Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-22
SPRING! STARTS BUILDERS
ERECTION OF HOUSES TO BE
FEATURE THIS SEASON.
Majority of Structures Planned Are
of the Small Type-City
Spreading Out.

In this latitude ii is possible TO carry on
building operations throughout the win
ter. subject, Of course, to Interruptions by
very severe weather now and then Some
seasons are of course more open than
others and the. past was one of them. but
for reasons which lay entirely outside OF
the real estate market the amount of
building was smaller than usual.
Now that the building season. properly
speaking, has arrived 1t may be expected
THAI operations will be started and that
expectation is not going to be disappoint-
ed if it is possible to form Judgment
based on what already has been an
nounced of the plans of builders and 9TH
ers. 1t is believed that house building is
going to be the feature this year just as
it was last year. The reason for this Is
obvious. for all during the winter and
even during the times when the financial
panic was in evidence the demand for
houses kept up and sales were made. The
conclusion has been reached from this en-
perfence and other similar ones that the
city Is not overbuilt and that the supply
of houses is not equal to the demand.
Hence the attempt will be made TO re-
plensh the supply and in consequence
house building promises to be quite the
leading feature of the market this year.
Small Type of Houses.
The large proportion Of the houses that
are to be erected it goes without saying,
belong to the class that is known as the
small house. There are. of course a
number of large and expensive houses 10
be built this year and also those belong
ing to the intermediate classes, for this
city in order to sustain the name which 1t
now generally receives of being the city
of homes must have all grades of houses
to suit the demands of the variety of per-
sons who come here to live.
In order to meet such a demand the
apartment house was introduced hera and
has grown in favor with astonishing
rapidity and such structures form an
essential part OF the life of the city.
But there are those who do not want
to live amid the sights and sounds OF
city life or on a city street. and SO to
them the attractive houses that are built
and the convenient apartment houses
makes no appeal. They want to get away
from the center of things. out where they
can have plenty of elbow room. and
where their children can find natural
Fairgrounds. where the policeman does
not trouble and the Keep OFF the Grass"
sign is at rest.
The CIV is spreading out and the sub
urbs are growing and additional subdivis-
ions to be made this year, so that
suburban property and its Improvement
promises to occupy a good deal of the
time and the attention of those who are
actively in the market The trolley roads
are a great aid to the development of
the suburbs. In fact. they might he
called the first aid, if one did not recall
the pioneers who left the thckly built
sections of the city years ago and went
out beyond the lines of existing car lines,
and of even what then seemed possibil-
ties and established their homes. They
did without good many things which the
modern suburbanite new enjoys and they
suffered hardshipS which, in comparison
with existing conditions. makes living
in the country now seem luxurious