The Washington times., 1905-12-31
BUILT TWO HUNDRED
HOUSES LAST YEAR
Harry Wardman Broke All
Past Records.
PREDICTS BETTER TIMES
Says Homes Can Be Bought for Less
Money Than When Labor and
Material We're Cheaper.

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Two hundred houses built in Washing
ton during 1905 and every one of them
| sold. This is the record made By
Harry Wardman, the builder, who al
the beginning Of the last week of the
year stated taat he had but one COM
| Pleted house unsold- This remaining
one was sold BY Moore & Hill. Inc,
on Wednesday, making the returns COM
plete- No other builder In washington
! has ever erected so many dwellings in a
twelvemonth. to say nothing OF having
them disposed OF so quickly.
In the majority of cases these prop
critics were sold considerably before
their completion, and not a few of them
while the buildings were in the early
stages Only a very small percentage
of them were sold after the last touches
were put on them.r-
OF these zoe buildings about fifty are
tWo-fam1ly flats, most OF them having
gone TO small investors, some of whom
are making their homes in one. Of the
apartments and are renting out the
other.
In addition to these structures. Mr..
Wardman has built during the year just
closing i've four-story apartment build
inss. namely: The Baltimore, the Sheri-
dan. the Nantucket. the Juniata, and
the Susquehanna. Heris now engaged in
erecting another four-story apartment
building at the corner OF TWenty-second
and streets northwest. to contain
thirty-two apartments. -
Next Years Work.
The dwelling houses now in course OF
construction by Mr. Ward.nan number
,
about 16e by the end of the next thirty
days. as he is to have work begun on the
additional fifty or so within that time.
i expect TO build 800 houses in Wash
ington during the coming year said
Mr. Wardman yesterday Besides these
l am to build six large apartment
houses
DO look for good year in 1857
Indeed. 1 do / look to see It better
even than 1863. and my planning TO build
more houses than in this year goes to
show that 1 believe It,
Il do not see why, this coming year
should not show an even greater de-
mand for houses. as washington will
continue 10 grow. and. l think. at larger
ratio. There is more and more to bring
people here
Then. too, there is more buying of
houses among those who formerly rent
ed than ever before. One thing I can
say without fear of successful contra
diction. is that. in spite OF the large
increase in the cost OF all that goes
into a house. the home buyer buys as
cheaply now as in the past I claim
that, with all the advance in the price
Of materials and labor better house
for the same amount of money may be
had than when times were bad
Explanation Of Activity.
THE explanation of this apparent
anomaly is in the purchase Of all ma
terials in large quantities. the disposi-
ton of the various branches OF labor
with the least loss OF time and the buy
ing Of considerable tracts OF ground at
prices often lower than those of panic
times and much lower than individual
lots could be secured for
Mr.. Wardnan has been engaged in
building houses in Washington for
about six years. the scope of his build
Ing operations enlargiug with each
year. In his operations. as in those of
the other builders OF Washington, can
be seen reflected realty conditions in
the Capital City, healthy demand for
modern residence property both for
homes and for investment
Outside Of few. very few excep-
ional cases, properties built for sale
along modern lines and offered at mod
crate prices have found ready sale. The
of Government positions un-
Ter civil service conditions OF the last
lalf decade has been factor and faciI-
ties for purchasing property on a part
iown and monthly payments has been
mother important one.
All Of Mr.. Wardman's building ven
.ures for 1905 are scheduled for the
1orthwest, where he looks 10 see. in
he future as in the past. the greatest
md best growth.
The corporation OF Moore & Hill. il
: understood, take an active part in
he selling of Mr.. Wardman's proper-
les now under construction and TO be
ouilt. that corporation having been rom
ne hrst one of the principal handlers
" his properties