The Washington herald., 1906-11-02
PENEOY TAKES TITLE
Evidently Intends to Build
in South Washington.
PASSENGER STATION POSSIBLE
Property in View Bounded by FOur-
and-a-HaIf, school, and Fifth
Streets and Virginia Avenue-COm-
paRy Has Obtained a Nzmber Of
OptiOns--Secrecy Is Observed.

Within a few weeks persons owning
property in the half square bounded by
Four-and-a Half. school and Ffth
streets and Virginia avenue southwest
have been approached and asked wnat
they would take for their property.
Several have put prices upon their hold
-ngs. and in several instances the offers
nave been accepted In other cases op-
lions have been taken and the view WAS
expressed q few days ago 70 a Herald
reporter that some person or persons had
the acquisition OF the entire square an
view.
The matter was investigated yesterday,
end it was found the recent sales Of
property in The square are now recorded
n the corporation name OF the title is
held BY some one connected with the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Il was also learned that in cases where
options were taken the persons procuring
Chem could be readily traced 70 lIa same
anal ownership With this fact estab-
Lshed several persons connected with the
real estate operations OF the Feunsyi-
vania in this city were interviewed These
men were, as usual, guarded IN their ut
rerances- They said. they did not know
what the intention Of the company Was
IN acquiring the property
May Build Passenger station.
one Of them intimated that the company
IN time woulu buiid along the line OF Vir
ginia avenue-nrsL pas. ger station
70 accommodate South Washington, and,
ultimately. a number of coal dumps, ware
houses, ana oJheF structures connected
with its extensive freight service in thai
part Of the city. The Herald's Informant
would not say wnicn Of these purposes. If
any are contemplated in the haf-square
mentioned
A real estate man IN the locality sug-
gested that, taking the location into &C
count, it would be q capital pace for the
intended passenger station in South
Washington. The half square lies lust
west Of the new freight station recently
occupied by the company. II fronts one
of the main car lines at Four-and-a- half
street. and is only about one square from
the other. The western end Of the square
IS Just where the elevated tracks, east Of
-1ith street come 10 grade, and would be
accessible 20 trains from the South ap-
preaching the Junnsl 70 The Union -S5a-
lion. This man, without processing 10
know, was Of the opinion that il was the
most likely place he had heard of for the
proposed station
To Erect Warehouses.
Another resident Of the square. who had
heard something" said quite positively
that the company would acquire the half
square and erect one OF several ware
houses upon it, he said that ultimately
-heIe would be a line Of them nearly tie
whole length OF Virginia avenue
no 1 engine house and one Of the pub
lie school buildings is. ii the ulmediate
1eigh6orh5od Of the properties purchased
5oJh are government property. but it was
5Usgezted that, owing 70 the handicap
" being so near the railroad which nog
eEltcf'rasses the FIRE company. and
greatly disturbs the school, the District
authorities would easily be induced 20
part with the property
Il was impossible to bring the purposes
ot the railroad company down 10 con-
crete facts. but fIom the purchases al
ready made, and those contemplated iu
the options, some Of which may have
been taken by outside parties for specula-
tive purposes, il IS apparent that the
-ailroa0 company intends 10 take posses
sion of the square in the NOT distant
future fer some Of its new buildings in
south Washington,