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The San Francisco call., 1910-05-25
FEMALE HELP WANTED

YOUNG women between the ages of II and 25
OF fair education, neat appearance and un-
questionable character wanted to study tele.
pnone operating as a profession; a liberal sal
airy is paid new operators while In training at
the operating school Of the Pacific Telephone
and Telegraph Company, and upon graduation
they are given permanent positions at the
Ewitchboards, with opportunities for promotion
The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company
provides light and well ventilated operating
rooms pleasant rest and lunch rooms and takes
a personal interest IN the welfare Of the young
women in its employ.
Competent operators furnished to provide
branch exchange subscribers
For fun particulars call. preferably between
s.SO a. m. and II m, at operating school
telephone office. 2015 Steiner st.
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-25
LOST AND FOUND

II If YOU LOSE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. il
Fl here it viii he returned 10 you il honest
/ person fnds il. Remarkable rec0veries are
III brought about every day through this column.
III II YOU FIND ANYTHING BRING IT
III 10 The
III ..~-~~.,S.ssS---->~o1Ss~eOseeS~-ee
III san Francisco Call
III Lost and Pound Bureau
III { Third and Market Streets
III se,-s-,os~~~oS~~o1e|o~~~s~-~>-sSs
III Get q claim check. Have Il advertised.
III Reclaim Il If the owner does not.
III THE LAW-people who find lost articles
H are interested In knowing that the state law
III Is strict in requiring them 10 seek the own
III ers through advertisements and otherwise.
III and that failure 10 do So il proof can be
N shown involves a severe penalty.
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-25

FOR SPECIAL LIST OF JOBS.
Call and our bulletin boards Work COM
ing by phone. telegram and mail all day long
MURRAY & READY.
l1th and Market SITS, San Francisco.
7th and Broadway. Oakland.
ID and II sts., Sacramento.
MEN TO learn barber trade entirely free; time
unlimited. Pac Barber College, $40 Washington
ERRAND boy wanted. DEMARTINI SUPPLY
CO., I'D Front st.
NEW WESTERN. 1124 Howard-Single rooms
ljc and zoe per night: hot and cold water
MEN wanted at 103 Sd st. to have their shoes
repaired; sewed soles 75c, done in 10 minutes
MEN wanted to take rooms for 25c per night up
at the st. George, 391 9th st. cor. Harrison.
WANTED men TO make cigars good nav
while learning 3O6 18th St.
MISSION branch Of The Call, MILLER'S. sta
tioner, BOIL 18th st.
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-25

BROS BAG Co.; corner Sansome and Vallejo
EXPERT accountant for responsible, permanent
ofnce position: must furnish good references
as TO skill, ability and character; reply fully
giving experience. references and salary de.
sired. BOX 70z. Call
OAKLAND.
GIRLS TO MAKE 0VERALL.S PAID SALARY
WHILE LEARNING.
LEVI STRAUSS & CO.. Sd AND CLAY SITS
APPLY TO MR.. DAVIS.
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-25
OAKLAND APARTMENTS TO LET

-FOUR room modern apartment, unfurnished; all
sunny. outside rooms; fine neghborhood; close
to town, cars and Key Route; $25 per month.
Apply 30 Vernon St. Oakland.
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-25
WANTED TO LEARN TRADE

WANTED-Men quick TO learn; no expense for
instruction; learn trade in months instead OF
years automobiles. electricity plumbing brick
laying; actual contract work; 200 students last
year: catalogue free. United Trade School
Contracting Co.. 1923 Market St
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-25
Hotels, Apt. Houses for Sale and Rent


ELEGANT FAMILY HOTEL FOR LEASE, FUR
NISHED; FIREPROOF: MODERN: CENTRAL
LY LOCATED: MONEY MAKER; OVER $50
ROOMS.
LIVE COUNTRY TOWN NEEDS HOTEL
NAN WITH 81, ,00O:s BEST INDUCEMENT TO
RIGHT PARTY: QUICK ACTION.
IRWIN g. KELLER
71S Pacific bldg Douglas 2l9I; Home J2510.
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-25
COLLECTION AGENCIES
RENT THAT VACANT ROOM

EXPERT collec prompt remit; loans negot G
E NJ: Co, $50 Pacific bldg. S: z: Ph: Sui: 81!
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-25

small want ad in The Call will do it quicker
than a dozen signs plastered on your windows
and which spoil the looks of your home pc
and see you
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-25
HOUSES TO LET-Furnished


BERKELEY professor. going abroad, will rent
furnished house till August, 1911; east of Col
lege, near university; 8 rooms, oak floors. pan
eled, beamed ceilings, fireplace. piano: magni-
fcent view Of bay; sleeping out deck; thor
oughly modern and almost new; rent reason
able; adults only. references required Ad-
dress p. o. box 1872, or phone Berkeley 1861.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-04
Scientific Selection of Mortar Sand.

The idea that sand for concrete mix
ing should be sharp is obsolete; and the
word SHARP" is not used in specfflca-
tions drawn by modern engineers. a
greater need is that the sand shall De
coarse. Rounded particles pack closer
than angular or sharp ones. contain
fewer voids and make stronger and den
ser mortar.
Two often in specifications sand is dis
missed with mere requirements OF clean
and sharp" whereas the whole matter Is
dependent upon proper sand. A gradual
ed mixture is best, say 30 per cent Of the
coarsest grains allowable, 20 per cent OF
the medium and % per cent of the finest
grains permissible.
The character of the sand has SO great
an effect upon the strength of mortar
that for comparing different brands OF
cement or specifying requirements OF
strength a sand OF standard size and
quality is essential. The United states
standard sand recommended by the COM
mittee of the American Society of Civil
Engineers is a natural sand from Ottawa.
ILL.,, screened to pass sieve having
twenty meshes per linear inch and re-
tanned on a sieve having thirty meshes
per linear inch.
The Meramec (Mo.) river sand has also
been adopted as standard. The English
standard sand is obtained from a pit at
Leighton Buzzard, and the screens are
the Same as in the United States. The
German standard sand is natural
quartz retained between sleeves having.
respectively, twenty and twenty-eight
meshes per linear inch. The French
standard sand is a natural sand from
Leucata. France, which must pass
screen having holes Of 10 miiiimeter
and he retained on screen having holes
of one millimeter OO39 inch).
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-04
Loss IS INSIGNIFICANT
REPORT OF CITY AND SUBUR.
BAN HOMES COMPANY.
Bad Debts of New York Building
Company Only Thirty.0ne Hun
dredths of ! Per Cent in a Year.

Probably the most significant statement
in the recent annual report of the City
and Suburban Homes Company of New
York was that the losses from bad debts
during the year were but $1.143. out of a
total amount of rents collected Of 1913, :
985. go, being, as the report adds, the
Insignificant proportion of thirty-one-hun-
dredths of per cent
This speaks well for the class of ten
ants in the large model tenements owned
and managed by the company, but the
point must not be overlooked that skill
full management. both of the houses and
In selecting responsible tenants, exerts
considerab BILE influence.
The report calls attention to the two
large Improvements completed during the
year on the company's Avenue a estate,
one comprising two buildings on 18th
street, containing 100 apartments of two,
three and four rooms. and the other on
East 10Th street. containing 200 apart
ments of two, three and TOUR rooms
These latter buildings We're erected as a
memorial TO Bishop Henry c. Potter and
are called the Bishop Henry C.. Potter
Memorial buildings, and are the finest the
company has built. They bear a tablet
TO the memory of Bishop Potter.
Developme nts now in progress include
the Junior League buildings, which will
cover the river front between 18th and
18th streets. Part will be used as resi-
Dental club for working girls, containing
about 800 single, furnished rooms, a res
taurant, dining room, library, reading
and private reception rooms. The other
half of the building will contain about
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-04
COMBINED CRIME AND ART.
Burglar and Forger Who Managed
to Keep Up Air of Responsibility.

From the London STANDARD.
1t is alleged that Herr May (the Ger
man philanthropist and author recently
proved to have been burglar and bandit
i'm early life), in addition to the improving
literature of which he was the acknowl-
edged author, also published anonymously
A series of cheap and detrimental fiction,
In which his experiences as bandit were
utilized. In other respects. however. he
appears to have wholly forsaken his
wicked ways.
II this is SO. and it would be kinder to
give him the benefit of any doubt. the
case only bears a partial resemblance TO
that of the celebrated Charles Peace. That
now notorious burglar was actively prac-
ticing his real profession when he was
known to the sedatest society of Peck
ham as a well-to-do and cultured gentle
man of impeccable antecedents.
Peace was a past master In the art Of
imposture, and had the markings OF a
brieand i'm him, IL he never got the chance
of following the more adventurous and
perhaps more picturesque branches Of
crime He, too. managed to establish
some reputation for piety by his Partially
for sacred music. His house was cram
med with musical INSTRUMENTS, but he
never allowed anything else to be played.
Another criminal who managed 70 i'm
pose on his friends and acquainfances
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-04
HOUSE MADE OF CONCRETE.
Unique Building Being Constructed
at Virginia Highlands, Va.

Just this side of Luna Park, at the new
station of Virginia Highlands, new
type of house is being built, which has
awakened no little amount of comment
and curiosity to those passing. The
structure is box shaped and, like all
poured concrete buildings. gives q rough
and not altogether pleasing appearance
while under way. The structure is entire
Iy of cement, roof and all, and many have
termed it the Edison style of house, al
though 1t has few features in common.
This idea is the invention Of young
Washington architect, Milton Dana MOT
rill. who on this building has Demon
strated the practicabiiity of his plan or
pouring a concrete house In steel mods
without the use of wood forms. The
structure is being built and furnished as
a model home and will serve as real
estate Office and waiting room for the
Virginia Highlands Association.
A colonnade or pergola will extend en-
t'rely arodna the building and ho"ers n
boxes will be used for decoration.
A square plot Of 100 feet about the
house will be laid out as an Italian gar
den with cement seats, bay trees, gravel
walks and flower beds; at the north will
he a small sunken garden with a go fish
pool for rare lilies and water plants.
The Virginia Highlands property has
been on the market only few months
and Messrs Billiard and Lanham. the
real estate firm In charge, anticipate
ready market.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-04

The changes made in the building laws
of the District by the act of the current
session of Congress are perhaps of larger
consequence than any that have been
made in recent years. One of the most
important was placed in the law by an
amendment, and then further changed in
conference, by which the entire existing
practice relative to the height of build
fngs on Pennsylvania avenue has been
greatly modified.
The new law permits on the north side
of Pennsylvania avenue from LIST to 18th
streets the erection of buildings having
a maximum height Of 100 feet, the width
of that thoroughfare. The maximum
height allowed to structures in any part
of the city heretofore was 100 feet This
change gives to property along the Av-
enue a privilege not attached to property
In any other part of the city, and 1t Will
be interesting to note the effect, If any,
that 1t will have in the development of
that thoroughfare.
AT the present time the only structures
on the Avenue within the designated
section which rise. to the elevation per-
mitted under the old regulation are
The Star building, Munsey building.
Willard Hotel ard the Raleigh. The Sec
ton of the latter fronting or the Avenue
does not quite come up to that standard,
but il is not the newer part OF the build
ing, and 1t is expected that before long
this portion will be raised to the height
allowed
more important change. however, is
the raising of the limit of height Of
buildings on business streets, which gives
to builders the right to go up twenty
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-04
MONUMENT IS SAFE.
Rumors That It May Fall Are Alb
solutely Groundless.

A rumor floats around occasionally that
the Washington Monument is unsafe
Perhaps this Is due to some fine cracks
in the surface of the marble blocks or
slight chipping at edges where joined
An examination of data covering the
foundation and comparison with other
structures will relieve any apprehension.
There are two walls The outer one is
Quilt of Maryland white marble. weighing
ITS pounds per cubic foot, and the inner
wall is of New England granite, weigh
ing 166 pounds per. cubic foot. To crush
this granite would require column s,145
feet high, theoretically.
Getting down into the foundation and
footing We find a thirty-six foot deep
mass of concrete; from this material an
eight-inch cube was made. which sus-
tanned maximum average pressure Of
1890 pounds per square inch. equal to
1876 tons per square foot. AS the test
was made when the concrete block was
only four months old, the strength is
probably greater now. The actual weight
upon this concrete foundation is less
than nine tons per square foot, so that
there is an ample margin in co-efficient
Of safety, about Is, or five times as
much as needed:
Now. compare the following figures:
The Merchants shot-tower at Baltimore,
246 feet high, at it's base sustains six
and a fourth tons per square foot The
base of the granite pier OF Saltash bridge
sustains nine and a half tons per square
foot. The base OF a brick chimney in
Glasgow, 4SS feet high, bears nine tons
per square foot, and it Is estimated that
in high winds Its leeward side may have
to carry fifteen tons per square foot. The
highest pier in the Marseille auueduct
SustainS pressure at base averaging
thirteen and half tons per square foot.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-04

feet higher than the existing law, with
the single restriction that no building
will be permitted to exceed a height OF
100 feet. An increase of five feet is also
made in the height permitted i'll building
on a residence street.
But perhaps the feature of the new law
which is more general in it's character
is to be found in those sections which
are designed to encourage higher class
of construction. This is sought to be &C
complished by reducing the height here
tofcre permitted for non-fireproof build
ings and increasing the height for fire.
proof buildings.
For example, a non-fireproof building
used as habitatiOn was allowed under
the former regulations to rise to a height
of five stories, or sixty feet, while under
the new law such a building is limited
At the same time, structure of this
character intended for business purposes
can be run up to the elevation of only
sixty feet instead of seventy-five feet,
as under the old law.
There is another provision of the new
law which points to better construction
as we'll as conserving the property and
the safety of the lives of the citizens,
and that is the one which requires all
hotels, apartment houses and tenement
houses three stories in height and over
to be Of fireproof construction up to and
including the main floor. Certain floor
areas in such buildings must be inclosed
in fireproof partition walls
There is another clause which looks to
the same end, and that is the one which
requires that every building, including
churches, with a hall having a seating
be of fireproof construction up to and
including the auditorium floor. The
phrase Including churches is the new
part Of this regulation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-04

was Thomas wainewright. who was GER
tainly forger and probably a poisoner.
but who had been a fashionable writer
and critic and was the friend Of Charles
Lamb. Talfourd and De Quincy. THE
kind. light-hearted Wainewright," as Ella
called him, was thoroughgoing and
heartless scoundrel, and the offenses for
which he was sentenced to transportation
for life were only incidents in a long ca
reer of wrongdoing. Whether he really
confessed that he poisoned the unfortu-
nate Miss Abercromby. urging in extern
uation that she had very thick ankles.
may be doubted. but quite enough has
been proved to his discredit. At the same
time 1t Is improba BILE that he would ever.
like Herr Kari May. have returned to re-
spectability. even if the opportunity had
been allowed him.
Another and less known man Of letters
who combined literature with crime was
George harrington, transported to Botany
Bay for pocket picking in 1890. He did
recover his character, became high con
stable of Paramatta, and was much
thought of in official circles for his good
conduct His literary fame rests mainly
on the often quoted description of the
true patriots: BE 1t understood, we ieft
our country for our country's good
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-04
REALTY SALES REPORTED.
Important Transfers Made Through
the Boss & Phelps Coronation

some recent transactions reported by
the Boss & Phelps Real Estate Cor
poration are as follows:
The new residence 3414 Newark
street. Cleveland Park, has been sold
to John H. Dripps, a retired business
man Of this city. who will occupy the
house as his home. 1t was owned by
Mrs. Louise Taylor. The house con-
tains ten rooms aad three baths and is
heated by hot water and lighted by gas
and electricity. The lot is fifty feet
wide by about 100 feet deep. The price
paid for the property was about s1O,5OO.
For Prof. Edward A. Fay, lot 8O2 in
square 1850, on the east side of 18th
street, just north of Kalorama avenue,
having a frontage of forty feet by
depth of ninety feet. to z. L. Kasavoa.
The price paid for the lot was about
Also deal whereby 100000 square
lonial Beach, Va. The purchaser a
northern man, will improve the ground
with several houses this coming sum-
mer 1t was owned by John B. Ham,
For the trustees for the Edes Home,
the large tract of ground located on the
west side sh of saith street. comprising
just north of Woodley Lane road and
opposite the home of Senator Nixon of
Nevada The purchaser is a local bust
ness man. and is having plans prepared
to build a residence.
For G. c. Rogers, another one of the
new houses he is now building on the
east side. Of 18th street north of Mon
roe, for 1920. The house contains ten
rooms and two baths, hot-water heat
and is lighted with gas and electricity.
To John B. Hammond, the residence
of the late John Savary,. 1922 Newark
street. Cleveland Park. for $4,000. The
lot has a frontage of seventy-five feet
by depth of about $50.
To Mrs. Julia Russell of Atlanta, Ga,
three investment properties, aggregat-
ing $4,000. They are 1864 18th street,
a ten-room new house.; 1910 10th street,
ten-room semi detached residence, and
the corner property 744 5th street
northwest.
For H. N. Saxton Of New York city,
his residence, 1913 r street northeast.
The house contains six rooms and bath,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-04
LOCAL FIRMS INVITED.
Asked to Convention of National As
ISOLATION of Real Estate Exchanges.

AS one result Of the visit to this city
recently of the president of the National
Association of Real Estate Exchanges
several of the local realty concerns have
been invited to send representatives to
the annual meeting Of the association in
Minneapolis from June ID to II. Among
those who have received invitations are
Gasch & Birge Randall H. Hagner, the
F.. H. Smith Company, Story & Cobb,
Swartzell, Rheem & Hensey. Thomas +.
Fisher 4 Co., Incorporated; Gardiner 3
Dent and Shannon g. Lucha
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-04

ITO small apartments with housekeeping
facilities for single women.
CONSTRUCTION is also rapidly progressing
on the companys West SD street estate.
Immediately north of the Tuskegee, where
building, containing 12S apartments OF
two, three and four rooms. is being
erected exclusively for colored people.
The company has extended its model
tenement ope. atoms in Brooklyn, that
borough, according to recent official re-
port of the tenement house department,
having more dark rooms in tenements
than Manhattan.
William D. Sloane succeeds the late
Charles Stewart Smith as vice president,
e. r. L. Gould being reelected president,
and the other Offices remaining un-
changed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-04
M. B. CARNEY BUYS HOME.
Dwelling on 18th Street Purchased
for $4,000.

Margaret A. Crowell has sold the
brown-brick dwelling. 3443 14th street
northwest, at the southeast corner Of
that thoroughfare at its junction with
Meridian street. 1t is understood that
approximately $500 was paid for the
property, which was purchased by NJ 3.
Garvey. who will occupy the premises
The house is one of row of dwellings
erected by Harry Wardman. the builG.r, ,
about a year ago. 1t is a three-story
structure of brown-brick and brown
stone, with tiled mansard roof and dormer
windows. 1t has twelve rooms and two
baths, and is heated by hot water.
The lot has frontage of twenty-five
feet on 14th street, by depth of 40
feet on Meridian street.
VILLAGE. Gibbs & Daniel conducted the
negotiations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-04
Petworth Dwelling Sold.

Wiliige, Gibbs & Daniel. real estate
brokers. have sold for Annie v. Ander-
son premises 1928 Illinois avenue north
west. between Randolph and Shepherd
streets, in Pstworth Subdivision. The
house has a red pressed-brick front, with
white mortar points and blue slate roof
and a porch extending across the entire
front It has seven rooms. hath and is
heated by furnace. The house occupies
a lot twenty ight feet In width by 9
depth of approximately ninety feet 1t
is understood that In the neighborhood
OF $1,000 Was paid for the property,
which Wtll b. occupied as q residence
by the purchaser, John F. Day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-04
To Add Two Stories.

The upper portion of the building will
be remodeled and arranged to suit small
businesses, catering particularly to wom-
ems trade. Already a large number of
applications for quarters have been list
ed.
The building will be increased in height
by two stories, and the owners will spare
no pains and expense to make this one
of the handSomest and most convenient
confidently believed that every room will
be occupied by September l, when the
building will be completed. and the re-
turns to the owners will be very hand
some amount on the cost of the building,
which was purchased for them by the F.
H. Smith Company only few months
ago. at what was then considered rec
ord price for property in this vicinity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-04
FOR BUSINESS PURPOSE
PLANS FOR REMODELING THE
LA FETRA HOTEL.
Large Storeroom on First Floor
and Smaller Establish
ments Above.

Another important realty Improvement
is in progress at the northwest corner
of 18th and G streets northwest, in the
remodeline of the former La Fetra Ho-
tel. so that its lower floor will afford
accommodation for a large store and its
upper floors give space for smaller bust
ness establishments. In recent years.
and more particularly in recent months,
the squares in G street between 10th ana
18th streets have been coming rapidly
to the fore in importance In the business
community, and this enlargement and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-04
NORTHWEST CORNER G


Improvement of the former hotel property
offers another mark In the advancing
tide.
According to plans which have been
prepared by Architect Frederick 3. Pyle,
the first floor and basement of the re-
modelled structure will be SO constructed
that they may be used by one business
establishment, and it has already been
leased by the +. H. Smith Company,
agent for the owners. to S. S. kresge.
who will open there a five and ten cent
SfO