Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-04-09

OF Fine Church NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. for
Public Improvements by the Prssnt Con-
gress-Other Matters of Interest.
~ ERHAPS THE wEA-
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~ Their has q good deal to
do with the condition Of
II the real estate market
w Atany rate. many dealers
- ~ " entertain that opinion,
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@AA-= dull they are apt to
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THEOLOGICAL conditions
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ket, that the arrival Of spring has not escaped
observation. In fact. the advent of that season
forces itself upon the attention of those who
are interested in real estate. It seems
to inspire . renewed interest in suburban
property. One of the best advertising agen-
cies Of country. property is the
air grows ' soft and dun the grass
appears and the trees are shrouded in a sort of
halo then the thoughts of the great public
green fields and leafy trees and wide, cool
porches, and all at once the city streets and
| the city houses become wearisome to the eye.
The longing for the country is an annual
| In the garden where human desires blossom
| and grow. 1t is not like other fancies which
| once entertained no longer have the power TO
| please. But each recurring spring finds the
desire for the country and country scenes
Just as fresh and vigorous as if it was an en-
| tirely new experience. So the real estate
| dealer mark the of the wear nv
| the change in the character OF the inquiries
| heard daily. 1t thus happens that when the
first spring like days coVe the plats of subur-
| ban subdivisions are brought out from the
| winter retirement and are made ready for in
spection. Perhaps a little later the same tend
ency is observed in the country, when the
work on roads and other improvements that
were interrupted by the approach of cold
weather is resumed. Those who live in the
suburbs the year around choose this time to
spruce up their places a little and make such
| changes as they have money to pay for. Alto
| gether there is good deal goingon in the sub
| urbs In addition to what nature is doing in
preparing for the annual spring opening.
HOMES IN THE SUBURBS
| The demand for building sites gives property
OF this character more prominence than il has
enjoyed during the past winter and altogether
the future of suburban holdings takes on the
| joyful tinge of the season. 1t is not good in
| ference that those who are looking at subur-
ban property from the standpoint of pur-
| chasers are covered also with the prevailing
| hue OF the spring season. For the time has
| long since past when investors in country prop
erty laid themselves open to the charge of a
| lack OF worldly wisdom. IT there is one thing
| that is certain about real estate in the District
1t Is that the city in its growth is destined to
far outstrip its present boundary lines. The
| movement that has been in progress for several
| years has gone too far to stop. Every year
| witnesses a further step in advance. Residences
| are now dotted all over the farm lands that lie
| outside OF the city limits. New railroad lines
open up additional territory. The population
flows in steadily, but surely. In all parts of the
suburbs this season the sound of the hammer
and the saw will be heard and attractive adj
dltions will be made to the groups Of sub
| urban homes which now are prominent features
in the landscape that greets the eye of the
| traveller on entering the city on any of the
| steam railroad lines. Along these steam high
| ways the population of the city has advanced
to u distance Of ten, fifteen and twenty miles
| from the city. The electric street car
lines in like manner opening up new
| regions of the suburbs As the land within
the old municipal limits is being buiit up the
pioneers in the building of the greater WASH
ington are at work. The results of their enter
prise now plainly indicate what the future of
the city will be and where it is destined to reach
In fulfilling its destiny.
MONEY FOR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS.
| 1t seems likely that after all the amount to be
expended next year for public purposes in the
District will be nearly if not quite as large as
that which was appropriated last year. The
bill as passed by the House made a re-
duction in the total appropriation of
about 5000, 000 as compared with the
appropriation made by the last Congress. But
| the Senate committee has added about three
quarters of million dollars to tho House bill
and II 10 tlait fh.aff ha will f~a
the conference committee with total amount
perhaps equal to, at any rate not much less
than, that authorized by the last Congress Ii
that is the case the progress of public improve
ments will not be greatly retarded. In addi-
ton the work on the new post Office build
ing will be in progress during the
year. The erection OF the new library
will be continued and it is likely that
the erection OF other public buildings will be
authorized. There is need of an additional
building for the National Museum, and recently
n bill has been introduced providing for the
| purchase of a square of land fronting on Penn
| sylvania avenue in the vicinity of the proposed
city post Office building, where a building for
the use OF the patent office can be erected. The
necessity for a new department building is q
pressing one.
| HANDSOME CHURCH EDIFICEs.
As has been stated in The STAR, another
handsome church ediice is to be erected. 1t
| Will VIC AoSotCo Nv TIC eoutuedst COTHtE VI l9lu
and r streets and will be built for the Unity
Presbyterian Church, through the generosity of
| Mrs. Edward Temple. The material to be used
will be Maryland marble, and the ediice
when completed will no doubt be a
notable example of church architecture
The erection of this building will afford
another illustration Of the great change that
| has taken place in the character of church
edifices. Until quite recently the buildings in
this city used for religious purposes. with but
| few exceptions, were rather commonplace in
design and cheaply constructed. The main
| idea that seemed to prevail in the minds Of
those who had charge of the work was to get
| the maximum Of room with the minimum of
cost. Now more attention is paid to the style
OF architecture and the artistic finish of the in
| teriors while at the same time the auditoriums
are large and spacious. The fact is that more
money is being spent on buildings of this
character, and it frequently happens that a
| larger sum is used in undermining and
| decorating an old church building than
was required in the earlier days to erect
the building. Some handsome church edi-
| fees are now in course of erection, among
| which may be mentioned the fine stone build
| ing OF the Eastern Presbyterian Church on
| Stanton square and the Coucordia Church
building ut the corner of 10th and streets.
Other enterprises are in contemplation, as for
example a building for the E Street Baptist
Church at 10th and N streets and an Episco-
/ pal church ON Washington Heights
The newly organized Calvary Episcopal
| Chur,h ,,royooos in the near fufure Ia