The Evening post. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1888-1889, 1888-11-10
REAL ESTATE MATTERS.


ton real estate as follows: THINK the
coming in of n Republican administra-
ton will result in most pronounced
benefit to the growth and prosperity OF
this city The first evidences of bcnc-
fit TO the real estate market will come
very soon, and for this reason: There
are several thousand people in Govern
mcnt employ here who are Republicans
at heart, but who have been keeping
very quiet during the latter part of
this administration, and now they will
have some degree of hope and confidence,
and will proceed to invest money which
otherwise they would have kept. This
will freshcn business up bit. Later
on, there will be an infusion of out
side capital. The moneyed men of the
North and East who favor investments
in Washington will have more confidence
in an administration inspired and con-
trollcd by business men in favor OF the
development of American industries,
rather than policy devoted to contrac-
ton. They will feel assured of liberal
improvements at the national capital to
be made by the new party"
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Work will be Immediately begun on
block Of six houses on NJ street. adj
Joining the subdivision OF Trinidad.
There have been sixteen houses built on
this tract. which has lately taken the
shape of n wcllregulated suburb of
Washington.
The Commissioners have recently en-
| couraged the development of the eastern
| suburbs by granting few improvements,
such us the extension of sidewalks OF
| modest width on the permit plan,"
which means that the Government and
the people needing the improvements
| divide the cost of the same.
| The largest outlay for the suburbs east
! of the city will be made on the Pcnusyl-
vania avenue extension through the
Twining City subdivision, in which sew
eral hundred building lots have been
sold at fairly good prices and on which
there will be some houses erected next
season. and it is claimed by the persons
interested in the suburban property in
the eastern section of the District that
the time is near at hand when the high
price OF land in the western suburbs will
drive many purchasers eastward. This
prediction has been realized to some eN-
tent already.
The purchasers of lots in Trinidad"
are given an opportunity that they ought
To- insist Oh in other new suburban vii
lagcS. The lots are large enough for
two good houses, and it Is well known
that every house in such a place makes
every other lot more valuable, and by
owning the adjoining lot to his house,
the investor prospers to small extent
with the village which he is helping to
make valuable. One of the features OF
this tract is Holbrooll Terrace, which
winds around the highest elevation in
this section and affords magnificent
view of the entire city.
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The trustees of the Church of the
Covenant, to satisfy themselves and the
public as to the stability of the walls
and all that portion of the structure left
undsturbcd by the fall of the tower,
deemed it advisable to have the same
their request. Gen. +. l.. Casey, Chief
of Engineers, U. S. a., and Mr.. Bernard
Greene, the engineer in charge OF the
new Congressional Library Building,
kindly consented to make their investl-
CATION. The following is their report:
Washington. d. c., November s, 1888.
10 the Trsufees of the Church of The
Covenant: At the request Of your Board
we have carefully examined the general
construction and especially the eondi,loL
cdliice at the corner OF Eighteenth and \
streets, in this city The walls are low an,
thick and have 10 carry but little more thal
of the finished roof Is supported upon IN
dependent trIlsscs and pillars while th'
: unfinished part is to rest chiefly upon Tho
new west gable and tower walls. We fine
that the walls, roof and floor, as they. nov
stand, and the work as II Is now belnE
done, are perfectly safe and secure for tn
purpose for which they arc intended, ant
, That the tower and adjoining walls ar
being rebuilt in thorough and workman
[ like manner under careful supervision.
, Very respectfully,
THoS. LINCOLN CASEY.
!. DrigadlcrGeneral and Chief of Engineers
t BERNARD H. GREEN.
Civil Euuiunpr
y The old Spraguc mansion at the nOrtl
h west corner of Sixth and II streets north
:. west, is undergoing about 1000 wort
: of repairs, preparatory to being occr
!, pied by the COncordia Club as clu
?. house. The club has leased the plaC
r for five years and will put in extcnsiv
:: repairs and improvements
: Around this old mansion cluster man
associations of the social life at the ca
ital in the period from 1860 to 1865. III
house was bought by Senator Spragu
no Salmon r. Chase when he was Secrctar
~ of the Treasury. There was hardly a
n evening but the spacious halls and room
M of the old mansion were crowded wit
M the social and official elite of that tin
ic and day, and many were the brilliant q
Il. house that Miss Kate Chase was marric
which affair was the social event of tn;
-, season. The last notable social guthe
W. ing in the big house was upon the Gee
~, ~ sion of the marriage of Miss Nett
a. Chase to Mr.. Ioyt, of the firm of Hoy
r. Spraguc d. Co., New York After NJ
n Chase's elevation TO the Chef-Justic
no ship he moved away from here and o
W cupied Il house on l street next to Pos
ne mastcr-Gencral Crcsswcll's residence.
Gu OF late years the Sprague Mansion w
used as boarding house. and nON
10 within the walls where once moved Il
wits and bright lights of Washingtt
OF society, will be heard the clinl OF glass
&c, and the hilarious chorus of the revellC
OF and in rooms where great affairs Of sta
iix have been discussed, staid Germans wi
Hn aravcly smoke their pipes and talk Lbo
hd the markets and monies of the day.
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- Mr.. Peter Mccartney, the builder, i
dei- Just completed three handsome prcssC
w briCk-iPOnt residences Oh PcnnsylvaI
az avenue near TwCnty-fourth street I'll
,'a' were built for Mr.. +. +. Farrcr, and c.
SS tain all modern imprOy ements The
'o' tcrors OF the houses are finished in ha
woods, and are heated by furnaces. III
houses are three among number of
ON cent improvements TO this section of I
in city.
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