Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-20

building has ample, direct natural light and
perfect ventilation, there being no inside or
dark rooms.
The first two floors will be occupied by the
banking house. and the six floors above
contain ia attractive Office rooms. which
will be rented to desirable tenants
The corridors have floors and walls of
marble. with stone and bronze trimmings,
end may be approached either by a bronze
and marble stairway or by electric ele-
vatorS.
A New Subdivision.
a new subdivision of property the
Virginia side of the Potomac river has just
been made 1t comprises Il tract of thirty
seven acres about three-ruartels of a mile
from the Georgetown bridge and located on
the Great Falls and Old Dominion electric
railway. The property is in charge of Will
liam H. Saunders & Co. and plan has
been adopted providing for large building
lots.
II. l.. Thornton of the firm mentioned has
charge OF the property, which has been
named Aurora Heights.
In the Southwest Section.
The southwest section is. perhaps, the
most conservative in the city in real estate
matters. Values show no sudden rises or
periods of depression, but the growth has
been steady. and real estate investments
are among those that are considered gilt
edged. Within the past ten years values in
the southwest have more than doubled, and
today there is very little vacant ground
between b street south and the river. and
between South Capitol street and the west
ern edge of the city. Where such ground
is to be found ii is on The edge of the south
west and in localities undesirable for resi-
dences. Except for 9Th street. which is the
business thorOuGhfare of the southwest, the
section is one of homes. not prominent for
apartment structures. though a few have
been erected during the past few years.
The general rule is Tor a family to take q
SiX-rOom house and create a home atmos-
pIere in which to bring up the children.
The southwest can boast that it is "a section
OF homes and il looks now as if the fiat
dwelling habit will have a hard time get
ting 4 permanent footnold there.
Some Improvements.
The uncertain condition of things due to
the tearing up of 4 large section of the
southwest in connection with the railroad
improvements is largely responsible for the
fact that there has been but comparatively
little building i'll the section since April l.
1886. but nevertheless a commendabe
showin4, Eas been made.
John Miller is having built row of five
and NJ streets. opposite the Alexandria
ferry landing. Two years ago the greater
part of the block bounded by NJ and n.
Water and 9th streets was IL vacant lot
and was used by the District a sewer
pipe storage yard. Now it is covered with
comfortable two-Story dwellings, all OF
which are occupied and a large proportion
OF them. it is stated owned by the people
living in them. They were ali built by Mr.
Miller. and tie stores and dwellings now
going UP will fill the remaining ground in
the square
Mr.. George c. Humphrey is building row
of eight brick dwellings, l. street be
tween eth and eth streets southwest. They
are modern siX-room structures. and ten
ants ready to move in soon as they
ar completed. Mr.. Humphrey has recently
finished five modern Six-room bricks on ri
street between 9th and eth streets and it is
stated that the entire row was sold to
homeseekers before they were completed
Comfortable Homes
The Washington Sanitary Housing Com.