Evening star., 1896-07-06
FOR SCHOOL SITES
Bids Opened by the District Com
missioners Today.
WORKMEN WERE NOT PAID
Notes of Interest to All Local
Taxpayers.
DIFFERENT LOTS OFFERED
WORKMEN WERE NOT PAID
DIFFERENT LOTS OFFERED

Pursuant to advertisement, the Commits
sioners today opened bids for sites for
school houses in three sections OF the city.
For the new high school in Georgetown,
for the new eight-room building In the
northeastern section and for the new eight
room school building on Connecticut avenue
extended.
A number Of prominent real estate firms
We're represented at the opening, which
proved disappointment, exccp: so far as
the Western High School site was con-
cerned. For this site there were number
of proposals, while the other two sites were
almost entirely neglected. The bidders and
the sites offered, together with the price,
were as follows:
William Pitt Kellogg, any lot that he
owned In square $50, 100 feet front by l25
feet deep. at 50 cents per square foot. Any
lot of the same dimensions which he own
ed in square $50. at 30 cents per square
foot.
Edward Lamphere and H. w. Blunt. All
Of lot ~ and 10 feet front Of lot % and .
feet front Of lot as, making lot 80 feet
front by 10 feet deep, at 81 per square
foot. Also west 30 feet Of lot M and ~
feet of lot %. making a lot 50 by l2o feet.
adjoining above, or an entire frontage OF
172 feet by 40 feet deep in square 81. AT
N.15 per square foot.
The Chevy Chase Land Co. submitted
three propositions. They were on Connec-
ticut avenue extended. Two lots are offer
ed at 5000 each and another containing
two and half acres. at $2,Go9 per acre.
Chas H. Fickhng-Lots 4, 3, - and 46.
in square 1243. Georgetown. containing
2039l square feet, at s23,5o0.
Charles Baum-Northwest corner OF l.
and 4th streets northeast, original lot l,
east AM feet by full depth of original lot
2. and south 20 feet by full depth of orig
inal lot 2. making a lot 13I feet s12 inches
Oh l. street and 40 feet on 4th street. at
81 per square foot.
The next bid opened was from Jay Cook
for the property at the corner OF Wash
lngton and Stoddart streets. containing
2I52S square feet, which offered
an entirety at $4,000. and the adjoining
lot on Stoddart street. q feet front by l92
deep, was offered at $4,000. II contains
1850 square feet. If years option was
desired 1T would be given upon an advance.
p. A Darneille submitted bid which the
agents present said was for practically the
same property. He offered 20,3?0 feet on
3oth street and 80 feet on = street at
Si5.W0.
Chas. f. and Isaac Burch. trustees. Of
fered the northeast conner of 29th and P
streets northwest, fronting 100 feet on =
street by 1871 feet on SIth street, con-
tanning in all 1881 square feet at $4,000.
Beck & Weller offered for the northeast
school site all of lots - to 81, both inclu-
sfve, in square ia containing 1900 square
leSt, d. ~ Genus per square loot. Any part
of that at 60 cents per square foot. Any
part Of original lots l, 2 and IS, square T12,
at ~ cents per square foot. All Of lots IL
TO l5 both inclusive, square S4, containing
10000 square feet, at 90 cents per square
foot.
S. ". Rittenhouse and Randall Hagner
trustees. offered $3.50 feet from the west
side OF 2Ith street between 2 and = streets
square 1266 at $4,000, and agreed TO give
the right Of way over the south 30 feet
of Q street projected.
Brainard & Forrest submitted a bid
which was informal, in that il contained no
certificate of deposit. Their bid, however
was Tor a lot 100 feet front by 800 feet
deep on the north side Of . street. square
ITO, at ~ cents per square foot for slo.ou
Joseph W. Barton Offered the east side
OF 3oth street between n street and Dunn
barton aTenue, known as the Albion, and
containing 13.177 square feet, at s2oao.
A. Z. Pardon offered lots l76 TO lS5 in
elusive. square H. Georgetown, containing
200 feet 'front.' at 81 per square foot; also
lots 112 to 115, both inclusive at 1.o5 per
square foot. Lots 166 and 161, square S4
(outside of the boundaries des: :gnated) at
S26.Un; also lots 81 to &c, inclusive in
square S04, at 81 cents per square foot
Lot and the adjacent 60 feet in square
o69 at W cents per square foot.
August Donath-SQuare Ss6 lot l25 feet
by 100 feet, on 7th street east between l.
and NJ streets, at So cents per square foot
The northwest corner of square $50 at 30
cents per square foot; also 100 feet on Sth
street between L and NJ by l4S feet .
inches, In square $50. at Is cents per square
foot; also the northeast corner of square
eS6 at 50 cents per square foot: also the
northw weSt corner of square sos at 20 cents
per square foot.