The Washington times., 1911-08-22
NELSON v. ALDR|CH
TO MAKE CAPITAL
HIS FUTURE HOME
Leases Property on Sheridan
Circle for a Number
of Years.

Former Senator Nelson w. Aldrich
~ Rhode Island, is planning to make
Washington his home. He has leased
, term of years the residence of
Hennen Jennings at Massachusetts,
avenue and Sheridan circle and will
occupy it early this winter. The lease
has just been closed through the Of
fee OF Story & Cobb.
The Jennings house is one of the
largest and most expensive in the
city and was designed especially for
entertaining. 1t is large white
trick and stone. building on the north
side of Massachusetts avenue and
faces the circle.
Col. Robert M. Thompson, Of New
York. who has occupied for a year
the Franklin Ellis house, on the south
side OF Sheridan circle at the corner
of rTwentH-th third street, and which
faces the Jennings house, today re-
newed his lease for a term OF years.
Representative William G. Sharp al
So has leased the residence Of former
Governor of Minnesota William r.
Merriam, at l414 sixteenth street
northwest All of the leases were
made through Story & Cobb
Site of Lakeside Park.
The location of the proposed lake
ride Park was definitely made known
today for the first time The tract is
known as the old Carlton Mile prop
crty. just west of Eladcnsturg. 1t con-
tains seventy-eight acres and is reached
by the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. and
the Washington and BladensburG cleo
trio line. A tunnel under the railroad is
10 be built in order that the electric
cars NAV enter the park. Light and
ns'rwer have been ARRANGED for, with the
Potomac Electric Power
The Lakeside Park and Amusement
company. with wes incorporated in
Annapolis on Saturday. today opcred
Offices in the Southern building The
Officers are James NJ Maurin, president,
and Edwin II. I'insbury. secretary. The
company proposes TO invest $2I5,O0n in
improving the property Sc as TO make
ii All up-tu-date amusement park. ready
10 be opened next spring. The sale of
the property for SIPS O0e through Will
lge, Gibbs & Daniel, was announced
IN The Times on Saturday.
Purchases New House
James A Heaney has purchased from
w. c. Blundon the two-story dwelling
at 26 Adams street northwest for $3.50.
The sale was made by Harry V. Bouic
& Co. The house is the third of the
row completed last Wednesday, to be
sold.
Buys for Investment
Mrs. Minnie Mohl has purchased from
Edwin Dulin, the two-story building at
los Twentieth street northwest, for
Sc, 800 The sale was made through the
office of shannon q Luchs. 1t is one
of three buildings recently completed by
Mr. Dulin, all of which have been sold.
/" Build House.
Peter Graninger has bought a lot at
the corner of Kennedy and First streets
northwest. in :he new subdivision of
Chillum Castle Heights. upon which he
will erect a house for himself. Nat.
Slcan will start tho construction of an
eight-rOOnI house in the same eubdivi-
sion this week.
Several sales of lots in this section
are also reported. J. L. Warning bought
two lots on kennedy street. John w.
Davis bought two lots on Nicholson
street. and otrer lots were purchased
by Miss Jennie Dougherty and Miss
May Read, OF CherOn, S. Z.
August a. Bruehl has purchased from
John A. Hyder the property at lIug
Seventh street northwest. The lot Is
e by 1856 feet in size.
Fayette r. Moore has purchased lot
b. by 80 feet on the north side OF kai-
oramat road midway between Sixteenth
and Seventeenth streets northwest.
Winfield Preston has started the con-
etTuction of a two-story brick and stone
residence on .he north side of Newark
street, Cleveland Park, for K. r. Rosa.
Plans, which call for $4,000 house,
were drawn BIZ Stuckerts & Sloan.
Real Estate Transfers.
North Carolina avenue southeast. between
First and Second streets-Florence u. Nc
Auline ct ux. t. Grace b. DeAtley. lot
6S, square 735, slO.
West Blooming gdale-George c. Pufnphrey
ct al to william SR and Bertha NJ. Ma
brey lot g. block /. SO.
Dobbins Addition-Wiliam C Alard ct al
to Ernest II. and LeOna g. Aususterfer
lot 81, block 10. So Same to Guy l.
Hoyfne. lot So, block 10, $40
B2 Second street southwest-Thomas J. Shee-
han ct ux. to John F. Sheehan, part lot
lS square 5S3. $40.
Third and y streets northwest-Jerry J. Du-
gan Ell ux 70 Theodore f. Willis, lot 126
square 500, $40.
NJ street northeast. between sixth and Sew
entn streets-Theo. F. Willis ct ux to
Jerry J. Dugan. lots and Z, square north
Of S55. 80.
Rhode Island, avenue northwest between
Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets-Edwin p
lonsI to Lottie Lee Jones, lot 49, square
Saul's Addition-Teresa NJ. Saul to Fohl c.
BrihIey, lot g. square 2S0S, 81 7O0
Villa Park-Clsra A. Mardeh ct vir, Edwin
r., to Walter B. schuette, lot q. block
TIinldad-Samue1 Ross ct ux. to Turner r.
Spsller and Bates and John L. Warren
trustees, part lots % and "a, block Z, $40.