Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-07
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as now to the freight station in the SOUTH
ern section of the city.
The company has been able to secure
such right of way for the new Line as Will
make 1t possible for road to be built from
Magruder's straightaway almost due west
to Montello, where the main track Of the
Baltimore and Ohio road will be joined. In
providing for the future and its possiblh-
ties of growth not merely enough land Tor
right of way has been secured, but there
is a wide strip on each side of the proposed
tracks. The purchase of the land has been
made entirely from individual owners, some
twenty in number, and the negotiations
have been in charge of Mr.. Herman h.
Gasch of the real estate firm of Gasch Bros.
Altogether some $4,000 has been expend-
ed by the company in acquiring the neces-
sary property for this distance of only
three miles
Prices Paid for Land.
In several instances the company bought
the entire holdings of individuals In the
section east of the reform school the price
paid for the land lying in the state of Mary
land was from 500 to $3.50 per acre. Com
ing west and crossing the boundary line of
the District, the property belonging to the
reform school was reached. The new line
is to pass through the southern edge of
this land and from that point to Montello,
distance of about one mile, the prices Of
land varied from $500 per acre to $500.
In this latter section, generally speaking,
the tracks of the railroad will occupy the
center of a strip of land belonging to the
company which will be about six hundred
feet broad. In some parts of this course
the holdings of the company amount to
much more than this, for in some cases
tire tracts were bought from individuals
instead of merely enough for the immediate
purposes. No doubt it was necessary for
the company to do this in some instances in
order to acquire the portions which they re-
cd A ar1yr l1nra f;.t,.
of land for which there will be no imme-
date need and perhaps will never be used
for railroad purposes.
Looking Out for Future Needs.
Provision has been made at both ends of
this new line for increasing the facilities of
the company when the need arises in the
future. At the Montello end, but on the
track of the Baltimore and Ohio, is a space
which will be used yard for Pullman
cars. The new line. with it's sweep of GOO
feet in width adjoining, will make it posi-
bic to extend these yards, if that is found
necessary AT the other end near Magruder
station all the ground between the main
line and the new line has been acquired by
the company, so that in the event it may
be necessary to have additional land there
1t will be available. This section is a part
or the subdivision of Tuxedo. Adjoining on
the west is the property of E A. Shubrun.
containing thirty acres, the whole of which
10 nv" iiie piOptTty OF the cOnDaQy, is
the property, still going to the west, of NJ
h. Porter containing twenty acres and
that of w. X. Mendenhall containing fifty
acres.
Along the Maryland section of the line
change of considerable consequence IS to
De made. as the course of Beaver Dam
pfanch is to be changed and the waters
are 10 HOW south of the proposed track in
stead of north of it before they are emptiei
into the Eastern branch. This will avoid
the expense of building a crossing over
this branch and will straighten out the
course of that stream. A canal is to be
Dug into which the waters will be turned
Bridge Over Eastern Branch.
The Eastern branch is to be bridged, but
that will not be a formidable undertaking
either from an engineering or a financial
point of view, the branch is a Rather
small stream at that point and has dwin-
died down considerably from what history
shows was its former generous proper ions
In the District was, of course, encountered
the plan of street extension. This systeu,
applies to the entire District although
IN some sections the streets have not even
been surveyed, much less laid out Still
the streets are on maps in the District
office and have as much vitality as if tnair
existence was not merely confined to PAPER.
1t was found that west of the reform
school grounds the proposed line of the
railroad would coincide pretty nearly with
the line of street. The general course OF
that street differed from that of the rail.
road, ana IN consequence in some places the
former crossed the railroad line and in
other places the north and south streets
u and W. came very close to the tracks
1t has therefore been decided by The Dis
trict authorities to change the direction of
the last two streets so as to bring the pro-
posed course of the railroad directly in the
center, and as the railroad company owns
all the intervening land V street has bcen
wiped out. In this way there will be no
crossing of the tracks by streets either at
grade or otherwise. In fact, the railroad
Will be at a considerable distance from any
street throughout the entire length Of this
now line.
Sales Of Property
Early & hampton, real estate brokers.
have made the following sales: For Mrs.
Cameron Cameron apartment house, 10th
and Vermont avenue. to Arthur Jordan, for
$4,000: for James II. Wood, to Thomas V.
Smith. 1923 10th street northwest, $780,;
for Henry c. Vance to Mrs. Cora Fuller,
Ills 18th street northwest s11 600; for Jo-
seph Auerbach. to Frank P. Jonas & Co.,
1850 P street northwest. $500; for Arthur
Jordon. to John II. Nolan. lots to 10.
square 8, West lexington, $50. eco; for Frank
+. Jones Co, to George r. Cooper, 215O 2
Harding. to Mrs. c. N. Clarkson, 1922 21st
street northwest. $4,000; for Gertrude L.
Garrett, 134S Princeton street, S. 800: to
Arthur Jordan, 416 9th street northwest.
$4,000; to Gen. w. F. Spurgen. 1880 21st
street northwest, for George S. Cooper
81 500; for j. H. Nolan. F713-15-17 18th
street northwest to II. C. Vance, 1873. GOO:
for o. w. White. 1905 Belmont avenue,
$500: for Frank b. Jonas to Joseph Auer-
bach, part lot 10. block 33, s.. go for H. C.
Fuller. 1905 o street northwest. to Mrs c.
Koran, $500; for Arthur Jordan, lots | to
20, block s, West lexington, to Mrs. Cam