Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-24

making money NOW
The conditions are without precedent in
the history of the brick plants in this Dis
trict. or at least as far as the memory goes
of those who are engaged in the business. 1t
was more or hess surprise to all that the
market this year developed the way 1t has.
For several seasons past. owing to one
cause or another. the brick makers have
not been very much pleased with the imam
cial result of their business. Now, how
ever, they are selling all the brick they can
make and are getting good prices, and they
begin to feel that the good season Is in
measure a compensation for the bad seasons
that have gone before.
1t is natural to suppose the demand for
brick comes mainly from the extensive
building enterprises that are now going on
under the direction Of the government. This,
however, is not the case. as the several PUB
lie buildings that are now in process OF De-
Ing put up here have not as yet reached the
stage when the of brick has been be-
gun. In these large undertakings the pre-
Hminary work requires time, and SO there
is quite an interval after the operations be-
gin before the erection of the walls is start
ed and the use of brick is required. The
public works now under way in this city
are exactly in that condition. SO that the
demand upon the brick market cannot be
attributed to that source.
Not on Public Work.
The erection of houses and apartment
houses and business places is what Is TAX
Ing all the brick that now is being used, and
1t is not surprising to know that the pres
ent year Is going to stand at the head In
this respect for at least the past decade.
An effort has been made to relieve the sit
uation here and secure material SO chat the
projected work could be pushed ahead by
getting brick from other places. Frederick
and Buckeystown, Maryland, have been
drawn upon to a large extent.
Certainly seldom before, in the recent his
tory of the city, at any rate has it been
necessary to go outside for brick because
there was none to be had on the local mar
ket No doubt Baltimore would be drawn
upon also. but the bricks made there are
smaller than those used in this city and
they are not looked upon as available.
1t Is expected that the consumption OF
brick this year will exceed that of any pre-
vious year. The biggest record thus far
in one year Is when the brick used rin up
to more than 1O0,0O0,000 1t seems to be
thought that the output this year will far
exceed that
A Large Residence.
On account of it's location, commanding a
wide sweep Of Connecticut avenue, the resi-
dence of Mr.. r. Dickinson Jewett. at Con-
necticut avenue and Florida avenue, at
tracts good deal of attention Its merits
as an addition to the homes of the city are
and would probably take good rank among
residences of this class. yet it is essentially
as home that the design of the architects.
Messrs. Marsh & Peter, has been carried
out.
IT is expected that the work of completion
has now made such progress that the house
will be ready for it's occupants early this
fall. Like the exterior, the interior will be
spacious and will not suggest that CT The
usual city home which is confined to the
space Of small lot.
With openings on the three streets and on
the garden on the south. there Is an album
dance of light and air. The wide entrance
is in the center of the street front and
leads into large hall. Against tine south
wall Is the staircase, while a few steps be-
low the level of the main floor Is Il door
leading into the garden.
A Bowling Alley.
At one end Of the length of the hall is the
parlor. which extends the entire depth of
the house. while at the other extreme is the
dining room, which also has the entire
depth and width of the house. The ceilings
with the open woodwork and the walls pan
eled in mahogany give a richness to the
spacious room that is very attractive. There
is recess or nook In the hall which can be
used as sitting room, while on the right of
the main entrance at the foot of the inside
steps which lead into the hall is 4 small
reception room.
Downstairs, in the basement. Is q large
den or billiard room. and opening from it
is a bowling alley which is the regulation
length and runs almost the entire eXtcns of
the front of the house. The space occupied
by this rather unusual addition to {, private
house is taken off from the furnace room
and the kitchen and the other domestic
apartments which occupy the remainder of
the floor Another feature which is apt to
commend itself to housekeepers is that the
coils of the heating pipes in The rooms are
concealed from view In the walls.