The Washington herald., 1911-04-06
FINANCE AND REALTY

The market was quietly firm at yes
terday's session Of the Stock Exchange.
There was enough activity to make if
generally interesting for the brokers, but
there were no spectacular features After
call, however, Gas IS, which have been
selling more freely in the last few days
than almost any other bond supply.
moved about to the tune of more than
SIS 900, selling universally at no
Washington Gas, another commodity
that has attracted marked attention from
brokers and buyers Of late, and which
seems to have recovered from a recent
bear movement, remained steady at 50 3-S
the price paid fer the best part Of the
stock traded Tuesday. One block of
twenty shares sold at So1z
The gap between bid and asked In
Georgetown Gas, which was tempo
rarily closed up by a sale at 50 Tuesday.
opened up again yesterday with rs bid
and no offerings at less than 100. Fol-
lowing the sale of Georgetown Gas stock
Tuesday, the prices stood 70 bid and s.
asked
An attempt was made to lay hold Of
some Capital Traction stock The bid
price jumped from rs to 1gJA. but there
was none offered at a lower figure than
1261A, ana no trades were registered in this
security.
figured in the trading, the sale OF two
quotation lots at 3714 and ;7l4 serving to
show the strength
A cash transaction in Metropolitan
Bank brought 2s1 for three shares The
bid for the stock without the semi
with 235 asked.
District Bank brought 1o for one
lot with the same offered for more
Later 1as was offered, but proved no
to holders, who were asking
l35 The price paid for ten shares or
District was the bid price Of Tuesday.
Norfolk and Washington Steamboat IS
brought 1u2s. for $500 batch. a rise of
4 over Tuesdays sale price More bonds
were offered at 103.
A suuare-foot price was set on central
Ninth street property by the recent sale
OF a one-story building at 9lS Ninth
street northwest. The transaction in
volved a lot u by 100 feet. for which
81. 900 was paid. a price Of 80 per square
foot James f. Baines bought the prop
ertv from Roland Wallace The sale was
made through the real estate office of
Stone & Fairfax.
Following a record-breaking closing
weeL, for a record-breaking month. real
estate men are in despair over the havoc
wrought with their expectations by the
present weather conditions. Coming at
a time when the greatest activity is in
suburban properties, the drizzle for three
days is greatly retarding business.
The monthly report of Building Inspec-
tor Morris Hacker for March, which
was submitted to the Commissioners yes
terday. shows that 519 building permits
were issued during the month, and in
volved a total prospective expenditure
of 1886. ~.
The permits include II3 brick dwellings,
sos. 600: two apartment houses. $4,000:
one store and apartment, IS, 700: one
office building, $4,000; seven stores and
dwellings,. $4,000; two stores and offices.
s3O. 0O1. and fifty-one frame dwellings,
s2cn. 100.
The following summary will show the
of improvements in the va
rious sections of the District and the
values: Buildings-Northeast, 81, $50:
southeast. 5000: northwest. S4-9O
county, ss15o49; total. sl.66S,S ,Ss9.
Rcpairs-NOrtheast S,AH9: southeast,
81. .365: northwest. so65,JtS: southwest.
s.. SO; county. s15.651: total. s29S,GG