Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-06
REAL ESTATE GOSSIP
People Who Want to Rent
Houses Still in Evidence.
SOME NOTES IN BUILDING
The Seasons Progress as Recorded in
the Suburbs.
AN ENTIRELY NEW SECTION
Expansion in Maryland and Virginia
of Suburban Settlements and Its
Effect on Values.

lind the coming OF people 10 tne oHices VI
real estate brokers in. search OF houses ana
of. fats has not ceased. The demand Is not
vet been satisfied. and the probability is
that the tide of home hunters will continue
to flow for some days to come 1t Is believed
the middle of the month Will mark the END
of the active season for the moderate-sized
homes, and then will come the class OF Gus
toners who are in search Of houses OF the
larger class,
While there Is no let up in this particular.
except perhaps in volume, Is Is also noted
that the supply is not exhausted. There are
houses and apartments for rent Inc hsts
OF some Of the offices. while showing great
changes are still of respectable size. Ihere
Is a little more spacing allowed between the
separate entries than was noted earlier IN
the season. showing that the lists are
dwlndling, and an actual count also poihts
TO the same conclusion.
The season thus far has proved to be a
good one, and at the present rate there Will
not be much left either IN the line OF
houses or of apartments when the close Of
the renting period comes. or course. IN one
sense, there is no end, and renting continues
as long as there are places to De had ana
people who want them, but IN announcer SENSE
there Is time in the year when the puik
of the business is attended to. and that Is
the present period
For Better Facilities.
An extensive addition is to be made to the
o;Donnell drug store, 9o4 street. which
will result in doubling the space now avail
able for business. Under the direction Of
My Charles A Langley, builder, the struc-
ture is to be extended rearward all the
way back to the alley.
The old building on the north side of Du-
pont Circle. between Connecticut avenue
and 18th street, has been remodeled and
improved in its outer and inner appearance,
and is to be occupied for the use OF Mrs.
Ar;I -I,,.J hos laos sod for
of~years In this enterprise she is asSoci-
ated with DIR. Frank Croker, formerly
business man on Pennsylvania avenue, and
It is the intention to have there collection
OF pictures, tapestries and other things OF
artistic merit.
The exterior has been succeed and most
of the windows closed up so that the in
terror light can be regulated The floor be-
tween the second and third stories has been
taken out by Mr.. Langley. leaving single
apartment with ceiling that extends to
the roof.
Improvements in Progress.
Some changes are being made in the resi-
dence of Senator EIkins, on K street, at
which will result in making 1t more conven-
lent as a home 1t is a very large house.
with the main entrance on level with the
street and four stories in height, SO that
the stretch of stairway is considerable. To
overcome this difficulty an electric elevator
IS being put in also by Mr. c. A Langley:
The latter is also about completing the
alterations in the two houses known as 100
and 732 18th street which were recently
purchased by Mr.. Jewett. The buildings are
now adapted for business purposes, with
stores on the first floor and offices above
These changes were made in accordance
with the advice of Stone & Fairfax,
through whom the property was purchased.
Guide to Street Names.
Timely aid to the confused resident of the
District, whether old or new. to solve the
frequent puzzles due to the change in the
names of streets outside of Washington city
proper, or the municipal bounds is supplied
by Mr.. David Moore, the real estate broker.
He has just issued in handy form COM
plete list of the names Of Streets which
have been changed, giving their new and
old designations.
AS Mr.. Moore explains in the outset of
this dictionary of street nomenclature, Nv
street the last lettered thoroughfare Is the
twenty-third street north of the Capitol.
The alphabetical system Is then continued
by the use OF historical names of two syl-
tables until the alphabet as far as w Is
exhausted, then by names of three syllables
again far as w, and then by horticul-
tural names in alphabetical order to the
District line"
The old and new names of the streets are
given in this little publication in tabular
form and alphabetical order. The figures in
the first column of the table Indicate ap-
proXimately the distance in blocks north of
the Capitol. of the street named. In the
third and fourth columns the figures indi-
cate the distance east and west OF North
Capitol street as extended to the District
limits
Another table gives the old street name
in the first column and the present or new
name in the second column.
Seasons Work in Suburbs.
The growth of suburban life in this vicin-
ity is by no means the least of the evil
denees of the expansion of the population.
Like other centers in this country. there
has always been here tendency In that
direction. even from the earliest days. when
the area of the city, TO large extent. was
as rural as any one could desire.
Independent of the difference in land
values. which vary with the distance from
the main centers. there have always been.
there always will be, those who prefer
life in the country to living in the city. Be-
sides this preference. which Is, of course.
entirely individual. there is the difference
in the Cost of having home some distance
from the center of things as compared with
a nearer location
Nowadays, rapid transit having come,
with cheap fares the problem of country
living for those who do business In the city
IS not as complex was formerly the case.
1t is not surprising. therefore. to find that
I'm the development of the city the coun-
try contiguous has shared in the changes
which have been going on.
Beyond the District Lines
The bounds or the District, or course, do
not mark the limits of the extension of the
popula ton. and so 1t is found that the peo-
pie who are really to all intents and pur-
poses residents of the District have their
homes in the adjacent states of Maryland
and Virginia. This movement did not wait
for the filling up of the District, but antic-
ipated It, and began long before even the
original area of the city itself was fairly
built up. For distance of twenty miles
from the city the suburban settlements are
found the earlier ones located on the lines
OF the steam roads coming into the city and
the later ones dotting the course Of the
trolley roads
During the present year a new range of
such places was begun with the opening of
the trolley line to the Great Falls along the
trgnia side of the Potomac river But the
opening up of this new section has had no
appreciable effect upon the growth of other
sections of the suburbs. The recent ad-
vances have appeared to be largely in the
sections outside of the District, although
this is only comparatively true. Especially
noticeable in this connection is the increase
In the number OF houses in the section of
country along the road to Rockville and
just north of the District line and extending