The Washington times., 1905-09-10
MILLION IN MONEY
REPRESENTED IN
NEW BUILDINGS
Facts Made Plain in In
SpectOr AShford'S Re-
port for August.
MANY NEW ENTERPRISES
Rather Queer Comparative
Statement Made by Sup
posed Authority.
MANY NEW ENTERPRISES

it makes not as good exhibit as in some
former years, still is in the main salts
factory, in that it shows a fair amount
of work in progress or to be undertaken
in the immediate future.
OF the 46S permits issued. representing
work of a money value of nearly a mil
lion dollars, the larger part was for ad-
ditions and repairs to houses, but the
lesser portion represents by far the
greater outlay of money and relates to
the construction of new apartment
houses. dwellings, stores, and other
structures.
According to the exhibit. eighty-six
new dwellings, at an estimated cost of
szSl'Voo. are TO be erected; ten apartment
houses at a total cost of s25i 600. and
sixty frame dwellings. presumab bly, for
SUBURBAN sections, at q cost of s131 $50.
Industrial establishments are represent
ed by two laundries. at cost of s5o, 500;
eight stores at $500, two warehouses
at $500.
Gratifying as is this showing in the
concrete 1t is comparatively disappoint-
ing The August bulletin of the Con-
sruction News, giving building statis-
ncs OF twenty-seven of the leading
cites OF the country. makes no mention
OF washington, even though the total
amount expended, or to be expended.
here is larger than the figures given bv
the News for twenty-seven of the cities
IL names. The cities that lead Washing
ton In this bulletin are New York.
brooklyn, Chicago, Philadelphia. BaIti-
more, ST Louis, San Francisco. Kansas
Si.y' Los Angeles, Pittsburg, and New
Oiieans- Of the twenty-seven cities
name only four-San Francisco
MllUa1rraa
fa--show falling off as compared
with August, 1904; al! the Others sbou,
notable gains
The real estate market d,,ring the
past week 'has shown but little i'm
P'oFement- Transactions have been
comparatively few, and most of them
Httie Importance. The daily record
VI transfers was exceedingly meager
Doth as TO quantity and quality nor has
the record of deeds OF trust given snv
ihdlcation OF any considerable loans for
Duiiding purposes. Brokers. however
are not at all discouraged regarding the
outlook They aver that they are con-
slahtiy IN receipt of inquiries indicat-
ing oesire Tor investment, and they be-
heVe that before long the market will
De much more active
In the renting department on the
other hand, conditions are lust tbe re
verse There never was such an urgent
demand Tor houses as there is at pres
ent One agent who has over a thou
sand houses in his charge, states that
OF the cheaper grades-that is. from s25
to. $50-he has not one; he has orders
Tor a number OF these, put is unable to
nIId them. His is the general ex-
perience. The demand for this class
or houses is apparently inexhaustibIe.
While apartment houses constantly in
crease in number, they are filed al
most before stlley are quite finished
and yet the cry is for more
The Church o. the Immaculate Con-
ception. at Eighth and n streets north
vest, Of which the Rev J. ID. Marr &c
the rector. has recently assumed a more
imposing exterior. much to the delight
Of the congregation and the clergy at
tached 10 the church. The changes
which have wrought this improved ap-
pearance consist In the building of a
steeple and twenty-five finals on the
buttresses overlapping the roof New
stone steps have also been set in the
front, thereby greatly improving the
entrance The church, a picture of
which is given in another column is of
. the German Gothic style of architec-
llAt, anu WIS DUliL IN 1914 ana Oedl-
Gated by Archbishop James Roosevelt
Bailey. of Baltimore, I'm 1879, the Rev
i. i. Mccarthy being the rector at the
time.
The Improvements referred to were
begun last May. The steepIe now is 155
feet N height. 1t is constructed of
brick ard an artificial brownstone, the
latter material also being used for the
finals and the steps. The cost Of these
improvements made under the direction
of Father Marr is about $4,000. and he
insists that the work could not be
duplicated for that price anywhere else
in the city. Father Marr gives credit
for this fact largely to the contractor,
J. N. Dunn, who served as apprentice
when the church was built, and has
ever since taken strong interest in its
fortunes.
The parish OF the Immaculate Coucep-
lion was established in 1854 by the late
LEV. j. A Walters, OF St Patrick's
and. in 1866, the Rev. +. F. Mccarthy
was appointed as rector, continuing
there until his death in October 1892
He was succeeded by the Rev f. s.
Ryan, who built the girls school at
tke corner of Eighth and Q streets and
brought the Brothers OF Mary to
Washington in 1890. Father Ryan also
established the boys' free school for
the parish. provided for in the will OF
Father Mccarthy and now largely sup
ported by the parish. Father Ryan
died IN May 1892, and was succeeded on
June /. of that year. by Father Mari.
who has been the rector ever since
Architect F. w. Fitzpatrick OF this
city. secretary and consulting
architect OF the International Society
Of State and Municipal Building Com
nlissioners and Inspectors. has an in
teresting communication In the current
issue OF the Baltimore Architects and
Builders Journal. in which he makes a
strong plea for the better construction
of buildings. especially those that are
called nreproof He calls attention to