Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-17

1927 10th street northwest and 81 Sd street
| northwest: TO James s. Bryan, 80 u street
northwest. for $4.350; to Robert H. Wood,
s. street northwest for 81 800; to Joseph
d. Wright. lot on Newark street, "Cleve-
land Park" for s.. 500; two lots on Lowell
| street. ''Ingleside." being 10l feet front to
Stas.rs M:cde; for J. Spyisg Poole, four
$1,000: for Clarence F. Norment, 2137 New
| port place northwest. This is the last Of
| the row of six apartment buildings, all Of
| which h2ye been sold by this firm during
! the past three weeks. The same firm has
| also sold the remaining ground belonging
to Clarence F. Norment on o street and
Dumbarton avenue between 30th and 3Ist
streets; to Harry Wardman. This makes
a total or 10000 square feet which Mr.
aruman has acquired, on which he is
erectingS seventeen two-story apartment
buildings.
Property Sold.
The sales closed this week by the Miller
shoemaker Real Estate Company include
the purchase of lot 1SS, square 1913 by A.
II. Johnson; 2453 p street. two-story bay
window brick by F. j. 'Wisner; for the
Fhillp May estate. to Jacob Herschman
houses 1926 and 1850 Sod street stores and
dwelling; houses 3101 and 31O3 X street. to
u b. Mackall, through J. w. Ratciiffe;
the southwest corner of Saith and streets
IRON Barton Mackall ct all. $50 feet
satin by 100 feet on S. comprising nine build
ing lots; to II. w. Fisher jr, five lots on
Irving place. numbers 161, 1872. 1913. 164 and
l65. square 1872. fronting IS feet each with
an average depth of % feet. These are
known as the Duncanson lots. For John
curtin. four additional lots at the north
west corner of 9th and Olive streets. These
conclude the sale of the entire 800 feet on
Olive street. lying between 9th and 2Sth
streets. north side.
The number of unimproved lots sold
Gently through this firm, aggregate thirty
four. All but four of these will be imme
diateiy improved The demand for houses
to rent remains undated.
Sales through other sources include the
transfer of part of lot 40 in square 1856, be-
ing at the northeast corner of 33d and the
Chesapeake and Ohio canal to Timothy E.
Shugrue; parts of lots 104 and 105, square
l2o9, being on the west side Of 2Sth street,
between o and p streets northwest to
George W. Emerson: Mary a. r. Cost to
Carrie o. Allnutts. undivided one-half in
terest in part of lot 81. in Beatty and Haw-
kins addition, in square 1880.
Secretary Hays Apartment House.
Stonleigh Court the new apartment house:
being erected by Secretary Hay, is fast APP
preaching completion. The strike among
marble workers, extending over the whole
country, will possibly prevent the marble
work, such as the wainscotng in the main
hall, etc, being in place, but this will not
interfere with the opening of the house on
December l. The agents for the property,
FitcIl Il OK q Drown. state tnat or the to-
tai of ninetytwo suites ffty-two are al
ready rented.
A Business Location.
There were two transactions that occurred
during the week that were of some interest.
The conclusion reached in regard to the
purchase of the property, AIS and 420 10th
street northwest showed that the valuation
placed on the ground. the improvements be-
ing of no consequence. was about 81 per
square foot. The two buildings have a
frontage of about fifty-one feet with a
depth of some one hundred feet, making
total of about 500 square feet. The price
that is understood to have been agreed upon
was about $4,000. 1t is stated that the
prospective purchaser in the event he Sc
cures tha property will erect there bust
ness building. The property is about up-
posite the gas office. and the locality has
been used for business purposes for some
time.
For Railroad Uses.
deed was placed on record during the
week by which George Truesdel transferred
to the agent of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company nearly the whole OF the
triangular square which is bounded by
Florida avenue. New York avenue and Sd
street northeast There are five lots in
this square at the northwest corner of Flor
Ida avenue and Sd street. or Delaware ave-
nue., which belong to Mr. Daish and which
are now subject to condemnation proceed
lngs. When the latter are concluded the
company Will own the entire square which
ad)o ms On tie south the site of the propo ed
new freight depot. Mr.. Truesdell secured
1or ms holdings the sum of S116,0p0 which
was at the rate of $1.15 per square foot