Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-07-12
REAL ESTATE GOSSIP
Extensive Block of Residences
to Be Erected.
BANKIN G. BUILDING
NOTABLE ADDITIONS TO LOCAL
STREET RAILROAD SYSTEM.
Increasing Importance of This City as
Business Center-Large Build
ing Operations.

started which will add largely to the num-
Der of houses in the city. A beginning is
to be made in the construction of dwellings
in square 100, which up to this time has
been unimproved. 1t is known as the Nc
Lean square, and is bounded by street
Florida avenue and 18th and 10Th streets
northwest. Some time ago this property,
which belonged 20 John r. Mclean, was
bought by a syndicate and the latter has
recently disposed CT it to the Messrs
Davidson.
The negotiations have just been conclud-
ed by which the entire frontage of the
square on street between 18th and Goth
streets has been sold to Mr.. John H. Nolan
| 1t is the intention of the new owner to
cover the entire frontage with a row of
houses eighteen in number. The plans for
this Improvement have been drawn by
George S. Cooper, architect, and the build
ing will be begun at once. The houses
are to be three stories in height. The block
| of ground sold to Mr.. Moan has a depth
OF ninety feet to a ten-foot allev 1t is I'M
derstood that no plans have been made in
regard to the disposition of the balance Of
! the square, and ii has not been determined
as Yet whether or not Oregon street will be
continued through the square.
Home Savings Bank.
The buildings are being removed at the
northeast corner of It'll and Massachusetts,
avenue, and the work of erecting the fine
banking building for the use of the Home
Savings Bank is to be begun. The plan of
this structure, which was designed by APP
pleton P. Clark. ir., architect, provides for
seven stories. the lower portion of which
will be used the Offices of the bank and
the upper will be arranged as apartments.
Brick, terra Gotta and stone viii be the ma
terials used in the construction of the
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conspicuous place and viii be handsome
addition to the business buildings of the
city.
An Apartment House
An apartment house is to be built on
Irving place, which was formerly a por-
ton of what was known as Cooke Park in
Georgetown, from plans prepared by APP
pleton 2. Clark, jr.. architect. 1t is to be
built for c. A. Snow and is to be four
stories in height with a frontage of sixty
one feet. The suites will be divided into
four and five rooms. with the majority con-
sisting of the latter number.
Street Railway Extension.
During the early part of August, if the
plans now made are carried out, it is ex-
pected that the rails and iron that have
been ordered for the extension of the Met
ropolitan street railway line northward
from Columbia road and 18th street will
be on the ground. and in that event the
work of construction can begin at an early
date. With the materials on hand and a
force of workmen it will not take long to
make the necessary excavation, place the
Jokes and put down the rails 1t is esti-
mated that four weeks will be spent in
completing. the mile and an eighth of road
that is to be finished in order to carry the
tracks from the present terminus to 10th
street and Park avenue. This latter point
IS is well known, is in Mount Pleasant, and
hea xto of hot c lyra
necticut avenue line of the system operated
by the Washington street railway. will sup
ply an important addition. About five
years ago the development Of the suburban
movement in this direction was recognized
by the continuance of the road up the hill
from Florida avenue, or Boundary, as that
street was then known.
Since then the growth of the city has
continued Its outward movement until to-
day there are houses in rows all through
Mount Pleasant, and they form a connect
ing link between that settlement and the
built-up sections of the city. There is very
little to suggest the idea Of suburban To-
cality to the casual visitor Of TODAY IT is
evident that in the mind of the company. as
we'll as in the view of Congress, the north
ward extension of this road has not been
reached, as the terminus provided will not
be what is known as a loop, but a stub
such as is found at the northern end of
the Capital Traction line on 14th street
The 18th Street Extension.
About the same distance east from 18th
street as the new road above described is
west will be the terminus of the 18th street
line when extended as authorized by Con-
gress. The underground system will be put
ill., as the new section will be part of the
city system According to the provision of
the law the railroad work is not to be done
unit! the street is graded Owing to the
continued high price Of iron the cost of
railroad construction Of this character has
not iessened. 1t is estimated that $4,000
are required to build a mile of double un-
foreground electric track.
The extension of the Connecticut avenue
line Is little more than a mile and the
18th street extension is probably little
shorter. No further additions have been
road systems of the District and it Is not
believed by those interested in street-rail-
roads that at the present time there is
need Of additional lines: The District. it
is thought, is pretty well provided in this
respect and the only railroad enterprises
that are now in progress or in contempla-
ton are interurban rather than merely
urban.
An Important Center.
A railroad is being built between this
city and Baltimore with a line to Annapo-
lis, while the construction of a road to
Great Falls and Fairfax Court House is
still under consideration. These facts give
some idea Of the growing consequence of
Washington as a center, while there are
a variety Of conditions which make it evil
dent that the city is increasing in import
ance as a place of business and is grow
ing in population.
Such large enterprises as the addition to
Willard Hotel and to the establishment of
Woodward & LothrOp are significant of the
remarkable development of the material in
terests of the city. Besides these facts. the
growth of the apartment house facilities
of the city are attracting attention Sec
rotary Hays great building on Connecti-
cut avenue. which Is to cost a half million
Of dollars, Is the leading feature of the
present building season, but when the num-
Der Of the structures of the kind that are
either being built are in progress the
survey forms an impressive object lesson Of
the expansion Of the city.
Apartment House Building.
The variety Of facilities offered by the
apartment houses of the city show that the
movement which has resulted in the direc-
ton Of such large amounts Of capital along