Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-05
REAL ESTATE DEAL
Property Acquired by Seventh
Day Adventists.
SITE OF NEW PLANT
LARGE ESTABLISHMENT NEAR
TAKoMA PARK.
Buildings to Be Constructed Of Cement
Stone Objections Made
to the Sale.

Int StNcHln LAY AeiNS J'"N
concluded another large and important real
estate transaction at Takoma Park, max
ing the second important purchase within
less than a year. The property just ac-
CURED covers an area of nearly five acres,
about one-half lying within the District and
the remainder in the corporate limits of
Takoma Park, Nd, just across the District
line
The deal was made through Andrew A.
Iipscomb and John p. Earnest, trustees,
for what is known as the Thornton Tract.
lying lin the District of Columbia and
Maryland. 1t is located on Carroll ave-
nue. between Willow and Laurel avenues
near the log cabin. The property includes
lots L. ~. H. Is 10, II. IS, 10, 20, u. %.
20. 81 -. 70. 81, "a, 70. 36, -. IS. 80, 40, in
block >: lots l and in block ). and lots
L. . >, 4 and in block 6. The property
has frontage of $40 feet on Carroll avenue
on the south side, running back TO depth
of al feet Willow avenue and a depth
of so feet ON Laurel avenue, owing to the
peculiar shape of the property. On the
north side of Carroll avenue the property
has frontage of 100 feet, on the west SIDE
of Willow avenue with respective depths
of Ga and 1of feet. On the east of Willow
avenue the frontage measures 2I6 feet, with
depths of l5j feet and 2ai feet respectively.
The purchase was made by the trustees
of the Review and Herald Publishing As
snciation of the Seventh Day Adventitsts,
consisting of Prof. w w Prescott, Prof. w.
T. Bland S. n. Curtiss. W. NJ. Lewis and
DIR. j. H. Neal. and the trustees of the
general conference corporation of the Seventh
Day Adventists consisting of A. e. Dan
iels H. W. CottreH. A. P. Needham. s. n.
Curtiss, Prof. W. T. Bland and ]. n. Mel
son The price paid it is said, was about
$1.1Vo an acre. A deposit has been made
on the property
1t has developed that the heirs of the
Thornton estate have entered objections to
the purchasing price of the property and
will endeavor to have the sale set aside.
According to the proposition which was put
to the two boards of trustees the property
was offered at about cents per foot The
heirs of the estate are of the opinion that
the property should bring at least 10 cents
per foot. and possibly II cents. The mat
ter as 1t stands is left for the trustees to
settle. inasmuc.i as the Seventh Day Adj
ventists look upon the deal as closed. far
as they are concerned AS the trustees
were appointed by the court in the inter-
interest of the property. it will be
left for the court to decide whether the
sale shall stand 1t is expected that a
hearing will be given at an early date in
regard TO the matter
Plans of the Adventists.
IL decision should be rendered in favor of
the trustees the Seventh Day Adventists,
according to their present plans, expect to
establish the general offices and publishing
plant on the property. The plant will be
located within the District line, and will
occupy tie eight lots facing on Willow ave-
nue.. with the press room, factory and sta
bles located on the same property IN the
rear of the main building. Facing on Lau-
rel avenue the offices will occupy three of
the lots. where the officials and committees
will meet to carry out the work OF the va
r:ous departments. The remaining lots viii
be used for the erection of dwellings and
residences for The editors, publishers and
employees of the establishment.
The papers and maya zines which will be
published as soon the plant Is In opera
ton Will ncluuIe the Review and Herald.
with circulation of 1900 copies: the
Youths Instructor. 1900 copies, and the
Sabbath School Worker. 5000 copies, all of
which are printed weekly. The Pacific
Health Journal, which has been removed
from the large printing house at Oakland.
Cal. a monthly paper, will also be printed
at the rev plant, where 1t is expected TO
increase the circulation from $4,000 to 100
100 as soon the plant is in perfect run
ming order.
In order to facilitate the dispatch of this
vast amount of inailable matter IL is quite
probable a railway switch will be necessary
In order TO dispatch the printed matter as
soon as it leaves the mailing division
Abou, year ago the printing establish
ment at Battle creek. Mich. was DESTROYED
by fire and was never rebuilt. Since that
time the headquarters of the church has
been removed to Washington. AS result of
tie nrr they receive ABOUT SIov,OVV III M
surance and there still remains about $3.50
,So worth of property at that place, which
will also be converted into cash and both
sums viii be expended in building up the
headquarters in this city and In Takoma
Park.
1t is the intention of the officers of the
associa ton to set aside three of the lots
at the corner of Willow and Carroll ave-
nues to be converted into park, adorned
with shrubbery, flowers and lawns. In
the center of the remaining ground, fac
ing on Carroll and Laurel avenues, be-
yond the District line, will be erected
church of the denomination which owns
the property, and which will also be sur
rounded on all sides with green lawns
and beautified with flower beds, trees
and shrubbery. A small parsonage will
adjoin the church edifice.
Buildings to Be of Cement Stone.
A large supply of molds has been pur-
chased and experiments Will be inaugu
rated within the near future for making
cement blocks of which the buildings will
he constructed. All of the buildings will
b.. of cement stone, which is considered
TO he step In advance in the building
line. Mr.. X. Kydema of Grand Rapids,
Mich. who invented the molding machine
for making the cement blocks, has con-
ferred with the trustees of the church
and explained the new method of con-
struction in all its details.
The Seventh Day Adventists last fall
purchased lOrty-elSht acres IN DOCK OIL
of f. +. Gilbert's division on the Sligo,
at an expenditure. IL is said of nearly
$1,000. On this property will be erected
the two largest buildings OF any owned
By the church in the vicinity of Washing
ton. They will consist of the sanitarium
where every modern facility will be of
fered in caring for sick patients and a
training school for the Christian work
ers. The tract has been entirely cleared
al timber and brushwood. and within the
next Few days the ground will be plough
ed preparatory to the erection of several
of the smaller outbuildings, such as
sheds. stables and storehouses where the
stock and property used In the construc-
tion of the larger buildings can be safely
stored.
The buildings will be built in a semi
circle on the crown of the hills overlooking
the Sligo. On the crest of the eastern slope
Will be erected the training school, while
on the opposite hill top will be the medical
santtarium. Arrangements for the con-
struction OF the buildings have been almost
completed and operations Will be commenced
at an early date. Teams have been pur-
chased for developing the work and as IL
progresses larger force will be employed.
The first expenditure will amount to $50