The Washington herald., 1907-05-26
BUSINESS PICKING Up
Real Estate Dealers Expect
Good Summer Trade.
COLD WEATHER A HANDICAP
Sales of the Week Include Houses,
Residence Sizes, and SubuYh BAN
Lots - Considerable Activity In
building in the Business Section.
Two Hotels to Be Erected.

Real estate brokers are agreed In say
ing that business is surely picking up in
all lines. except, possibly. rental OF
empty houses, and even in that direction
there Is nothing 20 complain Of, consider
ing the season Of the year and the close
approach Of the time when many families
close their houses and go away for the
summer. While few large deals are re-
ported, general business is good, and
those handling suburban lots are
reaping their harvest. Conditions are de-
cidedly more hopeful, and dealers are
now expecting a good summer business.
The cold weather affects real estate
selling, as it does all kinds Of business,
adversely. People like best TO 60 house
hunting In good weather. and so ii is
with reference TO the examination Of
HOUSES and lots which persons are ex-
pecting 10 buy. They will not go out on
a cold day TO look at them. and the real
estate salesman is often forced 10 wait
for a fine day before he can get hold Of
his customers.
But Notwithstanding this difficulty. most
Of the firms report a good weeks business
and hope for better things AS the weather
gets better, as they say # surely will
Some sales of the Week.
Among the sales Of the week which may
De mentioned, William A. Gieseking has
purchased the lot at the southwest corner
Of Twentieth and Fillmore streets. where
il is his intention 20 erect a residence Mr..
GieselHirg recently sold his home a little
farther east on Biltmore street. near CO.
iumbia road. The new lot has a frontage
n 80 feet on Biltmore street and l05
on Twentieth street. This Will allow of a
house having rooms upon both sides Of
the main entrance, and in addition il will
have side lawns
Joseph Auerbach has purchased from
Dr. Charles c. MHburn the three-story
brick residence az 1915 Nineteenth street
northwest as an investment.
Richard IT, Bailey has purchased.
through Moore & Hin. six lots on the
north side Of Monroe street, just east Of
Fourteenth street, In the Sewers and
Matungiy subdivision. Mr. Bailey Will
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dwellings for investment purposes.
Henry S Hooker has purchased. through
Stone K Fairfax. a building site for
large residence In r street. near Sheridan
Circle. The lot has a frontage Of . feet
on Nineteenth street. and is 80 feet deep.
He viii erect d home upon the lot in keep
ing with those being built in the residen-
tial section OF the northwest
a. Krikstein has purchased. through the
same firm. lot In p street. west OF Du-
pont Circle. near the corner Of Twentieth
street, where he is erecting a place Of
business 20 by % feet
Lots Sold at Chevy Chase.
Thomas J. Fisher d Co. announce the
sale Of twenty lots in the Chevy Chase
subdivision since placing the property
on the market, about two weeks ago. Six
of those who have bought lots have sig
nIded determination 70 prepare plans
end Immediately begin the erection Of
dwellings. Several Of the lots were sold
In pairs for investments.
one of the most interesting deals OF the
pas. week was the offer by an unknown
purchaser or purchasers % Stone 4 Fair
fax Of $1,000 for property known as the
Halls of the Ancents." The property
has frontage OF more than 1oo feet on
New York avenue. and extends back on
irregular lines 90 an alley IN the rear It
has 1850 square feet. Stone a. Fairfax
and Harry Wardman are the owners.
y. Monroe Hopkins has purchased from
Frank =. Reside the property AZ 2l-S
Bancroft place. for which he paid So 500
He has elso purchased from James g.
H.Il the lot adj0ininc on Bancroft place
for which be paid s. a square foot The
lot is - by . feet. Mr.. Hopkins Will re-
model the house purchased from Mr.
Reside ard build an addition upon the
lot purchased from Mr.. Hi. As a part Of
the general transaction. Mr.. Reside pur-
chased from Mr.. Hill a lot similar 20 that
bought by Nj Hopkins. where he will
build a new house for his own use J. B.
Winner. who effected the sales Of this
property. stated yesterday that of the
seventeen lots on the south side Of Ban
croft place OF which ne has had charge
thirteen have now been sold. ana the
purchasers either have built homes upon
them, or are preparing to do 50 in the
near future.
Justice Louis T. McComas. Of the Dis
trict Court Of Appeals, has purchased the
residence of the late L. NJ. Saunders. for
which he paid $4,000. The ground upon
which the house stands is 20 by 1872 feet.
The house contains sixteen rooms. and
there is a finely equipped stable on the
rear Of the lot.
James c. Hooe is preparing 20 improve
the lot adjoining his residence ar DPS
Massachusetts avenue northwest. which
will be in keeping with the costly build
ings In the vicinity It lies between Sherf-
dan Circle and Florida avenue The house
will be built Of light stone I'm the French
style Of architecture. II will b. four sto-
ries in height and have a frontage Of
thirty feet
Considerable activity will he seen I'm the
next few weeks in the remodcliug Of
structures in the business district y. w
Burchell will make change in the front
Of his building at 1892 F street northwest
by resurfacing il with cement in the form
Of a stone front
+. y. Richards is improving the build
ing az 1925 F street by the removal and
rebuilding Of the entire front other i'm
provements will be made in the interior Of
the building
The property owned by the Merchants
and Mechanics Savings Bank at the
northwest corner Of Seventh and 6
streets, is being remodeled for the uses
~ the bank according TO plans prepared
bv B. Stanley Simmons.
Two Hotels to He Erected.
The trustees of the Randolph Hotel.
which is 10 be erected at the northeas.
corner Of Pennsylvania avenue and Four
teenth street, have served notice upon the
tenants of the property &c vacate by Aug
ust l. 1t is the intention Of the owners
to take possession Of the property at that
time Immediately after the present
buildings will be demolished and the lot
cleared for building operations, &c begin