Evening star., 1901-09-07

fined to the northwest circle section by any
means. East of 14th street as far as the
BladenSburg road is a territory attracting
more and more attention all the time and
steadily and substantially growing in IA
vor for homeseekers and others. and the
same Is true of the Virginia heights across
the Aqueduct bridge which are destined
to be thriving suburbs of Washington as
soon as more convenient means of COM
munication with the city are secured. An
investment in any part of the District is
certain to be profitable in the course of
time, and a conservative man with thirty
years experience in the real estate busi-
ness here said the other day that he was
confident that twenty years hence would
see realty values throughout the whole
District as well as in nearby Virginia in
crease more than treble.
Eight Pence the Square Foot.
The commissioners who were appointed
by General Washington, then President, to
lay out and dispose of the city lots of the
new federal capital were in 1874 Thomas
Johnson, Davis Stewart and Daniel Carroll
General Williams Stewart was desrous of
buying number of squares of the new
city, and among those he wanted to pur-
chase was square No. 222, bounded by 14th,
18th and H streets and New York avenue
Regarding his proposition, the commits
sioners wrote to him, under date of No
vember 7, 1874, as follows:
In general 1t is the wish of the board
not to sell to any one person SO much prop
erty as your ideas extend to, but highly
sensible to your good intentions toward the
city and of the benefits to flow from your
extensive connections, they will deviate
from their general rule in this instance and
will agree to sell all the public part of the
property you request. One of the squares
You propose purchasing to wit: No. 222, we
consider as among the most valuable in
the city; others are less valuable. We
Iii ,fy,1y S11% oil
the water would be reasonable at eight
pence the square foot. The water front
lots will be put at SIG the front foot
Location of Bureau of Standards.
Negotiations have been about completed
by which the government will purchase
from the Chevy Chase Land and Improve
ment Company tract of 325,O00 square
feet, situated on Pierce's Mill road, west of
Connecticut avenue extended, for the site
of the bureau of standards. The property
embraces what was the former Children's
Country Home
Congress appropriated $25, 900 for the pur-
chase of site for the bureau, and conse-
quently the consideration paid for the tract
must be within that sum. II the full
amount is paid it will make the price a
fraction under cents per square foot. The
character of the institution to be estab-
lished upon the property is believed to
Chevy Chase company to dispose of it at
that price, as the location of the bureau
there, with handsome buildings, park-like
surroundings and cultured occupants will
serve to greatly enhance the value of the
contiguous realty, which Is also owned by
the company.
Well Off for Hotels.
w shington will soon be remarkably well
off in the matter of hotels. The new Will
lard will be shortly opened, and extensive
improvements are being made at the Riggs
House and the Arlington Hotel. Decora-
tive and utility features largely comprise
the work in progress at the Arlington.
Each suite is being equipped with a tele-
phone connected with the local and long
distance systems and electric lights are be-
ing added, a large number being of the
movable droplight description. The ban
quet hall has been transformed from ma
hogany to ivory white and otherwise en-
bellished.
Telephone Company Warehouse.
The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone
Company is erecting a large warehouse in
the alley in the rear of the Epiphany
Church on G street which is to be the
headquarters for the company's supplies in
this city and for its large construction
force. The building, which is being con-
structed by Henry Getz from plans by
Appleton p. Clark. jr, will be sixty feet
square, three stories and cellar, and will
have floor space Of about 13.OOO square
feet. It will be up-to-date in every par
ticular in its equipment and will cost about
$4,000.
Good business for August.
Stone & Fairfax have made the following
sales during August: 1866 Kenyon street,
for Mr.. Palmer: 14O6 L street northwest,
for Mrs. Coyle; 120S-10-12-14-16 25th street,
for the Fry estate; 81 Q street northeast,
for Mr.. Warner; 1874 LIST street northwest.
for Mr.. Blundon; 100 feet front on Whitney
avenue. for Mr.. Van Senden: 1901 Prince
ton street. for T. ". Crauner: 8O2 street
northwest, for Mrs. Pomeroy; 25O3-5 M
street northwest, to Mr.. Thompson; 145
California street northeast, for Mr.. Moran;
2140 p street northwest. for Roome estate;
1895 9Th street northwest, for Mr.. Lederer;
233 c street northeast, for Mr.. Barnes: 631
Sd street northeast. for Mr.. Happ: 922 I'd
street northeast, for Mr.. Fletcher; 1901
Walter street southeast, for Mr.. Kenny;
300 4th street northeast, for Mr.. Sullivan;
1905 Rosedale street. for Mrs. Adams; 128
8 street northwest. for Collins & Gaddis.