Evening Star Newspaper, April 10, 1900, Page 3

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POTOMAC PARK IS SAVED Two Bridges Across the Potomac River Provided. ———— DIVISION —— cost Mr. McMillan today reported Senate bill 1929, to eliminate grade crossings on the line of the Balti nd Potomac railroad, from the commiitee on the District of Co- lumbia to the Senate with a number of amendments. M of the amendments were suggested by the Commissioners and h been published In The Star. The committee has adopted most of the Com- missioners’ amendments and made three new changes in the bill. These are to re- quire the Ba‘timore and Potomae Railroad Company to rebuild the United States fish commission buildings on the mall west of their present location, which will be oc- cupied by the tracks of the company, at a cost of not exceeding $10.0, The original bul provided that the cost of the removal of the fish commission plant should be borne by the United States. Another amendment of the committee Is in lieu of section 12 of the bill, which pro- vided for a passenger bridge to be con- structed over the Potomac above the site of the Long bridge at the expense of the ited States. The amendment provides street car traffic, and the cost ts to be ied between the United States and the riet of Cotumbia. The amendment fol- That the Secretary of War be, s hereby, authorized to enter into a contract with the Baltimore and Potomac ilroad Company to construct within two fter the passage of this act, at a jess than cK) feet above the site point of the present Long bridge, a new and sub- provided with s sufficient dra’ ns and spe > Secretary of W appropriated (one-ha of the District of Columbia and out of any money in the treasury n wise appropriated) the sum of $568,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be paid from time to time, as the construction of the said bridge progresses, by the Sec: retary of War, under such regulations as he shail prescribe. The said bridge sha!l he for highw: traffic, and all street raflroads chartered or that may hereafter be chartered Congress shall have the right to cross bridge on equal terms: Provided, That the street railroad now using the Lang bridge sha‘l be permitted to change its location so as to cross the highway bridge herein all plans for such change to provided for pproved by the Commissioners of the chief of en- lumbia and th United States army: And sr, That a standard under- tem of street car pro- itable approaches, and with 1 in accordance with ms to be approved by and there is hereby out of the revenues on the park highway le b cost of asphalt paving betwe and two feet outside there aid company. Each street lway company using said bridge in addition to other taxes as b ter provided one-half of 1 ize. third committee amendment provides that arches shall be constructed not le n 200 feet in width on the Hine of Wi Ml street. or the proposed Centennial mall. T original bill had provided for an arch fifty feet in width line of V itol street. In reporting the bill to the Senate, Mr. MeMillan called the attention of senat« to it as an especially important measure, and safd he hoped to call it up at an early day and ask for its passage. The Committee Report. The report accompanying the bill follows: ‘n years the subject of eliminating sings along the line of the Bal- n agitated, both nd amoug the peuple of the rapid increase in the south- as the crowds of people who come to ington on special occasions, and the natural growth of the city itself, all have combined to make the present terml- ner Distric The less of the railroads, the incr nal f lities of the Baltimore and Potomac railroad inadequate to the poi of dis- comtort of passengers and undue expense art of shippers. The crossing at two great strect railway Hnes and of many much-used streets has been the source always of delay and apprehension, f life. The press of the entative bodies of citizens ally have repeatedly Hed for a change in the n of the tracks of this company, and on the city, the rep and the public and u) loca this committee has long been working on plans to meet a situation constantly grow- ing more and more embarrassing. “There has been no reluctance on the part of the railroad company to meet the PECIAL NOTICES. W. ©. 7, U—THE REGULAR MEETING OF Chapin Union will be held tomorrow, Wed., April 21. 1330 G st. nw. EVERYBODY S. H. MARTIN, Pi SM.—J. H. ALTEMUS W & bieetlng THIS (TUESDAY) EVEN - 10, at Woun's Hall, 1 6th st. nw. SPIRITUALISM PIERRE L. KEELER, 918 HST. n.w., will hold bis remarkable light seance Wed- _Besday night. 1 SPIRITUAL rey paying O09 net ra Bs oe Devine Home and Furniture? Accident Insurance, $20 per ae S. H. WALKER, 458 La. ave. Tel. 141 Tt BEST QUALITY HANDMADE OIL OPAQUE shades, fitted to your windows, O0c.; 22 different select frou Uansparent or Scotch Hol- des, 75c. — Promptuces is our keynote, brught: KLEEBLATI'S, 11th and 1 ap! 5 DEMOCKATIC PRIMARIES—PURSUANT TO call for the Democratle National Convention the Democratic Central pittee of the District of Columbla hereby call the democtatle primartes to be on the evening of TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 1900, in the twenty-two legislative ‘districts f the District ef Columbia, to elect three dele ex wd thr ates to a democratle con be held on Thursday, April 12, 1K ck w.m., at the Academy of Muste and D sts. n.w., in the city of Wai ton, 1. C., for Purpose of electing six and six alternates to represent. the acy of the Diatri ‘olumbla In the National Convention, to assemble in Kansas City, i the state of Missouri, on the 4th 1X0), and trausict such other h ay come before It. In te language of the Democratic National Committee's Call MAM democratic conservative reform citizens of the United States (District of Columbia), ir- respectise cf past political associations ‘and differences, whe can unite with us in the effort for pure, economical and constitutional govern- 4 republic invited to convention. and oppose in us ip will be organized in n district at 7 pril 10. ‘The polls will be opened at flock p.m. and se xt 8:30 pm. sharp. The primates will be held in the several district be called to order by thelr respective representatives un the Deme entnl Commitice at the following 8 Thos. J. Moore, 38 Monroe st., Henry Darling, Brightwood Hotel. ‘Third—Jobn Ma 3 a Fourth Firth enseney, 1426 FE st. nw. Eleventh— Wm. ‘T.- Whelan, Potomac Hall, cor, 12th and D ste. sw. Toelfth—M. B. Scanlon, 403 Sth st. n ‘Thirteenth J. Fred Kelley. 801 I st. n. Fourteenth ink J. McQuade, 1525 7th st. Bow Fifteenth—E. L. Jordan, n.w. cor. New Jersey ave. and D st. nw. s uth--John ©. Wittekindt, 476 Pa. ave.nw. Holden, 231 7th st. s.w. Hall Eighteenth—Wim. L. Wells, ne. cor. 7th and M ats. sw. = \ineteenth—George’ Killeen, 97 1 of Ist. ‘Twentieth—Edward Lynch, 226% C Fwenty-first—Jobn A. Clarke, st. and Muss. ave. ne. Tw second—John B. Miller, 1010 8th e f JOHN A: CLARKE, Vice and Acting Chafrman Democratic Central Committee. J. FRED KELLEY, Secretary, aar-at Me. cor. - Be. nw. cor, 7th e. THE CONGRESSIONAL Senator Platt PORTRAIT GALLER + of Connecticut. desires of Congress and of the people of the District. On the contrary, the highest officers of the-Pennsyivania railroad have recognized fully the importa and desira- bility of placing thelr Washington termi- nals in a condition not only to meet the fast-growing busin but also to make them worthy of the capital elty of the United States. The one great thing that stood in the way of an adjustment was the engineering problem. The railroad regarded as a physical an_ overhead structure and ion of its. tracks while the District authoriti opposed sink- ing the tracks, or at least € not able to work out the change in a way satisfactory to the engineers of the railroad. Combination Plan. “After repeated failures to handle the engineering features of the plans in such a@ Way as to Commend them for presenta- on to Congress, Captain Willlam M. B’ack, while Engineer Commissioner of the Dis- trlet, devised a plan of combining de: pressed and overhead systems, according to the topography of the region through w the Hnes passed. This solution tm- mediately commended {tself to both the people and the raliroad; and there ts now no difference of opinion ‘as to the proposed method of eliminating —grade-crossings along this line. Called to the war with Spain, Captain (now major) Black left his plans'to be completed by his successor in the Engineer Commissionership, Captain Lansing H. Beach, on whom has devolved the arduous and exacting duty of making those adjustments with the railroad en- gineers, by means of which the bill has been brought to a point as near perfection as can reasonably be expected in a meas- ure containing so many detalls and, there- fore, such a wide range for difference of opinion on minor points. The committee have no hesitation in saying that in so far as the elimination of grade crossings is concerned no better plan will ever be pro- posed. “There are several questions not of an engineering nature that have demanded e und attention, and in all such matters > civilian members of the board of Com- missioners, Mr. John B. Wight and Mr. John W. Ross, have labored earnestly and successfully to make such adjustments as were needed to protect the Interests of the United States and of the District. The offi- cers in charge of public buildings and grounds, Colonel Theodore A. Bingham, and the officer in charge of the Potomac Park improvements, Lieutenant Colonel Charles J. Allen, acting under the direction of Brigadier General John M. Wilson, whose knowledge of and interest in the District of Columbia has been life long, have also submitted for the guidance of the committee valuable reports as to the use and occupation of the lands committed to their charge. While in some instances the committee has been unable to agree with these officials, in the main their recom- mendations have been followed; and in all cases thelr views have had careful con- sideration. Garfield Park. “After much discussion of th: proposition to straighten the lines of the railroad by allowing the occupation of a small portion of Garfield Park, the committee is of the opinion that such occupation 1s imperative in order to prevent the continued loss of life at the so-callsd Dead Men's Curve, at the western end of the tunnel under K street. southwest. The improvements contem- plated will protect the lives of persons using the park, whil> the additions to the park spaces already made and in contem- plation will allow the proposed diminution. of Garfield Park to be made without any real curtailing of the parks in a section that must of necessity be given over largely to business purpos+s. While such use has met. with objection from a considerable number of the people IHving in proximity of that park, it has also been favored by property owners thereabouts, and the committee ts convinced that the proposed change will greatly improve the property conditions in that neighborhood. Such also Is the view of the District Commissioners, who have given the matter careful consideration. The Mall. “The continued and enlarg24 occupation of the Mall fs also a subject which has re- ceived much attentfon. As the District Commissioners point out, the location of the railroad within the Mali was made by the board of aldermen and the common council of the city of Washington on March 23, 1871, which location was confirm2d by act of Congress approved May 21, 1872. The city has au,usted itself to these condi- “Cure for Piles. Dr. Rice’s Wonderful Home Treat- ment That Cures and Avoids All Operation, &c. HE SENDS A FREE TRIAL TO EVERY SUr- FERER AND IT WILL CURD WORST GASES. By sending your name and address to Dr. W. 8. Rice, 488 P. Main st., Adams, N. Y., he will gladly send you a free trial treatment of his won- derful pile cure. He has the beat method and the only real practical treatment known and it will eure you no matter how severe your case may be. It bas cured hundreds of cases that were #0 bart that surgical operations were advised as the only relief. It is a remarkable treatment and no one should fail to send for it. 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By virtue of the pro- posed changes this occupation will b> great- ly improved so far as sightliness 1s con- cerned; and as a result the visitor to the tonal capital will not only be landed ar to the heart of the ci Wut also his st impressions of th> city will be of the ble character, “It Is proposed to remoye the tracks of the railroad from 6th street and to open that thoroughfare to public travel; and, in order to accommodate both the road and the public, to widen E street in front of the pres* ution so as to make there a broad pla Then a new and commodtous pas- iger station is to be constructed in sucn a many to make the building one of the arvhitectural features of the capital. Th tat building will cost the company about w million and a half of dollars. From the station the tracks are to run on an alevated structure in a southerly direction to join the main lines of the company on Ma and .saryland avenues, and pro- vision has been made for carrying the pro- Posed new avenue underneath the tracks by arches having a combined width of 200 feet, an architectural feature that can be made to add beauty to the new thoroughfare. Indeed, so far as sightliness ts concerned, the proposed changes will add greatly to the beauty of that portion of the Mall. “If it were possible to accommodate the public without the road crossing the Mall the comtnittee would be glad to recommend such 2 plan. When the Mall was laid out the only land travel was by horses, and to accommodate this streets were | opened across that perk. The invention of the rail- road, both steam and street, has made it quite as necessary to provide for such travel; and the only thing to be demanded 4s that such crossing shall be made with the least inconvenience and unsightlinese. The pending measure provides for both of these considerations. “The proposed straightening of the lines and the removal of the tracks from 6th street involves the removal of the fish com- mission building, and this change the com- mittee proposes that the railroad company shall pay for, placing the limit at $40,000, which Is believed to be a greater sum than will be necessary. Potomac Park Not Used. “Tho Dill as introduced proposed tracks on Water street and the use of a strip of land 500 feet wide across the Potomac Park between the Washington and Virginia. channels of the Potomac. The Commigsion- ers recommended that these provisions be stricken out, and in these recommendations the committee concurs. ‘Two Bridges. “The engineer officers of the government recommend that there shall be but one bridge across the main or Virginia channel of the Potomac, and the railroad people prefer two bridges. So strong is this pref- erence on the part of the railroad company at it 1s willing to build the second or highway bridge for the sum that the Dis- trict and the government would be required to pay as thelr proportionate sum for a single bridge. That is to say, the railroad company would pay the difference in the cost between one and two bridges. “This question was taken up at length by the committee; a conference was held with Mr. William H. Brown, the chief engineer of the Pennsylvania railroad; Lieut. Col. Allen, In charge of the Potomac flats im- provements, and Capt. Beach, the Engineer Commissioner of the District. After a full consultation the committee unhesitatingly report in favor of two bridges, as providing greater safety to life and property. The ob- struction to navigation caused by two bridges is not to be considered when it ie remembered that the everage number of times the draws will be operated w! - age less than one a day. = Pes “The question as torwhether there should be two bridges across,the Rotomac in place of the present Long bridge is one which should be determined upon the basis of the relative value of the ecommerce passing up Tiver amd that passing across it at the point in question, The railroad desires to have Wagon tratiic removed from tho railroad bridge on the ground that in spite of all precautions runaways and simi- lar accidents are centain to occur due to proximity of trains. Mr. Brown, the en gineer of the road, ‘states, that at least seven people already have been Killed on the Long bridge by such attidents. ‘The officer in change of the river and harbor improvements of thie district claims that the interests of.mavigation would be best serted by one bridge; that one draw would form less obstruction, than two, and also that there would be leap liability of an ice gorge forming with one bridge. The only records which have been kept concern- ing the number of times the draw has been Swung have been kept by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. They report that dur- ing the calendar year 1899 the draw was opened 6,290 times, the number of vessels Passing through belng 18,130, of which 7,826 Were steam vessels and 5,804 vessels of other kinds. “It is belleved that almost the entire amount of this commerce is due to the handling of scows carrying sand, etc. As far as can be ascertained the number of masted vessels that entered at Georgetown and Washington above the bridge during 1899 was not over 150, so that if the bridge were given a greater height it would be very seldom necessary to operate the draw. ‘The largest tug belonging to the port of ‘Washington has the top of its pilot house Seventeen feet above the water, with an ornamental eagle on top of the pilot house two feet high. A number of tugs come to this port during the season from Baltimore, and it is believed that they are somewhat larger. High tide would diminish the clearance to some extent, but it is belleved that if the bridge were put at an elevation of twenty-four feet above low water the tugs which would be apt to use these waters could go under at all ordinary stages without requiring the draw to be opened. This would require, of course, that the smokestacks be hinged—a thing which uld be very easily done. wonThere is or iderable force in the objec- tion that two bridges would tend to cause an ice gorge, although the ice in the upper Tiver is badiy broken up by coming over the Little and Great Falls. Gorges have occurred, however, owing to the movement of the tides, and the Ice between the two bridges would be less apt to move than that at other points, and floating ice would be apt to pass underneath and lodge, forming a gorge. “While two bridges placed so close to- gether that a vessel entering the line of guide cribs or piles of one draw Would en- ter the guide cribs or piles of the ot draw therefrom, would be less obstruction to navigation than if the bridges were fur- ther apart, it is believed that if they were as close together as this the ice would hold more strongly, and there would not be room between them to handle a tug so as to break up the ice. If they were removed to a distance of about 1,000 feet apart, there would be room between them for a vessel to run back and forth to break up the ice, thus checking any tendency to gorge. “Owing to the fact that all wagon travel from the south has to cross the bridge at present provided at Roach’s run, the bridge could be placed as much 1,000 feet up-stream from the railroad bridge without really increasing the d. nce to be traveled by teams, except those which rt between Roach’s run and the south shore of the bridge. “An estimate of the cost of building the bridges separately or combined has been prepared by the engineer of the raiirea and is believed to be correct, except in matter of ‘24,000 linear feet of | beams for asphalt floor, at $20, $72,000." ‘This item, it is believed, will amount to $54 per linear foot, instead of $30, which would make the total of that item 000, or an incr of $57,000. This item enters both e: 2 so that the cost to the United States not be changed thereby. Division of Cost. “It is the general rule that where changes are made to eliminate grade crossings one- half the expense shall be paid by the pub- lic and one-half by the railroad. The bill under consideration proposes an expendi- ture of not less than $6,000,000, $1,500,000 of which sum is for the new station, and therefore would not come into the division of costs. Some other items alsu belong to this category; but the cost of changes which in other cities would be subject to div: mn m1 I stock ¢ ona amount to not less than $4,000,000, The | p20 sha ode ees rule adopted in this case is that the rail-| ehare. This cop iE company has been pas- road company shall pay all the costs of | ng monthly dividends of two per cent since De- changes, both of bridg nd of exca tions, within its right of way, and that Uy District and the government shall be re- sponsible for land damages and building the approaches. ‘The District. Commissioners estimate the land damages at less than $50,000 and the cost of approaches at $200,- 000. The entire money cost to the public for making these very ne ; changes 1,000. This is sive of the ich should be rebuilt under any circumstances. Adding the cost of the bridge ($568,000), the entire ey expense will be $918,000. “In addition to thi: 000 for 270,000 square feet tak: field Park, at 60 cents a foot, and $910. for 364,000 square feet of Mall (in addition to the portion alre npied), at $250 a square foot. This would make the entire cost to the public $1,890,000, of which, as has been stated, the money st will b less than $1,000,000, the payment of which sum will be extended over five or six years In conclusion, the committee would 5 its entire confidence that the legislation proposed in the bill as amended is as satis- factory as can be hoped for. There has most complete co-operation be- ‘ommissioners of the District of the railroad. “The railroad company has been willing and anxious to revise and improve its ter- minals, and to enlarge its facilllies for do- ing business; it h met the i and the committee half way gotiations, and as a result thi sition to the general the are there any considerab! sons—indecd, the committee knows of no single individual—who would prefer to have no change rather than to have the present measure passed. There has been a remark- able unanimity among the people of the District in favor of the bill; and it is safe to say that should it become a law, it will prove a satisfactory and permanent solu- tion of the grade-crossings problem along the lines of the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company.” —_+-2+____ FAIR AND WARMER TONIGHT. no oppo- ry of the bill, nor number of per- Rain Wednesday Afternoon or Night; Northerly Winds. Forecast till 8 p.m. Wednes¢ y: For the District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia, fair and warmer tonight; rain Wednesday afternoon or night; warmer Wednesday; northerly, northeasterly, winds. shifting to fresh Weather conditions and general forecast: The southwestern disturbance is central this morning over Oklahoma, where it is appar- ently gaining strength and preparing to move east or north of east. This calculated movement will carry the rain area, which now covers the middle western and south- western states, to the Atlantic coast during the next thirty-six hours, and will cause a general rise In temperature over the eastern and southeastern districts. In the south- western states the passage of this depres- sion will be followed by clearing and colder weather, with light frosts in northern and jrestern: parts of Texas Wednesday morn- ing. Snow continues in Colorado and the north- ern Rocky mountain region, and the tem- perature is considerably below the seasonal average in all districts, except the extreme northwest and in the southern states east of the Rocky mountains. Along the New England coast fresh northwesterly winds will shift to northerly. On the middle Atlantic coast northerly winds will shift to fresh to brisk northeast- erly. On the south Atlantic coast the winds will increase in force from easterly. The following heavy precipitation (in inches) has been reported during the past twenty-four hours: Kansas City, 1.00. Records for Twenty-Four Hours. The following were the readings of the thermometer and baromcter at the weather bureau for the twenty-four hours begin- ning at 2 p.m. yesterday: Thermometer—April 9, 4 p.m.. 54: 8 p.m., 48; 12 midnight, 42. April 10, 4 am., 32; 8 a.m., 34; 12 noon, 40; 2 p.m., 45. Maximum, 54, at 4 p.m., April 9. Mini- mum, 30, at 6 a.m., April 10. Barometer—April 9, 4 p.m., 29.92; 8 p.m. 30.00; 12 midnight, 30.09. April 10, 4 a.m., 80.15; 8 a.m., 90.23; noon, 80.21; 2 p.m., Condition of the Water. ‘Temperature and condition of water at 8 a.m.: Great Falls, temperature, 58; condi- tion, 28; receiving reservoir, temperature, 51; condition at north connection, 36; condi- tion at south connection, 86; distributing reservoir, temperature, 51; condition at in- fluent gate house, 36; effluent gate house, 36. Tide Table. Today—Low tide, 11:30 a.m. and 11:50 p.m.; high tide, 5:04 a.m. and 5:21 p.m. Tomorrow—Low tide, 12:18 p.m.; high tide, 5:51 a.m. and 6:10 p.m. ‘The San and Moon. ‘Today—Sun rises, 5:30; sun sets, 6:33. Moon sets, 8:33 a.m. tomorrow. Tomorrow—Sun rises, 5:28. The City Lights. Gas lamps all lighted by 7:11 p.m.; extin- guishing begun at 4:37 a.m. The lighting is begun one hour before the time named. Are lamps lighted at 6:56 p.m.; extin- guished at 4:62 a.m. —_.__. Up to Specifications. Replying to a communication from the board of trustees of the girls’ reform school, the District Commissioners state that the new building now under course of construction has been examined by the architect, who has reported that the work at tha time of his inspection was fully up to the requirements of the specifications. Other reports made to the Commissioners, they state, make it plain to them that, while the labor and materials placed on the building hava not been the best the market afforded, were of the best quality of the TRY CRAIN-O] TRY CRAIN-O1 Grocer to show you a packa; GRAIN-0, the new food drink that takes the Stace of coffee. ‘hildren may drink it without {n- Joy, a8 well as the adult. All who try it ke it, RAIN-O has that rich seal brown of Mocha or Java, but it is made FINANCIAL. Daniel Drew Said: “When the sap bekins to ran up, buy stocks,"" and presumably that was good ad: Daniel mnch money, and died a muiti- millionaire. We do not think that the sap is run- j Bing much as yet, but the Wall Street tree is in foll bloom, and the bulls will soon commence to harvest their crops. The other speculative trees fre also commencing to show signs of life—nota- bly the Pork, Dot least, Buy Some Wheat. We Accept Marginal Accounts because made ow tt ir a wn and Cotton trees—and Inst, but Grain, Stocks and Cotton. Oar free book explaine; send for It, S 100i Chestnat st_.Phila Howard, Crosby & Cozi Congress at Reston = Wall #t.,> It A BANK ACCOUNT swell a doar. ay unt I wealth. Open an We pay interest Union Savings Bank, 1222 F St. aplo-15d patent for abov : «ul w PORSUNTEY AMERICAN 1007 G We have for sale at $10,000 Ist mortgag ish coupon j $1,500 2d mortgage St. Andrew's Parish Ove pen bends. wr last, drafts on the principal cities of Enrope low tates of exchange. ‘est allowed on deposits For further particulars apply at bank, mh30-12t WM. OSCAR ROOME, resident. The National Safe Deposit, Savings and Trust Company, CORNER ‘STH ST. AND NEW YORK AvB. Capital:One Million Dollars Pays Interest on Jeposits. Rents Saf_s ins'de Brrgi Acts ss Administrator, ecl4-200d Money at Promptly loaned lurbia. Heiskell & McLera oclS-Sit Sas 5Gaeaeee ‘AN UP rest paid on “a real estate In Dist m, 1008 F st. n.w. Se ses eseseeee TOWN Pers Using up will HOME SAVINGS B: 7th and L Streets. ap7-20d ese ec ccoes ee eeseces GURLEY & JOHNSON, BANKERS AND BROKERS, 1335 F ST., Members New York Stock Exchange. New York Correspondents, Van Emburgh & Atterbury STOCKS, BONDS & LOCAL Securities ought and sold—Cash or Margin. fe7-16tf Tel: phone. 390 and 490. PERPETUAL BUILDING ASSOCIATION. Ascets. $2,005,965.10 Surpios. $111,496.44 HAS MONEY ‘C0 LOAN. churge to tne borrower for examination of Oooo eeeeeroreres oor eerrerooos No title. No charge for rppraisement. No «barge for recording. No .ommias‘ons. Loans Absolutely Free of Expense. Settlement of 1alf shares or whole sbares at any time and caving the interest on the shares settled. Bu''ding loaas taade and interest charged only on the smoun* needed as you go along, and not op the whole loar, unt:l vou have drawn {t all. ‘These advantager muke the loans of the Per- petual the ch. apest in the city. ©. ©, DUNCANSON, President. JOHN COOK. Secretary, Office, 506 11th st. 4e30-361f INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. AOCOUNTANTS. -Page 18 AMUSEMENTS. -Paze 10 ATLANTIC CITY REAL ESTAT) ATTORNEYS... AUCTION SALES. BOARDING. 13 COUNTRY BOARD. COUNTRY REAL ESTATE, 13 DEATHS. 5 EDUCATIONAL, 13 EXCURSIONS. 10 FINANCIAL. 3 FOREIGN POSTAL SERVICE. 13 FOR EXCHANGE. 13 FOR RENT (Fiats) 12 FOR RENT (Houses) 12 FOR RENT (Offices) 12 FOR RENT (Rooms) 12 FOR RENT (Stores) 12 FOR SALE (Houses). 13 FOR SALE (Lots) 13 FOR SALB (Miscellancous) . a2 HORSES AND VEHICLES. 12 HOTELS. 13 LADIES’ GOODS 13 LEGAL NOTICI 12 LOCAL MENTION 30 LOST AND FOUND 2 MANICURD. 13 MEDICAL. 13 MONEY WANTED AND TO LOAN, 12 OCEAN TRAVEL. 13 PERSONAL... + 32 PIANOS AND ORGANS. 8 POTOMAC RIVER BOATS. 13 PROPOSALS. RAILROADS. ROOMS AND BOARD. SPECIAL NOTICES. SPRING RESORTS STORAGE. SUBURBAN PROPERTY. UNDERTAKERS. WANTED (Help) WANTED Houses). WANTED (Miscellaneous). WANTED (Rooms). WANTED (Situations) kinds specified. To complete the building within the appropriation, it {s further stated by the Commissioners, it was neces- sary to specify certain class2s of materials which, while not the best in the market, were yet, in their opinion, safe and god for the purposes intended. They were also compell2d to adopt certain constructions which would have been somewhat different had the funds in hand been greater. —— Filed for Probate. ‘The will of Alice E. Edmonson of Ana- costia, dated January 15, 1804, was filed yesterday for probate. The greater part of the estate of the testatrix is bequeathed to eg tne Edmonson, for life. William H. Liverpool is named executor. loney Boston, Phtladelpuia, Baltimore and Washi Foreign exchanre. ‘Cable transfers. FINANCTAL. | te $5 Menth for IVATE ROOMS, Clean, dry, well-vents Storage Rooms ck aud ker. Ovly Vacant. $1 te $5 a few Expert Packing. ™M nd China y “He of brewkage an to all parte of Fstimates furnished erchants’ Parcel : Delivery Company, ¢ £ 929-931 D St —=— "phone 659. ¢ T Sind The Union Trust and Storage Company Fara ‘crore ACCEPTS AND EXECUTES TRUSTS OF ALL KINDS, Wille ely kept in is as Executor OFFICERS. STELLWAGEN ‘ BAYNE rir 2 MAMILDON VLEMIN Ri the Com; EDWARD J JAMES © T: AMERICAN 41, AUTOCARETTE CO. .¢G Capital Steck = = $200,000 SHARES, $10.60 EACH. General Offices TERM: P Kellorg Building. OF SUBSCRIPTION, 2 NTH TILL. VAUD. * 1416 F Autocarettes will ! same ns by July 1 OFFICER T. FRANKL WILLIAM LORIN M Edwin B es. d Reynolds of Baltime Thos. P. Aimoxs of Bn timore. To sve MONTHS AGO WE. £0. This » We get private ade WILSON & 00, Bank references. VELAND PARK Home the best of investments Otice GIO 14th st and gods kine removal Money Loaned j Pp is Lowest rates Realty Appraisal an d Agency Company. Ancorperated.) pital, $109,000. Gie Makes xppraisels for ral osts Don't have te BUY IN PROPEL one appraisal; terest and expenses, s When agents 2nd cor loan money for you, ask them to AGRE! THAT TANES ARE Y i rept It is Important, your lean may be CLL GUT BY A TAX SAT We will do this for sou or them for 10 cents per thousand dollars pe THE COLUMBIA’ which paid SIX 1 to LOA clations, month, YOUR OWN ATTORNEY can prepare the neces- © forms, ASSi CENT last yeur, vm otherwise. LATION enipl terms as other asso Shares, $1 per RY. or monthly of any Distric’ furnished Insurance OF CHARG accepted and E , Treasurer. Office—610 13th street nw. fel-78t-26 Frank H. Pelouze, Member Washington Stock Exchange, 1405 F Street. Specialist in Local Securities. apd-26r* W. B. Hibbs & Co., BANKERS & BROKERS, Members New York Stock Exchange, 1419 F Street. ‘Correspondents of LADENBURG, THALMANN & 00. CARLEV, ROS ENCARTEN &60,, Bankers end Brokers, 20 BROAD BT., NEW YORK. Bonds, Stocks, Cotton, Grain, Provisions, Specinl fast wire constant quotations. WASHINGTON OFFICE: NO. 1421 F ST. $eb-10tt N.We THE RIGGS NATIONAL BANK OF WASHINGTON, D. G. Capital, $500,000. EXCHANGE ON ENGLAND, IRELAND, FRANCE AND GERMANY. Letters of Credit AVAILABLE IN ALL FOREIGN PARTS, BANK COLLECTIONS, ORDERS FOR INVESTMENTS. STOCKS AND BONDS. ap22-2str ee * Hopkins & Co., 27-22 WASHINGTON LOAN & TRUST BLDG, Bankers aud Financial Agents. General Banking Business. Investments. LETTERS OF CREDIT AND BILLS OF EX- CHANGE 0. Baring Bros. & Co., London, a able tn all part: of the world. EXCHANGE on Hong Kong and Shangba! Bank. ing Corp’n, good cor Manila, Honk Kong. Sbanghal east, and Yokobaiba and everywhere in the far fev-T8t-14 MONEY TO LOAN. 4¥, and 5%, ON DISTRICT REAL ESTATE. RATE OF INTEKEST REGULATED BY CHAR ACTER OF SECURITY. R. O. Holtzman, mb8-14tt 10th and F sts. i ESTABLISHED 1858. Lewis Johnson & Co., BANKERS, 1315 F Street, Sun Building, Members New York and Washing- ton Stock Exchange. x ‘New York, mor ington. Goreroment bnds bought and sold, MOORE & SCHLEY, am se von MONEY TO LOAN. 4% R.W.Walker& Son fell-104 1006 F ON.We ex