Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-06
REAL ESTATE GOSSIP
BeIated Spring Boom Is Still
Very Effective.
BROKERS ARE PLEASED
Vacations Postponed and the Mer-
chants Are Busy.
DEMAND FROM THE OUTSIDE
2altimoreans Are Seeking Footholds
in the Local Business District.
Foresee a Future.

ivory department of the local real estate
business has doomed during the past week.
All brokers interviewed by The Stars rep
rcscutattye are highly pleased with the
prospect for the summer and with the en-
iiyeuiug effect of the present period of fine
weather
Owing TO the lateness Of the season many
Neutrality-suspicious.. especially business men,
have postponed their vacations and the
city has by no means assumed Its mid
summer business aspect. In fact business
Of AL kinds is better than for several
months past. or interest in this connection
are the reports Of the efforts of outside
merchants To get a foothold in this city
Demand From Outside.
Washington store property is in great
demand by Baltimore merchants" said II.
II. iiowcnsteiu Of the II. r. IIowenstein
Company. 1914 street northwest, but
they seem unable to secure it. Within the
last few days l have received numerous
applications from Baltimoreaus who are
anxious TO lease buildings for stores. but
the only way in which it is possible for
them To get what they desire is to pay pres
ent tenants Il bonus for vacatng, and even
in that event il is dSy matter to find
the occupant of a store ready 10 give up his
situation.
There is not single store for rent on T.
street between 18th and 9th and the neigh
boring streets where houses have been still
retained as residences are fast becoming
purely commercial thoroUghfares. For in
stance. less than two years ago the north
side of q street between 18th and 14tll
streets was wholly given over to dwelling
houses, but today there is not a single resi-
denCe from corner to corner. This trans
formation of dwelling houses to stores
is general. Thirteenth between e and F
streets Is becoming mercantile street. and
i have just offered for rent as store prop
erty the remodclcd residence 1913 18th
street owned by Mrs. John NJ. Perreard of
12o4-12pG L street northwest.
Residential Property.
"Anv residential property between 9th
and nth streets and Pennsylvania and
New York avenues is looked upon as de-
sirable store property. and in every in
stance the owner has been approached
with view TO disposing of it for such
purpose or of having il remodeled himself.
This activity in store property is a par
ticuiarly good index of the business sit
uation in the city. and the fact that Balti-
more merchants are SO anxious to secure
foothOli in Washington is confirmatory.
The success of some of the City's great
business houses that started as branches
of Baltimore establishments, but now have
far outstrippei the parent stock, is an
earnest to these merchants who desire to
make beginning here that Washington
offers a rich field of opportunity to retail
dealers. The Edward F. Droop and Sons
Company has come back at Baltimore by
establishing branch in that city.
Thus the demand for store property
now exceeds the supply, and TO meet the
requirements of the city's increasing bust
ness the activity in building and remodel
ing must continue"
Notes of the Week
Thomas j. owen & Son auctioneers
have sold the unimproved property in the
John Sherman tract, fronting about 30
feet on School street by about 1O3 feet
deep, containing 5.263 square feet IL was
bid in by r. T. Trumbull for S2.500.
Property advertised for sale by Owen &
Son on %lst street northwest between Z
and . streets. that at 3421 and 5423 NJ
street that at lnJl Potomac street and
that at i26 NJ street northwest was all
withdrawn,
Wilson q Mayers. auctioneers. have sold
the property at li5 d street southeast at
trustees sale. to Clarence r Donohoe for
sl.4Jo Walter r. Wilcox was the trustee.
ID. C. Phillips has taken out Il permit
for the construction of an addition TO his
residence mt 1000 21st street northwest at
an estimated cost of $4,000 Hornoiower
Il Marshall prepared the plans, and Will
liam 7. LipScomb Il Co are the builders.
A +, HendershOtt Will erect a two-storv
frame dwelling at 18th and tarnum
l.
IiendeTShott is named in the application
for the permit as the architect and
builder.
+. T. Burke will erect a two-story
frame dwelling at 4l6 Chestnut street.
Anacost.a. at Il cost of S2.1oO. according
to plans prepared by y. l.. Fuss.
Work on two handsome residences on
Dupont circle has been begun within the
past few days. These houses will be the
homes of Edison Bradley and George
Whittell of California.
Mr.. Bradley is building on the large
triangular lot which was formerly owned
by the Gardiner Hubbards. and upon
which the Hubbard house still stands II
IS his plan to remodel this house and
make a large addition. giving the effect
of an entirely new residence The plans
have been made by howard GreenIey,
architect of New York The Iluilding
operations have begun under the direc-
tion of George Hill. 1t is said that Mr.
Bradley viii spend about 100000 in re-
modelling the old house and adding to it,
Mr., Whtttcn * building on the lot al
most directly opposite that upon which
Mr. Bradley will have his residence The
only difference is that his holdings do not
run all the way down the triangular
point which is bounded by Connecticut
avenue and 10Th street on the north side
az the circle. IIprnblower Il Marshall are
the architects who are making the de-
signs, which. II is understood, will be for
handsome white stone residence
1t is probable that Mr. Whittell will
spend fully 100000 upon his new mouse.