Evening star., 1903-08-04
Sale of a Large Number Of
Small Dwellings,.
PREPARING FOR TUNNEL
FIVE HOUSES IN THE SOUTHEAST
DEMOLISHED.
Building Connection Between the Penn
sylvania and the B. and o. Rail-
road-The Proposed Viaduct.

Another large lot of the houses that will
be removed to make way for the new union
railway station was sold by James w. Rat
cliffe at auction this morning. The sale
started promptly at 10 o'clock. and there
was a gathering of more than 2)0 persons
following the auctioneer from place to
place in the section bounded by North
Capitol street, ID street, Massachusetts
avenue and X street northeast. 1t was
nondescript crowd, composed of the vari-
Gus contractors and others who conter-
plated bidding on the properties to be sold
Ioungers from the numerous alleys of the
locality a drove of small boys and many
residents of neighbCring houses
The auctioneer did not waste much time
in disposing of the houses and shortly be-
fore 12::s0 o'clock when the sale was closed.
forty houses had been sold The prices av-
erlged much higher than those of previous
sales made on the union station site. The
prices varied according to the amount of
seryiceable building material that it SEEM
ed possible to save in the demolition of the
buildings, and it surprised the non-expert
To see an old dilapidated brick often bring
a better price than q house of more modern
build and better appearance. y number of
coored shanties. especially in Cab
bage alley" that appeared hardly worth
the trouble of removal were bought amid
laughter for trifing sums. Mr.. James l..
karrack and Mr.. Charles r. King were the
principal buyers, the former buying a large
number of bricks and the latter many
frame dwellings.
Houses Sold and Their Prices.
The houses sold and their prices were as
follows: Brick houses on Massachusetts
10 . No
No. 100. $685. No. 106 E street. brick. s170;
119 California street. brick So; Is F street,
frame. 81; u F. frame. $40: 109 F, brick. S95;
JOS F.. brick. s1O5 113 F. brick so5. 1l6 G
street. brick stable. So: lis G. brick. $50;
us 1st street, frame. S21: y II street.
frame, 81; I6 H. frame. $50; 80 II. brick,
sln5; 1e9 H. frame, $40; 113 H. brick, S113
129 II, brick. $50 137 II. brick. $50; 133
Cabbage alley. frame. &c. 12S ST. AIMS
alley, frame, s.: frames in Jackson alley.
sc, SIG; &C G street. frame, SIS; CO G,
frame, Sc; - and "A G. frames. $15 each
sll 1st brick, $50; S27 1st. frame, s29; 80
1st brick, s41; $40 Delaware avenue
frame, S15: Sl2 Delaware avenue, frame.
sl1; S2S Delaware avenue. brick. s14; 911
Delaware avenue. frame, s24: 926 Della
ware avenue, brick. sl1O: 80 I'd. frame. s1S
Clearing the Line of the Tunnel.
The work of tearing down houses at the
d street southeast. in order to clear the
line of the tunnel to connect railroad tracks
of South Washington with the union rail-
way station was begun this morning At
that place five houses were being demolish-
ed, and as soon as possession can be OBJ
tained of other property the work of clear
ing the line will be further advanced
Preparations for beginning the construc-
tiorI of the tunnel are progressing rapidly,
but up to the present time no actual con-
struction work has been done. At the cor
ner of Az and e streets southwest where
will be located one of the freight yards of
the Pennsylvania company. hfteen-foot
ill is being made and foundations for the
retaining walls are being put up.
Connecting B. & o. and Pennsylvania.
The engineers of the Pennsylvania rail-
road are also building a trestle across the
Anacostia flats the line of the proposed
road to connect the Baltimore and Ohio
tracks north of the city with Magruders
station on the the Pennsylvania roi i. When
this treStle has been completed stone and
clay will be dumped along it in order to
form permanent roadbed for the passage
of the regular train service coming to the
union station from that direction.
Contracts for Union Station.
-he work under the control of the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad Company in
nection with the viaduct, freight yard, etc,
north of the proposed union station, is not
under way except the grading of the freight
yard in the vicinity of lexington. Con-
tracts for the construction of the viaduct
have not been signed. The grading of the
freight yard was begun about July l.
No active work has yet begun on the
union station, that being under the control
OF the terminal company recently formed
for its construction and operation. 1t is
understood that contracts for that work
have not yet been let, but that every effort
is being made in order that they shall be
signed and active work of construction be
commenced at as early date as possible.