The Washington times., 1902-06-15
TRADING IN REALTY
NOT SO LIVELY

ress territory of the city. Mr.. Charles
Werner the coal dealer. bought, through
Stone & Fairfax, real estate dealers, in
connection with Moore & Hill. real es-
tate dealers. the property known as i40
end 442 Ninth Street. which has front
age of 2S feet and a depth of 81 feet.
and contains 1,7l0 square feet. The
price paid was $4,000 cash. For the
PAST twenty-four years Mr.. Werner has
had his place of business at the north
east corner of Ninth and Streets. and
lie regards that locality as such an ad-
mirable business section that he decided
to own his business place, and hence
the purchase.
Acquired by Mr.. Paul.
Mr. Joseph Paul also acquired dur
ing the week a large holding on
this street-or rather, he added to
what he already owned there. He
bought from Mr.. Anton Eberly two
pieces of adjoining property, Nos. 6l2
and eli Ninth Street. having a com
bined frontage of thirty-four feet and
an average depth of about eighty feet.
The total area is 2,7S3 square feet. 1t is
understood the price paid was $4,000.
which is at the rate OF a little over Sli
per square foot. Some time ago Mr..
Paul acquired 610 Ninth Street, which
has a frontage of twenty feet.
With the money available for begin
ming the great work of the reclamation
Of the Anacostia fats. this year is like
ly to be notable for the Inauguration of
that important and necessary work.
even if there should be no other event
to mark the passing of the twelve
months. Independently of the beneficial
effect on the public health which will re-
suit from the contemplated improve
ment. a large area of land will be re-
claimed from a waste condition and
made to serve both an osthetic and
useful purpose The great stretche> of
swamp and fostering mud which now
surround the borders of what is termed
the Anacostia River will disappear arc
in their place will be the park land and
reclaimed ground that can be made to
serve some good purpose.
Brown Stone and Brick.
Mr. Harry Wurdeman is erecting
row of four brown stone and brick
houses on the east side of Eighteenth
Street. south of Columbia Road, for him
self and Mr.. L. E. Breuninger. They will.
have nine rooms and two baths each,
and will be heated by hot water. Nj.
Wurdeman is also erecting three houses
on Thirteenth Street between Kenyon
Street and Whitney Avenue. The fronts
are Of brick and stone, and each house
is heated by hot water and finished with
hard wood. For Mr.. w. c. Handy. Mr..
Tnr t.
houses on Whitney Avenue, just west of
Thirteenth Street, and for himself five
two-story flats at New Jersey Avenue
and R Street.
Among the sales made by the firm OF
Moore & Hill during the week was the
white stone dwelling, 1860 Yale Street,
Columbia Heights. to William T. Har-'
ris, Commissioner of Education, for 50 500
cash. Mr.. Harris intends occupying the
house this fall. They have also sold l6I
Street northeast in connection with
E. Lodge Hill, and for Speich & Hal
slip two more of their houses on First
Street northwest between V and V.
Streets for $500 each.
House for Mr.. Athey.
A house has been designed for Thomas
F. Athey by H. A. Campbell, architect,
which will be located on the west side
of the Tenleytown road opposite the
school for girls. The new building.
which will be in the cottage style, will
be built of stone and brick, and will
stand entirely detached, so that there
will be openings on the four sides. 1t
will be two stories and an attic in height
and Will contain seven rooms. Mr.
Campbell has also closed contracts for
the erection of a house on Cincinnati
street for ]. E. Parker. and has pre-
pared IlaDs for the new market store
building which John c. Walker intends
to build at the southeast corner of
Twentieth and P Streets on the site of
the frame structure now occupied by
him as a place of business.
Stone d Fairfax have made the fol-
lowing sales: For James S. McIlhenney,
the white stone residence 2ll5 Street
Connecticut Avenue heights, for S15. 900;
for A. T. Marshall, the two-story brick
house 5ii E Street northeast. for 81, 500;
for F. A. Blundon. the two-story house
% T Street northwest, for s4s50; for
Pumphelly & Palmer, house 7l3 Thir
teenth Street northeast, for $500; for
c. E. Munroe, house 1923 Riggs Street
for 10000; for Samuel A. Drury. five
houses on Kenyon Street between Thir
feepth and Fourteenth Streets. Colum-
bia Heights. for 1929 or $500 each.
These houses. it is stated by Mr.. Fair
fax. were sold within ten days after
-Iay ,-.rc given tO the firm for sale