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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1908-03-21
MAIL ORDER MENACE.
How the Cash Retail Trade Is
Being Drawn CityWard.
THE LURE OF THE CATALOGUE
Amazing Growth of Big City Concerns
That Drain the Country of Money
Which Should Be Spent at Home.
How the Evil May Be Combated.

Ho" the Evil May Be Combated.
In MaAWcll's Talisman are the fol
lowing remarks on the mail order bust
ness hy Richard Hamilton Byrd:
1t is Il recognized fact that the retail
business of the country villages and
the large towns, for that matter, is be
ing destroyed. Year hy year the once
prosperous merchants are being forced
to the wall-driven out hy the mail or
der business. And this is taking place
in face of the fact that the population
and purchasing power of the country
districts are ever on the increase.
What is the mattcH:
The mail order hoU:'cs are drawing
the cash retail trade fron its natural
channels to the cit."..,
The growth of tlt.~ ",:urus has been
phenomenal. From = jcIyIikc idea
without form-am experiment fifteen
years ago, it haa -'4a"m ln proportions
that threaten the determination of the
retail country 'mrrth1
An idea of the way the money of
the people is being drawn into this
mail order trade c#l be IlHl from the
reports of some of these houses.
\ certain mail o",,rr hnH.c Of Chi.
cago which began with Il few thou
sand dollars iirtre., years ago now
carries Il capital s:o \ Of :5.0UD.O0O
and has arranged to increase that
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1908-03-21
Wait.

Gramercy-If their rich uncle has ac
quircd a mania for fast motor cars and
flying machines, why don't they try to
have him placed under restraint?
Park-Thcy think they'll get a quick
er decision if they bde their time and
await deyelopmcnts.-I -IIarper's Week
lV
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1908-03-21
After the Weddinq.

Mrs, Benham-And l am really your
wife?
Benham-W Well, that's the under
standing l had with the minister when
l paid him So for you.-New York
Press.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1908-03-21
Cash In Advance.

NJ pay as l 60" declared the pOmp-
Gus citizen.
"Not while Pm running these apart
ments," declared the tanitor. you'll
pay as you move in."-St, Paul Pioneer
Press
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1908-03-21
The Simple Thinus.

"Miss Gowitt surprised me by say
ing that she had tired of society and
now likes the simple things best"
"Yes. Didn't You know she's going
with Charley Chumpley?"-Cle
Plain Dealer
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1908-03-21
A Slip.

Jack (studying geography)-Fa
what is a strait?
Father Ceading the paper)-Fiye
cards of a-that is, a narrow strip of
water connecting two larger bodies.-
IIarper's Weekly.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1908-03-21
She Was Not a Beauty.

"I don't see what excuse you had for
kissing this woman"
Il don't, judge. now that see her in
the daytime"- ana Country.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1908-03-21
A Serious Mistake.

doesn't that man over there be
long to the drawing room entertain
ers?"
ITO the drawing room, but hardly
the entertainments You see, he's a
dentist."-Pittsburg Post
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1908-03-21


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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1908-03-21

t;n,,,, LIS. II Is VERY LONESOME
"Why, you concatcnatcd Chump, you
nave two-ucrc Paradise here and you
don't know it," said the City Man.
"Id like to trade Places with YOU"
"I'lI trade with anybody said the
Rube. I'm tiled of this Dogs Life"
You're onr' exclaimed the Finan-
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1908-03-21
GeorgeAoefaj faj1es
The Unh2ppy Financ:cr e.
the D.scoutentad E>u.2.

Copyright. Ico2. i.52. by Robert EGowsrd
Rrssell1
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1908-03-21

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ing $1,000?
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1908-03-21

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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-05-18
THAW WORN BY
SHORT COURT
D R De AL
PLEADS FATIGUE TO
ACCOUNT FOR NERVES
Attorneys Endeavor to Delay
Divorce Proceedings Pending
Result of Action For Hus-
bands Release.

Inv Morning journal Special Leased Wire. |
Poughkeepsie, n, Y, May lt.--Fa-
tIgued after his three days attendance
at the hearing before Justice Nor
schauser to determine the question OF
his sanity and the trying ordeal of last
night brief as it was, on the witness
stand, Harry X. Thaw slept soundly
in the sherffs room in the court
house, and was up today, as usual
ut $50.
He looked at all the morning pa
pers and told Jailer HaVcns that lie
did not think ne was as nervous on
the stand as some Of the reporters de-
scribed him, He said that he hau
tried TO be careful Of what he said'
and he thought it was his extreme
canton that caused his apparent ner-
yousuess, He was fatigued, he said,
when he went on the stand after the
long court session. He also said thaL
the changing of StenOgra piers just al
Ter he took the stand caused him some
confusion. He was glad that the trial
was over. lie said he had been told
BY his experts that his conduct on the
stand had pTejudiced his case, and ne
felt some encouragement,
Mrs. william Thaw, his mother, ar
rived here at II O'clock ana ThaW
sent a note to DR.. Pilgrim asking him
10 call and see her. ThaW wished 10
have his mother cheered up for her
long Journey To Pittsburg, and as she
Is not very well, he particularly re-
ouegted the doctor not to say anything
10 cause her anxiety The note did
not reach Dr. Pilgrim in time for nm
to get to the court house before MIS-.
rhaw left, shortly after o'clock for
New York. Thaw and MS molhef At
tended the services conducted IN the
l,a r,piGpnpTG who used Inc
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-05-18
MOORS MOVED DOWN -o,,
BY FRENCH ARTILLERY

Paris. May 17.-Ofncial dispatches
from General Vigya, commander ol
The french forces in Algeria, VINO en- IN,
gagged in a fierce fight with Arabs % on
Thursday. states that he occupied tn. the
stronghold of Mulai Hassan, after VIZ
orously shclling the tribesmen' VINO
numbered 5000 The enemy, als-
persed in all directions aoahuohIis
their camp and large quant tl'lgs ,',s ss,rl ~
ed severe losses owing to admirable
handling of the artillery by Inc In5
french. the latter lost three killed
and nine injured.
According to the dispatches the oc-
cupation had a widespread eitec.
throughout the region, mum per oI
submissions already having resulted
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-05-18
HUNS WARNED TO STAY
AWAY FROM AMERICA

Buda Pest, May 17.-The recent
warning to intending emigrants issued
hy the minister Of the interior, that
the economic situation in America had
not shown sufficient improvement 80
give prospect OF obtaining work has
failed 10 check the outflow from tnSs
country. The minister now announces
that immigrants who have gone 10
the United States since January last
will not be given the privilege of re
turning to Hungary gratis
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-05-18
TRUCK DRIVERS IN
CHICAGO STRIKE
Refusal of the Wage Increase
Promises to Render Five
Thousand Men Idle Pending
Agreement


Chicago, May IA strike Of 400
truck drivers was authorized at
meeting of the union today because
of the refusal Of team owners to grant
an Increase Of $1.50 per week
committee was instructed to make an
other effort to induce the owners T."
grant an increase before the slrINr VI
der becomes effective.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-05-18

Ottawa ont, May lt,-Capta1n
Kngswin, of the British navy formNr
commander of the battleship pomm-
ion, has been appointed commander
Of the Canadian fishery protection
feet
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-11
COMMITS SUICIDE
IN DESPONDENT FIT
Theodore Foster, Southern
Railway Draughtsman,
Shoots Himself.

Despoadent It is believed on account
of an unsuccessful farm adventure, and
unbalanced from the effects OF an at
tack Of walking typhoid fever. Theo-
dore Foster. a draugitsman In the en-
ploy Of the Southern railway, shot him
SELF through the temple at his home in
Tuxedo, Nd, last night. He died al
most instantly.
Reports from Tuxedo indicate that the
act was done on the spur OF the moment
as Foster had but a short time before
left his young wife, and, walking into
the back yard. entered a hen house a
pistol shot being heard soon afterward
Foster went home i'll last Thursday,
complaining of neTve-racking pains in
the rear Of his heaD Physicians later
pronounced the attack walking typhoid,
and IL is the effects Of the devastating
disease that his friends attribute his
act of self-destruction.
Mr.. Foster was thiTty-eight years OF
age and had been with the Southern
railway for a year. He was considered
an able draughtsman. He was a native
OF Dunkirk, y. Y He married in this
city two years ago, and was a brother
in-law Of Fred and George Enrich, Of
the well-known firm Of commission mer-
chants. The young wife is said TO be
Frustrated by the shock.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-11
Mehmed Ali Recalled;
ReOrgaHizing Turk Corps

LONDON, Aug. u--Confirmation that
the Sultan had recalled Mehmed All
Bey, the Turkish minister at Wash
ington. was received here today.
a dispatch from COnstantinOple also
announces that Salih Munir Pasha and
Husni Pasha, the Turkish ambassadors
10 France and Russia, respectively. had
been recalled and that before the Sultan
is through the reorganization of his
diplomatic force. practically the entire
ambassadorinI stan will be changed. in
GLIDING the inCumbents at Belgrade.
Berlin, and Vienna.
There are no SPECIFIC charges OF in
competency or INSTRUMENTATION made
against Mehmed All Bey or any of the
other diplomats who are TO be removed.
The Sultan is leaving nothing undone
70 meet the demands of a free people.
He has liberated the Turkish press,
Is permitting religious freedom, and
has himself offered 10 build parliament
Iary buildings
Naval and military exiles tire return
ing unhindered and in many cases are
being restored TO their old places
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-11

miration OF the masses. he would have
been a dangerous candidate for COVER
nor against Deneen.
He would have been pretty certain OF
q big support from the Independents
who have been rallied 70 the radical
standard in recent years. for that vote
never would have believed that d Ouna
sade member OF the lOngskOremen's
union-a man who actually did the work
OF a roustabout on the Seattle docks
as Jim Ham Lewis did it-ceuId ~
very far wrong on their policies
= evils would have raised all sorts
o. trouble with the tremendous union
vote OF the city Of Chicago.
But the genius Of the Democrats Tor
doing the wrong thing at the r1gnL
+ time stood handsomely in the stead OF
sdhe Republicans. Lewis was turned
down and Stevenson nominated. Now
tat Will be a question whether Democrat &c
displeasure with Stevenson or Repub-
1ican dissatisfaction with Hopkins Will
cause the more trouble. Certain II Is
that in both parties the desire Tor more
radicalism has been thwarted so far
sas the primary result Is concerned, and
that the situation is left so mixed that
conditions are anything but settled.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-11
Died

BARSEs-At Barpers Ferry, " Va. On
Tuesday, august II. 1908, Of Brightss dis
ease. JAMES J. BARNES. Of washington,
Notice Of funeral IN morning papers.
Detroit Free Press please coDgD Il
laurel ganitariurn. Ma. On
Friday. July 81, 1905. GUsTAvUs Cows
GItEER-On Sunday. August g. 1903, Al 70
O'clock p m, at his residence, I4s5 clifton
street EDWARD 4. GREER
Edward a. Greer was twenty-five years
Old He died after an illness o. seven
months. He Was q clerk IN thu foreign
mail division Of the Department q state,
He IL survived b. his mother and three
Sisters, Mrs. Edmund Christian. Of Cow
ington. KY Miss Mary Greer. and Mss
sarah Greer. and two brothers.
KIRTLAND-on August ., 1903. at O'Clock,
WILLIAM McCULLOCH. beloved husband
or Elenore Kirkland (nee Kellem) and son
OF Albert h. and Rebecca Chew Kirkland.
William AcCuliOch Kirkland was a resi-
dent Of Baltimore His brother. Albert O.
Kirkland, Is an empl0ye Of the Postofics
Department. and resides at 1913 Twentieth
street northwest
RIcHARDS-On Monday. August 10. 1908 ss
90 a. m. a WEBSTER. Jr.. beloved son
OF A. Webster and Minnie W. Richards, Of
zl5 New Jersey avenue southeast, sEee
three months and six days.
BUTLER-On Thursday, August s 1903. ct
Wsrrenton, Va, GEORGE o. BUTLER, IA
his eighty seventh year.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-11
YOUNGEST PRISONER
DEEP IN QUANDARY
Takes Arrest Calmly, ButHiS
Pet Dog Suspects All
Strangers

Seated on his front porch. his arm
around his pet dog, Nellie. who tried 10
guard him. little five-year-Old Gus
OQutz, who was arrested last night by
Ohicer Clay. the giant policeman OF the
Fourth precinct, tried 10 decide this
morning why he had been arrested. He
said he had done nothing. The dog
said nothing, but gazed with a savage
intensity on each visitor, and made
each visitor feel embarrassed by taking
an unwholesome interest in his trousers.
According to the police, Gus was ar
res ted for destroying private property
The extent of the depreciation consisted
of taking six lathes from "a disused and
disreputahle shanty, and mailing them
together that he might get a kite that
was caught an tree.
The residents OF the neighborhood in
which Gus lives are intensely wrought
H.. over his arrest, and are unanimous in
their declaration that it was unjustihed.
Gus is not worried over the matter IN
q calmly, judicial manner he insists
that the officer is a mean man." and
expresses the conservative opinion that
he will come to no good end
This afternoon the matter will be
threshed out before Judge DeLacy at
the Juvenile Court.
Gus was arrested by the policeman
last evening as he was peacefully polk
ing at his kite, which was lodged in the
topnr0st branches of tree. A large
crowI. attracted by the unusual picture
of a Notwithstanding policeman ar
resting a five-year-old child, hooted at
the unrespOnsive Clay.
At the station house the boys father
agreed TO be responsible for the lads
appearance in court today.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-11
CAMP GOOD WILL
ENJOYS BARN DANCE
Children and Mothers Have
Fine Time on Their
Last Night.

Jaw, shucks. but those city kids had
a good time" It was farewell night
for fifty Of them at Camp Good VIII,
and they had BAN dance. Did they
enjoy themselves? Wen. rather.
II wasn't any city barn dance either.
like society folk give. but a real old
fashioned country one. And masked?
Sure. A hundred of them. All different,
too.
Camp Good VIII? You never heard OF
It? Well. it's a camp on the edge OF
the city, where they send city young
sters TO have a good time for q couple
OF weeks. The Associated Charities runs
1t.
Today fifty Of them VIII return to the
city. That's why there was something
doing last night Also 1, might be men
toned that fifty more viii go to the
camp tomorrow. They always have a
full hundred out there.
Before Camp Good VIII was Camp
Good Win a farmer owned the place
and erected a large harm. Last night
Il was decorated with lanterns. and
Sambo waxed the floor Sambo? Well,
Sambo isn't HIS real name, but that s
what the children call him. He's an old
sea salt and says he has been ship
wrecked nineteen times and marooned
twice. But that's another story.
Anyway he waxed the barn floor and
The fun began. Each child had a mask.
and each had a costume. They made the
old barn ring with their joyous shouts
until the COWS in an adjoining stable
began 10 wonder what had happened.
Now, after a while II was time for
the youngsters 10 go TO bed. So. after
they had all been tucked into the cots
IN the tents, their mothers, women who
had forgotten how 10 be young for
many years IN the Yexations OF city life.
returned 10 the barn, and danced And
after they had danced and danced until
they had worn the wax on the floor TO
q frazia rafresbrnenfs were sc rved
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-11
DIRECT TESTIMONY
HELD UNRELIABLE
Judge Kimball Says He De-
ponds More On Circum-
Stantial Evidence.

"CircumstantIal evidence is the strong
est evidence in the world. The longer
becomes my service on the bench and
the more cases try, the more I am
convinced Of this"
Judge Kimban. who has served on
the bench for nearly a score Of years,
and has tried nearly 10000 cases, made
the above statement from the bench in
the United States branch OF the Po-
lice Court this morning.
'"The more cases try" saJs the
judge. 1.-THE more I am impressed with
the peculiar trait OF human nature that
will make witnesses tell an untruth
about some small matter that they
imagine VIII affect them. and they will
squirm and twist ard get out OF it in
any way they can. am convinced that
some OF these witnesses have not been
telling the truth. yet I can not say they
deliberately lied about a material fact
al issue, and consequently can not say
that Lhey perjured themselves"
The case at issue was one Of assault.
1t was charged against Richard Grand
erson that he had assaulted Fannie
Hall and Samuel Wade Six witnesses,
all Of them Government witnesses, and
one d friend of Fannie testified with
many variations. and with one excep-
ton il vas apparent that each indi-
yidual mind had made out its own
strongest case.
Every witness cOntradicted the others
as to circumstances, blows. cause. and
sequence The blows numbered from
two TO four, in some cases in quick
order, II others, with a wide interval,
a lapse Of fifteen minutes and a change
Of scene. Every point was at variance,
and all this from eye witnesses.
Judge Kimball held that in all the
testimony there was evidence of an
assault, that this was the one point not
cOntradicted except by the defendant,
and he fined him so on each count.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-11
Hopkins GipeS Returns,
Declaring Self Victor

CHICAGO, Aug. 1L-Private returns
received by United States Senator Al
bert J. Hopkins. Republican. today not
only place his plurality over Repre-
sentative George E. Foss at 30,642. but
give him thirty-three out Of fiftyione
legislative districts and eighty-nine out
OF I2s members OF the Legislature in
his tight for reelection.
II Is announced today that the pm
mary vote will be bolted, and that u
strong EFFORT Will be made in the Re
publican legislative caucus in January
70 defeat Hopkins.
Foss declares that he is still the can
didate OF the people" Governor De-
mems plurality over Richard Yates. ac-
cording TO today's figures, has reached
il, go.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-11
SEEKS BLACK HAND
WITH LOADED GUN
Wealthy Importer Goes to Keep
Appointment Determined to Kill,
But Gets Arrested.

NEW YORK. Aug. 11.-Fully in
tending to kill the men who had
threatened him. Basil StroUlas. TWEEN
ty-eIght years old, a wealthy import
er, Of As New BOwery. armed him
SER with a magazine revolver early
today and went 10 1Oth9 street and
Amsterdam avenue In response to a
bIackmaiIer's letter. which demanded
that he bring $1,000.
StrOulas saw a band Of men lurking
in the bushes and was about 70 fire
when two mounted policemen aD-
Deared -Four Of the men were ar
rested, also StrOUlas, for carrying
WeapOnS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-11
TOday's Vital Records.
Births

Arthur 3 and Clara NJ York, girl.
William 7. and Mary L. Wade, girl.
William L and Emily Y. Wies DacASFs
girl.
William II. and Minnie c. William
son, girl.
John T. and Laura T. Weaver. girl.
William c. and Maggie NJ Weight,
boy twins.
Joseph B. and Laura G. Simpson. boy.
Frank L. and Julia 3. Rose, boy.
Francis and SaJtme RIchaTdi, boy.
William A and Rose Z. Puilin, gfrI.
Charles T. and Mary L. Pratt. girl.
Timothy and Josephine O'COnnOr,
girl.
George W. and Annie L. Motley, boy.
Charles c. and Edna Miller, boy.
Dennis J. and Catherine Long, girl.
James Z. and Sarah T.. King, boy.
Joseph A. and Mary G. HOeft boy.
George V. and Effie c. Green, girl.
Charles j.. and Amelia E'irOr, girl.
Fortunate and AnnunZiatO Eignozzi,
boy.
Herman c. and Mary F. Forney, girI.
Abram B. and Ida c. Clemmer. boy.
Irving E. and Anna NJ. Courtney,
d3eorge II. and Lulu J. Carrico. boy.
BeTtTam 2 and Annie 4. Campbell,
Charles W. and Emma c. Carroll,
girl.
M.utasl ]. and Catherine Cook, girl.
GeOI ge H. and Helena R Cornell girl
James and Ruth Blackstone. boy.
r. 3. and Eveline Burgess, boy.
George T. and Elizabeth B. BarlSsdale
boy twins.
Marcus D. and Sarah NJ. BeIheld. boy.
George r. and Gertrude NJ. Bryan,
boy.
William J. and Helen Bruf. boy.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-11

protect tae intersecting and adjacent
streets and highways.
Justice Barnard, in the District Su-
preme Court, today signed an order
appointing William 3. TuTpin. Joseph
H. Bradley, and George II. Ray three
the property sought by the rallfoaa
company on which to erect freight
yards. rOundhouses. etc The land to
be appraised lies along the north bank
OF the Potomac just west OF George
town, and alongside the Chesapeake
and Ohio canal
This property has long been used by
boat owners for warfage.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-11
FIREBUOS ENDANGER
THE LIVES OF 200
Two. New York Tenements Set on
Fire, Luckily Discovered
lust in Time.

NEW YORK. Aug. Ian organized
band OF incendiaries cary today set
fire TO two big double-decker tene-
ments IN the heart OF Williamsburg, en-
dangerlng the lives OF nearly 200 men,
woElen. and children. and creating a
panic in nesghboring buildings when the
alarm spread. A man awakened by a
tootache IN one OF the tenements luck
ily discovered the blaze. The fire IN
the other tenement was put out before
Il had gathered much Roadway
Acting Fire Marshal Brophy, VINO IL
vestigated both fires. declared that he
believed a gang OF hrebugs was at
work. driven TO desperation by poverty,
and determined 20 collect what insur-
ance they had at any cost OF lives and
property.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-11
BUY SCHOOL SITE
ON TWELFTH STREET
Commissioners Pay $751; for
PrOperty-Building Needed to
Relieve Congestion.

In order TO relieve the crowded condi-
tiOns Of the Franklin and Thompson
schools, the Commissioners have pur-
chased a site Ia the vicinity OF Twelfth
and L streets northwest for the cree
ton Of a new building.
The price named is $500. AS the
area is not quite large enough for the
purpose, and as no price could be OBJ
tanned for the property between the
site of the new building and L street.
the Commissioners have instituted con-
domination proceedings to acquire 81.
Congress appropriated $4,000 for the
purchase of the site. the building to be
erected at q cost not to exceed 100000
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-11
Permission to Lay Tracks
At Aqueduct Bridge Granted

The Commissioners today granted per-
mission to the Washington and West
ern Maryland Railroad Company Ia
excavate, grade, and lay tracks on it's
lines between the Acqueduct bridge,
Georgetown. and the District line in
the vicinity of the Chain bridge. Work
will begin in a few days
Suitable means will be provided to