Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-09-13

OF THE CffY-SEw METHODS OF DEVELOPING
AsuBURBAN suBpIvnioS-orHER MATHIS OF
INTEREST.
n. MoNG the building permits issued re-
I'M Gently were two notable ones. Que
lis Twas for the erection OF q large hotel
~ Vat lexington and the other authorized
~ithe building Of a brewery in sou;heas.
Washington. Mr.. Albert Carry is at the head
OF the latter enterprise. and it Is proposed to
build on d street between ls.h and l4th streets
southeast large building for brewery pur-
poses. small establishment Of this character
has been located the re for some years past. and
| under the new management this property is TO
| be greatly improved. Mr.. Carry was formerly
| the owner of the Juenemann brewery, in north
| east Washington. Several years ago he dis
posed OF the entire property TO a syndicate.
but he has continued at the head OF the con-
Germ "a the representative OF the syndicate
Under his management the property has been
developed and now the buildings occupy the
entire square.
| The hotel that is TO be erected at lexington
Will be quite an elaborate affair The new
building will be located on The site OF the Gales
mansion, which occupies a commanding posi-
ton In the suburb of lexington. While the
hotel Is intended especially for the accomm oda-
ton OF those who are obliged TO spend most of
| the summer in the city yet il will be kept open
( the year around 1t will be built on model
| suggested by the style OF building in warm
| countries and its man feature will be n large
| court or garden in the center. The structure
| Itself Will have a frontage OF over 200 feet,
with corresponding depth. and the in
| terror court with its overhanging balconies,
will be considerably larger in size than an or
| binary garden plot. The style of architecture
will be IN keeping with this tropical plan and
| 1t Is proposed to put about S300,000 in the
| construction of the building, laying out the
| grounds, dc. The lexington electric road will
| run past the new hotel building and this rapid
| connection with the center of the city is one OF
| the advantages which the projectors OF the en-
| terprise consider will make the place fnvorite
resort. A stock company, at the head OF which
| Is Col. George Truesdell, has been organized
| to erect the hotel
| WHAT SUBURBAN RESIDENTS ENJOY
Col Truesdell, who purchased the old Ecking-
ton place and made the present subdivision, has
| spent a good deal of money in developing the
| property. He was the protector of the Ecking-
ton electric road. which runs past the site OF
| the proposed hotel and through the subdivision
| He was the pioneer in the new method which
is gradually coming into general adoption of
| supplying the suburban subdivisions with
| sewer and water facilities and streets paved
and lighted. In Washington Heights, where
he owned a good deal OF property he laid at
his own expense the first asphalt pavement
ever put down outside of the city
|
facilities and when he purchased the lexington
place he made subdivision in accordance with
the plan OF the city. although the law did not at
| that time require it. and when he opened the
| streets at the same time he laid sewer and
| water pipes. A number of the streets in Eek
| ington have been paved with asphalt and
| hghted by electricity. Col. Truesdell has
| found that the large expenditures OF money re-
CURED TO open up suburban subdivision in
this style, as compared with the old method
FxAN "a <Tt.aI e,
| ploughlng along the lines of the proposed
streets, have been fully justified. number
| of owners of suburban land are adopting the
| same policy in developing their property and
| large sums OF money are being expended for
| this purpose over and beyond the amount of
| the purchase money. A few years ago the pur-
chase money represented about the entire cost
| OF a suburban subdivision to the owners max
| ing the subdivision.
| NORTH KENsrNGToN.
The Duvall property adjoining Knowles
station which, was purchased several months
| ago by syndicate of Neutrality-suspicious. has been
| subdiv ided into building lots and called North
| kensington. The streets have been run north
| and south and east and west, with the necessary
grading and width equal TO the streets of the
adjoining subdivisions. The subdivision has
| been managed by committee composed of
| w. w. Burdctte, John Ridout, L. G. Davis, s.
l. Hempstone, ]. L. Duhamei, n. A. Pool and
| Is. L. Hendrickson. The railroad company is
| about to erect a station house at this point,
MIR. B. H. Warner having given a lot OF ground
| 100 feet square from his kensington Park SUBJ
division for that purpose.
NEW HOUSES IN THE EASTERN SECTION.
While building activity seems to be quito
uniform throughout the city it IS especially no.
| ticeable in the eastern section. Last year an
unusually large number of houses were built
there, and the continuation of the building
operations through the present season is an in
dication that the demand was not fully met
A fine class of houses is being erected
| and streets are being built up rapidly that
two or three months produces many marked
changes. The section between Ii street north
and East Capitol street, which is remembered
| a few years back rs a stretch of dreary COM
mons, is gradually filing up. What Is needed
now, the new residents say. is a line OF cars
connecting East Capitol with II street and
| forming line between the Metropolitan and
| the Col umbia street railways. 1t Is claimed
that the population has gone ahead of tine
| railroads and has occupied the ground and
now the railroads will have to come out 20
them and provide facilities for a more direct
| communication with the city. II is probable
| that the building operations will be continued
Several syndicates are being formed COR tho
purpose of erecting large blocks of houses in
that section, and next spring the house
capacity Of Capitol Hill will DO greatly en-
| larged
PROPOSED SUBURBAN TOWN.
Mr.. j. Wesley Schoef, the civil engineer, is
engaged in making q subdivision of the new
| town which 1t is proposed to establish at the
| northern terminus of the Rock Creek railway
| two miles from the District line, in Montgom-
| cry county, Md. Connecticut avenue, which is
now being graded by the railroad company
| from Woodley Park to the District line viii be
| detected at the latter point in a northeast
direction and will extend two miles to a point
| on the line of the proposed Metropolitan
Southern Branch of the Baltimore and Ohio
| railroad. Connecticut avenue forms part of
| the new subdivision and all the streets will be
OF the same width those in
| the city. When the grade of the
| streets has been determined pipes for sewer
age and the water supply will be put down.
| The system of sewerage to be adopted has not
been determined upon, and Mr.. Schoef is now
| view OF recommending system that will be
suited to the requirements OF that locality Mr..
Schoef states that good progress is being made
| with the work OF grading and constructing the
| roadbed for the new railroad, which, from its
| beginning at the head of Connecticut avenue
| to the northern terminus, will be seven miles
in length. The LIST of May is the time fixed
| upon to begin the running OF tho electric cars.
[ Mr.. cRoIssANT's RESIDENCE.
An attractive row of brown stone houses be-
longing to Mr.. J. d. Croissant 10 nearing COM
pletion on North Carolina avenue corner of
9TH street. from plans by Edward Wolff, archi-
| tect The corner house Mr.. Croissant designs
| for his own residence. 1t has a frontage of "a
| feet on North Carolina avenue, with a large
| tower on the corner surmounted by pointed
roof. The main entrance is on the avenue and
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