The Washington times., 1902-08-24
Many Applications to Real
Estate Agents Dur
ing Week.
RUSH STARTED VERY EARLY
Demand for Better Glass Houses Than
Observation-Disclosures Houses Rap
idly Filling Up-Building Operations
Continue Active.


idly Filling Up-Building Operations
Continue Active.
The feature-of the real estate market
during the past week has been the un-
usual number of inquiries for houses
and apartments TO rent. In fact, activity
in this line has been noticeable since
the LIST of the month, and with each
succeeding day the demand increases.
Brokers are at loss to understand
conditions, although most of them have
their own ideas as to the matter.
1t must be understood that each fall
applications flow into all the offices. but
this year the rush has started a little
early. and from present indications the
coming season viii be a record-breaker
for the rent departments. The com
paratively cool summer which has been
enjoyed has no doubt sent many people
back 10 their Washington homes some
what earlier than usual. and then again
the coming of the Grand Army veterans
early in October has no doubt had its
effect The boom. however, seems to be
a healthy one. and all the new residences
and apartment houses will no doubt be
occupied before the winter sets. in.
1t is a noticeable fact, also. that
there is a demand for better class
of houses. and there are even at this
- Of
the town. In such places as Columbia
Heights and Washington Heights rent
continues high. while in other sections
the prices hold their own. Notwith-
standing the numerous building projects
about the lexington and Bloomingdale
sections the demand has not yet been
supplied, and houses in the neighbor-
hood are either sold or rented before
the roofs are placed on them.
Building Operations Active.
Building operations still continue ac-
tive, although but few new projects are
being taken up. 1t is rather late in the
season to commence work of any mag
nitude, as this is always delayed dur
ing the winter months. There are some
few which are being started. however.
and the architects manage to keep
themselves busy. Many of them are
taking advantage of the lull in business
TO enjoy a vacation, for during the
spring and summer they have been kept
busy.
Architect B. Stanley Simmons is pre-
pairing plans for fifteen houses which
are to be erected on x Street, between
Fourteenth and Fifteenth Streets south
east for Joha Miller. They will be
two-story and basement. with six
rooms and bath each. ard it is esti-
mated they will cost about $4,000 each.
Work will be started within the next
week or so. Mr.. Simmons is now at At
lantic City with his family, taking a
rest.
Two Houses on Heights.
Francis w Hart will have ground
broken during the next week for two
houses on North Columbia Heights.
They will be OF brick, in cottage style,
and will contain eight rooms and bath
each. One Of them will front fifty feet
on Quincy Street, while the other one
will cover the same ground space on
Kansas Avenue. Mr.. Fulton r. Gordon.
who has had charge Of the subdivision.
has been very successful in dispOsng
of lots. and there are now any number
of handsome houses in course OF erec-
tion on ground which less than a year
ago was part of a farm.
Work has been completed - the
handsome new residence OF Mr.. Her
man Hollerith, on the Tenleytown and
Rockville Pike. It was planned by
Messrs Marsh and Peter, and has sew
eral distinctive features which adapt it
to the special purposes of the owner.
who intends TO live in it all the year
round.
II is of frame construction. on a
foundation of local stone, the first story
being OF weatherboarding. with shin
Cling above. For the exterior color eff
feet the walls have been stained silver
gray, the roof moss green, and the win
dow frames and porches painted ivory
white
There is large entrance hall, with a
wide fireplace built of mottled bricks
and broad stair at the end opposite
the entrance ParIor, dining room and
den open into this central hall. The
kitchen. laundry, and pantry are in a
separate wing in the rear of the dining
IL.
fral hall by passages. On the second
floor are seven large bed rooms and
two bath rooms, and there are several
bed rooms and store rooms in the at
tic! which is high and well lighted by
dormer windows.
Provisions for Heating.
Open freplaces and hot water from
boilers in the cellar provide heat for
the varying seasons of Washington
weather The water supply is obtained
from an artesian well 1900 feet deep,
and the drainage is that OF the Waring
system, with subsoil drains. An attrac-
live stable and automobile house is To-
Gated short distance from the house,
and the design is. OF course, in har-
mony with the surroundings.
Work will be started in q few days by
Thomas Melton on row Of nine houses
on Seaton Street. between North Capitol
and First Streets northwest. The con
structlon is to cost about $1,000. The
same architect has completed plans for
a residence for Mrs. Flora B. Grimes. to
be built on Thirteenth Street southeast
near East Capitol Street. II viii be OF
the usual window and brick design
and will be built by JoEn f. Lynch.
An eight-room house 10 being built for
Mrs. Josephine Wil!ige, on Washington
Circle. according to plans by A. B. Mul-
let g. Co The design .ontempIates 3
structure Of red brick and brownstone
front. tiled roof ana interior finish OF
yellow pine and chestnut. painted. There
VIII be a tiled bathroom.
Al apartment house. which is to oc-