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 INDUSTRIAL, COMMERCIAL 
 and CIVIC FEATURES 
 
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 National (Ha^ttal of ti|P 
 
 By GEORGE H. GALL 
 
 Issued by the 
 
 Special Booklet Committee 
 
 CHARLES W. CLAGETT - - - Chairman 
 ALBERT SCHULTEIS - - - Vice-Chairman 
 
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A FOREWORD 
 
 HE Washington Chamber of Com- 
 merce issues this booklet for the 
 purpose of attracting the attention 
 of the country to a phase of develop- 
 ment of the Capital of the Nation 
 which is far less exploited than its 
 national aspect. As a city she enjoys more pub- 
 licity than any other, but seldom are her purely 
 local, civic features brought directly to the atten- 
 tion of the people of the United States. Guide 
 books tell all about things of historic and Govern- 
 mental interest and the newspapers and magazines 
 are filled with the doings of her statesmen. 
 ^ The industrial, commercial, financial, educa- 
 tional, residential and other civic features, however, 
 do not enjoy this wide publicity. The following 
 pages are offered, therefore, for the information 
 of the manufacturer or merchant who would seek 
 a tavorable place for his factory or commercial 
 house ; the careful investor in real estate ; the man 
 or woman who is seeking the best city in the 
 United States for a permanent place of residence ; 
 the young man or woman who would acquire 
 an education where are offered the best advan- 
 tages for culture, and for the enlightenment of 
 the visitor. 
 
 ^ The Chamber of Commerce would have 
 Americans know the Washington of Washing- 
 tonians as they now know their own Washington, 
 
 their capital city. 
 
 By Transfer 
 
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 •APR 1 8 1940 
 
GRKAT FALLS 
 
 MANUFACTURES AT THE CAPITAL 
 
 XDUSTRIAL Washington-this is 
 the side of the city's development that 
 tew Washingtonians and fewer Amer- 
 icans in other cities know, yet it is 
 an important side and one destined 
 to become nuich more so. A hirge 
 number of serious and influential busi- 
 ness men of the city have set them- 
 selves the task of encouraging the in- 
 dustries already established here and 
 of adding constantly to their number. They are con- 
 vinced that the first President's prediction that 
 "Washington city will in time become the greatest 
 commercial emporium of the American people" will 
 not fall very far short of the actual fact. 
 
 $45,000,000 INVESTED. 
 
 Washington is no mean manufacturing city now. 
 Figures arc not available for a period later than the 
 year 1905, but at that time the census of manufac- 
 tures for the District sjiowed that there was invested 
 in private manufacturing here over $20,000,000 and in 
 
manufactures in Government establishments nearly 
 $25,000,000. Here are the figures for that year ex- 
 actly: 
 
 Private Government 
 
 Capital invested in manufacturing es- <t.. .<. .,c^ 
 
 lishments $20,199,783 $24,567,754 
 
 Salaried officials j'OO^ 47« 
 
 Wage earners 6,299 ^ „ °'98^ 
 
 TotSl wages 3,658,370 9,740,26i 
 
 Miscellaneous expenses 2,724,840 4,502,090 
 
 Cost of materials used 7,73i,97i 4,295,997 
 
 Value of products i8,3S9.iS9 15,079,361 
 
 RAPID GROWTH. 
 
 Since these figures were compiled there has been a not- 
 able increase in the number of establishments in the Dis 
 trict and in the prosperity of those already in existence. A 
 
 uiu.MAC EirECTRIC POWER CO. 
 
 great modern steel plant has been established at Gies- 
 boro Point, just within the District borders, and was put 
 into operation last year. A large automobile factory 
 is just starting operations in another section; a local 
 trunk and leather goods manufacturer has so ^ in- 
 creased his business that he will move his force into 
 a newly erected and modernly equipped factory well 
 within the borders of the city proper providing for 
 
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a largely increased output. A wholesale grocery 
 business established only eight years ago is now 
 moving part of its equipment into a factory building 
 for tlie production of a large output of cider and vine- 
 gar. A paper manufacturing concern, established 
 about the same time, has built up a trade in every 
 part of the Union, and to meet increasing sales has 
 more than doubled its capacity within the past year 
 and is considering a much larger increase. A paper- 
 box factory has been established within the past year. 
 A clothing factory has been moved from Brooklyn to 
 Washington and its business increased. A huge new 
 
 THE GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 
 
 electric power plant has been erected and put into 
 operation within the past eighteen months. 
 
 Through the active assistance of the manufactures 
 committee of the Chamber of Commerce a Iccal pork 
 and beef packing concern, whose output has been about 
 $800,000 annually, has been enabled to install a crude 
 cotton-seed oil refining plant and increase its facilities 
 and equipment so that the annual product henceforth is 
 expected to reach $5,000,000. Other evidences of purely 
 industrial growth are numerous. 
 
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ADVANTAGES. 
 
 It would appear, therefore, that Washington is 
 forging ahead industrially at a rapid rate. The rea- 
 sons are not difficult to discover. Excellent power 
 facilities, an abundance of good sites at low figures, 
 the best freight transportation facilities, low taxes, 
 the absence of a large municipal debt, plentiful sup- 
 ply of skilled and unskilled labor at prices com- 
 paring favorably with those of other centers, close- 
 ness to large markets and to raw products and fuel, 
 low cost of living, ideal climatic conditions, and ab- 
 sence of serious labor disturbances owing to Federal 
 control of the District. 
 
 This is what Washington offers to prospective man- 
 ufacturers. In addition to this the investor who is 
 seeking a site for his manufacturing establishment 
 will find in the Washington Chamber of Commerce 
 a set of men ready to give him all possible assistance 
 in locating and becoming established. 
 
 They have shown themselves willing to meet more than 
 half way any projector of an industrial establishment. 
 
 TRANSPORTATION. 
 
 The railroads of the North and South converge at 
 Washington and the Potomac affords water transporta- 
 tion to all Atlantic seaboard ports. The Wabash is now 
 projecting a line into the District and the Pennsylvania 
 Railroad has invested $3,000,000 in freight handling facil- 
 ities on the south bank of the river. The Baltimore and 
 Ohio Railroad has also established ideal freight facili- 
 ties along its main line, just north of the new Union 
 Station and a freight line into Georgetown is projected 
 for the near future. The trackage facilities afforded 
 have resulted in one case, in the establishment of the 
 largest hay house in the country, with a capacity of 200 
 cars. The track from the B. & O. runs directly into 
 the structure, so that there is no expense necessary for 
 hauling or second or third handling. 
 
 The average wages per hour of skilled laborers is shown 
 to be lower than those obtaining in New York, Philadelphia 
 and Baltimore. This condition also extends to unskilled 
 labor. A population of 339,ooo, of which 100,000 are 
 colored, makes all kinds of labor plentiful and cheap. 
 
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POWER. 
 
 Electric power is available for all purposes at a 
 low cost. For the capitalist who is looking for a 
 great field of power development the vicinity of Wash- 
 ington furnishes a most promising field. The Great 
 Falls of the Potomac, twelve miles above the city, 
 have not as yet been exploited for power purposes. It 
 is estimated that 50,000 horse power could readily be 
 developed from these falls and an additional 12,000 
 from the Little Falls a few miles below. A glance 
 at the picture of the falls with their madl}^ rushing 
 waters is a suggestion of power itself. 
 
 Coal is brought down from West Virginia and 
 Maryland mines at a low cost by the Chesapeake and 
 Ohio Canal, and the Government is already com- 
 mitted to the widening and deepening of the channel 
 of the Potomac so as to make possible a great in- 
 crease of water transportation. 
 
 Abundant cheap and accessible sites are available. 
 On the railroads, on the water front or both hun- 
 dreds of acres are to be had for factory purposes. 
 
 Senator Stephen B. Elkins, of West Virginia, him- 
 self a captain of industry, has painted a glowing fu- 
 ture for industrial Washington. He points out that 
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from 20,000 to 30,000 miles of railroad terminate at 
 the Potomac at Washington, and to the water trans- 
 portation facilities. In a long interview given to the 
 Washington Times recently he said in part: 
 
 ''Washington is destined to become a great manu- 
 facturing and commercial city, rivaling Philadelphia 
 and Baltimore, and reaping more than either of them 
 the advantages growing out of the development of the great 
 South. At the present depth of tide-water, all kinds of coast- 
 wise commerce can be carried on, and even trans-Atlantic 
 commerce will spring up. Fruit vessels from Italy and the 
 West Indies can discharge cargoes at Washington and carry 
 away coal and manufactured products. 
 
 BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD CITY FREIGHT YARDS 
 
 "There is no reason why Washington should not 
 become a greater coal distributing center than Balti- 
 more, both by water and rail. As for manufacturing, 
 the advantages of the south side of the Potomac, ad- 
 jacent to this city, are unexcelled. All kinds of raw 
 material can l)e laid down there as cheaply as at 
 any other point on the Atlantic seaboard. The pro- 
 ducts of the entire South can be drawn there, to be 
 worked into manufactures. Coal, lumber and cotton 
 can be laid down there to the greatest advantage. 
 
 "This city within twenty-five years," he concludes, 
 "will have a million inhabiltants, in my opinion." 
 
 vSo this latter day prophet basing his observations 
 on experience has reached the same conclusion as did 
 Washington at the beginning of the Nation. 
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PENXSVLVAXIA RAILROAD CITY I-KEICU 
 
 FIELD FOR THE JOBBER 
 
 OR the busi 
 good place 
 
 less man who is seekinj^- a 
 to locate a jobbing estab- 
 lishment Washington has a special 
 message. Although not a well de- 
 \eloped wholesale center, the success 
 of those wholesale houses now estab- 
 lished has been remarkable and every 
 indication points to further growth. 
 Not onl}^ is the home market large, 
 but wholesale merchants have demon- 
 strated in the past few years that the territory to the 
 South and West properly belongs to them. 
 
 But the opportunity for the jobber in Washington 
 is larger than is indicated by these facts, for Wash- 
 ington is not a complete market. There is room, nay, 
 need, for jobbing houses in the following lines: 
 
 Boots and Shoes, 
 Dry Goods, 
 Hats and Caps 
 Clothing. 
 
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 With these additional establishments there would 
 be a complete market for the country merchant. Not 
 only would the new concerns find an immediate 
 market both in Washington and in the South, but 
 every other wholesale dealer in the city would benefit 
 by their coming. 
 
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GREAT MARKET IN THE SOUTH. 
 
 A short time ago a number of the leading wholesale 
 houses combined to send out a "trade getting" train into 
 Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and North Carolina. 
 The result was remarkable. One concern sold enough 
 lard, its own manufacture, in a week to take its entire 
 output for six weeks. Other merchants fared almost 
 equally well, and everywhere they were assured that the 
 country merchant would prefer to deal exclusively in 
 Washington, provided he could obtain all his supplies, so 
 as to avoid buying part in AVashington and part in other 
 markets farther north 
 
 Encouraged by this success, the wholesale trade com- 
 mittee of the Chamber of Commerce is now planning 
 another trade extending train to touch at thirty towns 
 in thirty days. 
 
 There is room in this booklet for little more than sug- 
 gestions concerning the commercial development of Wash- 
 ington. The Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce 
 and the chairman of the Wholesale Trade Committee, 
 however, are armed with full information and will be 
 glad to answer inquiries. 
 
 A STEAM EK PIEK 
 
NEW UNION STATION 
 
 WASHINGTON A SHOPPING CENTER 
 
 ASHINGTON is a shopping town. 
 Her department stores and other re- 
 tail establishments are second to none 
 in the country. A century as the 
 Capital city, the home of the repre- 
 sentatives of every country on the 
 globe and the home for a large part 
 of the year of residents of every 
 State and Territory in the Union, 
 Washington has been forced to sup- 
 ply the wants of every class of society. 
 
 COSMOPOLITAN POPULATION. 
 
 The needs of the most cosmopolitan population of 
 any city in the United States have been appreciated 
 by her enterprising merchants to such an extent that 
 the former custom of shopping in Philadelphia and 
 New York has for a long time been non existant. 
 '!'he first lady of the land, other members of the Presi- 
 dent's family, the wives and daughters of :i.mbassadors 
 and ministers from every land and clime are familiar 
 ligures of an afternoon (jr morning in rlie shopping 
 district. They walk or drive from store to store and 
 find here all that their varied tastes or fancies dictate. 
 
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LOW PRICES. 
 
 Some may object that in order to meet the demands 
 of such patrons prices generally must be high. Here 
 again Washington merchants have proved their en- 
 terprise and business ability, for not only have they 
 arranged their stocks to meet all calls, but prices are 
 unusually low. A comparison of the page advertise- 
 ments of Washington stores with those of New York 
 or Chicago is all that is necessary to demonstrate the 
 truth of this assertion. 
 
 G STREET LOOKING EAST FkOM ELEVENTH STREET, N. W. 
 
 OLD ESTABLISHMENTS. 
 
 Many of the retail establishments are almost as old 
 as the Capital itself and several of them boast of 
 having as customers every President of the United 
 States and many of the famous statesmen and diplo- 
 mats whose names have long since passed into his- 
 tory. 
 
 So favoral)ly has the service of many Washington 
 stores been impressed upon officials and others who 
 have resided temporarily at the Capital that even after 
 leaving they have continued their patronage, sending 
 their orders regularly for shoes, clothing, or other 
 articles. 
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The stores are so convenient!}^ situated that many 
 shoppers prefer to walk about the shopping district 
 rather than drive or use the street cars. 
 
 MARKETS. 
 
 The housekeeper in Washington, too, is better 
 served than in any other large city. With many large 
 centrally located markets where may be found the pro- 
 ducts of the farms, orchards, truck gardens of Mary- 
 land and Virginia, Florida and California, and oysters, 
 clams and other sea food, fresh from Chesapeake Bay 
 and the Atlantic, with market stores scattered every- 
 
 SEVENTII STREET LOOKING SOUTH FROM NEW YORK AVE. 
 
 where throughout the city, Washington offers for the 
 table the best there is to be had at the lowest prices 
 and that more accessably than elsewhere. 
 
 So much for the information of the reader who 
 contemplates coming to Washington to live. A word 
 now for the reader who may be considering the advis- 
 ability of going into business here. 
 
 PROGRESSIVE MERCHANTS. 
 
 The retail merchants of the city are among the most 
 progressive citizens of the community. The Retail 
 Trade Committee of the Chamber of Commerce is 
 
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the largest committee of that organization, having 
 seventy members. For many years Washington mer 
 chants were content to profit by the custom of 
 residents of the city, a large, increasing population of 
 large and constant purchasing power. The govern- 
 ment with its great payroll of steadily employed and 
 regularly paid servants has served to produce an un 
 failing market for the merchant. 
 
 OUT-OF-TOWN SHOPPERS. 
 
 Last year, however, a few leaders realized the op 
 portunities for greatly increasing the volume of busi 
 ness and through the Retail Trade Committee an 
 active campaign was started to induce the residents 
 of the three surrounding States to come to Washing- 
 ton to do their shopping, offering to refund railroad 
 fares, provided a certain amount of purchases were 
 made from the houses represented in the membership 
 of the committee. This plan proved immediately suc- 
 cessful, bringing trade from the farthest towns and 
 cities in Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland. The 
 opportunity of an occasional visit to the Capital, com- 
 bined with that of purchasing supplies from the well- 
 stocked houses of Washington merchants, proves an 
 attraction too strong for resistance by hundreds of 
 persons within a radius of 150 miles. 
 
 
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 REMARKABLE GROWTH. 
 
 The business history of the largest retail establish- 
 ments of the city reads like fiction. One of the largest 
 department stores commenced business fifteen years 
 ago in a one-story, twenty-foot front store, with but 
 a few clerks, and handling dry goods only. To-day 
 their establishment occupies nearly an entire city 
 block, part of the building being four-stories and part 
 five-stories in height. Their stock includes everything 
 ihat can be found in the most diversilied department 
 store, they employ thousands of clerks and the coun- 
 ters are always lined with customers. What is said of 
 this establishment is hardly less true of many others. 
 
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 A CROUP OF CLASSIC BANK STRUCTURES. 
 
 ALL, FACE THE U. S. TREASURY AND HARMONIZE ARCHITECTURALLY 
 
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STRONGEST BANK CITY 
 
 .\PPIL\' peculiar in maiiN- respects Wash- 
 ington (lift'ers from otlier cities of the 
 Urited States no more favorably than in 
 her fmancial equipment and strength. 
 In stability no stronger proof of her 
 exceller.ce could be offered than the ex- 
 perience of the Capital city during the 
 recent panic and hnancial stringcrc}^ as 
 compared to the less favorable experi- 
 ences of other conimunities. 
 were failing and exchanges suspending 
 business in other cer.ters no l)ank of any character in 
 Washington failed or was even en:barrassed. The conh- 
 dencc of the public was so great in local institutions that 
 n( t the slighest uneasiness was at any time evident. The 
 cnl\' indications here that money was scarce were a slight 
 increase in interest rates and a r.atural ccnservativeness 
 in making large loans. 
 
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 UNIQUE ADVANTAGE. 
 
 The pre eminent advantage Washington has over other 
 cities in resjjcct to her fmancial instititions is that they 
 all are under tlie direct supervision of the Comptroller 
 of the Currency. St) far as openness to Government in- 
 spection is concerned and consequent safety all the banks 
 at the Capital are on as sound foundations as National 
 banks. In 1907 a savings bank was closed by order of the 
 Comptroller, whose office assumed immediate charge of 
 its aflFairs. The Comptroller's administration disclosed 
 the fact that it was in a sound condition, and every stock- 
 holder and depositor received dollar for dollar within a 
 surprisingly short time. 
 
 The writer is indebted to Mr. J. Clinton Ransom, finan- 
 cial editor of the Washington Herald, for a clear and 
 complete compilation of the condition of the Washington 
 banks and trust companies at the close of business. May 
 22, 1908. It is here given. 
 
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BANK STOCKS STRONG. 
 
 Another indication of the excellent condition of Wash- 
 ington banks is the strength their stocks show on the 
 local exchange. The stock of one of the National 
 banks is quoted at six times its par value, and the stock 
 of only one institution, and that, one which has been in 
 existence scarcely a year, is quoted a few points less than 
 par. 
 
 Washington financiers have been quick to see the ne- 
 cessity of better organization when conditions demand- 
 ing change arose. Many mergers of banks have been sat- 
 isfactorily accomplished in late years, and not only the 
 Ijanks themselves benefited by the economies ensuing, 
 but the service resultant has been bettered. There are 
 now eleven National banks, fourteen savings banks, five 
 trust companies and two other large banks that are not 
 exactly in any of these classes, though more nearly Na- 
 tional banks than either of the other two. 
 
 The banking houses of local financial institutions are 
 noteworthy. The architecture of one National bank and 
 that of two trust company homes are among the best 
 examples of business architecture in the country. 
 
 Prospective investors, capitalists seeking a location for 
 new industries or other business ventures, or those con- 
 templating residence at the National Capital need no 
 further showing of facts concerning Washington banks to 
 convince them that Washington affords financial advan- 
 tages not excelled elsewhere. 
 
TUK UMON TRUST COMPANY'S BUILDING IS \ 
 STRUCTURE. THE OTHERS ARE TWO (il- ui 
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 THE DISTRICT GOVERNMENT 
 
 FIRST inquiry by the person who is 
 seeking a new home for himself,, his 
 factory, his business or profession is 
 "How is the town governed?" Wash- 
 ingtonians are always eager to have 
 this question asked, that they may 
 answer it. 
 
 It is the opinion of most citizens of 
 the District of Columbia that the Dis- 
 trict has the best municipal govern- 
 ment in the United States. Henry B. F. Macfarland, 
 president of the Board of District Commissioners, 
 thus clearly explains its form: 
 
 ITS FORM. 
 
 "Congress is the legislature of the District of Co- 
 lumbia. Its executive government, under the Act of 
 Congress of June, 1878, is a board of three Commis- 
 sioners, appointed by the President of the United 
 States, two from civil life, always of opposite politics, 
 and one an engineer officer of the Army, of high rank, 
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to whom the board intrusts the immediate direction of 
 all engineering and construction work. The Commis- 
 sioners appoint practically all the other officers and 
 employes of the District Government. The Commis- 
 sioners have power from Congress to enact municipal 
 legislation in the form of health, police, building, and 
 other regulations. They represent the District before 
 Congress, where the committees dealing with Dis- 
 trict affairs and making District appropriations confer 
 with them as to all District measures. The President 
 submits to the Commissioners all bills connected with 
 the District which have passed Congress before he 
 passes on them." 
 
 
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 BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION. 
 
 In a recent speech Mr. Macfarland set forth the re- 
 sults of this form of government. He said: "The 
 people of the District of Columbia know that the 
 absence of partisan politics in the District lias nirulc 
 its government purely a matter of business, and that 
 it has been carried on with absolute honesty, with con- 
 spicuous efficiency and economy, and in accordance 
 
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with its official motto, 'Ji-^stitia omnibus.' There has 
 been no suspicion of mal-administration, of co-^rup- 
 tion, or of blackmail." 
 
 ITS NEW HOME. 
 
 On the Fourth of July, 1908, as the first forms of 
 this booklet were being printed, the citizens of the 
 District celebrated the formal opening of the first 
 permanent home of the District Government. Near 
 the head of broad Pennsylvania avenue, occupying 
 an entire square it stands, a brilliantly white marble 
 palace, built at a cost of $2,500,000, a monument to 
 the dignity and beauty of the District of Columbia. 
 
 BUSINESS MEN'S ORGANIZATIONS 
 
 HIEFLY on account of the peculiar 
 form of government in the District of 
 Columbia Washington differs consid- 
 erably from other American cities in 
 respect to the character of her organi- 
 zations among business men. 
 
 The Chamber of Commerce with 
 about 500 members, is more like the 
 trade organizations of other large cit- 
 ies than is any other body here. It 
 was formed in the spring of 1907 by the merging of 
 the Business Men's Association and the Jobbers' and 
 Shippers' Association, two bodies whose functions 
 were similar. The new organization was born of a 
 general demand on the part of business men for the 
 extension of Washington's trade and the development 
 of industries and of a conviction that one body could 
 accomplish greater results with less expense than 
 
 two. 
 
 THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. 
 
 The organization is an admirable one for this pur- 
 pose, and during its existence has already done much 
 toward the ends sought. Its committees on manufac- 
 tures, wholesale trade, retail trade and conventions 
 are accomplishing much, while its committees on mu- 
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nicipal Ics^islation, law and Ici^islation and schools 
 have been inslrunicntal in shaping legislation affecting 
 the District. The last named committee by an active 
 campaign during the last session of Congress suc- 
 ceeded in defeating proposed legislation that would 
 
 BOND BUILDING 
 
 have had a revolutionary effect upon the local pub 
 lie school system. The bill failed to pass the 
 Senate, where it originated, because; to (luote a mem- 
 ber of tlie Senate committee, the opposition of the 
 Washington Chamber of Commerce was so forceful 
 and earnest. 
 
THE BOARD OF TRADE. 
 
 The other organization, the Board of Trade, is an 
 older one, established in 1890, and has a membership 
 of about 700. The name is misleading, however, for 
 its members do not claim for it commercial or indus- 
 trial functions. It is rather a large citizens' commit- 
 tee, which has been the forum for expression of en- 
 lightened public opinion. The Board of Trade has 
 concerned itself almost entirely with matters of pub- 
 lic improvement, and points with justifiable pride to 
 a long record of accomplishments of this nature. 
 There is, however, a strong movement afoot to 
 merge with the Chamber of Commerce, in order that 
 all possible friction may be eliminated and unneces- 
 sary duplication of efforts be avoided. Committees 
 from both bodies have already arrived at conclusions 
 favorable to such a change. 
 
 The citizens of many sections of the District have 
 formed a score or more of sectional "citizens' associa- 
 tions," through which they are enabled to set before 
 the Commissioners and Congress the measures de- 
 sired for their several localities. 
 
 By these means the people of the District, even 
 though they have not the franchise, are enabled to 
 impress upon the authorities in a forceful way their 
 needs and desires. 
 
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FAVORITE CONVENTION CITY 
 
 N THE newly born determination to 
 make the most of Washington's many 
 opportunities the subject of inducing 
 national and international organiza- 
 tions to hold their conventions licri' 
 lias received especial attention upon 
 the part of her business men. Until 
 the present time Washington has been 
 content to take the good things that 
 have been coming her way witinml 
 
 very strenuously to increase their 
 
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 number. 
 
 According to the last annual report of the Board of 
 Trade thirty-seven conventions were held in tliis city in 
 the year beginning November 26, 1906. In one week in 
 the month of May, 1908, no less than six conventions 
 were held, several of them holding sessions at the same 
 time in different hotels or halls. All these conventions 
 have come to Washington without so much as an invi- 
 tation on the part of the local business organizations. Tt 
 is now realized that if this be the case, which is unde- 
 niable, many more organizations can be induced to hold 
 their conventions at the Capital, if only the advantages of 
 the city for that purpose are made known to them and the 
 information coupled with an invitation. 
 
 WASHINGTON ADMIRABLY ADAPTED. 
 
 The needs of organizations incident to conventions are 
 good passenger transportation facilities, hotel facilities, 
 convenient places in which to hold sessions, good public- 
 ity facilities and, not unimportant, pleasant surroundings. 
 
 Washington supplies all of these requisites and offers 
 much more. A city that can easily handle the enormous 
 crowds of visitors that throng the streets every four years, 
 at the inauguration of the President of the United States, 
 is patently equipped to care for, both in railroad and 
 hotel accomodations, any special gathering at other times. 
 Washington hotel men have become accustomed to quick 
 expansion and contraction of business. The coming and 
 departure of Congress with the thousands dependent up- 
 on its sessions and the large number of conventions which 
 have been coming to the city in recent years have served 
 
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to make irregularity in numbers at depots and hotels the 
 regular thing. A host of meeting halls of various sizes 
 are always available and, for unusually large gatherings, 
 there is a convention hall, u^ith seating capacity of 6,000 
 and standing room capacity of 10,000. Two conven- 
 tions of considerable proportions were recently held in 
 a single hotel, with no confusion in session halls, ban- 
 quets or accommodations. 
 
 As to publicity facilities, there is no greater news dis- 
 tributing center in the United States. Correspondents 
 representing not only all of the daily newspapers of the 
 country and many of the foreign journals have their 
 offices in Washington, but even the technical and trade 
 publications have their contributors and regular corre- 
 spondents at the Capital. 
 
 PLACES OF INTEREST. 
 
 In pleasant surroundings for the visiting delegate and 
 his wife, or daughter, who often accompany him, Wash- 
 ington far excells any other city of the country. It is the 
 custom for delegates to conventions here to use much of 
 their time in seeing the hundreds of interesting and beau- 
 tiful places in and about the city by means of the "Tour- 
 ing Washington" automobiles, upon which guides point 
 out, as the trip proceeds, the places of especial historical 
 interest. Then there are many side-trips. Mt. Vernon, 
 the home of George Washington, is reached both by 
 steamer and trolley; Alexandria, Cabin John Bridge, Ar- 
 lington and old Annapolis, the site of the United States 
 Naval Academy, are easily accessible by trolley cars. To 
 the last place and to Baltimore there is a new line of 
 heavy interurban electric cars, which travel so fast that 
 the trip to either place is made in shorter time than by the 
 steam roads. Washington itself, the city beautiful, is a 
 constant delight to the visitor, and the Government de- 
 partments hold thousands of features of interest to every 
 American and many features of special interest to dele- 
 gates to conventions.. 
 
 The Conventions Committee of the Chamber of Com- 
 merce believes that every national convention would 
 come to Washington, if members of organizations but 
 knew the advantages she holds over other cities in this 
 respect, and it now proposes that members of organ- 
 izations throughout the country shall know them. 
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/Aerald 
 
 JOYCE. E/NG.CO. 
 
 THE HOMES OE THE FOUR WASHINGTON NEWSPAPERS 
 
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LIBRARY OP CONGRESS 
 
 GREAT EDUCATIONAL CENTER 
 
 F THE first President of the Nation 
 predicted that Washington would be- 
 come a great commercial emporium, 
 he also wished earnestly that it would 
 become the educational center of the 
 new Republic. If the prediction has 
 not as yet become true, at least his 
 wish has been gratified. Washington 
 is now the scientific and educational 
 center of the country. 
 To realize how accurate this statement is it is only 
 necessary for the reader to consider the facilities and 
 resources here, not only for scientific research and 
 higher learing, but also for secondary training. 
 
 MANY LIBRARIES. 
 
 There are in Washington thirty-four Governmental 
 libraries open to the public for research, with over 2,000,- 
 000 books and pamplets and over 500,000 other liter- 
 ary articles, manuscripts, maps, music and prints. 
 This is exclusive of the contents of the Public Li- 
 brary, a gift to the District from Andrew Carnegie, 
 and the libraries of private associations and institu- 
 tions. According to Dr. Herbert Putnam, Librarian 
 of Congress, we have a "total not merely greater than 
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is to be found in any other city of this size in the 
 world, but which in proportion represents several 
 times as many volumes per capita as exists for pub- 
 lic use in any other city of the world." Of course, 
 the Library of Congress is the greatest of these in- 
 stitutions, containing over 1,100,000 books and pamph 
 lets and nearly 500,000 other articles. 
 
 The Library of Congress building itself is the proud- 
 est building of its kind in the world and furnishes 
 the student an inspiration by its beauty of architec- 
 ture and interior decoration. As a place for study 
 and research it is unequaled in convenience for the 
 student. With a corps of courteous and able librar- 
 
 GEORGETOWN COLLEGE 
 
 ians and its wealth of material and facilities for quick- 
 ly obtaining almost anything that may be called for 
 the Library of Congress is the ideal workshop of the 
 searcher into the realm of literature. 
 
 MUSEUMS AND LABORATORIES. 
 
 The Smithsonian Institution, the National Museum 
 (for which there is now building a magnificent new 
 home), the Army Medical Museum, the Bureau of 
 Standards, the Naval Observatory, the Corcoran Gal- 
 lery of Art, the laboratories of the Department of 
 Agriculture and the other various departmental mu- 
 
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seums and laboratories form a wealth of apparatus 
 for the student which, of course, cannot be found else- 
 where. 
 
 The statistical bureaus of the Census office, of the 
 bureau of Labor, of Commerce, are also notable 
 sources of information free of access at all times to 
 the public. To show the city's pre-eminence in one 
 liranch of research, for example, it is only necessary 
 to point out that there are eighteen chemical labor- 
 atories attached to Government departments not to 
 mention the facilities afforded by the universities of 
 
 t.F.ORGE W.^SHINGTON UNIVERSITY, M.MN BUJLDTMG AND L.WV SCHOOL 
 
 the city. By Act of Congress of April 12, 1902, these 
 laboratories are accessible, under certain regulations, 
 to the scientific investigators of the country and to 
 students of any institution of higher education incor- 
 porated under the laws of Congress or of the District 
 of Columbia. 
 
 LEARNED SOCIETIES. 
 
 The effect of these advantages and facilities has 
 been to luring together in Washington notable schol- 
 ars, who have formed organizations, themselves an 
 important factor in the educational advantages of 
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tlic Capitol. Tn this connection may be named the 
 Washington Academy of Sciences, and its fourteen 
 learned affiiliated societies. The American Association 
 for the Advancement of Science, the Archeological 
 Institute of America and the American Institute of 
 Architects have their ofifices in Washington. 
 
 COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES. 
 
 Dr. Mitchell Carroll, an eminent educator and pro- 
 fessor in the George Washington University, in 
 speaking of these great advantages at the Capitol 
 says : 
 
 "It is natural that Washington should be the cen- 
 ter of the scientific and educational activities of the 
 country. The Carnegie Institution is the great pro- 
 motor of scientific research; the Smithsonian Insti- 
 tution is the great disseminator of knowledge; the 
 Library of Congress is the great storehouse for the 
 world's learning and the universities and educational 
 institutions of the cit}^ are training men and women 
 to enter into an appreciation of the intellectual life 
 in all its phases. Not to speak of the efficient public 
 school system nor of the seventy or more private 
 schools that attract boys and girls to Washington 
 from all parts of the country, there are in Washington 
 eight colleges and universities, seven professional 
 schools of law, three of medicine and dentistry, and 
 three of theology. 
 
 "In these institutions there is an aggregate of 476 
 professors and instructors and over 3,500 students, 
 making Washington one of the most important uni- 
 versity towns in the country. To mention them by 
 name, there are the three colleges, Gallaudet, Gon- 
 zaga and St. John's; and the five universities, George- 
 town, George Washington, Howard, the Catholic Uni- 
 versity of America and the American University, 
 which has already a beautiful site, with two buildings 
 erected and which will begin regular university work 
 when the endowment fund has reached $5,000,000. 
 
 "All of these institutions are doing excellent work and 
 are disseminating the intellectual influences of the Cap- 
 itol city throughout the countr}-. Of these the one that 
 bears the name of the Father of his Country has inaugu- 
 
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rated the George Washington University Movement, 
 the aim of which is to realize George Washington's 
 desire for a great university of international import- 
 ance at the seat of Government. To this end it has 
 already raised considerable funds for the purchase of 
 a new site and has undertaken large plans which will 
 lead in time to successful fruition." 
 
 MCKINLEY MA.\U.\L TRAINING SCHOCI. 
 
 The Catholic University of America is now the great 
 Catholic seat of learning in the United States, and the 
 Methodists of the country are aiming to make the Amer- 
 ican University the center of learning for the youth of 
 their denomination. 
 
 THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 
 
 A word should be added about the public school sys- 
 tem. The public schools of Washington are under the 
 care of Congress, which has committed itself time and 
 again to the policy of making the Disrict of Columbia 
 the model municipality of the country. A board of 
 education presides directly over the school affairs, but 
 its members serve without compensation and are ap- 
 pointed by the justices of the Supreme Court of the 
 District of Columbia. 
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With this system there is no possibility of politics en- 
 tering the schools. All appointments are made as the 
 result of examination and special fitness and even the 
 "pull" of members of Congress avails little. 
 
 There are about 50,000 children and 1,500 officers and 
 teachers in the public schools. The w^hite and colored 
 pupils and teachers are separated, having distinct 
 school buildings. 
 
 The system of instruction ranges from kindergarten 
 to that of preparation for the colleges and universities, 
 and for teaching. In the High School division there is, 
 besides the regular classical High Schools, a Business 
 High School and a Technical High School, for the pur- 
 pose of specially training students who intend going into 
 business after graduation, or who are fitting themselves 
 for the higher technical institutions of learning. The 
 schools are so good that the President of the United 
 State is sending his son, Quentin Roosevelt, to them 
 although there are several scores of good private 
 institutions in the city. 
 
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 JOYCE ENQ.CO. 
 
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 OVERLOOKING THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF THE CITY 
 
I^s 
 
 IDEAL PLACE OF RESIDENCE 
 
 '^^^O^TI BOOK exclusively devoted to a de- 
 scription of the tliousands of features 
 which go to make Washington the 
 ideal residential city of the country 
 would be more appropriate in treating 
 the subject than merely the brief re- 
 view here possible. Many such, in 
 fact, have been written and can be 
 found in any public library, and there 
 is no end of articles of value and in- 
 terest in periodical literature. The charms of Wash- 
 ington for the resident can here be only suggested. 
 
 Around the great central fact that Washington is 
 the Capital of the Nation are grouped most of the 
 reasons why the city has become the ideal residence 
 community of the country. Washington reflects the 
 greatness of a great people and the high aesthetic and 
 intellectual ideals of the most enlightened nation of 
 the earth. 
 
 SOCIETY OF THE CAPITAL. 
 
 The society of the Capital is the best example of 
 this representativeness. Here are gathered men and 
 women typifying the best in their respective commu- 
 nities, and not only is every section of the country 
 thus highly represented, but every nation of the earth 
 also sends its cjuota of diplomats, citizens selected 
 from the best minds of the nations. Then, too, at- 
 tracted by this great gathering of brilliant people an- 
 other large class of persons, which is constantly grow- 
 ing larger, those who have acquired large fortunes and 
 who are now seeking the most pleasant surroundings, 
 has come to Washington. They have built hundreds 
 of magnificent residences and, for the most part, made 
 the city their permanent home. 
 
 Two other important classes combine with the offi- 
 cial, diplomatic and wealthy to make the society of 
 the Capital most desirable. These are the hundreds of 
 men and women of achievement in the fields of science, 
 art, and literature, who have found Washington a 
 happy place of residence, and the large contingent 
 which has grown up from within, rather from without, 
 
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a modest, solid body of citizens who are proud of 
 their city and wide-awake to all her interests. 
 
 It is hardly needful to say that with this extraordin- 
 ary citizenship there has been provided the best of 
 churches, theatres, clubs and amusements. 
 
 The city's charities have also been highly organized 
 and are now administered from a central body whose 
 agents are closely in touch with all needs. Funds for 
 the several charities are placed in charge of this cen- 
 tral body, whose board of directors is composed of 
 many of the most highly esteemed men and women 
 of the community. 
 
 STREETS AND TREES. 
 
 The physical features of Washington arc pleasingly 
 impressed upon the visitor the minute he enters the 
 city through the new Union Station. This supeib 
 structure, which has now cost about $17,000,000, was 
 opened in October, 1907. It is an enormous white pile 
 set in a wide plaza, facing the Capitol three blocks 
 distant. A writer in "Collier's" remarks that Wash- 
 ington is now the "head of the list of the world's great 
 capitals in the dignity of her treatment of arriving and 
 departing guests." 
 
 With this first favorable impression the visitor 
 passes on to his hotel or other destination through 
 wide, smooth and delightfully shaded streets, getting 
 glimpses here and there of classic Government struc- 
 tures. Practically all streets and avenues are paved 
 with asphalt and the trees along the curbs and some- 
 times, too, in double row down the center are by no 
 means limited to the residence portion, but extend 
 everywhere. 
 
 ARCHITECTURE. 
 
 The splendid Government buildings, hotels and 
 office buildings, are, of course, always a delight 
 to the lover of good architecture, but the residence 
 sections of the city and the suburbs hold the chief at- 
 tractions. Diversity of architecture is notable and 
 even where long rows of house are necessary the archi- 
 tect has introduced a variety of fronts obviating the 
 monotony common to the residence architecture of 
 many large cities. Leading architects have recently 
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expressed the opinion that in all forms of structures 
 Washington is now showing the highest forms of 
 architectural design and leading every other American 
 city in this respect. From the pretty bungalow in the 
 suburb to the mansion of the millionaire on Massa- 
 chusetts Avenue or Sixteenth Street the same artistic 
 tendency is evident. 
 
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 THE TRENCH EMB.^SSY 
 
 PARKS. 
 
 Public parks, ranging from a few hundred square 
 feet to square miles in area, literally dot the entire 
 District. Triangular, square, or circular plots of green 
 embellished with beautiful trees and beds of flowers 
 are seen at most intersections of streets and diagonal 
 avenues. The circles are notable, for here are placed 
 the scores of heroic statues commemorating men and 
 events prominent in the history of the nation. There 
 are many larger spaces, occupying one or two city blocks 
 densely shaded and carefully kept for the enjoyment of 
 those who remain in their city homes throughout the sum- 
 mer. Band concerts by the various military bands and the 
 famous United States Marine Band are given in them 
 nearly every evening during the season- 
 
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The larger parks are the Mall, a wide stretch of 
 grass and trees connecting the Capitol with the Wash- 
 ington ]\Ionument ; Potomac Park, a large tract of 
 land made by dredgings from the Potomac and now 
 grown over with graceful willows and greensward, 
 the Soldiers' Home grounds, and the great Rock 
 Creek Park, stretching for miles through the north- 
 west section of the city. Within the last reservation is 
 the Zoological Garden with its notable collection of 
 the world's fauna gathered for the National ]Museum 
 and containing strange gifts of potentates of Africa 
 and Asia. 
 
 The Park Commission's plans for the artistic treat- 
 ment of the Aiall and contiguous territory now seems 
 certain of ultimate fulfillment. This is a pretentious 
 project to carry out the original plans of L'Enfant 
 and Washington for the city, and steps in this direc- 
 tion have already been taken by Congress in locating 
 the new buildings for the Senate and House of Rep- 
 resentatives, for the National Museum and the Depart- 
 ment of Agriculture and finally in placing the splendid 
 Grant Memorial in the Botanic Garden at the Capitol 
 end of the proposed avenue to be formed by the Mall. 
 In the city's parks the Department of Agriculture 
 has done much to make them beautiful and interesting. 
 Plants and trees from all lands and climates have been 
 brought here and cultivated. Some of the parks, par- 
 ticularly the grounds in the ]\Iall, the Capitol grounds, 
 the White House grounc's and the park opposite the 
 White House, are filled with so man}^ varied speci- 
 mens that they arc now almost botanic gardens. The 
 trees are labeled with their scientific and common 
 names, so that the public may profit by the experi- 
 ments of the Department. 
 
 TRANSPORTATION. 
 
 All parts of the city and suburbs are of easy access 
 by reason of an excellent system of street-car lines. 
 Fares are low, Congress having stipulated that six 
 tickets shall be sold for a ciuarter and that these tickets 
 shall be good over all lines and constitute a fare any- 
 where within the District. In June, 1908, the Inter- 
 state Commerce Commission was given direct super- 
 vision over all the street-car lines, making the only 
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 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT 
 
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municipal traction property in the country directly 
 governed by the Federal Government. Years ago all 
 trolley lines and poles were done away and even tele- 
 graph and telephone wires are now underground, elim- 
 inating the unsightliness of this feature of modern city 
 development entirely from the streets of the Dis!'-ict 
 
 CLIMATE AND HEALTH. 
 
 The climate and healthfulness of the community are 
 also important and notable features. For an all-year- 
 round delightful climate Washington probably is not 
 excelled by that of any other city. Not unusually hot 
 in the summer, its springs and falls are exquisite and 
 its winters mild and full of sunshine, while the streets 
 are scarcely ever disfigured by slush or snow. Indeed, 
 
 WASIIINGTO.N RAILWAY AND ELECTRIC CO. TERMINAL STATION 
 
 the city on this account has come to be known as a 
 regular winter resort by a large temporary population. 
 In healthfulness the vital statistics show that the 
 death rate is about 15 per thousand of white and 28 
 per thousand of colored population. An efificient Dis- 
 trict health department assisted by the Federal offi- 
 cials of the ]\Iarine Hospital Service maintains a strict 
 watch over the health of the community. The water 
 supply has been greatly increased in volume anrl pur 
 ity by the installation at large cost of a great filtration 
 plant, and an excellent system of sewerage extends 
 over the entire District. Hospital facilities arc ade- 
 quate and there has just been finished and put into 
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operation a nuinicipal hospital for tul)crciilosis pa- 
 tients that is expected to prove a model institution for 
 other cities. 
 
 "WHAT OTHERS SAY." 
 
 But it is unnecessary to sound our own praises. 
 Americans elsewhere are constantly doing it. In a 
 recent editorial in the "Boston Transcript," comment- 
 ing- upon the last police census figures which showed 
 an increase of 10,000 population fcr the year, the edi- 
 tor explained the growth of the Capital in part as follows : 
 
 "More and more it attracts as residents, persons 
 seeking homes where the climatic conditions consti- 
 tute for the greater part of the year 'the just medium.' 
 Such feel the charm of Washington, a place which pos- 
 sesses all the urban conveniences and facilities, and 
 yet is free from the jar, noise, confusion and conges- 
 tion of great cities." 
 
 And again, Henry E. Reed, director of exploitation 
 of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition is quoted as 
 saying that "One reason why the Jamestown Expo- 
 sition fell so flat was that great numbers of people 
 found Washington too attractive to bother with see- 
 ing the fair." 
 
 A PARK STREAM 
 
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 THE SOLDIERS HOME 
 
 ITINERARY FOR TOURISTS 
 
 HERE are two great piles of marble 
 in Washington which are seen by 
 every incoming tourist long before 
 the train itself reaches the station. The 
 Capitol and the Washington Alonu- 
 mcnt stand out high and white from 
 the buildings below. Every American 
 who has not been in Washington 
 knows them from their pictures, and 
 strangers at their first visit rarely 
 have to ask the names of the structures. 
 
 Of the two the Capitol excites first interest usually, 
 and tours of the Government buildings and other places 
 of interest may well be commenced there. The Capitol 
 stands at the head of Pennsylvania avenue, northwest, 
 and from it radiate the streets marking the four divisions 
 of the city. It is available by all car lines and is open 
 to the public from nine until half after four, while Con- 
 gress is not in session, and during session practically all 
 of the time. 
 
 THE CAPITOL. 
 
 The hall of the House of Representatives is in the 
 soutli wing and the Senate chamber in the north. The 
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galleries of both are open to the piil)Hc during sessions of 
 Congress. At that time also cards of admission to the 
 reserved galleries may be had by simply requesting them 
 from your Representative or from your Senators. 
 
 The room used by the Supreme Court of the United 
 States, the old Senate Chamber, is in the Senate wing of 
 the building and is usually open to visitors. There are 
 many things and places of interest in the Capitol, and 
 guides are always to l)e found in the rotunda who may 
 1)e hired at nominal fees to conduct the tourist through 
 the building and explain the different interesting features. 
 
 A BRIEF GUIDE. 
 
 A description of any of the buildings or other places of 
 interest is not the function of this pamphlet, but an itin- 
 erary is laid out for the convenience of the traveler into 
 whose hands it may come. The Capitol is regarded as 
 the starting point, and it will save time to follow the 
 route as here given. The hours during which the public 
 1)uildings are open to visitors are also given. 
 
 The Library of Congress, opposite the Capitol, is open 
 to visitors from 9 a. m. to 10 p. m. ; Sundays, 2 to 10 p. 
 m. The Senate and House office buildings complete the 
 square between the Capitol and Library. 
 
 The Government Printing Office is at the corner of 
 Xorth Capitol and H Streets, Northwest. Visitors will 
 l)e conducted between the hours of ten and two o'clock. 
 
 The Treasury is located at Fifteenth Street and Penn- 
 sylvania Avenue, Northwest. Open to visitors from nine 
 to two. Guides are furnished l)etween the hours of 
 10.30 a. m. and 12 m. ; and i and 2 p. m. 
 
 The White House, Sixteenth Street and Pennsylvania 
 Avenue. The East Room of the White 1 louse is open to 
 visitors from ten until two 
 
 The State, War, and Navy Building, Seventeenth Street 
 and Pennsylvania Avenue. Open to visitors between nine 
 and two. 
 
 The Corcoran Art Gallery, one block below the State, 
 War and Navy Building, at the corner of New York 
 Avenue and Seventeenth Street. Open from nine-thirty 
 to four. On Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays an 
 admission fee of 25 cents is charged. Other days arc 
 free. Sundays free, open from 1.30 to 4.30 p. m. 
 
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The Washington Monument, elevators run every half 
 hour, commencing at nine; last trip at four o'clock; 555^2 
 feet high. A bird's-eye view of the city can be had from 
 the windows at the top. 
 
 The Bureau of Engraving and Printing, at Four- 
 teenth and B Streets, Southwest, is where paper money 
 and stamps are made. Visitors are personally conducted 
 between the hours of nine and three, with the exception 
 of the time between 11.45 and 12.30 o'clock. 
 
 The Department of Agriculture is in the Mall, just 
 cast of the Monument, between Twelfth and Fourteenth 
 Streets, Southwest. Two new buildings on either side 
 of the old building have been recently completed. Build- 
 ings and hot houses are open to visitors from nine to 
 four-thirty. 
 
 The Smithsonian Institution is in the Mall, between 
 Tenth and Twelfth Streets, Southwest. This contains 
 the Government's collections of specimens of natural his- 
 tory. Open 9 a. m. to 4.30 p. m. 
 
 The National Museum adjoins the Smithsonian Insti- 
 tution, between Eighth and Tenth Streets, Southwest. 
 This contains relics and objects of interests of all kinds, 
 collected by the Government since its foundation. A new 
 building for the museum is nearing completion on tlie 
 north side of the Mall, just opposite the old structure. 
 
 The Army Medical Museum, in the Mall, at the corner 
 of Seventh and B Streets, Southwest, is entered from the 
 B Street side. Open from nine to four-thirty. 
 
 The Fish Commission, Sixth and B Streets, Southwest, 
 is open from nine to four. The building contains speci- 
 mens of all kinds of live fish. From this place a car can 
 be taken directly to the Patent Office, located at the cor- 
 ner of Seventh and F Streets, Northwest. This build- 
 ing is open from nine until two. The large building on 
 the square bounded by Seventh, Eighth, E, and F Streets, 
 is the General Land Office of the Interior Department. 
 
 The Pension Office, between F and G, Fourth and 
 Fifth Streets, Northwest, the building in which the In- 
 augural Ball is held, is open from nine until four. 
 
 The Lincoln Museum, 516 Tenth Street, Northwest, is 
 the house in which Lincoln died. He was shot in the 
 old Ford Theatre, just across the street. Open all day. 
 
 The Post-office Department is at the corner of Eleventh 
 and Twelfth Streets and Pennsylvania Avenue, North- 
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west. The building contains the Dead Letter Office and 
 museum, and also a museum on the first floor, showing all 
 methods of handling mail in the United States and its 
 possessions. Open from nine until two. 
 
 The large white building at the corner of Fourteenth 
 Street and Pennsylvania Aveune is the new District 
 Building, in which is housed the government of the Dis- 
 trict of Columbia. It was opened July 4, 1908. 
 
 The above list includes the places of public interest in 
 the central part of the city, but there are many others on 
 the outskirts and in the suburbs which the visitor should 
 not omit. Among them are the Navy Yard, the Marine 
 Barracks, the Soldiers' Home, the National Zoological 
 Park, Mount Vernon, the home and tomb of George 
 Washington, Alexandria, the National Cemetery, at 
 Arlington, and Fort Myer. 
 
 INTERESTING SUBURBS. 
 
 Then, there are many suburban resorts which com- 
 bine pleasant trips with scenic beauty and historic 
 interest. Cabin John Bridge, the longest single-span 
 stone arch in the country; the Great Falls of the Po- 
 tomac, Chevy Chase Lake, the Franciscan Monas- 
 tery, Falls Church and Fairfax and Marshall Hall 
 are all available by trolley or steamer. Trains to salt 
 water on Chesapeake Bay, at Chesapeake Beach, run 
 frequently. Every evening in the summer there are 
 delightful trips down the river to Indian Head and 
 return without stop, and a new excursion line has 
 been opened this year which puts Baltimore and An- 
 napolis and the U. S. Naval Academy practically in 
 the same category as the other places mentioned. 
 Fifty-ton electric cars leave Fifteenth and H Streets, 
 Northeast, every half-hour for both cities, and the 
 city street-cars transfer directly to them. 
 
 The "Touring Washington" sight-seeing autos are 
 always available and are equipped with competent 
 
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 AUGUST W. NOACK. 
 
 President and Treasurer. 
 
 GEO. A. WII,i,IAMSON, 
 
 Secretary 
 
 331-1333 E STREET NORTHWEST 
 WASHINGTON. D. C 
 
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 INVESTMENTS 
 
 DWIGHT ANDERSON 
 
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 526 -THIRTEENTH STREET. N.W.- 526 
 
 Thos. Grant, Scc'y, Chamher of Commerce 
 
9 Pioneer Manufacturer of Washington W 
 
 P JAMES S. TOPHAM 
 
 MANUFACTURER OF 
 
 Tavelers' Goods and 
 Fine Leather Wares 
 
 OF EVERY DESCRIPTION 
 
 Trunks 
 
 Bags 
 
 Satchels 
 
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 Suit Ca^es 
 
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 Purses 
 Arm Bags 
 Bill Books 
 Card cases 
 Flasks 
 Portfolios 
 Music Rolls 
 Toilet Cases 
 
 Established 53 Years 
 WHOLESALE AND RETAIL 
 
 Phonograph Record Cases 
 
 Tobacco and Sample Cases 
 
 of Every Description 
 Repairing and Ordered Work a Specialty 
 
 i On F Street, 1219, Washington, D. C 
 
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 AlyBERT F. McDOWEIvIy. Vice-Prest 
 
 THE HOGE » Mcdowell co. I 
 
 (Incorporated) p)) 
 
 I MILLERS I 
 
 t Wholesale Flour and Feed Dealers 
 
 I and Commission Merchants 
 
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 ': Manufacturers of -^j 
 
 I MCDOWELL'S PURIFIED MEAL I 
 
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 if: Commission House: p)j 
 
 J 915 I^ouisiana Avenue ^ 
 
 LARGEST FLOUR. HAY. AND GRAIN * 
 ELEVATOR IN THE DISTRICT 
 
 WASHINGTON, D. C. T 
 
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When you visit Washington visit the 
 
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 314-316-Seventh Street, N.W.-3 1 4-3 1 6 | 
 
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 I WM. H. McKNEW CO. | 
 
 ^ 933 Penna. Avenue Washington, D. C. 
 
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 I JULIUS OARFINKLE & CO. 
 
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 The fact that a garment 
 is purchased here is a full 
 guarantee for 
 
 G^ U A L- I T" Y 
 ©"rYL.E AND VAL-UE 
 
 WM. IIAHN cSi. CO^S 
 
 Main Shoe House, Cor. Seventh and K Streets 
 
 TWO 
 BRANCH 
 STORES 
 
 One 
 
 of 
 
 the 
 
 Greatest 
 
 Shoe 
 
 Houses 
 
 in 
 
 the 
 
 U.S. 
 
 Thos. Grant, Sec' y, Chamber of Commerce 
 
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 It is a Clean Fuel 
 
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 Always Gives Perfect Satisfaction* 
 We'll Supply You, 
 
 25 Bushels Large Coke, delivered, $2.50 
 40 " " " " 3.70 
 
 60 " " '' '' 5.30 
 
 25 " Crushed " " 3.00 
 
 40 " " " " 4.50 
 
 60 " " " " 6.50 
 
 I Washington Gas Light Co. f 
 
 4l3Ter)tb Street N. W. 
 
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 Radiator 
 
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 ■L Inquiries in person or by mail, regarding the banking, C 
 
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 safe deposit or trust departments are invited. ^j 
 
 ^ New Banking Building: ^ 
 
 fTc N. W. Corner of Fifteenth and Pennsylvania :^ 
 
 ^ Avenue, Opposite U. S. Treasury. * 
 
 i^ CHARLES J. BELL, : : President 
 
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 9 Washington's LEADING GROCERY HOUSE Ar 
 
 * 
 
 . Washington's LEADING GROCERY HOUSE 
 I 416 NINTH STREET N. W. 
 
 f Telephones Main | ^^^ 4^ 
 
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WilLiam a. Hill Charles F. Wallraff ^ 
 
 ,/-^. Piesident Sec. and Treas. T 
 
 ^ RiONALD W. BeaLl William A. Boss 
 
 Vice-President Asst. vSec. 
 
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 INCORPORATED 
 
 1333 G Street. 
 
 Northwest 
 
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 ?t Homes $2,500 to $250,000 J, 
 
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 ^ $5,000 to $500,000 ic 
 
 WAS H INGTON, D. C 
 
 9, Gilt Edged First Trust (Mortgage) notes 5 5-^ to 69r 
 
 I ON THE GREAT FALLS AND OLD DOMINION 'i 
 
 , HOMES, HOME SITES 
 
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 Pays Interest on Deposits 
 
 Rents Safes Inside 
 
 Burglar- Proof V'aulis 
 
 THE NATIONAL 
 
 SAVINGS & TRUST 
 
 CO. 
 
 CAPITAL $1,000,000 
 
 Corner 1 5 th Street and 
 New York Avenue 
 
 WASHINGTON, D. C. 
 
 Acts as Administrator, 
 Executor, Trustee, Etc. 
 
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 Thos. Grant, Scc'y, Chamber 
 
 Real Estate at the 
 National Capital the 
 Safest Investment 
 WRITE 
 
 OEOItGE Y. 
 WORTHINGTON 
 
 SIuanH 
 a«5 ilnjsuranre 
 
 1410 G Street, N.W. 
 
 GREATER 
 WASHINGTON 
 
 REALTY 
 CORPORATION 
 
 61 I Colorado Building 
 
 Phone Main 4874 
 
 We handle only the 
 heSt suburban lots and 
 acreage for investment 
 and speculation :: :: 
 
 T. C. H. Vance, President 
 J. F. Smiley, Vice-President 
 F. A. Vance, vSecy.-Treas. 
 
 INVESTMENTS 
 in the National Capital 
 
 If you wish to make a 
 large or small Invest- 
 ment WRITH US. 
 Our Stock and Bonds 
 are protected by first- 
 class Washington 
 Real Estate, all on an 
 Income- Producing 
 Basis. 
 
 We have S9r Invest- 
 ments with Complete 
 Security. 
 
 Write for Booklet and 
 full information. 
 Consult us about 
 Rent and Sale of City 
 and Country property 
 
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 Realty Company 
 
 706 11th Street, N.W. 
 
 WASHINGTON, D. C. 
 
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I HENRY T. OFFTERDINGER I | 
 
 I 504 Ninth Street N. W. |; I 
 
 ^. Manufadurer of the j|j 
 
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 After Dinner 
 CIGARS 
 
 LARGEST FACTORY IN WASHINGTON, D. C. 
 
 D. FRANK PARKER 
 
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 * 1335 G Street, N.W. Washington, D. C % 
 
 55 Telephone Main 455 
 
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 SOIvE AGENT FOR THE 
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 y^ Edison Mimeograph and Supplies v, 
 
 ^ Rotary Neostyle and Supplies ^ 
 
 9. Automatic Paper Folding Machines, expressly for office use <K 
 
 9 Headquarters for Office Supplies 
 
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 Webster's Typewriter Ribbons and Carbon Papers 
 
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'<ohe ILLU6TKATiON5 in this BooKlet 
 were made by 
 
 '<ohe Maurice Joyce Elng'raving' Company 
 
 SOUTH S LEADING ENGRAVING HOUSt : 
 
 C We have a Thousand Customers in the Southern States 
 
 Thos. Gran-t, Scc'y, Chamber of Commerce 
 
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 Manhattan Shirts 
 
 6 ii'.oiiths guarantee with 
 Hole-proof Sox 
 
 62 3 Pennsylvania Ave. 
 
 Established 1875 
 
 E. J. Pullman 
 
 SCiiiiaka : (danipraa 
 
 Photo Supplies of 
 Every Description 
 
 Devei>oping and 
 Printing 
 
 Everything You Need 
 
 or want done in PhotORraphy 
 
 Phone Main 767 
 
 420 NINTH STREET 
 
 Branch vStore, 459 Pa. Ave. 
 
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 WASHINGTON, D. C. | 
 
 T. 
 
 C. L. PARKER 
 
 Attorney-at-Law 
 and Solicitor 
 of Patents 
 
 vSuite 34, Deitz Building 
 
 639 F Street 
 
 Washington, D. C. 
 
 Telephone, Main 3376 
 
 Patents Secured 
 Trade-Marks Registered 
 Patent Suits Conducted 
 
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 saves you TIME, in {(c 
 
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 i Typewriter Company \ 
 
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 « E. S. AIvVORD, M. H. ACHESON, 5^ 
 
 "^ President. Vice-Pres. and Treas. [t 
 
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 General Transportation 
 
 26th, 27th, D and E Sts. N. W. 
 
 0); Washington, D. C. 
 
 Wharfage. vStorage, Stevedoring, and Rigging 
 
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 Branch Office: Colorado Building, 
 
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 I HARVEY'S 
 f RESTAURANT 
 
 I Famous for Fiity 
 If- Years for Excel- 
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 ^: The Specialties of the House 
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 I SHELL FISH 
 TERRAPIN 
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 A complete Bill of Fare 
 served, including Every Deli- 
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 Jewelers 
 
 1 205 F Street N.W. 
 
 Formerly 91 I Penna. Ave. 
 
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 American 
 
 European 
 
 The 
 POST 
 
 DINING AND LUNCH 
 ROOMS 
 
 OPEN ALL NIGHT 
 GEO. W. ENGEL. Proprietor 
 
 301 and 1303 
 I E STREET, N. W. 
 
 ^ Washington, D. C. 
 
 MEALS A LA CARTE 
 At All Hours 
 
 SPECIAL NOON 
 LUNCH 12 to 2 
 
 Telephone Main 2860 
 
 THE 
 
 WILSON CAFE 
 
 HUGH W. FRED - - Prop'r 
 
 Club Breakfast, 25c 
 6:30to 10:30; Sunday, 7to 12 
 
 Table d'Hote Dinner, 35c ?)l 
 4 to 8; Sunday, 12 to 8 f 
 
 611 611 I 
 
 Twelfth Street, N.W, | 
 
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rPi-^ Pi'^rPi'^ PiU^'^ Pi^cPi^ Pi^^''^ Pi^^'^ Pi'^rPi'^ 
 
 The National Hotel i 
 
 is one of the 
 lead in g 
 hotels of the 
 National 
 Capital. Its 
 location , 
 ni i d w a y 
 between 
 the Capitol 
 — — -. .- - and White 
 
 House o n 
 the famous Pennsylvania Avenue, in front of which all street 
 car lines pass, renders it most desirable and accessible. It 
 has just been modernized at a cost of $75,00 '. marble floors 
 and stairways, ek'ctric elevators, telephone, electric light and 
 heat in every room, new furnshingrs and equipment through- 
 out. The only old time home-like hostelry in the city. 
 
 SCHBDUi^H OK RAXHS 
 
 American Plan— $2.50 to $4.00 per day each per.son. 
 European Plan— Rooms $1.00 to $2 50 per day. 
 
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 I WASHINGTON, ALEXANDRIA & MT. VERNON 
 
 I RAILWAY COMPANY 
 
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 National Cemetery every twenty minutes 
 
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 WASHINGTON, ALEXANDRIA & MT. VERNON R. R. 
 
 Station 12th and Pa. Ave. N.W. opposite P.O. 
 
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 SIGHT-SEEING AUTOMOBILES 
 
 "TOURING WASHINGTON" 
 
 1^ Leaves Every Hour on the Hour 
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 Fourteenili Street and Pennsylvdnia Ave. N. W. 
 
 J (Opposite New Willard Hotel) and 
 
 I 600 PennNyivanla Ave. N. W., Howard House 
 
 31! Covering Entire City 
 
 ff' Expert Lecturers on Each Tour 
 
 Operating Five large 40-passenger autos, electric type, no 
 noise or smell, no danger, of the most approved modern 
 S| make, 1908 models, and one 10-12 passe' ger60-H. P. gasoline 
 ^f touring car for Arlington, vSoldiers' Home, Fort Meyei , Vir- 
 ^ ginia Suburbs, Suburban Rides and Theatre Parties. 
 'Z We are the ONLY HOME COMPANY OPERATING IN 
 
 i\- WASHINGTON and give our entire time to the perfection of 
 ^ the service here. We, therefore, invite the closest inspection 
 
 fof our entire equipment and honestly solicit your patronage. 
 General Offices : 600 Penn. Ave. N. W., Howard House 
 
 (((.• Telephones: Main IC 75. Garage, Main 4230. Night Ser- 
 
 vice, Columbia 1915 or Columbia 2419. 
 
 For further information, rates, etc., enquire of General 
 
 fx' ui iuiLiici iiiiui iiia.Liuii, rates, eic, ciiquiic ui ocucicii y' 
 
 Offices. Washington. D. C. * 
 
 9. ESTABLISHED 1865 S 
 
 5 G. G. Cornwell & Son | 
 
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 I 1412,1416,1414 & 1418 Pennsylvania Avenue | 
 I WASHINGTON, D. C 
 
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 THE 
 
 George W. Knox Express Co. 
 
 Office: 1417 Pennsylvania Ave. N. W. 
 
 Hanlinyofall Descriptions. Iron Safes, Boilers, and IVIa- 
 
 chinery Placed in Position. Kstiinates Furnished. 1-iir- 
 
 niture, Pianos, and Household (roods Moved in 
 
 Upholstered Kurniture \'ans. Solicitors and 
 
 SHIPPERS OF FREIGHF OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS 
 Freight Delivery Agents Pennsylvania R. R. 
 
 Omnibuses and tCxcursion Wagons for Picnics, etc.. on Rea- 
 sonable Terms. Baggage Called for and Delivered to 
 Railroad Depo s, vSteamboat Wharves. Hotels, 
 and Private Residences. Heavy Hauling, 
 Moving Iron Safes. Boilers, etc. 
 a Specialty 
 
 STORAGE 
 
 General Storage in Separate Spaces. Household Goods 
 and Pianos Stored in Private Rooms. 
 
 Furniture, Pianos, and all Kinds of Goods Packed for Shipment 
 
 Telephone Main 320 
 
 I Ask For • 
 
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 "The-Velvet-Hind" 
 
 PURE ICE CREAM 
 
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 PASTEURIZED CREAM 
 
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 GOLDEN & COMPANY 
 
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 I Beef and Pork Packers and | 
 
 ^1 Lard Refiners. Butter, Eggs, *i 
 
 i|| Poultry, Live Stock, etc., etc. *^ 
 
 4 Sole agents for 4^ 
 
 ^ Elk Grove Butter | 
 
 ?: The best produced. Curers * 
 
 ? of the celebrated ;^; 
 
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 ^f- Refiners of | 
 
 I Golden Leaf Lard | 
 
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 I 922 to 928 Louisiana Ave. N. W. | 
 
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 |- Columbia PiHe, Alexandria County, Va. J^ 
 
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5 =A WASHINGTON HNDUSTEY= 4; 
 
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 I The A. LOFFLER i 
 
 I SAUSAGE and PROVISION CO. ^ 
 
 , Home 'Dressed Beef, 
 
 i| Veal, Sheep, 
 
 i Hog Products, and 
 
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 stands in All 
 Markets 
 
 Tho.s. Grant, Scc'i/, Clianihcr of Commerce 
 
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 I ECONOMICAL POWERFUL SPEEDY (£ 
 
 I The Carter Twin-Engine Car | 
 
 ? marks the highest attainment ? 
 
 j^ in motor car construction | 
 
 J TheTwIn-Engine Principle is adopted by the Navy j? 
 
 '.^: Departments of the world, and endorsed by l-^ 
 
 ^ the leading scientific publications 5I 
 
 £ of the land J 
 
 V(J "The advantages of twin-engines have long been ^ 
 
 •^ recognized for marine service, and the safeguard ^ 
 
 d: against absolute breakdown which a division of ((?' 
 
 ^ power insures is as valuable on an automobile as on ^ 
 
 t a steamship. — Sciciitijic .hnei-ican. 
 
 I ABSOLUTE RELIABILITY. ECONOMY, DURABIL 
 
 ^ ITY, POWER and SPEED are the merits found in ^ 
 
 if all CARTER TWIN-ENGINE CARS '''■ 
 
 f^' Catalogue forwarded on request .r^ 
 
 I Carter Motor Car Corporation | 
 
 ^ 409-410 Munsey Building | 
 
 t WASHINGTON. D. C. | 
 
 ^. Factory, Hyattsville. Md. .V 
 
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 NATIONAL 
 
 ELECTRICAL SUPPLY CO. 
 
 WASHINGTON, D. C 
 
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 1330 NEW YORK AVE. 'Ik 
 
 Eledrical Supplies 
 
 Machinery and Mill Supplies 
 
 Automobile Accessories ., 
 
 Dynamos and Motors | 
 
 Engines and Pumps | 
 
 Contradors for Complete | 
 I Power and Electrical Plants | 
 
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 f Founded 1861 Washington, D. C. | 
 
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 The Washington Loan and Trust Co. 
 
 Capital, $1,000,000. Surplus, $700,000 
 
 ^^\r]L-^ 
 
 Allows interest on deposits, the 
 same being subject to check, Acts 
 as executor, administrator, trus- 
 tee, guardian, etc. Buys, sells, 
 rents, repairs, and insures real 
 estate. Rents safe deposit boxes 
 and stores valuables. Issues letters 
 of credit and travelers' checks to 
 persons traveling abroad. 
 
 This company is organized un- 
 der act of Congress, and is under 
 the supervision of the Comptroller 
 of the Currency of the United 
 States. 
 
 OOR. eTH AND F 8T8. 
 
 JOHX jov KnsON, President 
 
 300 1-lb. loaves to the barrel « 
 
 Cream Blend Flour 
 
 — Is a true blended flour. 
 
 — Is absolutely pure. 
 
 — Is richest in nutriment. 
 
 — Is best for bread. 
 
 — Is best for cakes. 
 
 — Is best for pastry. 
 
 — Is cheapest because best. 
 
 — Insist on having it. 
 
 AX YOUR GROCHR^S. 
 
 B. B. Earnshaw & Bro. 
 
 Wholesalers 
 
 1105. 1107. 1109 Eleventh St. S. E. 
 1000. 1002 n Street Setttheait 
 
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 with and largely contributory to the 
 
 jj great commercial activity and progress 
 
 shown by the National Capital during the pa^ 
 
 few years. 
 
 This company of importers and jobbers, 
 founded thirty odd years ago, has grown from 
 a purely retail establishment until today it stands 
 as one of the foremo^ and moft influential whole- 
 sale hardware houses of this sedion of our 
 country. 
 
 With their corps of courteous and efficient 
 salesmen, their large and varied stock of depend- 
 able merchandise, and with an earned reputation 
 for prompt shipment, right prices and excellent 
 service, they have come to enjoy a very large 
 local business and a very extensive shipping trade. 
 
 Their traveling representatives canvass the 
 neighboring States of Maryland, Virginia, West 
 Virginia, North Carolina, and Southern Penn- 
 sylvania. 
 
 The special line of Beaver tools and cutlery, 
 marketed solely by this firm, enjoys great popu- 
 larity throughout their territory by reason of the^r 
 uniform high quality and finish. 
 
 The F. P. May Hardware Co. have their 
 offices and salesrooms at 634 Pa. Ave. N. W. 
 
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 are now easily accessible to Washington via 
 
 The Electric Line 
 
 One Hour's Run. $1.25 Round Trip. 
 
 Palace Cars leave White House Station, Fifteenth and H 
 
 Sts. N. E., Hourly from 6.30 A. M. 
 Tickets at Station or at City Ticket Office, Fourteenth Street 
 
 and New York Ave. N. W 
 
 The Monumental City 
 BAL TIMORE 
 
 is also connected with Washington by 
 
 The Greatest Double - Track Electric 
 Interurban Railway in the world 
 
 Cars from same Station Every Half Hour. 
 Seventy Minutes. $1.25 Round Trip, 
 
 Baggage ChecKed Free 
 
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