Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-28

which, from a sanitary and other points of
view, would be an improvement on much
that is offered as homes for people in very
moderate circumstances, has met with so
| much success that additional build
ings are to be erected. At the out
set the enterprise was largely phiian-
thropic, although 1t was the belief of those
most interested that 1t would prove also to
be profitable Experience has shown that
this expectation was well founded, and the
dividend of per cent which was originally
fixed upon, has been regularly paid. The
principle followed in the erection of these
houses has largely been that which has
promoted such enterprises as the Mills
hotel buildings in New York city. where de-
cent beds in a decent place and good whole
some meals are furnished, at a price which
Is asked at almost the lowest types of
boarding and lodging houses.
The Mills hotel buildings have proved to
be financially a good investment, and that
experiment, as well the one in this city
shows that the conditions which prevail in
what may be termed the alleys are not those
which the residents prefer, if they have
chance to do any better. There is also
large class of people, it is believed, who
want houses of such a size that the cost of
heating and furnishing and of domestic ser
vice would be reduced to a minimum. Such
houses would be cheaper to build, and could
| be leased at rather low figure.
1t is the opinion of some that one expla-
| nation of the demand which has been
noted for apartment houses is that they
meet the necessity for accommodations of
tnlS SORT II Such houses can be built-and
certainly, with the improved street railroad
facilities and the abundance of ground in
the vicinity of the city, the usual objection
Of the cost of building sites cannot be urged
then 1t would seem to be good business
| to put them up rather than to continue to
erect large and snowy houses. which are
beyond the means Of the people for whom
they are intended. For 1t should be borne
in mind that the monthly rent is only the
first cost, the expense of heating and
furnishing, etc., must be taken into ac-
count.
Half Square Purchased.
One of the largest deals in real estate in
East Washington for many years Is the
| Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur of the
west half of square 735, bounded by North
Carolina avenue. LIST street and r street
southeast, and Immediately west of Proyi-
dence Hospital The ground comprises. the
triangular point facing west on list street
| running back half the length of the SQUARE
and commands view Of the southern and
western sections of the city, Arlington and
the Virginia shore, as well as the Potomac
! $4,000, and it is the intention of the sisters
to build as early as possible a large house
for the purposes of their order, the plans
for which have already been prepared. This
institution affords home for unemploved
women while they are in search of en-
| without relatives or acquaintance here
The home on North Capitol street is made
Quate In size.
The New willard Hotel
| 1t is expected the erection of the hotel
building, which is to be located on the site
OF the present Willard Hotel and hall, will