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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-10
Tours Theatrical District.


Copp filed with that determination Of
| goodness Y hich is his chief character
| lstic, started on a tour of the theatrical
district below Ninth street. accom-
panied by two policemen. The visit had
originally been planned In conjunction
with a well-organiZed raid which was
to be held promptly at the hour Of
D. m.
Mr.. COpn put up the price of admis-
sion ito the gallery at the first theater
visited. and the entire crowd trooped in.
During the show Mr.. Cops kind heart
would not let him rest and his ample
conscience informed him IA unrelenting
accents that the law was taking an UNI
fair advantage OF the erring youths. in
raiding them without a warning. so
after remz;-ing in the playhouse about
FIVE minutes he quietly arose and went
outside. IT was not until later that the
sadEened officers learned that the pro-
baton officer had sounded the alarm to
the boys
At the intermission the officers arose
as per schedule and quietly and unos-
tenntously made their way 10 the side
entrance followed by their leader. Mr.
Copp.
But alas! Some urchlE espled them
some twenty yards away and gave a
hair-raising howl.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-10
LEAD BOLD RAIDS,
TIPS THE CULPRITS
Lads of Theatrical District
Work Wires and
Cheese It."
Thanks to Mr.. Copp, Dis
trict IS Quiet Once
More.

"A Is quiet throughout the theatrical
district, at least in that portion Of the
district that is bounded on the west by
Ninth street and on the south by Penn
sylYanta avenue. The boys who were
once Chere, have fed. Even the candy
sellers, with the exception of two. are
no more visible to the naked eye. All
Is still
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-10
EX-POLICEMAN RUN DOWN

Joseph Fi1eld, a former policeman OF
No 8 precinct, now retired, was struck
by team as he stepped from the curb
at Ninth and F streets about midnight
last night and had two bones broken
He was carried to Emergency Hospital
N. Goldsmith & Son, Jewellers, Thirty
Years at 9l1 Pa ave, now at I205 F street
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-10
Better Houses the Result.

Under such proceedings the alley
houses which remain will be changed
by bringing 10 them street connected
with the common life Of the city. Any
other houses built VIII be likely to be
better because the increased value of
the land will demand It.
The commission should carefully
study the situation here and also inform
itself as fully as possible Of what has
been done to remedy any similar .condi-
tons in other cities. so that Il may not
only cooperate with the District Com
missiOners IN securing such an amend
ment 20 the law as will best meet the
difficulty above referred 10. and in pro-
noting the enforcement OF the law In all
other proper cases, but may also be able
to suggest any other steps which inves-
legation and experience Indicate"
The report Of the committee on social
betteTment indicates along what lines 1t
VIII make It's Investigations to determine
what can be done 10 help the poor.
The report, signed by DR.. George NJ.
Kober, says:
Another topic well worthy OF con-
sideratiOn is to determine more clearly
the causes Of alcoholism and to what
extent bad food. improperly cooked, and
the cold dinner or lunch pail and other
factors such as wages, long hours, dirty
work, ETC. are responsible for the grow
ing evil, and one which doubtless in
capacitates many for work
The prevalence and extent OF the
drug and cigarette habits, and how they
may be acquired, will likewise suggest
preventive and remedial measures.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-10
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should be encouraged to purchase sub.
urban homes, and organizations whose
object It is to aid them in securing such
homes should have the support OF the
commission, which can give substantial
aid to such projects by furnishing plans,
estimates of cost and all data necessary
for the information OF those who con-
template the erection or purchase of a
home"
In the report on improvement of ex-
listing houses and the elimination OF un-
sanitary and alley houses, signed by
William H Baldwin, II Is pointed ont
that the existing board for the con-
demnauon of Unsanitary houses has
done excellent work. The suggestion
Is made, however, that AN adequate
law against overcrowdlng might indi-
rectiy help in making conditions in the
homes Of the poor more wholesome.
Reviews Cases Now Pending.
After pointing out that litigation has
greatly retarded the operation OF the
law for the conversion OF alleys into
streets. this committee sayg OF the
twelve cases Of this sort now pending:
Two Of these have been confirmed by
the courts, and three other cases are
pending in court. The Commissioners
are proceeding as rapidly as possible in
the other cases. but the conflict with
private interests led to litigation, and a
decision by the Supreme Court of the
United States March II last, which de-
clared IL Illegal to assess all the dam
ages on certain property as the law pro
Vldes unless 1t is found TO be benefited
to that extent.
Although the Commissioners are con-
tinuing to prepare and present cases
they cannot, under the law. approve the
verdict in any case unless the benefits
as assessed equal the damages and ex-
penses.
The law, therefore, should be amend |
ed, and this may be done in one Of sew
7ral ways: First, by providing that the
total cost snail be paid from the general !
funds Of the District; second. by pro
7iding that any excess over benefits |
shall be paid out Of this general fund;
-hird, by providing that the damages |
shall be assessed upon all property 1
without combining it TO any
given area. This last viii probably be /
he best wa yif compatible with the de-
ision, as II viii permit the Commission
rs TO continue the work without re-
curing an application to Congress in
ach case, or an appropriation from the
general funds. as must be done if all or
art Of the expense is TO be provided !
or in that way.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-17
NEW COURTHOUSE.
Montgomery County Needs One
and Must Have 1t.

CHRIH lANsBURG,. VA, March ~
The question of building a new court
house Is agitating the minds OF a great
many people of this county at present
Some want the old ono remodcled and
repaired, some want new ono on The
opposite side of tho street near the site
OF the old Central Park Hotel and
some want 1t at Cambria. while others
would like to see 1t at Blackshurg, The
wishes OF all the citizens of tho county
have not yet been expressed. but 1t Is
safe to say that there arc many other
localities which would not object to
having It come their way, for 1t rs
somewhat like General Hancock said Of
the tariff In 1880, it Is purely a local
question, each locality having their
own peculiar Views, It will not be
moved from Christiansburg unless the
voters so determine by an election.
which cannot be held until tho Lcgis-
lature passes law permitting such IN
election, SO the chances OF the county
seat being changed Is remote possl-
sbillty at present,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-17

and Western Is being constructed across
iSouthwesterll Virginia, Eastern Ten
,nessee.t North Carolina. into South
Carolina, where a seaboard connection
will be made. Three hundred miles will
be tho total length OF this line. and so
per cent. Is now completed. The total
cost OF construction Is placed at S40.-
100000, the projectors sparing no ex-
pense in making tho line fully adapted
to meet the requirements OF the vast
coal movements which will take place
toward the South with its completion.
The completion Of this line will mean
the development OF moro than 100000
acres Of coal land, now inaccessible.
on the Virginia side. The primary
object In Its construction. however, Is
to furnish Southern outlet for the
coal Of this section.
BESIDES the Chesapeake and Ohio
and the South and Western. other COM
panies are gradually reaching out for
a slice of tho coal fields OF this region.
The Lexington and Eastern Railroad
ington into Breathitt county, is making
surveys for a further extension into
the Pound Gap region OF Letcher
county, south of here,
"The Southern Railway system now
has surveyors in the Poung Gap field
and 1t is believed that system has
the construction Of a line in view "a
begin ut Niddlesboro, near the Ken
lucky : Tennessee :. Virginia meeting
point, and to proceed through Harlan
county to the Lctcher county Goa
fields. %
active operations on the Kentucky
North and South Railway will begir
within q few days, with the beginning
OF surveys. The projectors OF this line
plan to build from Portsmouth, on the
Ohio River. through the Eastern Ken.
lucky fields to Charleston. s. c., via
the Pound Gap region. Tho protector.
| OF the road are Ohio and Pennsylvania
capitalists. who have extensive Goa
holdings which would he opened fol
development by the construction OF tn,
| limo as planned"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-17
STEEL
FOR BUILDINGS.
Richmond Has Unique Example
\ Of This New Material for
Building Purposes.
NEW DRUG HOUSE ON MAIN
Description Of Material Of the
..Ny r. ~ ...sl5 u
NEW DRUG HOUSE ON MAIN
Description Of Material OF the
Newest Concrete Construction
in This City.

The handsome building at the corn
err Of Fourteenth and Main Streets.
just completed for tho Allison estate,
Will be occupied on April LIST by the
Vaughan Robertson Drug Company,
manufacturers agents, Importers and
Wholesale drugglsts one OF tho most
contemplating and progressive firms in
the community, who arc enthusiastic
over the prospect of locating In what
they regard tho most promising point
for their business In the city. Messrs.
III. Seldom Taylor & Company, the real
estate agents for the Allison estate,
consider this building and location as
desirably adapted for all business
purposes, and one having n most
promising future. Together with the
traffic from the Southern Railway and
the Main street Station, lf the new
bridge Ia ever put across to Manches-
ter this corner Will be the diverging
point for, perhaps, the largest NUM-
Der of people entering and leaving
the city. Special provisions were made
In the way at modern arrangements
and conveniences for the incoming
tenants, whose business Is SO rapidly
growing that they require up.to-date
facilities.
Unique Building.
me pulluluB IL unique III scNCrul
particulars. 1t 'ts practically mono
lthic; that Is, connected frame from
top TO bottom OF solid concrete ems
closing steel reinforcement memhers.
When the old building was denlol-
lshed tho conditions disclosed offered
serious engineering problems. The
soil was extremely treacherous, fun
OF springs and unsuited for good
foundation walls. In order to secure
IL firm bearing for building of Pc
cullar ground. plan---trapeaoidnl In
outllne---with the greatest weight In
the front and hence at the least depth
from an inclined suNace, II then be-
came necessary to devise n special
system Of spread footings not only ia
prevent the building from slipping on
the wet. greasy clay substrata, but
| also to secure an absolutely rigid
structural arrangement. unyielding. az
1t we're, In every Joint Tho age and
condition of the old building o,earl,
Indicated the necessity for such pre-,
| caution. To secure this, from tho ma.
tllre OF other ditlioulties and for tn,
| purpose or increased anchorage, foot
ings We're extended across tho huild
\ Ing. consisting OF inverted trusses o
| steel and concrete from end to end
| supporting tho skeleton or frame worl
| az columns OF tho same materials OK
| tending to the top OF the buildiun
| These footings are five feet In wldt
and four feet in depth, and each foot
Oontlnuad ou Sncoud Iaao.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-17
HUsTLING LYNcHBURGERs
Briscoe-Ivey Co, Going Out After
'Tr0user Trade.

Among the most active and agrees
sive concerns of that vigorous city OF
,Lynchburg. is the Briscoe Iyey Conn
pany, manufacturers OF Dan-De- Line
trousers This firm has caught the
after trade in an aggressive and In
telligent manner, IT will use pub
licity TO inform the public and the
trade IN general as 10 their Inn and
the yalueiof their goods. Their travel
Ing statesmen are now In all sections
q the South presenting their splendid
line. 81 i 4
This firm is peculiarly we'll equipped
for successful operation, The factory
~ we'll Lighted and equipped with all
sanitaiy al'rangelnents No sweatsbop
4 sent white labov4 used. ss's
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-17

will have cost y$l250Oo. The company
VIII occupy this as its local exchange,
and the mammoth switchboard that la
being put in will accommodate 10000
Subscribers. The exchange now has
little over 5000 subscribers, and SO IT.
Will be seen that the new building was
not erected too soon.
General Offices Here.
The old building. which by the way is
not an old building. having been in use
Just eight years, will be occupied by the
general officers Of the company.
In order that the assistant genera!
manager of the company may be In closer
touch with the exchanges and the bus-
nc SIS in this end Of the distritc his Of
flee has recently been removed from At
lanta to this city. Assistant General
Manager j, w. Crews. who Is a Vir-
gilman, has been here about two months.
His office will remain In the old build
ing.
In the local exchange two hundred
people are employed and in the general
offices about forty. The local exchange
will be moved to the new building in
May.
Just across Grace Street from the
Telephone Exchange, at the corner Of
Eighth, the magnificent addition to MUIR
phys Hotel is rapidly nearing complies
handsomer building Of its size. 1t ia
expected that the Grace street annex
will be completed by tho first OF May,
and 1t will give Murphy's 100 additional
rooms to accommodate the Exposition
travel. This building has recently been
described In this column. Two OF the
| old-timc residences were torn down Ia
make room for Colonel Murphy's ond
| hundred and fifty thousand dollar i'm
provement at the corner Of Eighth and
! Grace. f3
I, At the northwest corner Of Seventh and
' Grace, Just opposite the Christian
| Church, moro old-time residences are
soon to be removed to make room fol
| the new three hundred thousand dolla,
Y. NJ, G. A. home, and 1t is understood
that.in the not far distant future the
northeast corner will be utilized by TIL,
congregation OF the First English Lu
1 theran Church for new edifice that vii
be a fitting companion ornament. with thu
Christian Church and the new Y. N. C
A. building.
Looking westward along Grace Stree
from Seventh. one will behold as prett,
an avenue Of private residences as ar,
to be found in any part OF the city.
i With the new buildings that have gon'
up in the territory mentioned above ant
the improvements made to those al
ready standing, 1t is estimated that some
thing like half a mllion dollars hay
been added Ia the value of the Grac
Street property from Ninth to Sixt
within the past few years,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-17
IIartford,s Tallest.

HARTFORD, CONN., March l6.--one
year ago to-day---March ID, 1eo6--the
t,rst brick work on the foundation
wolls of the Travellers Insurance
Compnny'a building, corner Of Main
and Grove Streets, was done. To-day
the handsome ten-story building Is
nearly ready for occupancy,
s'Thls Ia the tallest building In the
}clty, Hartford has never tried to ape
Now York with 'ykyscrapeys. 4 VI (,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-17
KENTUCKY AND
VIRGINIA Mines
coking-coal Fields and Timber
Lands Being Opened by
c. & o.
SOUTHERN ENTERING ALSO
Millions OF Money from North
and England Interested in
the Development.
Especial to The Tim es- plapatch !

SpeClaI 10 inc llUeB-D IHp6ICu,l
3 BALTIMORE, MD, March s-Corre-
spondence In this weeks issue of the
Manufacturers Record. from Pikeville,
KY; says:
"snce the opening OF the vast cox
ing-coal fields OF Pike and adjoining
counties two years ago by the Chesa-
peake and Ohio extension up the val
ley OF the Big Sandy River, Industrial
Developments on a large scale have
followed. and deals in coal and tim
Der lands. involving Thousands OF dol
lars. have been OF such frequent oc-
currence as to attract only passing
comment. Eastern and Northern COR
poratlons with millions OF dollars of
backing have secured hundreds of
thousands Of acres In the heart of the
coal fields. and some of the largest
mining plants in the South are now
being installed in tho sections whore
transportation facilities make indus
trial developments possible.
TN Pike county, the largest county
in Kentucky, number OF large min
Ing operations are being started. Up
the valley OF Marrowbone Creek q short
railroad has been extended out from
the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, and
along the extension ten operations Will
soon be under way. ESD ttAf fi 1874
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-17
BEAUTIFUL GRACE
VASTLY IMPROVED.
Costly Buildings Going Up Be-
tween Sixth and Ninth OH
Grace Street.
NEW TELEPHONE EXCHANGE
Murphy's Splendid Addition and
Hotel Richmond Ornaments
to City-Others Coming.

Probably no part Of the city has UNDER
gone more decided changes within the
past few years than Grace Street between
Sixth and Ninth. Within that territory
several old landmarks have been removed
and vast deal OF money spent in mod
ern improvement, and yet many OF the
landmarks remain and some Of them vii!
probably remain for centuries to come,
and ought to. @
For instance, old ST. Paul's Church.
somewhat changed In appearance by the
removal of the imposing stceple, still
stands at the conner of Ninth and Grace.
AT the corner OF Eighth and Grace st.
Peters Cathedral, with the pastoral home.
remains. and at the corner OF Seventh
and Grace the imposing Seventh Street
Christian Church Is an ornament to the
city, Whatever may be the march Of
improvements these structures will re-
main for all time, perhaps, unless de-
stroyed by means beyond the control OF
man.
Up at the corner of Sixth and Grace
stands tho Westmoreland Club which has
within the past two years BEEN cnlnrg al
and greatly improved. This. too. will be
an ornament to that part of the city for
centuries to come, perhaps. M
West of Seventh Street are many splen-
did old residences that will stand for
many years, and ought to, for some OF
| them arc magnificent links that bind the
| people Of this generation to those OF past
+, days.
| Vast Improvements.
| But tho improvements: Just opposite st.
4 Paul's, at, tho corner of Ninth and Grace
| where the old Monumental Hotel after
\ wards called tho st. Clair, once stood
| and was IL famous hosiery, now stands
tho beautiful Hotel Richmond, one OF
the best hotels in tho South. On Grace
/ just beyond Eighth. the Southern Be
Telephone Company eight years ago tore
down an old residence and erected on its
site what the company thought would BIZ
an exchange sufficient for its needs FOL
y fifty years to come, but SO great ha.
been tho progress Of Richmond and tn,
enlargement of the telephone business
the company was forced to- purchase tn
adjoining property, tear down two NOR.
residences and erect OH the site tho fines
and costliest exchange within Its ter
ritory, Tho Southern Bell has exchanges
Of its own in the States Of West Virginia
Virginia, North Carolina, South Caro-
lima, Georgia, Florida and Alabama, an,
\ the magnificent structure now neayin
completion on Grace Street Is the largest
handsomest, and will be the best equiple,
building Tor exchange purposes they hol
In the seven States mined. N II lis, NJ In
decd. the best Ia, the whole country, nh
y building, when completed. about May Isl
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-17
New Lines Being Opened.

VI "At several points along the main
Chesapeake and Ohio extension mines
are being opened, and an immense ton
mage will come down the Zig Sandy
River valley whom developments in
Pike and adjoining counties are more
extended In scope. The Chesapeake
and Ohio line merely taps the field.
To reach the finest deposits lateral
railroads are being extended UP tho
narrow creek valleys, and In coun-
4 try SO difficult OF access the oyercom-
\ Ing OF natural obstacles requires time,
'The construction of the South ana
Western Railway Is being pushed with
all possible speed on the Virginia side.
This Is tic line which viii give a
Southern outlet to the Eastern Ken
tucks coal fields, and nell prominent
In the railroad affairs Of the coun-
try are behind the Undertaking.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-17

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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-17
On the Virginia Side.

beginning at q connection with the
Chesapeake and Ohio's Rig Sandy dl-
Vision through tho Breaks OF the SANDY.
\ 9 few Mules from this town. the South
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-07-11


Iona el 20 del pasado por el Medi-
terraneo Canarias y este puerto.
Vapor americana "Arabistan" sa-
lio de Buenos Aires con destino eS-
te puertoel 10 del pasado.
Vapor americano "Filadel6a" del
puerto de New York para ell nuestro
salio el del actual.
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para New York Ell I6 del cerriente.
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te de Puerto Plata.
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PARA CICARRILIO9

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ANTE existeneia de papel pars ciga-
~rillos, marca La Cuba nita esme-
ada ~ ente cortad0
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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-05-02
New Dental Office.

Mrs. Cammie Smith Walker, ad.
ministratrix Of the estate Of p. p.
Walker, deceased, has just sold the
dental outfit of the late DR.. Walker to
DR.. Hugh J. Burnham, of Brookhaven,
Miss, and I take this opportunity Of
saying few words to the people Of
Brandon, and Rankin county.
The undersigned has known DR..
Burnham since childhood, and most
heartily recommends him as . high.
toned, conscientious gentleman. BE
comes to Us realizing that it will be a
very hard thing to fill DR.. Walker
place as dentist, but every one can
depend upon it that he will do hil
very best.
DR.. Burnham was raised in oul
county, is q graduate Of . first class
dental college, and has had two years
practical experience since getting hi
diploma. He makes something Of a
sacrifice in coming to Brandon at this
time, as he has one Of the best fitted
offices in the country at Brookhaven,
where he has been practioing for some
time.
Mrs. Walker, as we'll as myself,
recommend him to the consideration
of DR.. Walkers former patrons.
A. M. SHIELDS.