Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-12-06

tnat tne owner OF the house has spent 30 many
dollars. The red brick which forms the walls
is enriched by the use Of brown stone. and the
entire structure is finished with q roof of red
tile. The entrance is marked by a fine square
porch. the brick arches of which are supported
by grouping Of small columns. Above is the
stone parapet OF the open balcony. On the
south side the rounded bay is blended with the
square wall by means Of the balconies, which
rise one above the other, and are finished with
tile roof. The parapets Of the balconies as
well as the pillars, are Of stone, and the lines
OF stone join in effective harmony with stone
courses In the walls. An attractive feature is
the addition on the north side, which is the
music room. Instead of carrying the walls to
the full height of the main building, they are
finished at the second story, where the dormer
window in the tiled roof is seen above the stone
nees i. the rs sSgar' nRsSss in h nas
woods. Some of the ceilings are open
timbered and the vistas afforded by the ex-
tensive suites Of rooms are adorned and made
enectiye by the rich hangings, the beautiful
wall decorations and the fine paintings and stat
uary, which the taste of Mrs Hearst has selected
to beautify the place where she delights to well
come her friends with a generous hospitality.
This fne residence was constructed by WASH
ington workmen, under the superintendent of
Mr.. Charles A. Langley, the builder.
THE ROCK CREEK RAILROAD.
The fine weather Of the past few weeks has
contributed materially to the progress which
has been made in the construction Of the Rock
Creek railroad. This great work, which en-
wolves the building of level road for seven
miles through the broken country of the Rock
creek region, ia as far advanced as the pro-
lectors calculated it would be at this time.
The vice president and acting president of the
road, Mr.. Edward ]. Stellwagen, is much graft
ned with what has already been done, and the
engineer, MIR. w. Kesley Schoeff, expects that
q will no no 49,
which is the LIST Of May next. As is well known
this road will run out the line of
Connecticut avenue extended to the Dis
trict bounds, and then two miles
beyond into Maryland. The grading of the
District is completed and the power house,
which is to supply the electric motive power of
the road, has been started. This will be To-
Gated ct the Maryland end of the road. The
piers OF the two large bridges which are to be
built.one across Rock creek just north Of the
Woodley bridge and the other farther north
are gradually reaching completion. The en-
gineering difficulties in the construction of this
road have been very great and its completion
in such short time will be remarkable
achievement. In addition to building the road
those interested in this great enterprise are
also laying out a town in Maryland
which will have a water and sewer system, an
electric light plant and macadamized roads.
Ihe electric road alone. it is estimated, will
cost half million of dollars and il is the in
tentlon to spend large sums of money not only
In establishing the new town, but also in de-
Veloplng the property which the originators
OF this enterprise own all along Connecticut
avenue extended. Mr.. +. g. Newlands. the
president OF the Rock Creek railroad and the
representative of the Sharon estate, which has a
large interest in this enterprise, has been away
from the city for several months, but is ex-
pected back before long.
Mr.. ]. West Wagner, the architect, has pre-
pared plans for large building which the pro-
prietors Of Marshall Hall intend to erect, to be
used as dining room at that resort. The old
house, which is one of the st-preserved speci-
mems OF colonial architecture in this vicinity,
Is to be left intact, but new dancing pavilion
Is to be built to take the place Of the present
structure. sewerage and water system is to
be introduced and q complete electric light
plant Other improvements are to be carried
out under the supervision Of Col. McKibben.
AHoME FOR THE AGED.
committee from the Church of the Refor-
nation Of Capitol Hill, composed of Rev. W. E.
Parson, J. C. Slater and Albert F. Fox, in con-
nection with Mr.. T. F. Schneider, the architect.
are considering plans for new ''Home for the
Aged to be erected on q tract of land donated
by Mrs. Utermehle, widow of the late
George W. Utermehlc. The tract comprises q
acres and lies east OF Ivy City on the Queens
aged ladies, but it is the intention to enlarge it
In the future for the accommodation of both
sexes. The members of the church are exert
Ing themselves to raise an amount sufficient
to enable them to erect a creditable and COM
modious building. About $4,000 can be
realized from the sale of part of the tract of
ground. Work on the building will be begun
early in the spripu