The Washington times., 1911-03-31
NEW REALTY FIRM
TOOPEN TOMORROW
AS ". A. CRAIG & Co.
Members Are Well-KnoWn
Operators on the Wash
ington Market.

A new real estate firm today estab-
fishes itself in the downtown business
section of Fourteenth street. William
A. Craig and Dr. Arthur c. Merriam
have become associated under the firm
name of w. a. Craig & Co, and tomor-
row will open offices on the ground floor
of the new Equitable Building, at SO
Fourteenth street northwest.
Both members of the firm are we'll
known real estate operators. Mr.. Craig
for the past three years has been con-
nected with Heiskell & McLeran, hav-
ing charge of the exchange department.
Dr.. Merriam is a retired physician who
has been in charge of a large estate, and
has been actively engaged I'm real estate
investment in this city for twenty years.
In General Field
The new company will engage in
general real estate business, including
rentals, loans, and insurance. They
have made connections with promi-
Rent German insurance company and
Nth a-life insurance company of New
York, Through which loans on Wash
ihgton business property will be avail
able.
To Build Fifteen houses.
". A. Craig & Co. are now having
rhans prepared for the erection of fif-
teen six-roon houses at the northeast
corner ofSTennessee Avenue and c street
northsast. The company owns a plot
fronting .i9s feet on Tennessee avenue
and 1sa feet on c street. which will be
built ,up. with nine houses on the ave
nue. and six on G street. The company
is also planning the development of
several other tracts which It owns.
John n Garman has purchased from
T. c. Dulin, trustee, the fOur-story
hiitdiH- at 492 Pennsylvania avenue
Iserihwest. for sos The building is an
aid one and was bought for investment.
The new owner is to sake improve-
Araents The sale was made through the
J4ffice of William o. EnGler.
Z Huge Loan Made.
- The BOND Building Company today Sc
Cured a loan of $45N000 upon the Bond
building property for the purpose of
sayinC of the old trust. The loan was
inade through the office of Munford d
1urton.
: Georgetown Houses Sold.
1.-THE sale of five residences in George
fown are reported today by Moran &
&oldenberg The sales aggregate in
price Slb,SV. -.
= The seven-ruom colonial house at 29ll
q street northwest was sold TO W. A
STwo Of the row of residences just
completed by Harry A. Kite on r
street: 3OS2 and 30S, were sold to Mrs.
Marion Durphey and John II. Roberts.
SThey also sold the nine-room frame
dwelling at 3Q4S p street 10 William u.
green. and the siX-rOOm colonial house
1t 3O39 Dent place to Mrs. Nellie O'Neal.
< Auction Sales of Realty.
1.-TWO auction sales of residences were
made yesterday afternoon by Thomas j.
owen & Son. The three-story, nine
room dwelling at 1881 Us street north
$Test was sold for $500 to Henry +.
Williams. and similar house at 1875 Z
rect was sold to Edmund Becker for
S5,7GO. Both sales were made for E. ].
Stelwagen and Thomas NJ. Gale, trus-
fees.
To Build Many Houses.
Twenty-seven new houses in various
xections of the city are to be built at
once. Permits for the construction of
rhis number were issued today. The
largest operation is that of Thomas w.
NacCubbin. who will erect sixteen two
Story dwellings from $40 to $40 Fifteenth
street northeast at a cost of 81, ,OOl
Samuel Mason has been awarded the
contract
n The most expensive operation will be
the building of four three-story brick
and frame residences at 1900 to 32f
Eighteenth street northwest at a cost
Of $4,000 by Kennedy Brothers, after
plans by A. II. SOnnemann.
rThree stores and apartments are to
be erected from 300 to 37O4 Fourteenth
street northwest for ]. Mitchell, ]. l.
q. Krickstein and R. Lorenz after plans
BY Claughton West, architect. They
will cost 5000. H. r. Howenstein is
% erect two houses at 1437 and 143y
Potomac avenue southeast.
: Buys Detached House.
SE. ]. Lamston has purchased from
AIRS NJ Z. Farley the two-story de-
tached frame residence at 1902 Emerson
street, Saul's Addition, for S,000. The
sale was made through the office of
Shannon & Luchs.
Starts Law Practice.
- James p Schick, who for the past
four years has been connected with the
zeal estate office of Moore & Hill, Inc,
has entered the practice of law with
Wilson .& BarkSdale, attorneys. MI
Schick is the son of Rev. John NJ
Echiok, of the Dutch Reformed Church
and is a graduate of Georgetown Uni
Sersity.