The Washington herald., 1906-10-14

part of the District is no longer waiting 4
for sewers and water mains 20 invite j
purchasers.
No Longer UnexPIOred.
The conduit road and the New Cut road 1
are each the highways OF rapidly grow /
ing population. and West Washington Is
no longer an unknown and unexplored
land. The sign board of the real estate /
agent is ubiquitous in that quarter. and
the highlands and rolling hills beyond
Georgetown University is fast becoming
one Of the most delightful places o. resi-
dencc in the District.
An important announcement during the
week was the dissolution Of the Miller
Shoemaker firm of real estate brokers, by
the selling out of Mr. Shoemaker 10 MI
Miller, who will continue the business at
the old stand on Thirty-seeOnd street.
Mr. Shoemaker expects 70 seek new pas
lures by engaging in business this side of
Rock Greek. with headquarters in the Col
orado Building.
Ncw Realty Firm.
Hewlett. IIorncr. Watts & Co. is the
legend over the doorway of new real
estate firm, which has opened Offices at
Col r street northwest, and will engage
briskly In the fall business of the Capi-
tai. The senior member Of the firm is
the well-kuown attorney, +. N. Hewlett,
who was formerly !, justice Of tae peace
William H. Saunders & Go. were called
on IN relation 70 sales OF the present
month ard. while Mr. Saunders, who
was interviewed. objects TO giving pub
licity 90 the affairs Of his clients, he
stated that the business was active in
his office and mentioned as sales con-
summated within the present month the
following:
House ON Twenty-eighth street. George
,town. 5000; fat on Th!rty-Gfth street
I $3.50. house on 4 street southeast 81 900
house on = street, sl.500; TWO small houses
on Gales street, SLIGO. house on Ninth
street $3.50; house on Belmont street
Washington Heights. $500; house on
{ Thirteenth street. $500; house on Bright
wood avenue s. 500; two lots on Four
teeuth street extended. g 100. house on n
street northwest, y4O10; house on Ninth
street, Brigbtwood S3.250; house on X
street. Georgetown. $500, lot on Lamont
stret. Ingleslde. $500; several lots on K
street southeast. $3.50 each.
They are also about % close "a trans
action by deed on Fourteenth street.
/ the Considereti tion being about $4,000 They
z
( week the sale Of tweuty-siX lots on
Eleventh street extended upon which
( that number 0f houses are 10 be built
+ at once, and are arranging a transaction
with other builders for ten additional
/ houses on the same street.
Articles Of Incorporation were filed ia
the Supreme Court Of the District yester-
day by the Garrick Hotel Company. of
this city. The enterprise is capitalized al
$1,000 and G. r. Benson, r. IL. Benson.
and Charles Schwartz appear as incOrpO-
rators.
Real Estate Notes.
5. ". Cheek. through the Shoe
maker Company. has sold house 1896
TLirty-fOuTth street. The property has a
frontage OF thirty feet.
Among the Improvements In Georgetown
is the building Of an annex to the Joseph
\. Wise residence, 1910 p street for dairy
purposes. J. ". and ". H. Haney have
recently completed houses on the east
side Of ThiTty-seCOnd street,
Building operations for September. as
tabulated by the Construction News,
show "a slight falling of in thlrty-tw0
cities Of the country, as compared with
the same month year ago. The exact
figures are le194 buildings for this year,
having ar, estimated value OF S27,752.7 769,
against le.ESG buildings a year ago valued
at S2e.es9.leL
The Kennedy and Davis Company are
building six houses on Seventeenth street,
between Lamont and kilb0urne streets, in
Inglesido which are nearing completion
Four OF them havc been sold to L. E. Sin
clair T. 5. NARROW. of the United States
Electric Lighting Company; A. T. Stuart
superintendent Of intermediate instruction
i'm the public schools. and Abner =. Kelly,
Of the washington GasliEht Company.
\ large lot at the corner Of Thirty
ffth and " streets has been sold TO j.
r. owens On this lot the original Met
ropolitan street Railroad Company in
tended. in the early days Of the COM
pany. 10 establish its terminal and
heavy stone foundations were laid for
the proposed buildings. The site was
abandoned before the project took defi-
mite form. The railroad company parted
with its interest in the property about
one year a6o.
Harry Wardman Will build nine two
story houses. each with six rooms, on
Eleventh street, near Irving.
Simon {. Buruette has purchased from
Thomas Hyde house 1907 Twenty-eighth
street northwest a twO-stOTy brick dwell
ing Mr.. Hyde hay also sold two dwell
/ ings. 3l56 and 3l5S . street northwest. TO
". Z. Van Deusen.
The residence of Gen. John a Johnston.
L. :. A, at PHI Massachusetts avenue,
J is undergoing extensive repairs.
The Sisters of the Visitation Academy,
/ of Georgetown, have started the construc-
+ ton of a $3,e00 home for the gardner, 20
I be located on the convent farm, opposite
+ the House Of the Coed Shepherd, 'front.'
5 ing on the Reservair road.
/ Extensive Improvements are under way
+ on Ninth street, between G street and
4 New York avenue. This portion of Ninth
street is rapidly losing its residence as