The Washington herald., 1908-01-12
Brokers Think Real Estate
Will Boom in Spring.
OUTLOOK IMPROVES
Some Good Sales Reported, but
Fewer Than the Previous Week.
Connecticut Man Buys LoHdOun
County Farm for S12, ,0o0-Struc-
lures Planned By Churches.

week has been a little sluggish viewed
as whole and in comparison with the
two weeks preceding. Sales have gone
on as usual, but they have been fewer,
as shown by the daily record, and it is
probably true that most Of the business
Of the week has been the purchase and
sale Of moderately priced houses and
lots
Several brokers interviewed yesterday
said they were doing some business. and
felt that the outlook for the late winter
and spring was improving as the time
approaches. The money situation is bet
ter, and real estate men say they have
little difficulty now in getting loans upon
good property. Business. though not ac-
tive. is along healthy lines, such as 10
give encouragement to all concerned.
Among the sales reported yesterday was
the transfer of a lot with sixty feet
frontage on the east side Of Twelfth
street, between n and \ streets north
west. on which a fOuT-stoTy apartment
house viii be erected. Robert A. Bates
sold the property through the Offices Of
Simpson & Sullivan 10 Harry Wardman,
the builder, the price not being made
public
Buys LoudOun County Farm.
The souie Company also announces the
sale for DR.. H. 3. Hutchinson. Of Hern-
don, Va, Of his plantation Of 1858 acres
or the Potomac in Loudoun County. sit
uated about two miles from Ashburn
Station. The farm was purchased by J.
G. Hopkins, Of Connecticut who paid
$4,000 for the property. It is said to bs
the intention of the purchaser TO improve
the property and occupy II as his home.
being attracted by its beautiful location
and the mildeF climate. as compared
with his former New England home,
During the past week several proofs
have been added TO those mentioned By
The Washington Herald last Sunday Of
better outlook for building. Not only
is this evident from the commissions re-
Gently given 10 architects 20 prepare
plans Of new buildings, but there is re-
neWed activity In the Offices Of the in
spector Of buildings IN the way Of fled
applications for permits; and in the Of
fees Of the city surveyor by applications
for establishing building lines for new
houses.
In All Parts Of the City.
The records show that these applica-
tions come from all parts OF the District.
more especially from the suburbs north
and northwest OF the city. Some Of the
many houses being started as the result
Of the mild weather were enumerated a
week ago, but from a cursory glance at
the intended building operations. il ap-
pears that many more In the same locali-
ties. as well as in other parts OF the Dis
t-tct. are TO be started as soon as weather
conditions VIII assure the contractors
hat they are justified in breaking ground
and laying the foundations.
The contract for the erection OF the ad-
mnistrati0n building for the Carnegie
Institution has been awarded 10 J. Z. &
A. L. Pennock, OF Philadelphia. Plans
for the structure were prepared by Car
/ rere & Hastings. the well-known archi-
te-ts. of New York. and the building is
estimated 10 cost $685. 0t0. 1t viii be con-
structed OF gray limestone. and the plans
call for a large and handsome building
with a large and Well-ornamented pOrticO,
which will give an imposing front
The site of the building is at the cor
ner of Sixteenth and p streets northwest
having a frontage of 100 feet on each
street. The building viii not occupy the
entire lot, provision having been made
for considerable open space about it when
finished.
Harry Wardman Is preparing to erect
two three-story brick apartment houses
at 1G0-1fl2 Euclid street, 10 cost $4,000.
Savings Bank VIII Build.
Harding q Upman. architects. have
been commissioned by the Mechanics
Savings Bank TO prepare plans and speci-
hcations for its proposed new building. at
the corner Of Eighth and C streets south
east-The building will be two stories
high and stand 24x50 feet on the ground.
The material TO be used viii be brick,
with stone trimming. and the structure is
/ estimated to cost about 5000.
Announcement is made that Trinity
Catholic Church, of Georgetown, has now
on hand q building fund of s27.O5e, with
which it is proposed to erect a new
school and parish hail. This is about
one-half what viii be needed TO com
[ plete the building as outlined. The site
| for the building has not yet been definite
I ~ chosen, but it Will probably be at the
northeast corner of Thirty-sixth and n
1 streets northwest. The present school
/ and parish hall building are about 100
years old, and preparations for the new
structure are being carried forward as
/ fast as the church authorities are able.
Much interest Is manifested among the
commission merchants and others in busi-
ness. on Louisiana avenue in the prOposi-
/ ton of Col William Haskell, District
/ sealer of weights and measures. Col. Has
/ keI has asked Congress for an appropria-
tion Of s., COO with whicha to build market
sheds on the vacant square between
Tenth. Twelfth. 3, and Little B streets
northwest, in which to house and cOncen-
trate the market business and take il of
I the streets in the vicinity of the Center
4 Market. Col Haskell proposes to have
! the sheds constructed upon steel frames,
/ OF Il portable nature, so that they could
/ be easily moved in case the market and
wholesale market is taken to a new loca-
/ tion as the result Of the purchase OF the
/ land between Pennsylvania avenue and
J the Mall for government buildings
/ While it is generally recognized that
/ the plan. If carried out. might solve the
/ troubles about Center Market, some Of
/ the commission houses fear that the
proximity of the market sheds would fur.
/ ther block and clog the streets about
/ Tenth street and Louisiana avenue. which
at times is already intolerable TO most
OF the business men in that locality.
Late Sales of the Week.
/ Moore & Hill have sold for John S.
Morris the three-story residence at 1765 T
street northwest. The property consists
/ of a handsome Roman brick building of
ten rooms and a deep lot. The considera-
tion was about $3.50. This is one Of A
row Of houses erected by John NJ. Hen
/ derson. The purchaser will use the prop