The Washington times., 1908-08-02
THREE HOUSES PLAN
OF {. ". N'INTIRE
Drawings of East Capitol
Street Dwellings, in Hands
of Contractors.

/ Three brick dwellings are 10 be built
! for +. ". McIntire AT 716, as, and 20
/ East Capitol street northeast, the work
/ TO be begun August o. The plans are
now in the hands Of contractors.
The plans were drawn BY Architect
Joseph Bohn, jr. The buildings viii be
Of light brick and limestone They viii
have three stories and a cellar with ten
rooms and bath eacn. Trimmings will
be Of chestnut The houses viii be
wired for electricity and will nave all
the modern Improvements. Mr.. McIutirs
viii occupy one Of the houses. and VIII
hold the other two for sale.
Plans and specifications have been
prepared by the same architect for the
remodeIiug Of the brick dwelling al Oh
p street northwest. owned by Miss Hen
rietta Schlerf The contract has been
awarded 70 John ". Swanson. When
the work is completed the building will
be a two-family apartment house. with
an apartment OF I'VE rooms and bath
on each floor The front VIII have OCta-
gOn bay windows, and viii be buIl5 Of
red hydraulic pressed brick. with Hum
melstown stone trimmings. Each apart
ment will have a private cellar. yard.
L.
The building will have the up-tO-date
improvements and viii cost $500. The
work will be begun tomorrow and it is
expected that the apartments will be
ready for occupancy about November J.
Miss Schlerf viii hold the property as
an investment
Condemnation Proceedings.
In pursuit Of its project OF bringing
its tracks into Georgetown, as an
nounced recently in The Times, the
Washington and Western Maryland
Railroad Company applied yesterday for
the appointment of q commission TO
condemn certain land west OF George
town. This property is known as the
Fox tract, including a part of the Low
Grounds. II contains about six acres.
A Philadelphia concern has been award
ed the contract for building the track.
The washington and Western Maryland
is owned by the Baltimore and Ohio.
which has held the charter for several
years. The life Of this charter Is limit
&c by Congress to June. 1903. when #
wiz expire unless the road IS by then
built and in operation
James Murdoch has sold, through the (
ofhce of Stone & Fairfax. a lot Of
land on the south side of Irving street. !
between Thirteenth and Fourteenth
streets. Columbia Heights The land
has a frontage OF so feet. and a depth |
Of 142 feet, running back TO a public /
alley. The purchaser viii have plans /
prepared to improve the property some !
time IN the near future
The real estate corporation OF Boss /
& Phelps has sold the new residence /
at PIG 7 street northwest. to Mrs. Es- /
tella Il. Watkins. who will occupy it /
as her residence. p The house contains 4
ten rooms and a tiled bath The front
is laid in Roman brick. with brown
stone trimmings. The sale was made
Jointly with Clifford A. Borden. The
same firm also reports the sale Of the
property al 12u X street southeast TO
P. P. Ryon for Mrs. Georgiana Hum
ming. Mr.. Ryon viii retain the prop-
erty as an investment
RemOdeling Hotel Takoma.
The work of remodeling the Hotel
Takoma building, at Takoma Park.
which. as announced recently. was mr.
chased by the Bliss Electrical school !
Louis D. Bliss, president, is being
rapidly pushed forward. New plumbing
viii be installed, with complete steam
heating plant The entire building is
being painted, papered, and refurnfshed.
are being made by tie re-
moval Of existing partitions. 1t r. ex-
pected that the work viii be finished !
by September so
The Roanoke Traction and Light
Company, OF Roanoke. Va, has been
chartered by the corporation commits
sion OF that state. and it is stated that
it proposes to build ultimately about