Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-19
REAL ESTATE GOSSIP
Bright Days Bring Active
Local Trading.
MANY PROPERTIES SOLD
DEMAND BY HOME AND INVEST
MENT SEEKERS.
Number of Lots Sold for Buildings in
Bloomingdale - Ninth Street
Business Property.

Business Property.
Realty trading for the past week has
picked up wonderfully, and with continue
ton of bright days the brokers say they
will have their hands full in showing prop
critics in all sections of the District to pros
pective homeseekers as we'll as investors.
The big demand during the week has been
by homeseekers who are DESTROYS of locat-
ing and giving up the payment of rent, yet
at the same time brokers say they have
no trouble in renting good properties that
have been vacated. There have been several
trades of large volume, notably the pur-
chase of s. N. Meyer of the property on
Pennsylvania avenue at an aggregate cost
| OF 100000 from Mr.. Stilson Hutchns
through Benz. Bradford, the realty
broker.
Another trade of much moment was
through Stone Fairfax, the signing of
contract for the purchase of the business
property at 610 9th street between f and
G. streets to Joseph Paul for 100000. This
is three-story and cellar building on
lot 20 by 100 feet The purchaser will spend
$4,000 in improvements.
There has been considerable activity in
9th street business property of late and sew
eral additional trades are in allegiance at
good figures. Property along this thor
oughfare has enhanced in value largely in
the past several years and many improve
ments are being made.
Many Trades Made.
Stone & Fairfax have also sold for Mr..
Lester A. Barr the residence property 1872
L street northwest, at $1,000; for John l..
Warren, 35 U street northwest, at S4,350;
for W. w. Raum, 1870 F street southeast,
4-n IA ct,
mort beast at $1,000; for the estate of Hat
tie Wells 1904 Riggs street northwest, for
So, $50; for James A. Strother, SO and ST.
G street northeast price not stated; for
7. M. Alexander, 2319 and 1921 G street
northwest, for So, 500; for Mrs. G. j. Harper,
% street northwest, purchaser not named,
for $4,000, and for j. l.. Luchs, 1900 4th
street northwest, for 81 OOO
Mr.. Fairfax of the firm of Stone & Fair
fax said to a Star reporter this afternoon:
There is an active demand for properties
of all kinds, and the renting business holds
good. All houses in good repair renting
from $50 to S75 per month can be easily
disposed of in the hands of an active agent.
We have rented seventy-five houses since
tie middle of February"
Mr.. Robert N Harper, president of the
Am erican National Bank. who recently
purchased a lot at the corner of 18th and
Madison streets through Stone Fairfax,
Is having plans prepared for an elegant
residence, and the ground will shortly be
broken Tor tnat purpose.
Mr.. c. w. Handy, the realty broker, re-
Gently sold eleven lots on Willard street
near Connecticut avenue and 18th street.
Moore & Hills Sales.
Mr.. Hill of Moore & Hill, Incorporated,
looks for large cpring trading if the
weather continues good. That firm has
within the past week sold the following
properties: For Robert Cohen, 1347 T
street northwest, for $500; for John b
Heidi COZ Spruce street, LeDroit Park
to Mrs. NJ ]. Walker, 1921 Duncan street
northeast; for Mrs. Susan Thomas, S2S
X street northeast; for James d. Burns, o22
18th street northeast; for Mrs. M. ]. Camp
bell, 1902 Sd street northwest; to r. H.
Bailey, six lots on North Capitol street, in
Bloomingdale
Mr.. Bailey will improve his lots by
row of buildings in the near future.
Moore & Hill have also sold nineteen lots
In Bloomingdale to Messrs. Bates and John
L. Warren for building purposes
The plans for the new building of the
American Security and Trust Company, to
be erected on the old Riggs National Bank
site, having been arranged by the archi-
tects to comply with the District building
laws, will be submitted to the board of
directors of the company at a special meet
Ing Monday afternoon, at which final action
will be taken in regard to them. 1t is said
that the plans have met with the unof-
fetal approval of a majority of the di-
rectors, and will doubtless be approved on
Monday with little or discussion.
New Buildings in View.
Work is shortly to be commenced on the
new office building at the corner of 18th and
G streets. All the tenants have vacated
the buildings to be razed, and the plans
have been approved in the office of the
local building inspector.
Mr.. C. B. Billings has been granted a
permit to erect four houses on 18th street
southeast
Representative H. Bourke Cochran will
shortly remodel the house he occupies on
10th street. There will be an entire change
In the front, and the interior arrangements
will also be changed.
F. A. Blondin has planned to build four
two-story fats near the corner of North
Capitol street and Lincoln avenue north
east at cost of $4,000
F. B. Pyle, the architect, has drawn plans
for three elegant houses to be erected by
Mr.. s. w. Woodward on Leroy place be-
tween Dist and 22d streets northwest.
Mr.. Robert B. Blondin will shortly COM
mence the erection of a home in Bright
wood Park.
The numerous protests that have been
made throughout the District against the
proposed change in plans of the new mu-
nfcipal building may prove effective. A
copy Of the original plans was forwarded to
Congress by Commissioner Biddie in re-
Spouse to a request from the Senate com
mittee on appropriations.
1t is thought that this request on the part
of the Senate indicates that it is inclined
to revise the action of the House commit
tee, which stipulated that the new building
be remodeled so as to contain the Police
Court, the District repair shop and the
offices of the register of wills and the re-
corder of deeds.
Work on the Connecticut Avenue bridge
is progressing
Building Skyscraper.
"a great amount of curiosity has always
been manifested when large office build
ing or apartment house is in course of con-
struction, as to Just the plan of procedure
from start to fnish.'" said a local con-
tractor to a Star reporter today. Perhaps
this will satisfy some of the curiosity:
There are four primary factors. In the
beginning there is the man with the money
to buy the ground and pay for the building
when it is erected-the capitalist Next
comes the architect. who executes the
plans, prescribing definitely and compre-
hensively what manner of building is to be
erected; how many floors, of what height
and width. saying where stone shall be
put and where iron He draws plans show
ius- the exterior appearance of the bniIdiny