Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-07-31
BUILDING ACTIVITY.
A Large Number or Houses and Build.
imgs BEING Erected.

THE MANUFACTURES OF BRICK IN THIS DIS
rRIcT-THE FLORAL ESTABLISHMENT OF THE
MEssRs. sMALL-orHER IMPROVEMENTS.
Building is going on with great activity in
this city, although IL is now the season. when
as rule, but little new work is begun Owing
probably TO the labor troubles early in the
spring good deal OF the present activity is
merely making up for lost time. but even this
is more than was predicted. as IL was generally
concluded that the prospects for the building
season were ruined. Even now some who are
interested In the building trades state that the
season VIII only be an average one. and that
there would have been q great deal more build
Ing IL the labor troubles had not occurred II
Is noticeable feature of the building now
going on that the proportion OF large expensive
houses As compared with what are known as
Sheap houses Is much greater than last year
continues, yet not to the extent of last year.
Many who have invested their money I'm this
CLASS OF property are inclined TO think that the
building .: small houses Is some W hat oyerdope
q the dispositionis TO move out OF q old house
Ia order 70 get into q new house with the result
That the old houses are left empty.
HOUSES NOW GOING UP
Some Of the houses now going up in various
parts OF the city have been noted "a follows. in
addition to those recently mentioned In THE
STAR: Mr. David A.windsor is building a hand
some house on New Hampshire avenue and y
viii cost come w large ,h i.on1age and
vicinity, and occupying the whole of one OF
those small natiron squares so common in the
city, DIR. Guy +. Whiting is completing large
and stately residence, which 10 built according
to the designs OF Mr.. Ponder ter, the architect.
Just above N street, on New Hampshire ave.
nue., pretty home for Mr.. Reginald Fendall is
nearing completion, and on y street, between
10th and goth, Prot. Eastman has built a resi-.
18th Euss S
the erection OF an addition to the residence
which he recently purchased, and which Will
be used for the accommodation OF his library
On 18th street, just south of Massachusetts ave-
nue., Mrs. Senator Cameron Is erecting q house
which Is attracting y good deal Of attention.
mouse u now gradually rising from the
foundation, and will prove to bs an
attractive feature in that locality. The i'm
Rrovements on 10th street are going on stead
1ly, and adjoining the fine Residence which Col,
henry strong Is building az the corner OF 10th
s sna streets Miss Nina Wright has begun the
OIL 17th and Corcoran streets Mr.. John A. Gray
mas commenced the erection OF two residences
which will cost $4,000. Rhode Island avenue
rs adorned with handsome homes and one of
the recent additions Is the elegant house which
Mr.. James h Mckenney has built just above
scout circle and adjoining the fine residence OF
Mr. Cranch Mclntire. Mr.. I. p. simpson has
Degun the erection OF \ residence on Rhode
Island avenue and p street which Will cost
some $4,000 The vicinity Of 9Th and L
streets Is 70 have three attractive houses erected
there. DIT n: l. Halter is TO build one on l.
VopOoo, IA,
OF the Boston variety store two houses on Sth
street to cost SIG, 600. A permit has recently
neen taken out oy Mr; X A. Golden to erect ten
west, and the houses which b. H. Warner 4 20.
are building near the Capitol park have already
been mentioned In The STAR.
A. LEO KNOTS RESIDENCE.
very handsome residence has been begun
by Mr.. A. Leo Knott, the Second Assistant
Postmaster General, on the north side of X
street, just west OF 18th street. This house
adsoins the one which MIR. Titan J. Coffey is
building. The front OF the latter will be built
of green stone and the basement OF Mir.
KNOTS house will be OF the same material, and
the rest of the house will be OF brick with stone
TO the main entrance, and the front will be
broken by an octagOnal bay window which will
terminate at the third story I'm balcony. The
roof Will be high pitched and covered with red
tile, and will have a gable projection The
design OF the interior is we'll adapted for q city
home. There Is y central hall of generous pro
portions separating the parlor from the dining
room, and from this hall the staircase will
ascend TO the upper floors. On each side of the
with stained glass, which Will make this part OF
the house very attractive. The entrance hall
and psrlor will be finished in cherry, the GEN.
trial hall and staircase in oak, and the dining
room in cherry. The arrangement VI the rooms
in the upper floors are very convenient The
house will be finished u very substantial
manner. The cost will be SIS, 900. Mr.. Robert
1. tiehfng Is the architect and builder.
THE MAKING OF BRICKS.
The brick industry in the District is growing
In extent every year and has assumed such pro-
portions that the capacity OF the brick yards is
now about 100, 900 bricks per day, In addition
10 the brick yards scattered along the Virginia
snore, where entire bricks are made by hand
and from which the supply tor the city came a
few years ago, there are now a number of yards
where machines are employed in moulding
the bricks, we'll drying them. At least
one OF these yards has capacity OF eighty or
ninety thousand bricks per day, but the aver.
age is some thirty or forty thousand. The in
crease In the Introduction of machinery In the
manufacture OF brick during the last few wears
has OF course added to the annual out put of
bricks. But there has been much building
that the demand has been about equal To the
to gradually force the price down from $40 per
1000 to 81, which is the current price at
present. One or two new companies have re-
Gently organized to make brick by m achinery
and 1t u reported that there will he a still
further decline in the prices. The brick men,
however, are very skeptcal as TO the ability of
any company to make brick at profit and sell
At . less figure than the present prevailing
rates. In some instances special terms can
can be obtained for less than seven
dollars, this matter being regulated 70 q large
extent by the length OF the haul. The present
pared with what are obtained in other local..
ties, and the quality is said to be first-class
The manufacturers OF brick do not confine
their attention exclusively to the ordinary
grades of brick, but make all fancy designs and
colors. In the Hay and Adams houses there
are SOME Sixty Qluereut patterns Oh brick used,
all OF which were made by a brick company in
this city from special designs furnished by the
architect, the late Mr. Richardson.
A FLORISTS FINE ESTABLISHMENT.
Workmen have been engaged during the
past week in tearing down the old fashioned
building, which has stood for SO many years at
the southeast corner of 14th and g streets,
which was one of the first buildings used for q
public school in this city. Upon this site J. H.
Small & Son, the florists, viii erect fine fire
proof building for their own use. The building
will be i've stories high with q basement, ana
will have q frontage Of 81 feet on 14th street
spacious show windows on both streets will be
the sale room Of the florists. and in the will
be room for the large foliage plants, making de-
lightful back ground to the view as one enters
the store In the rear Will be large glass con-
with steps leading up to ii from the
store. The tour upper stories have been leased |
for q term of twenty years by the Chesapeake |
and Potomac Telephone company, and they
will be especially fitted up for this business. |
There will be an elevator In the building and |
ttal manner. The architect is Is. b. Bradford, |
and the builders Messrs. Langley & Gettinger.
The cost OF this improvement will be $4,000. |
The Messrs. Small will retain their garden on |
the opposite side Of the street. |
FOURTEENTH STREET IMPROVEMENTS |
Mr.. w. s. Roose, the well-known tobacconist
will shortly begin the erection OF tour buildings
TO be used for business purposes, on the east |
side Of 14th street, between and streets |
These new buildings will be designed by Mr.. w.
Bruce Gray, architect, and will take the place
Mr. Roose recently purchased for $4,000. This |
will be q notable one in that sec |
ton OF the city.
TWO ARTISTIC HOUSED |