The Washington herald., 1908-08-09

erably more than $4,000 but yielding 10
the wishes Of the parties in interest they
are not permitted to give the details OF
these transactions The firm calls attea-
ton 20 the fact Of The small number Of
apartments and dwellings that are offered
for renting They report that they have
made an investigation Of a large portion
OF the city and practically all the large
apartment houses and report that they
are much surprised al the small number
CT apartments and vacant houses that are
now 20 be had. and they predict that be
fore the renting season is over. there viii
be a house famine in Washington
Building Very Active
Building operations are progressing
with great activity In all parts Of the
District Much interest attaches 10 the
Improvements EOins on upon the east
front of the Treasury Building. During
the past week several OF the old sand
stone pillars have been removed and one
Of the new granite monoiiths have been
placed IN position. The monolith reached
the Treasury Building after several mis-
haps. The truck conveying the stone
from the freight yards TO the Treasury
sank IN The warmed asphalt on Pennsyl-
vania avenue and had 10 be left over
night. when IL was hauled OUT IN the
morning after The street covering had be
come hardened during the night
The hauling of these monoliths from
the cars 10 the building Is no smaI IN
dertaking- They weigh about eighty tons
each They aye taken from tie car near
Fourteenth street and Maryland avenue
T.s
q team Of twenty-five horses
There VIII be thirty-Odd of these pillars
TO be brought up from the railroad and
placed in position. which, with the tear
ing down and rebuilding necessary TO thu
Improvement. VIII take several months.
The tearing down Of the old Pennsyl-
vauian railroad station. in Sixth street
by worSmen under the contractor, Mar
tin Mcnamara. attracts a crowd every
day AIr Mcnamara bopes TO have the
work of demolition completed by the mid
ole Of next month
Work on the Senate Annex Building is
progressing rapidly. being reported as so
per cent finished The Museum Building
on the Mall, IS also nearing completion,
being about 50 Per cent finished.
New House in PetyvOrth.
speiden * speiden, architects. have
completed plans for house which Mrs.
Francis 5 Nichols VIII erect at Georgia
avenue and Allison street
The house viii be Of frame construc-
ton. with inte-secting gables and broad
overhanging caves The exterior finish
VIII be OF stucco through the first story
with shingles 10 the caves and gables. 4
part of the second story overhangs a
broad porch with heavy columns. the
floor Of the porch being laid in brick A
massive chimney in red brick projects
from the side OF the buIlding~an forms
one Of the characteristic features.
TIE first floor contains a large living
room. a dining-room, with beamed ceiling.
reception hall kitchen pantry. and laun-
dry The second story contains the sleep
ing apartments, hath, and storage rooms
A hot-water heating plant VIII be located
in the cellar
The same architects have prepared
plans from which z K Fox has almost
completed an automobile house on the
rear Of the grounds surrounding his home
on Twenry-ninth street
Ward. Down & Deming are AZ work on
plans for the new laboratory Of the Blu
reau Of Standards. FOR which Congress
appropriated s175.0l5- The plans call FOR
q three-story-aad-attic building OF pressed
brick and stone The structure viii be
made 70 conform in style. so Iar as pos
sibIe with the old building Of the Bureau
OF Standards Red brick viii be used.
with white limestone trimmings. TIE
roof viii be tiled The laboratory viii be
ls5 feet long by 50 feet wide. The in
Ue-ior VIII be finished with a view 10 the
work which must be done IN a laboratory.
The building VIII be heated by means Of
an indirect heating system