Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-03-11

thompson OF this city some time ago made a
subscription Of S25, 600, and the citizens gensr-
ally united in raising the 500 900 which was
used in the purchase Of the handsome and COM
manding site west Of the Teuleytown road
Washington has therefore a substantial interest
In this enterprise in more wavs than one and
1t Is especially matter of public Importance
to note the progress made In the securing Of
the initial fnnd Of 81 900 600 1t is proposed
first OF all to erect what will be known as :he
administrative building. which will be named
IN honor OF the martyred President. Then the
preachers OF the church have set themselves the
task OF raising 100000 for the erection of a
building which will be given the name of
Asbarv, one that is famous in the annals of tho
church. The Baltimore conference r. its recent
session In Hagerstown started this fund with
the generous sum of $4,000, and all the o.her
conferences are to be heard from. Methodists
IN England are going to display their hearty CO.
operation with this great undertaking by raising
fund which will DO expended in a fine build
ing 20 be known asthe William Arthur building
named for one of the oldest aud most influential
ciergymen of the denomination in the old
country. 1t is not expected that tho erection
of all thehe buildings will be begun this year,
and, In fact. the precise plan has not been
determined upon. But tho enterprise has
snihciently advanced to make it seem certain
that III comparatively short time a handsome
group OF buildings will adorn tine site.
OTHER GREAT INSTITUTIONS.
1t must not be forgotten that another great
educational institution. the Episcopal ca thedraI
| establishment. is being developed and that in
the near future fine buildings will rise on the
| attractive site selected along the line Of Con-
necticut avenue extended.
both houses OF congress OF the same
mind as ihe committee of the Senate which
recently made reror: favorable to the estab-
lshnent Of "a national university in this city
thai conmendabie enterprise will soon take
| form and shape The location selected ia the
ground occupied by the old bull iings of the
naval observatory. south Of New York avenue
and west Of the White House. More than one
hundred years have elapsed since the project
was first advocated, and it is evident that it
must have good deal OF vitality to have sur
vived on paper for SO long time.
EXTENDING RAILWAY FACILITIES
| During the past few days two now street rail-
roads have begun their service for the public
and for the stockholders. Both are electric
roads. One is operated by tho underground
/ WIRE and is the line within the limits of the
| city of the Rock Greek railroad. The other
| finds its motive power in an electric curren {
TINT passes along an overhead wire, and is a
| suburban road. 1t is the Brightwood railroad
| Neither of these roads is completed. The
| Rock Creek road extends along z street from
18th to lAth. and the balance OF the line to 7rh
| Is now being dniahed. The Brightwood COM
pany now runs cars from the Metropolitan
stables on the 7th street road along that thor
| oughfare beyond Brigntwood to a point about
| opposite the Battle cemetery. 1t is the iaten-
ton to complete the road to It'll street and
| Boundary on the end and to the District
| line and Iakoma Park the other.
| There are at least two entirely new roads
| which will be constructed it is expected dur
| ing the present season. One will run from An
\ street east along tn. limo of RhoIo lat
nue. extended to the District line and thence to
| Hyattsvile. This is what will be known as the
| Boulevard Company's road, aud the ultimate
design is to extend it, in the near future all the
way TO Baltimore. Thea the road to Sandy
Springs ard Burnt Mills is to be built with city
street railroad connections u; Srookland which
| is to be the terminus OF the lexington road
STREET RAILROAD SCHEMES
! The consolidation Of the two city roads-tbe
! lexington aud Belt lines-is making progress.
Next week system Of transfers will be begun
SO that passengers can be transferred a: l1th
| and g streets. 1t is the intention to build e1-
| tensions of the lexington read through the
eastern sections OF the city. The syndicate
! thai now controls these roads will, it is said
soon be in control OF the Columbia railroad.
/ Il Is generally though: that the Metropolitan
} road will be made part Of this extensive sys-
| tenn Of street railways. The new man
| Rgement has not been in control long enough
to determine whether the public will be
benefited by the change or not, but it is thought
| that the result will be better and more extern
sive railroad facilities in and outside Of the
| city. The various railroad enterprises outside
| OF the city have served to draw q good deal of
| attention to the land lying along the routes,
| and there has been going on for some weeks.
and Ia still in progress, o speculative movement,
which has caused prices to move along with a
speed tina: is quite in accord with near prov
| unity to a stree. railroad having rapid transit
DIR. HARRIsoN's RESIDENCE
DR.. G. B. Harrison has begun the erection oil
fine residence on the east side OF Connection
avenue between M and N streets. The lot has q
| frontage Of over 80 feet and extends back to a
depth of some 40 feet. The lot contains AIT
square feet ana the price paid was 1915 per
square foot.
PRICES OF BUSINESS PROPERTY HRRH.
| 1. is always interesting to know about prices
| of property in other cities, and when the condi-
tons are somewhat similar o comparison can
sometimes be made. Recently the government
| sold the old port Office property at the corner
/ of 9th avenue and Smith6eld streets in Pits
/ burg. The buildings did not figure at all in
| tho estimate made OF the value OF the property,
40 that the price obtained was looked upon ~
being purely what was paid for the land. The
Dimensions OF the property ere l2oxl20 feet
/ and 1t was sod at go much per front foot. The
/
| the aggregate amount OF the sale was $3.50, 900.
According TO the practice in this city, whore
| property values are calculated upon the square
| foot basis. the price WAS between S33 aud So.
| per square foot The location ia in the
heart OF the best business portion OF
Pistsburg. While higher per foot prices
| have been paid for good business sitos
| in Ibis city, which in point OF population is
only tribe smaller than Pittsburg. yet there
is no instance where such high figure has
been paid for block of land of similar size.
The nearest approsch was some two years ago,
| when the property a. the northeast corner Of
| 18Th and + streets. containing over Il. 600
| square feet. was sold for S18 per foot. In this
latter instance, however. the greatest front ags
was not on Z street. The Willard Hotel prop
erty, which was sold At auction last summer,
and which contains moro than double the
number Of square feet included in the Pittsburg
| property, was knocked down TOR $l8 per square
foot Twenty-Five dollars. $50 and SOS per
! square foot have been paid for choice business
corners in this city, but in each instance the
area of the lot Ina been small For example,
the corner which brought the highest per fool
price continued less than 1000 square feet.
Choice basineas property in Pittsburg, 1t is fair
| to say, is almost twice a. expensive a. 1t L
here.
TIE SEVENTH STREET PAVEMENT.
The noisy granite block pavement On 7th
street Is regarded a. nuisance by the mer-
chants and the nsopis who throng that great