Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-30
REAL ESTATE. GOSSIP
Work Now in Progress in Opening
Suburban Subdivisions.
WATERAND SEWERS rORfAKOMAPARK
Something About the Prevailing
Style in Architecture.
ERECTION BUILDINGS


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that husino.s T., ,ha;r 1,na ,,,o,1d 49, 49,,
more active ,han hos ha.n tha oas. NJ
Doubt this 10 q WOW, ,anar.I o,;n,o~, and
| whon - 60 oon.,ao-.a 49,. :, sad;... -
| the CIV, h.;,,- cl,.o,,.., 49, Ut, 81, -,
INC 81" 'eins oosouleo 'ne rain ieii' pusi-
ness was rather ulmcuft 10 transact espe-
| cialiy the Kind which involved going about
| the city showing houses and lots How
ever even with tho host ~ uo,+bor tho
| aaa,.rs A. ~. -. ~
ueaiefS oo not nave So inuch 10 20 as 10
pr1ng on nervous prostration There is a
nope, however, that the present conditions
will change, and meanwhile something is
beinp done IN all tho hrancbss NJ the raoI
800 " Gil inv 9' Va INC iea'
estate BUSINESS
1t is interesting to note that active work
is going on in laying out subdivisions of
land in and about the CITY All the suhur
ban land which has been divided up into
puiidins lots mas not been improved with
I'm. gun, II Is not 10 De expected
the nroiectors will vait ,,nfiI mo otio. ,i IL
the building lots have been occupied. There
is such variety of tastes as to the loca-
tIon U, MONIES .nat great number OF sites
tIa I pao' iueu IN oruei tndt every one
tin,. u naVS ehance 70 make seiec-
t .o. III iocdLty anu win surroundings
'hal suit the INDIVIDUAL needs and tastes.
Providing Building Sites
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ao.I -, VOC eooi
VI a'u''S III opening up SUBURBAN
SUBDIVISIONS In the vicinity of the city,
1t was said that it was being overdone
as there was a great deal of ground in the
civ which s+iu rar,a;noa ,,,,s, ~.
:. aAicu uiinpio'eo' dhd
The "a" oit, ',b ba1 snat tne nuiiolng lots IN
an attempt was made to nrn,;da LII. a;tas
IN ire suburbs Experience, however,
honses IN ~ o;t. ,nat tne erection OF
heca,,ss of th. 10y n,y has net Deen checked
the suburbs. In fact tho deye,onn.nt
OF the city in this respect has gone right
vi, anu whiie there is vacant ground still
81 bn,,sas &C ~ I..o1, VI 'he cry. the NUMBER
the nrho @ vi a. puIluihs iots OUTSIDE
in1 10. oouuus Is constantly lncreaS-
nroprass in to. p s,'s,1s. acuVe work Is III
+s.t IA i ~; SUBDIVISIONS In laying out
houses. p"''"s LUZ 'he erection OF
Som. N
sAsiohs'
An aodltlon Is being made by Mr. Thos
E. Wagsaman and Mr. John Sherman to
the subdivision of f,1.,,.,,,s D.,
I'll, .,, 's'eu 1aih' "hlch
''e s'ieels through 10 Connec-
tlcut avenue, along which the tracks of the
Capital Traction road now extend. These
roads are being built in the same substan
tial fashion that was the policy in maIsinp
the roads in Cleveland Park where So
many handsome and desirable suburban
homes are now located
A gang of workmen ia also enpaped nm
der the supervision Of Mr.. Pierre Warya
man in opening streets through the KIineIa
o,att, "hicn ao1olns the Rock Creek Park
is east of Connecticut avenme nor.n anu
There are forty-four acres in this s,,hdi
VISION ana considerable progress has been
'----Ae III p'epaiihs ior building operations.
win Philadelphia Money.
improvements are also being made in the
subdivision Of Somerset Heights which lies
north of the District line, and al the point
where the Glen Eobo r.,,,o, ..
,ho ,ro,,o,,. "roao i'itersects
~. Nv "iiio ao' Inc owners OF
Inns property VINO are wealthy Philadel-
phia men, nave decided upon plans. it is
SAID, which will make this model subii-
vision, and it is asserted that thew intend
TO make improvements somewhat similar to
those at Chevy Chase.
:. Al present they are laying out streets. and
II is SAID that they intend to put in sewers
and a water supply, and that they will be-
gin this fall the erection of three or four
houses, which. it is asserted. will he only
; tne commencement OF quite extensive build
ing operations. These gentlemen, X is
sald, iurnlshed the money for re-eQuippng
the Glen Echo railroad, and also managed
the Glen Echo resort during the past sum-
naer They have now, however, given up
go ~ LII IN ~ ot that pace, ana next
improvements which, 1t is said. thew have
under contemplation is the erection of
s saI &c nui h wnich can be used as
known caterer Of The oi., ny we'll
s.
supply.
49, -. oe WHAT was Known as
Inc noch SreeA region began to be devel-
oped as place of suburban residence Ia
koma Park was fiourishtng community
7. h,s oo,,,.,..s .o"'iiun'y'
s o.ueu 20 grow IN size and I'm
por'ahce' ana To-Day Is town incorporated
under the laws Of MARYLAND. and like
nearly all the well-to-do places within a
radius of twenty or thirty miles of this
city, the residents are mainly those who do
business in the city The citizens of ia.
koma intended during the present fa,i To
replace the wooden sidewalks wirh mndarn
granolithic but 1t was found that tbe char
ter of the town provided a rather cnmher-
some way of making nuhlic imnroyar,nn,s
and so 1t was decided to ASK the WerwIan'i
legislature at the coming session co. , oar
tain amen.,ments to ranead,, tL; ~
At the same time, the Marviand ,aeisi.
tors will Ia asked To oran. ',tLnrat i s "a