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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-04-01
IMPORTANT RAILROAD
TERMINALS TO Be BUILT
Freight Station Projected for St. Louis
and New Union Terminal at Biz
minghsm Now Under Way.

The Municipal Bridge and Terminal
commission. of St. Louis. purposes to
establish an extensive freight terminal
system in the center Of that city. with
branch terminals in other sections with
In the city limits. This it is hoped TO do
through friendly cooperation with the
railroads.
The proposed central terminal cover
ing a district now principally devoted TO
railroad uses. would embrace a section
six blocks long and four blocks wide
and fronting on the Mississippi river
south of Cass avenue
Construction has begun at Rirmine-
ham. Ala. on the new union terminal
station. which is to cost approximately
a million dollars. Oliver Soilitt - Co.
Of Chicago. have the contract. for the
building. the architect Of which is j.
Thornton Marye of Atlanta. Walter II.
Harrison is the engineer in Charge of
the terminal It is expected to com
plete the work by January next
new passenger terminal station at
Chicago is again under discussion. and
it is now reported that the Union sta
ton. on Canal street. will be rebuilt
The station building will be on the east
49, - OeAAcA SNACcl NdS DIT DTGSenIl. be-
tween Madison and Adams streets Rut
the trainshed and yards, instead OF be-
ing on the east side Of the building, will
be west of Canal street, communication
being afforded by subways under the
street The present station is used by
the Pennsylvania lines Cboth the Pitts
burg. Fort Wayne and Chicago railway
and the Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago
and St Louis railway, the Chicago and
Alton railway, Chicago, Milwaukee and
St Paul railway, and the Chicago. Bur
lington and Quincy railway.
Its average daily traffic in 1905 was 2as
trains, with LAS cars, but none of these
roads has any extensive suburban sery
Ice 1t has been suggested that the
Chicago and Northwestern railway
should use the new station, but this
road has an Immense suburban traffic
and operates 242 trains per day at rs
Wells street station, so that it prefers
to retain an independent terminal and
is preparing plans for an increase in its
facilities.
These will include a four-track bascuIs
bridge over the Chicago river to replace
the present double-track swing bridge
which throttles the traffic Just at the
entrance to the passenger station.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-04-01

Chesney. 20ss First street northwest.
for $500. 2034 First street northwest.
20 George W. Griffith for $500. this
being the last OF the thirteen houses
built by L. Z BTeuninger a snort time
ago at First and V streets northwest,
which Mr.. Sansbury has sold For Mr..
Kriksteine- 1916 Harvard street north
west, 10 Mrs Annie NJ Parks for
$500. To John T. Wards. 127 V street
northwest. for Mrs. Anna NJ Parks, "a
rs To Robert N. Campbell. 764 q
street northeast. at S3.75G, for George
W. Griffith For John n Bachelor 20
Ella Dyer, 651 F street northeast. So
600. For George BaIsely 20 Frank
Holmes, 1927 street northeast. $3.50e.
For c. G. Bradshaw 10 Max Gould. 16IS
Fifteenth street northwest. for 81 900.
To Lewis Z Breuninger. for the Wash
ington Loan and Trust Company. lot
Il, block 43. Holmead's subdivision.
for $4,000 For T J. Tally, TO Mrs~
Seehrist. 20s7 First street northwest.
for $500.
The comparative table for the week,
as given out By Mr.. Dutton. follows.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-04-01
TH0S. H. MELTON WILL
BUILD IN NORTHEAST

Thomas H. Melton will erect nine
dwellings on Third street northeast at
a cost of about $45, 600. The houses will
be three stories, and were designed by
Architect n. r. Grimm. They viii be
of brick, trimmed with stone, and viii
have tile roofing.
Hot water heating plants will be in
stalled. and other up-to-date convent
ences are provided for in the plans.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-04-01
NEW PHONE EXCHANGE
FOR NORTHEAST SECTION
Three-Story Structure Planned for B
Street-wili Have Modern
Appointments

Plans have been prepared for another
telephone exchange TO be erected by the
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone
Company on B street northeast. The
structure is to be three stories high
with a frontage of IS feet and a depth
OF 100 feet.
The designs. made by Architects Ed
litZ and Mckenzie. of New York city.
call for brick construction on a stone
base and with terra Gotta trimmings.
Steel beams and Orders will be used
in the building and cast iron columns
will be used to embellish the front. The
building will be equipped with electric
fixtures and viii have a modern heating
apparatus. It's construction will be fire.
proof.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-04-01
SIGNS POINT TO RECORD
YEAR IN 1906 BUILDING
Optimistic Outlook Despite High Prices
of Materials All Over the
Country.

All signs seem to favor the expecta-
ton that the expenditure for building
this yea- viii exceed even that of 1906
which Bradstreets investigations
showed aggregated over $3.50 000, 600. So
far the leading cities are all ahead of
last year.
Lumber is active and high in price.
Hemlock lumber at Chicago is IS
higher than year ago, but competition
in the brick trade is responsible for
low prices at that center
AT the South the output OF lumber is
only limited by the supply of labor
Hardware is in brisk demand the
country over. Window glass is higher
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-04-01
MAY SPEND IMMENSE
SUN IN COAL LANDS
Tennessee Coal and Iron Company, Not
Republic Company, Figures on Mil
lions for improvements.

While the final announcements Of the
proposed Improvements by the Tennessee
Coal and Iron Company and the Re-
public Company have not yet been
made by the new directors it is under
stood that several million dollars will
be expended in building new steel
plant. probably at Thomas, the site Of
the Republics furnaces, and in oth-r
developments. including the enlargement
Of coal and ore plants.
The new directors Of the concern have
been in Baltimore during the past week
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-04-01
WATER SUPPLY OF TOWNS
AND CITIES OF WISCONSIN

There are 20 cities and villages in
Wisconsin, Of which I'D have been pro
vided with public water supplies. OF
this number fifty are supplied with arte-
sian wafer, thirty with ground water.
fourteen with lake water. twelve with
river water and for the remainder the
supply is not definitely known.
Of the cities using river water only
six use it for both fire and domestic
purposes, the others. for fire protection
or mechanical purposes only
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-04-01
WILL BUILD TWO
HOUSES IN GEORGETOWN

J. w. Haney is about TO construct two
brick dwellings on the east side OF Thir-
ty-third street. north OF Q street
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-04-01
COLONIAL HOUSES
FOR COLUMBIA ROAD.
Mrs. Mary S. Thompson to
Have Unique Structure.
SIDE YARDS A FEATURE
Plans Provide for Larger Open Space
Than Is Usually Found About the
Residences of Washington.
SIDE YARDS A FEATURE

Two very attractive colonial houses
are to be erected for Mrs. Mary S.
Thompson at 1926 and 1925 Columbia
road. The designs were prepared by
Architects Harding and Upmsn. and the
construction will be done by W. E.
Mooney.
Each house is to have a width of
eighteen feet and depth of sixty feet
They will be three stories high and will
contain twelve rooms each. The lots
are large and the plans have been so
arranged as to allow ample yards.
Seven-Foot Side Yards.
There will be a reservation of seven
feet on the side and large yards will be
laid out in front and rear.
The exterior OF the houses will fol-
low closely the style prevailing during
the Georgian period. which is common
ly referred to as the Colonial style of
architecture. In this type of structure
only simple forms are used. the beauty
of the houses depending largely on the
color effect. which in Mrs. Thompson's
houses win be a combination OF red
brick laid in Flemish bond with dark
headers.
The stone to be used in the trimming
of the houses will be Of a light shade,
and the roofs viii be Of dark blue slate.
The binds Will be green, which will
make pleasing contrast with the other
color features. The woodwork will be
white
White Enamel Interior.
The interior wood work is to be stain
ed to show a white enamel effect, and
the doors will be finished in mahogany.
All the interior doors ara OF birch
finished mahogany. while the remain
ing wood work win have a white enam-
Ell finish.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-04-01
INTEREST STRONG
IN BOON SECTION
Real Estate Men Watching
Financial District Closely.
ARCHITECTS MAKING PLANS
Two Local Offices Commissioned to De-
sign Structures for Washington's
'swall Street"

Although the flush of excitement
which came as an incident to the recog-
milton of the new financial district as
such has passed away, real estate
brokers and investors are still watching
closely every move that is made either
TO buy or sell property in the neighbor-
hood of the favored locality Hardly a
day passed last week that some new
and. usually. plausible-rumor was not
circulated about pending deals or the
real purposes OF those who were known
to have bought ground
AS had neen for some days Anticipated.
George Howard, Of the National Safe
Deposit, Savings and Trust Company.
did not consummate his trade for the
old st. Matthews Church site. He sim
ply let his option go, and still declines
70 state the names of the members of
the syndicate he represented II was
stated on what seemed 20 be good au-
thority that Mr.. Howard paid 81 200 for
his option. and that he offered another
thousand for an extension. but the offer
was declined
Raised the Price.
IL is understood in well-advised cir
cles that SIS per foot was the basis OF
Mr.. Towards option, and that now the
church people want SO per foot. The
latter figure appears to be the current
valuation Of land in the vicinity of Fiji
teenth and III streets, where the prop
erty Is situated
Speculation as TO the identity of the
purchaser of the Severn, at 1910 II street,
was set aside yesterday when the deed
to D. J. Kaufman, a local merchant,
was recorded MIR. kaufman, recogniz-
ing the rapid rise of values in the vicin-
ity. began negotiations for the Severn
a week o. more before he concluded his
purchase. He will, il is said, hold the
property as an investment, being con-
tented with the income which ii nets
him in its present condition.
No information has yet been obtain
able as to who bought the northern part
Of the property between the American
Security and Trust Company's building
and the Dockon building. and some peo-
pie who are in touch with the progress
of events in the future wall Street"
believe the trust company and the Riggs
Bank control it.
Pushing Plans Forward.
No time is being wasted in pushing
forward the plans for the Improvement
Of the section. The Onion Trust Com
pany has. it is reported, already com
missioned Architects Wood. Dom &
Deming T. prepare designs for its new
home on the Colonial Hotel site. and
Swartzell, Rheem & Hensey have given
4 like commission 70 Architect Paul j.
PelZ
1t is confidently expected that new
aspect will be given the financial dis
trict before twelve months will have
passed. In the meantime investors and
the general public are wondering who
will finally get the remaining prize los
cations"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-04-01

Cook, the heirs of John ]. Cook. the
property was withdrawn and offered as
three separate parcels in two Dx1I4 foot
lots and one 80 by ia foot lot.
The bidding not being satisfactory for
the first parcel offered, the property
was again withdrawn
The auctioneers and assignees then
sold S521 p street. a nine-roon frame
dwelling, which was knocked down 10
John Heenan for S2550
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-04-01
NEW STORAGE COMPANY
READY FOR BUSINESS

The Fidelity Storage Company, 1920 u
street. has opened It's immense building
for business. The management is high
ly gratified at the interest shown by the
public IN the enterprise, especially at
the amount of business offered it before
entire completion of the building
The company is now prepared to take
rare of any amount Of storage. packing
and moving. This building is said 10
oe the most fireproof and perfectly
equipped warehouse in the world.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-04-01
SOUTHERN MAS0NS PLAN
SPLENDID NEW TEMPLE

Plans have been adopted for the pro-
posed Masonic Temple to be erected at
Winston-Salem, N c. The building win
be five and half stories high and viii
be constructed of granite and press
brick 1t will have stone, terra Gotta,
and metal trimmings.
An electric elevator will be installed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-04-01
Georgetown Property
Withdrawn From Sale
Highest Bid Made at Auction Sale of Late
John j. Cooks Land on M Street Was
Unsatisfactory

The estate OF the late John J. Cook,
consisting Of $500 square feet on the
north side OF NJ street, corner of Thir-
ty-third, improved by frame building
formerly used as a carriage factory,
was offered at public auction Friday
afternoon. The highest bid received for
the property as an entirety was 1890.
This offer being declined by the as
signees of George w. Cook and Bertha
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-04-01
WILL BUILD TW0-ST0RY
HOUSES IN MADISON ST

Two two-story dwellings are to be
built by B. W. Guy in Madison street
between Sixth and Seventh streets.
Brick and stone will be used in the
construction. and the houses, will have
galvanized iron cornices
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-30
THE EVENING TIMES. GRAND FORKS, N. D.

could not help but concede that the
foreign missionaries had done much in
the worlds development. s AZ
A very interesting address was one
by DR. H. L. F. Luering of Singapore.
He has been worker for over nine
years In southern Asia. He is q Ger
man by birth and was selected for mis-
stonary work, because of his peculiar
natural talent as linguist. He adj
dressed himself to relating the methods
the Almighty uses In the spreading of
the good tidings. He wished his hear
ers to understand that speak of in
ferior races of peoples was a mistake,
there being no inferior races. He cited
instances of rapid education among
the most ignorant mountain tribes who
lived In trees, knew nothing of houses
or huts, but who, when taken In charge
by the missionaries and amid civilized
environments learned enough of the
Chinese language to converse in three
months. The doctor told of the USE
fulness of the Chinese and how they
had been helped to do for themselves
and were lifted from degradation. He
was emphatic in his pronouncing that
1t was a mistake of our government
in not allowing intelligent and indust-
rious Chinese to settle in the Philippine
islands permanently. The British and
Malay governments had found it en-
ceedingly profitable to- allow them to
COLOMBO and develop unpopulated re-
gions and inspire less Industrious
people. There were many facts and
statistics to prove the wisdom of the
undertakings in Asia. For nearly an
hour the learned doctor kept his
audience almost spellbound with his
eloquence and his relating of abso-
lutte facts.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-30
PREVENTION OF PNEUMONIA.
Anything That Lowers the vital Tone
Invites the Disease.

AS February and March are the
typical pneumonia months, during
which the disease reaches its highest
mortality, 1t Is incumbent on all to
exercise more than ordinary care In
avoiding undue exposure to we'll
known inclemencies of the weather
during these months. Living as we do
in such variable climate we can
not altogethes escape the incident
risks of sudden changes of tempera-
ture, raw air, snow, rain AMI sleet
and poisonous dust, but we can do our
best to harden ourselves to emer-
gencies. II never take cold, because
l have my cold plunge every morning."
says one, but every individual cannot
safely indulge in such practice. 1t
Is question of quick reaction and a
healthy glow of the body, or de-
pressing and chilly effect, doing pro-
portionately greater HARM But short
of this each one can tougher himself
in his own way by an insuring process
which suits his requirements.
The main point to be gained is the
ready adaptation to sudden changes
indoors and out, and the ability to
promptly resist temporary chill. The
occurrence of the latter should al
ways be taken as a warning that the
body machinery is not in good work.
ing order. Anything that lowers the
vital tone furnishes the proper soil
for the ever-lurking pneumococcus.
Undue and prolonged exposure to cold
and excessive indulgence in alcoholic
stimulants are we'll known to be the
leading depressing agencies that
specially invite pneumonia attack
Next comes general weakness, or de-
bility, and for this reason the aged
are the surest victims of the disease.
The initiative cold" is especially to
be avoided. The largest proportion
of pneumonia victims is first attacked
in this way. Ordinary catarrhal af-
fections are so common during all sea-
sons, due to infected dust In cities
and unhygienic apartments, that the
victim ordinarily pays little attention
to them, but at this time they as
sumo, for obvious reasons. an ominous
Importance. The first aim then. should
be to allow the ordinary cold" no
quarter. The best proof of the value
of such advice is the fact that by a
prompt treatment of the affection
pneumonia is often effectually prevent
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-30
PAGE FIVE

ed. This we arm the system against
the graver attack Of lung trouble by
conserving and stimulating vital resist
ance. Nor is any time to be lost, in
asmuch as the incubation period OF
pneumonia IL often limited to two or
three days.
The most dangerous preliminary
cold" are those attended with fever
ishness, lassitude, headache, achy
limbs and the general sick feeling"
that mark the attack. To brave such
seizure by an attempt to work It
OFF" is the height of foolhardiness.
The prudent man must take to his
bed at once and submit to proper
medical treatment, nor should he ven
ture out again until all threatening
symptoms have disappeared.
AS an additional emphasis to the
Importance of these salutary precau-
tons. simple as they are, and so easily
applied, it must be borne in mind that
when pneumonia fairly starts on its
way it goes to its end. AS a SELF
limited disease it always takes "a
definite course, progressing through
Its various stages in spite of the most
skillful treatment, and endin g either
in the "crisis" which marks the com
mencement of recovery, or in death.
Why, then, should we take any risks,
however small they may at first ap-
pear? The microbe is on one side, the
victim on the other. At least we can
protect the individual against chance
attacks.-New York Herald.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-30
HUMBLE BEAST OF BURDEN
Oxen Us O Moving Power In Southern
Lumber CAMPS.

Whoa, Brandy! Gee, Broad" is
cry often heard throughout the piny
woods of the Florida parishes, says
the New Orleans Times Democrat, and
it is STANCE how the same names for
oxen have apparently descended for
hundreds of generations of cattle to
these are common: Brandy, Lyon,
Diamond, Badly, Spot, Broad, Roger,
Bright, Buck, WHEELER, Red Logue and
Bully.
The writer stopped driver coming
in with load of logs for one of the
hammond mills and asked the names
of his oxen. Here they are as he
gave them: Tongue yoke, two middles
and the lead yoke. Buck and Jerry,
Jake and Ben, Red and Raj, Bald
and Red-four yoke.
Oxen are always considered as
'yokes." sold, handled and worked as
"yokes".
The OK is essentially the moving
power of the lumber world in the
South, in spite of the fact that every
big mill throughout this section owns
and operates from 20 to IS miles of
railway, wherewith the logs are
brought to the mill.
A yoke OF oxen, work animals, is
worth 500; the yoke itself, with bows
and all appurtenances, $3.50, and then
there are to be added about 40 feet of
two-inch chain, cart hook and good
ak. Five yoke throughout this Sec
ton constitute team, and George
Johnston stated that ON good road.
with good team, using modern, up
to-date eight-wheel wagon, he had
hauled seven tons, $4,000 pounds, Of
rosin. What team of horses or mules
can equal that?
For. mark you. when an OK gets in
to mud hole he gets out. If you are
driving horses or mules you will SOON
ier or later have to unhitch and pry
out your horses or mules. Why? Be-
cause when one of the horses
puts its hoof down into the mud the
soft earth closes around his slender
ankle and packs on top of the hoof.
making 1t extremely hard for the
animal to draw out his hoof.
But the OK. when he puts his cleft
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-30
PRIZE DOGS MANUFACTURED.
How Fakirs Dye Hair and Sew on
False Skins.

The spurious dog dealer keeps a
sharp eye on all the mempers of the
canine species as he walks about: he
Is prepared to buy likely animal for
5s OF Is Cd, If he can get it for or
without the asking. says Pearson's
Weekly.
There are plenty of docs about, and
pug or black and tan can be bought
cheaply enough, but those are not
really good animals. The right kind
OF dog Is scarce and fetches high
price; this is the dog fakir's oppor-
tunity, and he makes good use of it.
Here is an example of the method
OF working: The dealer has a mug
dog OF kind that is not worth dozen
shillings; the dealer has literally
picked 1t up" for nothing! It has a
splendid black nose, but it lacks the
line down the back that would make
it valuable. This fatal and apparent
ly unsurmountable obstacle presents
no difficulty to the dealer, who cheer
fully and skillfully sets to work to
make that dog worth $40 or more.
The unfortunate creature is fixed
tightly In wooden box or framework.
AT the top there is slit in the wood
OF the same dimensions as the line
that Is wanted on the dogs back. A
powerful dye is laid on through this
slit, and then it is fixed" to use a
Photographic term.
This last process is done with nitric
acid, and those who have had to deal
with that chemical will not need to be
told that the animal suffers great pain
for three or four days. When the vic
tim of the taking process has recover
ed. Its appearance is so changed that
1t is doubtful if its own mother would
recognize it.
Exactly how long the deception
would remain undetected depends up
on the thoroughness or otherwise with
which the transformation work has
been done. The dye lasts long time,
but 1t does wear off ultimately.
Perhaps the most curious method of
altering dogs appearance is that Of
sewing another skin over the original
covering. The Chinese are reputed to
be past masters in this art and to
have practiced it for the purpose of
getting diamonds out of the Kimberly
mines. A valuable dog has, we will
assume, just died; it's skin is taken,
and, after a slight preparation, is
sewed round another dog.
iAiS uOuulc ShluIou animal is SOLO
to lady fond of the particular kind
| of creature which this dog now i'm
personates and the dealer has done
| good thing. In human beings a
"thick skin" is supposed to render the
owner more comfortable, but the arti-
ficially thick-skinned canine is dis
tinctly uncomfortable in it's new garb.
| A lady who had bought a dog like
that and had given 1t bountiful sup
| ply Of food was greatly worried on
seeing the creature lie down and give
vent to expressions of pain. A vet,
hurriedly summoned to examine the
animal, Mortified the kindly dame by
unceremoniously ripping up the dogs
skin with his pocketknife.
1t was not such dreadful deed as it
appeared; in fact, it was only like
the school boy unbuttoning his waist
coat after good dinner. The extra
wrapping was SO tight that it did not
allow for natural expansion. The dog
| was poor cur not worth having
when denuded of it's false skin.