Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-09
SOUTHWEST CORNER STREETS NORTHWEST
lBUIL DING OF NEW APARTMENTS
ANDDWELLINGSNOT OVERCOME
Justified by Rate of Increase in
Structures Not Vacated for Fresher Homes.
Money for Operations Local Capital

The building Of homes and apartments
continues in such volume that it now
forms the noteworthy phase OF the real
estate market This activity is not due
merely to the desire Of builders to keep
busy or Of owners of ground to make
use of their holdings, but to meet the de-
mand.
According to testimony of men most
active in the present tide of operations,
not only are suites in apartments rented
as soon as buildings are completed. but
long waiting lists are in existence. If
that Is a true account Of the situation,
it cannot be wondered at that such struc-
lures have sprung up in all parts of the
city. and building is still going on.
A Growing Population.
There is the same sort of market for
homes. and the same activity in erect
Ing them. Large numbers of homes and
apartments have been put up, especially
in the past few years, and all are occu-
pied.
| The estimate of the population of the
city recently made by DIR. Tindall, Sec
rotary of the District Commissioners.
which was based largely on the police
enumeration, shows an annual average
increase Of 1883 since 1900.
| The average rate of growth during the
decade previous to that year was about
5000 per year.
Such growth of population provides
the only adequate explanation of build
! ing activity. which continued even dur
ing the period Of the late financial panic,
and is still in progress.
Why Building Goes On.
| Up to the present time the market is
still in evidence. From the kno otedge
of it gained by men who make their liv-
| ing by gauging it's character and its ex-
| tent, there is no sign of any diminu-
ton in the demand for living accommo-
dations. In the opinion OF these experts.
| there are no indications Of let-up in
building or that the growth of the city
has been checked. AS long as the in
| crease in the population is beyond nor
NAL demand for dwellings and for apart
ments will continue.
Lines of closely built-up rows of houses
have extended far into the country con-
| tiguous to the old urban bounds. Such
| to all patriotic citizens. An additional
| source Of satisfaction Is that all this is
not the result of mere speculative enter
prise, but is an attempt to supply legiti-
mate demand.
Money used in these extensive opera
lions has been furnished right here in
| this city. The proportion of outside CAPT.
| tai is much smaller than perhaps ever
before since the city began to be a place
of consequence.
AS the population has increased all
classes of business have expanded, and
| the banking resources of the city have
| not stood still. The use of this enlarged
capital in local enterprises has steadily
grown, SO that the financing of building
operations in recent years has been done
at home.
Some Of the Operators.
It is worth noting that men who build
| houses also build apartments. Location
| and character of sites have a good deal
| to do in determining what kind of build
| ing is to be erected, as it is apparent
| that the market for both is on an equal
| ity.
Harry Wardman is carrying out a
large scheme of house building. both in
the Georgia avenue region and along 14th
street extended. At the same time he is
building large apartment houses on Con-
necticut avenue overlooking the new
| bridge. on Columbia road just north of
Mintwood place. at New Hampshire ave-
| nue. and v street and smaller ones ON
Meridian street just west of 18th street
and in other localities.
Bates Warren devotes his energies al
most entirely to apartment houses. Dur
ing the past season he has completed two
large structures on Adams Mill road He
then had no less than sixteen building en-
terprises under way.
The Kennedy brothers. who built so ex-
tensively in the vicinity of the terminus
| of the Mount Pleasant car lines, at the
north end of the Connecticut Avenue
bridge and in the eastern section Of the
city, have also INDUCED in apartment
house building. At the present time they
are putting UP structure on Columbia
road north Of Mintwood place.
| An apartment house Is to be built by
| John H. Nolan on the north side of La
| mont street just west of 18th street. The
design will be Spanish and the structure
will have frontage of sixty feet and q
depth Of IT'S feet.
Franklin T. Sanner, another extensive
] builder. has under consideration plans