The Washington herald., 1907-09-15

With the return Of residents 20 the city /
and better weather conditions the real 4
estate market shows signs Of qUickeulng. /
The brokers may be said 20 have launched /
into their fan business during the past /
week. Inquiries for property, both foG /
purchase and rental. have greatly in |
creased, and most Of the Offices have put /
of trimming Up the card indexes and bal /
ancing books for real business in show /
ing prospective buyers around and clos /
ing deals that have been delayed for one .
cause and another
A reporter of The Washington Herald /
In his rounds yesterday found all the /
agents visited busy Many of them were 4
out with customers. and clerks presented /
evidence in the way OF unified Inquiries, /
jacket sales. and checked rentals lists .
that speak OF greater activity i'm the /
market than has been seen since the busy /
days of The spring. Most OF the brokers /
are seen IN ID cheerful frame of mind. ex-
pressing Che opinion that the fall viii see
a renewal of activity In the sale of prop
erty which the dull days of the summer F.
did not predict
Nelson Apartment Sold.
Among the large sales cf the week were +
the Nelson apartment house Twentieth +
street between r and streets. byI
Harry Wardman 20 Col r Z. Johnson.
a wealthy lumbermau Of South Carolina. +
who purchased the property for ar In f.
yostment The sale was made through
the offices Of Early & hampton and Blum .
don. O'Eren & Belt
A ride through the suburbs in any de I
recupu VIII show great activity .n build
ing operations. Vacant properly along all .
tle principal streets leading out Of Wash .
ing is being built up very rapidly. one
is struck. first. by the number OF new
houses under construction. and then by .
the pretty des gus of the majority of +.
them. Architects this year seem 90 be /
studying both variety and fine effect. and .
the result VIII be, II followed. that the
outskirts % the Capital vii. De filed not
only with comfortable homes. but with F.
houses which VIII give q pleasing im- +.
preston OF artistic merit.
Detached Houses Increase.
Another thing Is noticeable. and that is +.
the tendency 20 build detached and semi
detached dwellings ia the outlying sub F.
divisions. The idea seems % have Pre- f.
vailed at last that there is room enough /
on the unoccupied land Of the District .
and, il not there, just over the line in .
Maryland, FOR the home-buuder 10 have
a little ground not covered by the house
built up TO the limits Of air and space al +
lowed by the building regulations.
This separation OF houses from the F.
so.id-b!0ck method of building is wholly .
good II speaks of greater comfort for T.
those who buy OF rent such houses. To +
also speaks of the reIIuQgisamaut by the .
builder and contractor of the notion that
land is So immensely valuable that liz .
tie of it cannot Dee spared 60 let air and .
sunshine into the house.
Two New Apartment Houses,
Among yhe improvements in West
Washington. which have attracted at .
tenti0n are the two apartment houses T
recently erected by p. =. Moran. at the
northeast corner Of ThiTtieth and Z .
streets northwest, which the J. II. Brad +
ley Company has for rental
These buildings which viii be known +.
at the Shannon and the AskeaJon, rep f
resent an expenditure of 5000 No eN- 4
pause has been spared IT, making them
complete. and the finish is both simple .
and elegant
Eagu building contains six apartments .
Of five rooms and bath each, and the /.
rooms are so arranged that they have .
an abundance Of light and ventilation. .
Owing to their location and their aCces-
sibiIity to the car lines they are at
a.. q Tr
for occupancy. which viii be about Sep
tember =. the few remaining unrented .
suites viii likely be quickly secured.
sales by Moore & hin.
The Moore d Hm Real Estate Com
pany reports the following recent sales:
For ex-Gov William Pitt Kellogg. /
premises 1853 V street. Washington
Heights. This IS one Of the row Of
houses erected the first Of the present /
year The purchaser is a local attorney
who expects 20 occupy this house as his
home. The price paid was $9.o0o
For Charles +. Calhoun. the property NJ
1889 Kenyon street northwest, Columbia
Heights. a frame house and lot. for S5.o9).
For Thomas H Pickford 54S Fourteenth /
street southeast for $3.50.
For William J. Fentress. 1913 Eighteenth
street northwest, for 5000.
For Henrietta and Harriet c. Ruben
acker I-40 Seventh street northwest
business property-for about 5000.
For Andrew c.. Wiley. premises 1899 /
Fifth street northwest
For T. Franklin Schneider, TO John H. (
Holt. five houses in Shows Court north
west
For Mrs. Ada c. Baumgarten, e52 r
street northwest.
To Andrew J. White, a building site on
Macomb street Cleveland Park
To Miss Mary A. J. Power, the property
at iii y street northwest.
For Edward B. Blizzard. 1908 Thirteenth
street northwest
To L. Z. WHtberger, 129 Quincy street,
West lexington.
To Augustus H. Walker. 137 Quincy
street northeast.
To Wallace W. ChisweIl. 157 and 1j9 L
street southeast.
To Miss Anan Z. Bail. 121 Quincy street.
West lexington.
For Mrs. Hogan. to Philip s. Gordon,
ten acres on Central avenue, near Ben
ming.
Seventh street Property Sold.
The store property at 90 Seventh street
northwest including the dwelling 709 I /
street, has just been purchased by Morris
r. George. who now occupies the Seventh
street building The sum realized from
the sale by the owners William II. Spig-
nUl. Mrs. James G. Bowen, and Mrs
Somerset R. Waters. is $55.C00
The property fronts 22u feet on Sew
enth street by depth Of 100 feet, and the
street house fronts 2o.S feet by depth of
100 feet, both properties containing 4S57