The Washington herald., 1909-03-28


Favored the activity Of real estate opera
tions, and all the local brokers yesterday
reported a good volume OF business for
The week. While no startIingly large sales
were reported. the transfer Of residences,
building lots. and business properties
went forward at the usual pace for this
season Of the year.
Brokers having charge of the suburban
subdivisions are making large preDara-
zions for spring trade. and are beginning
TO make their usual announcements IN
Preference thereto. Improved car service
80 the outlying districts. already IN oper-
ation or promised for the near future. has
had a quickening effect upon the market
Tor building sites. and the coming spring
and summer promises a large expansion
o. the city in all directions
Building Very Active.
Building operations began several weeks
ago. even before the great March storm,
and have gone on with increasing mOmen-
tum ever since. Along all the car lines.
an the city and on the outside. new houses
nre being started, and substantial homes
are being constructed in great numbers
everywhere. It IS expected that several
hundred new houses viii be added TO the
assessabIe Improvements during the com
tng building season.
The Willett & Reinecke Company re-
ports the sale OF the property at 1913
Florida avenue northwest for Mrs. Alice
NJ Adams. The new owner IS spending
several hundred dollars in putting It IN
fine order. It IS a two-story and cellar
semi-detaehed house. having seven rooms
and bath. trimmed throughout In hard
wood, and heated by furnace.
This company has also sold the house
a. 10 Fifteenth street southeast 10 John
Boland. of Panama, who intends 10 oc-
cupy it as his home It is q twO-stOry
and cellar colonial brick having six
tooms. bath. and furnace heat.
The two sales approximate $500
Potomac Apartment sold.
The Potomac apartment house at 1898
y street northwest has been sold by Stone
& Fairfax. the purchaser acquiring the
property as an investment The building
Is four stories in height. with cellar. II
is heated by steam, and contains fifteen
apartments. some OF five rooms and bath
and others with four rooms and bath.
The building brings a rental Of s.. $50 per
ennum, which is regarded as satisfactory
return on the valuation OF the property.
The consideration in the transaction is
$4,000.
WiIige, Gibbs & Daniel have Sod for
John F. Lynch ore Of the red pressed
brick dwellings recently completed by him
on the north side Of oregon avenue. be-
tween Seventeenth street and New Hamp-
Eon avenue, and has seven rooms. recep-
tion hail. tiled bath. and IS entirely mod
ern IN design and arrangement II IS
understood that $500 was paid for the
property, which William Henderson, the
purchaser. Will occupy as a residence
y. l. Sansbury has sold 20 Lewis F.
BreuningeT for the Waggaman estate a
number Of lots in what is known as
Woodley Park comprising a frontage in
Cathedral avenue OF 80 feet and in
Twenty-eighth place 40 feet. fer a con-
sideration OF S35O0O. Mr.. Breuninger win
at once begin building operations on this
property. The houses he viii erect win
be Of an entirely new type. and VIII be
twenty-five feet in width. viii contain
9rom nine 10 twelve rooms. and VIII have
two and three bathrooms each. heated by
hot water, and Will possess all the at
traetive features to be found in high
class residences.
Wardman Sells Apartment.
Harry Wardman has sold through the
same Office the Hampshire apartment at
1753 Columbia road II IS a three-story
building of the colonial style, and COM
pIetes the sale Of the six similarly con-
structed apartment houses popularity
known as The "Shires." all Of which were
erected by Mr. Wardman a short time
ago The purchaser Of the Hampshire
is a prominent local business man, who
viii hold the property as an investment.
The consideration is not stated, but it is
understood to have been about $4,000.
Mr.. Sansbury has also sold for NJ H.
Herman the new semi-detached house
at 1905 Decatur street saurs Addition.
This is a two-story, cellar. and attic
house. trimmed throughout in hardwood,
handsomely decorated. and heated by hot
water, with a broad porch extending
across the entire front. 1t is situated on
@ lot 40 by 100 feet The purchaser. Mrs.
Martha A. Rich. will occupy the property
as a home. The price paid was Sc 800.
Mr. Sansbury also reports the sale OF
the lot at the southwest corner OF Seventh
and Eas. Capitol streets for Benjamin w.
Guy The lot. which fronts seventy-five
feet on each street, was bought by a
prominent local builder, and will be I'm
proved at an early day. The considera-
tion was $1,000
The same Office has sold the new two
story detached house at 4704 Georgia
avenue. Saul's addition. 1t contains nine
rooms and modern bathroom. is trim
med throughout in quartered oak, finely
decorated and heated by hot water. and
IS rooted with slate The lot contains
upward Of 1000 feet of ground. The
purchaser was Mrs. Jennie l. Sparks
who VIII use It as a residence. The price
paid IS said TO have been $500
House brings $1,000.
shannon & Luchs report the sale OF The
three-story brick residence az 34S1 Four.
teenth street northwest. II is OF the
colonial design. containing ten rooms and
two baths hot water heat. and the loi
IS twenty-five and one-half feet wide b3
eighty-two feet deep. It is just being
completed by Harry wardman, and ir
sold to Mrs. Mary z. Barnum, who viii
occupy the property as her home The
consideration in the above transaction 1:
1850
". Scott Walker has purchased from
Theodore n Judd the unimproved prop