The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-07-26
Expectations of Dealers More
Than Realized BY Transac-
fionS of the Past Week.
Rental Agencies BnSy.
Many Apartment Houses Co.
ing Up, Bat Greatest ShoqU-
ing IN Building Line Is
Made by Storage Conpa-
MES.

Though realty transactions and the ad-
vancement of building projects were not
numerous in the past week the expecta-
tions of dealers have been more than
realized. when the usual summer dull
ness IS taken into consideration.
Work on the new three-story and cell
lar apartment house and store building
at 1904 Park Place has begun. and Is
progressing rapidly. The building is to
be of brick and stone. and will cost
about S175. 900. A. o. Bliss is the owner,
and w. E. Speir has the contract A.
Goenner drew the plans
y. Frank Myers. architect. has design,
ed three apartment house buildings. TO
be erected in the northern section or
Columbia Heights. All are to be three
stories in height, and will contain suites
of six rooms and bath each. One OF the
proposed structures will be built at
Thirteenth Street near Lamar Street.
and win be 20 by 10 feet; another on
whitney Avenue. near Thirteenth Street.
and will have a frontage of Al feet. and
depth of 60 feet. and the third on LIZ
decker Avenue. and Will be OF the same
dimensions as the Whitney Avenue
apartment
b. Stanley Simmons, architect, has
charge of the plans and erection of the
new parsonage for the Waugh NJ. E.
Church. TO be built near Third and A
Streets northeast, on tie site of the old
parsonage. Il will be a three-story and
cellar building, with porches on one side
OF the first and second stories Red
pressed brick and brownstone will be
the material. The parsonage will have a
frontage of % feet and depth of rs
feet
Mr.. Simmons also has prepared plans
for four apartment houses. which will
be erected by Or. George W. Boyd at
First Street and New York Avenue
northeast. Two are TO be located in
New York Avenue and the others in
First Street northeast Each building
will have a frontage of seventeen feet
and a depth OF ninety feet.
New Storage Houses.
In addition to the activity exhibited
in the erection OF apartment houses
probably 10 other line Causes so much
speculation as the projects for the con
structiou of storage warehouses Barber
& Ross are building three storage houses
at lexington, on the line Of the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad. 1t is said their
present quarters have grown too small
hot % ~
will be moved TO lexington.
The Union Trust and Storage Company
has found il necessary to enlarge its
storage facilities and is building an ad
ditional warehouse at Colfax and /
Streets northeast. The cost of the build
ing viii be about Sc 600 ]. B. Clark &
Son have the contract.
S. s. Daish & Son have begun work OF
warehouse addition to their plant a
Brentwood Road and Second Stree
northeast. 1t will be one story hiet
and cost about $500.
The renting season usually does no
open before the first Of September, bu
dealers say that In the past few week.
the demand for desirable houses hat
been exceptionally good The supply c
good houses and select apartments il
equal TO the demands OF the present
despite the number of families movinl
from the sites of the new union static;
and the Office building for the House e.
Representative. The number OF famiIie
evicted will not exceed $50 Many OF hi
number are building in other parts Of tn
city and are only dependent on the loca
dealers until their new homes are com
pleted.
Sales Of the Week.
The Moore Hi Real Estate Com
pany. Incorporated, reports the follow
ing sales for the week just ended: 70
Messrs. Bates and John Warren. eigh
OF their new houses in BIoomingdale
for S24.so0. being 81 ESQ each; for Georc
T. Newton, 80. ~. and 48 Rhode ISLAM
Avenue northwest Tor $500 each; .
Rhode Island Avenue northwest. 10
$3.50. for Louis Il Meyers. 8
Rhode Island Avenue northwest. 70
s. SO; for Mrs Katherine l. Johusor
1851 Mlntwood Place. Washingto
Heights. for Harry Wardman. 800 M
$50 Florida Avenue northwest. 70
81 500 each; for George T. Robertson. %
to 81 D Street northeast, for 81 300; 10
on FIRST Street, Bloomirgdale, for 81 500
70 Rowan D. TuIey; for John c. Head
three lots on Fret Street, Bloomingdal'
to George A. Schneider: four lots o
First Street. Bioomingdalc. FOR 5000
and two lots adjoining same 20 Juliu
-. Schneider. for $1,000; for Mrs Mar
ORourke, 2O25 C street northwest: IL
Columbie Road. Columbia Heights, {
Mrs. Jennet Dellett for $1,000; TO Mr..
Imogene T MOsher. 2945 Newark Street