The Washington times., 1910-11-12
Dizziness in Trading, Owing
TO Voters Leaving the
Capital.
NEAR-URBAN AREA
LEADS IN SALES
Transfer of Office Building az go
F Street Most Important
Deal of Week.

The unusual exodus OF voters 20 par-
I dpate "a the recent important guber-
Itorial elections was felt in the local
atty market
The actvity OF the last six days shows
a decline Of 70 per cent from the volume
OF business done by local brokers IN
the corresponding period OF 1903. A
number OF sales. which were expected
u be closed this week. have been post
2 'ned pending the return OF interested
Parties, who could not put of the IN
TO the polls.
While the number Of deals closed this
week shows a decrease over the stint
lar period Of last year, a summary Of
the lots transferred during the week
reaches 35S, or a daily average OF fifty
six Nearly half OF these transactions
were IN the near-Urban district, where
the COnveyances included 138 Iots. The
outlying subdivisions 0utrauked any or
the city sections. and took second place
with seventy-nine transfers OF lots.
within the city limits forty-sevea lots
changed hands in the northwest, thirty
Line IN the northeast. twenty-three ID
the southeast and twelve in The south
west
$4,000 Deal In Southwest.
An investment OF nearly $1,000 in the
southwestern section was made this
week by NikOlaus Auth in the purchase
OF premises GA 20 50 Virginia avenue
southwest The property runs through
20 = street, and IS improved Jn both
streets II was formerly occupied by
the bOttliug department Of the Schlicz
Brewing Company and VIII be added -
Dir. Auth's already extensive plant
which adjOins- The seller was August
Cihlein-
The most important sale OF the week
In the business section was made By
Anna NJ Taylor to owen oven Il IL
Volved premises 60 2 street northwest,
a large four-stOry Office building. The
consideration has not been announced
The widening OF O street east Of Sev-
eC-l street has increased the demand
Tor business property on that thor
Oughfare. William J. kettler this week
purchased a building Tor business pur-
poses on the south side Of @ street be
tween Sixth and Seventh streets Only
a nominal consideration appears in the
deed
Lincoln Park Growth
The wonderful development Of the
property adjacent to and east Of liz
coin Park is noticeable in a review OF
the recent realty operations Many en-
tire squares have been improved in that
vicinity, and the brokers find rea6- sale
erected As many as thirty lots changed
hands In this immediate ntlghbOrhOOd
IN the last six days
The largest sale in that locality in
volved nineteen lots al the corner OF
Eighteenth and A streets northeast,
purchased by Edwin l. wilson Dwight
Anderson and John Lewis Smith II is
expected the new owners VIII build.
Nearly half a million dollars was Dor
r0Wed this week on local real estate
The exact figures are Sze-1s--26 loaned
on 80 lots, at an average interest rate
OF 90 Der cent New loans COMPRISED
the bulk OF the amount advanced, with
a total OF 500 SO Deferred purchase
money notes amounted 10 S142 1915,
while the building associations ad-
Vauced TO members SS2.z10.
County borrowers We're in the lead.
demanding S2S5-51LZ6, while owners OF
northwest property borrowed S1S4 so
n the other sections the totals OF loans
-~ere- Southwest. So. GO. southeast.
~, I50, and northeast Sl66T0