Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-06-10
REAL ESTATE GOSSIP
Transactions in Business Property
and the Prices Paid.
PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE VALUES
Street Railroad Facilities and the
Influence on Home Buyers.
n E W B U l L D 1 n & S

During the past week a deed was placed
on record by which the title to property on
Pennsylvania avenue was transferred. The
property is situated on the north side of the
avenue, just east of AZ street northwest,
and is numbered Sol and SOB. The ground
has frontage of 81 feet and an average
depth of 146 feet to a 20-foot alley. 1t
broadens out in the rear so that it fronts
81 feet on the alley. The total square feet
is S,562. AT the price paid, which was $50
Oo0, and not considering the improvements,
the per foot value was just little more
than ST. The property formerly belonged
to the Corcoran estate and was transferred
to the new owners, w. Berens & Sons, by
Mrs. Louise f. Hitchcock. 1t is not ex-
pected that any immediate change will be
made in the present use of the property.
The Messrs. Berens also own a connecting
piece of property on az street.
Mr.. Winners Office BuiIdinG
The property known 1920 G
street has been purchased by Mr.
]. b. Winner, and his office has
been removed there on account of the
changes which he contemplates in his for
mer office property on 18th street, where,
as stated in The Star. he intends to erect
an entirely new structure. which Will be ar
ranged for use for business purposes. The
new property is not very extensive as far
as the size of the lot is concerned as it
contains only 775 square feet and has a
frontage of - feet inches and a depth of
30 feet. The building Is three stories in
height and there $ an alley on the east
side The deed for this property was placed
on record a few days ago. ana the price
paid was given as S16.5Gt which is at the
rate of about $21.&4 per square foot.
j. Minor Jones Residence.
house is being built by j. Minor Jones
on the south side of Massachusetts avenue
just west Of 18th street The lot has a
frontage of 80 feet inches by an average
depth Of 10 feet, and contains 346O square
feet. 1t was purchased by Mr.. Jones sew
eral weeks ago, through ]. V. N Huyck
real estate broker, and the price paid was
$2D per square foot The house, which
will occupy most of the lot. will he we'll
arranged, commOdious home. and is de-
signed by Mr.. Jones for his own use
In the Blue Ridge Region.
A handsome stone cottage has been de-
signed by l.. Dessez, architect for W. B.
King and IS to be erected in the Blue
Ridge mountain region, near Smokers Gap,
Va. Mr.. Charles King, the father of W.
b. King is also to have a cottage in the
same locality. There is quite a colony of
Washington people in that vicinity Per-
maps the latest conner is Frank G. Carpen-
ter VINO mas erected picturesque house
on the top OF the mountain commanding a
view of the Loudoun and the Shenandoah
valleys.
In the Northeast.
Mr.. Joseph j. Caylor has bought through
j. b. Winner real estate broker, ground at
the southwest corner of 9th and l. streets
comprising about 5000 square
feet. The price paid was 80 cents per
square foot. 1t IS the intention of the new
owner to erect on this site dwelling
houses.
Improved Street Railways.
The District Commissioners have ap-
the new system of street railroads, which
is now in the process of being formed and
equipped with modern rapid transit, pro-
pose TO transfer cars from one part of the
system to another. This is looked upon as
only another step in the direction of doing
away the distinction between the portions
OF the District formerly known as the CITY
ana the country, and will make it possible
Tor people to go from one part of the Dis
trict to another by the payment of single
fare, and also, in many instances, without
q change Of cars.
There are to be no longer what were
known as suburban lines of street cars, but
such lines are to be Il part of a general
system sharing in the advantages of the
city lines. As they will, it is hoped, be able
to earn fair return upon the money in
vested, the public will get a complete serv-
Ice, something which, from the nature of
things, was Impossible under the old re-
gime
Effect on the Suburbs.
This change in the method of operating
the street railroads and the extension of
rapid transit facilities to all parts of the
District, so that remote sections will he
brought near to the center of the city in
point of time, will have an effect upon the
future of the development of the city which
1t is hard to estimate. What rapid transit
has already done In building up outlying
portions of the old city proper and the i'm
mediate suburbs it is believed will be done
to the entire territory reached by this mod
ern system of transportation.
1t Will no longer be necessary for the
homcseekers to consider distance alone in
selecting site. Under the changed conli-
tons they will be able to travel at the
rate of twelve miles an hour on an aver
age, and, as in the days of the horse cars
the rate was about four miles an hour it
can easily be estimated how far man can
locate his home from the business center
and yet be no farther away in point of
time than he was formerly, when he made
his home within the city limits
Become Home Owners.
1t is believed this change in the street
railroad management will have the effect of
the development of the sub
urbs, which, however, has gone on in spite
of the discouragements and drawbacks
which the lack of communication occa-
stoned. 1t is not at all improba BILE that an
effort will be made to interest those who
have moderate incomes so that they will be-
come home owners. While the building
associations and other agencies have done
much in this direction, still the way seems
now to be open for larger efforts along
this line. 1t is believed there is an oppor-