The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-24
Sites FOR THE HOSPITAL
Many Lots in Nearly All Parts of
the District offered.
Disparity Between Prices Asked md
Assessed Values Comm ssioncr
Mcfarland Requests That Table
he Made Ont Showing Tracts Of
fered An Interesting Exhibit.


Appropriations bill. the Commissioners re-
ceived offers of upward of 100 lots or parts
of lots which are thought by their owners
TO be available.
With a view TO settling upon the real
value of the property offered Commissions
er Mcfarland. who has the matter in
charge, requested the Assessor to prepare
table of the several lots and tracts Of
| fered giving the price bid. the area, and
the assessed value Of the same. \ notice
able feature of the table is the great diff
ference to the value put upon the property
! by its owners and that at which it is
| assessed on the books of the Assessor
The statement IS:
George w. Linkins offered 5 IL acres
on Seventh Street north OF Scheutzen
Park for s55, 600, the assessed value being
s17.s5O
B. H. Warner & Co. offered II IL acres
! on Lincoln Avenue west of third Alig
| tract. at sac. 900. the assessed value being
| $500; portion of said lot north OF Rhode
! Island Avenue, for 5000; 5 acres in
| block, Todd &c Brown subdivision on
! BrightwoOd Avenue, at $70,39i. the as
sessed value being s32.743; tract on the
| Bladensburg Road, near the Reform
School. 4O.4 acres at $4,000, the assessed
| value being $1i 10S: lots 1, 2. g. and 4.
| block 25 Long Meadows, 259. 4s3 square
| feet, at S7J,Si5. assessed value S7.60i
| ]. C. Head offers the Schuetzen Park
property. IL acres, at 100000, assessed
| value $42. 1856
Willard & Reed offered square 700, ex-
! cept lot in southeast corner. 200. 600 square
! feet, at $50 0C9, assessed value s13.5
W. II. Saunders submitted three pro-
| posals; CuckoId's Delight. lots 10 to 10,
and part of lot II. Il. A acres. at $4,000,
assessed value $3.50: north side of
! Brentwood Road, west of Queens Chapel
( Road. $3.50 acres. at 1900. assessed
value 1893; 80 acres between Spring
| Read and HGlmsad Avenue. Mount Pleas
ant, at $4,000. assessed value 10000.
W. H. Freeman offered $50 acres, be-
tween Harrison Street and Major Road.
lot I2, Good Hope Park, at $1,000: as
sesssd value. $2509.
Philip T Hall submitted two PROPOSE
tons. go, Geo square feet on Wisconsin
Avenue. near the Naval Observatory. at
$l00, 0C0; assessed value. SIEGE; Will sell
portion of the tract at the same r@te.
J. V. n. Huyck submitted three PROPOSE
tons. 1885 acres CONDUIT Read and Canal
Road. part of White Haven. at s44 500, as
sessed value. $3.50; Hips acres Of same
at SOS. 15o. assessed value. s1.2S9; S.O9
acres OF the same, at sl3,222- assessed
value $1.011.
G. T. and R. A. Pyles offered 40 acres
on Harrison Street, opposite the German
Orphan Asylum. at $73,e30; assessed vaiuc
50 9C6. The same firm offer to sell 20 acres
CT the tract for 50 SEQ.
E p. Schwartz offered IS IS acres. bound
ed by Bowen Hamilton. and Major Roads
al GOO. and 6.99 acres on Hamilton and
Major Roads. at $1,000; assessed value of
hn1a fraa
Catherine Shugrue offered 1857 acres on
Conduit Road west of New Cut Road. at
$50, 600: assessed value, SO, 734.
William Miller offered ) acres on Bright
wood Road between Newark and Omaha
: Streets. at So. SO. assessed value. 1925;
acres on Drightwood Avenue, at s32.57o.
assessed value. $3.50; 10 acres on Bright
81 coo: 90 acres on Brightwood Avenue, at
$87 600 assessed value, $4,000.
Ellerson & Wempie offered "a acres
near the Tenleytown Road at the price OF
slS9.0cO. the assessed value being S27,e4e.
In the same locality the same firm offsr
20 acres at 10000. the assessed yalre be-
ing 5000 and "a acres at $1i9, COO the
assessed value being 1920
Clark Brothers offered 7.27 acres in the
Conduit Road Palisades subdivision 1t
S9.GS7. the assessed value being 81 999.
The same firm offered acres. corner B n
ming and Anaeostia roads. at S20.000 the
assessed value being sS7a. and aaotier Pot
OF ten acres in the same vicinity at 800.
000. the ASSESSED value being sl,I50
Charles A. Shields offered plot OF 4.62
acres opposite the Catholic University at
$50. goo the assessed value being $j,544.
He also offered 1892 acres on Nicho as
ivenue. Anacostia. at S2SG00, the asze sed
value being $40 e3S
r. H. Goldsborough offered e9.90 acres
on Pierce Mill Road. between Wisconsin
and Connecticut avenues at S100. eco. tie
assessed value being Si4.S4f.
L. p. Shoemaker offered a 13-acre site
on Grant Road at 10000. the assessed
value being S3.477. He also offered ~
acres on Piney Branch Road at $4,000,
the assessed value being $1,000; 10000
feet in square 40. Georgetown. at SSS. SEQ.
the assessed value being S9,440: Is aces
in Chichester. southwest OF Anacostia. at
$24.5G0. the assessed value being S15G2,
and 70 acres at the same place for $li,C00,
the assessed value being 81 500
A. Greenlees and John Ridout offered
$3.50 acres in south TRkoma at $4,000. the
assessed value being $4,000
II. Rozier Dulaney offered 50 acres on
Pierce Mill Road at $l00 eco, the assessed
value of which IS $1,000. He also offered
81 acres at the same place for $500 the
assessed value being 81 2to ard 1913 acr s
value being So, 466.
R. W. Walker & Son offered six ceres
on University Heights at $31, $50. the az
sessed value being $2,613.
ID. O'C. Callaghan offered 13 acres in the
Rupert tract. near Bladensburs and Ben
ming Roads. for $50. GOO. the assessed value
being S6,973. and . acres in the same
vicinity at $50 coo, the assessed value be
ing $4,000.
c. C. Duncanson offered 400 acres in
block 3. sherwood. at SIS, $3.50. the assess
ed value being S7.72S.
c. J. SueTerle offered two tracts on
Hickey Road, "Grenvale," the first 81 -
acres ct $40 coo. assessed value $3.50, and
10 acres at $4,000. assessed value 81. 500.
Five acres on Foxhall Road were Offer
ed by Kirkwood Flora at $50 600 the as
sessed Waite being s2,774
G. II. Fielding offered 10 acres on Grant
Road. south Of Reno, at $25. 600, assessed
value Sc 200
Alexander Mosher offered As acres on
Nalor Road. east of Good Hope at $2i.-
GOO assessed value s.. $50 He also offered
20 acres on Brentwood Road at SSGOGO.
assessed yGlue $i.476.
Walter d. Davidga offered acres on
Cathedral Avenue at $4,000. assessed
value Si.500. Mr.. Davidge offered por-
ton Of the tract for $4,000 an acre, the
assessed value being $500 per acre.
Heiskell & McLeran offer 10 acres on
Lincoln Avenue at $40, 0G0 assessed value
1852. and one acre Of the McDevitt tract
AT $4,000. assessed value $2.0TS.
T. L. Holbrook offered three tracts in
Trinidad as follows: $40 acres at $50
600. assessed value so, 7s3; 1919 acres at
$9l eco. assessed value S19.S45; 11.S5 acres
at $4,000 assessed value s2Z.S24.
Rosenberg Co. offered 64i7 acres on
Seventh street Road, opposite Petworth.
a Sl41 81 assessed ,.alIa $40 nTn They