The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-09


both improved and unimproved property
hold remarkably well. Inquiries that
Uoinr to important future deals are fire.
auaut, and so it is more than likely
that there viii be something doing In
the real estate business In Washington
before very Ions
Brokers Puzzled.
IL there is one thing more than an
other that puzzles brokers IL is the con-
stantIy increasing demand Tor houses
TO rent, and the equally growing scarcity
of the same. Attention has been called
before this 10 this phenomenon eXplana-
tion FOR which can only be found in the
assumption that the population OF the
District is increasing more rapidly than
most people suspect. Notwithstanding
the Unprecedented activity In the build
ing OF apartment houses of every de
scriptiOu and so arranged as TO rentals
that nearly every domestic economic
condition can be met and in spite OF
the further fact that fair amount or
construction OF small houses especially
in the eastern and northeastern sec
rf0us OF the city, is going on, the sup
ply is FAR from equaling the demand
Exodus From Boarding Houses.
The question is frequently heard:
Where do all these people come from
ed even before the houses have been
compIeted by the builder? Two answers
NAV be given 10 this iuIerrogatory. One
is that people who have been content
In live in boarding houses are migrat-
ing in large numbers 10 small flats
where there are more room and greater
conveuiences at a comparatively small
increase in the moutl-y budget This
exodus from boarding houses viii in all
probability continue In proportion 10 the
rapidiry with which suitable apartment
houses are erected, a. IL furnishes one
explanation why the demand Tor small
flats and dwellings continues SO largely
in excess OF the supply.
Influx Of Population.
Another answer is suggested by the
influx OF population occasicned by the
extensive railroad Improvement now 60
ing forward and others still in the fu-
ture Within the next two or three years
great repair shops and freight yards
ara 10 De established by the companies
whose lines center here. Out beyond
lexington the Baltimore and Ohio has
acquired a large territory for this pur-
pose. and the Pennsylvania and South
ern have bought up tracts OF land that
stretch all the way from the Long
Bridge 10 Alexandra. 1t is certain that
thousands OF Workmen. skilled and un-
Skilled, and an army OF Iaborers VIII be
imported by these railway companies
as soon as they are ready for operations.
A great many have arrived already and
are employed on the extensive works
In connection with the new Union Sta
ton. III is estimated that not less than
I'VE thousand have already come 10
Washington. OF whom the majority win
probably make this city their perma-
nenu home. An equally large. IL not an
even larger, number may be attracted
when the repair shops and freight yards
shall be in FUN operation.
Home Seekers.
All these people need homes. They he
long 10 a class that does not take kindly
10 boarding houses By far the greater
number OF them belong In The CATEGORY
OF homeseehers and home makers. They
are the people for whom small dwellings
VIII have 10 be provided, or else flats
that can be rented FOR u0c more than 500
month. The advance guard OF This
great army of workers IS already here
Their advent is causing no little Of the
demand for small houses. H0twitlstand-
iug the continuous building OF arar+-
EueUt houses which I'm construction and
price are suited 10 tlelr wants Present
and prospective needs therefore explain
90 some extent why the building OF the
more modest class of apartment houses
and dwellings goes ol without much i'm
Jerrupuou. and why uHimpr0vel ur88-
erty iu the northeast and other outlying
sections OF the District is held at good
prices.
Big Real Estate Deal.
An Important real estate transaction
has Just been brought 10 a close through
tae offee VI j. Walter Weed John IT,
Mccormick has bought a plot of graara
az Utica and Ninth Streets, Petwarra.
oE which be win erect twelve zemi-de-
racne1 dwellings with fronts of brick
for tle -rF- story and pebble dash for
The second story and attic. They VIII
each contain eight rooms and bash ana
are o. be heated with steam. Wide
p1rcles H-l De a Distinguishing feature
OF Jhe exterior. The plans for these
houses were drawn by the ~ IT, HaIer
COMPANY architects, and the cost oC
The entire Improvement. including the
land. via Doe about $4,000.
Lee Hurchils has bought through B
- Bradford large Tor az -La corner
~ Il and lWautE-Grsr Streets. on which
Ee proposes 10 erect "a number OF modern
cEe.llBEs. This Improvement VIII veFy
nearly conclude the obUteratiau or the
shanties which covered this locality
for many years past. and It is
thought that after the new Con-
nccr-elt Avenue Bridge has been COM
pIet6d the Capital Traction Company
Wiu Tll a branch of IJs Chevy Chae.
line down tlat avenue and then down
TWeuty-hrst Street 90 PENNSYLVANIA
Avenue thereby bringing easy railroad
commune zion within reach of the
people living around il Street
Storage Warehouse.
A storage warehouse has been design
a. by Harding d Lpmau. architects. FOR
EarnslaW a. LeaIy. the Boston EaElue
COMPANY which ls 10 De erected ou a
l0t adjoining the present bakery az
ll9 70 10 First street southwest. III VIII