The Washington herald., 1907-04-07
SPRINGSTIRS MARKET
Residence Property Attracts
Many Purchasers.
SITES GO SLOWLY
Brokers Regard General Conditions
Dull as Compared with a Year
ban Holdings Expected 10 he
Large-BuiIding Operations Start.

Real estate brokers generally complain
Of the dullness of the market especially
in business property. their efforts being
directed principally to the selling Of resi-
dences and building lots in the suburban
territory. In this branch OF the business
the market has been fairly active during
the past week. as the daily record Of
transfers shows. The sale of what may
be termed the medium-class dwellings are
those chiefly in the market
Among the larger sales OF the week re-
ported was the purchase of 5000 square
feet OF ground at the corner Of Twenty
second and r streets by Gen. John Watts
Kearney. where he will erect a flne resi-
dence for his home. The price paid was
about Sl4 a square foot
The sale of the property at 1871 II street
northwest by John T. Arms through Ciar-
ence J. Welch TO Edmund X. Fox, princi-
pal partner in the A. f. Fox Company,
real estate brokers, as a site for the cree
ton Of an Office building, was completed
last week. Mr.. Welch was represented in
the transaction by Stone & Fairfax. the
property being transferred first TO Mr..
Welch and then 10 Mr.. Fox.
The A f. Fox Company also sold to L.
Z. johnson. of High Point, \. c.. the
property at 1907 L street northwest for
about $4,000. The property consists or
lot 20x110 feet. and is improved by a three
story bun brick house of fourteen rooms.
The same company sold 10 Frank Suter.
Of Georgetown. the colonial house at 1924
Twenty-ninth street northwest for $500.
Grant Parrish, real estate broker, has
sold IS acres OF valuable land on White
Hall Bay, Annapolis Harbor, owned by the
Messrs. Walk. Of Baltimore, 10 President
Labrot, Of the American Creosote Com
pany.
Activity in the Suburbs.
Activity is reported in the sale OF lois
at West Woodbridge. D. c.. by the Frank
6. Butts Company. The subdivision is ad-
mirably situated for residential purposes,
being on the City and Suburban car line.
within twenty-five minutes ride OF the
/ city. Cars pass the subdivision and run
! through 10 the Treasury without change.
The property lies high. giving a fine view
of the surrounding country. City water
/ Is available. and sewerage is provided
Mail is served twice daily, and West
! Woodbridge has all other city c0nyen-
/ fences.
Two houses are being erected on the
/ property at the present time, and several
/ others viii be started soon.
/ The approach of spring weather has
4 eulivened operations In all suburban sub
| divisions, and brokers who deal in that
class OF property are making preparations
/ for an active campaign. The chief cen
| tiers Of early operations VIII be along the
line Of the street cars ia the more remote
portions Of the District and beyond that
in Maryland. At Tunlaw Heights. near
the intersection Of Massachusetts, and
Wisconsin avenues, the owners are pre-
pairing TO lay down concrete sidewalks
sewer connections. and water mains, e
make the property available for imme-
date building purposes. This instance Is
only an example Of the activity in al the
Subdivisions along Wisconsin avenue
which is rapidly filling up with inhabit.
ants. who are seeking the higher ground
away from the noise and dust incident e
the activities of the city.
Buying Above Georgetown.
Precisely the same movement Is in
progress along the line of the Cabin John
Railway line. and the hills and dales OF
the section above Georgetown are being
offered cheaply 10 prospective homeseek'
ers. Along the Fourteenth street and tbs
/ BrIghtwood lines Of street railway this
year will probably see even greater activ
ity in building than last season. Such
growing settlements as Fourteenth street
Heights and Petworth viii show the
greatest additions to the suburban home
movement.
Again, out Connecticut avenue the cit,
will continue TO expand. The brokers
having subdivisions there already repor
increased activity IL the sale of lots and
many of those who have purchased tn,
ground are preparing to build. CLEVELAND
Park is adding many houses, Connection
Avenue Terrace, where building opera
tons have only just begun, will be th'
scene Of large operations during IN
spring and summer months. So the build
= ing will go On in this direction to Chev!
Chase and beyond.
Building Near BrOokIand.
out in Brookland, and the subdivision
. this side. much building is in progress
and the same is true along the entir'
length of the Maryland line Of the Wash
= iington Railway and Electric Company
The fact is, the movement of the city pop
ulation in this direction is possibly NOR
marked than in any other. Persons o
moderate means are acquiring lots at low
prices and are building near the confne
= of the District at less cost than woul,
be possible IN other places. As a coHse
quence, the cottages are rising rapidly OF
both sides Of the car line, and the cheape
rented houses in the city are fast losinl
their tenants.
Beyond the Anacostia the same clas
! are going to find homes more suited 4
their tastes, and the coming summer wi
see more houses built from Kenilwortl
= to Randle Heights than in any Othe
period in the history of that part OF tn
} District
AS proof of the activity in building
: during the spring months may be men
toned the issue of 4S6 permits during tn
= month of March at the Office of the in
! Ispector of buildings The estimated COS
: for improvements in the applications 70
{ / these permits is S.179.77S. OF the permit
3 issued. 125 are for two-story and three
story brick dwellings, showing tha-
Z large proportion of the new structure
! viii be frame cottages.
= BUILDING NOTES.