Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-12-31
New Buildings.

The oity's improvement IN buildings dur
ing the year Ia noticeable end gratifying. q
lev passed By the City Council juet previous
to the commencement Of the year requires
that permit be secured from tbs Auditor
before builder Dseins the erection of 9
house. This law haa occurred fairly &C.
curRte Gats and the number Of houses sreoi.
ed In the City during the gear and the esti-
mated cost Of each con be Esce,;ainsd wi.h
out muoh trouble The number OF permits ia
aued was SO and The estimated value of the
6ui diaga go fully 100000 Amcue
this number sro esverg! nau0s7ms brick res
ideaces, gith ell modern convsnispcee,
which wou;d be ornaments to any city
This others, though less pfeEentious, ere
comfortable sud pretty homes. Many OF
tbs houses have been buiI5 by enterp-isirg
ei.Z5Gs for Gala o. fJC rent, WHICH shows the
faitn ench men haze 10 sne property of the
city. hu. mere have been areoted 5y others
fur their own comes, Shich Ia the best evl.
Gsncs tha5 Alexandria is regarded as 6
pleasant aud IN every Wsy q c0ngenient
place of residence. The various building
associations are |. great assistance 10 such
worthy ciiiZ .ns ana encourages them TO De-
come he uwneFs Of thsir homes and censc-
| welfare. Many who nave built HOUSES to
rsn5 have been nuch encouraged a. the re
| suits, ana say they could no. have invested
| cacir money 10 better advantage anywhere
| L is gratifying 10 SEQ thGt 10 the houses built
tits gear mora attention was paid to srcbi
| tec!ura beauty, far In this Wsy will the gen.
| 5re appesrsDca Of the clty he gradually iD
proved. The CON psciness Of the ci.y saC
| ho sosrolly Of desirable building lois with
| Ia rYhai s6or6 sims SINGS was considered
| Inc city imi q, have forced DO extension Of
thUss limits, aD6 now the city is rapidly
growing towards the north and west, In
which uireCtions lis genre Is moving &c nc
slow gait. The building OF medlum-s!zsc
nouess, arranged with modern Improve
men S, would Induce macy pe.Eous rem
| Washington anG eleewbero 10 Come hots
ana live, fer with the d faEence 10 rents and
| lie cost OF living in Alexandria as compared
witch Washing: %, aud he csse OF com mnui-
| caticu between the t@o cities. IL Is tde scare.
| ity OF eu0b houses tGes 10 q measure re,arGs
a rep!d Increase IL the Guys population.
| But while this is 20 be lameDted, the fact Ia
apparent that pumoere ere 81 work assdu
cusy TO meet this very want. Az enter.
| ptisipg and practical citizen, who is always
eIg iSed in Spending his money in bricks
1 q
large number OF houses, told the writer
| few days ego, wren speaking OF lows II hre
houses hs bad recently erected on what had
for many years been meadow, that be had
| built them TO accommodate both clsste.,
ouyets End renters. l. l. believed many
Others Will follow his example before the
close of The coming gear. Now mat the
| governments read 10 the National cemetery
| 10 coup eied end the sidewek paved snO
cnfbed, we may naturally lock fer meta
moEpaosis OF The West end of Wilkes street,
| a. nss beea the case ia all the southwestern
| per ion If Alexandria.
The ouildiug assoois;lJne have proven 30
De among [hs oItys foremost AgeDCies 10 as-
4ls.ing those OF enterprise sHd pluck, but
8ith limited means, in building up Aiexen.
d.ia and IN converting her waste places into
attractive homes. / needs but IL few mia'
utes walk srnupd l.xsndria-especisily
! cn shat were onos her envlroDs-to Behold
toe tru.h OF .nis s;s,emenf. l. ia In the
power of the humnlesa TO build himself .
house and pay foc IL 10 the way OF rent.
Hnndsed. have avaled themselves of the
facilities thus afforded, and The oonss quence
IL, good clses Of citz3ns have been pro
duced who have no sympathy 9th disturb
srs OF good government. Il ia gratifying
10 see this ss5 of iDdus r!oUs lana 10 many
iDsEaccos iDtelligeoI mechanics growing
larger every year. Tbs mechanics. 80
lu!e. have been kep- huss, and with many
of thsm the year 1891 Will bs remembered
as properoas epcch. Dut white same hav.
bssn' abe to lay asids portiog OF ihei.
earnings for rsiny day, Others baVa been
compelled to lose tine.
Il was said o. tie close OF 1890 mat there
a.
mat year thar for many p,evioue cnes, and
that The advance 10 values YES V6fy crafty
ing, The real estate trausactions this year
were lar in e1c-es Of those Of 1890 AID
values base Increased progortionAtey. Tbs
city is nov so compactiy built sat lot In
almost any locality commands price tbai
few years siDce would have been con5id.
cred esor bitapt, and locations which were
then deemed uDf to i've 10 are now buill
up With comfortable and desirable resi-
dences-many of item attractive. This Is
particularly Doticaoa 10 the peighDcrho
sest OF the E. & d. depot where, as hes
oean recently sia5eo. o u ost new town 10
spriuging up The sales OF lois In tbs
northern add northwestern sections OF tho
civ are of almost daily occurrence au6
gbeu sale Ia made the erection OF o
house soop follows. For some time lots In
the northern and north wes'ern portion ofthe
city have been steadily advancing in price,
buo those In soms other location, while
their value has been enhanced, have not
commanded az high prices az those In the
former section. 6sgaoious builders have
taken advantage of that fact and are buy
ing squares and half squares 10 local les
where lower prices prevail snd erecting
comfortable and modern residences. The
result ia natural. Lots In such neighbour
hoods i'm nedlateiy beceme valuable aud
building Ia stimulated.
The advantages OF Alexandria 80 place OF resi-.
deuce are SO mum ,us that they are bouad at no
dist,n date to attrscs people from other cities
aud localities. With salubdous climate, an
abundant supply of h; purest wa,er, wel-lis httd
streets, low rents, cheap living, good schools,
many churches and lad and hoapitable people,
resid 9nce here is made desirs bla aad then, tco
the close proximity 10 u sshiakton and the ire
oueucy OF communication between tre two cilies
give The Iesiden.s OF Alsxaadria an opportunity |
Of euoyiug al the attractions OF the cnpitsl ci
wthous having to coetl ibute 70 l. S SUPPORT