Evening Star Newspaper, December 14, 1898, Page 3

THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1898—16 —— SPECL! AL NoTIC ES. SPECIAL NOTICES. —_ BITTE ALISM it st HE ANNUAL Clection of the ti ning yea eit WEDNESDAY TICE ok TE REG TO ANNOUNCE THAT I WILL CONDUCT 1031 17th st nquets, class meals, hot, will OWN & FUL —and By dels-10d TREE ORNAMENTS ents f¢ dets-211¢ WEN Wi te din func Teed Blotting 1 “stock sidered. you'll Well seasoned thickness portunity awaiti Mill work of every de down. w. NATIONAL The an will take place at the b Jamuary 10, Polls Attest GEO. E. CORSON, SPIRITUALISM Sittings daily pam. 402 SPIRITUALISM medinm, the First Sand during the day ai Miss Maggie Ga: FRID. 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Whittier, U service of the United S nded to take effect Jan spointed. has been or- aba. for duty. vember 1, 1808. dis s F. Howard, 7th ed before an amination sistant quar y ited, has ty to Philadelphia, it Cao een were mond Sheldon, 2d U. § ordered Bs isiant secretary of war D. Wheeler, special inspector. ment, has been orler- ph, Va. and such ether to carry out in- the army. He is anpointed spect such unservice- property as may oe + points visited. t quarier- s s, for dut M. Hall, U . to report to the preside met Chtezeouiiea fod . adjutant, ter Infantry, having tender- aiion, has been honcrably dis been relieved from further professor at the Alabama Agricul- tural and Mechanical College, Aubo and will proc Acting A Ala., d te join bis command. istant Surgeen J. Herbert A.. has been ordered from this in 1. Miller, chief quartermaster the 4th Army Corps, relieving Major Otto H. Falk, chief quartermaster of Major ‘alk will take up the of special inspector of the quarter- department under the direction of quartermaster general. and while £0 shall have the rank of lieutenant Col. William H. Gardner, deputy surgeon general. U. S. A., has been paced » retired lst on his own application r thirty yé ars’ service, + e+ Reception and Concert. fifth annual reception and concert the auspices of the Men’s Club of Memorial Church was given last At the conclusion of the pro- refreshments were served. Miss Edna Scott-Smith sang several songs and Elsie Anna Held. Others who took part were the Studio Mandolin Club, consisting of Miss- ‘Timble, Andrews and Williams, Miss Dra Bierbaur gave an imitation of Williams, Edwards and Lowe, Raymond, Miss Chittenden, Miss Radeliffe and Mrs. Bischoff. LTS if you want work read the want columns Star. 3-G4-inch in diameter su: horizontal plane containing the center of gravity of the monument, which i height of 174 feet 10%2 inches above the door twent bottom by a c beam abo @iagonal bre cul pipe to the plummet house (which {sal one on the north side on the along IT RISES AND FALLS Interesting Facts Regarding the Washington Monument. WHAT IS DISCLOSED BY A PLUMMET Proposed Method of Obtaining a Continuous Record. LOCATING THE SHAFT ee What scientists call the “breathing” of the Washington monument is the subject of an interesting report by Colonel Theo- dore F. Bingham, the engineer officer in charge of public buildings and grounds. He has made as thorough a study of the physical conduct of the monument as the limited facilities at his disposal would per- mit, and has embodied the results in an official report to the chief of engineers. He finds generally that the top of the monument moves about three times as far as the center of gravity; that the monu- ment rises and fails, and also inclines first in one direction and then in another, but that these movements do not affect its stability. The following official data relative to the monument will undeubtedly contribute to a better understanding of the technical statements made in the report: Height above mean low water, inches; height above doorsill, 555 feet. outside, 55 feet 12 inches; in- Foundation depth (sand and lay), feet; foundation size, at bottom on a side, 126% feet; foundation area, W,002.25 square feet. Top, side of monument, outside t 6 inches: insic feet 6 inches. Walls, thickness, base, 15 feet 4 ; top, 18 inches. Weight of capstone, pounds; weight of whole monument, Mean pressure of monument tons per square foot. Pressure on foundation, nowhere greater than 9 tons per square foot; near edges, less than 3 tons. (Coast survey report, December 1, 1sS4.) Taper of monument, % inch to 1 foot. Memorial stones, beginning at feet, ending at 280 feet, 1 Steps, st landings, 50. Windows, at top only, 3 feet by lg inche: x feet b. inches (east te), two. ‘Time to ascend in elevator, 9 minutes; time to descend in elevator, 8 minutes, Elevator, tested to 16 tons; load aiiowed, persons, 35; cables, diameter, 1 inches. Cost, $1,200,000. Corner stone laid July 4, 1848. Capstone set December 6, ISSi. Dedicated February 21, 1885. June 12, 1887, a plummet line was set in the monument, since which date daily and sometimes hourl s have been taken Whenever the condition: would — permi From that time the daily plumb records are complete, save in the few instances, about 100 in all, when readings were impossible because of the swaying or vibration of the wire. The records are very complete so far as they go, giving daily readings from the north and east instrumen and the daily variation from zero, north, south, and west, as the case may be. The are interesting from a scientific andpoint, but are too technical and volu- minous for newspaper reproduction, The repori, ia part, is as follow: The Plummet. The plummet consists of a copper wire ended from the feet ut a 11 of the monument. The top of the wire is at ched to an ad- justable brass screw fastened into the un- derside of a north and south I-beam at a point about ten feet from the w. of the monument. st wall At the bottom the wire is attached to nother adjustable screw fastened to a ye-pound brass plumb bob. ‘The suspended in a bucket of water “bob' is to prevent movement from ordinary vibra- tion. The wire itself is protected from top to sing of galvanized iron pipe, at top to the underside of the I- referred to, and secured to th of the stairway by ci ar bands of irén. Near the floor th’ pands into a hood and is connected of galvanized iron) by riveting and soldering. In the interior of the plummet house is fastened a hollow iron pedestal bolted to the floor, with a the fr east gives access to the interior, in which stands inch circular opening on top for ee passage of the plumb wire. On the de of the pedestal is a door which the bucket of water containing the plumb “bob.” On top of the pedestal are two telescopes ‘acing south and one t side facing west. These tele moved by micrometer screw use them to travel, the north one east and west graduated seal the ig at north and south grad- uated scale. f the north in- strument increase to the west; of the east instrument, to the south. The seales are graduated to inches and twentieths of an inch, and by means of a micrometer tgraduated into 5D sections, 20 threads to 1 inch) may be read to thous- andths of an inch. Reading of the Seales. Voriations in the positions of the plum- met line are determined by variations in the readings of the scales when the plum- met line coincides with the center vertics wires of both telescop In a letter to Col. J. M. Wilson, Corps of Enginec Gated April 7, 1888, and written by M G. M. Thomas, clerk, is said: ‘The ‘plum- met’ was set to a point on the floor of the monument on the 12th of June, 1887, with the following the result of the read- ing: 0: north (instrument); 0. (instrument).” From a letter to the chief of engineer United States Army, from Col. O. H. Ernst, Corps of Engineers, dated February 11, ISM, it appears that in ISSS the maximum ment was 0.15"; in 18S, 0.167; in 1890, scope: which ¢: eas mber 31, 1800, the center of gravity enth ef an inch (#.10") southeast it was January 4, 1888. treme positions of the center of gravity during the three years 18SS, 1889, ISM) Were in one direction March 19, 18ss, and in the other August 2, 1890, the di tance between these two pesitions being one-fourth of an inch « The record for June rth instrument, WS, is as follows: 38 inches; east instru- ment, 0.960 inches ations from zero— north, .0195; west, 012. To show the var tions during short periods it is stated that on June 4, 1898, the reading was as follow. North instrument, ; east instrument 44; variation from zero—north, 04 2080, ‘The top of the monument moves about three times as far as the center of gravit Owing to the unique character of this strugture many inguirtes are received ask- ing for information of various kinds regard- ing it. Most of these inquiries could be an- swered by sending coples of the level and plummet records. As these records will un- doubiedly become of greater interest as years go by they have been collated and are forwarded herewith in order that they may noi be lost and may be available for study. These records, as wiil be seen, are quite rough and not of scientific accuracy. This fact has led to the following project: A Continuous Record. In order to know what is taking place in the monument the record of the plummet should be continuous. It is of little value to know what these readings are at the same hour of each day (except as a gauge of sta- bility). But if the travel of the plummet were known during the hours of sunlight and also during the hours of darkness the record would at once become of high scien- tifle value. The readings now taken each day are plotted for each month on a scale 100 times greater than reality, but owing to their lack of continuity are still merely tests of stability. It would be quite possi- ble to construct a pantograph, enlarging 100 times, attached to the plummet wire and resting on a horizontal table covered with paper, which would give a continuous record of the movements of the plummet— this paper to be moved along the table by means of rollers at each end, actuated by clockwork. For perfect accuracy two such panto- graphs would be required, one recording movements north and south of the zero line MR. BAILEY GOES GUNNIN A POPULAR MIST. AKE REGARDING REMEDIES For DYs INDIGESTION. 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It would be possible to get, upon a sta- tionary paper, by the same means, an exact enlarged record of the moyement of the plummet for each day, starting from a point as zero, but the movements are so minute that a record thus obtained, even though enlarged 100 times, would be very difficult to study. It would cost between $500 and $600 to construct one of the instruments required for this work, but tue result would be very interesting ‘and valuable, The record thus obtained would lead to immediate valuable results if combined with thermometer readings at top and bot- tom of the monument. As the tempera- tures differ greatly on the four sides of the monument and irom outside to inside, it would be necessary to ave thermometers on the four sides of the monument both outside and inside. Then again these rec- ords should be continuous, and thermome- rs giving such records are on the market, Thus we would have a continuous heat record from the rising of the sun to its set- ting. on ali sides of the monument, from the top to bottom, and also during the cool- ing hours of the night, and this, compared with the continuous travel record of the plummet, would tell us exactly what the Monument was doing all the time, and would give us an tisight into what some scienti call the “breathing” movement of the monument. 5 It might also prove valuable to have a seismograph at top and bottom of the monument, to record movements due to vi- brations of the earth, 1am not at present prepared to sugge:t a form for a seismo- graph, although the form used by the weather bureatt might be used until a bet- ter is devised. -soreover, it would be diffi- cult to provide a foundation for such an instrument free from oscillation due to other vnavoidable causes. Changes in fren Framework. The perforated tie rods used in the con- struction of the interior iron framework of the monument have for a long time past been observed to buckle, for the most part toward the inside, and to an extent sufti- ciently to strike the corners of the ele- vator cage. At first no particular atten- tion was patd to this, further than to bend the tie rods outward, and in some ¢ to tie them our The number of buckled rods has, however, increased with lapse of time. ved that this buckting is in the > to Vibrations set up in the iron framework by the rise and fall of the ele- vator cage, which runs almost continuous- ly for eight hours daily. An examination of the construction of the iron framework makes it difficult to un derstand how these tie reds can buckl but the fact remains; and since th buckle, they must be subject to strains hot contemplated in the original construc- tion, because had strains of compri been foreseen the tie rods would have by replaced by compression members terior columns of the framework are Pho nix columns, braced rigid! twen Teet, and these twenty-foot columns are amply strong to support any load that may imposed upon them in the ordinary use the monument. en if possible, it is not desirable that the elevator cage should nd fall in a rigidly vertical line. It is held off from the guide rails by rubber buffers, which permit a certain looseness of fil. It was observed, however, that when the desired rigidity ‘was imposed on the motion of the cage at the base of the shaft the cage became jammed at an elevation of about 200 to 300 feet. This led to a series of careful measurements of the interior iron framework from base to top. A study of these measurements shows that there has been a certain emount of twisting at various elevations. No move- ment in the masonry has been detected. Caused by Earth's Vibrations. Ji is believed that one cause of these movements in ihe monument is due to v brations In the earth transmitted through the foundation. What these vibrations are or when they oceur is unknown, but the probability of their existence is thought to be supported by an unexplained fact, viz, on many days of perfect calm the plumb line vibrates excessively, whereas on days when a high wind may be blowing the plumb line will be at rest. Itis believed that the twists can be taken out of the i framework by substituting channel the tie reds, and this work h dy been begun, many new channel irons having been pl in pos| ticn. It is hoped to complete it uring the ensuing It is on The in- » prop&sed to substitute steel springs for the rubber buffers in the run- ning guides of the elevator cage, so as to prevent very largely any vibrations or blows being: ed by the motion of the elevator cage. he facts discussed above do not affect the stability of the monument nor the saf ty of the levator, and are of importance solely because of the great watchfulness exercised to make the use of the monu- ment as safe as human skiJl can make it. The re also of scientific interest. Locating the Monament. The original bench mark used for the Washington monument¢was the surface of the capstone of the “Jefferson pier, No. 1,” built on the first meridian line of the United States, established in 1793 and again re-established in 1804. It is at the intersec- tion of the center line of the north and south basement doors of the Executive Mansion and the center of 16th street ex- tended due south and.of a due west line from the center of the Capitol. It is 2,619 linear fect (nearly) due south on the merid- ian Mine from the outer side of the sill of the basement door on the south side of the Executive Mansion.’ The. surface of the ground being unfavorable, the Capitol not ble at the«pointnof intersection, isk (No. 2).,was planted on the meridian line due west from the south end of the Capitol, where the building was dis- tinctly seen, and thence measured north- ward on the meridian line half the length of the Capitol (175 feet 8% inches) to the point of intersection of the meridian line by a west line from the center of the Capitol. The above points on the meridian line were fixed in 1798 by two wooden posts driven in the ground, and permanently fixed in 1804 by building a_stone pler in place of No. 1. The pier was 5 by 5 by 6 feet and covered by a sandstone cap. There is a receipted account for the materials and building this pier on file in this office, for the amount of $171.21%4, dated December 1, 1804, and signed by John Lenthall, who was at that time an assistant under Archi- tect Latrobe at the Capitol. ‘There was a tradition among some old in- Pts habitants of the city about twenty ago to the effect that President and Mrs. Jefferson were present wi tion of the pier w: Jefferson gave he under the foundation, and that the pi ever after was known as the s being laid; that Mrs. Robert Mills, ngton monument, 7, 1848: stat times wheiher any se place in made a s tlement had such foundation, I, on this day ries of levels froz foundation, northwest angle, to top of the meridian stone monu tide water (which placed there by Pre t Jeffers termine the intersection of the mi line from the center of the Presiden with a line drawn west from the hous: cent inch founda or step. The nd % of an inch low id Jefferson stone pier on the bench mark for the monument, was rials to the monument were fa the monument had been disc me leweled to the ground and left state and forgotten. Wh. structing the present roadway from the west side of the Jefferson pier in 187! those serving a part of the pier then in orig position, had the except about twenty inches of i ation of the “Babcock Lak Washi around the po: west of the Jefferson pier, as formed and graded. Jefferson Pier Rediscovered. during the progre United v. M. F. Morris et a it referr d to in said case. The United the Attorney General of the United S! to have the Jefferson pier rediscovered Col. O. H. Ernst, at that time the offic charge of public buildings and ground quested John Stewart, C. E., drafts this office, to recover such pier. r his report on file, da A wooden box six feet s pare he top, and five feet long, was centered the remains of the old founds efferson pier and filled with ¥ pared concrete. A granite block 3 fi inches by 2 feet by 2 feet was spec prepared, having ins “Position of the meridian post ere: tember 20, 3, and d son stone pier erected December 18, 1804 ally 1880,"" and set on top of the concrete found. ation, the inscription facing the roadway received to lower the block within inches of its top. Obel west from the south end of the (¢ ight upitol the Capitol since the time here referred to), was a rough-dressed freestone about 3 feet 5 inches long. 14 inches square at ase, and 10 inches square at top, and south sides. It was removed in IN Settling of the Monament. pletion of the W: amined the stability of the monument reporied, under date of Decem! nd 1848, with a dip that would Sasa n inclination of 0.36 inch toward the north, and also an inclination to the wes that the bench mark was found and the to have been molested used obelisk No. 2 for his bench mark and corrected his mistake September 24, 18 stating: “I find by instrumental measure- ment that the stone used a bench mark or disturbed.” He settlement of the W. situated upon a __north-and through the center of the President's house, but not upon an exact east-and-west line through the Capitol, it being about 175 feet uth of their intersection. At the inte tion of these two lines I caused an excava- tion to be made, and at the depth of about 6.65 feet we came upon a mass of stone. The ground at this point is 13. than the top of the stone used as a bench mark last winter, or 16.860 feet below the tirst course of the foundation of the Wash- ington monument visible above ground. The top of the masonry foundation disclosed by excavation was 22.510 feet below this course or step.” It was the third course or step of the foundation that Architect Mills states he had used. Levels. The lowest part of the foundation has a above the surface of the ground. ‘These were used as leveling points during con- struction. After construction four leveling points were established—one at each corner of the obelisk—and these are now used. Levels are referred to a carefully built bench mark shown on the drawing here- with. evident that if the levels have been correct- ly taken the monument rises and falls and also inclines first in one direction and then in another. This is also shown by the read- ings of the plumb line, but no means at present exist for comparing the two records. record of levels, the monument foundation was horizontal on August 18, 1897, and May jon August 7, 1890, No commissions— ABSOLUTELY PENSE Ars: n the founda- thimble to be placed r efferson and interest first architect of the i, November drawn it all. WS of the Perpet- In order to establish a permanent bench mark, denoting the relative differences of level between it and a certain point on the foundation of the monument, with a view to future operations to determine at proper ken at BOG 31th st. DUNCANSON, JOHN COOK a point on the -NTHALER LIN! top of the third course or step of the meeting of the haan r quarterly dividend of two and an extra point on nent near tone monument was i to de- lan transfer books will ISVS, at 1 o'clock p.m. we on Saturday of the Capitol), and find the top of t.e meridian stone monument to be 1% feet 1 ry than said nat the top of said third course TON, Tre aSUrey meridian line, selected and used as the account demands large amounts to time maintains ' a bank used for a mooring post of the old canal, to which barges bringing building mate- stened. and continued to be so used after the work on ntinued, until sum from $1 up mi you a ae Meitor in the WASHING con- TON SAVINGS BANK, President’s park (White Lot) south by the in charge of that work collected all stones on the ground for the roadbed, and ob- 1 tones in it taken out, founda- tion. The excavated earth from the found- ” north of the gion monument, ‘was dumped ion of the Jefferson pier (which stood originally in the face of the bank of Goose creek), and they also re- } claimed about 130 linear feet of the creek at present Will the end of °99 — find you better off, fi- nancially, than the end = 1898? question is worth a an} only way an: n Working for wax start x savings ae every 1899 pay day wilt put you in an independen. condi ils from now, Union Savings Bank, On F STREET-~""1222. nd MONEY WANTED— of the case “The was d ed that the said Jefferson pier had been used as bench mark from which several old surveys were made of the land on that part of the Potomac river front ates attorney in said case made a requisition to | which I want juan from private person. Address 0. 0. 0., Star : Tomorrow— ixht Winds. the bottom, tapering to four feet square | southwesterly and general for bed on its west side and recovered and re-erected December 1, vere cold continues in Montgomery and readable from the same, Packing the ground at the base of the granite biock was not completed when instructions were : in the Ohio g ‘9. 2, on the meridian line due (additions have been built to the length of aving is snewing this morning a grooved line down the center of its north } 2 y, Parkersburg, Cincinnati and | Soon after the approval of the act of Con- | gress making an appropriation for the com- ington monument, dated There appears to be a disturbance i ch will probably and west gulf August 2, 1876, Second Lieut. Dan C. King- man, Corps of United States Engineers, ex- ced in the south Auiar . with freezing w or of central and nor! a. lee will fo ets of. North Carolina Bees Weather will continue cold line rerun; that the bench does not appear the as lake Thursday in the lower splayed at Buffalo. '¥v precipitation inches) has been reported during the oat y hours: Sydney, Records for Twenty-Four Ho The following were the readings of the ometer at the weather twenty-four hours beginning .m. yesterday: Thermometer—December 13, 4 p.m., 12 midnight, ighals a are a jast_ winter in ascertaining the amount of shingion monument is outh — line thermometer and bi bureau for th 30 feet lower at 4 p.m., 6 a.m., December 44. december 12, 4 p.m., 30. 1.34; 12 midnight, 30.48. December 14, 4 a.m., .52; 2 p.m., 30.51. Condition of the Water. Temperature and condition of water ai 8 temperature, 3 : Receiving reservoir, tempcratur condition at north connection, 26; dition at south connection, 15. reservoir, temperature, 35; condition at in- fluent gate house, 4; effluent gate house, 4. Tide Table. ‘Today—Low tide, high tide, 7 ‘Tomorrow—Low tide, 3:06 a.m. and p.m.; high tide, 8:54 a.m. and 9: nd Moon. 1 a.m.; sun sets, 4: December 13; minimum, 12, 30.55; 8 a.m., Great Falls, berme, on which rested pillars reaching Distributing From the existing records of levels it is ‘Today—Sun rises, Moon sets, . Tomorrow—Sun rises, 7: The City Lights. Gas lamps ail lighted by 5: ishing begun at 6:20 a.m. The lighting is begun one hour before the time named. Are lamps lighted at 5:32 p.m.; guished at 6:35 a.m, Notwithstanding variations shown by the P-m.; extin- 19, 1898, although not at the same level as American Security and Trust Co., 1405 é St. Capital, $1.250.000. Sarp $300,000 You can open an ac Deposits. tanr. ctect agin 1 atw receive fn. Special factitt Ladies’ forded Indies fe 4 Any tvfermaiion re. Window. 2™,,m Wills are prepared hy the Trust Oficer, re ceipted for and kept free of charge Z This com) agent, furn bonds for execntors, adiminisiraters. gnardl bends for per Surety i. ‘Miuns Bonds. of Trust, Pre im Assookn positions ermal This company acte ns exeeut aduttuistra receiver, registrar guardian and exec trusts of all kinds prem ited. © annum and upward The fire and turgiar proof warebouse, 114 15th st., 1s ey faclity tor ¢ f farniture.silverware eefeteatoatontesfententondoctntoateapoegeceatoateooeatoatontoecteatoateetentoateestents Gontortenconcertorinconiocentente Corcortednctoriooniorioeosiosieie oono eee tonnes Trust Co., 1405 G St. OFFICERS; C. 2 Bal: .-. A. T. Britton... Inet View JW. Wheiples: iret ings, irrors. rugs, ete American Security and Wm. A. Mexennes..2..! Tiast Omer Jas F Hood ; Secretary = Albert M. Read... Mgr. Storage Wa Ward Thoren 4 H. 8. Reestae... + Assistant Tr CS, Domer...00 20222. -Assistant s DIRECTORS Rritton, A. T. Se ee ae te ee a de Rell, C.2., Bs at, Henry F., a dett, 8.8 Clarence uM | Charles ‘ Vellew, Henrs E., rman, John on, Ward omas, A. A Thompwin dtm W Donovan, D: Duncanson, Emery, Matthew’ G., Fiteh, James ¢ Herrell, Jobn F Hutchinson, Jno, Sf Jenks, John S., opaun WS. Kasson, Jobn A, Wittaea ie Kuowle L Wright, 2 ders-lor :| Washington Loan & Trust Co., OFFICE COR STi AND F STS PAID-UP CAPITAL, ONE MILLION. —— Loans in any emorut made on approve — real estate or collateral at reasonable raves. —— __ Interest paid upon deposits on wovibiy —— ances subject to check. — | This company acts az executor, administrn- —— tor, trustee, agent, treasurer, regisirar, and —— in’all other fiduciary capacities — _ Boxes for rent in burglar and fireproof — vars for safe deposit nd storage of vail — able package JOHN JOY EDSON. JNO. AL SWOPE. ELLIS SPEAR... 2". ANDREW PARKER R.A. CHESTER... JOHN L. WEAVER. ¢ Vice President ‘Tress er sistant Treasurer Real state Othcor SEAGER & BRAMLE Members of the New York Stock BANKERS AND BROKERS, 609 FOURTEENTH STREE Correspondents of MOORE & SCHLEY, _n026-tf New Yo APE AS A GOVELNMENT BOND, ANY ore profitable—a home at Cleveland Park hange, A: t ncza-tt - MONEY. Do you want some? Will loan on first-class ertateral or welldosateg recl estate, deeds of trust, ete. My own mm Very reasonable iates. No delay Address for interview rez2-1att | MONEY. care The Evening & MONEY YO LOAN, 4% and 5%. R.W.Walker & Son nol0-14d 1006 F NW. CARLYLE & CO., Bankers and Brokers, 20 F Si Correspondents of PURNELL, HAGAMAN & CO., New York. WARE & LELAND, Chicago, wol-14,tf 41% MONEY TO LOAN ON APPROVED REA) RALPH W. LEE, LOANS, INSURANC holt 66 1.TH ST. N.W. « 44 and 5% romptly ‘osned on real estate ip District of umbi Heiskell & McLeran, _o8t-stt _ 1008 Fst nw. TONEY TO LOAN 4% and 5%, ON DISTRICT REAL ESTATE. R. O. Holtzman, 0c25-tf J0th and F sts. nw. Lewis Johnson ‘& BANKERs, 1315 F St., Sun Building, Deslers to all government end tovestment ee curities. New war loan 8s vorght and anid. 925-00 W. B. Hibbs & Co. BaNKEUS & BROKERS, Members New York Stock Exekange, 1419 F Street. = Corresponients of LADENBURG, THALMANN & Ov. Ae6-166 New York. The National Safe Deposit, Savings and Trust Company eet Cae. CONNER 38TH ST. AND AND NEW YORE ave Capital One Million Dollars, eu -