Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-08
SUBURBS OF SOUTHEAST
ATTRACTIONS PROVIDED BY Ma
TURE AND ENGINEERS SKILL
Money Invested in the Hope of Flu
ture Profits-Industries and
Enhanced Values.

In the endeavor OF the people of the cap
ital city of the nation for a greater and
more beautiful Washington the south
eastern suburban section has well per-
formed its part, and today. by rea-
son of the attractions provided by the
skill of the engineer. some of the largest
investors of real estate in the country have
placed their money there. 1t is claimed
that owners OF capital realize that even
tually the section is to become one of the
prettest residence localities of the national
capital. and that real estate will rise in
value by the natural trend of events
The greater part of the property in the
southeast suburbs is beautifully located and
of bieh elevation, and 1t IL the belief Of
those Tho have looked the section over that
1t has a great future.
1t is said that the plans of the great
French landscape architect, l. Enfant, In
his work of carrying out the plans of Gen.
Washington for national capital, were to
have the beautiful highlands OF the sec
ton, with their fine wooded sections here
and there, adorned with beautiful rest
dences and even in those days when spec
uiation was in Its infancy, tradition has 1t
that the spectators, believing that the Sec
ton was the coming residence portion or
the newly born city, bought up the land
nd held it; and the dream of LEnfant
was not realized, the tide of the population
taking it's way to other sections of the city,
owing to the prices asked for ground south
east of the city. The section through all
the years that have elapsed since the great
French landscape architect laid the plans
for Washington the southeast has grown
steadily, but not with the rapidity that has
marked the progress of other sections or
the city.
View of the Conservatives.
The improvements have not been many,
aside from the beautiful st. Elizabeth
Asylum property, but there Is talk of pos
sibilities and conservative real estate
men of the city. when approached for In
formation regarding Investments, do not
Ignore the southeast suburbs, with Its COM
manding heights and superb views, The
realty companies which have operated in
this section In the last few years have
learned that the growth of the section Is
most healthy and that there Is material ar
substantial growth.
Among the inquirers who write for infor-
nation regarding investments in real es-
tate the southeast section has its quota,
and the replies upon the part of those in
qured of always go to show that conh-
dence would not be misplaced by Invest
ment there. The city Is very near to the
property, and this stands out safe
guard to the buyers, as the streets of the
city are extended through the subdivisions,
and the engine houses, schools and other
institutions are under the control of the
general government, and therefore bound
to be permanent. Piercing the heart of the
seton are the two trolley lines, the East
Washington Heights Traction Company
railroad and the Anacostia and Potomac
River branch of the Washington Traction
Company. The former runs from the end
OF Pennsylvania avenue southeast. and the
latter is a continuation of the Anacostfa
line, running from the city. 1t has been
declared that the development Of the sec
ton is a national enterprise on account of
the fact that much of the eastern portion
is situated upon the extension of Pennsyi-
yania avenue southeast within sight OF the
dome of the National Capitol
The United States Realty Company, which
has large possessions in the section, Is COM