Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-21

Storage Company, of which James l.. Kar-
rick Is the manager. and will occupy a lot
go by 300 feet aud will bc nine stories in
height. Fireprcof construction is to be fol-
lowed throughout. and in addition to the
vaults for silver and jewelry and moth
proof rooms for the storage of furs, there
will be nearly l.0,O rooms for the household
furniture.
Eleven ,hree-story houses are to be built
by w 4. Kimmel on the south side of CO.
lumbia road between 18th and 10Th streets
The fronts will be of notified brick and
n light stone.
Big Per Foot Prices.
-l What is known as the Tower building. on
! lower Broadway in New York city. has re-
T. Gently changed hands IT is located below
Wall street between that thoroughfare and
: Beaver street. In connection with adjoin-
Ing properties that have been acquired. it
: will be used as the site for a large office
structure. The Tower building is the city's
first skeleton improvement. and was erected
seventeen years ago. For the entire site
secured $l,,CO.CtO was paid, which is at the
rate of $40 per square foot. Two years ago
for the large pot on which No ~ Broad
u way stands, $Si n square foot was paid. and
for No. 36 Broadway and No. 81 New street
b SIG. Fifty-three dollars a square foot was
paid by John Jacob Astor for the southwest
corner of Broadway and Exchange place In
lSSs
Sales at Auction.
Sales of property at auction made during
the past few weeks through Thomas J.
Owen * Son. auctioneers. include a large
proportion of improved realty. especially
In the class of what is described small
3D. properties. The demand is reported to have
been very good. and but few cases occur
red where II was necessary to withdraw
the property because Of dissatisfaction
= with the price
"a The list of sales by this firm includes the
following:
Three-story brick store and dwelling.
: No 1o24 9TH street northwest, to Aaron
Summers for 1000.
Three-story brick dwelling. No. 5l3 9th
e. street northwest. to +. +. Rupert for
D.. $S,,,m.
2 Two-story brick store and dwelling No.
- l. street northwest, to Joseph Dam
hake for 81 $50
.r Two two-story brick dwellings, Nos.
,v 1901 and 1903 Caroline street northwest, to
Frank Stetson, agent. for $3.50 each
% Four two-story dwellings. southeast cor
ner 18th and w streets northwest, to NJ.
r. Rupert for $4,000.
Four two-story frame dwellings on V
near w, to Annie NJ. Nickel, for $500.
Two-story frame dwelling, No. Ills Sd
street southwest, to Samuel Carter for
$50.
Two-story brick dwelling corner New
Jersey avenue and l. street northwest, to
Vim. Mcclure for 81 100
Two-story frame dwelling, No. liz D
street southeast. to f. d. McAulif for $3.50.
Vacant lot on street northwest be-
tween 10Th and 18th streets northwest. to
Elizabeth King for Sl.o5 per foot-s2. $3.50.
Five small frame dwellings on Kramer
81
Three-story brick dwelling No 3233 NJ
street northwest, to j. E. Gadsby for
S4,1OU.
Vacant lot, iSx12O adjoining the above
property on the west, to j. E. Gadsby for
southeast, with the improvements there
on, to Harry NJ. Ellis for $1,000
Fifteen vacant lots in Burleign to Fred
erick W. Huidekoper for S1l24O
Fifty acres on Pennsylvania extended to
Albert ]. Martin for S13.6J0.
Two-story brick dwelling, No 1G7 9Th
street northeast, to VIM. L. Maloney for
S4,lO0.
Three-stOry brick dwelling, No. 32I East
Capitol street, to Daniel Murphy for $1,000.
Two-story brick dwelling, No us 9Th
street northeast, to VIM o. Anderson for
$500.
No. CSC Acker street northeast, two-story
brick dwelling to John +. Donohoe for
Two-story brick dwelling, No 221S Cleve-
land avenue northwest, to John Welsh for
$1,000.
Two-story brick dwelling. No. OBS Cleve-
land avenue. to John Welsh for Sl6lO
Two-story brick and frame dwelling No.
lSoS street northwest, to Arthur A.
Alexander for S1,620.
Three-story brick dwellings, Nos. 1884,
13s 10 and 142 Z street southeast; Nos
I'D and l39 North Carolina avenue south
east and No i3o I'd street southeast.
Houses Change Hands.
Two-story brick dwelling 1919 Vermont
avenue northwest, to Louise Eichorn for
s3,425.
Two-story frame dwelling. 2130 18th
street northwest sold to same, for ST. $50.
Two-story brick building southeast corner
nd
NJ Nickel, for 100.
Two two-story brick dwellings 2l21 and
2l23 Eth street northwest sold to Annie
NJ. Nickel for $1,000 each.
Two brick dwellings. 1923 and 1925 18th
street northwest sold 10 Carl Jaeger for
S150
Two-story frame dwelling 921 Grant ave-
nue.. sold to Annie NJ. Nickel for $1,000
OIL Two-story brick dwelling, 923 Grant ave-
nue. northwest. to Annie M. Nickel for
S3.100.
Vacant ground northeast corner of Grant
and Sherman avenues, to Annie NJ Nickel,
for s. 600
Three vacant lots on Sherman avenue.
near Grant avenue, TO M Frank Rupert,
for 5000.
Vacant lot on Florida avenue to same.
for $3.50.
Five alley houses near Grant avenue. to
Louise Eichorn, for So. 500.
Two small rear lots to same. for $40.
Rear ground of lot 100 to Mr.. Frank Rup-
pert for 500.
Inree-StOry ana basement Drick dwelling,
1918 NJ street, to Andrew ]. Driscoll. for
81. 800.
Three-story brick dwelling. 126 f street
southeast, to August Donath. for $3.50
Three-story brick dwelling. 12S f street
southeast. to William Fletcher. for s.. 425.
Three-story brick dwelling, 1870 L street
southeast, 10 same. for S.525
Three-story brick dwelling, 132 f street
southeast. to Louis Tashof. for $685..
Three-story brick dwelling. 433 I'd street
southeast. to Weinberg * Tashof, for s.. 100.
Two-story brick dwelling, l1O3 X street
northwest. to Michael A.. keane. for 81. $50.
Two-story brick dwelling. 1416 South Car
olina avenue southeast, to Edward Sims,
for $500
Three vacant lots Jefferson street,
Anacostia, ID. c., to Isaac Il. Dodson, for
s225.
. Two-story brick dwelling. 1899 C street
southeast, to Margaret H. Uhler, for 5000.
Devices in Office Building.
The use of labor saving devices in Office
building and of machinery of a novel char
acter is a feature of these structures That