Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-10

comfortable new ones, and the old ones
will be given up to tenement uses. Some
or the finest old houses in New York and
other big cities, which were left in the
march OF progress are now tenement
houses. and the beautifully decorated halls
and rooms where refinement and culture
once reigned are now populated with the
poor classes. The same result, I am sure,
will follow here"
Walk & Co., the well-known church arch
fleets Of Los Angeles, Cal, who are said
to have prepared the plans for over 500
churches now erected, have made plans for
the new Christian Church, to be erected at
the corner Of 9th and D streets northeast
The plans call for a very handsome struc-
tcre OF stone and brick, with an elaborate
interior. The sum to be expended on it is
said to be limited to $4,000, but If the
plans are fully carried out it will need, SO
experts declare at least $4,000 to complete.
Estimates have been invited by the trus-
tees from several well-known builders, in
Guiding Frank L. Harvey. Frank N. Car
yer and Charles A. Langley.
An Historic Mantel.
The old house at 4sO Louisiana avenue.
which was for many years the home of
Walter D. Davidge, was recently leased by
John Hartnett. the wen-known restaura-
teur. who has expended over 5000 in rem
ovating the premises aad making substan-
tial additions to them. Two pleasant
rooms have been fitted UP for the Lawyers
Club. the walls of which are hung with
most valuable collection of autograph pho.
tographs and engravings of the men who
nave been prominent atythe local bar since
ioeo; There Is a very rare historic mantel
IN IN the front room on the second floor 1t
is Oh marble, and the mantel is supported
upon two beautifully o.carved caryatids.
Ihey are fine specimens of the sculptor's
art The mante1piece was brought to this
i ita1n. oy one OF the early ministers from
White House. 1t afterward came into The
possession Of Mr.. >Davf1ge and placed in
position where 1t now Is, the room being
MS parlor when he occupied the Louisiana
avenue house as his residence
New Boston Variety Store!
When the new Boston Variety Store on
Market space is completed the building
Will be very handsome structure. TIA
front will be of white brick terra Gotta
and stone. The building Is of the steel
frame construction, a series of zee-har
columns at intervals of about eighteen feet
supporting the whole. Each of these col
umns rests on single individual founda-
tlon or steel beams Embedded in concrete
Each pit has been dug down to a certain
uniform depth. and tests have been made
to find just what weight this earth would
saIey sustain. and the foundations were
then spread to cover such an area AS to
distribute the different loads uniformly
over the computed area, thus to insure
equal. II any, settlement at all columns
when IT is explained that the different COL
umns are calculated to carry from 40 to
$50 tons each 1t will be realized what an
important element these second founda-
lions are.
General Notes of Interest.
1t is understood that Mr.. John Sherman
will erect five very handsome houses on
the property at Mintwood. on Washington
Heights. which he recently purchased from
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Sands.
Mr.. Louis P. Shoemaker has sold to DR..
H. M. Newman for $4,000 cash the French
tract in Tenleytown. comprising three
acres. This Is the fifth sale Mr.. Shoe
maker has made in the past two months
Of property in the northwest suburbs
The deed has been recorded by which the
Columbia Hotel Company, represented by
Martin F. Morris Frederick b. Mcclure
and Edward J. Stellwagen. has become the
owner of lots and 5 in square 800, situ-
ated on the east side OF 18th street between
Pennsylvania avenue and Z street. The
conveyance was made by Don A. Sanford
and wife, and the consideration was $685.
Ns:s2. This property is ITO feet front on
which Is owned by the Columbia Hotel
Company, and next spring the Raleigh
will be enlarged by magnificent addition
covering the property just purchased.
Il
street property Is mentioned above, has
also purchased for $4,000 from Samuel M
Burgess lot 96 In Hillyer's subdivision of
square 1874, fronting 70 feet and running
back ITO feet on 18th street between Sher-
man street and r street.
Building permits have not been numer-
GUS, owing to the hot weather, the usual
dullness at this season, and the action of
the Secretary of War regarding projec-
tions.
T. Fl. Pickford has engaged Mellon and
Watts to build from plans by b. Stanley
Simmons twenty-f0ur brick dwellings on
Pickford place between 9Th and 9th and G
and H streets northeast. The houses will
be two stories high, with plain fronts of
buff brick headers every fifth course, and
fiat tin roof. Theys will. be 17x38 feet in
dimensions. The heating will be by la
trobe. and the cost-in the 'neighborhood Of
$36 600. -
Ehenmann Bros. are to enlarge the show
windows to their present store building
SO7 7th street northwest. The windows
will be changed to splay form and deep
ened. Two steel 16Yinch beams carried on
square iron columns win be introduced to
support the front stMinor. interior repairs
viii be made. VIM. T,iGarrison has the
AS soon as observation-disclosures decide
definitely upon q site eor the contagious
disease hospital. for which provision was
make in the District Appropriation bill.
work on the plans will be commenced In
the building inspector office. At present
the grounds of the Homeopathic Hospital
are most favorably considered as a location
for the building. 49,