Evening star., 1901-08-31
Arrangements Made Necessary by
Expanding Business Needs
NUMEROUS BUILDINGS GOING UP
The O pening of the Rental Sea-
son With Bright Prospects.
MATTERS OF INTEREST

An improvement that will add materially
to the appearance of the vicinity Of Mas
sachusetts avenue and 7th street will soon
be undertaken by the Home Savings Bank,
Of which B. F. Saul is president. AS stated
In The Star during the week, that institu-
ton, In order to secure the facilities which
it's expanding business requires purchased
the property which comprises the end of
the square fronting on the side of Mount
Vernon Square and bounded by Massac chu-
sets avenue and X street. 1t is a compact
piece of ground which can be fully util-
lied, and it is understood that the 3,OS1
square feet which it contains cost at about
the rate of 81 per foot. While the plans
for. the proposed building have not been
fully matured, it is probable that on this
site will be erected a structure some six
stories in height. The first floor will be
fitted up handsomely for the use of the
bank and the upper floors will be arranged
in flats.
Enlarging a College Building.
The building occupied by the Georgetown
Medical school, on the south side Of H
street between 9th and 10th streets north
west, is to be enlarged in order that the
plans Of the school authorities can be car
of Georgetown University be centered in
one building. 1t is proposed from plans
prepared by Speiden & speiden, architects,
to build an addition which will continue the
present structure to the alley in the rear.
1t Is to be three stories in height, to cor
respond with that of the main building,
and it's three floors will be fitted up for use
for the dental department. The latter is
now occupying a building on Massachu-
setts avenue near 7th street and as soon
as the Improvements are completed the re-
4moval to the new building will take place.
There is to be a dental laboratory on the
first floor, a dental infirmary on the sec
ond and bactefiological laboratory on the
third floor. There will be new boilers placed
In the building to heat the new part.
Capitol Hill Apartment House.
The same architects have completed
plans for the building which Bernard Walls
proposes to erect-od the blunt end of the
square fronting on the west side of 11th
street at Lincoln Park and having 'front.'
ages also on East Capitol street and Mas
sachusetts avenue. The new structure is
to be four stories in height and the ex-
terror walls will be built of press brick
with stone trimmings. The first floor will
be fitted for use as sstore while the up
per stories will be arranged as flats. The
main entrance will be from East Capitol
street. There will be two flats on each
hoor, containing four rooms, kitchen and
bath each.
The apartment house which is being
erected by John F. Donohue & Son at 3OS
East Capitol street from plans prepared by
the same architects is nearing completion.
The Rental Season.
The first month of fall is usually regarded
in real estate offices as the opening of the
rental season. Early in the month of Sep
tember inquiries are: apt to be made in
regard to houses, and there are other indi-
cations that those who have to provide a
home for the winter are beginning to look
about them. Such visitors are regarded as
the forerunners of the crowd that will ap-
pear during the days that are to come,
extending to about the middle of October,
when those who are IN want of houses are
not numerous enough to be spoken of as
crowd. The list OF vacant houses found in
the brokers' offices are apt to diminish with
the rapidity that is desired.
1t is too early to speak OF the character
OF the rental season that is now here but
It may be said that the number of houses
for rent Is not larger than at the corre-
spending period Of last year. The lists Of