year his office gave 836 de- cisions. ———_- e+ THE COURTS, Equity Court No. 1—Judge Cox. Gallagher agt. Ulhman; pro confesso against certain defendants granted. Mc- Cormick agt. Hussey; do. Horrigan agt. Hall; receiver instructed to collect rent. Stewart agt. Stewart; testimony before A. H. Galt, exdminer, ordered taken. Voor- hees agt. Voorhees; do. Centaur Co. agt. Weiss; injunction granted till final hear- ing. Shannon agt. Pairo; restraining order continued. Putsche agt. Putsche; testi- mony before Edwin Forrest, examiner, or- dered taken. Graham agt. Graham; rule on defendant, returnable September 10, granted. American Surety Co. agt. Staples; time to file undertaking extended. Circuit Court No. 2—Judge Cox. Mobley agt. Dorsey; fiat on sci. fa. Probate Court—Judge Cox. In re Mary E. Green, guardian; order of allowance. Estate of Caroline Tompkins; receipts filed. Estate of Rebecca C. Hul- burd; do. gees “The Arrest of Mrs. Hawkins. ‘To the Editor of The Eveping Star: I am one who was convinced, at the time T. V. Hawkins made a statement to the effect that Mr. Collins was his confederate, that he lied, and that belief wa3 verified by Hawkins’ subsequent denial. The strange part of it is that all shades of citizens held an indignation meeting and declared that they had confidence in aim, but the mo- ment Hawkins said his wife received a portion of the money, the entire police de- partment was put in operation and placed this tnnocent women under arrest. Is this fair? Is this just? There never was an arrest so base and foul as this one was. I can cite at least a dozen cases where white men have stolen millions of dollars, and it was known that their wives hed received a pertioa of the money, but no arrests of the women were made. Is this the method ‘to be adopied by the new re- gime of our police denartment? Mrs. Hawkins is as much of a lady as Mr. Collins is a gentleman. I believe them both innocent, and Hawkias a lar. W. CALVIN CHASE. > Transfers of Real Estate. Third street nerthwest between K and L streets—C. Clinton James to Jas. H. Dab- ney, part original lot 6, square 525; $10. Seventeenth street northeast between East Capitol and A streets—Martin L. Welfley et ux. to Mary A. Banks, lot 35, square 1095; $850. Lydecker_avenue—Olivia R. Jones to Chas. F. Dickens, part lot 1, block 48; $5,000. Seventh street southeast between G and I streets—W. E. Lester et al, trustees, to = H. White, part lot 32, square 878; Untontown—Clara V. Huntt to Edwin Roberts, lot 173; $10. RAILWAY’S DEFI Attempt of Great Falls Company to Occupy Aqueduct Bridge. LAYING OF TRACKS STOPPED BY POLICE Foreman on the Work Arrested and Taken to Station. HEARING IN POLICE COURT An unsuccessful attempt was made this morning by the management of the Wash- ington, Alexandria and Falls Church elec- tric railroad to lay tracks on the Aque- duct bridge, one lone policeman being the sole obstruction to the scheme. As a re- sult of the attempt one man was arrested and locked up at the Georgetown police station on two charges, while it is quite likely that another warrant will be sworn out today for the superintendent and gen- eral manager of the road, charging him with the same offenses. The railroad-has been making a gallant fight for permission to cross the bridge to accommodate its patrons. For nearly three years—in fact, ever since the road was built—the plan has been to cross the bridge and make connections in George- town. At first the Commissioners were not favorable to the plan, but they changed their minds ultimately, and recommended to Congress that the bridge be used for the purpose of the car lines, after the experdi- ture of considerable money in strengthen- ing the structure to accommodate the ad- ditional weight. According to the recommendation of the board of Commissioners, the District was to pay for the improvement, and charge a toll for the cars crossing the structure. Congress did not take any action in the matter, and some sort of an agreement was reached, whereby, it is understood, the railroad could use the structure, provided the company would stand the expense of widening the bridge ten feet for its entire length. The Company's Claim. This was something the railroad authori- ties did not care to undertake. They claim- ed that the bridge was wide enough for the tracks, and that the scheme proposed. would be only an increased outlay of money without compensating advantages. The bridge, the company claimed, was wider than the P street bridge over Rock creek, which is used by the Metropolitan railroad with a double track, and this fact Was cited as a precedent for the use cf the Aqueduct bridge. The proposed arrahgements for crossing the bridge with the consent of the War Department not meeting approval, the com- pany decided to go ahead on its own ac- cord. Plans were laid for the proposed venture, and everything was made ready for rapid work to begin early last night. A Star reporter secured information of the Proposed move and shortly betore midnight made a tour of observation to discover if possible whether or not preparations were being made for the work, bu: found none. The place was exceedingly quiet, unusually so for the rather lively town. No rails could be seen, nor anything else which’ would serve to disclose the company’s pro- gram. The large car barn was locked and in utter darkness, and nothing in the in- terior could be seen. Outside of the reg- ular cars the only rolling stock in view was a freight car, which was empty, standing almost directly in front of the car shed. The Police Advised. The police, it is said, had also secured wind of the proposed move, and made prep- arations to check the same before any headway was made. The informiation was received some days ago by the officials, and every night for the past four or five days a man has been detailed for duty on the bridge alone, to vtop the work of ‘con- struction should any he attempted. Last evening Policeman H. G. Housel was de- tailed for the duty. When he started out on the bridge at midnight everything was perfectly quiet, but rnortly before 1 o'clock Mr. R. H. Phillips, the superintendent and general manager of the road, was seen crossing the structure, and then the po- liceman became more vigilant. No move was made by the railroad peo- ple for fully an hour, but shortly before 2 o'clock there were signs of activity. Men appeared on the scene with remarkable suddenness, and there was plenty of bus- Ue. Rails were secured from some hiding place, and a freight car was loaded with timber and iron beams, and the whole lot was moved toward the bridge. There were about a dozen laborers, with a number of spectators, and without loss of time the preliminaries were begun. The east footway of the bridge was chosen us the spot for the continuation of the tracks of the company, the regular line running immediately up to the edge of the bridge at this point. The heavy stone cop- ing at the southeast end was moved and lifted out of place, while a force of labor- ers attacked the footwalk adjoining, ind were prying it up with a vim when the policeman reached the scene. Dressed in citizens’ clothes he was not at first recog- nized, being regarded as a spectator. Mr. Phillips Evades Arrest. Policeman Housel immediately stopped the work and attempted to capture Mr. Phillips, who was standing !n Virginia di- recting the work. So long as the man re- mained on that soil he could not be touch- ed, but, determined not to be baffled, Chas. Smith, the white foreman of the gang of laborers, was placed under arrest and sent to the station house, where he arrived at 2:10 this morning. As soon as the foreman was arrested the workmen under him all skipped ever into Virginia to escape a like fate. Fearing that the work might con- tinue during his absence, Policeman Housel telephoned the station house, and several of the men on reserve were routed out of their beds and stationed at the scene to keep watch during the night. Seeing that he could not possibly ccn- tinue the work, Mr. Phillips commenced to make negotiations for permission to go to his home in Georgetown and sleep. He wanted the police to give hich a guarantee that they would not arrest him, but this they would not do. He was told that a warrant would be sworn out for him, and that he would most likely be arrested some time today. He seemed satisfied with this, and walked over the bridge to Georgetown, and then to ais home. He sent word to the station to inquire what could be done for Smith. The collateral was fixed at $40 in each case, and $80 was aepesited for ‘his release and appearance in! Poliée Court’this morning. _ 2° Preivintons of the Law. ‘artidn’ Sith, who gave his age as fiftysnine, was:held under a portion of sec- tion; 33, artif¥éX, of the regulations, which reads as.fallows: “No Wérsoti’ shall projiél any boat, scow or vessel against any pier, the substructure or superstructure of any District bridge, nor attach any rope or line thereto, nor bathe nor swim from the structure or ap- proaches thereon, nor go nor be upon the same for azy purpose except to use the structure as a public thoroughfare in the usual manner provided therefor.” The second charge was included in sec- tion 2, article XV, of the police regulations, which reads: : “No person shall, without lawful permit, destroy, cut or injure the footway or road- — of any street, avenue or other public place.’ Makes Final Appeal. A final appeal for authority te cross the bridge was made August 16 last in a letter to the Secretary of War. The letter was addressed to the War De- partment by former United States District Attorney ‘Birney, who ts the attorney for the company, and gives the reasons which actuates the company in the matter, and reveals facts which lead to.the present crisis. A t The Company’s Appeal. It is as follows: : “The Washington, Arlington and Falls Chureh Railway Company hes: heretofore called your attention to the finportance to the public of the extenston of their present railroad from Virginia into Washington by sway of the Aqueduct bridge. The northern or eastern terminus of the road is, as you: are aware, upon t! ith Gatiseway of the bridge, this locattén lhavitig “peen desig- nated by your ”, “Mr. Secretary Lamont, under et Ay uthority to designate the route? 768d. The com- pany now has thé horiér té request a per- mit from you to exter it# tailway north- ward across the bridgé’tindér such reason- able restrictions as you! may fmpose. “The company wot ish in making this improvement to present east foctwalk, leaving thé Welt walk unim- peded for use of foot passengers, and it would obligate itself t0$0 widen the bridge after the expiration pf-two years as te provide a new walk, six feet wide, to the east of its track. To demohistrate the en- tire feasibility of this #¥n;l without incon- venience, to the bridgecrossing public, pe- destrians or others, the company would bd willing now to lay a Tack the length of the first span of the bridge, 'to be inspected by you, and to be tan up if, upon con- sideration, you decline-the ‘permit to. make the permanent extension which it asks. “That there is a pressing public demand for this extension ro one familiar with the conditions will controvert, and that the right to satisfy this demand and need by granting. the requested permit or license Hes with you can hardly be reasonably denied. The act of Congress of February 28, 1891, was rightfully construed by Mr. Secretary Lamont to authorize the Secre- tary of War to establish upon the cause- way of the bridge the point upon the Po- tomac from which the lines should run into Virginia. “This would seem to clearly indicate that the point on the north side of the Potomac from which its Hines are to run, ‘with the approval of the Secretary of War,’ was, in his epinion, at the north end of the bridge in question, and that the line to be so approved lies across the bridge, the only feasible route. “That this was aiso the view of Congress was made apparent by the act of August 23, 1804 (28 Stat., p. 492), amending the act to incorporate the, Washington and Great Falls Electric Railway Company, which provides for accommodations‘ for street railway traffie which may converge at or near the Aqueduct bridge by estab- lishing a passenger station on M street between 35th and 36th streets, the point this company wishes now to reach.” Removal of Material Prevented. When The Star reporter visited the scene this morning Policeman Gus Brown, who does duty at the District entrance of the bridge, was stationed on the Virginia side on guard, to prevent the removal of any of the material. A freight car was stand- ing near the entrance to the bridge, upon which was placed two immense iron beams, fully 15 feet long and about 12 or 13 inches high. In addition to these there were two large wooden ‘beams, about 4xi2 inches, and several other smaller pieces of scant- ling. On the ground néar the freight car were placed four lengths of iron track. The east footway leading from the road was raised considerably out of plumb. The hasty manner in which the laborers quit the job is evidenced by the fact that many of the pieces of timber used in prying up the walk were Ieft in thé position in which they were operated. Judging by the sur- roundings, the railroad people evidently did not’ calculate upon’ entirely crossing the bridge, but were only going to lay tracks for a distance or 30 or 40 feet. Georgetown Disappointed. Among the people of Georgetown there is considerable disappointment that the railroad was not successful in making the crossing. They would like to have the road come into Georgetown, and have all along advocated its claims. The road is owned by Philadelphia capitajists, it is sald, with Mr. Phillips as manggen,and all along they have had a ‘fight with the Pennsyi- vania railroad as to rigkt 6f way and other matters. TEs It is understood thas thé;Alexandria and Mount Vernon electric road is anxious to get a route to Falls Chueh, and run in opposition to the Falls Church road. The people living in omer tg are averse to this, as it will carr; e traffic from Georgetown, if the roda ik"ever built, and this is something not’ desired. The fact that passengérs on’ the Falls Church road have to walk &tross the Aque- duct bridge to’ make -‘cotthnecttons: is re- garded as a great drwwhback’ to the road, and hence ‘the move #6 have eity eonnec- tions. The company only sécently received permission to cross the Arlington reserva- tion, and when, fXerytbingr was ready to benefit by the privilege 4 mystérious order was issued revoking theupermity The fail- ure of the present attempt does not-seem to have discouraged: the faflfoad people at all, and it is rumored that.angther effort will be made. , * ret Said one prominent Georgetown citizen this morning, whose name isi withheld at his own request: “F think it is foolishness to attempt to stop the road’from coming across the bridge. The connection is bad- ly needed, and, unless I am mistaken, the road will surely come over. Sooner or later the necessary permission must be given, if the railroad people do not take time by the forelock and successfully do the work themselves.” Smith Arraigned. Charles Smith, who had charge of the work for the railroad company, was this morning arraigned in court before Judge Mills on the charge of “breaking, injuring and destroying the foot walk of the Aque- duct bridge without consent af the Com- missioners of the District of Columbia, having control of thé property.” Prosecu- tor Pugh appeared for the government, and Messrs. A. A. Birney and A.D. Lips- comb represented the railroad company. The fact that the company’s employes attempted early this morning to tear up the floor of the. bridge was admitted, but Mr. R. H. Phillips, general manager for the company, testified that the company has an entire right to do so under. authority verbally given by Secretary af War La- mont, and that the latter gave written au- thority for the location of the Falls Church 10ad on government property at thé south end of the bridge, which has been so oc- cupied by the line for a number of: months. Question 6f Jurisdiction. Messrs. Birney ard Lipscomb urged that while the District Commissiqners have jurisdiction over ‘the bridge, they do not control it, and Judge Mills said he was inclined to believe that the word used in the act of Congress giving the Commis- sioners jurisdiction over the “structure meant control, so far as public regulations were concerned. The fact that repairs are tow being made on the bridge out of an appropriation by Congress justified, he thought, his: ylew of the case. After considerable argument by Messrs. Birney and Lipscomb, Judge Mills said that before he could decide the case he would have to see a copy of the plans for the construction of the road, as-approved by the Secretary of War, and also a dia- | gram of the extension across the bridge, @s proposed to be made by the railroad company. As these documents were not at hand the further hearing of the case was post. pened until tomorrow. 5 oe Policeman Housel. was present at the bearing and availed himself of the op- portunity to serve warrants on Super- intendent Phillips and yMighael Ryan, one of the offending workmewmu The accused parties baa eset ‘bonds in the sum of $200 each, and thé || were contin- teas pet & H Rallroaw:Sidey- In speaking to &. Spr Seporter on the subject, Mr. Lipscombrwaid? “The legal claim of ‘ttie €ompany is that its charter gives it the right to cross the Aqueduct bridge to M'Strgit by clear im- plication, subject to the appraval of the Secretary of War. eis “That Gecretary of War Lamont did ap- prove route cvem -Atjueduct bridge, and ed. the to build its track. south sid’ of the bridge, where it is nowilaid, and wheyp itt office has been built Some months,; That this.approval and acqt nce by ‘Sdcretary of War of the right to use an® ocdéupy part of the bridge is eapable of no other construction except a.warrant of approval . from. the Secretary to use all the bridge for its track to M street; otherwise it was atrab- surdity to allow the cothpany to complete its tracks on the Sth lapes causeway un- less it-was to finally the whole bridge to M street. ae ae “Again, the company claims:-that a qi tion of rights: of this importance are not’] ‘ to be tried in the Cri the proper subject ‘f Equity Court by the Di 1 Court, but* mB appeal to the Extra Session of Hawall’s: Senate, The State Department has been notified by Minister Sewall at Honolulu that Presi-- pecseessgial jeat rie wean for'a session of the Hawaiian senate on’ Septem! “The object of the session tay not stated, it ation treaty with the United States. HOTEL TOURAINE. Formal Opening in Boston of This Most Superb and - Complete Hostelry of . Modern Times. The Glories of the French Renaissance as Typified in the World-Famed Chateau De Blois -Mir- rored in the Architecture, Embellishment and Furnishing of This Princely Abode. None of the processes of evolution in the art of living in the 19th century is more remarkable than the development of hotel and restaurant life, from the crude inns and hostelries of the beginning and middle of this century to the grand palaces that may now be found in at least five of the world’s great capitals—London, Paris, New York, Boeton and Chicago. Other great cities throughout the world besides these, it is true, possess re- markable structures dedicated to the entertain- ment of the traveling public, as well as perma- nent guests, Dut in none of them can be found all the high-class, luxurious appurtenances that dis- tinguish the splendid architectural creations to be found in the above named cities. A retrospect of the development of hotel life in this country par- ticularly will reveal changes that are startling, changes that great commercial prosperity could alone have wrought. The very existence on a profitable basis of these Aladditi-like palaces speaks eloquently for the volume of wealth that is distributed among our people. It isa vast bus- iress proposition, which, divested of all senti- mentality, will reveal to the future historian something cf the great material resources of America at the end of the 19th century. The peo- ple of this nation more particularly than those cf any of the other rations in the world. have de- manded changes in everything that could minister to their comfort and happiness, and have eagerly constructed on model sanitary lines, and eltuated at the corner of Tamworth and Lagrange streets, opposite the main building. This separate butld- fas also coatains the bollers, engines and electrical gcterators. The style of architecture, interlor embellish- ment and furnishing of the Hotel Touraine closely adheres to the period marking the dawn of the French renaissance, only deviating when necessary to meet the requirements of modern civilization. For tnspiration the architects, Messrs. Winslow & Wethercll, selected the stately Chateau de Blois in the province of Touraine, France, as one of the purest ex-mples of the many princely chateaux that sprang into existence in the b giceing of the 16th century, when the courtly, elegant asd vefined King Froneis I commenced to inaugurate a new regime of art in France. It was during the ieign of this highly enlightened mon. arch that the Tuileries, St. Germain, Fontaine- bleau, Clemenceau. and Villers-Cotterets sprang into exisience “as by the touch of an enchanter's wand."” The renaissance, which came into lfe with him, was not only the new birth of art, but the birth of a new civilization. Visitors to the new Hotel Touraine will be forelbly reminded on first entering the main cor- ridor from Boylston street that they have stepped, 80 to speak, into a 16th century atmosphere. Noth- ing in the architecture or adornment will disturb SD laa welcomed every innovation that would conduce toward these ends. Many well-meant investments of capital in hotels, it is true, have produced only glaring, ugly piles of masonry, devoid of any ar- tistie mevit, but the process of evolution has gone on unremittingly, until mow we can point with pride to some of the greatest architectural tri. umphs in hotel construction to be found in any part of the habitable world. The latest and one of the most remarkable examples in this line is the beautiful Hotel Touraine, now opened to the public in Boston under the management gf Mr. J. Reed Whipple. To those of the traveling public who bave in the past few years avniled themselves of his matchless management of the famous old Porker House and Young’s Hotel Mr. Whipple will need no introduction. His marked success in maintaining and adding to the prestige of those two fine properties is indelibly stamped on our national hotel history. Large and finely eonducted as those two hotels have been, however, he has felt the need of greater facilities for the accom- modation of his constantly “increasing clientele, Some relief was found when he made a large ad- dition to the Parker House a few months ago, but the construction of this addition was but one of the features of a Uberally concelved plan to give Boston more ample hotel accommodations of the highest class. The Hotel Touraine now caps the climax of this indefatigable hotel manager's pres- ent plans, and in its completed grandeur and per- fection marks an epoch in hotel building in America. A careful survey of this superb hostelry will re- veal to even the most indifferent of observers the thorough, painstaking care and business-like sa- gaclty that have been manifested in every detail of its construction, arrangement and furnishing. None but a hotel manager of Mr. Whipple's con- summate ability and long experience in catering to a clientele exacting to the last <dugree: in its requirements for fine hotel Ufe coulif’’éver thro conceived and carried to successful conclustan. sugh & fine example of the highest type of -tideet cots Struction as is embodied in the Hotes 'Thurdiné! It stands today without a rival in the word tor |° ccmpleteness. Every detail-is the outtdme offi" telligent thought and lengthened experidhve® bid the laying of the first foundation stone in the spring of 1896 till now it has ever been under Mr. Whipple's watchful eye, and he has been ably helped by every one concerned with him in bring- ing it to its present state of perfection. Its loca- tion at the corner of Boylston and Tremont streets was decided upon after much carefal thought and velghing of posible future contingencies. With- out unnecessary enumeration of the many argu- ments advanced for and against the selection of this site, it will readily be admitted that it is central, accessible from all directions, is within easy reach of all prominent churches, pablic buildings, places of amnsement, depots and retail stores, commands sn extended view of the Com- mon and in tts upper stories overlooks the city fand country for many miles in every direction. this impression, unless possibly the main office should seem a trifle modern. The usual con- veniences cf news stands and other essentials will be in evidence in secluded spots, but nothing has been allowed .to intrude itself that will mar the beauty of the vista opened to the visitor's eye. ‘The long corridor, marble floored, its sides covered with Lighly polished sienva marble wainscoting to nearly half its height, opens into the grand dining saioon, over the entrance of which is a bal- cony for musicians, Every day during the dining heurs, from 6 to 8 o'clock, and from 10 to 12 o'clock in the eveaing, @ carefully selected orches- tra will play in this balcony for the pleasure of guests. The hotel office, built of solid mahogany, is on the left of the corridor, and beyond this on the same side will be found one of the most unique features of the hotel, a superb library of 2,500 or more carefully selected volumes, bound in caif and other substantial coverings, and encased in artistically. designed antique oak closets. It will be exceedingly rich in historical lore, as well as Poetry, fiction, popular science, travel, guide beoks, dictionaries, and, in fact, all branches of Mterature calculated to inform and entertain aver- age readers of the class likely to inhabit this Princely abode. The books will be carefully classi- fied and indexed, and will at all imes be at the disposal of guests, who will find catalogues in thelr rooms. The idea of Ubrary within the Valls of a hotel is distinctly original with the Hotel Tou-aine. At the present time po other hotel in America possesses this very decided ad- vantage. The daily papers will not be on file anywhere in the hotel, and nelther the Ubrary nor any portion of the hotel is designed to be a lounging place for any one not a guest of the house. < ‘The passenger elevators are also on the same the office, is the grand staircase of senna marble, weich leads “by easy steps to the second floor. it é i ‘4 4 Ea § | | i | tF i 9 F fe i a i i i EH : fF l i j | e i : | | | i! iI 7 ie Bai | E EB a i & H a i & fi i tt f the house. It needs to be seen to be appreciated. ‘One feature of the oraamentation will be woted by every one, mamely, the plentiful use of heraldic emblems everywhere. The Fleur de Lys of France confront one on every side, This tx entirely in Keeping with the spirit of the time designed to be typified. Another feature of (his floor is the band- smely decorated children's dining room opening of the main @iniag room. Outside of these two Focms and the cafe there will be no otber dining Apertn.ents in the house, either public or private. Atotigr feature will be (he absence of a billiard room. Before describing the portions of this madel house above the main floor, we will ask the reader t company Us through the Iesement and sub-base- ment. Passage to the former is gained by a fine marble stairway from the main corridor and also wy a side entrance oa Tremont street. In the fromt portion of this basemeut on the Tremont street side may be found the lavatory, baggage room and a small reception room. Furt’s omg fe the barber shop and bar room, and in the rear, immediately under the graad dining saloon, and nearly corresponding to it im size, is the cafe. Th room is wainscoted in beavy antique oak and fs treated in Dutch style. It Is destined ip time to become a favorite resort of club men, ax it will possess nearly al. the exclusiveness of a private club cafe, with many additional advantages. Om the Tamworth street side of this floor, and sep- arated from the other balf by heavy masonry, ts the Kitchen lerder and store ac. room. The sub- basement contains, fn addition to the kitchen, specially designed cooking apparatus of the mo approved modern pattern, refrigerators ani a mi Utude of devices, all made to order, and many of them entirely new in design, though of thoroughly tested efficiency for the production of the most advanced style of artistic cooking. The ranges, boilers and roast ovens are of French design, needing 12 different fires to ran them and occupy- ing a space 50 feet im length. Everything inci dental te cooking ts made in the most substantial Runner, and is suggestive of absolute cleanliness. The ventilation of this port! Well as that of the other portions, fx alsob It would delight any thoroughly skilled housekeeper to rem through these kit the solicitous care that is denced on every side to insure absolute and atvain the most factory results, reviewing the lower portion of the house it Is pertinent to speak of the beating ayy situated in the separate building before n to. It is conceded to have more advantag the comfort of the qmests than that employ the heating of any other hotel in the country. ‘The low-pressure srstem ix used, the principal portion of the steam utilized being the exhaust from the Jaundry engines and elevator pumps. Arrange- ments have also been made to provide aguinst the Possible contingency of a deficiency in the exhaust steam supply to draw direct steam througb a ducing pressure Which, mingled with exhaust steam, will insure at all times a Pressure of steam not to exceed two pounds. The steam piping 4s arranged to insure against the chance of cracking and snapping at all times, and is concealed in specially designed recesses in the walls of the buiding. No beating surface will be Sistble ir any of the rooms but the radiators. The flow of steam in these i controlled by a Patented vacuum system, making It possible the occupant of a room to temper the air in the room to any desired degree. No problem involved in the construction of a first-class hotel bas necessitated more careful study and consideration than the plumbing tx- tures. ‘The system adopted by Mr. Whipple in the Tcumive ts entirely original and unique in more ways than one. It was adopted after a careful itvestigation of every meritorious system ir vogue in thie United States, and will unquestionably revo- lctionize the system of plumbing in targe hotels. Nearly every room in the house has attached to bath room, containing every con- venience, and thoroughly ventilated. Naturally, .o elaborate a system of plumbing requized appli- ances designed to obviate the posstbility of un- pleasant odors and the Kakage of sewer gas. To attain this result in the first imstance, and insure against the possibility of leakage in the pipes that would cause inconvenience to gnests and al- most endless expense to the hotel, shafts were rum from the celler to the roof two feet by e in dimensions. These formed periect ducts, All the bath tooms were made agcinst these shafts, and the waste pipes were ccpducted into them in common with all the pip- ing Incidental to the complete plumbing of the house. The advantage of this systum will read- ily become apparent. Any leukage can readily be detected and remedied without inconvenience any one, while the plumbing is so absolutely per fect in every perticular that there is noi the re- mctist possibility of annoyance from sewer gus. That contingeucy fs absolutely insured against. To further insure against the possibility of offensive edcrs about the house, powerfal blowers have been erected, which will be run at high spead to rw. move thousands of cubic feet of foul air from the bath and toilet rooms night and day, as w as from the kitchen and other portions of Wullding needing special ventilation e second foor of the hotel w: ly attractive. It is he first become introduced to the slee The errangement of the rooms on feet ilatiug to abut actically the same, ex the for inmediately over the street floor the front portion is so arranged that tt be practically isolated from the remainder In case of need, It cousists of a grond parlor on the corner overlook- ing Boylston and ‘Tremont streets, tas the Common, a hallway 4 which is a small parlor. There are bath roc with two of these. On all the sleeping ti wide hallway runs from front to rear, amd on each side of this hallway are arranged vurioos sized sleeping rooms, with private parioms attached to the rooms on each of the four corner of building. There are but four rooms on the nine sleeping floors that are not bath rooms. ‘These contain bandsom stands, however, with bot and cold water and opm plumbing. Every room contains a telephone, which can be utilized by the occupan nematic with the office or with any other room in house free of charge. In case the occupant desires to communicate with any part of the country*or by long to city or tance to any of the citiss in the United States embraced in the telephone system, the regular tariff rate will be charged, and connection can be “obtained without leaving the room. The telephonic system used in the Hotel Touraine is an absolutely new one, ed by the New England ‘Telephone and Telegsaph Company to be absolutely without a flaw. It has been im stalled at enormous expense and thorougiily te All the sleeping rooms and parlors ary by double doors, which can be fastened by the ov- * cupant of each room independently, thus insuring quiet and security. Of the furnishings of these rooms it is almost needless to speak. They are all specially designed and made to order, and are of the costliest description. No two rooms will be exactly alike, but in each the most scrupulous has been taken to insure harmony and restful «f- fects. Everything that can conduce to the com- fort and conventence of guests has been provided, and it may safely be assumed that there is not a hotel in the world more luxuriously furnished, more replete with improvements and more attrac- tive in every way than this truly beautiful pro- duct of the modern Athens. G W. HARLAN. MUNICIPAL ORDERS. i Prices for Carts and Double Teams— Streets a Sewers. The following orders were issued by the District Commilssioners today: ‘That New York avenue between 1th and 1ith streets be repaired; estimated cost, $6,200, chargeable to appropriation for re- pairs to concrete pavements, 1898, That cement sidewalk and new curb be laid around reservation between 0th, 11th, New York avenue and I street; estimated cost, $1,300, chargeable to appropriation for replacing curb and sidewalks around E i f i] & i i UF hs Seats ey i i H i H ts