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The Washington times., 1906-02-11
BUILDING MATERIAL
EXHIBIT FAVORED
Architects and Builders In
tereSted in Scheme.
BALTIMORE HAS ONE NOW
Would Be Source of Valuable Education
to Homeseekers, Who Could Study
Various Kinds of Material.

Some Washington architects and build
ers are discussing with favor q sugges-
tIon TO establish here a permanent ex-
position for the display of building ma
terial and supplies.
Such an institution has been launched
in Baltimore and. under the auspices Of
the Builders Exchange. the project has
been brought TO a successful issue.
Following the lead of Philadelphia.
Cleveland and other industrial cities,
the members of the exchange deemed an
exposition of this kind q necessary ad-
junct to other business. and that it Will
prove profitable one present enthusi-
ssm and interest indicate.
AS soon as the alterations in the Ex-
change Building were completed TO pro-
vide room for the exposition, about 90
per cent of the floor space had been
leased.
TO any one familiar with the annoy
anees and delays incidental TO the OK
animation of supplies and furnishings
Il permanent exposition viii strongly -ap-
peal. The more complete tie exhibit
the greater the value of the establish
mnt 20 the architect. the contractor. the
dealer and that portion of the general
public who are interested in building op-
The assembling of substantial build
ing materials of all kinds, samples of
supplies, hardware, with its multiply
neat
ing, lighting and ventilation and the
hundreds of novelties that are being con-
stantI, introduced in architectural con-
struction, contributes to facilitate the
work of selection OF material, with a
consequent saving of time and trouble
to those upon whom the duty devolves.
Nor should an exposition of this ma
ture be regarded solely in its business
aspect There is an educational side to
the project which should not be ignored
As has been aptly remarked the tenant
OF today is the builder OF tomorrow.
This is particularly true of Washing
ton. with its urban development and
with its outlying picturesque suburbs.
Which are rapidly becoming converted
into thickly settled residential sections.
II IS proposed by the Baltimore ex-
position committee to make efforts to
induce tentative and protective builders
&c visit the display. where they may
ABSORB ideas OF exterior and interior
construction.
Properly conducted, the permanent ex-
position should prove an incentive to
build. To make il such, il viii be a
bUrean of information as well as an
exhibit, an institution which will pre-
sent a cohesion of interests in which al
may share, from the architect to the
owner Of the nrperty 10 be imprOYed.
The Washington times., 1906-02-11
INTERSTATE NANTEL AND
TILE DEALERS TO MEET
Business Men From Various Parts of
the Country Will Gather in
Baltimore This Week.

Representative manteI and tile dealers
from nearly every State in the Union
viii be in Baltimore February IS to Is
when the Interstate Mantel and Tile
Dealers Association meets at the Hotel
Belvedere. In addition to the mantel
and tile dealers, there will be associate
members, composed of the tile manufac-
turers. the mantel manufacturers and
the fireplace manufacturers.
The social feature will consist of an
open meeting at the morning session on
Tuesday. to all mantei and tile dea Iers
and manufacturers, whether members
or not. which meeting viii be addressed
by J. Harry Tregoe, president of the
Travellers and Merchants Association
Of Baltimore, on the subject of Organ
ization,' and by several other promf-
nent speakers associated in the tf!a BUS
mess.
On Wednesday evening they will be
given a banquet rendered by the men,
bers Of the Baltimore Mantel and Tile
Dealers Association. The election for
officers will take place Thursday.
The prese otnfficers. are: T. r. Keat-
ing, Of Chicago. president; G. L. Crook
er, Providence. r. l.. first vice presi-
dent; r. E. Logan, Pittsburg. Pa. sec
ond vice president; Benjamin P Phil
lips, Nashville, Tenn. secretary; W. ].
Gogthcross, Memphis. Tenn, treasurer.
The Washington times., 1906-02-11
CONTRACT AWARDED FOR
BIG PIERS At BALTIMORE
New York Concern Secures Assignment
to Construct Three of Six in
Upper Harbor.

The second anniversary OF Baltimore g
great fire was f1ttingly celebrated on
February Z by the municipal board of
awards awarding contracts to the Deg
non Contracting Company. of New
York. for the construction of piers /.
?. and 3 of the six modern piers and
docks to be built in the upper harbor,
and extending from BowIy's wharf on
the west to West Falls avenue on the
east
These piers are to be constructed of
stone on pile-and-timber foundation
and sonse idea of the great amount of
work involved may be obtained from the
following approximate total quantities
Old wharves and bulkheads, Asp IL
near feet; filling behind new walls, 81
SO cubic yards; excavation above NJ l.
w. 50 250 cubic yards; excavation below
NJ. L. w. 81. 400 cubic yards. yellow pine
piles under WALL t2.565; yellow-pine piles
in rear of wall. 1.610: yellow-pine piles
in alternative fender. 56S; whte-oak piles
(corner fenders), 27; yeIIow-pine timber
in foundations, 1,553, 80 feet b. NJ; yell
1ow-pine timber in alternative fender,
59 600 feet r. Nj; white-oak timber in
tenders. "a. 800 feet b. NJ; masonry. 1854
cubic yards concrete. 1s7 cubic yards
coping. 4,4s2 linear feet; iron exclusive
OF shoes). 6,7a5 pounds. and treenaiIs.
42 55s
The Washington times., 1906-02-11
BUILDING OPERATIONS
ACTIVE IN THE SOUTH
Reports From Various Cities Indicate
Probability of Substantial Increase
Over Last Years Record.

STATISTICS from many of the Southern
cities indicate that the activity in build
ing operations, so noticeable in Wash
ington since the opening of the present
year. is general throughout the country
In many OF the Southern and South
western cities, January showed a sub-
stantial increase over the correspond
ing period last year. indicating that
building during 1905 will experience a
decided forward movement
The valuation OF building permits is
sued in Memphis, Tenn, during the
month of January is estimated at $685.
4Sl. an increase OF $3s1. .464. or about I60
per cent
Permits issued In Nashville, Tenn,
have an estimated value of sos, ,044.5 80. as
against an estimated value of permits
issued in January, 1906. of ss34. .s06.
In Kansas City, Mo. sle value OF
building operations in January is estI-
mated at 1851, ,410. an increase of $311, ,160,
The value OF buildings for which per-
mits were issued In Knoxville. Tenn, is
placed at $1,000. and for Louisville, Ky.
SGT, ,S72.
The Washington times., 1906-02-11
MODERN HOUSE
WITHOUT CHIMNEY
Schenectady, N. Y, Man Has
Unique Home,
is HEATED BY ELECTRICITY
H. w. Hiliman, of the General Electric
Company, Has the Only House in
America Without Chimney.
is HEATED BY ELECTRICITY

VIII the twentieth century see the
passing Of that cumbrous destroyer Of
artistic symmetry in dwelling houses-a
chimney? VIII II become a useless fea-
ture in the homes of the future?
Stranger things have come 20 pass.
yet many people accustomed to the
methods in vogue for centuries. have
given the matter no thought So used
have We become to the employment Of
coal or wood for heating and cooking
that an eventual release from the an
noyance of smoke. ashes. and dust has
never occurred to US
Yet the problem of doing away with
this form Of fuel has been solved and
a house without & chimney has na1ie
its appearance, Electricity 1.as made
the departure from the ordinary pos
sible.
Surprised the Architect.
When H. w. HlIman. a prominent Of
fetal in the General Electric Company's
works at Schenectady. y. Y, commits
stoned an architect 10 draw plans fer
his handsome suburban residence, with
out chimney or fiues, he rather aston
ished that gentleman until Il was ex-
planned that electricity. which was TO
be used exclusively, rendered those ad-
juncts superhuous. The house was built
and 1t has the unique distinction Of be
ing the only residence in America with
out a chimney.
Electricity furnishes the light sIIp-
plies heat in ornamental radiators. does
the cooking, and operates numerous
other devices of utility and comfort It
illustrates the advance made IN the
utilization OF this comparatively un-
known element with new inventions
which viii lessen the cost Of generation
and appliances to enlarge the scope of
its adaptabiiity, electricity Is destined
10 become a commodity Of general use
as a domestic as well as an indus .risI
agent.
Before the present century runs ths
half of its circle chimneyless houses
may be no novelty. The increasing cost
of coal TO the consumer will direct at
tention to a cheaper substitute which
will be safe and satisfactory. This
electricity viii supply.
Dangef Minimized.
New devices by which the current Is
controlled have niniaized the danger
which. among the uniformed. has been
an objection TO its use for home pur
poses The masses. however, are be-
coming educated in the management~of
the safeguards about electric current
and with the exercise OF ordinary In
teIIigence il is harmless and less danger
Gus than coal. gas. or the oils so ex-
tensiveIy used as fuei at present
In planning buildings in the future.
whether pretentious or humble wiring
for electricity win be an. essential re-
quirement, just as gas and water piping
is today. We have scarcely entered
upon the age Of electricity. Looking
backward to the beginning of the sec
ond half of the last century. we marvel
at the wonders OF electrical achieve
ment. .
Gauged by the development of the past
decade. We are but passing through the
kindergarten period of electrical expert
ence. ..- ----
The Washington times., 1906-02-11
FOUND HOUSES FIVE
THOUSAND YEARS OLD

Some interesting relics OF antiquity.
which illustrate the high degree to
which civilization attained in Egypt
thousands of years before the birth of
Christ. have been taken TO England by
the excavating party which left that
country Christmas of 1904.
In HierakonopOlis, the home of Egypt,s
earliest kings. situated some distance
to the north of Assouan, the party were
able to trace the walls of houses and
the disposition of the rooms dating
from 3,e00 B. c. Vases of .alabaster
and granite and flint knives of delicate
workmanship belonging to this period
were also found.
Traces of animals sacrificed Al the time
of Raneses VI were found at Esua.
The relics viii be exhibited at the In
stitute of Archaeology attached 10 the
Liverpool University.
The Washington times., 1906-02-11
SHOWING NGERsoLL LUNA PARK AT FOUR MILE RUN VA
Real Estate Actipe on
Massachusetts, Avenue
William p. BurCh, Racing Stable Owner,
Buys Two Large Properties at Corner
of Tenth Street Northwest

WIIige. Gibbs & Daniel. real estate
brokers. have sold 10 William p. Burch,
the we'll known racing stable owner.
two large residence properties situated
on the northeast corner of Massachu-
setts avenue and Tenth street northwest
The lot forms an obtuse angle at the
street corner, which adds 10 its dimen-
sions on the north and east sides. The
buildings are Of red and handmade
brick and are three and four stories in
height. with basement aud attic. They
were formerly occupied by Miss Pol
The Washington times., 1906-02-11

locks kindergarten, and are now used
for dwelling purposes ana GENITAL par
lors-
It is understood that s13.59e was paid
for the two properties. The purchaser
viii hold them as an investment. The
price paid for the properties, including
the buildings. approximates SIC Per
square foot
There has been considerable real es-
tate activity on this block recently. four
properties having changed hands on
the Massachusetts avenue side within
the past several weeks.
The Washington times., 1906-02-11

New Structure Asked for at
Water Street.
AVENUE BRIDGE TOO NARROW
Traffic Constantly Congested Because
Only One Line of Vehicles Can
Pass at Time.

In the report of the Commissioners to
Congress. appropriation of s8S,o00 is
recommended for the construction OF a
new bridge across Rock Creek at X or
Water street.
The first bridge built by the fathers
OF the town over the creek at this point.
was considered to be Of such substantial
construction that the proud promoters
had suspended therefrom an inscription
freading as follows: May the Union last
as long as this bridge"
The proposed bridge will be the fourth
constructed across the stream since the
establishment of the Union.
Cost of First Bridge.
As indicated in the account rendered
by the Commissioners OF the city of
Washington" of their expenditures
from the time of their appointment 70
tie 18th day OF May. 179s, the original
bridge across Rock creek at K street,
then stated to be the creeks mouth. was
a stone structure and cost the people
after crediting a refund of 81 ,200, de-
nlanded from the contractor for defec-
tive work. $2.21155
Later there was a wooden bridge, ap-
:roached at both sides by way of an in
clined roadway. The present structure
IS an iron bridge, and is about forty
years old.
Conditions Demand Widening.
Georgetown residents want the bridge
across Rock creek at Pennsylvania ave.
nue.. widened to the full width of the
avenue. The present roadways admit
bus one line of vehicles and traffic is
constantly congested in consequence.
The aqueduct office has repeatedly
urged the widening. and it is claimed
trade conditions demand it.
This Pennsylvania avenue bridge is
a sorry little structure, fll-beftting the
National Capital. Many a mountain
stream is crossed by a superior bridge
Washington. though attempting TO vie
with Paris and the continental capitals
in beauty. has neglected its interior
bridges. among the chief architectural
works Of the old world.
The Washington times., 1906-02-11
LUNA PARK SCHEME
IS A BIG VENTURE
Engineers Moving a Hill
to Fill a Valley.
GROWTH OF PLEASURE PARKS
Three-Q Quarter of a Million Dollar Plant
Outgrowth of Outing Grounds Where
Visitors Carried Lunches.

The announcement that Frederick IN
gersolI, OF Pittsburg, and a number Of
local capitalists would build a Luna
Park n -Four Mile Run. on the wash
ington, Aiex3Edria and Mt. Vernon
railway for the benefit of Washington
pleasure seekers. has aroused intense in
terest because Of the fact that there al
ways has been a dearth OF summer
amusements near this city. Few, how
ever, have any idea OF the magnitude Of
the undertaking
The new park viii be as far in advance
Of the old style Of summer parks as the
modern locomotive IS ahead OF the old
engine. John Bull" that has been re-
tired to the National Museum. When It
is considered that 1t is proposed to
spend more than third Of a million
dollars on the venture. the possibilities
Of it can be readily imagined. The place
as planned viii he simply a city of mag.
ni1cent amusement palaces.
The Old-Time Park.
The evolution Of the summer park. az
represented in the modern pleasure
grounds erected by Mr., Tngersoll IN a
number OF cities is not without interest
Men who are still young remember when
The park that they first kCew was simply
a piece of woodland. sometimes thirty
on more miles from the city on the line
OF a railroad.
There were 40 amusements. The pleas
ure seeker carried along q piece Of stout
rcpe with which to make a swing from
The limb Of some convenient tree: or to
make q copenhaee ring: and. by the
way. copenhagen WIS q pretty good
game in those days The girls for weeks
before the outing were busy making
bean bags and planning lunches Ia be
served on the ground under the shade OF
a sheltering tree.
They had good times then. bat when
an enterprisiug excursion agent erected
a shelter pavilion, which was immediate
" seized upon for dancing purposes, Ii
was thought that perfection had come.
The young folks danced all day until
they were so tired that they were glad
10 crowd into the old-time stuffy pas
seuger car and make a slow Journey or
two or three hours home
Then came the merry y-gO-Tound-a
crude device as compared with the ma g
nificent carrousels of today. They were
circular platforms, on which were perch
ed ten or 50 rudely carved figures, ana
the motive power was an old horse. the
older the cheaper. end therefore better
suited 10 the m ans OF the man who
owned the machine This was followed
by the stationery wooden swing. and ir
there happened to be a nlilldam close by,
tractors of the park. But nishtfaH was
time for going nome
The Washington times., 1906-02-11
CAPITAL TRACTION
MODERN CAR BARN
Fourteenth Street Structure
TO Be Finest in Country.
1T WILDE FIREPR OOF
Architects Drawings Show Happy
Combination of Best Features of
Similar Buildings IN Other Cities.

The Capital Traction Company, by
taking advantage Of the extension of
Fourteenth street to carry its line far
ther out into the country, is opening up
and making accessible d large area of
some Of the most beautiful suburban
country TO be found in the District of
Columbia
The extension will for the present go
- far as the Brightwood Driving Park.
and the new car barn, a reproduction of
the drawings for which appear in this
page, viii be located about half a mile
south of that place.
In this car barn, the architects, Wood.
Dom 4 Deming, propose 10 utilize all
the best features to be found anywhere
in similar structures. When finished it
will be one of the finest and largest in
the United States.
The company seems. from the plans.
to realize the value OF having the build
ing made IS attractive archftecturally
as can be, without increasing the cost.
The grouping of various parts artist
cally, so that the entire building. when
viewed from ali sides, is a harmonious
whole, costs no more than if these same
Good Architecture Pays.
Any building which is well planned in
all its parts by a good architect will
prove the truth of this statement. good
architecture in utilitarian structures
pays as an investment and acts not only
in an educational -ray. but serves 10
raise the Standard of the architecture
OF the neighborhood.
111.696 square feet. 1t is 537 feet
long On Fourteenth street and eos feet
on Decatur street
The officers waiti lg room, shop. etc.
are grouped in one corner of the struc-
ture, and are dominated by tower
which holds the water tank. There will
be enough water in this tank to food
the entire building If necessary in case
of fire
The cars will make a loop around the
offices and waiting room just as is the
case In the Union Station in Georas-
town.
Land Slopes to South.
The rest OF the building is given UP
TO tracks for cars not in use Half of
the area Of the building is two stories
high. This is occa stoned BY the sIoDe
of the land which in the southern por-
tion of the site falls away twenty or
thirty feet below the level of the
northern end.
The building will be Of fire-proof
construction The exterfOrs of all
wallis will be of red brick laid with a
white mortar joint in cross bond The
exposed sl0ping roofs will be covered
with heavy sea green slate. The nat
roofs over the car barn proper will
be covered with Stag roofing or some
thing similar.
The Washington times., 1906-02-11
Ingersoll's Idea.

In the evolution wrought by Frederick
Irgersoll. little OF the old idea remains
When a park site is selected engineers
and artists are put to work. AT Four
Mile Run the result is that the whole
q bluff is being razed to fiI in a hollow
so that there shall be a level tract ten
acress in extent and on this will be
erected a city OF turreted amusement
buildings.
No matter what the building is to
be used for whether for a palace of IL
lusions or simply popcorn stand IL
will have its COVER. The purpose of
that tower is TO add beauty to the
whole scheme, or, as r. w. Henderson.
of Cleveland, Ohio, the architect Of the
park, expressed il. Simply TO accom-
modate a thousand electric lights
Instead of the visitors being left to
their own devices for aEluSementS there
is to be always something going on
band concert by an organization of
recognized merit, circus act. in which
there are performing ponies and horses
a feat of daring on a tight rope a bal
let or perhaps a lion tanner, and all of
Il free. Instead OF the lunch basket there
are to be dainty light lunch pavilions
where the cost of something good to eat
is within the means of a child who
saves his pennies for ar outing The
squeaky little merry -go-round is to be
represented by magnificent amusement
dizriCpS
The Washington times., 1906-02-11
Paul NordstrOm's Work.

The artist who designed the color
scheme for the Washington Luna PARK
is Paul Nordstrom, the well known
Swedish painter. The illustration here
with reproduced is from a drawing by
Mr. Nordstrom from the plans of the
architect
The company has opened offices In the
Washington, Alexa 1dria and Mt. YER
non railway building at Twelfth street
and Pennsylvania avenue, under the
management of William c. Little.
veteran newspaper man, the director
of publicity, and H A. Morrison the
mic dates viii be opened tomorrow
morning The picnic grove. by the way
will be separate from the park proper.
1t will contain, besides picnic, dining
and dancing payiliens. a thoroughly
equipped athletic field with a nerfectIy
appointed baseball diamond.
The Washington times., 1906-02-11
CAN ROLL SHEET IRON
UNTIL 1T Is TRANSPARENT

Sheet iron can now be rolled so thin
that II takes 1900 sheets TO make
single incff in thickness.
Light shines as clearly through one
of these sheets as through ordinary
tissue paper q.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-03-15
A Sorry Prospect.

It is, of course, a platitude to say
that the frankness of the young is, on
certain occasions, most appalling; but
the truth of the statement is illustrat-
ed in a new way by the following story
of the little boy who was taken out to
dine.
Ralph had, to the comfort Of his
mother, conducted himself in a most
exemplary manner throughout the re-
past. At dessert the lad gazed long
ingly at some fruit at the farther end
of the table, but, much to his dis
appointment, he was not asked to have
any of it. It CHANGED that the hostess,
boys face. and being, of course, en-
boys face, an dbeing, of course, en-
tirely ignorant OF the cause thereof,
said:
And of what are you thinking so
earnestly, little man."
Mother told me-" came in swift re-
Spouse, mot to take two apples, and
| was thinking I'd be mighty lucky to
get one"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-03-15

and investigating mind, an earnest
seeker after knowledge, and above
all, possessed of a wonderfully sympa-
thetic nature.
In 1S43 she married Isaac Pinkham.
a builder and real estate operator, and
their early married life was marked by
prosperity and happiness. They had
four children, three sons and a
daughter
In those good old fashioned days'it
was common for mothers to- make
their own home medicines from roots
and herbs, natures own remedies
calling in a physician only in specially
urgent cases. BY tradition and ex-
perience many O. them gained a won
derful knowledge of the curative prop
<erties of the various roots and herbs.
Mrs. Pinkham took a great interest
in the study of roots and herbs, their
characteristics and power over disease.
She maintained that just as nature SO
beautifully provides in the harvest
fields and orchards vegetable foods of
all kinds; so, if we but take the pains
to find them, in the roots and herbs
of the field there are remedies ex-
presSly designed to cure the various
ills and weaknesses of the body, and
1t was her pleasure to search these out,
and prepare simple and effective medi-
cines for her own family and friends,
Chief Of these was a rare combina-
ton of the choicest medicinal roots
and herbs found best adapted for the
cure of the ills and weaknesses pecu-
liar to the female sex, and Lydia Z. Pink
hams friends and neighbors learned
that her compound relieved and cured
and it became quite popular among
them.
All this so far was done freely, with
out money and without price, as a
labor of love.
but in 1873 the financial crisis struck
Lynn. It's length and severity were too
much for the large real estate interests
of the Pinkham family, as this class
of business suffered most from
fearful depression, so when the Centen-
nisf year dawned it found their prop
Zty swept away. Some other source
of income had to be found.
At this point Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound was made known
to the world.
The three sons and the daughter,
with thei- mother, combined forces to