Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-23
REAL ESTATE GOSSIP.
The Market Showing Signs Of Return
ing Activity.
TIE OVERHEAD TROLLEY DELUSlON.
Prospect Of the Removal of Heu-
rich's Brewery.
OTHER MATTERS OF INTEREST

'Sh OtoW0tys
OTHER MATTERS OF INTEREST
uncertainty was the plan announced by
some to have cash on hand. SO that when
the era Of chsapness came In they would
have the means to avail themselves Of the
opportunities that would be presented Per-
haps this era has come and gone In the
stock market. and perhaps in other classes
OF investments. but as yet real estate In
this city has not been affected. and people
who are waiting for great bargains and
sacrifices are disappointed. There are none
such. and what IL more, there are not likely
10 be. Prices are Just as steady as they
were before people began to hoard their
money. There is plenty OF property for
sale. but the owners are not willing to give
1t away. They don't have to do 1t. and
OF course they prefer their price. People
are beginning to realize that there is to be
no panic. ana that there IL no use waiting
for the time SO fondly pictured by a few
when real estate will practically be given
away.
The result IL that buyers are beginning to
appear In the market after the summer va
cation and they are finding investments
and are securing homes There Is a steady
demand for houses for rent. and offices Of
the real estate dealers present quite an
animated appearance Altogether there is
a good deal doing In real estate circles, and
no doubt after the financial world Is more
settled than Ii Is at present the investors
Will put In an appearance. AZ 1t IL, quite
a good deal of building is going on. although
not half as much as architects and builders
and. In fact. all interested in the building
trades would like to see. But considerable
business is in sight. There are plans for
buildings and improvements Of various
kinds that are only awaiting q return Of
better times to materialize into brick and
mortar. 1t Is thought that building opera
lions will be active early next season. and
the reason for this belief lies In the fact
that q growing city demands a constant
volume Of building. and that it Is impossi-
BILE to remain stationary as long as the
population continues to roll in.
Prospects Of Rapid Transit.
In addition to this factor in the prosper
ity OF the city there II another that Is quite
! important. and that 10 the probability of
the general Introduction OF rapid transit on
the railroads Of the city. 1t looks As II the
overhead trolley delusion was losing hold on
those who have a good deal to do with some
OF the city lines and, In consequence. they
are giving their attention to other modes of
rapid transit. This change. II 1t IL gen.
uine. is a happy one for the people.
because II makes more remote the posi-
biltty OF the streets being distigured with
this modern municipal curse and also holds
out hope that In the near future the horse
cars will be left In the sheds, along with
other obsolete apparatus.
The Metropolitan railroad IL said to be
willing to put the underground trolley on
the 9Th street line. with the ultimate in
tention Of extending the same systeD over
the entire road. The Rock Creek Railroad
Company wants some extensions. 80 that II
can have terminals nearer the center of
N q Nd
officials Of the road are so well pleased with
the practical results Of the underground
system that they have had in operation
along u street ever since the early part Of
last spring that they express a wiIlingne
to lay the wires underground along any ex-
tensions that may be allowed them within
the city limits.
The loss Of time to citizens and the depreci-
Anticipated methods employed by a major
ity Of the street railroad managers of the
city Ii being felt severely BY the citizens.
1t Is matter Of congratulation and GER
tainly one of the cheering signs of an i'm
proving real estate market that some rail-
road managers have come to realize that
the overhead trolley Is not the only mod
ern means Of getting . street car to move
along with any degree Of celebrity.
They Rejoice in Beer Alley.
The announcement made in The Star the
other day that new site had been secured
for the proposed new plant for Heurich's
brewery was q pleasing bit Of news to a
good many property owners and residents
In the vicinity of the present brewery As
every one knows the brewery occupies
nearly a whole square between 18th and
10Th and NJ and N streets which 10 right
dent sections CT the city. The vista of a
short but fashionable street Is closed with
the huge chimney stack Of the brewery,
and as everybody knows. chimney stacks,
aGn Nfn rfOa h,,ttN o.
and not for ornament. This proximity sug-
gested to some facetious person. who, Of
course lives safe distance from the
brewery, the name Of Beer alley, and II
has chung to 1t ever since. OF course resi-
dents don't recognize the name. but like
all the other people In the vicinity when
they found that they could not get rid of
their big and unwelcome neighbor they
concluded to tolerate 1t. Out Of this II Is
said grew the idea that Is prevalent in the
locality Of Dupont circle that the smell of
hops Ia extremely healthful. 30 II happens
that when some incautious visitor for the
first time perceives the odor as 1t Is waited
In the parlor Of friend bursts out with
the hasty exclamation:
What is that horrid smelir' the response
IS at once smilingly made: You can't pos-
sibly mean the hops from the brewery, for
smell nothing else We think that the
odor Is delightful and we miss It so when
We leave the city"
In exchange for the smell the property
owners have made the brewery property
extremely valuable. and 1t ia on this account
mainly that the company intend to change
the location Of the plant. 1t IL not known
what use will be made Of the property
when 1t is abandoned. It IL expected, Of
course. that II will be sold. but II is not
known whether the great building will be
torn down or not The suggestion has been
made that II could be remodeled into an
apartment house. The new location in said
to be in the vicinity Of Virginia avenue and
26th street.
Spacious Residence.
The residence of Mr.. w. ]. Boardman.
which is being built at the northwest cor
ner of 18th and p streets, will be a type of
a home which Is becoming more common
in this city. 1t is to be q very large house.
and instead of the architects exercising
their ingenuity in cutting up the interior
into all sorts Of cubby. holes, which by
courtesy are called rooms, the only object
Of which Is the satisfaction of being able
to say that the house contains fifteen or
twenty rooms the opposite policy has been
pursued. The house will have that luxu-
rious spaciousness which only large rooms
can give. although the dimensions of the
house will be unusually large for a city
residence-the frontage will be some eighty
feet-there will practically be only three
rooms and a hall on the first floor There
is to be q large staircase hail. q parlor or
reception room and then an Immense H.