Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-11

house of the district Is practically sur
rounded by the property. The building
lots will be fifty and twenty-five feet in
width.
The streets are being graded and macad-
amized and granolithic sidewalks are to be
laid, shade trees are to be planted, sew
erage system installed and other improve
ments are to be made. Electric lights are
tton is the extension of the mains of the gas
company from Georgetown.
In order to assure to property holders the
character Of the Improvement of this new
section. 1t Is to be made part of each
deed that no house to be built on Connecti-
cut avenue front shall cost less than $500.
Another stipulation in the deeds having
that purpose in view is that not more than
one house shall be built on a forty-foot lot
on Connecticut avenue. On the ether streets
the restriction clause will require that no
house shall be built costing less than $500.
Stores and Office Buildings.
Seven two-story stores are to be built at
the southwest corner of LIST street and
Florida avenue for w. D. Carter. and
from plans prepared by A. H. Beers. archi-
tect Each store will be fourteen feet by
forty-five feet.
The lot on the west side of 14th street
between H and l streets is to be improved
by a building that will be erected by the
Equitable Industrial Life Insurance Com
pany. The lot has frontage of 24.S feet
and a depth of ITO feet, and there is an
alley extending along the entire south
side of the lot
The price paid to the owner. Hugh Reilly.
who sold the property through Stone &
Fairfax, real estate brokers, is said to
have been about $4,000. AS the lot con-
tains 2,9IO square feet the price per square
foot was nearly s14.
An office building five stories in height
is to be located on the site, plans for which
are being prepared by Appleton P. Clark,
architect 90
Some New Houses.
Nine houses recently erected by Harry
Wardman at the corner of Quincy and
lexington streets northeast have been sold
by Moore & Hill for $500 each.
Prof. E. B. Rosa of the bureau of stand
ards has bought lot on Newark street
near Connecticut avenue extended, in Cieve-
land Heights, where he intends to erect a
residence for his own USE The lot was
sold to him by Moore & Hill.
In Real Estate Offices.
|. Mr.. William, Peachy of the real estate
firm of Peachy & Hagner has gone abroad,
intending to be absent in Europe about
two months.
Mr.. Thomas. w sehaeffer, for several
years past identified WITH the dairy bust
ness in this city. has associated himself
with the sales force of the Wiliige, Gibbs
& Daniel real estate corporation. ...~t-
Progress of Building.
Building statistics from fity-four leading
cities throughout the country officially re-
ported to the American Contractor, New
York, and tabulated, show a gradual in
crease, as the season progresses over SINH
lar reports for the same month in 1906,
showing a widely distributed building
activity for April. In the aggregate the
gain, as compared with April, 1906, Is a
trifie over per cent.
Twenty-SlX cities show gains ranging
from Il to 1919 per cent, and twenty-eight
show loss varying from to II per cent
Greater New York is rapidly recovering her
wonted building activity, and, while falling
behind during the past few months the
figures for April show a gain of II per cent
over April of the previous year
Some New Houses.
The plans for thirteen two-story houses to
be erected at 18th and F streets northeast
have been prepared by A. M. Schneider,
architect. The owner of the property is
DIR. Rabbit, and he intends to make this
improvement. All the houses will have
porches and the roofs will be covered with
slate.
The same architect has also made the
plans for seven two-story houses which
are to be built on the south side of v
street between 18th and 18th streets.