The Washington times., 1908-06-07
Interest CenterS IN Purchase
of Property for Govern
ment Buildings.
POSTOFFICE SITE
BEING CONSIDERED
Purchase of Mrs. wilkins Resi-
dence for $500 600 Biggest
Deal Reported.

homes and small piea IS Of property tor
investment purposes, large deals have
predOminated
Much interest now ceuters upon how
the Secretary Of the Treasury viii
spend the S5,l50.0O0 ara 5roDriated by Con
gress for new GONs eminent buildings
and sites for new ONES Numerous pri-|
vate deals of large proportions have
also been in proce ass Of negotiation
some of which may be closed within
few days.
The largest sale Or purely residential
property was re. ported yesterday.
Peachy & Haguer concluded a deal
whereby Mrs. Beriah, Wilkins transfers
10 Senator II. A. ca P0ut her large
house in AIassachu s,stts avenue near
the corner Of Seyeut usnth street north
west, for am amount understood 10 eE-
coed $4,000
Is PIetentiOus Residence.
It is one Of the mos { pretenuous resi-
dences in the city al large amount
OF money has been s. 5ent in decorating
the interior Iahoe any and marble
we're extensively usei 1.
With the house iJse If much furniture
is also sold. This. { or the most part.
consists Of pieces ma lie especially TO ht
into the scheme OF the house. The
house contains thirt y-hye rooms anl
Can baths fronting II .ty feet on Massa-
Ghusetts avenue. The lot, however runs
back about 200 feet ma fronts 100 feat
on Seventeenth street II contains ia all
23,g4 square feet.
Another residence s ale of importance
was that of the fog history dwelling,
1914 / street northwest, by Mrs. Lil'aE
Platt TO NJ Carlo, tlle minister nom
Ecuador. This sale WAS made by VIII
liam Corcoran HilI, VINO declines 10
make public the price
Mrs. Elliot Coues ;alsr sold the four
teen-room house. I7zB II street north
west, TO II. Morgan Jill for 81, Co., The
sale was made through the office OF
Murray Cobb.
May Condemn Buildings.
The preliminary ste ps TO acquire for
asle Government the land for which
Appropriations were Tnade for Govern
xnent building sites " ere taken during
the week. The Secret Rsy Of the Treas
urv through Assistant Secretary Win
throp. with the assista nee of the Super
visipg Architect of The Treasury, is
gathering data as 10 The valuations at
which owners are hOldiUs the land de-
sired. Il has been anuCW need that every
effort will be made 10 get the land
without resort to Condemnation pro
cesdincs. but Il is the opinion Of many
l,rsl.kers and bankers that especially
fudthe case of the hVe Squares bounded
bvi pennsylvania ave nue., the Mall,
Fourteenth and Fiftee nth streets, the
contemplation is TOO small In this case
rha Commissioners est innate was about
% ner cent more than the amount ap-
proE rated
The Secretary is aIs'p negotiating for
e site for the propose ID city postoffice
near the Union Station. The sum OF
s50O0O0 has been made available for
this purpose
BUREAU of Engraving Needs Building.
stin another possIb ls early purchase
is the land Included In squares Z32 and
283 and that which does not already
belona. TO the Govern ment in OBJ This
Is the ground lying directly 10 the
south Of the Bureau of Engraving and
Printfr g and is wanted FOR new build
ing for that department for which
S2150O0l mas been app ropriatsd- This last
mention ed project is likely to be most
RAPIDLY pushed because of the conditions
at the old bureau, " hich We're described
by Secretary COTtlyOu as being eX-
trsrneIy bad. The law provides that
If the land in these squares cannot be
had at q fair price, the buildings shall
be erected on the land to the west al
ready owned by the Government.
An anraDuncement of interest was
also made in connect IN with the build
ing OF the D. = F. memorial sJruc-
t,1re near Van Ness Park. A loan Of
S2OO 900 forYteu years at per cent was
made by the American Security and
Trust Company for the purpose Of COM
pleting the building. 1t has stood Ions
in a half finished. condition, because
the funds az the organization were not
Immediately available TO pay for the
work as it progressed. Mrs. Mclean
however, has prevailed upon her sisters
10 authorize "A mortgage in order thai
Some of the exterior and practically
an of the interior has yet to be done
Theatrical Project Assured.
Further encouraging details of the
tbeater project for H street northwest
, between ThirneE.th and Fourteenth
streets. were made public in these col
umns yesterday. Samuel Rose, presi-
dent: Edmund X Fox. treasurer. and
William +. Thoma s, secretary and gen
eral manager haze applied for a char
fer under Virginia laws for a corpora
rion with $500, GOO capital, TO he known
as the Auditorium Amusement Com
pany.
1t was announced that William Nor
ris the New york vaudeville magnate
had signed contract 10 furnish the at
fractions. and that the plans of w n
NTcEIfatrfck. of New York a theatrica
architecture specialist, had been &C
cepted-
Altogether. the. week has been an IN.
,7e,laIIV fruitful one, and the transac-
tons that have been brought TO the
attention. rhnER
connection with the Government. give
promise that activity in Washington
real estate circles viii increase as ths
wear grows older
SOMETHING LACKING.