The daily critic., 1890-07-18
THRIFTY LADIES'
MEMBERS OF TIE PRESIDENTS FAM
lily INVEST in REAL ESTATE.


Not only was Mrs Harrison not salts
fed with acquiring property at Cape
May. but she and the lady members of
the Presidents family have been oper.
ating very extensively in suburban lots
at Glen Echo, a new suburb Just above
Georgetown. a number of deeds, ac-
coIdiug TO the Pest Of this morning
have been recorded at Rockville, Nd.
the county seat of the county in which
the property Is siuated-the last one on
Wednesday in the name Of Miss Alice
B. Sanger, the Presidents type writer.
The transfer is for lot Z, in block "a,
and the consideration Sl,jDo On
July z number Of deeds were
fled, Among them one In the
name Of Caroline Scott Harrison, the
Presidents wife Another deed was
recorded transferring from Edward
Baltzley to John W Scott a part Of q
lot numbered Z IN Glen Echo Heights,
and also 2t3, 3St square feet Of marsh
land bordering the Heights, the price
being S2t.7S8 At the same time an
other deed was recorded which trans.
ferrtd this same property from Mr.
Scott 10 Mrs. Caroline Scott Harrison,
the Presidents wife. Mr. John w.
Scott, who bought the property from
Mr. Balizley. is the father of the Presi.
dents wife, and IN the transfer Of
THIS PROPERTY TO MRS. HARRISON
the consideration named was but 81.
A deed has also been recorded in the
name of Private Secretary IIalfoTd and
two others 10 Miss Sanger the consid-
Grafton being 2.S35 S3 in one and
1888 20 in the others. The considera-
ton given by Mr.. Halford was
S1,91S.1j.
Two deeds were also recorded trans.
ferring Glen Echo property from Ed
ward Baltzley to rANilliam Ii. Crook.
One of these deeds was for lot 9, In
block z, and lots "a and 2j, in block ID,
the consideration being 81, 4SS, and the
other for lot o. in block :, the consid.
Grafton being S64120. Another deed
recorded at the same time transferred
lots 26 and %, block IS, Glen Echo
| Heights, to Mrs. Mary Scott Dimmick
the Presidents sister in.law. The price
Mrs Dimmick paid for these lots was
| 1864
Mrs. Mary Harrison Mckee, the
Presidents daughter, at the same time
bought from Mr. Baltzlev lots 20 and
%, in block 10, near by the lots pur
chased by Mrs. Dimmick, for 81, ,430. 60
BY another decd recorded at the SAINT
time Mr.. Balizley sold TO Harrison Crook
| and S. n Sheets lots 30 and 81. In block
H. and lots l, ., and (, in block a.
for 50 3i6.30.
Miss Sanger's purchases were "thC
most extensive made by any Of III,
| White House ladies, aggrcgating s., ,2O0
unless
MRS. HAHRIsON's s PURCHASE
OF S2t. 1s3 worth OF property for IN,
nominal consideration Of 81 be counted
These wholesale purchases Of subur
| ban property will be a surprise 20 many
| Ia this city, inasmuch as Mrs Harrison
no longer than the 9th instant made
/ statement that the President had decided
/ sciuples against purchasing property
and using bis position to enhance IL
value. Evidently there were no scruple
/ on the part OF the other members OF thi
family. for the transaction had beer
completed when Mrs, Harrison mad
| the above statement Unless Miss san
| ger, the type writer, Is being used as
screen by some one else her position a
the White House must be a highly
lucrative one.
Secretary Halford Is out Of the citv
and Colonel Crook could not be found
this morning, TO either confirm or deny
| the gforv