Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-20
REAL ESTATE GOSSIP
Some Large improvements Which
Are to Be Made.
PRICES PAID FOR BUILDING SITES
Utilizing Power at Great Falls to
Produce Electricity.
L Nd AND USES

LAND AND HOUSES
The property at the southwest corner of
Connecticut and California avenues Wash
fngton Heights. has changed hands Two
lots were included in the transaction, the
one at the corner and the adjoining lot to
the west on California avenue. Each lot has
frontage of fifty feet and a depth of about
162 feet. making total frontage of 1872
feet on Connecticut avenue and 100 feet
on California avenue. For the corner lot
which contains S.195 square feet and which
belonged TO r. L. b. Clarke 81 per square
foot was paid. while for the $500 square
feet in the next lot, and which was owned
by H. ROzier Dulauey. s1.6G per foot was
paid. 1t is not stated what the plans of the
new owner are. but at present the extern
sion of Connecticut avenue has not been
completed. and 1t is likely that no perma-
nent Improvements will be made until that
work is done.
Erection of Twenty-One Houses
1t seems probable that something of
the same movement in property which
took place on Columbia Heights after the
rapid transit was secured will mark the
development of the section known as Wash
ington Heights. Already quite a number of
houses have been built In rows and in
addition. many residences have been erect
Ell by individuals for their own use. Per-
haps the largest building enterprise that has
yet been undertaken has been planned bv
Mr.. Edgar 9. Kellogg, who proposes to
build twenty-one houses. or this number
twelve are located on kalOrama avenue.
three on Belmont avenue, three on Cali
f0Tnia avenue and three on Vernon avenue.
They are to be between 18th and 10Th
streets and Columbia road.
houses in
height, eighteen feet front. and he material
used in the construction of the fronts Will
be brown stone ana brick with copper trim
Tnin@s. There will be three bath rooms in
each house. It may be interesting TO note
that the land which is thus 10 be improved
Is subdividei into lots fifty feet front and
about 13p feet deep, and averaged in cost
about $50 per square foot.
Electric Water Plant
The announcement Of the purpose to
utilize the force of the Potomac river at the
Great Fails for the production Of electricity
has a wider interest than merely 10 those
who have used such power or those who
may be financially concerned in the project
Broadly Speaking. such an enterprise would
make it possible for all the power needed
for the various activities of a great city to
be produced fourteen miles away from the
business center.
The electric current is to he conveyed
here by means of wires, and from substa-
lions located III and about the city dis
tributed 10 the points where it is to be en-
pIoyed- While this is not d manufacturing
CITY IN the sense that some cities in this
country are so termed, still great deal of
manufacturing is done here, and in the ma
Jorlty Of cases the power used is produced
from independent steam plants. Under the
proposed new system these plants can be
abolished. and the smoke that is seen aris-
ing from various quarters will be one of the
features Of city life that readily be dis
peused with.
Effect on manufacturers.
If the current furnished is at more rea-
sonabie rates than it is possible to produce
It under present conditions. it seems likely
the starting Of new concerns will result.
The proposed development will produce, it
is thought, change in the character of i'm
proVemen-s in the various parts of the city
and as the separate plants Will no longer
De needed the property can be employed for
other purposes.
The amount Of capital that is now repre-
scented by property of this kind forms no in
significant element in the expenditures re-
quired for such enterprises, and if the cost
II inns particular IL IesSened tn, re is rea-
son 10 suppose that larger amounts of cap
ltal Will be used in the development of the
businesses
Four New Houses.
Plans are being prepared by Geo. S. Coop
er. architect. for four houses to be erected
on the west side Of Columbia road irst
four stories in height with a frontage Of
nineteen feet each They Will have stone
fronts.
Edmund h. Fox's House
A contract has been awarded to w L.
Turner for the erection of d residence for
MI Edmund X. Fox, at the corner Of 23th
and = streets northwest, from plans of b.
Frank Meyers, architect. The house is to
have frontage Of 81 feet and depth of
Io fevJ, and Is To be on a lot which has
frontage Of lp} feet and a depth of 10 feet,
So thar ihere Will be ample space for a
lawn at tins side Of the house The design
OF The residence has been prepared TO suit
these surroundings 1t Will be colonial in
treatment, and viii have roomy torches
The front will be built OF bun brick and
stou- Of ligh color. and the interior Will be
finished III hard woods.
a Scott Circle Residence.
An addition is being built to the residence
OF Mrs p. d. Morgan at the northeast side
OF Scott circle The new part Will be in the
rear of the present structure and when It
IS completed the accommodation of the
house VIII be considerably increased.
Some New buildings
Two three-sJory houses are 10 be built by
Latinsr & Nesbitt. at 1924 to 1925 New Jer-
sey avenue. They are 10 be 1sx33 feet with
press brick fronts.
row Of four two-story houses is to be
built by John W. Points at 5o7 10 5i3 TN
street southeast. They are TO be 1sx:}2 feet
and viii have press brick fronts.
Robert W. Brown win build house at
17:'7 IIth street northwest. 1t will be three
stories In height. 16X7l feet, with press
brick and brown stone front.
A three-st9ry house viii be built by J. NJ
Coleman at 1877 7 street northwest II will
be three stories in height 1sx32 feet, with
brick and stone front.
An Apartment House.
Plans for an apartment house to be erect