Evening star., 1898-07-16
REAL ESTATE GOSSIP
Provision Being Made for Better Fa-
cilities in Business Sections.
BUILDINGS FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES
Legislation Affecting Railroads Re.
Gently Enacted by Congress.
SOME NEW BUILDING

| Az important addition to the manufac-
turing facilities of the section of the city
| Oh street between AZ and 9th streets
northwest is to be made in the course OF
! the next few months by Mr.. Robert n
! Harper. He has purchased a generous
| building site and proposes to erect four
| story fireproof building, which is to be
used for manufacturing purposes. The
| property, which he acquired through Geo
| Y. Worthington, real estate agent, is known
| as 4Sl c street northwest. The present inn
| pTovements consist of an od-fashioned
| house which is of course to be remov ed
| and i'll its place will be built modern
| structure.
| 1t is the purpose of Mr.. Harper to oc-
| cupy a portion of the building for his use
| ard he will remove there his laboratory.
The balance of the building is to be
| equipped with power and will be leased 10
| those who have use for power IN carrying
on their business.
| Across the street large addition to the
! Haverner bakery building is being made,
| and almost adjoining the property above re-
| ferred to is the large building which is oc-
| cupied by the mail bag repair shops, one
| OF the large manufacturing plants owned
by the government in this city. This sec
| tion of the city was many years ago one
| of the choice residence streets of the city,
! but a transformation has been going on
| with more or less rapidity for some time
| now and it seems that another change
| Is about to be made which will transform
| this locality from a place of boarding
| houses into manufacturing section.
| For Use Stores.
| An Improvement in locality that has
not very often at least in recent years had
J anything of the sort chronicled in regard to
! it will be the three-story business building
| which is to be erected at the southeast cor
rer of Sth and D streets northwest. Some
| months ago, Mr.. F. B. Mcclure, the trus-
tee of the I<ibbey estate, had the old build
| ing, which had become very much dilapi-
| dated torn down
| Since then the site has been inclosed, and
! has remained vacant space in rather
| busy part of the city. Now, however, Mr..
Mcclure has had plans prepared by MIR. w
| j. Marsh architect. for a building which
| will be adapted for modern business uses.
| 1t is to be three stories in height and the
| two fronts will be built of notified brick
and terra Gotta. The new structure VIII
have a frontage of 33la feet on Sth street
and 6412 feet on d street.
There Will be store on the corner and
| two stores with entrances on d street, and
on the Sth street front there Will be an
entrance to the upper stories, which will be
adapted for various light businesses While
! the practical uses to which the new strnc-
| ture will be put have largely determined
| the exterior design, still it Will have a
| pleasing effect and will be only another IL
lustration of the fact that 1t is not neces-
| sary for building to be ugly and badly
proportioned IN order that 1t may be useful
and earn an income on the money IN
| vested. -----
Business Property at Auction.
| During the past week Mr.. Duncanson
auctioneer, sold at public sale piece of
| ha of New York
avenue between 14th and 18th streets. 1t
| is not often that realty in that particular
block comes on the market, and for this
reason the result of the sale has more than
the usual interest which attaches to such
events The property in question Is num-
| bered 141O~ and 1412 New York avenue and
has q frontage of 2S.46 with a depth OF
about 95 feet, and the total area is 2,690
square feet. The improvements consist of
a two-story building, which Is now under
lease NJ. F. Ballinger became the pur-
chaser and the price paid was $4,000,
which is at the rate of nearly $40 per
square foot
Recent Street Railroad Laws.
The street railroad legislation of the last
session of Congress, or rather it's results, II
| the intent of the various measures are
carried out, are likely to have far-reaching
effects of beneficial character on the ma
| teral development Of the city IN the near
future. While only two new corporations
were chartered, yet to all intents and pur-
poses the law allowing the reorganiza ton
and consolidation of the lexington and its
allied lines and the statute which provides
| for the rehabilitation of the Belt railway
practically create companies.
AS one of the first things required by law
| to be done is to equip these roads with the
! modern underground electric system to
| take the place of the present horse service,
and poor of the kind, the immense
advantage to the city from this change can
readily be perceived modern railroad
running through those sections of the city
and suburbs, it is believed, will have an
lnVlgorating lnhuence on property values.
Two New Companies.
Two new corporations were chartered,
one being allowed to build a road through
| the section of the suburbs east of the Penn
! sylvania avenue bridge across the Eastern
| branch and the other through the country
west of the Tenieytown road to the grounds
| Of the American University and the bounds
| of the District.
Authority was also given to the Columbia
railroad to build an extension from the
terminus of its line at Maryland avenue
and 18th street along the Benning road to
the race track, and thence to the District
bounds, and at the latter point a connec-
ton is to be made with railroad which is
being built through Marlboro, Md. to the
Chesapeake beach.
Permission was also granted the Capital
railroad to place overhead wires on the
Anacostia bridge, which will give that road
through electrical connection with the
city at the navy yard. The above COM
prises all the important items of railroad
legislation which was enacted at the ses-
sion of Congress just closed, and, as may
be seen. the measures are of great i'm
portance. Extensions were asked on behalf
Of the Capital Traction Company to occupy
the territory west of 18th street and south
Of Pennsylvania avenue, and on behalf of
the Metropolitan railroad to extend it's lines
north about along 18th street extended to
Mount Pleasant, but neither OF these bills
became laws.
Some improvements.
Mr.. John T. Clark Is erecting two hand
some cottages at Kenilworth, D. c., which