The Washington herald., 1911-06-22
And REALTY

Rather an active demand for United
States Trust Company stock was all that
saved the day from being dull one on
the local Stock Exchange yesterday.
Prices were maintained in the face of
a very light demand for securities of
any class.
Bank Stock.
total Of ninety-three shares of
United States Trust stock was sold at
prices ranging from the opening at 125
to the close at 1851. District National
Bank stock sold at 1854 for few shares.
Bond Sale.
Capital Traction IS were steady at 113;
Washington Railway and Electric Is
sold at S4x; Potomac Consolidated IS
sold after call at 1O4.
Stocks Sold.
Capital Traction stock sold at 1271k;
Graphophone preferred brought 25, and
Washington Railway and Electric pre-
ferred sold after call at 50.
Armstrong Manual Training.
Wood, Dom & Deming are making
plans for the additions to the Armstrong
Manual Training School, which will be
made under bids to be asked by the Dis
trict Commissioners. The work is esti-
mated to cost $4,000, and besides the
building which the growth Of the school
demands a new power plant will be in
stalled.
Tract on Irving Street.
Thomas ]. Owen & Son sold the tract
of land situated on Irving street north
- MI
w. ]. Dante for 5000. The tract is un-
improved.
Kennedy Brothers Building.
Plans are being prepared for the erec-
ton by Kennedy Bros. of twenty nine
room houses in Quebec street, between
Georgia avenue and Warder street They
are to be similar In design to those re-
Gently completed in Rock Creek Church
road
This firm has just sold the house
1S45 Lamont street to A. G. Belt, of the
real estate firm of Belt, o'Brien & Co.;
that ct 1Sl Lamont street to Philip p.
Wells, and the house at 1S49 Lamont
street to Pinckney ]. Harman. These
are the last of a group of forty-nIne |
houses erected by this firm, only one
remaining unsold.
Landover Park Lots.
]. Leo KoIb has sold six lots in Land |
over Park to John N. Wilson for $500 |
Mr.. Wilson will erect bungalow on this |
plot.
Building Permits.
The following building permits were |
issued yesterday:
To w. N. Morrison, for a two-story |
brick dwelling at 716 Kennedy street |
northwest; architect, j. H. Mcintyre; |
builder, w. N. Morrison; estimated cost, |
&, 600.
To Robert Callahan, for a two-story
brick store at us Eleventh street north |
west; architect, B. X. Myers; builder, /
L. H Emmert; estimated cost, $3.50.
To Hattie /. Heron, for a one-story
frame dwelling in Daniel road, near
Twenty seventh street northwest; archi-
tect, W. S. Player; builder, Hattie 1.
Heron; estimated cost, $500.
To First Church OF Christ, Scientist,
FOR a one-story brick. steel, and concrete
church at the corner of Euclid and
Thamplain streets northwest; architects.
Marsh. Peters & Ryerson; builders,
8oyle-Robertson Construction Company;
estimated cost, $4,000. s=ar---
To H. Wardman, for three two-story
1rick dwellings at 1896 to 1910 Howard
'ueeI northwest; drcnlJect, A ii. Beers,
builder, H. Wardman; estimated cost,
q, ,500
To Mrs W. ]. Watson, for a three
story brick dwelling at 1882 Kalorama
Dad northwest; architect, A. H. Beers;
builder, F. e. Zepp; estimated cost, 5000.
Bid in at S6,75O.
Twelve two-story frame houses, 1857 to
S79 First street southwest, were sold at
auction yesterday by Adam Weschler to
!. o. Holmes for Sc, $50. The property was
iold by order of the trustees of the es-
ate of the late Dennis Conroy.
The board of directors of the Mer-
:hants and Mechanics Savings Bank yes
erday declared a semi-annual dividend
# 31z per cent, payable July 1. This in
rease of dividend places the stock upon
per cent basis, an increase of l per ,
ent, and is the cause for the recent ad-
'ance In the bid price of the stock from
S. to 17O. Mr.. Mccormick, president of
he bank, stated that the deposits, accord.
ng to the reports made to the Comptrol-
er of the Currency, show an increase of
81, ,s6S.55 since the annual meeting last
eptember