Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-01
REAL ESTATE GOSSIP
Seine of the Transactions in
Property.
DEMAND FOR HOUSES
FEATURES OF A MARKET THAT
INTERESTS INVESTORS.
Progress Made in the Extensive Work
of Building the Steam Rail-
road Terminal.

The difficulty experienced during the past
season by the brickmakers whose plants
are located near the south end of the Long
bridge In getting teams to haul the brick
to customers in this city has led to con-
slderation of the situation and of the best
method OF bringing about a change. It is.
OF course, realized that the stringency so
u speak, IN the market for wagons was
oue 10 large extent to causes which are
more or less temporary. For instance. the
army omcers III charge of the maneuyers
at manassas, Va, during the latter part
OF August and early September, practically
LOOK the available supply. During the
carrier part OF the season, howeved, the
Work gong on In connection with the union
oepo1 ana other large building enterprises
Aep' .he teamsters pretty well engaged.
1rantins that the causes of the deple-
tlon OF the market are in a largo rneasure
temporary, the makers of brick recopnize
the TACT that this method of getting the
product OF their yards to market is becom-
ing more expensive In casting about for
o oi,,d means OF transportation it is con-
G S: mat the only resource Is in estab-
Hshing fleet of barges on which the
Dffck can pc brought across the river and
ianded at Wharves on this side nearest the
pace OK oeiivery There Is not much relief
including the approaches the distance of the
maui IS rather heightened than diminished
ana the time occupied in the trip will NOT
be lessened "AA 'i''
Union Depot Work.
Inc work of building the new union sta
sion Is not being pushed very rapidly at
present, as owing to the delay in clearing
me proposed site 1t is impossible for TN.
Company, the contract
ors, to proceed with the same speed that
marked the early stages of the building
Inc nltch Is occasioned, 1t is believed. bv
Inc enort that is being made to push for
waru some other part of this great under
taxing. In the case of the depot all that
Is necessary In order that building opera-
.aons should go on is to shift farther to the
t meIr me i racks now used by the railroad
trains IN entering the Baltimore and Ohio
depot. This new track is being laid ON the
east side of North Capitol street. AS If
happens, the daily traffic of the railroad. az
aai' d. ieast, as the passenger service is
concerned, goes directly through what will
De the center of the new station
Inc contractors have completed the piers
ana walls for the east side of the depot and
waiting to cross over in order to build the
foundations on the other side. A beginning
mas been made in taking the machinery
used IN the construction across the tracks
In order to make start but it will no
to proceed as rapidly as if the
other delays will occur in the progress of
this great enterprise, and so the final COM
pletion will be put forward at least six
months beyond what had been expected. It
Is probable the new depot will not be ready
for use prior to the first of January, 1906.
Progress in Great Enterprise.
The amount Of work that is going on at
at the three approaches to the city of the
steam railroads is, of course, very great
At the south, two large bridges are being
built over the Potomac, while plans for ex-
tenSive freight yards for the southern roads
between Alexandria and this city are to be
carried out. In the city along the line of the
pennsylvania road the tracks are being ele-
waited or depressed, according to the grade
Of the land, and beginning has been made
IN the building of the tunnel that Is to
pass under Capitol Hill to the union depot
Just beyond the bounds Of the District to
The east tracks are being laid over which
LII passenger cars of the Pennsylvania
Dad will pass to the northeast Of the city
making juncture with the tracks leading
INTO the depot to the north.
AS Passenger Center.
An extensive freight station has been es-
ablished by the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
Dad at lexington and the construction of |
lew road beds from this point stretches
'or miles to the north and east. In fact
he terminals of the steam railroads in this |
,ity are on large scale, as 1t is designed
% provide for a passenger traffic which |
las now reached such proportions that this |
lily ranks very high as a passenger traffic |
center. i
Senator Long Buys Home.
Senator Chester I. Long of Kansas has
purchased premises No 1455 Massachusetts, |
avenue northwest, which he will occupy as
/ home. The house Is located at the west |
md of Highland Terrace and fronts twenty |
i've feet on Massachusetts avenue and ITO |
eet on 18th street. 1t was purchased
through Willige, Gibbs & Daniel real estate |
brokers', and was occupied for a number Of |
years as the residence of the late Mrs. |
General Starring, who bequeathed it to |
Miss Fannie Barham of Paris The house, |
which is modern brick structure with six |
cen rooms and a large ball room or |
library, will be put in condition at once for |
by the purchaser.
Property Transactions.
Moore 8: Hill, real estate brokers, have |
made the following sales:
The five two-story apartment buildings, |
,eing numbers 1918, 1921, 1898, 1926 1927 |
Sth street northwest, for $37, 500, or 1900 |
ZACH; for George s. Cooper, 49, 437, AL |
tennessee avenue northeast, for $3.50, or /
{, $50 each; for Harry Wardman, 3019, 1921 |
oumbarton avenue, and 3o26 o street. also |
Nos. 3, 5, Z, IL u street northwest for
II, 600. or AGO each; also southeast cor
Ter list and U streets, for $3.50; 1920 Whit |
ley avenue, Columbia Heights, for IS, 25O: |
or Charles A. James, 532 I'd street SOUTH /
vest; for DIR. c. r. Caldwell, 927 New York |
venue northwest; for Burr r. Tracy, 1908 |
D street; for William H. Duwall, lot on |
9th street northwest; to Harry Wardman,
O,917 square feet of ground on south side |
" street between 14th and 18th streets |
northwest, on which he will shortly i'm |
,rove by three-story detached apartment |
the total investment being about |
SOC, 600; to Franklin T. Sanner, lot north |
vest corner Columbia road and Adams |
dill road; to Mrs. Josephine p. Hill, 1923 |
18th street northwest; tn William A Hin