The Washington herald., 1909-01-10
Brokers Confident of a Good
Year in Business.
WARDMAN BUYS SIX ACRES
He VIII Soon Erect 1I2 Houses on
Site of Old Schuetzen Park-FIsher
q Company Report Many Trans
actions in Chevy Chase Subdivi-
Sion-ReaI Estate Notes.

which lasted good part Of last year
Is over. and that they are 10 see good
times again in Washingtoa's realty mar
ket One Of the better sales Of the
week involved over six acres of undi-
vided land near the intersection Of
Georgia avenue and Park road which
VIII be subdivided into 10 building lots
and improved with small houses 10 he
erected by Harry Wardman. II Is I'M
derstood that operations viii be started
an the early spring and carried through
promptly. So that the houses viii be
on the market before next fail
Mr- Wardman Is busIy engaged in ex-
tensive building operations TO the west
ward Of this tract. where he IS prepar-
ing 70 put up 10 houses
House Brings 81 $50.
wnIige. Gibbs & Daniel report the fol
lowing sales for the week
To Albert :. Clark. the two-story brick
dwelling, at 33l5 Q st~aet northwest The
house has six rooms. modern bath and
.Iatrobe heat II Il understood that $1S3
was paid for the property, which VIII
De held as an investment
sale Of a $3.50 residence L y Gilbert
purchasing from William N Gaynor.
trustee. The property consists Of a Two
story brick building and is located at IS
Newton street northwest. IN Whitney
Close subdivision Mr.. Gilbert viii oc-
cUpy the property as a residence. Il has
SIX rooms with bath and IS heated by
furnace. The lot has d 4e-foot front
with depth Of 125 feet
stone & Fairfax report sale for J a
Harman Of the two-story bay-window
brick dwelling, ~ Ninth street north
west. This property has d frontage Of
tTcn1y feet with depth Of nlnety-fve
Iest. running hack 10 an alley and there
IS a two-stOTy brick stable fronting on
the alley The property Is sold by
nonresident and the purchaser acquires
il as an investment
sales by Fisher 4 Company.
Thomas J Fisher d Company report
the following sales for the week in
Chevy Chase:
To A p. Steward. additional frontage
Of forty feet next 10 his residence re-
Gently completed on the corner Of Con
necrcut avenue and Oliver street in
Chevy Chase. D g.. for about $3.50.
To Fred ". Cromwell, lots o. and 81.
block + section 3. Chevy Chase. 100 feet
front by 80 feet for $500.
To Henry H. Classic. 100 feet front on
the north side Of Quincy street opposite
Chevy Chase Club in section .. 80 feet
deep. for about 5000
To Joseph c. Cromwell. lot 8. block 3.
section 3. for $50
For Arthur 5 Brown. lot on the north
side Of Irving street in section . 10
George ". DalzeU. e. by rs feet. for
8, Se0. or = cents a square foot. This LOT
was sold 10 Mr. Brown by the Chevy
Chase Land Company for 10 cents a
square foot or 500
Lots Sell for $1,000.
To Richard BUTLER. fifty feet front on
the south side Of Oliver street. Chevy
Chase d c. for 5000
To J. N Bennett. two lots On the north
side OF Kirke street. west Of Connecticut
avenue, section ., 100 feet front by Is in
depth.
To J. J. Crane and ". 3. Olmsted. two
lots on the south side Of Patterson street.
in Chevy Chase D c. for 1sn- The
purchasers expect to at once start the
erection Of a cottage.
To A Q. Warthen. sixty-foot lot On the
north side OF irving street. in block -
for 5000 Mr. WaTthen expects 10 erect
q house on the property.
Fisher & Co. have closed tho sala 20
Walter A Mcfarland. superintendent ~
the District water department. Of four
lots on the north side Of Morrison s-r-a+ I
A contract has been let to John Sin7-,
son Sons for a residence for Mr. Nc
FarlanoS Own use. and ground z-fu ba /
broken within a day OF two. The eita = 1
100 feet front. and the residence v-iTI Z
cover about half Of this distance. Il v-iu 4
be- two stories and attic. and contain 4
eleven or twelve rooms and be heated 4
with hoJ-wateT system This residence /
VIII cost SS,ooo. exclusive Of the ground I
Buys \ Street House.
John NJ Henderson has sold. through /
Thomas J. Fisher & Co. the IT,
story and cellar ten-room rasi5s,.. y. 4
1871 Y street, Washington Heights TT.
IS the sixth house Of eight reoaD,l,. - /
pleted by Mr., Henderson in this naigb
borhood- The purchaser is 7. E. Gilbert
the F street tailor.
Mr. Henderson Is arranging IN n7rro1,.s.
five additional lots on Wasbins+o.
Heights. on which he VIII build ae-foa+ 1
front houses colonial style, thuse stories
ten rooms, two baths, and hot v-atc- /
heat
Shannon & Luchs report the sale NJ The
twO-stOry. bay window. brick residence ~
colonial design. at 13f7 Oak street north 4
west. TO John G. johnson. this new
property having just been Completed by 4
Harry Wardman from plans prepared by I
A Il Beers The consideration in The
transaction was So
The same firm reports the sale Of the
two-story brick residence al 49, Nerf- /
dian street northwest, 70 Oscar 7
SchmaItz, who will occupy the pronorfz,
as MS nome The consideration was
S5.co0
4 $4,000 seven-stOry apartment house
VIII be erected by Harry Wardnan AZ the i
southwest corner Of Connecticut avenue 4
and keloTama street Final arrange
ments were made yesterday By Mr.
Nardman 10 take over the property on 4
which the building VIII be erected. which 4
viii be ready for occupancy by fall The /
building is 70 De of brick and terra Gotta 4
and viii contain fifty apartments, which \
viii rent from Sl.ej9 TO $500 a year. The
structure viii be hreproof. and viii over
look Rock Greek Park
Wright Hopkins announce that they
viii begin in the middle OF this month /
the construction Of seven brick buildings /
IN 3 street, near Thirteenth street. south /