The Washington times., 1903-08-23
Fec Sales or Building Opera
fIonS of Amp importance
Recorded, But Many Pea
mis- Issued fo1 Repairs.
Good Prices Paid for Pop
erfp Bought for Union Sta
hon Purposes BY PennspL
UanIa RaIlzoad Company.

AidIh III lHS past week. anu Win Ine
exception of a few sales of minor i'm
portance. the week has been almost fea-
tureless. The building market" has
been likewise affected and new build
ing operations were conspicuous by
their absence. Many property owners,
therefore, have taken advantage of the
dullness in the building trades to have
much needed repairs. alterations. and
improvements made TO their property
An unusual number Of permits for re-
pair and Improvement work were issued
through the Office of the Building In
spector, more probably than any
previous week this year. Many permits
called for the enlargement OF houses,
and mostly read general improve
ments." The most notable one in this
regard is the house oT Samuel S Lutz.
on n Street northwest, which is to be
converted into an apartment house. The
present structure Will be enlarged to
accommodate nine families, and the
total cost OF the improvements will be
about $4,000.
Apartment House Sold.
In large sales Of real estate the past
week has been featureIess. but q number
Of small sales have been recorded and
several are OF interest Richard z.
Pairo has sold the Alexandria apartment
house. 1911 Z Street northwest, to W.
s. Johnson. for COCO. The broker In
the case was Carlton B. Hazard 6l2
Fourteenth Street northwest. Mr.. John
son purchased the property purely Cor
speculative purposes. and as the apart
Eent is at present filled with tenants. It
is said he VIII continue to use the place
as fat. Mr.. Hazard the broker Ia this
case. in turn sold to Mr. Pairo a block
of ground in Forest Glen for $40. 900. The
ground contains about twenty lots. one
OF which is improved by fine residence.
The Manor Real Estate Company. in
whose name all property purchased by
the pennsylvania Railroad for their un-
Ion station enterprise Is put. continues
busy IN the work OF buying the proDer-
Ties In the path OF the railroad project.
IN majority OF cases. II IS said, good
price has been paid for tn PROPERTY ana
in all cases a price which is considered
close 10 the true valuation. As liberal
as the company is in this regard and as
anxious as II Is 20 get the property
without resorting to condemnation, il is
also evident that the prices paid are by
no means exbrbitent
Avoiding the Laws Delays.
The theory uDon which>the company Ls
evidently proceeding is that it Is better
to pay little too much for a site than
to run the risk Of delays and uncertain
ties Of legal proceeding in order TO
obtain a condemnation.
a practice has been followed by the
company which is unusual In the deeds
OF conveyance the actual price of the
transaction is named instead OF some
small and fictitious sum. as is usual In
such cases In this way il has been
possible to obtain particulars as to the
price paid for properties by the railroad
company.
Ground in the vicinity of the Reform
School and south o. the Bladensburg
ROAD has been sold 10 the company, !
and ii is understood that the price paid
averaged about 1000 per acre.
Church to Be Enlarged.
Arrangements have been completed
for the enlargement of the property OF
the Mount Pleasant CONGREGATIONAL
Church The plans, as drawn by z.
Frank Myers, architect, provide for an
extension OF the building to the rear
and many other minor repairs ana i'm
provements. new organ viii be in
stalled. and the church will be better |
equipped 20 carry one the ever increas-
ing work
Road Improvement.
The most interesting feature OF work /
in the suburbs is that of road improve 4
ment. The expenditure Of SsO. 600 by the 4
District for repsir work alone calls for 4
work which will add much 10 the IoeaH-
ties which arc TO be favored. The i'm
provements Of the Adams Mil Road /
viii not be Of the usual fashion, as a
central paFking is 70 be provided in the
roadway, which is about 100 feet wide.
and there are 10 be TWO twenty-foot
road Rays with sidewalks on each side
OF The parking.
In the section known as Meridian Hill
and Mount Pleasant several Of the
streets are to come In for attention
from the Commissioners in the coming
year. Messmore Street, which runs
through the -Eill" from Erie Street 10
Columbia Road, is 10 be graded. and .
this also Is to be done on Ontario Street,
from Florida Avenue 10 Superior Street
Howard Street, between Eighteenth and
Nineteenth Streets, is 20 be graded and
macadamIzed. II Petworth, farther TO
the cast, Kansas Avenue. from Trenton
Street 20 Utica SeTeet. is to have a
curb set and TO be macadamized
A macodani pavement Il 10 be laid on
North CapitO! street. from V Street 10
Michigan Avenue. and Street is 70 be
graded from &oIth Capitol &c Lincoln
Avenue. n the subdivision % Langdon
Twentieth street Is u e. graded. Tnis
thcrought2ye connects Langdon with
RnocC Island Avenue no. Jhsast. and
ruas tn:cCgn the subdivision OF ElIaston
Terrace.
The gc.k Of improving the maeadam
OF tie Bladensburg Road Is 10 be con-
tihued tris year and the resurfaciug Is
10 extend beyond Queens Chapel Road
About $4,000 v!ll be spout on the I'm
proFeUeaTS OF the streets Ia Anacostia
AJscng as% projects - ks undertaken
Is partly 70 level tae LilI which Is AZ
the toD OF he long ascent IN the Ten
leytown Road as it cCnCs out Of George
town and passes the VoweF house. About
thirteen inches are 10 be taken of
at this place which will make travel
IeRS difficult ,