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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-19
SALES REPORTED AT THE
END OF CURRENT WEEK

Among the sales reported at the end OF
the week were the following:
Willige, Gibbs & Daniel, real estate
brokers. have sold for Mr. Henry Collier
Stott lot g. in square 271O, on the north
side of Emerson street between 18th and
18th streets northwest The lot has a
frontage of 40 feet by depth of 100 feet,
and is attractively situated on a terrace.
1t IS the purpose of the purchaser, Mr. Roam
b. Poole OF the Post Office Department,
to improve the property with splendid
modern cottage, having two stories and
attic. ten rooms. reception hall and hot
water heat. 1t is understood the sum Of
$3.50 was paid for the premises.
Mr.. Elmer f. Covert, executor Of the es-
tate of the late Rufus Ii. Darby, the we'll
known local printer, has sold for the es-
tate the beautiful country seat Hickory
HILL at Lewinsyile, Va. to Mr.. Stanton
Weaver of the War Department. The
property. which comprises about seven
teen acres, was improved several years
ago with splendid fourteen-room mod
ern cottage, with hot-water heat, porce-
lain baths and all other city convenienceS
II is situated partly in Alexandria COUNT
and partly in Fairfax county, a short dis
lance from Falls Church. and near the
country home OF 4. ". Lothrop. 1t occupies
an elevation of APO feet above the sea level
and commands splendid view of Wash
ington and the surrounding locality
Among the outbuidings are Il large stable
with six stalls. loft and carriage room a
tenant house, granary and chicken house
Three acres are in cultivation. with grapes
berries and almost every kind of fruit
bearing trees. 1t is understood that S1O-
GOO was paid for the property, which Mr..
Weaver will occupy as his residence. The
sale was made through the Office of Will
lge, Gibbs & Daniel
Wil!ige, Gibbs & Daniel, real estate
brokers have sold for Mr.. James Martin
the two-story brick dwelling. No. Al
Adams street. betw North Capitol and
1st streets northwest The purchaser
Mr. Edwin T Miller. will occupy the
was paid for the property. The sale was
made in conjunction with the office of
Ealt n Rrfen a. Co
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-19
LOTS TO GET new NUMBERS
ASSESSOR RICHARDS WILL AP-
PEAL TO CONGRESS.
The Change to Be Made for tho
Convenience of Tax
Department.

All lots and parts Of lots within the
boundaries of the city of Washington are
to be renumbered-that is, if the necessary
legislation authorizing the change and
providing an appropriation can be OBJ
tanned
An effort will be made to secure it at the
next session of Congress. A bill provid-
ing for the change will be drafted by the
corporation counsel.
Ever since his appointment as assessor
William P. Richards has had this i'm
provement in mind. He contends that
the change is necessary not only in the
interest of brevity and more efficiency in
his department. but in view of the fact
that errors are frequently made in the
issuance OF deeds for parts of lots and
parcels of land because of the present in
tricate and Anticipated form Of desgna-
ton.
Originally the squares were divided up
into so many lots and the latter We're re-
corded on the plat books, but since then
the lots have been divided up into parts
Of lots and these parts of lots have been
subdivided until the matter of recording
has assumed difficult proportions and the
chances of making errors have become
great.
When the county-that is, that part OF
the District beyond the city limits-was
plated several years ago, all parts of lots
and sublots were eliminated and the prop
erty is all designated as an individual lot.
Assessor Richards plan is TO renumber
every lot and part of lot within the city
limits. This work will require an ap-
preparation OF about $1,000 and will take
more than a year before completed. The
Commissioners of the District are known
to favor the plan, and preparatory to
drafting a bill the corporation counsel is
considering the idea as presented to him
by Mr.. Richards.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-19

of soil which it Is wrenching from the
former desert wastes and bringing to lush
fecundity through the distribution of the
impounded waters of mountain-born
rivers
While planning, as it wisely does, to
irrigate thousands of miles Of land which
was once given over to the sage brush
and the cactus and which boosted as in
habitants naught but the rattlesnake, the
prairie dog and the centipede. the en-
gincers of this branch of broadly pa
ternalistic government plan now to irri-
gate the mind of the farmer while irrigat-
ing at the same time the soil from which
he gets his sustenance; to draw the man
who farms from the restricted and So
cially beggared life he leads and bring
him into a closer communion and a keen
er competition with his kind-in fact,
to confer upon him the blessings which
flow from a blending of country and city
life
This is to be done by plotting the re-
claimed tracts so that each homesteader
may not merely have his fields within
three miles of the heart of a model
town. but may If he desires, live within
the limits of that town and drive morn
ings and evenings to and from his work
as the banker or broker now drives from
his suburban home to the office wherein
he buys and sells money.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-19

Several notable additions have been
made within the past year to the number
Of palatial residences in the northwest
section Of the city, and active steps to-
ward the construction of still another
were made during the present week when
the District building inspectors office
passed favorably upon the plans and
specifications for the new residence Of A.
NJ. Lothrop. fronting on California ave-
nue. at the crown of the Connecticut ave-
nue. hill, and issued the necessary build
ing permit.
Prominent among the mansions now
nearing completion is that Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Perry Belmont, which occupies the en-
tire triangle made by the intersection OF
New Hampshire avenue. 18th and r
streets Work on this great stone resi-
dence has been in progress many months,
but il is now nearing the stage Of COM
pletion so far as the actual construction
is concerned. and it will soon be ready for
the piasterers and the interior decorators.
Over an almost similar length OF time
large corps of artisans have been labor
ing in the remodeling and rebuilding OF
the residence purchased by Mr.. Edison
Bradley of New York, fronting on Dupont
Circle at the intersection of Connecticut
avenue and 10Th street. Originally it was
a dwelling of more than the average size.
but the builders have so changed Its for
mer lines and increased its area that 1t,
too. ranks at the present time with the
largest of the capitals more pretentious
homes 1t is expected the Bradley home
will be ready for occupancy during the
ensuing winter season.
Another house. which has gone a great
way toward increasing the prestige of
10th street is the new French embassy, at
10Th and Euclid streets, built by former
Senator and Mrs. Henderson. on a part
of their large property holdings north of
their residence, Boundary Castle. The
embassy has been finished and furnished
ready for occupancy, and from 1t will
radiate much of the hospitality extended
by NJ and Nine. Jusserand, the French
ambassador and his wife, to the diplo-
matte set this winter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-19
GENERAL GOSSIP OF
THE REALTY WORLD
Demand for Houses Greater Than Supp1y---Pros-
pective Purchasers and Leasors Go A-Begging
Some Recent Transactions-Capita1 Trac-
ton Building New Station.

Following a summer of more than the
average dizziness in the realty market IN
WASHINGTON the local real estate dealers,
almost without exception, are now In the
midst of a season of prosperity. Septem-
her always has marked the real opening
of the autumn and winter renting sea-
SON in the National capital. because
this month witnesses the returning tide OF
summer vacationists and the consequent
swelling of the ranks Of house and apart
ment hunters. But this year the NUMBER
of prospective leasors has been partlcu-
larly large. and at the same time there
has been a material increase in the RANKS
of the would-be purchasers of homes.
The result of this combination OF con-
ditions has been that desirable houses
and flats. particularly in sections OF lne
city convenient to the car lines, nave
either for lease or for sale. Nor has the
demand appreciably diminished with the
satisfying of the wants of the searcners
who were early In the field, ana AT tne
present time a majority OF the real estate
firms are having all sorts of dif1culty
finding homes, home sites ana mats WIN
which to supply their clients.
Several of the larger local realty opera
tors have said within the past week mat
this fall season bids fair to surpass SINH
lar seasons III any IcSeHI 49, -
day has passed that several sales OF more
than average Importance from the stand
noint of price have not been reported, and
in scores of instances these transactions
have been accompanied with the state
ment: THE owner proposes to occupy the
premises as his home. consequently II
is evident that Washington is becoming
more and more a city of nome owners
and the end is not yet.
Investors too, have taken cogniZance of
the opportunities offered by this apparent
~ unceasing demand for houses, and
building operations are in progress all
over the city. Good renting property does
not lack for buyers, so that the real es-
tate men have little difficulty in placing
the funds Of their clients to advantage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-19
SCARCITY OF SMALLER
INVESTMENT PROPERTY

One Of the noticeable features Of the
local real estate situation and a condition
that has prevailed for some considerable
time is the dearth Of middle class invest
ment property for sale. OF alley and
court properties there's is a good supply.
OF apartment houses. other than those of
the two-family non-heated variety, there
is a good selection with prices ranging
all the way from $4,000 to many times
that figure. 1t is in the field of small in
vestment properties ranging from $1,000
to 5000 that the real estate men find it
hard to supply the demand.
Washington has many small investors
and these are ever on the lookout for
property of this latter character; proper
ties where they can place their small
nest-eggs. perhaps paying a portion down
on the property and giving a mortgage on
the remainder. In this way these hold
ers, who pay or per cent for the use
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-19

will see the whole power plant similarly
transformed, and a complete battery of
turbines in place to produce the electric
power necessary to operate the cars c.
the company's street railway system.
James l.. Parsons has the contract for
the new building at 1st and B streets, and
the contract calls for an expenditure Of
about 0,OOO. 1t will have a frontage of
thirty feet and depth of eighty feet, and
will be two stories in height. When COM
pleted it will be equipped as a transformer
station for the reduction of the high-pow-
err current. sent to the station over big
cables directly from the power house at
Georgetown to the lower voltage cur
rent required for the operation of street
cars. This station, though little nearer
the navy yard and the Pennsylvania ave-
nue. terminals at the eastern ends of the
Capital Traction Company's lines than to
the Georgetown power house, will be the
center from which power will be distrib-
uted to the main section of Pennsylvania
avenue and to all of the cars running east
Of the Capitol.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-19
Street Cars for Shanghai.

From lions Herald.
The problem Of tram traffic in Chinese
city presents peculiar difficulties, In view
of the crowded condition of the streets
and the lack of familiarity Of the people
with time-saving devices generally. The
construction of new tramway system in
Shanghai has been practically completed,
although the current will be turned on at
first only in sections where the inexperi-
ence Of the Chinese drivers and conduc-
tors will be less likely to have bad effects
Upward of twenty-three miles Of tracks
have been laid, and the tram routes have
been divided into eleven sections, over
which the passenger is entitled to travel
the frst-class fare for one section being
only 2Ia cents. Each car is divided into
two compartments, not on color basis
but rated according to fares paid. The
cars are lighted by electricity. and no.
tees posted in English, French and Chi
nese warn passengers against smoking
splitting or bringing dogs on board. A
notable feature is the entire absence OF
advertisements on the cars.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-19
INENI7TE or ERRT BELr1OAT ON THE TRIANGLE
;BolrzRED BY-NH14E, RnDI3mS rs,
weigh, If built of brick. 100000 tons. and
assuming the dead weight of the floors and

weigh, If built of brick, 2O3, 600 tons. and
assuming the dead weight of the floors and
other interior construction at eighty pounds
per square foot of floor area, the weight
Of that part Of the building would be
about 2l3,5OO tons. The live floor
load to be transmitted to the foundations,
according to the requirements of the
building code, would be 100000 tons. Add
ing these items. we get total weight of
&c., 500 tons. This, distributed over the
BILE for footings, would result in a pres
sure of thirteen tons per square foot.
1.-The allowance for increase of pressure
due to wind. and the weight Of the foot
figure up to the limit of fifteen tons per
square foot. This would mean that there
would have to be one solid block of con-
crete covering the entire area of the lot
1.-The total wind-load on one side Of this
building, when exposed to heavy gale of
wind, would be 5000 tons; and as the
center of pressure would be 1000 feet
above the street level, the overturning
moment due to this pressure would be
100000 foot-tons."
The Overstraining Pressure.
1t would seem at first sight that pres
sure of 5000 tons applied to this building
at height Of 1000 feet must surely turn
it over; but owing to the weight of the
huge mass 1t would require. the writer as
sures us, over eight times as much pres
sure before it could be upset. Although,
as just noted, the overturning moment
would be 100000 foot-tons. the opposing
moment Of stability would be no less than
81 $50. 900 foot-tons, so that the structure,
for all its 1900 feet of height, would be
perfectly secure against being blown
down. To quote further:
"Mr. Semsch states that if a good rock
bottom were so near the surface of the
ground that 1t would be unnecessary to
sink caisson. steel grillage or other
form of spread foundation could be used
In which case the building bureau would
probably allow Of a somewhat greater
load per square foot than fifteen tons-al-
though that is not specifically set forth in
the code. If this were allowed, 1t would
be possible to 60 still higher than 1900
feet; but 1t Is evident that the thickness
Of walls in the lower stories and the size
Of the columns would soon become pro-
hibitive.
THE experience gained in connection
with the designing of the Singer building
leads to the belief that a building of this
height would require a mezzanine story in
every fifteen stories for the placing of
tanks, distribution of pipes and service
rooms Looked at from this point of view,
the building would really be equivalent to
ten fifteen-story buildings placed on the
top of each other. Such tower, If con-
structed and equipped like the Singer
building. would cost approximately $6O,-
100000
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-19
Constitution Island.

From the Boston Transcrfpt.
The Hudson river was a very interesting
and very vital line of communication and
transportation during the revolutionary
war. and 1t was especially important that
British vessels should not have the benefit
of 1t. The great chain that was stretched
across as a part of the means to prevent
this is a matter of history, and one end
of 1t was anchored on Constitution Island,
while batteries were arranged there ready
to deliver their messages should the right
of way be challenged. This chain was
forged at works on Mount Khigi. an eleva.
ton in the Tasmic range next south OF
Mount Everett, which the recent legisla-
ture voted to take over in part as a state
The states of New York, Mas
sachusetts and Connecticut are on hailin2
terms at that point.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-19
NEW TRANSFORMER HOUSE
FOR CAPITAL TRACTION co.

Ground was broken at the corner OF LIST
and B streets southwest early this week
for a large building for the Capital Trac-
ton Company. the structure to constitute
link in the chain of improvements that
corporation is making in its equipment
A beginning was made in this work at the
Georgetown power house at 36th and NJ
streets about a year ago. when one OF the
big Corliss engines was torn out, together
with its heavy foundation, to give way
to a modern high-power steam turbine
engine. 1t is expected the near future
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-19
Cities for the Farmers.

From the Technical World Magazine
AS the strength. wealth and mental and
moral stability of a nation can be meas
ured only by such qualities In her people,
a distinct upward national movement ia
that now being undertaken by the federal
reclamation service in laying out model
cities and towns on the vast stretches
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-19
The Country Laborer's Lot.

From the Agricultural Economist.
An encouraging feature of the times is
that a large number of small men appear
to have saved sufficient money to take
small farm, and this in spite Of bad
times, serves TO show that the laborers
lot is by no means so hard as many would
have US believe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-19
BUILDINGS HEIGHT LIMIT
QUESTION OF WIND PRESSURE
AND FOUNDATION WEIGHT.
Engineer Computes Structure 1000
Feet Tall May Be Safely Erect
ed on 200 Feet Square.
From the Literary Digest.

From the Literary Digest.
How much further may the craze for
gigantic towers be carried? Is there any
limitation. physical or otherwise, that
will ultimately call a halt? The Singer
building in New York rises 612 feet above
the sidewalk: the lantern of the Metropol-
itan Life tower is 700 feet above the
same level and recently plans were filed
for a tower building to be erected by the
Equitable Life Company. at Pine street
and Broadway, to be 900 feet high or
about 200 feet higher than the Singer
building We are told by the Scientific
American that the height limit is fixed
not SO much by the weakness of the struc-
ture or by the surface offered to wind
pressure, as by the crushing weight on
the foundations. Says the paper named
above:
Under existing conditions. the ultimate
limit Of height Is determined by a certain
clause in the present building code of the
city of New York, which says that the
maximum pressure under the footings on
rock bottom, If caisson foundations
are used, Is not to exceed fifteen tons per
square foot. That is to say, If the archi-
tect and builder and the owner see fit to
do so, they may keep piling story upon
story until the pressure upon the rock
underlying the foundations has reached
a maximum Of fifteen tons to the square
foot
2,OOO-Foot Building.
On the authority of o. F. Semsch, who
is responsible for the engineering features
of the Singer tower. the writer asserts
that a structure Of $50 stories, 1000 feet
high, could be built upon an area of 200
feet square without exceeding the build
ing code limit of foundation pressure. He
goes on to say:
THE walls of the building would be
twelve inches thick at the top and 40
inches. or almost twelve feet thick at the
bottom. Assuming two-thirds Of the wall
surface for windows, these walls would
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-08-12

$l40; fancy, lib, oyals, SITS; Alaska
tails, pink, oSc; red, $lAo; nominal
"a, tails, $40.
Clams--Littlc neck, per box, $3.50;
razor clans, 81 per box.
Oils, Lead, Etc.
Benzine--V. M. and r. and Union
Naphtha, cases, loic; iron barrels
l2ic.
Coal Oil--Union and pearl and as
tral oil, cases, l8c per gallon; water
white, iron barrels, l0ic; eocene and
extra star, cases, 2lc; headlight oil
cases, l9bc iron barrels, l2ic; elaine
cases, 28c.
Lead--Strietly pure white lead, In
ton lots. 7ic; 500-lb. lots, &c less; lesi
than 50oc lbs, Bic; red lead and lith
arge, ic higher than white.
Linsccd Oil--Raw, 5-barrel lots
Soc; l-barrcl lots, sic; in case, SIC
boiled, s-barrel lots, SIC; i-barre
lots, Sc; in cases, soc.
Casoline-Union and Red Crown
bbls., l5ic; cases, 22ic. Motor. bbls.
Isle; cases, 22hc. Sc degrees, bbls.
Soc; cases, Sac. Engine Distillate
bbls,, &c; cases, l6c.
Turpcntine--In cases, Csc; in woot
barrels, 6lic; in iron barrels, 5oic; Ii
i0-case lots, &c.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-08-12

PORTLAND, Aug ll.-~There was
less display Of life in the local wheat
market today than for several days
past, and the indications are that the
furry that eliminated last week IN
the payment by local exporting firms
of prices from 3 10 s cents over actual
market values for grain In the in
terror has for u time at least subsid'
ed Quotations were down a cen, all
around today.
Reports in today are that buying in
the interior Is good deal lighter than
last week, but wha, are the chief IN
nuenccs III this subsistence OF activity
are not as yet disclosed In some
quarters the belief prevails that the
large exporting firms for the present
have AL the grain they need and have
voluntarily cut down purchases for
the time. On the other hand, II 10
held that the farmers in the lnlann
Empire are this year more bullish
than ever, and that they are manly
responsible for the present lull