Evening star., 1908-01-11

! sidered from the point of view of its vol
| ume or its relative Importance. The main
| straw showing how the tide is going IS to
| be found in the increase in the business
| in the office of the city surveyor. Here
as is known, must come the builder IN
| order to find out the metes and bounds or
| the proposed building site so that ne VIII
not unwittingly build on the land or
| another or leave any precious portion OF
| his own unused.
| The surveyor Mr.. Richards. and his as
siStants have found the past few months
| a rather slack time. Owing to the Iallng
| off in building there was not ihat m
terest shown on the part OF property
| holders to become Informed about their
property as is the case when improve
ments are in progress. Mr.. Rlchafds mas.
| however. that applications are beginning
| ID increase in number in his once not In
any great volume. but sufficient to be rec
| ognized and to furnish reasonable
| ground for believing that building is re-
viving
| There are other points of view from
| which the realty market can be estimated.
| and one is the experience of dealers VINO
| find that buyers are in existence and that
| ii is possible to make sales. In audltlon
| to the indications there may also De noleu
! the conviction of those familiar with the
market that prospects are promising. as
money conditions are becoming easier and
building enterprises can be financed.
An Apartment House.
| Ground on the east side of 18th street
/ between NJ and n streets northwest has
| been sold by Robert A. Bates to Harry
| Wardman through the realty corporation
| o. the Simpson & Sullivan Company. 1t
! is the intention of the new owner to build
! on the site an apartment house Whlcn VIII
| be four stories in height and will contain
| twenty-four suites. The frontage Will De
about sixty feet.
Carnegie Institution Building.
The contract for the erection of the
| administration building for the Carnegie
Institution has been awarded to the firm
OF 7. F. & A. l.. Pennock of Philadelphia.
The cost will be 100000 and the location
| of the new structure will be at the south
east corner of 10Th and streets north
| west. It is expected by the contractors
to begin the work of building at once, and
| to complete it in the course of the year.
| The plans of the new structure were
drawn by Carrere s. Hastings of New
| York. architects Gray limestone Will
| be the material used in the exterior walls
! and there will be a. portico at the main
entrance which will be closed with doors
of bronze. The site is an ample one. haV-
ing a frontage of over one hundred feet
ON 10th street and exactly that extent on
p street The new structure will stand
detached, and owing to its architectural
features as well as its size, it will be
notable addition to buildings of that sort
in this city.
Virginia Farm Sold.
During the present week the Soule Com
| pany sold for d.. II. b. Hutchison of
Herndon his plantation OF 1.soS acres,
| located in Loudoun county, Va. on the
upper Potomac near AshbLrn station, for
| $4,000 cash. The purchaser. MIR. j. G.
Hopkins, is a New England man of large
means, and it is his intention to greatly
| improve ms property in the near future
and to make it one of the most pro-
ductive farms in Virginia.
The fact that Mr.. Hutchison purchased
| this farm from the Yeomans estate only
| a short time since and was able to dis
| pose of il within three months at con-
| siderable advance on the price paid is re-
garded as evidence of the interest taken
by northern people in land near Wash
| ington.
| Three Houses Sold.
| Francis A. Blundon has sold for F. NJ
| Smith three new houses on Meridian
street. Mount Pleasant for the sum of
$I4,5J0.