Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-08

lnQGeQ remarkable. IheT6 ism one case
out of 300 where the trustees under trust
ever have to sell out for on-payment.
Our Office expects continuance Of the
active market, and we have made plans to
cope with the demand by listing many prop
critics for sale heretofore not offered"
Mr.. Guerry's View.
In response to inquiries made by Star
reporter. Mr.. Homer Query of the Collins
Query Company said:
ITO talk intelligently In regard to the
future DEVELOPMENT and extension OF the
business section is to at once interest the
average Washingtonian, whatever may be
his occupation Every one is specializing
and has his guess to the probable effect
of the concentration of all the trunk lines
In the splendid union station now build
ing. 1t is now generally believed that this
concentration will result in the abandon
ment of very little of the present business
section. but that the additions thereto will
be to the north and west, and that in
very few years all of the territory west OF
the new station within, approximately. a
right triangle, with base along f street
hypothenuse extending northwest from the
station and perpendicular passing near Du-
pont Circle. will practically be given up
to business purposes, with the greatest
activity near the center of the triangle.
TT seems very certain that the north
western tendency In Washington will never
be checked, but this Is descriptive only of
general extension. ii must be obvious
that the city cannot drag or break loose
from such anchors as the station the Cap
itol and the National Library. Some few
pieces of property here and there in the
described triangle may have for special
reasons reached the highest point in market
price, but In general land values In this
section must surely, If slowly, rise in value
because it is believed that the varied In
terests centered and centering in Washing
ton will in the next few years incidentally
develope here industries, business, and lines
of business not now in contemplation or
even remotely thought Of"
Massachusetts Avenue Extended.
One of the closest observers of the con-
slant changes in the real estate kaleIdo-
scope of Washington Is Mr.. Alexander l..
Hensey, secretary of the firm OF Swartzeil.
Rheem and Hensey. He said sections that
have shown great advancement in the past
year include Massachusetts avenue extend
ed, Kalorama and Belair Heights.
Property there has almost trebled in
value in the past year and half" said
Mr.. Hensey, 'and II is still on the rise. The
trend In those localities Is all to handsome
residential improvements of the very finest
kind. There has been a conservative adj
vance in property values in all other sec
tons of the city and District. This s in
the nature of healthy growth, which after
all is the best thing for a community.
Washington Heights has been building up
: wonderfully in the past four or five years
localities In the District"
Mr.. Hensey believes there will soon be
movement beyond the loop, out Connect
cut avenue way. Improvements are pro-
crossing nicely, too, on Columbia Heights
and at Petworth.
Some real estate dealers are loath to
make optimistic predictions to the real
estate outlook, because, one of them ex
pressed 1t, 1t has tendency to cause prop
erty owners to hold up their values for the
good times that are prophesied to be COM
ing, in the hope of getting much higher
prices for their realty.
'Pessirnistic statements in the looks
ahead" said the dealer, result In the
rapid unloading of real estate on the mar
ket"
An observant WashIngtonian who recently
made tour of the city with the view III
studying prospective real estate improve
ments, said he was surprised to find SUCH
a large and varied aggregation Of ancient
structures in Washington.
Some of these buildings" he remarked
were evidently constructed away back IN
the beginning of the last century during the
corn.ield and cabbage patch era. L find
that there will be room for very many
modern buildings in the very center OF
Washington when the work of raZing these
old landmarks begins"
A Senatorial View.
noted senator once said there are few
places that can show for any one century
more than three products of architecture,
that equal the capital, the Washington
Monument and the Congressional Library
I'VE shall deal with our metropolis In the
coming centuries compared with that
which has gone. with a iiberality proper
toned to our wealth. numbers and power.
II God spare the republic, what may we
not hope for Washington?''s
Speaking OF the new Washington Justice
Louis e. McComas said.
fha paUed sfraeta ouapuao
GRATED with names and churches which are
triumphs Of architecture; in the open areas,
bright with flowers and fountains; in the
circles and parks adorned with statuary
and monuments of our heroes on land and
sea, of men of science and letters, of our
statesmen and Jurists; In the long success
sion OF public buildings; in the gorgeous
Congressional Library, worthy mansion of
letters; In yonder monument to the father
of his country; In the Capitol on whose
first stone the founder Of the city
laid his hand this already noblest structure
In the world. yet destined to be fairer
within and grander without-in all these
crowning glories of the the fairest of all
cities, our countrymen acclaim Washing
ton their Delphi their Mecca.
I'VE love II for the great events and the
great virtues OF which it has been the thea
ter. We love It for its part in a century
of our history"
Washington's Dream.
In the words OF Serene E. Payne. the
dream of Washington is fast becoming a
reality: He looked upon the future capital
as the center of art and learning. He
looked forward to a great city. with beau
tiful avenues and streets, stately buildings
classic and grand, worthy of the great re-
public. All this has been realized. It
takes prophetic eye to see In Washing
ton IN the near future the queen capital
city Of all the nations of the earth"