Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-02

missioners. from October 10 to December
o. 1892, made private sales, amounting to
t2.1oo. Among these were some bargains
John Templeman bought lots Z, s. and a.
In square 25S. between F and G and 18th
ana 14th. for f100 each. The Adams build
ing now occupies lot s, the Riggs Fire In
surance Company building lot I. and the
Stone estate owns lot 8 and the buildings on
IT. Patrick McDermott Roe bought lot G.
where Messrs. Burchell & Co. now are for
TO or 500. Cornelius MeDermott bought
lot L. IN square 204, northwest corner OF
18th ana T., for FLO. In square 225 Penn
sylVania avenue and t and 1ith and l5th
5en1amin Blodgett bought the corner OF
dotn ana Il, site Of the Western Union TEL
egraph office, for 100 or S2G6 %. Samuel
Blodgett, Jr., bought lot Z next 10 II on
10Th street, and Peter Gilman LOT q the
corner OF 18th and Pennsylvania avenue.
at the same price. The Corcoran building
Is hullt on these lots. Patrick McDermotr
hoe bought lot 10, on the south side OF 7,
street, midway the square, for f75, and
Thomas Metcalf lot IL adjoining n e.
f1OO. The Kellogg building is 7 fbinI -
one of these lots O
The Arlington Hotel occupies the whole
front OF square 2oo on Vermont avenue,
At the southeast corner OF that SQUARE was
the residence OF Charles Sumner now a
part or the hotel Samuel Blodgett boupbt
TINS corner for fl00 or $2G6 "a Hohen and
I pouGht lots 10 and IL. midway the
square, on Vermont avenue where the
main entrance of the hotel is, for flOO each
John Templeman bought lot on "a street
anu MI; ketland bought lot 3, for the same
corner of square 40S. Sth and +. or Marl<e,
Space. now occupied by Hoeke's Furniture
| store Tor tlOo. and lot ., west Of IL for f1oo
Andrew Estave bought the southwest cor
ner or square 400. 9th and z, Messrs. Wer.
er a. Co.'S coal Office. for f1O0.
IL appears that after October % no sales
We're made by the commissioners that wear
| for less than f100 per lot That seems r.
1 m v~.so
| these lots averaged about GOO SQUARE fee
zoo % CT 1-2 cents per foot does nor seerr
an extravagant price for lots that have
| since sold from s. to $50 per foot. Had fbs
original purchasers held on to their invest.
ments and transmitted them to their nos.
terity. like the Astors of New York. mil.
iionaires would now be more plentiful In
| washington.
The Commissioners Satisfied.
| The commissioners seem to have been
pretty well satisfied with thsir second sale
In his report to Gen. Washington. DIR. SIN.
art says: Tho the average price is no,
entirely equal to that of the first sales We,
when 1t is considered that the compan,
assembled was by no means such as Nigh,
nave been expected, from the unlucky in.
/ PREVENTION OF several circumstances and
also that 1t was the public opinion that tn,
nrst sales were too high, and that the,
would be considerably less this wear w,
tnlnk We have much reason to be satisfied
| we observe, with pleasure now a contrar,
opinion gaming ground fast that they viii
not sell so cheap hereafter. Several OF on,
mechanics are among the purchasers, who
| ers" p'o'
According to the list of the combined
sales. public and private. sent Gen. Nash
lngton by DR.. Stuart, the total number al
| lots sofa by the commissioners up to De
cember .. 1872, was one hundred and forty
SIN The total proceeds were fl2 Goa al
sS5,olu, an average of about $3.50 per lot
| Inc combined official sales of the two year,
oid not yield more than half as much a.
| any one of the original lots they sold oI
r street would bring today. Most of tn,
| lots reported as sold to Mr. Samuel Rlodseft
1r, Dr. Stuart says. were bid in for tn,
sold again at better prices.