National Republican., 1884-10-11
THE FALL BUILDING.
BRISK BOON AND NEW RESIDENCES DE-
vELOPED ny THE OPEN WEATHER.
Tho New Pension Onlco Partly Ready for
Cccupancy-what Private Parties Are Pro-
lcctlns or Finishing completed Business
Houses Occupied.


Cccupancy-what Private Parties Are Pro-
icctlns or Finishing Business
Houses Occupied.
Nine rooms on tho first floor Of tho new
pension Office building have been finished,
and were to have been occupied yesterday.
They are situated on the south side, and
extend from the main entrance to the
west end. No plastering has boon done
in them, but the brick walls are white.
washed. No doors separate the suit arch
ways of different sizes alone marking the
| limits of each chamber. Arched roofs,
| gronod nt the corners and hcmispherical
Mt the top, form the ceiling. Doors open
out Of each Oh to the corridors and court
yard. Steam heating coils are placed in
each, but no gas fixtures have been pro-
vided for, as electric lights will be used.
| At the last moment, almost, the plan Tor
the partial occupation of the building was
abandoned until the roof shall have been
| put in place and more rooms prepared for
| use.
About 100 bricklayers were employed
during tho past month, and 1,5S0,7T
bricks were laid. The exterior wall on
the south half of the building was raised
| to tho level of tho lintels of the third
story windows. In thirty-hve OF tho
forty-fvo apartments of the third story
the arches supporting the vaulted door
are completed
The inner wall of the great hall on tho
west is up to the spring of tho third story
door heads, aud on tho south side two
thirds of it is at tho level of tho fourth
story doors into the hall. The remainder
| ..f a. lnI hA
is not much above the level of the third
floor. All tho galleries arc built. The
boilers of the heating apparatus are in
place, Tho balance of funds on hand on
the 9TH OF October was $290,Sil.32; $i1,-
SGi.39 has been expended since the last
report.
While the building season is practical ly
over thero are yet some handsome houses
being erected, spectators and real estate
owners taking advantage of tho favorable
weather. Tho buildings that were begun
! during the summer and early fall season
are nearly all completed. There are n
great many repairs being made, and
! altogether this season has extended
longer than ever before. The summer
season has been most profitable ono, and
tho statistics of the building department
show the number of new buildings, and
. especially dwellings. to be largely in ex.
cess of last year, which was also good
one. The feature of the real estate mar
), ket has been the building up and improv'
D ing of East Washington. While the
buildings erected were small and rent fol
: moderate prices they all find tenants.
The work of tearing down the building
corner of Seventh street and Marke
s space was successfully begun last week
i and the preparations for A. Saks q Co..
o immonse iron building have been com
pleted.
Q w. b. Moses & Co. moved into thei
y new building on Monday.
y The new law building Of the Nationa
: university on L street, between Tent
o and Eleventh streets, has been completed
&c and occupied. 1t is q handsome, two
10 story and basement building, Of pres
. brick front, and its neat outside appear
~ ance Is q great improvement to tina
s neighborhood. The first room on the LEI
l. of the hall is large and cheerful roor
;, used as a library and reading room. lti
handsomely furnished and the shelves q
d the book cases are filled with text book,
} embracing the course of study in tn
IS school. Beyond tho library is the moo
o court room. fitted up like the court room
Of the present day, and complete in q
D, its details. On the second floor there al
~ two rooms-a professors room and
/ large lecture room % by go feet. 1t
X one of the most complete buildings Of I'll
q, kind in this country, and is tho onl
,d building in this city devoted exclusivel
D. to the use of a law school.
L, Three handsome brick houses arc beir
rs erected by c. V. Trott on Seyenteent
street. between o and p streets nortl
west, to cost 1000.
Patrick Cullinane is building hou:
on II street, between Four-and- -a-half IN
ie Sixth streets southwest, which will co
IS $500. The same gentleman is buildir
ed two smaller houses on III street at CO
l of$2,400.
-, Two handsome houses are being erecte
~ on II street, between Thirteen and Fou
;s teenth streets by Mr.. w. q. Morrison
ho cost of SO, 400
hee Mrs. NJ. NJ. Keck is erecting brio
u dwelling on North Capitol street, betweC
l. and NJ streets, to cost 81 800.
J. III. Stiles is building four houses @
:, Canal street, between q and ID stree
'' southwest, to cost 81, 600.
es, Thirteen small buildings are bell
erected by Charles w. King on Fentt
place, near First street. to cost 5000.
Weston Flint is erecting two handsor
houses Mt Eleventh and X streets, whiC
when completed, will cost $l7,500.
b. II. Warner has begun the erection
large and handsome dwelling, thr
stories and basement, at tho corner
Twenty-first street and Massachuse
avenue northwest, to cost $4,000.
Sixteen small dwellings are bel
erected by Samuel Norment, on b sire
between Second and Third streets, to CO
$500.
n Two two-story houses are being erect
~, OH Seventh street northeast by Jam
TAI Boudren, which are to cost $4,000.
ng Christopher Heurich, the brewer,
by building large stable in the rear Of
, b.ouary ot n rnSt of ST 600