Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-23
REAL ESTATE GOSSIP
Location Assigned for a Proposed
Railroad Depot.
INCREASING. FACILITIES FOR TRAFFIC
Street Extension on the West Side
of Rock Creek.
SOME IMP ROVEME NTS


be made to secure terminal facilities for the
electric road which it is proposed to build
from this city to Alexandria as a part of
the road now in operation to Mount Yer
non. AS is well known, the charter OF this
| road gives authority to lay tracks on 14th
street from the river near the entrance to
the Long bridge to d street, just south of
| the avenue. 1t is stated that the right of
way for this road from Alexandria near to
the entrance Of the Long bridge has been
acquired, and that the rails have been
laid.
Some of the iron work to- be used In the
construction of the underground portion of
the road which is to extend along 14th
street from the bridge north has also. it is
said, been procured. 1t is understood that
the Long bridge is to be used as a con-
nection between the two sections OF the
road, and that the cars will make con-
tinuous trips from the Virginia side to
14th and d streets.
A Proposed Station.
At this terminus 1t is understood the
company intends to acquire some property
| to be used as a railroad station. The de-
tails of the transaction are not yet fully
known, but it is believed that sufficient
property will be acquired to enable the
company to erect a station of some SIZE
Will be considerable, and in some quarters
1t is thought that over this new line will
come all the suburban travel from Alex
andria and vicinity to this city. In that
event, the proposed new station will be of
considerable Importance, and will be the
center of much of the travel that now
converSes at the 9Th street depot.
The property mentioned as likely to be
secured for this purpose Is the Joyce build
Ing at the southwest corner of 14th and B
streets, but on inquiry being made Mr.
Joyce stated that he had not heard of such
Enlarging the Facilities.
While the new road is only an electric
street railway, yet owing to the extended
scope which is commonly attributed to the
enterprise, it is regarded more in the char
acter Of steam railroad. This is only one
feature of the development of the railroad
facilities of the city which has been in
progress during the past few years. The
railroad corporations that have an entrance
| into the@city have within recent years en-
larged their freight yards, SO that the space
occupied for this purpose has been doubled
and trebled On one line the freight cars
bringing goods of various kinds to this
city extend practically from the city all
the way out beyond Benning while in the
case of the other road similar expansion
is noted.
AS is well known, the Southern railroad,
which makes its headquarters in this city,
proposes to make Alexandria the principal
point along its line for repair work, and
officials of the company say a quarter of
million dollars will be spent in perfecting
this plant. 1t may be that Washington is
not now a great railroad center, but the
prospect seems to be that it will make
some progress in that direction during the
next few years.
Street Extension Plan.
At the present time the engineer depart
10 no h
street extension plan, which comprises the
region on the west side of Rock creek. Mr..
Frederick Law Olmstead. landscape en-
greer, has been given entire charge of the
work and has submitted several studies to
the Commissioners. This section Is consid-
cred eminently adapted to landscape en-
gineering on account of the many natural
features to be dealt with.
The topography of the country Is rugged
in many places and a serious question in
volved is in relation to the extension of
streets. At first it was considered advisable
to have the line Immediately adjacent to
Rock Creek curved, but Major Powell ia
vors straight extensions wherever possible
and the plans have been changed in this
regard.
Olmstead will submit his final plans, and it
is expected that they will be adopted. The
remaining part of this section is being work.
ed up by the engineer department. and the
second and fourth sections will be considered
early during '96. 1t is expected that moth
| ing will be done toward bringing these mat
tiers to the attention of the highway commits
sion until Congress has amended the high
way act, as has been proposed, that the
Commissioners propose to ask for certain
amendments to the highway act.
Even now a bill is in the hands of the
attorney for his consideration.
AS heretofore stated, the Commissioners
entertain little doubt as to the final outcome
They do not expect any opposition to the
amendments.
An Apartment House.
Mr.. John r. Mclean contemplates an ex-
tensive Improvement to portion of his
property on Vermont avenue opposite the
Arlington. 1t is proposed to remodel the
dwellings numbered S2s, s25 and ST Ver-
mont avenue into a modern apartment
house, containing ten apartments. James
G. HILL architect, has prepared the plans
for the Improvement and John S. I.arcon,be
has been awarded the contract. A new en-
trance will be provided, new staircases and
new plumbing put in,together with a steam
heating plant, and additional story will
be built Every modern convenience viii
be provided.
The Weeks Record.
The building record for the week ending
yesterday shows that total of seventeen
permits have been issued at an estimated
cost of S3t,3SD, divided among the several
sections of the city as follows: Northwest,
eight permits, costing $13,5O0; county, seven
permits, $4,000; southwest, one permit for
$780, and then the southeast one permit
for $iU0.
Some improvements.
Plans have been prepared by G. A. Des-
sez and p NJ. Julien, for the erection of
two-story frame building on 18th street
near Hartford avenue, Brookland. They
have awarded the contract for building to
Peter Fersnger. The building will have
frontage of 36 feet CD 18th street by
depth of As feet.
R. j. Beall, jr., architect, has prepared
plans for the erection of a row of six two
story brick dwellings at Nos. 513 to 517 G
street and GA to 6iS 9th street northeast
for r. E. Middaugh. The houses on 9Th
street will each have a frontage of 175
feet and those on G street a frontage of
Is feet 3 IL inches.
Architect and owner, C. Orbells, have pre-
pared the plans for the erection Of a two
story and basement brick dwelling at No
500 Sd street northeast. The building will
have frontage of thirty feet by depth of
twenty feet. The front will be built of press
brick, and will have one bay window, ex-
tending the height of the building.
Walter Brady will erect a two-story brick