Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-19

through the rather trying experience Oh
those who hold real estate that Is in q
period of transition.
Under such circumstances it Is hard to
make any use of 1t, and so in consequence
there Is not much revenue, and altogether
the condition Is not a hopeful one The re-
ward comes with the realization of the ex-
pectation of rise in values when the
Transformation from residence property to
business uses Is about completed.
Expansion Of Business Property.
Years ago. said Mr.. E. c. Brainerd, in
speaking of business property. real estate
was considered a property of two dimen-
sions-its measure has always been the
surface of the land. Each year makes
more prominent the fact that real estate
is a property of three dimensions. is space
itself, and is measured by the cube, not
by the square.
Particularly Is this the case in the down
town district of Washington. the owners of
which actually own space an unlimited
number Of miles high, and an almost unilm-
tied number deep. They have used. how
ever only that part of their property lying
comparatively near the surface of the
ground. Year by year they have torn
down the older structures, inclos1ng some
small fraction Of the space they owned,
and built taller ones to inclose still more of
their property. Within a more recent
period they have begun to utilize their pos
sessions underneath the ground surface as
ward.
."These rather theoretical considerations
really have very vital significance for the
developmeilts of the downtown district III
Washington. Every important oeVe ao,'-
ment in connection with this district looks
to a still Ireater concentration of the at
fairst of thA city and the still greater coun-
try which 1T represents The DOWNTOWN
district has expanded also naturally and IN
a direction not looked for by many OBJ
servers. 49,,
'These observations are apparent in the
erection Of the New Willard, COLORADO
leigh, Occidental, Mills, Woodward q
Lothrop's new addition and numerous tan
buildings on F street between 9th and
18th"
The Sale of Houses.
The demand from home buyers continues
to be feature of the business done by
Moore & Hill To supply with houses all
who wish to own their own homes Is an
undertaking which this firm, as they state
gives special attention to and which they
endeavor to accomplish as effectively as
they can in their capacity of bringing TO the
attention of all home-seekers the kind or
houses they express a wish to nave Wneh
this Is done these people get what they
want and those who have property FOR
sale find market.
Among the sales of houses recently made
through Moore & Hill are the following:
For Edwin S. Little, house 2946 Newark
street, Cleveland Park. The price paid was
$3.50
For John Sherman, two houses, 1926 and
3127 Newark street. Cleveland Park, for
sc, 800 each. ann -
For W. S. Chance, the residence, 2230 Q
street.
A Virginia Church.
Plans have been prepared by Speiden q
Speiden, architects, from which the Bap-
list congregation at Manassas. Va, Will
soon commence the erection of a new
church edifice. The building will occupy
the site of the present house OF worship
which is too small to accommodate the
congregation.
1t viii be fifty-one by seventy-eight feet
on the modern one-story plan, with class
rooms, library and pastors study; .,
The class rooms will be separated from
the auditorium by rolling partitions and
may be used to increase the seating capa-
city when occasion requires. An open bap-
tistry Is provided in the rear or the auoi-
torium. Heating will be by furnace:
The foundation will be of stone with the
superstructure of wood. A tower on one
corner will rise to a height of seventy feet
Metal shingles will be used on the roo1'
Emerson School Building Sold.
Mr. 7 r Winner. real estate broker, has
sold for Mr.. Charles B. Young to Mr.. Wins
low H Randolph the property known as
Emerson Institute, Ola 14th street northwest
opposite Franklin Square, being parts lots
20 and 81, in square 21S. having frontage
of 3114 feet by a depth of 80 feet to thirty
foot alley. Emerson Institute is the Oldest
established private educational institution
in Washington. Mr.: Randolph having Sc
cured the good will and paraphernal1a OF
the school with the property, VIII continue
the school, making such improvements In
the building as may be found necessary.