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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1905
Page
12
Numerous room rental notices describe private baths, heat, and modern conveniences. Locations include near 17th Street NW, Lincoln Park area, and surrounding blocks with weekly or monthly rates and terms. Many rooms offer heat, board, or single occupancy, with some near public transport or major avenues.
Advertises furnished rooms and apartments with various amenities in the Northwest area near Logan Iowa Circle and 13th Street. Listings mention front rooms, single rooms, and front suites with meals, light, heat, and attendance. Multiple images of rooms and fronting properties referenced, including names and partial addresses.
For rent rooms in various buildings around New York Avenue opposite a gallery. Bright simple furnished or unfurnished, some include board with meals. Options include three floors, central locations, and close access to baths and hot water. Prices range, some rooms sleeing two, others single, with decent light and ventilation. Contact by phone for details.
Readable listing describes two room options on the second floor with hot water heat, board, and private family access. Includes mention of a large room, front alcove, and a single room with a bath. Neighboring conveniences listed and a shared kitchen area.
Multiple listings describe large front rooms and 2nd floor spaces for rent in northwest locations. Advertisements mention heat, light housekeeping, and terms, with specific streets and block areas prompting inquiry to rental providers. Various units include 1 to 3 rooms, with descriptions of brightness, modern features, and proximity to Capitol areas. Related ads indicate housekeeping services and utilities as part of rental terms.
Classic Washington rental list from Fisher Co presents furnished and unfurnished homes, 3 bed units, 1 to 2 baths, many with heat and bath options. Includes multiple northwest addresses, 9th to 25th streets, with prices from 30 to 125 dollars monthly, plus larger options near The Willard and Capitol Park. Also notes apartments in The Maury and The Ax campus with room counts and rates. Stables and stores also listed for lease.
Sparse listings show remaining lots at Mount Pleasant Heights with ads touting value from an extension of 11th Street, graded streets, and nearby services. Prices range from 40 cents to 500 dollars with terms. rental space available at 1110 F Street and 335 Lath Street NW. offices and board services advertised amid a crowded real estate page.
Hotel Stratford offers a central city location with easy access to business districts. Amenities include electric light, steam heat, a billiard room, a large sun parlor, and well appointed guest rooms for visitors seeking comfort near main transit and stations.
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway offers daily and special trains with electric dining cars and Pullman sleepers to Cincinnati Louisville and Chicago with connections to Virginia Springs and Washington. Washington Southern Railway lists daily southbound trains to Wickham and Richmond with Pullman sleeping cars and connections to Seaboard Air Line and Atlantic Coast Line services.
A lengthy railroad schedule lists Pennsylvania Railroad lines from Harrisburg to Pittsburg Chicago and St. Louis with Pullman cars, parlor and dining services, breakfasts and observatories. It details express and limited trains, connections to Toledo Cincinnati Indianapolis Louisville and St. Louis, and station ticket offices at Sixth and B streets and Fifteenth street.
A dense listing of southern railway schedules and services includes daily and weekly trains to Harringtons, Warrenton, Danville, Washington, Columbus, Jacksonville, New Orleans, Atlanta, Birmingham, Memphis, and more. It notes parlor cars, dining service, sleepers, limited expresses, and through trains via Bluemont, with ticket office contacts and baggage handling guidance.
Florida Atlantic Coast Line announces November 26 1905 timetable for sleeping and dining car services. services include New York to Jacksonville and Jacksonville to various southern points with routes to Norfolk Washington and Charleston. executive contacts listed at 601 Pennsylvania Ave NW and Pennsylvania Railroad Station. Trafic Manager J Craig and M Emerson named as agents.
A historical note explains that fuses do not burn out in electric cars, with modern fusible wire and heavy insulation. It describes the controller as the main danger, how arcs form when current jumps, and that only minor fires or clothing damage are possible. It also references the McCurdy Cocktail joke from the New York Globe and a plug for The Post’s upcoming comic section.
Sealed proposals will be received at the Office of the Commissioners Washington DC until 12 M January 15 1906 to construct about 9509 feet of trunk sewer 8 ft by 9 ft 4 in part of the sewage disposal system for the District of Columbia Specifications and proposal forms available at the office Henry B. MacFarland Henry Biddle commissioners. Also adds numerous real estate loan notices from various lenders with rates and contact details across Washington DC.
A Washington Post report outlines the Underwriters Laboratories lab model of fireproof design in Chicago and its aim to reduce losses from fires. It notes construction using vitrified brick hollow tiles and steel, the high cost of fireproofing, rising public demand for safe public buildings, and a push for state building regulations to curb unsafe, burnable construction.
Dialogue from the Fifty-ninth Congress depicts Gen Grosvenor Williams De Armond and Dalzell backing a readjustment bill amid control over the Rules Committee. The excluded leaders would confront a three-to-one majority in committee, sparking sharp speculation about possible action and political risk.
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