Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-06-07
REAL T A GOSSIP.
. Large Number of Business Improve
ments in Progress.
A GREATER NUMBER OF NEW STARTED
LAST MONTH THAN DURING THE SAME PERIOD
OF LAST YEAR--sEyERAL FINE PRIVATE RESI-
D~ENCEs-orHER MATTERS.

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III business improvements in progress on
the streets between Pennsylvania avenue and
+ street and beyond. combined with the build.
ing operations on i street itself and the laying
OF the new railroad tracks, gives that section
OF the city the appearance of being torn down
for the purpose of being built up. F street as
q thoroughfare is crowded enough under ordi.
nary circumstances, but just now those who &c
on the street are obliged to pick their way
along between piles OF building materials. il
is a good place to ciinch an argumen,
about the wonderful growth of the
city. There is plenty Of evidence on
all sides THAI. building operations are
very active. The improvements on the side
streets are confined mainly 20 changing resi-
dences into business places. On the l3.h street
front of the block between i and q work is in
progress on both sides of the street. Mr.. John
". Thompson is putting a number Of store
fronts on the buildings that he recently pur-
chased, while OH the opposite side the mouse
that Is now the property OF J. D. Winner is beiag
fitted up as all office for his own use. Several
pieces of property on l2th street between +
and + streets have recently changed hands,
and the purpose of some of the new
owners is to turn the buildings into husi-
hess places. Eleventh and I0tu streets
ara already pretty well occupied by
business houses and the ANTICIPATED overflow Of
business on G. sire ct see LTD likely TO be realized
very soon. Mr.. Washington Danenh0wer and
Messrs. McIacElen Il Batchelder. real estate
brokers'. nave secured Offices fronting on that
street. Ii is probable that when the new cleo
TIC rond Ia built that all additional impulse
viii! be given to this movement. The Gardner
properly, fronting 50 feet on G street adjoining
Epiphany Church OIL the west, is now owned
by Il syndicate and they are considering
whether 10 erect a large apartment house on
that site OF u building for business purposes.
I: is anticipated that there will be a demand
for business property az far north as New York
Rvenue and u number of purchases are being
made from time to time i'll all that locality.
The cid rink property or New York avenue
between 18th and l4th streets and tie point Of
the block fronting on 18th street between New
York avenue and II street have both changed
hands twice within the past few months, aud
each time there has been quite HI advance III
the price paid. The sale of the last named
piece of property has just been effected by
Mr.. John Is. Wight in connection with Messrs.
I1tney and Bradford. The price paid was SIC
per square foot.
A GOOD BUILDING SEASON.
While this activity is noted in one of the
business centers of the city. building opera
tons are going on in other parts of the city.
The permits issued during the past month by
the building inspector show an increase of 81
in the number of new buildings authorized to
ne Dulit dS COulPdTtu VIII tut COEIJsIOHujnR
month of last year. 1t is stated that the total
value OF these improvements is very largely in
excess as compared with the same month of
last year. 1t seems tina. not only more build
Ings are being erected. but the buildings are
OF a more costly character. 1t ia hardly neces-
sary TO so 10 the records of the building in
spector = Office to ascertain that fact. The im-
proyemeHts speak for themselves, and it is not
difficult TO see that business buildings and
Residences are being erected on a more elab-
crate scale.
TWO HANDSOME RESIDENCES.
A fine addition to the elegant homes of the
city will be made by the erection of a residence
on the northeast. corner of goth and Il streets
for MIR. Geo. S. Fraser. The plans have been
prepared by HOrnblower & Marshall, archi-
tects. and all the preparations have been made
for beginning at once the construction. The
Lew house will have a frontage of % feet and
Ill its design and finish will be one of the most
elegant private residences in the city. Its loca-
ton, nearly opposite the stately stone residence
Of Senator Sawyer. is a favorable one. Con-
necticut avenue at that point lntersects 10th
street, thus making a wide plaza
Another fine residence is being built for Mr..
A. {. Burney Of Ohio on Rhode Island avenue
between 10th and 18th streets. 1t will have a
frontage of 40 feet and will be an English base
ment house. The front will be built of light
stone and buff brick and the prevailing style Of
its architecture will be the colonial.
COL. WALLS HOUSE,.
Col. Wm. Wall will build quite a fine new
residence on the south side OF n street between
18th and Goth, from drawings by Mr.. T. F.
Schneider. the architect. The front will be of
stone through the basement and first story and
the next two stories will be of pressed brick
ana stone trimmings. A circular tower ex-
tenos through the tiled root. The house will
be about 80 feet deep and viii have a hand
some staircase hall fitted up as t. library, the
staircase being separated by a handsome oak
Screen. The parior will be finished in
enamelled white and gold and the rest OF the
first floor will be finished in oak.
MR.. SAUNDERS NEW HOME.
A handsome suburban home Will be built for
Mr.. l. NJ. Saunders. 1t will be located on the
northwest corner of Wyoming and Connecticut
avenues, Washington Heights, and will form an
attractive addition to the group of fine houses
already erected there. The material used IN
the construction OF the exterior will be brick
with light stone trimmings. The architect,
Mr.. Robert Stead, has made the design with
special reference to the location of the house,
which is Ill the country, with, however, all the
facilities of modern life afforded by the near
proximity to the city. There will be wide
halls, generous verandas and rooms en- suite,
and the general character of the design Of the
house Will be that OF a modern villa.
Industrial Education Of the Negroes.
To the Editor Of The EvFSISG STAR:
AT the "Mohonk Lake conference" lust
held of persons interested in the so-calIed
negro problem great prominence was given to
industrial education as an educator and an
elevator of the negro race. There can be no
doubt of the Importance and value of this
factor. The teaching OF history seems to be
plain that any people or race emerging from q
condition of social and political Inequality
must pass through the industrial stage Oh their
upward movement, and that the more success
full they are in industrial development the
more sure is their growth into intellectual and
other attainInents. The adoption OF indus
trial education, seriously and earnestly, rs a
part of the regular course of the public colored
schools and other educational Institutions in
this city has already been productive of
marked results. The daily papers gave con-
siderable space and much praise to the recent
industrial exhibit at the Miner building.
In many respects the exhibit at Howard
University during its graduating week was
even more noteworthy. The principal of the
industrial department ut this university. Mr..
Weston, u graduate OF the famous Polytechnic
School at Worcester, has infused his own en-
ergy and much of the method of his alma
mater into the department. There was credita-
BILE printing some very fine carpenteriDg and
loiner's work. showing, in at least one instance,
an almost phenomenal improvement" by Il
student who had never had q tool in his hands
Until last February; and the ladies who saw the
sewing Caught by Mrs. Howardl declared it
superior TO the exhibit made by the white pub
lIc schools two years ago.
The branch OF drawing was under the charge