The national Republican., 1867-04-15

IMPRovEnKxfsy PRxsENrL AsDJ PRosPEc.
riys,rwesre pleased 70, ggte that many new
buiidngs, Of VARIOUS desori ions and cspaoities
are slfsady inE fsbia ptste, % .rroeress, and
many more centemrlstfdi IN this vlty Of msgnih-
cent sdistshoea,,s We have, ofhs authority Of a
prominsnt lnmber dealer that biz sales oflumbsr
auris he "a 4 sirbss Yeas p And The srici.
makers cannot supply Tho demands made on
them. 4 The numbsf Il house. centsmplatsd and
uudsr uontrast VII exosed hak of last year, and
win " Of more dufnbie, csmshsndlng and Inn
posiua featurp, We know 10 WIDER field for the
oapitslist 70 Unrest Me means, With hsurer rs-
turnin the way pf t,nts and ths snhahesment of
ICpsr shsr w,,s'sgssa sns y. ssn,issns q Ss
erected In the Ssriousvsr1sf fhs past year; In ths
Rfpt patd. 81 brick and 40 .ffams sseOnd
ivard, i27 brick and io2 framsa Third ward. 50
brick sod flffamst Rdnrtk srsrau 6b briok and
80 ttanfs finb ward. ~ bsisknssd 30 frame
SIKH asrd, II bfick ma 80 Seventh
ward. s1s brick spd - framA- Tetai, siS--314
s,st sfs &. .1s ssa,. y. e. s,'''d' BY
Among the Apuintet % Zoe and substantial
homes bev pfusfssS9g towards completion, We
notice that Mr. b iI3fier ~ bending a three.
story prsssed .brick front dwelling on Sixth, be-
tweed * and Y streets. John N. Graham, q
three stosy ttak opI Tbirespth, gbstw,en Q and
II street, hssypayid,op, A thrss-,tory brick
on q, hstwsen Il sslflh and Thirtesnth streets.
No. hfsKsidsn, q .thrve.story brick store on
soveiitb betwssn n and strsetsi two new bust
ness ,estsbiithmsns are being srscted on east
side sof Seventh. bstvsen II and / streetsj two
now brick houses are being hnished on o. be-
tvcsn Eighth and Ninth streets al'o two fine
bri6k dwsilings are going up on o, between
Tenth and Eleventh streeii, Mr.. John Purdy IL
erecting a splendid throe-story brick on -Four
| - - IL
brick house Is being finished on II between Sixth
and Seventh streets, also hne brick house is
| commenced, We understand that Mr.. Lyon In
! tends TO add another sory TO the Herndon
House, corner Of Ninth and y streets, and also
I extend II on Ninth street, making quite an i'm
provement to that vaiuablo location. Three
large, fne residences are TO be built this season
on Jackson Place, fronting Lafayette Square.
And en- Fourteenth, at the intersection Of V
street, near the State Department, ten brick
| tenements have been contracted for.
| A fair trade Is also being done In the real es-
| tate line, and those sharp business gentlemen,
real estate agents. will all make fortunes before
they become gray In the service Of friends and
patrons; at least we hope so, wishing them all
we'll, rs We do, Individually and collectively.
During tho last woek We note the annexed list
| OF transfers Of real estate: Sub, 2, square 2Is,
90, ,OOO sub lots 20 aud 20, and all Of lot 25
square S22, IS feet on q street SOUTH 81, 1905 lo
l., Of sub. Of square 10, So b0O part Of lot a. In
square 377, north SO feet, $1,000 lots 81 and %
sub square 2lO, ST. $40 50 part Of lot in SQUARE
O. 8, 20 by 100, 30s per foot lot 3, sub. Of square
AS, IS, 5OOi lot II. square 70, 1885, lot 81
sub. Of square 375, 81, 1871; lot H. square ], 0lS
S4l4.50 parts Of lots g. ~ Is, and all Of a.
square si7, SO feet on Sixth street east, 81, 900
east part lot l6 square 2s0, $S0i. .50i part of lo
/ 2, In square 377, west 80 feet inches on nortt
E street, $40 900; sub. Of lot 20, Pleasant Plains
| S575; Beatty 4 HaWkin,' sub. Of Lees Hill
Georgetown, S650i lots "a and 25, square 7s, nnC
lot II, square 70, and lot 8, square 1853, s. 3G4
part lot %, square 100, IS feet on Twentiet st.
s720; part lot 20, square lO0 28 feet on Twelftl
street, $500; part lot 20, square 100, 2S feet OF
Twelfth street, $i05i sub. part lot OF, squar
CIT, 80 by IS, $780, sub %, square 487, -, 25C
parts 4 and 5, square $50. as feet 2 inches o
north n street, 81, 1000 sub lots II and H. squar
100, s,l.16l co. lot 0, square 500, 5000 part IL
16, square 4i, 13 feet on Twenty. third stree
west, So, 900; lot 3, square 506, 30, 24S. Tot
amount, S63, 2s6, which, taken as an ayerag'
tho yearly sales or the amount Of property tha
will change hands will amount to IS, 200, ST2
But the sum total will doubtless exceed the for'
going amount