The Washington times., 1901-12-15
that it win bring prosperity with 1t to

that it viii bring prosperity with II to
| big section Of country"
| Mr.. Henscy. Of B. n. Warner G. Co. said.
The section Is very badly of for outlets
and inlets. The great portion north OF
/ the city proper is crossed by one or two
streets and one or two country roads
whore. IL the proper street extensions
we're made, it would bc built up with mil-
/ lions Of dollars worth Of homes in
| very short time. No other city has so
Few outlets as Wash nEtcn. and no portion
81 Washingtcn's suburbs is worse pro-
viied than this"
Air John F. Donuhuc said yesterday Of
the real estate situation ON Capitol Hill:
I y have been in The business in this sec
ton for eighteen years. and except fer
/ the boom near Lincoln Park. in 1922.
, nave never seen any such activity as at
present Tie demand for meGiufa-Sized
residences is excellent The rental de-
| mand is much ia excess Of The supply
and IN fact there are almost no dcsir-
able houses In the entire section. The
APARTMENT houses that are Ecing up are
hiled as rapidly rs they are completed"
Exchange VIII DC Success.
The meeting for the organization Of the
Real Estate Exchange adjourned from
December 9 will be held at the Hotel
Barton on Wednesday. M william Cor
ccran HE. the Chairman OF the commit
tee named TO formulate a plan for the
exchange. states that good progress has
been made, and that the outlook is bright
for its success.
one or two changes have been made in
the committee as originally constituted.
owing TO the inability OF members to act
The gentlemen now at work on the plan
are William Corcoran HILL Chairman:
Thomas +. Waggaman. Jesse L. HeiskeIl
George W Swartzell David Moore, Rob
ert c. Rutherford. Charles J. Bell. James
b. Winner, and Edward S Westcott,
Messrs. Bell and Wcstcott take the places
OF Mr. Fitch and Mr.. Stellwagen.
Houses for Westminster street.
Willard & Reed. the real estate brokers.
will build a row of seven handsome
houses on the south side of Westminster
Street, near Ninth. Plans have been
completed and the work Of building will
be begun early in the new year. The
houses are similar in plan TO those re-
Gently completed by the firm in the same
street Willard & Reed report that their
nrst houses have all been gold and that
there is 4 sufficient demand to assure
them that they will be able to sell the
StNpAu row without trouble.
The grading OF the streets and general
improvements in North Columbia Heights
are progressing rapidly. and Mr.. Fulton T.
Gordon reports that the property viii be
IN condition for building inside OF two
months.
In TaI<oma Park
Mr. Louis ?. Shoemaker has sold TO
Lawrence W. Gary. of Tako-aa ParE. an
acre lot on Blair Avenue. near Chestnut
Avenue, Takoma. Mr.. Gary has had TlzaJ
completed for a residence on the prop
erty to cost S5.e00.
Ar. Shoemaker is having water main
and sewer extended to the property from
Chestnut Avenue. MIR. Shoemaker will
himself build two CT three houses in the
vicinity in the near future.
NJ. F. A. Blundon has sold. through
stone g. Fairfax. during the past week.
an entire rev OF h0uses on First Street.
one fronting on the corner of northwest
The corner house was sold for s. Coz and
the others each for 5000. The purchasers
were Charles a. Graft. Walter Atkinson.
Amy l. Chapman. Lewis H. Lang. George /
and Henry Austin.
Stone & Fairfax report that they have /
sold nineteen houses this month so far |
Mr.. Fairfax said yesterday. THE real |
estate business is better than # has ever |
been before, during our experience at |
least. There is every prospect that the !
coming gpring will be an Improvement on |
this winter. however"
The firm has sold during the past week !
TO John Wright a residence on Tenth 1
Street near Street for Mrs. Mary Jack I
son for $500; residence on Kenesaw /
Avenue near Sixteenth Street for William
Soudcr for S9,600, house a. Quincy Street
for James Davis for $4,000 ard house
il06 Yale Street for VI. L. Johnson for
IS, eco.
The Annapolis Railway.
The sale Of property at the corner Of
Fifteenth and H Streets northeast to the
and Annapolis Railway for a
.tation at its washington terminus. de-
cribed in another part Of The Times,
will attract much attention among real
state men on account of the impetus
hat the building of the railway will un-
give TO the market in that
icinity. 1t is predicted that the Northeast
section will see the beginning Of much
weller times with the coming OF the line
nd its city improvement.
A New suburb.
A new suburb is soon to be opened on
.ast Capitol Street extended, beyond the
Eastern Branch. Marie V. Gehring, OF
hila lelphia. has purchased the tract
nowl as Boyle property. comprising fifty
even acres, and will plat it into acre
OTIS. This addition to Washington will
,e known as Central Heights This sec
ion is developing and improving rapidly.
The property is finely located.
Meridian Hill Property SOLD.
The McLachlen Real Estate and Loan
company. in connection with Messrs.
itch, Fox d Brown, real estate brokers',
as sold for the estate Of Joseph Casey, |
o John A. Massie and George s. Rees.
rustees, lots %, %, a. and %, in block
; lots u, 13, II, 10. and 16, In block 6:
1t 32. in block H. and lot 20, in block II.
! the subdivision of Meridian Hill, con-
aiming in all 1Ol ,597 square feet, and hav-
g frontages on Ontario Avenue. Superior
treet and Central Avenue.
A lot has just been purchased by Col
b. Alexander, L. S. A., retired, through
!. c. Baumgras. real estate broker II is
n the west side OF Connecticut Avenue.
etween Hillyer Place and r. Street. and
rs d frontage OF twenty-five feet and
spth of one hundred feet. The price paid
as about s. per square foot 1t is the
IrpCsc of the new owner TO erect cn this
te residence for himself
SOME FAMOUS SIGNATURES