Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-04-05
REAL ESTATE GOSSIP
Street Improvements in Out
lying Sections.
ERECTION OF HOUSES
THE PURCHASE OF PROPERTY
FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES.
Operations in Various Portions of the
District - Buying Up the
Vacant Ground.

vacant Ground.
Outdoor work Is now going on with con-
siderable activity, for, in addition to new
enterprises that are being started. opera
lions, which were stopped at the beginning
OF the cold weather, are being resumed As
d rule 1t is possible, in this latitude to be-
gin outdoor work about the middle of March
anu IN TACT, the contracts governing public
WORKS NIX that as the date for the re-
sumption OF work in the spring. This year,
however, the contractors and others were
unable to commence operations until about
Two weeks later. The past week, therefore.
marks the beginning of the general re-
sumption of work
The laying of concrete on the streets Is
not done, as a rule, until the frost is out of
the ground and so the contractors for pub
Tic improvements of this character have but
recently resumed operations. There is quite
a deal going on in the way of improvements
OF streets, especially outside of the old
limits of the city. OF course. in various
portions of the city improvements in the
irl OF mendlng the pavements, resurfac-
ING ana renewing is In progress.
Street Improvements.
II is interesting to note what is being done
py the District authorities in the o,1tlvinp
sections. Along Pennsylvania avenue ex-
tehaed, east of the bridge over the Anacos-
ia river, the street is being macadamized
as Tar east as Minnesota avenue. Asnbalt
- - oeihg lald on Elm street between Sd and
ftn streets, and on 4th street between II
ana streets northeast, while the paving
VI Gales street, in Rosedale and Isherwood
mas just been completed
Work has just been started In er.din,
n p,,,,
tween HARDWOOD road and the Baltimore
ana ONO station. The grade on this road
mas been changed a good deal, and rather
d heaVy cut has been made The street
ear car tracks have been shifted from the
sue or the road to the middle. Trenton
street. IN Petworth, Is being graded and
Iacadamlzed from Brightwood avenue To
oth street Connecticut avenue extended
oeu"een LIE Roy place and Kalaroma ave-
nue., Is being graded and paved with as
phaIt. 1t Is stated by Mr.. C. B. Hunt.
Inc computing engineer Of the Engineer
commissioners office, that the present an
preparation will not be sufficient to com
pete TINS pavement. In the new appro-
priation bill the necessary amount to fInish
thls Improvement is asked for.
Grading Suburban Roads.
west OF the street railroad bridge overlook
creek connecticut avenue is being paved
with aIphalt as far north as Cathedral
avenue sull further north on the same
avenue, between Cleveland Park and the
Flerce Mill road, the grade OF the avenue
is being changed and In order tn oct mo.
terial for filling the street is being widen
cd In Cleveland Park, Highland avenue
- peihs graded and macadamiZed and the
DisLrlct authorities will lay considerable
concrete sidewalk on the same street
BIasden avenue, which extends west
rom 18th street and north of Piney Branch
valley and connects with the Rock Creek
fark about where the Broad branch
enlPtles INTO ROCK creek, is being graded
and extends through the Blaeden tract
the land having been dedicated to the Dis,
trlct by Mr.. Thomas Blagden the owner
of the property.
J., west or Wisconsin avenue Joliet street
- Delng graded and regulated as far
as the Tunlaw road. There Is also some
grazing being done In some Of the streets
IN what is known as the Kali tract. which
Is west or Florida avenue and north of X
street. -
Rock Creek Park Driveway.
An Improvement which every one who
uses ROCK Creek Park will appreciate is
pelng made under the direction Of Mr. W
+ Flchards OF the Engineer Commissioner
ONCE. The beautiful drive which extends
aiohs ROCK Creek from the Argyle Mil
road through the park to the Grant road ia
former
width was fifteen feet, but IT was found
that accidents were liable to happen owing
TO the fact that some people seem to find en-.
Joyment along this fine smooth roadway in
speeding their horses. While this is against
the law 1t happens at times
1t also happens that two teams NAV coma
ABREAST or each other and while in that no
sltloh thlrd team going in the opposite di-
rectlon may be encountered. A fifteen-foot
l rpaa"ay hardly permits the passing Of
order to avoid the possibility Of accidents
to add to the width of this driveway
A Row of Houses.
Five three-story houses are being erect ed
at the northwest corner of 18th and Lowell
streets by w. NJ. Terrell. The plans are
made by F. B. Pyle, architect and provide
for a front of notified Roman bricl, with
broWnstone trimmings. Each of these
houses will contain ten rooms. One Of tho
features or the interior which has been
very carefully planned is a library on the
second floor.
A Pennsylvania Avenue Purchase.
William c. Eustis has purchased from
Charles H. Cragin. through j. Eakin Gads-
by, real estate brokers, the property 1923
Pennsylvania avenue. 1t adjoins on the
east the Corcoran building, which is owned
by Mr.. Eustis, and is the only piece be-
tween that structure and the buildings Of
Mr.. Joseph E. Willard, who owns the bal
ance of the frontage on that block as far
east the alley.
The frontage Is twenty feet and
the depth about eighty-five feet, and the
total area Is 2,305 square feet. The price
paid was $4,000. 1t is stated that the pur-
chase contemplates no immediate change
in the property.
AS an Investment.
The investment character of real estate
has received another Illustration during
the mast week when the mo-,