The Washington herald., 1910-07-03

| The real estate market during the past
week has been more active than for sew
, eral weeks previously. A number of large
deals were reported by various brokers,
and the usual number of small ones
make up the record.
! According TO Thomas ]. Fisher & Co..
the week was specially active In and
around Chevy Chase. The largest sale
of the week was the acquisition of about
100000 square feet of ground near X and
| Water streets, Georgetown. which viii
serve as the site for the freight terminal
which the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
| Company will establish there to serve
the west end of the city with better
freight facilities. Another large sale re-
| ported by the same company is the
ground for Offices and warehouse Of the
| local branch of the Coca-Cola Company
in North Capitol street near Massachu-
sets avenue. for which $4,000 was paid
Buys Home In r. Street.
Among the sales Of residences reported
/ by Fisher & Co. is that OF the property
at III r street northwest TO Margaret E.
/ MohIer. This is one OF I'VE houses re-
Gently erected by John NJ. Henderson.
and the third one sold before actual COM
pletion.
| This company also reports the sale Nof
two lots on Washington Heights 20 Mrs.
Ellen s. v Motter, fronting 100 feet on
the north side OF Bancroft place, be-
tween Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth
/ streets.
Charles CowIes Tucker has purchased
the residence at 1915 Twenty-hrst street
northwest for s.. O00 After the installa-
ton CT improvements, the purchaser will
occupy the premises as his home. The
property was sold by Leighton McChie.
| John w. Childress. reports the sale Of
! the residence at 2s02 Connecticut avenue
! northwest to Wicklif Rose. OF Nashville.
3, Tenn. for $1,000. The house has been
! built three years, and In that interval
j has been sold three times each time al
| a profit Mr.. Rose bought the property
II Of Charles D. Voorhis, who purchased 1t
I Of Edgar D. Shaw, who purchased Il
i from Clarke Waggaman. Mr.. Rose ex-
poets 10 make theAhouse his home. he is
! coming to Washington TO supervise the
| Investigations TO be made here into the
| hookworm disease under the Rockefeller
benefaction.
/ Property Record Large.
/ II was reported yesterday from the Of
| fice OF the recorder of deeds that the
] largest volume OF records has been made
in that once for the fiscal year Of 1909
and 1910 in the history OF the offlee. The
number of records made was 24,sOo, af-
Il fecting transfers of real estate. or about
2.o0 more than for the previous year.
The revenues of the Office were increased
/ by about 81 SOC over The previous year.
being about 1850 for the fiscal year
ended IN 1909 and S125oe for the year
ended June 80. 1910
II Inasmuch as deeds OF trust often figure
in the transfers Of real estate the rec
ords are not quite an accurate index of
the activity OF the real estate market.
but in general terms II may be said that
the number of actual sales OF property
was greater in the year closed than FOR
any similar period In the history OF
Washington.
According TO the statement Issued by
the deputy recorder of deeds the record
by months is as follows for the fiscal
year: July. 211s papers; August, 1852
September, 1892, October, 2267; Novem-
Der. 2.174; December. 2,1f1; January. 1,7S7;
February, 1.6S5: March, , 2S4; April. 2,207;
May. 2.36l June. 2.295
Building Operations Active.
Building operations are as active as
ever, though there is possibly a Sigh,
falling off in new work started Builders
generally look for a slight decrease along
this line as the season proceeds, yet IN
all parts Of the District the erection Of
houses. the remodeling OF old property
and Improvement in the business section
/ goes rapidly on.
Work on the station Of the Capital
Traction Company. at Thirty-sixth and NJ
streets. is In progress. The roof and
front has been removed on the east side
and the floors taken out. The improve
ments mean almost a new building, made
necessary for the accommodation OF the
heavier style Of cars. which It is proposed
10 install on the road
Before the end of the month the new
four-story brick store at $40 NJ street
being erected by George w. Wise for
J.. F. Darcy & Co. VIII be ready for
occupancy.
/, Three houses being erected at s12l to
5i20 n street by Richard Lee O'Brien are
approaching completion and will be ready
for occupancy in about two weeks One
Of the houses has been sold TO Fl. Clyde
Grimes, the consideration being about
5000.
Anna NJ Moore Is building four two
story frame houses at 1901 to 4007 Garri-
son street, In the new Heider subdivision
OF Friendship Heights, at Tenuallytown
The houses wifi cost $1,000.
L. E. Breuninger is constructing five
two-story brick dwellings at 25OS to 2slf
Wisconsin avenue after plans prepared by
n. r. Grimm. The houses will be ready
for occupancy in the early fail
William B. Herey is having a model
home built at $3.50 Newark street. Cleve.
land Park. the cost of which viii be
nearly 5000. The contract for the con-
struction has been awarded to John
Simpson Sons.
Charles H. Taylor has begun the cree
ton Of two two-story frame dwellings
at 1925 and s427 Newark street, Cleveland
Park. the cost Of which is placed al
s9.0oo.
BUYS SITE FOR OFFICES