Evening star., 1905-11-04

to $lOO q square foot haN~ peen turned
1t is seldom that brokers cannot place a
market value on realty anywhere down.
town. but the worth of property In one
investors. There have been no sales of
property in Oliver avenue. between Wood
and Smithfield streets, hence no way to hx
value for realty in that square EST, u,
mates to what 1t Is worth per front foot
vary. Some say 5000 and otners put the
figure as high as $1,000.
The Front-Foot Values.
The latter is as much as has been offered
for property In Diamond street, between
Wood and Smithfield streets. and It Is much
more used than the same square In oliver
avenue. With church property taking up
most Of the east side Of the latter, and
with rear ends Of buildings occupying the
other side some vast changes Will have
to be made before Oliver avenue VIII equal
Diamond street as a business thor0ughIare.
and some brokers claim that $5OO front
foot for 12O-foot depths in the former ave-
nue. is good price.
Taking 5000, 600 as basis Of calculation
as the. price Of 30x240 feet In 9th avenue
$6, GOO front foot in Oliver avenue, with
depth of 12O feet, would leave $4Oo'vVV as
the price of the remaining 3Oxl2O feet 'front.'
lent to over $3.50 square foot NO such
price has yet peen paid. but there Is no
doubt that it will be in time.
Transfer Of Realty.
The property 621 18th street has been
purchased by the Coliins-Guerry Company.
a recently formed real estate ,organizat on
In this city. It was purchased by Mr. Ho-
mer Guerry, an officer of the company,
from Mr.. Augustus Stoughton some time
ago. and has now been transferred to the
company. The improvements consist OF
a four-story brick building, which has been
used as boarding house and was known
as the Belford. Since the change in the
ownership it has been refitted for use as
an office building, the new owners occupy
ing a suite on the first or main floor
The lot has frontage Of 3o.1l feet on
18th street and depth Of 0I.3 feet. with
fhreezf00t Atffp: running to g street Ine
total .arealis something over 5000 square
feet and the price paid is said to have been
about .S5apo0.
TweIaty Houses to Be Built.
:. A large building enterprise is to be carried
out in the section of the northwestern por-
tlon of tfescity which is known as 1ngle-
side hapck of twenty houses. each three
stories in height, with cellars, is to be built
or 18th street extended between k1ibourn
place and Lamont street. The two latter
streets have recently been renamed by the
city authorities, the former being known
ter as Grant street. The general location
is west of old 10th street, in section that
is being rapidly built up, and 1t was propa-
bly this fact that led Messrs. John w.
Points and Frederick l.. Mockabee TO go
into this undertaking.
The houses are to be heated with steam
and will be thoroughly equipped.
Sales of Realty.
The Moore & Hill Real Estate Company
has made a number of important sales
lately.
For the O'Donnel estate this firm has sold
the large property at the southeast corner
of 14th and kenesaw avenue. Columbia
Heights. 1t is known as lot ii. in block
35 and comprises 1S,407 square feet of
ground.
Also for the same estate, what is known
as the North Court property and designated
as lots . and 3, in block 16, Mt. Pleasant.
being located on Columbia road between
11th street and Sherman avenue.
Also the northeast corner of 11th street
and Columbia road, containing 20,526 square
feet. This property was sold for H. Rozer
Dulaney and Samuel Maddox. The pur-
chaser will remove these court houses and
will improve the property with modern
houses. The destruction of these alley
houses removes the greatest eyesore in this
residence section.
For John Miller, the large house No. so
NJ street northwest.
For Watson ]. Newton, 1882 K street
northwest.
For. DIR. T. T. Sewers. the large plot of
ground at southeast corner of Huntington
and University places, Columbia Heights.
To William II. Duvall, the large residence
2010 Goth street, Columbia Heights.
For Edward N. Richards, 1874 street
northwest
To John H. Lane, a plot of ground on
11th street southeast near Lincoln Park
For Osterman & Butler, eight of their new
houses on Weeling place between 14th and
10Th streets, Columbia Heights.
To William II. Wood, POS street north
west.
To Mrs. Francis NJ. Newton 2S n street
northwest
To Mrs. Eudora McLahin, 2515 10Th street.
Washington Heights
This firm has also made a number of
sales during the last few days which are
not sufficiently advanced for publication.