National Republican., 1884-05-17
LAND is QUIET,
And the Gentlemen who Deal in It Are
Not Overvorhod.

anu Nhhe VthhithFh w AAV DeHh ~ ~ AEo
Not Overworhed.
mo, there Is but little doing in real estate"
said the communicative and melancholy
broker yesterday, "and agents are hardly
making living The fact Is that they won't
in with too big q rush, and now thoy arc get
ting down and out as gracefully as possible.
OF course they won't tell you anything, for
what they are doing had better bo kept quiet,
don't mean to say that they are all engaged
in crooked transactions, but If man wants
to buy property he had best deal directly
with owners. Tho latest scheme-well,
tho real latest--is an old one. The
dealers-and there are several doing
it-buy n house that Is really uninhabitable
and sell it. OF course no one will occupy II,
and tho dealer offers to take 1t back at big
profit to himself. There Is q house on New
Hampshire avenue that has been sold twenty
times over by an street broker"
The improvements In real estate during tho
past week have been general, and large
number of modium-sized houses are being
built. There wore two big transactions-ono
on Vermont avenue for $50, 900, and another
on @ street for $36,O00-bnt these havo not
yet been made public. The opinion among
real estate agents, who will talk, is that East
Washington is receiving more attention than
any othor section.
G. Is. Whitney will build a brick dwelling
on the corner of N street and Now Hampshire
avenue, to cost $1,000.
Mrs. II. Campbell will invost 5000 in
dwelling on NJ, between Eighteenth aud Nino-
teent streets northwest.
Stanisc & Schneider will build four brick
houses on d. between Seventh and Eighth
streets southeast, TO cost $4,000.
Frank Wards warehouse on ID, between
Ninth and Tenth streets northwest, will be o
fine structure, and will cost $4,000
Mrs. s. w. Guild has taken out a permit to
build ahouse on N, between Seventeenth and
Eighteenth streets northwest, to cost $4,000.
The four brick dwellings to be erected by
Samuel Norment corner Second and Canal
streets southwest, will cost 81, 900.
ID. r. Carpenter will also build four brick
dwellings on Tenth street, between b street
and North Carolina avenue southeast, to cost
$4,000.
S. Shoemaker yesterday took out permit
to build throe dwellings at tho intersection Of
Third aud N streets and New York avenue,
to cost $4,000.
Tho grounds of Columbian university. ro.
Gently bought by Mr. w. c. Hills have been
subdiyided into building lots with streets
and alleys, and are now for sale by Messrs.
Fitch, Fox & Brown. These lots are very
accessible and desirable, overlooking the city
from height unsurpassed by any location
along tho north hwestern boundary of tho city.
A recent visit to tho Lanier heights prop
erty, comprising parts Of Jackson hill and
Mount Pleasant, and lying west of the line
of Sixteenth street, between Columbia road
and Rock creek, satisfied us that it is one of
the most desirable Investments in real estate
now offered. Messrs. Fitch, Fox & Brown,
in whose hands the lots have been placed for
sale, are haying roads cut through and
graded, trees planted, and the limits of the
various lots marked out in accordance with
their advertised plat. Many Of these
lots have already been sold, and
on one of the most attractive sites Queen
Anne villa residence is about to be erected.
All these lots are desirable. They are very
accessible, the soil is good, and below them
lies the beautiful scenery of Rock creek,
which runs along the base of tho high ground
on which they are located. 1t will not bo
long before the projected drives along Rock
creek will be laid out and the land on either
side converted into park
Among the sales made last week by II. b.
Crittenden, at 1929 New York avenue, was
the new residence of T. p. Simpson, 1924
Vermont avenue, to Mr.. G. B. Jewell, for
$4,000. Also, lot on Fifteenth street, be.
tween X and l. streets, for George w. Clark
to DR.. Van Reypen, of tho navy, for $4,315.
Also, lot corner of Sixteenth and Il street
for $2,700.