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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-18

1t is probable a number of those In
terested in building in the District will
ask Congress in the near future to
amend the law of June I, 1910, which
limits to fifty feet the height of non
tireproof structures intended to be used
as habitations. The purpose Of the new
law is to protect human life by pre-
venting the erection of buildings to
what was looked upon as an unsafe
height unless the materials used belonged
to the class of non-cumbustible. With
such purpose those who have now come
to the conclusion that the resent law, as
worded, is working a hardship on the
owners of property. are heartily in accord,
and the change they propose to have
made in the language of the law is not
intended in any way to lessen the protec-
ton to human life which the trainers of
the law had in mind.
The exact change to be made has not
been determined upon, as, in fact, there
matter by such body, for example, as
the Institute of Architects. 1t Is the in
tention. however. to call the matter to
the attention of the profession, with the
view of having some action taken. AS
the law now stands. the height Of dwell
ings. apartment houses or any building
used for similar purposes. IL not Of fire.
proof construction, Is not to exceed fifty
feet or four stories. 1t has been found
during the few months the law has
been in force that it has had an effect
which is believed was not intended.
A Case in Point.
case in point was that Of a dwelling
i'm good resident section Of the city
and on account of it's cost belonging to
the class Of what is known as first-class
dwellings. The general style of the in
terror arrangement is that Of the Eng
fish basement house with the principal
entrance raised four feet above the side
walk. With a height of ten feet for the
first story, twelve feet for the second,
ten feet for the third and nine feet and
half for the fourth with an air space
in the roof of o-and-one-half feet. and
allowing one foot space for each floor.
the total height of the building was
fOrty-seven and half feet.
In order to provide suitable finish
for the front a balustrade was provided
by the architect, but that would have
made the total height Of the dwelling
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-18
Mrs. C. S. Norwood BUYS Home.

Mrs. Cherrie S. Norwood has pur-
chased through Shannon & Luchs, real
estate agents. the two-story brick
dwelling 1865 Parkwood place north
west for home. This is one Of thirty
four dwellings now being completed on
this street. 1t is a two-story dwelling,
having electric and gas light, hot-water
heat. two-story back porch and hard
wood parquet floors on the first and
second stories. The consideration in the
transaction was $3.50. The house was
built by Harry Wardman from plans by
A. II. Beers.
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CHANGE IN THE BUILDING LAW
MAY BE ASKED OF CONGRESS
Amendment Desired That Will Not Limit
the Height Of Non-Fireproof Struc-
lures to Fifty Feet; Proposed to
Substitute "Four Stories."

more than fifty feet. The building would
still have been four stories in height
and as the balustrade was to be stone
the combustble material in the house
would not have been increased by this
addition.
1t is claimed, however, even Mn cases
where it is not proposed to add a balus-
trade to the facade of buildings, as the
requirements of living call for larger
rooms, that in order to secure harmoni-
Gus proportions the permissible height o.
the ceiling should be increased. This is
especially the case. it is claimed, on the
principal floor. where some architects as
sert height of ceiling as much as fifteen
feet is necessary in order to have the
room properly balanced.
Height of Four Stories Suggested.
needed only in houses Of the larger type.
and in such cases the extra cost Of fire.
proof construction would not be a pro-
hibitive item.
The modification Of the law is not de-
signed for the relief of those who build
the larger type Of houses, but rather for
those who build houses Of medium size.
1t is thought that If the words fifty
feet" are omitted from the law and the
height of such structures limited solely
by the words -four stories the purpose
Of the law as originally framed would be
accomplished and at the same time 1t
would be possible to erect a house that
is impossible as the law now stands.
1t is. of course. understood when such a
height of buildings is to be exceeded that
the construction must be fireproof. If the
law provides that a building may be
erected to the height of four stories with
out the limiting words ''or more than
fifty feet then it is thought a proper
and entirely just leeway would be af-
forded for those owning lots and wishing
to improve them with a dwelling Of a
good class.
In such cases sufficient air space
above the top story could be provided and
at the same time the front could be fin
ished with a balustrade and there would
be proper allowance for the height of
the several floors The advocates of such
schange are unable to see where any
harm could result from having it made
a part of the law. or how it could be
taken advantage Of to the injury of the
public or the endanger1ng of life. On the
other hand. they point out that such an
amendment would make available for the
building of non-ffreproof structures a
good deal Of building space that is now
Of no use for improvements Of this char
aCter.
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Sale of a Brentwood Cottage

Willige. Gibbs & Daniel real estate
brokers, have sold for William E. Rich
ards his two-story and attic cottage at
Brentwood, Md. The house has eight
rooms. bath and occupies a lot fifty feet
front by 40 feet in depth. 1t is under
stood that $3.50 was paid for the prop
erty, which will be occupied by the pur-
chaser, William Curtis.
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nate for the great Virginia industry. So
far as the farmers themselves are con-
cerned, 1t will probably be the best thing
that could happen to them, II they could
be so far discouraged in raising tobacco
as to cause them to turn their attention
and devote their energy and resources to
producing other crops. In which there is
much less Of the gambling element than
in tobacco.
The great need Of the farmers at pres
ent is labor. and tobacco is the most ex-
acting Of the crops in its demand for la
Dor, and a great deal OF 1t. If our farm
ers would raise much less tobacco and
much more grain and hay and live stock.
both they and their farms would be much
better off Their expenses would certainly
be greatly reduced. and the cash which
they receive for their tobacco would be
more than replaced by the yield from
their diversified products.
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TWO DWELLINGS SOLD.
House at Monroe and 18th Streets
Brings $4,000.

The two-story brick corner dwelling
at the southwest corner Of 18th and
Monroe streets has been sold for the
Sarah E. Shane estate to M. A. Collins,
who will occupy it as his home after
the property is remodeled. The sale
was made through the real estate Of
fee of Shannon & Luchs, and it is un-
derstood that the purchase price was
about $4,000.
The two-story brick dwelling e12
Lamont street has been sold to A. Tassa
as an investment This sale also was
made through Shannon Luchs, and
the consideration in the transaction was
$3.50.
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or are undressing present construction.

or are undergoing present construction.
I am certain. however. that at con-
sentative estimate $1O.O00.OOO is already
invested in housing this army Of nurses.
In New York city the new Bellevue
Training School buildingi cost 100000 or
nearly $1,000 per nurse. and there are at
least four other schools there whose
buildings cost from 100000 to $5OO,OOO
Hence the housing Of nurses necessitates
a very large financial outlay and the in
terest on the investment, with cost OF
maintenance, involves several millions an
nually.
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HELD AS INVESTMENT.
Lot at 4th and V Streets Sold to
Louis Robin.

Willige. Gibbs & Daniel. real estate
brokers. have sold for NJ. H. West lot No.
16 in square No. :aO72, at the northwest
corner of 4tll and V streets northwest
The lot has frontage of approximately
p feet on V street, by depth Of 40 feet
along 4th street. and is occupied by a
two-story business building and apart
ments
1t is understood that in the neighbor-
hood of $1,000 was paid for the property,
which will be held by the purchaser,
Louis Robin, as an investment
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-18
The Outdoor Nation.
from the Hamburger Zeitung

From The Hamburker Zeltung.
No nation loves nature so much as
the German. The Italian travels to
get somewhere: the German to travel.
The country walk for its own sake is
German discovery. The English
mans ideal IL q park, the Germans a
wood. and the Frenchman loves his bou-
levard.
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James E. Moxley Buys House.

Will!ge, Gibbs & Daniel. real estate
brokers. have sold for James R. Ellerson
and Thomas H. Pickford premises 1908
LIST street northwest. The house is a
two-story brick dwelling with six large
rooms. bath and furnace heat, and has a
frontage of twenty feet by a depth of
approximately ninety feet to q rear al
ley. 1t is understood that $3.50 was
paid for the property. which will be &C.
cuped by the purchaser. James e. Mox-
ley.
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sort of AngloSaXon civilization of their
own. They have their colonies i'm the
big cities and never permit themselves
to become assimilated like the German.
One may form some idea of what for
eign enterprise has done for Mexico, out
side of the development of it's mines and
the construction of it's railroads. by glanc-
Ing over the list of important manufac-
crime mill in America, with a yearly ca
pacity of 1000 tons, is one of the holdings
of the Industrial Soap Company of the
Laguna. This corporation dominates the
cotton seed industry of Mexico, and was
| organized in 1892. with foreign capital
back of it. The daily consumption of
cotton seed amounts to 300 tons, and the
soap department turns out 5000 boxes
of seventy-fve pounds each. The divi
dends last year amounted to % per cent
on capital of $2,5O0,OG0 gold.
The Bueno Tono cigarette factory. es-
tabliShed by Frenchman named Pugi-
bet. and now the largest producer of
cigarettes in the world, with a daily ca
| pacity of 100000 cigarettes. pays a divi-
dend Of II per cent year on a capitalize
ton of $3.50, 900 gold.
The Mexican National Packing Com
pany. backed by English capital domi-
| mates the packing industry Of Mexico
under concession which runs until 1925.
| During that time there can be no other
abattoir built in the City of Mexico and
| no live stock may be slaughtered except
| by it. 1t also is entitled to a rebate in
| the taxes for slaughtering live stock in
| the republic. which amounts to at least
| a quarter of a million dollars gold. The
company is incorporated under the laws
| of New Jersey and has a capitalization
| of S11.250,GOO gold. 1t owns it's own re-
| frgerator car lines and is now exporting
meat to Europe. It's dividends are enor-
| nous and would make those Of the Amer
lean beef trust appear a widows mite
| in comparison.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-18

In our Sunday Magazine tomorrow:
THE Managers Wife," by Amehe Rivss
princess Troubetzkoy). entry No. 10 In
our prize story competition: "At the End
of the Rainbow" by James Hay. jr.;
"Raja," by S. Ten Eyck Bourke; "Ruc-
tons at Pollytown.'' by Edith Sessions
upper. and the second installment or
THE Sovereign Power" by Mark Lee
Luther.
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ALONG THE RIVER FRONT.
Arrivals.

Schooner Winnie Windsor, oysters
in the she'll from the lower Potomac
beds to the market here: tug Capt.
Toby, with lighter in tow from Broad
creek to the Eastern branch; sloop
Daisy at Alexandria to load merchan-
disc for .Piscataway creek, Md; tug
James 0. Carter, light, from a river
point; fiattie Alabama. oysters in the
shell for the dealers here: fiattie
Blanchard, at Alexandria. with wood
from a river point: tug Powhatan, tow
ing sand and gravel lighters from dig
Ging machines down river; schooner
Goldie c.. lumber. at 9th street wharf.
from Nomini creek, Va.
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Departures.

Schooner John Branford. light, for a
lower Potomac point to load back to
this city; A. c. Co. lighter from Alex
andria for Cabin Branch pier, Guam
tico, to load iron pyrites back to the
Alexandria acid-making plant; flattie
Leonard, light, for bay point to load
oysters; fattie Wilton, light, for
Chesapeake bay point to load; schooner
Winnie Windsor. light. for the Wicomico
river to load for this city; scow Stutler,
for Broad creek in tow Of tug Capt.
Toby; schooner Worrell, light, for
Nomini creek to load railway ties for
Baltimore; tug Carter. light, to Deco
guam to shift barge Totuskey to
Quantico; scow Fannie. from AleXan-
dria. for river point. to load cord
wood: Hattie Eliza. light, from 18th
street wharf for bay point to load.
Memoranda.
Barge Maria Hooper is chartered to
load lumber and laths at Newbern, N
c.. for Johnson 6 Wimsatt; barge
Totuskey will complete loading cargo
Of railway ties at Quantico; schooner
Dorothy is at Norfolk from Alexandria
for bunker coal. en- route to Charles
ton; schooner Samuel Wood is in Bre-
tons bay loading cord wood for the
dealers here; schooner j. p. Robinson
has arrived in Upper Machodoc creek
from Alexandria to load cord wood
barge Occoquan is at Freestone, Va,
to complete cargo of railway ties for
Philadelphia; schooner w. E. Parks is
at Potomac point to load lumber or
wood for the market here; schooner
Cherubin has sailed from Baltimore for
bay point to load; schooner Lima Cox
Is at a river point loading for this
port: schooner Freddie Hamblin is on
her way to this city from a Chesapeake
bay point with lumber; steamer
Northland. new, sails today from Will
mington, Del, for this city.
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Indeed, John Bull. while still holding
second place, has allowed Germany to
step in and bid for
Many Germans that position. The
~ German in Mexico is
0Ae III AAeAASV' but a repetition of
the German throughout Central America.
He permits himself to be assimilated into
the local civilization. With a special gift
in the matter Of learning languages. it is
not long before he speaks Spanish as If
it were his mother tongue. He soon
adopts the ways and customs OF his sur
roundings, probably marries into Mexi-
can family, or else his children do so,
and soon he is part and parcel of the
people. With the Englishman and the
American 1t is different. They maintain
a sort OF separate civilization. Blood
80 thicker than water, and the American
and the Englishman in Mexico set up a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-18
Billions Are
Now Invested

xJA14xOAo 11AV eAoo~oA VI 'SiiSoAi
Now Invested. trv and he esti-
mates the holdings at fully billion dol
lars. In his opinion there are at least
81. 900 Americans residing in the republic,
the majority Of whom have greater or
smaller investments in Mexican property.
American business men have invaded
every field. Where once their activities
were limited to railroad building and
mineral development, today one may see
them operating hotels, running depart
ment stores. selling Mexican curios. pub
fishing newspapers, conducting automo-
bile agencies and participating In every
other line of business to be found in
Mexico.
One encounters Americans in the most
unexpected places. When the tourist goes
out to San Angel, the flower garden of
Mexico. and to the famous San Angel Inn,
which once was the convent of the Car
melite monks, he finds the innkeeper to
be gentleman who acknowledges Mis-
souri, as his native state Here one may
play billiards upon the magnificent table
that once graced the palace of Maximil-
liam. In Mexico City there is a small
skyscraper with great gilt letters at the
top announcing II TO De EulNCIO tOOSe-
Welt" 1t houses the famous curio place
called Aztec Land" which is conducted
by an American. A few clocks away is
a quaint little place known as THE Orig
inal Hole in the Wall" Its proprietor is
an Irishman from Dublin. who stayed in
the United States long enough to become
an American citizen. Here one may buy
anything from "a nice, we'll behaved,
dressed flea from our own plantation,
senor," to a little god of the Toltees, an
idol of the AZtecs, jewel case of the
conquest, or a hand cannon Of Iturbides
day.
Everywhere one sees evidences Of the
supremacy of American trade interests.
American engines, American cars and
American rails are used on its railroads:
American automobiles and American car
riages are in general evidence on its
streets: American clothes and dry goods
are for sale in its shops; American meats
and canned goods are displayed in its
markets. Whatever may be said about
the failure of the American exporter to
get his share OF business in other parts
of Latin America, it cannot be charged
against him In Mexico. Every British
consul in the country appeals to his home
exporters to emulate the American in
Mexico. No one understands just why
England allowed her former trade SUI
premacy here to decline until she now
holds second place. but that has hap
pened.
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American Money
in Big Enterprises

is now turning out $1,000, 600 worth of
iron and steel a year. The National Rail-
way lines of Mexico have placed with it
contract for 10000 tons of steel rails.
Heretofore practically all the railroad
iron used in Mexico has come from the
United States The National lines will
consume $1,000 tons a year in repairs
and construction during the next six
wears, and the Monterey smelters Will
supply it.
On every hand one finds industrial
Mexico thriving because the foreigner
is there. That he is making large prof
it's is disclosed by the dividend figures
which certainly average IL per cent,
taking no account of the amounts set
over for extension and surplus. But
the foreigners give employment to the
natives in every position they can fill,
and the wages paid are much higher than
where there are no factories. Ordinarily
the wage Garner is content with his lot,
because the days Of real suffering and
hardship are still too fresh in his men,
DRY to permit him to complain of pres
ent conditions. Occasionally the socialist
and the walking delegate pay their Wis
it's to the industrial centers, and the sat
isfied workingman of yesterday becomes
the capital-oppressed industrial slave of
today.
The Mexican workingman's mind gen.
orally thinks right when not influenced,
but it is very susceptible to the preach
ments of the walking delegate. The ar
rival Of this gentleman in an Industrial
community is the signal for trouble, and
it usually winds up by the government
taking a hand and shooting the leaders.
In the main, foreign capital gets on
well with the labor, and, guarded by
laws that afford it ample protection. 1t
multiplies in a way that makes Mexico
a most attractive spot for the foreigner
who wishes to invest money where it is
at once safe and highly productive.
Observation-Disclosures
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MEXICO.
" Foreign Interests.
By Frederic J. Haskin.
MEXICO CITY. March ~ 1911.

MEXICO CITY. March 1s. 1911
No other country ever depended more
on foreign capital for the development
OF its resources than Mexico and today
Europe and America are furnishing the
major portion of the funds with which
the numerous great projects are being
developed. Investment in Mexico is prac-
tica1ly as safe as investment i'm the
United States. but so few people realize
that fact as yet that competition is not
great and large profits are the result
a dollar judiciously invested in Mexico
will soon bring back another dollar in
profits. And yet some investors are not
entirely satisfied with conditions.
A stakeholder in an American mine
near Monterey recently was discussing
conditions in Mexico. He observed that
taxes were terribly burdensome in these
latter days, and that the people We're
not to be blamed for wanting a change.
Take our company, for instance" said
he, IF it were not for the burdensome
taxes assessed against us we would be
able to declare dividends Of nearly
hundred per cent a year. A fellow
traveller inquired what the profits of his
had been in the face of the
taxes. "Oh." he replied. 1--WE have been
clearing in the neighborhood of so per
cent year on our investment
The English capitalist was the first to
intrust his money in the care and keep
ing Of the Mexicans. When the Diaz adj
ministration began its policy of encour-
aging the investment of foreign capital
in Mexico the American and the Brit
Usher turned their streams of gold upon
the undeveloped resources, the American
cautiously at first, but the Britisher with
liberality. For many years
English capital was master Of the situa-
ton, and it seemed that Mexico was to
be dominated by English capital. But
as soon as the American capitalist was
sure the financial ground was firm he
began to pour in his gold in lavish guam
titles. His investments and holdings
have grown SO rapidly that the entire
trade world now recognizes the suprem-
acy Of American capital in Mexico. It's
railroads are for the most part built
with money furnished by Wall street.
It's mines are largely worked with Amer
lean capital. Its agricultural lands are
being exploited by American companies.
Its timber resources are being developed
by American mills.
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The Monterey iron and steel works. or
ganized through the efforts of Eugene
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The United States consul general Il
Mexico, Arnold Shanklin, has been max
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-03-23
GOLD STRIKE REPORTED
NEAR OLD CITY OF LA PAX

A rich strike Is reported to have
been made in 'the vicinity of the old
city Of La Pax, in Yuma county, Ariz
The strike, it is said, was made on prop
erty owned by the new La Pax Gold
Mining company. Its holdings consist
of 426 acres, and gravel is said to have
been found that runs from s2.SO TO
SO per yard, several coarse nuggets
being taken out that run in value from
50 cents to 81. These claims were for
merly on the Colorado indian reserva-
ton and were purchased by the Of
hcers Of the company shortly after the
reservation was thrown open about
year ago.
According to o. L. Grimsley, presi-
dent of the company, a $4,000 plant
will be installed at once. For some
time large force of men has been at
work on storage reservoir that will
have capacity OF 100000 gallons of
water. 1t is proposed to work the
claims by hydraulic process.