The Washington times., 1902-07-27
Did Willard Hotel Struc-
ture Being Torn
Down.
IMPROVEMENTS TO FOLLOW
Statistics From Inspectors Office Show
That Trade Is General-Many OPP
portunities at This Season of Year
for Good Bargains.


left standing when the Pennsylvania
Avenue front was built. With the tear
Ing down of the old hotel structure and
the erection OF new building at the
corner of Fourteenth and G Streets, the
fite of the Foundry Church, it gives to
the immediate vicinity a look of build
ing activity.
Several important changes are being
made in the establishment of the Mayer
Brothers, known as the Bon Marche.
On Seventh Street, between Market
Space and D Street The work is being
conducted from plans drawn by Mr..
Frederick B. Pyle, architect. All the
partitions on the four floors are being
removed, sc that the two buildings now
in existence will be made into one.
Building Many Houses.
The Washington Sanitary Company is
building thirty-four houses, patterned
after the ones that have already proved
successful. The new structures are
going UP under the direction of Mr..
Frederick B. Pyles, architect, and are
located on Bates, Warner, and L Streets
northeast The dwellings are to be two
stories in height Each floor is to con-
stitute an apartment.
Judge Motifs residence, at 202s Q
Street, is being remodeled and enlarged
according TO plans drawn by Mr.. f. B.
Pyies. architect.
The statistics of the Building In
spector's Office show that trade in the
District is general. The number OF
piles of lumber and building material
throughout the city and suburbs give
additional evidence to this fact.
1t is not meant to claim that there is
anything like a building boom or that
the conditions are phenomenal. for
such is not the case. AT the same
time, it is well to note the undoubted
fact that without any great demonstra-
tion the National Capital is forging
ahead at an encouraging rate. New
buildings are going up, and also apart
ment houses, while in the business sec
tion stores are being enlarged and new
ones are being built.
Tia conclusion is by no means unwar-
ranted that the addition to the resi-
dence facilities OF the city is to meet
a demand for more houses, owing TO the
increase in the population.
BUSINESS PICKING up.
The general increase true in the
building world is also true in the bust
ness life of the city
One of the significant facts in that
connection is the remarkable growth
of the street railroad business. The
two companies that now practically
control the entire street railway busi-
ness of the District are capitalized at
figures that would have seemed pre-
posterous few years ago for any cor
poration doing business exclusively in
the District. These companies are
both doing well, and one proposes, so
it is understood, in the near future to
increase its dividends.
IN speaking of conditions in the real
estate market at this time of year, Mr.
Charles p. Stone, Of the firm of Stone &,
Fairfax. real estate brokers, said there
were always opportunities at this time
of the year for bargains He found that
such chances did not go begging, and
that people with money to invest were
on the lookout. For one reason or an
other, he said, property was placed in
the market in summer time at prac-
tically forced sale prices, and the op-
portunities to buy at an advantage were
quite frequent. Many people, he added,
remained in town in order TO properly
invest their money.
Real Estate Transfers.
The following were the real estate
transfers recorded during the week:
Bloomingdale - Richard H. Bailey ct
al. to John and Bridget Connell, lot IS.
block S; $40.
pennsylvania Avenue northwest, be-
tween Third and Four-and-a-H Half
>streets-Byron Andrews ct ux 10 John
McElroy and Robert W. ShoppeIl. orig
inal lots IA, Is, and part of original
lot l6, reservation 10; SO.
Petworth-George G. Brown to Hor-
ace 5. Cummings, William H Saunders
and George W. F. Swartzell, trustees,
lots "a, =. and 3e, block SO; s1O0
COLUMBIA Heights - Willie NJ. shuey
ct Vlr theodore F., to John G. Camp
bell, lot 80. block 80; $40. John G.,
Campbell conveys same property to
Hettie Christman; So
Washington Heights - Augusta A.
Douglass ct vir. Charles A, to Willie
NJ. Shuey, part let Is: $40.
l. Street southwest, between Second
and Third Streets-Sidney T. Thomas et
al, trustees, to Baldwin R. Sydnor, lots
"a and 20, square 5T2; $3.50. Baldwin
X. Sydnor ct ux. convey same property
TO trustees of Marietta Lodge. No. /
and Mount Oliyet Lodge, No. 2, Beneyo-
lent Sons and Daughters OF Abraham:
1880
Thirty-second Street northwest. be-
tween NJ and y Streets-Joseph II.
Bradley ct al, trustees, TO James n,
Clements, part lot II, square 1908;
50, 400.
Columbia HeIghts-Charles W. Handy
ct ux. to Harry Wardman, lots 10 to Al.
block 81: SO.
Garneld-Brainard II. Warner ct ux.
to James +. Gross. lot 141: SO
-Four -and-a- half Street southwest, be-
tween X and l. Streets-Henry II. Berg
mann ct al. trustees, to Henry Bucker
and Mary Bucker, part lots 13 and Is,
square 543; $500
Half Street southwest, between G and
II streets-Ella B. Garnett TO Francis
Leonard. lot 80. square 643; $40.
Reno-William T. Scott ct ux. TO
Thomas j. Giles, lots l and 2, block 10;
omingdale-Richard II. Bailey ct
al. TO Thomas V. lie Fort, lot 81. block
S; SO.
Massachusetts Avenue northwest be-
tween Second and Third Streets-Martha
A. Klotz to Peter Dunn, part lots II and
!, square 564. $40.
StoddarS Street, near North Street