The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-03-30


Marlboro, Md, comes to the front, and will
make application to incorporate the Washing
ton and Marlboro Electric Railroad, to run from
that village to Washington, entering our city
by way of the new Pennsylvania-avenue bridge.
Senator ingalls, has introduced bill to ex-
tend the line of the Columbia Railway Com
pany. The bill provides for double track
from its present termination, the Treasury De-
partment, along Pennsylvania avenue to Sew
enteenth street, to e street, a single track
along G street to Twenty-secoud street,
double track from Twenty-second street along
street to New Hampshire avenue. The track
then follows New Hampshire avenue south to
the Potomac river; single track is to be laid
from G and Twenty second streets down
Twenty-second to T, and along to the inter-
section of Seventeenth and G streets. The bill
also includes an extension of their eastern ter
minus.
SUBURBAN HOMES.
The warm weather has produced considerable
activity in suburban property, and seekers for
out-of-town homes are becoming numerous
Washington's northwestern suburbs are most
attractive, and offer great inducements in the
way of beauty and health to those who crave
freedom of space and purity of air. Railroads.
steam, cable, and electric, are penetrating the
far corners of the District, and pretty houses
are springing up on every hand For COM
paratvely small sum any one can purchase a
good plat of ground and erect picturesque,
comfortable cottage, where pure air, delicious
water, and pleasant surroundings are afforded,
with almost hourly connections with the city,
whereas the like amount expended in a house in
Washington would only purchase small house
on side street where unpleasant odors and dis
agreeable neighbors abound. With such ad-
vantages it is not strange that the suburban
home is becoming popular and attractive to
those of moderate means Approaching the
merits of the situation, several gentlemen in
the Department Of Agriculture have formed an
organization among themselves to carry out
this very idea 1t is their intention to secure
land within the District on one of the existing
or proposed railways where they can build econ
OmlCal homes.
STREET EXTENSIONS.
Application has been made to the House
Committee on Appropriations to make proyis-
ion in the appropriation for the extension and
opening of Vermont avenue to Seventeenth
street, and the committee has referred the mat
ter to the Commissioners for their opinion. The
subject has been under discussion often since
1882. and has been favorably reported several
times. Capt. Rossel, recognizing the import
ance Of opening this and other prominent
streets, recommends such legislation as will
empower the Commissioners to take necessary
action in such instances. The recommendation
is an excellent one, and if conceded will prove
of great convenience and value to the people.
AL of the property-owners on the line of the
proposed extension of Penns ylvania avenue, eX-
cept two small holders, and also those on the
branch avenue running from Pennsylvania ave-
nue. extended to the Bowen road, have donated
such Of their property as will be necessary for
the extension of the avenue
The House bill empowering the Commission
ers to devise schedule for the extension of the
streets by means of permanent system of road
ways, As nearly in keeping with the present plan
of the city streets possible, over that portion
of the District beyond the boundaries of Wash
ington and Georgetown, is generally satisfac-
tory 10 the citizens of the District The bill
recites that the damages are to be assessed on
the property taken in the usual way. One third
Of the damages assessed is to be charged on the
ground benefited by the Improvements, and one
half Of the remaining two-thirds charged to the
District. An appropriation of 81 000, 900 is made,
to be borne equally by the United States and the
District of Columbia, and S25, 900 additional ap-
proprated to cover the cost of the survey.
RECENT TRANSFERS AND BUILDING PERMITS.
Campbell Darlington has purchased of Mrs
r. Buckley sub lot III and part of lot 176
square 155, being corner of Seventeenth and
streets northwest.
4. D. Stidham has sold frontage of % fee
on Seventh street. l. street, improved, tC
A Loetiler, for $4,000
John Z. Mitchell has bought six lots in Kslo
rama at an aggregate cost Of $l2, S33.
William Laird, cashier of the Farmers anC
Mechanics National Bank, Georgetown, ha
disposed Of his farm of 275 acres near Bethesd
to a syndicate for 5000. Mr.. Laird reserve
the old homestead and twenty acres of ground
r. Z. Jackson et di have purchased of tn
Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company TO
S25 COO, all of square 233, bounded by -Four
teenth aud ID streets and the Potomac Rive
southwest.
Mrs. Z. D. Lovett will at once erect a hand
some brick dwelling on Massachusetts aVenu
extended, Kalorama, to be known as No. 2205
The dwelling, when completed, will cost $751; ,O0C
Mrs. @. II. Bearman will also build a brio
dwelling of tasty design on the same ayenu
at a cost of $4,000.
Mr. g. Lewis has taken out permit TO bull
$1,000 frame residence at lexington. MI
Henry Orth will improve the lot l0ll stree
with an imposing brick dwelling of an est
mated cost of $4,000.
The building permits for the past five day
aggregate Sl33, ,475, with medium dwellings yer
largely in the majority.
a. NJ. GORMAS,
625 Street Northwest.