Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-03-19

| W Ntl revival, picking up, a
s{af 1IlEfMf a boom or whatever else
| ElfTpF'3ie,A u it might be termed.
siHCJ,. T&N4 Words. however, are Of
ESSSsSTIU little consequence 90
E2S5.N,El2S long as the substance
| -sASzINNC remains, and there is no
~ question about quite a
substantial increase in
business. There is a marked revival in the in
terest which the public is always supposed to
have when real estate is concerned. Some
times, however, people become Indifferent to
| investments in houses and lots and then real
estate brokers are allowed an interval
of rest just now the popular move
ment is the other way and there
is demand for realty investments that
promises well. One Of the largest real estate
firms in the city reports that their business is a
| great deal better this February than during
the same month last year. good proportion
OF the transactions conducted by this firm have
involved unimproved land, and it is reasonable
| to suppose that good percentage Of these
buyers have purchased with the view Of inn
| proving. rather than mere speculation
| A good illustration of one of the present
| phases OF the real estate market was afforded
recently when some property which had been
| Withdrawn from sale for some time was offered
| at prices which were recognized as reasonable
| Purchasers were readily found and in a few
| days the entire property was disposed Of This
instance indicates that there is an abundance
OF money awaiting investment in real estate.
Why it is not invested is one of those questions
that is rather difficult to answer. There are
various explanations given none Of them any
more satisfactory than the oft-repeated one
that people arc waiting for the bottom to fall
out Of the market, expecting that then thew
can get plenty Of bargains. This catastrophe
has been SO often predicted during the past
| twenty years and the hopes based upon have so
| often been disappointed that there seems to be
! weli-dehned and well-grounded conviction
| that the bottom of the realty market of this
city is well soldered on that nothing less than
great financial crisis, national in its extent
| can force 1t off, In the meantime the CITY is
| forging ahead at rapid rate, adding some
$500 buildings yearly to its accommoda-
| lions and some 5000 souls to its popula-
ton. Property under such influences nat
| urally increases in value and when people
| get tired OF waiting for the city to go back
| ward instead of forward and turn their
attention to paying investments for their
time, they will find that values have appre-
ciated, and that it would have been money in
| their pockets if they had invested and allowed
some one else to make prophesies.
STREET RAILROADS.
newspaper man who loves to be exact took
| occasion not long ago to mark down on q map
of the city che routes Of all the street railroads
and exteKsfaps of street railroads which Con.
gress had been asked at the present session to
charter. When he had finished this task, which
was not slight one, he found that nearly every
| street in the city would be supplied with a
| street railroad il all the bills became laws
number of streets would have more than
one railroad along some sections, SO that
| altogether the city would be pretty we'll
grldironed However, it is not probable that
Congress will grant all the charters asked for.
| In fact, so far the House committee have re-
ported favorably bills for only two new street
railways, and both OF these are suburban. One
Is the Washington and Bladensburg road, to
| begin at Rhode Island avenue and 4th street
east and to run to Bladensburg. The other ia
the Suburban railroad, which starts at North
Carolina ana Pennsylvania avenues, then runs
east and skirts around the city until it touches
the Potomac at Little Falls and thence into
Georgetown. The bills granting the extension
OF the Washington and Georgetown road to the
Free BRIDGE the AnacOstia road up 9th street
to q and thence along G to 18th and down 11th
to Its present tracks south of Pennsylvania
avenue, and the extension of the Rock Creek
railroad TO the main entrance Of the Geological
Park and along Florida avenue to North Capitol
street have also been favorably reported by the
committee. The District committees of both
Houses have reported favorably the bill for
the extension OF the lexington road to the
Capitol with these exceptions no favorable
action has been taken upon any of the many
street railway projects that have come before
Congress The general public is, of course,
interested in these measures only to the extent
that they serve obviously to supply existing
needs for street car service.
AN ARTISTIC LETTER HEAD.
An ingenious plan has been devised for
bringing to the attention of those desiring to
rent rooms or entire floors in business build
ings the advantages offered by spme particular
structure. pretty sketch of the exterior OF
the building, together with floor plans, is
| reduced to the proper size, and then by some
cheap process a cut is made which is used as a
head for letter paper. In answering inquiries
about the building these sheets are used and
by means of tine illustrated letter head tine
correspondent has placed before him a
pictorial representation, which is much
more effective than any written descrip-
ton possibly could be. He can see
just how each room is situated and, as
they are all numbered the prices can be
given by number, which saves a great deal Of
time. This device was suggested by Mr.. j.
lush Marshall, who had tine design of the ex-
terror of the new building for contagious dis
eases which is to be erected for the Children q
| Hospital, together with plan of the interior,
made into "a very attractive letter head. As
| this building Is being erected by means OF sub
| scriptions those interested find sheets Of note
paper illustrated in this way d wonderful help
| III bringing the enterprise to the favorable at
| tentlon OF those whose assistance is desired.
some NEW HOUSES
| Mr. f. G. Berger, who is the manager of a
theatrical company that recently visited this
city, has purchased two lots on 18th street
| just in the of Mrs. Logan's residence
| where he intends to build home for his own
| use. He owns q frontage of 100 feet and he
| proposes to erect there a house which will cost
| from 80, 600 to Sl3, 900.
lot has also been recently purchased by
Mr.. T. W. True on Yale between 18th and l4th
| streets, which will be the location OF a COM
| Portable house he intends to erect there for his
/ home. Ground has been broken for the cree
ton Of fifteen houses at the corner OF 9th and
l. streets northeast and plans being pre-
pared for seven houses which will be built on
It'll street in the same square. Quite number
OF sales of lots in the eastern section of the city
| have been made recently and it is thought that
in great many instances tie new owners will
make improvements.
Mr.. J. II. Meriwether has had plans prepared
| by n. L. Halter, architect, for nine four-story
and cellar brick dwellings,, to be located on the
southwest corner of 18th and w streets N. w.
| The fronts will be built with Hummelstown
brown stone and pressed bricks, and will be
ornamented with boy windows balconies, porte
cocheres, etc. The buildings will have
English Easements. with sub cell
| lars, below which will be used
for heat apparatus and fuel They will all have
French roofs, which will be covered with slate.