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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-29
A Picturesque Tuscan Resort.
From scribner's Magazine.

From Scribner's Magazine
A day of nearly a thousand years had
this Tuscan watering place, now in the twi-
light of its fame-a twilight pleasanter to
the contemplative visitor than its gambling
and scandalous noon could have been. For
it's beauty lie snot in the modern places
of pleasure in the dusty valley, but in the
surrounding hills, with their uncounted
gray little towns and fowery gorges; and
it Is this beauty, rather than the gayety
the place once had or even the virtue of its
waters, that has been the attraction, to
poets and philosophers, of the baths of
Lucca.
The three little villages. Ponto Seralio,
Villa and Bagni Caldi, struggling up the
hillsides along the valley of the emerald
green Lima, their outlying villas embedded
in wines, myrtle bushes, laurels. oIeau-
ders" as Heine describes them, and SEN
tineled by the solemn green expresses, have
many illustrous visitors. The charm of
those chestnut wooded slopes of the lower
Apennines Is celebrated in some pages Of
Montaignes Journal de Voyage In some
of the best letters of Shelley and Mrs
Browning; and it inspires an amorous cpl
sode of Heine's REFS ebilder." Fewer phil
osophers and poets visit the place today
few equity English. even The sunset OF its
the duchy of Lucca to Tuscany, the arch
ducal court made summer residence at
the baths; built barracks, villas and roads
and drew crowds. But now the grand
dukes villa on the hillside is a hotel with
few guests; the barracks round the little
piazza whence fine long flight of stone
steps leads up to the terrace, have been
turned into pensoni, filed with frugal Ital-
ians come for the baths the casinos in the
valley below, once gay with gaming and
dancing. are deserted; and the landlords
noses grow redder with despair every year.
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The building for the Swartzell, Rheem &
Hensey Company. which will adjoin the
Hibbs building. Is intended exclusively for
the use OF the business of that firm. Across
the street the corner is to be erected the
new home of the Union Trust Company,
and this will be, in addition, a large office
building.
This proposed Increase in the office &C
commodations in that section of the city
Is not a small one, but there is no appre
hension the part of thoas familiar with
the situation that the market for office
rooms is likely to be oversuoplied. even
when these great structures are completed.
Why More Rom is Wanted.
Some notion of the demand for Offices in
that section may be gained from the ex
perience of the office building recently
completed on the same block with the
Hibbs building. but fronting H street. 1t
is known as the Baltimore building. and
while not one of the large structures, as
such things go. still it is pretty good size.
At any rate, the office rooms in it are prac-
tically all taken, and it's success is declared
to be very satisfactory.
1t seems to be the fashion when evidences
of this sort are furnished of the expand
ing business of the city to express sur
prise that it is possible to find a use for
so many places of the kind. In addition to
the growth of the city. which Is, of course,
the underlying cause OF 1t all, 1t must De
borne in mind, especially in this connection,
clerical force in order to properly handle
the business of the rapidly growing popula-
ton of the country.
The Government Bureaus.
The government never has since it came
into existence, and it is not likely the time
will ever come, when il will provide
enough buildings to house all it's employees
at the seat of government The result is
that it's bureaus are found in many of the
buildings erected in this city for office pur-
poses. and it is found that from time to
time more room is needed to carry on the
work. In this way individual tenants are
shifted along either into other portions of
the building or into other buildings, so
that from this source alone there is always
good demand for office room.
An Apartment House.
An apartment house is to be erected by
Mr.. Bernard Walls at the northwest corner
of Massachusetts avenue and 11th street
northeast The new building will be across
the street from the apartment house erect
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erection Of a cottage, which Is intended for
the use Of the owner. The property, which
comprises about ten acres and Is hand
somely located in one OF the charming sec
lions Of the Rock Creek country. adjoins
the country residence of Dr. Richardson.
The plans for the house. which are being
made by A.. B. Mullett & Co, architects.
are not elaborate, as 1t Is the intention OF
Mr.. Hillyer to provide something that will
be comfortable home for himself and his
family during the time they wish to live in
the country.
A Building Enterprise.
A building enterprise of considerable
magnitude is being discussed. 1t Is pro-
posed to erect fifteen or twenty detached
and semi-detached houses on the property
known as Woodley, which lies at the west
ern end of the new Connecticut avenue
bridge. The only progress that has been
made thus for In carrying out the project
is getting together information as to how
much it will cost to build houses OF the
kind desired in that locality.
If the information on this point Is salts
factory it Is supposed that the undertake
Ing will go forward The trustees who
have the property, which formerly belonged
to the late Thomas E. Waggaman, in
charge have fixed upon dollar foot for
the Connecticut avenue lots, with restric-
ton that no house shall be put up at cost
less than $4,000.
Lincoln Park Locality.
There has been considerable activity in
the building business during the past year
on Capitol HILL notably in the vicinity of
Lincoln Park, which has in recent years
become one of the most desirable residence
sections of that part of the city. One Of
the largest operations of the season has
been the erection by Messrs Wright and
Hopkins, real estate brokers. of a block
of eleven dwellings on the south side OF
Massachusetts avenue southeast, adjoining
Lincoln Park. The houses have forty feet
Of front parking, with wide. deep rear
yards to an alley. The parlor floors are
trimmed in western ash. hard oiled, and the
second floor in Virginia pine, natural wood
finish. These houses are rapidly being
completed and four have already been sold.
Mr.. Geo. P Newton is just finishing
number of eight-room houses on Tennessee
avenue near the Park. and on street
northeast Just around the corner from
Mr. Newtons houses another row of at
tractive six-room dwellings has recently
been completed.
Humphrey & Palmer are building three
six-room bricks on the north side of Massa-
chusetts avenue between 18th and 18th
streets, and on B street southeast near
14th street Lane Bros. have put up three
new bricks.
Mr.. John Rick, jr.. is erecting for his
own use a house on the southeast corner
of 18th street and. Massachusetts avenue
southeast which will make handsome
addition to that section of the city.
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The side walls OF the rooms will be outlined
IN panels. The dining room will be finished
In panel~d oak and the mantel will be OF
carved stone
Adjoining this house - the north is the
one Mr. Waggaman Is building for Maj
Lloyd OF the army. II Is TO be a colonial
house. with front of red brick and white
Joints. The main entrance Will be through
q porch. and on the north side will be
gateway with stone pier marking the en-.
trance To the rear. On the principal floor
will be three rooms and kitchen.
1t is contemplated by Mr.. Waggaman in
the spring 10 build two more houses in con-
tInUation Of the improvements just noted. .
and while they viii be in a row, yet the
style of each will be distinctive and thus
the danger of monotony will he lessened.
A house is to be built on Cathedral ave-
nue. 10y Mr. John W. Brawner According
to plans prepared by A. b. Mullett & Co
the new structure will he TWO stories and
half in height on the stone foundations
will rest the supers;ructufe, which will be
finished with pebble dash.
The Renting Season.
The demand for houses and apartments to
rent continues, according 20 the statements
made in the offices OF the real estate brok-
erS. Thus far 1t is reported the renting
season Is promising well and is meeting the
expectations formed of il. When the sea-
son is over. in the course of a few weeks
Il will be possible to form some idea to
what extent the demand foT house accom-
moda tons has been met.
The future of building will largely depend
upon The results of the present renting sea-
Son but even now one judges, from much
of the current talk, that far as apart
meut houses are concerned IL would be just
as well if there were let up in this kind
OF building The impress seems 10 pre-
vail. without being based upon any knowl-
I edge of what the existing demand may
prove to be. that there has 1een so much
! done in the past few years in the way of
adding to the number OF apartment houses
tina, ii would be prudent 10 20 4 little slow
until the situation becomes more clearly de-
fined.
The Building OF Houses.
To certain extent the same thing might
be SAT- in regard to the building of houses.
which as is well known. are built to sell
and not to rent. The demand for some time
past has far exceeded all expectations and
e.. ....t f'"~egs Sc in the mum.
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REAL ESTATE GOSSIP
Building Operations to the West
of Rock Creek.
NEW HOUSES BEING BUILT
Rental Demands Prominent Feature
of the Market.
UP-TO-DATE METHODS ADOPTED
The Supply of Office Accommodations
and Some of the Reasons for
the Great Demand.
UP.To-DATE METHODS ADOPTED

In some respects the extension of the
CITY toward Rock creek in the vicinity OF
the Connecticut avenue bridge gives the
impression that this stream of water-or
rather the gorge through which 1t passes
in that locality-has proved to be bar 10
the further progress of the population.
This view is Strengthened by seeing the
stretch of vacant ground which Les on the
other side of the creek along Connecticut
avenue extended. This unimproved ground
is In striking contrast to the row after row
OF houses which now come right up to the
banks of the creek on the east side.
The street that leads down to the en-
trance to the electric railroad bridge which
spans the creek is as closely built as any
street in the city, and to a considerable ex-
tent the same might be said of Connecticut
avenue on the east side of Rock creek No
doubt as soon as the approaches to the new
bridge. which are in course of construction
are completed the rows of houses Will
approach still nearer the stream on that
side.
Houses Being Erected.
Whether it is due to the fact that the
new bridge is about done and the connec-
ton with the main center will be more
direct or whether it is owing to the gen
eral growth of the city the building of
houses on the west side of the creek and
near the end of the new bridge, as well as
OF the railway bridge, has begun, and is
likely to go on with the rapdity that has
marked improvements of this sort in the
latter period of the history of the city.
The first house to be built in that locality
Is the one on the west side of Connecticut
avenue just north of the entrance to the
new bridge. 1t is still the first house, al
though on the opposite side of the avenue
the foundation of house has been begun.
On this site will be erected a house for Mr..
Lemon 5. Hoover. 1t is to be in the mod
ern style of domestic architecture. will be
large and Commodious. and is to cost in the
neighborhuod of 100000.
The original house, as 1t might he termed.
cost about the same. IL was built by Mr..
Clark Waggaman. who was the architect,
and It is now his home. Mr.. Waggaman is
also about TO build two houses immed ately
to the north of his home, occupying a
frontage on Connecticut avenue.
In the French Style.
The that is to be built adjoining his
own Mr.. Waggaman has designed In the
French style of the Louis XVI period. The
materials used in the front will be white
brick and stone. and the mansard roof will
be covered with green slate. The main en-
trance will be on level with the street.
and the principal floor will be arranged
with a reception hall separating the parlor
from the dining room. The finish of the
rooms will include marble base boards.
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market reports, great forbearance is being
shown by the manufacturers of finished ar
ticles in all departments of the steam and
hot water heating industry.
Compared with the low prices of one
year ago, there will be found a reduction of
from 2h to ~ per cent on various items.
except in the item of labor, which has in
creased per cent. AS the item of labor is
only Is per cent Of the total cost of a heat
ing outfit for an ordinary house or two or
three fat building. this increase in labor is
more than offset by the present low price
of material, with the result that a complete
heating outfit can be put in at this date
lower than one year ago..
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A STATELY BUILDING
PLANNED AS THE HOME OF THE
CARNEGIE INSTITUTION.

Plans for the administration building for
the Carnegie Institution are being prepared
by Carrere & Hastings, architects of New
York city. 1t is expected that the pre-
liminary plans will be completed by the
middle of October and the final drawings
by the list of December, so that actual
work in the construction of the building
can be started by the first of the year.
1t is proposed to occupy most of the
ample frontage of the site which has been
secured at the southeast corner Of 18th and
streets northwest. The new structure
will have frontage of 100 feet and depth
of about sixty feet. 1t will be three stories
in height and the material used in the ex-
terror will probably be marble or granite,
although brick may be used. The design
Is to be classic.
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EXPENSE OF BUILDING.
An Exception Noted in General
Condition

A Chicago dealer notes an exception in
the advance in all branches Of the building
trades. claimed by some as due to mar
ket manipulations, but which is actually
due, at least in greatest part. to demand
caused by excessive building throughout the
United States. II do not believe" he said,
'.in representing things to be worse than
they are. or unnecessarily frightening in
vestors. There is at least one branch of
the building trades wherein prices are less
than they were a year ago I refer to
steam and hot water warming
LAS compared to the entire cost of build
ing. the heating is about 10 per cent of the
total investment; but at this time of year
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LARGE ENTERP RISES
important Bearing of These
Successful Developments.
LOCAL CATHEDRAL PROJECT
About the Future of the American
University.
GREATER GEORGE WASHINGTON
Scope of These Undertakings Based
on Prospects of the City as
Great Center.
LOCAL CATHEDRAL PROJECT
GREATER GEORGE WASHINGTON

A church building that is to cost five or
six millions of dollars is what Is proposed
by the trustees OF the Protestant Episcopal
foundation. few years ago a scheme OF
that sort in this city would have seemed TO
be so impracticable as to be hardly worth
second thought. but since that time Wash-
ington has become more OF a millon-dol-
lar place.
In addition. the development OF that par
ticular enterprise like that Of the city gen.
orally, which has been of such a character
as to justify the belief that the cathedral
scheme is to be realized. 1t has been nearly
ten years since a meeting OF clergy and
laymen was held at the residence OF Nj.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-29
Immense Size of Mexican Ranches,

From Modern Mexico.
Ranches in Mexico are of no mean size.
Ex-Gov Terrazas of Chihuahua has H.
600, 900 acres. The Zuloaga family is said
to hold 100000 Properties of 1000 coo and
100000 acres are not uncommon. Among
the Americans who have large ranches
may be mentioned Fleming & Ross. tie
Riverside Cattle Company, with o0f,00D
acres and fine herd of Herefords; Phoebe
Hearst of California, who has magnih-
cent place west of Minaca; the Millers and
the three Mormon colonies. Gordon, Iron
sides FerriSs, a Canadian company, have
100000 acres; Lord Beresford, a relative
of the admiral has large ranch where
he raises fine horses; another Englishman.
named Irmstead. owns a large properly.
Smaller places of from 10000 acres up
ward are numerous The price of land
now runs from so to IS cents gold per
acre, with a strong tendency TO rise.
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ed some time ago by Mr. Walls, and which
is located at Massachusetts avenue East
Capitol street and 18th street.
The new structure will be three stories
in height and will have about four suites
each consisting of five rooms.
A Suburban Residence.
An attractive piece of property owned by
Mr.. William Hillyer, the east side of
the Grant road and east of the Chevy
Chase railway, is to be improved by the
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necessary to have further public discussion
OF the matter, which had been thoroughly
thrashed out at the hearing before the
Commissioners. / am glad to learn from
your letter that some of the things reported
to have been said were not said. In this
as in every other case. the Commissioners
have treated the compliments with alf
courtesy, have made no delay, and will en-
deavor to work out just conclusion which
can be defended by reason. They are en-
titled, 1 think, to opportunity to do
this thing"
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modern methods are again employed and
buying made possible even for persons OF
limited means.
Demand for Office Room
The announcement made during the
week that the erection of the ten-story
office building for Mr.. w. q. Hibbs on the
east side of 18th street just south of II
street and also of the fine building for the
Union Trust Co. Will be begun at once
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many owners would install heating plants
in old buildings If they did not think prices
were so high. 1t Is true that pig iron has
now reached $20.50 per ton. which is the
highest price it has touched since 19O2-03,
viz, $25 per ton. 1t is almost impossible to
obtain deliveries Of iron for the last quar-
ter of 1906, and many of the furnaces have
sold out their capacity for the first quarter
of 1907. Despite this condition of the raw
material market as reflected in the daily
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Der of houses. Thus far it has been found
that the market for them has been good.
and there is no Indication as-yet that there
Is a let-up in that respect Still 1t is felt
mainly on the principle that such market
must have some limit, that such a period
may be at hand.
Both of these views are conjectures,
largely but when the renting season is
over it will be possible to form clearer ideas
of the situation than Is the case at present.
At any rate, whatever may be developed,
there is no doubt that the future action of
investors and of builders will be in line
with the conservative course that has al
ways characterized the realty market in
this city.
Up-to-Date Realty Methods.
1t is not surprising to those familiar with
the modern methods of carrying on the real
estate business in this city that so many
people who come here perhaps intending
to spend only few months, become prop
erty owners, and especially the owners of
the houses where they live. In the first
place the advantages of property are very
effectively set forth through the advertising
columns of the newspapers, both in type
and by pictorial illustrations.
This is followed up by the dealers by
means of their force of bright and enter
prising statesmen. A customer, however
prospective he may be, is given a chance
10 see all descriptions of houses, both old
way the fancy of most any one who has
any inclination toward property holding is
aroused. and his interest is enlisted in be-
half of something in that line.
Buying Made Easy.
The inquirer at real estate office is not
merely provided with list of property or
a description of any particular piece but
if he 50 desires he can have the company
of the broker or his representative. who.
with an automobile or carriage, whisks him
to the desired locality or several of them.
In the case of number of houses offered
for sale through one agency. statesmen are
to be found the spot who are prepared
to show any desired attention to callers.
In whatever way it may be regarded it
is quite evident that the real estate bust
ness of this city is carried ON according to
the best and most approved ideas of how
modern agency of this sort should be man
aged. At any rate. the property and the
buyers are being brought together in
most effective fashion, as it is evident from
the rapid way in which houses are sold.
When it comes to the terms of purchase
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a legal opinion asked of the corporation
counsel. Meanwhile, the Commissioners
have expedited the case much as posi-
BILE and have done what they could to re-
lieve the people of Hanover place from
the incidental annoyances which they re-
ported at the public hearing.
TT seemed to that, pending final ac-
ton by the Commissioners, when they had
shown a disposition to do everything In
their power in the premises, 1t was not
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-05-29
NEW ZEAI4AND'S NEW PROGRAM

Since the election in New Zaiand.
which gave Minister Seddon's liberal
government "a members in a parlia-
ment composed of 80, the prime min
lister has indicated some of the first
advance steps contemplated on the
part of the government.
These embrace effective legislation
to check monopolies; laws that will
tend to foster rapid settlement of
land: laws prohibiting men from
mortgaging or selling their homes
without the consent of their wives;
further legislation to discourage If
not to render impossible the holding
of vast landed estates.
The prime minister desires that a
limit shall be placed on the area of
land that a person may hold. He also
proposes to make satisfactory arrange
ments with the Maoris by which, If
possible. 5000, 900 acres of land can
be added to the public supply in the
north island, and he proposes that
| 500, 900 acres of this land shall be set
aside for educational purposes and
$50, 900 acres reserved for charitable
aid-two provisions that are typically
Illustrative of the broad-visioned and
enlightened character Of tho New
Zealand brand OF statesmanship.-
Arena.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-05-29
LINCOLN WAS UNTIDY.

Human Life" an excellent publi-
cation of Boston, tells the following
good story of Lincoln:
Lincoln in his personal habits was
careless to the point of being shiftless.
1t was notorious that his fences were
always in need of repair. his gate
wanted a hinge, the grass in his yard
needed cutting, and the scene around
his home betrayed a reckless indiffer-
ence to appearances.
AS Richardson and Lincoln drove
up they noticed great and surprising
change. The grass was moved and
the gate mended; the fence fixed and
painted. Everything was spick and
spin; It didn't look like the same
place. Mrs. Lincoln had taken ad-
vantage OF Lincoln's absence to in-
augurate a reform, and was standing
in the door as her husband and Rich
ardson came up, to enjoy the excite
ment her improvements would create
Lincoln pulled up his horse, but
didn't get out of the buggy. He look
ed doubtfully at the scene Of dooryard
order and repair, and then, turning tc
his wife without the slightest show OF
recognition, he bowed politely and
said:
/ you'll excuse me my good woman
hut can you tell me where Mr.. Lincolr
! lives?"
This nettled Mrs Lincoln, and she
replied: "You get out of that bugg,
and I'll show you personally wher'
| Mr.. Lincoln lives"