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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-01-05

CATION be made. Senator Scott said
in the same connection. eff it had not
been for Gallant Tenth Cavalry at
Santiago, it IS probable we would not
have today our gallant Rough Rider
Square DEAR President in the White
House. If this colored regiment had
not been there, enough Rough Riders
to tell the story would not have been
! left" a remark which caused much
| laughter and applause on the Demo-
cratic side. 4 defence Of the Presi-
dent was made by Senator Lodge
The car shortage in the West which
is causing such suffering, has been
taken up seriously by the Administra-
ton through the Interstate Com
merce Commission The limited
power of the Commission, however,
which has jurisdiction only over rates,
interferes with It's freedom to pass Iii
relation to the car shortage and it is
possible that bill may be introduced
in Congress to bestow upon the Com
mission not only the authority to fix
rates, but also the management of the
property in case of public emergency.
The President is besieged by letters
and callers demanding that he shall
do something TO alleviate the condi-
ton which IS unprecedented. Each
year there is car shortage at crop
moving time bit the greater crops
this year and general prosperity is
responsible for the condition this VIM
ter which is having such serious con-
sequences in the Northwest Senator
Hensboroueh. Of North Dakota, IS in
daily conference with the President
on the subject and Congressman
Marshall, Of the same state, left
three days after he had
come for the opening Of Congress and
has been working throughout his
state in an effort to break the freight
blockade The President Of six Of
the great sentimental railroads
have received letters from the Inter
state Comerce Commission calling
their attention to the condition, but
they protest that he fault is not with
the roads but with the thriftness OF |
communities which did not lay in sup
plies before the annual acute stage of |
congestion had arrived They claim
that hey have ali the cars they can |
buy and that they can not build more !
track because of the impossibility of .
getting labor or supplies. A bill to
extend the power of the Interstate |
Commerce Commission to control |
such situations would be most inn
portant matter before Congress ana |
would further complicate the work of
the short season 1t would actually
be another step toward government
ownership.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-01-05

The President will spend Christmas
in Washington and as Congress IS
temporarily off his hands, he will
probably endeavor to rest up before
tackling that body again, combined
with the demand of the social season.
January first, when he holds his pub
lie reception may be said to be the
beginning of the really strenuous life
for the President for from that time
he has not only Congress but he has
perpetual round of receptions. din
ners and the like which fill nearly
every hour that he is not at work
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-16
Change in Tax Bills.

In fact the men employed in the office
of the surveyor of the District who spend
their days in studying that feature of the
city both on maps and on the ground.
found that even their ample range of in
formation could not be relied upon TO To-
cate all such divisions of land The sur
veyor, Mr.. Richards, discovered that the
Increase in the number OF subdivisions was
getting the best even of his extensive mem
DRY, and these circumstances called to
his attention the Importance OF making
some change in the system so that there
would be no uncertainty or loss of time
but that the location of every lot within
the bounds of the District could PROMPTLY
and accurately be given from the records
and without reliance on the memory or en-
special knowledge
The change made Is apparently a simple
one, but in order to work out all the
details and apply the system to the entire
District Mr.. Richards has had his assist
ants busily engaged for months past He
has at last finished it and the Office of the
collector has adopted it, and when next
the tax bills are sent out in place of tie
former designation in the case of all prop
erty outside of the old city bounds Of
blocks In various subdivisions every piece
of property will have a location by square
number just as is the case with city prop
erty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-16
PROPOSED BUILDINGS
NEW STRUCTURES SOON TO BE
ERECTED IN WASHINGTON.
photo by Stan Photography

The latter part of the month the men,
bers of the Columbia Turn Verein will have
under consideration plans for the erection
of building which will contain a gym
nasium and club house for the use of that
organization. If these plans meet with the
approval of the members the structure that
will be erected will be large and spacious
and in addition it Is the purpose to have
sufficient ground about the building so that
1t can be used for outdoor athletics.
Gen. Corbin's House.
The lot adjoining the northeast corner Of
22d and r streets is to be improved by the
erection of a house to be built by Gen.
Corbin. 1t will adjoin the house which
Gen. Corbin built several years ago and
where he resided during his residence in
this city.
The proposed house has been designed by
L. Norris, architect, and is colonial in the
style of treatment. 1t will have frontage
of twenty-five feet, and the main entrance
will be on the street level. The house will
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-16

class. occurring without any explainabe
reason and quite as abruptly followed by a
brisk demand for the very same class of
properties.
Better Market for Moderate Dwellings
Our company has been particularly sue
cessful of late in disposing of brick dwell
ings of moderate size, ranging In prices
from $1,000 to $500. according to location
and elaborateness of construction. We
have experienced no difficulty at all in SELL
ing houses of this description, and this re-
mark refers not only to absolutely new
dwellings generally built in rows but also
to isolated individual houses which are not
new, but which have by the prudence of
the owners been kept in good and tenant
able condition. There is apparently no ces-
sation in the demand for properties of this
class which are attractive in appearance,
modern In arrangement and within the
range of every house buyer.
THE great difficulty with many properties
on the market for sale is that they are not
modern in construction or in arrangement
and are ANTICIPATED as well in such appoint
ments as heating and plumbing. 1t is next
to impossible to convince the average citi-
zen that house at first sight apparently
unattractive and inconvenient in many re-
spectS. can be made most attractive and
comfortable by the expenditure of anywhere
from $500 to 1000, depending upon its age
and state of repair.
Suggestion for Owners.
IF owners would fully appreciate this
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-16

well; since conditions have grown worse
instead Of better. l deem it my duty as
citizen to call the attention of all we'll
thinking and fair-minded citizens to the
actual existing conditions of the colored
tenant
There are many sanitary dwellings being
erected every year, but, unfortunately.
none can be had by respectable colored
tenant. 1t seemed that when the apart
ment house came into existence there
would be possible chance for him, but
this, to all intents and purposes. made
conditions worse.
have been an actual resident in this
city for the past twenty years, and l have
noticed that 1t is almost next to impossible
for the colored householder to locate in a
decent dwelling in any part of the city.
And when he does succeed in finding some
kind Of shelter the landlord and agent
refuse to make the necessary repairs, and
the tenant has to adjust himself to con-
ditions as he finds them. My efforts along
this line from time to time have been, to
say the least, disheartening.
When a house Is first erected, newly
papered, with all modern improvements
that house is advertised and rented to
white tenants. They live therein until the
walls and interior woodwork become rot
ten. defaced and timeworn and the exterior
weatherbeaten and in need of paint etc.
The white tenant then vacates this house,
and it is then rented to a colored tenant
at from 10 to 20 per cent increase in the
rent, and the colored tenant moves in
because he cannot do better.
1t is well-known fact that most all the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-16

fact. and themselves advance the relatively
small cost of remodeling and redecorating
their properties, these would become salable
at once. and at an added price much in
excess of the actual cost of repair. 1 have
personally known instances where the ex-
has induced a buyer to give 500 more for
to offer. and yet the buyer could by pur-
pairs at his own expense have easily saved
$500.
1T is the hope of real estate brokers in
will encourage owners of property to trans
moderniZed structures, which in their reno
waited condition will appeal spontaneously to
the buying public.
Into Villa Sites.
The tract of land lying just opposite the
east entrance to Cleveland Park and ex-
tending east to Rock creek. which is ex-
trolled by the Robinson Company real es-
tate brokers, is ready to be placed on the
market. 1t is the intention to make no
change in the present subdivision of the
land, which has building sites varying from
a quarter of an acre to two acres each.
This arrangement is what is known as a
subdivision into villa sites and its proximity
to the closely built-up section of the city
lends additional interest to this under
taking
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-16
CENTRAL KITCHEN.
Plan to Tighten. Some of the House
hold Burdens.

A reduction in the amount of worry and
bother of housekeeping is proposed in a
plan advanced by Charles R. Lamb, presi-
dent of the Municipal Art Society. He says:
IF the artists can get together, they
have done in the new Arts Club studio and
have their meals cooked in one kitchen; if
the great hotels can feed thousands and
thousands with entire satisfaction day after
day; if the summer resorts can cater to
throngs, care free of the questions of sup
ply and cooking; if, on an ocean steamer a
small cityful of people are fed with regu-
larty and ease far beyond the base of sup
plies, is 1t not folly for the people in the
rectangle- which makes the average city
block to go on with the present system. with
its heat dirt and discomfort-mental as well
as physical-to say-nothing of the almost
criminal waste involved in having the cook
ing for each individual house carried on In
each house. when 1t might just as well-in
fact. much better-be done for all hands In
central kitchen?
Just see how many of the things which
go to make the life of the average house
keeper one long string of annoyances would
be done away with by having in the center
of city block a well equipped, carefully
conducted kitchen. A steward a chef and
the necessary, complement of cooks and
handlers OF dishes would not take any
Where near the aggregate employed for
those purposes under the Individual system
and the saving in that item alone would
mean considerable sum in a year
Then the saving brought about by buying
in bulk the mass of food which would be
required Is no small sum, for it is well
known that the difference in price and
weight between wholesale buying and re-
tail selling has meant more than one for
tune in New York city alone. Another ques-
ton to be considered is that of fuel and its
consumption and handling. Coal is supplied
and burned, and the ashes removed for each
house in the block, and each of these pro-
cesses means dust, dirt and expense.
NOW. supposing you take from the six
yards in the center of the block enough
ground on which to erect two-story build
ing, on one side of which would be an en-
trance for teams with supplies. reached by
a passageway the width of one house from
one of the two crosstown streets This
from each end a covered passageway would
touch every yard in the block having a door
for every house plot.
Here could be established the necessary
force for supplying the whole block with
food, cooked under the most favorable con-
ditions, in way to satisfy an infinite vari-
ETY. of individual tastes. served promptly
and In any style demanded, and purchased
at a minimum cost. The problem is really
no more difficult of solution than that of
catering to the needs of the inhabitants of
hotels which have made the city famous.
The value of the land taken could be settled
by competent appraisers and paid for out
Of the profits of the big kitchen which
could be divided at any time agreed upon
among the customers of the Kitchen
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-16
Cost Of Living in Germany.

Consul General Richard Guenther of
Frankfort reports that in a public address
recently delivered by the mayor Of Stuff
CART, a German city having a population
of 247, 600 that official quoted from the cal
culations of the statistical bureau, which
show that the meat consumed in Stuttgart
for the last twelve months cost 2,630, 900
marks (mark. 23.s cents) more than that
of the year before. The city's consumption
of agricultural products Tor the last year,
compared with that Of the year 1901 shows
an enhanced cost approximating 100000
marks, of which 1.50O, 900 must be attrib-
uted to the meat tariff. Besides this. the
city, owing to the higher cost Of living,
had to raise the wages of iaborers and OF
officials in its employ. making an increased
expenditure of 100000 marks, which has to
come out Of the pockets of the taxpaye rs.
From other German cities come statistical
reports of similar import.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-16

large insurance companies Especially those
giving straight life policies) charge higher
premium on policy taken by a colored
say that the death rate among colored
people Is invariably greater than that
among the white population. Now. so long
as the death rate among the colored people
Is far in excess over that of the whites
Is 1T not fact that in course of time this
death rate will make it's way into the
white population? And then what will be
the result?
Ny references have been largely to con-
ditions as they exist in this city, but what
is true here is true in a large degree in
other cities of the country.
1t is to be hoped that some philanthropist
of means and influence will take up this
question and give it the most favorable
consideration. and put forth some effort
that will tend to better the deplorable con-
ditions which exist in many respects
throughout the cities of this country.
JOSEPH N. BEAMAN.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-16

o'clock am. registers less than % degrees
F., or with lime mortar when the tempera-
ture at this time Is p F. This regulat ion
refers to buildings above the surface or in
inclosed rooms, If freezing weather has
lasted long time concrete construction
man only be resumed after the consent of
the building police. If freezing sets in so as
to delay hardening of the concrete the
wooden frames used In the work must be
kept in place as long as the cold weather
lasts On days when building in the open
air or open rooms is not permitted due no
tices Will be posted at the various police
stations. A penalty exists for the violation
Of the building laws.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-16

have an electric elevator. Mr.. Larcombe
is the builder.
1t is believed to be the intention of Gen.
Corbin to lease this house he does the
adjoining one on the corner. When he
comes to this city to make his home it is
thought he will carry out the plan formed
some time ago to build residence for his
own use on his property to the east of the
Chevy Chase circle.
For Business Uses.
The building at S15 14th street northwest
belonging to Mrs. Mary L. Norton, is to
be improved and remodeled for business
purposes according to plans prepared by
Marsh & Peter, architects. The contract
for the work Is in charge of John S. Lar
combe, and the changes to be made involve
the removal of the bay window front and
the substitution of oriel window in the
main story. The first floor is to be de-
signed for commercial uses, while the upper
floors will be arranged for offices
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-16
German Building Precautions.

Consul c. B. Hurst reports that extraor-
binary care is displayed by the authorities
Of Plauen. Germany. to avoid defective
construction in new buildings.
Work on masonry when the temperature
is too low is forbidden under severe penal
ties. The law prohibits the building Of
walls and sewers with cement. or the use Of
concrete. when the thermometer at 8
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-16
Got Rid of the Canal.

At that time the distances between the
several sections of the city were great, and
in $50 no doubt 1t was looked upon as a
good move to make a connection between
the center OF population about the Capitol
building and the one about the Center
Market. at Pennsylvania avenue and It'll
street.
AT any rate. whatever the motive. the
transaction was made. and while the gov
eminent did not realize any money from
the sale Of the lots, still the great thor
"ughfare of the city was benefited, as the
proceeds OF the sale of The lots was given
10 the Washington Canal Company and the
latter Strengthened out that waterway.
that instead of running along the south
side OF the avenue from 9th street to I'd II
was moved over toward the south and ex-
tended along on lire of what Is now the
center Of tile Botanic Gardens.
Public Buildings Needed.
II is now proposed TO get all the land
back on that side of the avenue that was
sold in $50 and good deal more. and
then do what LEnfant had in mind and
erect public buildings all through the en-
larged area of the Mall. In addition TO the
Improvement in the appearance of the city
which such change would bring about
there is another and what would be looked
upon 5 a more practical consideration. and
that is the government needs the land for
the erection OF additional buildings.
There has been good deal written about
the shabby and also the unworthy char
aCter of the structures that front Pennsyl
mania avenue on both sides from the treas
ury to the Capitol, and while the appear
ance OF the street in that particular does
not appeal to one on account OF the uni
fornity and harmony of It's architectural
sforms. still the physical development OF
the street has followed the same law that
governs the Improvement Of property In
other cities. There Is. however. the excep-
rion that unlike business thoroughfares In
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-16
Hardships of a Colored Tenant.

To the Editor of The Star:
Allow me space in your valuable paper
to ask this question: What will become
of the respectable colored tenant in the
District of Columbian"
1 have been thinking over this subject
for several years. but in view of the fact
that improvements were being made along
all lines it was hoped that conditions for
the colored tenant would be bettered as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-16
NUMBERS OF SQUARES
instead of Blocks, Numerals
Will Be Employed.
CHANGE IN THE SYSTEM
Proportion of Acreage Property to
the Entire Area.
DISTRICT TO BE CLOSELY BUILT
Original City Limits as Compared
With What Lies Outside, but
Within the District.
DISTRICT TO BE CLOSELY BUILT

Property holders and. In fact. all WHO
have to do with land matters in this city
will naturally be interested in the inn
provement which has just been worked on
by Mr.. w. p. Richards. the city sury .yor
in designating squares of land This seems
to be small matter and 1t Is when con.
sidered from the point of view of one
square or even a small group of squares
1t is an entirely different ching when such
a large area that which is found within
the bounds of the District Is kept in view
In the latter case facility in finding sim
gle lots and In knowing at once the local
fty or property without employing "A spe-
cfalist to look 1t up Is recognized as es-
sential by all those who have to do with
realty matters. The system employed i'm
the city of designating the divisions OF
land called squares by numbers is entirely
clear and convenient, but the difficulty is
now, and has been growing one for some
years back. that no uniform system has
been applied to the subdivisions beyond the
original bounds.
While the subdivision OF land into build
ing lots has gone on to bring within
what is properly speaking the city area n
large section of the surrounding country
the designation of the squares of land thus
made part of the city is on an entirely
different plan from that which is followed
within the old urban limits. There are a
series of what are known as subdivisions
all through the territory north of Florida
avenue and beyond the Eastern branch
Exactly how many there are and their
names and their locations would puzzle the
best-posted real estate men to say with any
exactness and completeness. No doubt a
good many men familiar With the busin, IS
could from memory give a large number
of the subdivisions and tell where they are
located, but 1t would surprise most people
to know how far short of the real number
such an enumeration would be
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-06
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.

NEW YORK, August 5,-FLOUR--Qulet
and barely steady. Rye Flour---Steady.
Cornmeal-steady Rye-Quiet Wheat
Spot ee.y; No. red, 9b%c, elevator. OPP
her, sl,oGh; May sl,o59. Corn-spot firm:
No, ., G2iac elevator options UNCHANGED
September, 63hc., December, 6lc.; May,
coke, Oa,s--Spot strong; mixed, 54hc,
Beef an d Cut Meats-Steaay picked
hams. l3MGD13c. Lard-Barely steady:
western prime. so.1o99,20; refined steady;
Continent. $3.50; South America. $o.s5 Pork
Rosn--steady. Turpentine-Firm at 59asc,
asked,
Rice--Firm Molasses--Quiet. sugar
Raw, quiet; fair refining, 3,S7is a s'toc'; cen
trfugal, Sc test 3.35c; refined. quiet COL
fee---spot hrm; Rio No. I, 64sc.; Santos. No.
4. 74c.: mild quiet cordovn 9@l2Hc'
Futures closed unchanged to 10 points low
en- Butter-steady; creamery, common 10
special, 19@ a5hc., renovated, common 10
specials. l7N23c.; western, factory common
10 extra lsm2lHc cheese--Easyi state,
full cream. colored and white, small, best
l2i4c; do large coored. best l2c.; do.
white li9c.; skins 1Gbc. Egss--steady
nearby. selected, white, 26a 2sc.; good TO
choice 23G12bc; brown and mixed fancy
23d 24c.i western finest, selected, lsp 2oc'
average, best t7h dlsc
ed Potatoes--Weak3 Long Island, per bar
rel, S2.25M2,5o; Jersey, $2,2h CESS; South
eru per farrell sam45O Cabbages-Firm
flat Dutch, per 100 $4,000; Long Island
red aud savoy S3504p4ho, Cottonseed Oh
Dull with prices about steady Prime
crude, ( @ b. mills, nominal: prime summer
yellow, 56h G5GcI on summer yellow, 5oG
prime White and prime winter yellow. $50
sac