Evening star., 1905-11-11
More Buildings Needed.

erous the provision Is, UP to the present
time 1t is found that It has not been over
done.
More Buildings Needed.
In spite of all the building during the
past few yessrs the wonderful development
of apartment houses In this city and the
great addition to the Number of houses. II
is found there are not too many houses or
apartment houses 1t Ia, of course. possible
| to find those who do not agree with this
| conclusion and who will say that In their
opinion building has been overdone, but on
| the other hand, 1t Is also possible to know
| that the present supply Is by no means
| large and that in order to provide for fu-
| ture growth there must be more building.
| There Is doubt that will be the view
which will be taken by a large number OF
| people during the coming season. and for
| that reason it Is expected that next year
| there will be plenty of building, just as
was the case last year.
1t seems this city has started on Wig
| orous course of expansion and as far as
any one can see there is TO present pros
| pect of a let-up. The population Is increas-
Ing, and provision must be made for Its
accommodation. and that is what Is being
done and that Is the reason one sees apart
ment houses springing up all over the city
and rows of houses steadily creeping out
ward until 1t seems that the entire city
Is undergoing change.
First City Directory.
The first In the series of city directories
which bear the name of Washington has in
the imprint the date Of 1922. AS might he
supposed. this volume, which seems small
and slight as compared with the bulky is
sues of today. has for some time been in
that class Of books which are labeled
scarce and curious" Perhaps few of the
present residents of the city have ever seen
copy. as 1t Is only to be found in libraries
and in few private collections
The volume has good deal of interest.
even II 1t Is a directory. and owing to this
fact 1t has been decided by Mr.. David
Moore. the real estate broker to reproduce
the book in facsimile for the purpose of dis
tributing copies among his friends and Gus
toners. The new copies will be exact re-
productions of the original, the only differ
ence being that the paper used will be
fresh and clean instead of worn and STAIN
ed by time, as Is the case with all the
original copies now in existence. There Is
a personal interest attached to this book
for Mr. Moore. for 1t contains the names
of his two grandfathers.
Property at Auction.
Three properties belonging to the estate
of the late Fanny L. Berry, which estate
was represented by John F. Donohoe and
J. Barton Miller, as administrators and re-
ceivers, was sold during the week by order
of the court at public auction.
Premises Nos. 201-203 Pennsylvania ave-
nue. southeast brought S15,700. the pur-
chaser being the Metropolis Building Asso-
citation. now located at Sd and Pennsylvania
avenue southeast In all probability the
association will move its office into the
premises just purchased, which are now oc-
cupied a drug store and corset factory,
with apartments above.
Premises Nos 321-323 Pennsylvania ave-
nue. northwest were sold for S11 500. James
Shea was the purchaser. The building is
an old one, being occupied a Chinese
laundry, hardware store and pension agents
office. The aggregate monthly rental re-
ceived is .$10O.
Another parcel belonging to the estate
was 1112 11th street northwest. which was
also sold, being knocked down at $4,000
The purchaser was Mr. Plugge.
Sales of Realty.
The Miler-Shoemaker Real Estate Com
pany has been particularly successful of
late in the sale of properties in various Sec
tions in the District. Among the company's
latest sales are included:
2H29 NJ street-From Louise Gibbons
| Downing to Frank Hayes. This is the old
Gibbons homestead. being the property at
the northeast corner of 29th and NJ streets
House 3243 Prospect avenue-For w. H.
Haycock- This property has frontage Of
fiftyve feet by depth of ninety nine
feet. improved by a commodious frame
dwelling.
House 2i49 P street northwest-For Annie
F.. Fowler and others. to w. ]. Nealon;
three-story bay window brick.
House 1885 33d street-Brck dwelling to
Mr.. ]. Mitchell Talbot.
For w. H. Wysong-1611 33d street being
an eight-room modern brick dwelling
House in sublot 8. Warmers sub Of Bur-
ket's sub. to Bowie Tyler Tarmon. This
Is the third house in this row which has
been recently sold by this company, the
other two being purchased by Herman Wal
ther and John Wagner
Part of lot 2. in square west of square IA.
fronting seventy feet on Pennsylvania ave.
nue.. near Rock creek.
A Manufacturing Plant.
|. Upon all of square south of square II.
purchased through the Mlller-S Shoemaker
Real Estate Company by Mr.. w. J. Muir
ray, large machine shops will be immedi
ately erected and modern equipment intro
duced. There Is an immense bank Of earth
on this square at present, but it is being
rapidly graded. The square has a frontage
on Fl and 25th streets and New Hampshira
avenue. Mr.. Murray was recently of the
firm of Forsberg & Murray.
Medical School Property.
Mr.. George w. Manugue has contracted tn
sell to the Georgetown University authori-
ties 1906 Prospect avenue being the old Jane
Thomas house. This purchase 1t is coniec-
tured with recent purchases by the college
of other parcels Will result In the removal
of the Georgetown Medical School, now on
II near 9th street, to this site, 35th and
Prospect avenue. adjoining the Georgetown
University Hospital.
1t is understood that frequent offers have
been made to the college authorities for the
II street property. The area of the premises
being somewhat contracted, extensive i'm.
provements are barred.
The college now owns in addition to the
parcels occupied by the hospital buildings
and extensions, the vacant ground at the
corner of 35th street and Prospect avenue
and the rough coated house To the Wast