The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-12-08
HEIGHT COMPANY TO
|. HAVE 50 PER CENT
MORE FLOOR SPACE
Big Firm Buys Property
Adjoining Seventh
Street Store.

Another Washington department store
Ia to expand its building to meet the
needs of its growing business. Hecht
& Co. have purchased the property ad-
Joining their store on the north for
this purpose.
The property purchased II the three
story building at SO Seventh street
northwest, the sale Of which to Abra-
ham 6amuels for about $4,000 was re-
ported by Shannon q Luchs. .Yester-
day the property was Transferred from
Mr.. Ssmuels to Albert g.. Alexander.
end Moses 8. Hecht.
The purchasers viii remodel the build
Ing and make It q part OF their present
establishment. It will add - per cent
floor space. No plans for the remodel.
Ing of the building have yet been un-
dertaken By the new owners. There Il
an unexpired lease. and not until ita
expiration will the Improvement be
A good volume of sales Of real estate
at auction are reported today BY
lots in the section Of the City known Al
Trinidad were sold to four purchaser SER.
lots . to l3. in square 1854, for $4,000
and lots l6 to q, in square 4066, for
S3.l1S; @. w. Stickney bought lots u
to 16, in square 4059, for N,600, and lots
Parker ri r. bo a shaaIi lots ~ ana IN sausr:
1854, for $50, and W. T. Wilson bought
lot II. in square 1864, for $43L The
property contains about seven acres and
Nssi street.. Ge Rand and west Virginia GsS @
John T. Spellman bought lot con.
taining 6.s7s feet Of ground. on the east
side OF Lincoln ayenus, near ear = stree stree
ing at 3l2 Eleventh street southeast, Tor
$500. Mrs. Ella b. Robinson bought
lot, 2lh by 80 feet, on the west side Of
Eleventh street: between scr mm1 E sSa y
Curry bought two-story dwelling al
i19 Is street northwest, for 0,775. La.
fayette Leaman bought Ave houses n
Jackson Hall alley northwest; Tor ~ BOZ
sections of the city were bought by
r. T. Mazinger. A. Z. Mckay. H. M. A.
Hilton. and Robinson White.
Real Estate Transfers.
Indolence-Harry wardman ct al. to Bailey
shumate. lot rs. square 27os. $40.
X street northeast. between Sixth and Sew
enth streets-Herman r. Howenstein es ux.
to william II. Ernest, lot 50. square sS7.
Ninth street northeast. between and Q
streets-Latta o. Early ct TX. to HARRY
Cam T.. H. ,Sss,s gs Twelfth and
Thirteenth streets-John c. Matthews ct
ux. to Ralph q. Duvail. lot 2ls. square
Burry,lie~Nellie N. Hanback, to John Ro-
land, lot 26, block 8. so.
Petworth-Charles A. Pettis ct ux. 70 Jehn
Thomas Mack, lot u. square - No.
" to Alfred Z. r. Hsnsmann. lot Is. block
Kentucky avenue southeast. between D and
e streets-Thomas H. Melton Of ux: %
Marian J. RiE.ies. lots u, u. 7s. los to
liz, square 1862.
223l Thirty-ffth street northwest-MaHa "
O'Neil ct vir. Daniel r.. to Harry A.. kit ~
Padsw orth-Bailey Shumate ct ux. to Harry
wardman and Thomas Bones. lot "a. square
south Grounds Columbia Universty--Aifret
e. T. Hansmann ct ux. to George G
Humphrey. part lots %. 81, and ~. 40
George 6. Humphrey ct ux. convey sams
property to Marian d. Butler. so.
ID streets-John e. Van Horn ct al. 4
william J. johnson. lot 8. square $40. $40
Bayiy's Purchase and Fortune Enlarged
Edw. 8. Mcpherson ct ux- to George @
Markham. part lot 10. 80.
Fourteenth Street Terrace-Lynchburg In
vestment Corporation to janet A. ant
Elizabeth Cailan, lot 1s. square 2sol, 80.
Paul v. Mitchell. lot 1o4. block II. so.
e street southeast. between Twelfth and
Thirteenth streets-Gideon w. Pitts. trus
tee. to Herman r. Howenstein. half in
terest In lot II, square south Of 1913. 100
Frederick Douglas Memorial and Historical
| Association to same. half interest In sam,
property. N,1oo.