Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-14
OUT NORTHEAST WAY
Section Which Has Shown
Wonderful Development.
INCREASE IN BUILDING
Cost of New Construction Stated to
Exceed Million and Half.
SOME PROMINENT STRUCTURES
Government Office Building, Railway
Power House and Telephone Sta
tion-Suburban Progress.

Wonderful development has occurred in
the northeast section of the city and county
during recent years, the building operations
the past twelve months showing large in
crease, The additional homes provided
have resulted in increasing the population,
and persons whose property interests are
In the section referred to feel confident
that the police census, which is to be
taken during the coming week, will show
a still greater increase than was shown last
year. In addition to the great amount of
building that has been done In the north
east section, other improvements have been
made, which, 1t is claimed, has increased
property values. The reports of the as
SCISSOR and inspector of buildings for the
last fiscal year give an idea of the work
that was done in the section during .-e
twelve months, showing a much larger num-
Der of buildings erected than were erected
In any other section. The reports show a
total number of new buildings erected in
this section, exclusive of the union station
and the Senate Office building, to have been
469, costing S17iT,200,
Since the close of the last fiscal year the
work of erecting buildings has gone steadily
forward, many structures having been
completed and occupied and others being
under construction at this time.
New Construction.
The structure to be used as an Office
building by the Senate, the building of
the Potomac Electric Power Company and
the new union station are the most ex-
pensiVs buildings ever erected in the north
east. The former building Is we'll under
way and the latter is about completed. 1t
is practically Impossible to tell the amount
that is 10 be expended upon either build
Ing, but the outlay on the electric plant
Will amount to at least s., CrtG. OOJ before the
completion of the structure and the in
stallati0u of all the machinery. 1t will be,
IL is said, the most complete plant of its
kind in the civilized world. Not only will
the plant supply electricity for the lighting
of homes and other buildings but it will
supply the current for most OF the lines
OF the Washington Traction Company. 1t
is also To supply the power for the WASH
ington. Baltimore and Annapolis railway
line and Will probably supply the Chesa-
Ieake Beach railroad, when the motive
power of that line is changed to electricity.
II is believed that the selection of the East
ern branch site for this important plant
will be the means of enhancing the value
OF property in the county east of 10Th and
II streets and will be a nucleus for a manu-
featuring village in that section.
Later IL IL thought, the plant will be ex-
tended until II will be able to furnish
power enough to supply the entire city of
Washington and the county with electricity
Tor lighting and other purposes. Gen.
George II. Harries. who is prominently
identified with the company, will be CRATE
fully remembered for selecting the Ben
ming site for the new building. His COM
pany Will soon have engines representing
81. 90 horse power installed in the new
building and additions to the present struc-
ture are 10 be made as the demand for the
electric current increases.
Telephone. Station.
On street between 9th and 7th streets
the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone
Company has erected a new station. 1t is
modern building, and It's equipments, it
Is stated, are to equal that of any build
ing Of its kind in this section of the coun-
try. Care was taken TO make the structure
proof against dampness and no effort was
made TO save expense. The result is that
the company has a building that is sup
posed TO be hrepIOof and one in which there
Seems TO be no opportunity for dampness
70 penetrate. Another building on Capitol
Hill that has attracted attention is the new