Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-24
MANY DWELLINGS NOW IN
COURSE OF CONSTRUCTION
Westinghouse Lead the Way in Pointing
Out Advantages Of Capital City
as Residential Center.

With an active campaign promised by
the Chamber of Commerce for advertising
to the country at large the advantages
Of the capital as residential city, II =
particularly interesting to note the rapid
forward strides which are being maze
by residents Of the city i'll adding to the
attractiveness of the choice residence
streets. Washingtonians obviously have
unbounded faith in the value or perhia-
nent investments in realty In their own
municipality, and even within the current
week announcements have been mace VI
several important building operations
which either have been undertaken OF are
being rapidly pressed TO completion py
citizens of the District. Instances might
he rnultiplied almost to infinitude OF TINS
belief in the substantial character or real
estate investments in the District II tne
work of the firms of operative bullcerS
were to be chronicled, because IL couio
be shown that literally thousands Oh
houses have been built and placed on the
market and sold to home buyers almost
as soon as finished. Similarly II could De
shown that dozens of new SUBDIVISIONS
have been opened in all of the seml-urpan
sections in the outskirts of the city prop
or and building lots have been sold and
new neighborhoods founded with every
passing building season.
But il is in the city itself that the up
building has gone forward Ecst consist
entity Tourists have come to Washington
intent in scores of cases merely upon
visiting the capital of the country. and
they have been SO faSclnateh bS tue
beauty of the city and by its evident al
yantages as a purely residential COM
munity that they have been impclled to
buy homes here and make of themselves
bona fide Washingtonians. Retired bust
ness men who have amassed wealth. III
commercial pursuits in other parts or
the country together with their fami-
lies. NAV be found in considerable pr
portion in the residence sections OF the
capital
City Draws Permanent Residents.
In the same way men Lave come 10
Washington to take active part In the
official life. only to determine at the emo
OF their terms in office TO remain as Ter
manent members of the community. Re
tired officers of the army and navy mem
bers Of Congress who nave failed OF re-
election or who have declined to stdhd
for further preferment at the hards OF
their constituents men who have come
to Washington to hold more or less per
manent posts in the executive depart
ments-alI Of them have required but
brief stay in The National capital to be
come infatuated by the city and its err
virons World travellers who have se2a
the comparatively short seasons which
may he enjoyed by the resident London
ers or Parisians or the residents of other
European capitals, are struck at once by
the almost all-the-year-round comforts
of residence in the capital Of the United
States Bv their coming to Washing ron
the population of the city has been ma
terially increased.
Aside from the activities of the opera
tive builders, by which the house census
th. fric &c heinz
creased. the building of homes by their
prospective owners and occupants PROB
ably never was more in evidence than
il has been in the present building sea
son Justice Charles +. Hughes of the
United States Supreme Court is building
a home at 10th and streets. the fin
ishing touches 10 exterior construction
are just being placed on the new home Of
William f Curtis III Connecticut ave-
nue. between Florida avenue and S street.