The Washington times., 1911-07-14
NEW REALTY FIRM
. STARTED ON UPPER
.: FOURTEENTH ST.
Yellott & Stubblefeld Open
Offices In Bank
+ Building.

A new realty corporation has beer
formed under the name Of Yellott *
Stubblefield, Inc, and will open Offices
en- the second floor OF the Fourteenth
street Savings Bank, at the northeast
corner of U street, on Monday morn
ing.
The incorporators are r. Z. L. yell
lott and T w. StubbIefield. Mr.. Yel-
lott is a weII-knoWn real estate man,
with Offices in the Maryland building,
and Mr. StubbIefield is president of
the Fourteenth Street Savings Bank
The new company will be pioneers In
the real estate field so far up town.
The new concern marks in way the
transformation of Fourteenth street
from a residential to a business thor
oughfare.
7. c. R Dix, who has been associated
with Mr.. YeIlott, has become identlred
with the realty office of William II.
Walker.
Francis lie B. Smoot another asso-
ciate OF Mr.. Yellott, will open real
estate office independently. He has not
as yet selected his offices.
Realty Firm Moves.
The Simpson-SuIlivan Company, Inc,
which for several years, has had Of
fees at JOS Sc street northwest, is NOV
ing to the Southern buildinf, having
leased the ground floor office at 1f19 H
street.
To Build Laboratory.
J. F. and A l. Pennock were tho
lowest bidders for the construction OF
the new laboratory for the Bureau Of
Standards on Pierce Mill road near,
Connecticut avenue. Their bid was
about $4,000 The builders will start
ha Of h. la hnT3 tory az
once. Plans for the structure were
drawn by Wood, Dcnn & Demlng.
To Build Store.
Isaac Kriksteine has purchased from
George E. Stewart a lot 1Sx97 feet. on
the south side of l. street, between Fiji
teenth and Sixteenth streets, and will
erect upon IT a three-story store and
dwelling. The lot was sold for 2,oO0
through the offi>e of Stone q Fairfax.
Plans Dwelling.
Or. Lucien Clarke has purchased lot
S5x125 feet, on the south side OF New
lards street. Chevy Chase. Md. for the
purpose of erecting a home for himself
The sale was made by r. E. l.. Yellott,
at 45 cents u square tCOt.
To Fight Plumbers.
Alfred Higbee. of the real estate firm
of Alfred Higbee G. Co. and manager
of the Munsey building, returned this
morning from the national convention
Of building managers and owners,
which held it's sessions in Cleveland
this week. Mr.. Higbee reports that
the national organization of building
men is going to start a nationwide
fight against the Plumbers trust.
Mr.. Higbee says it was shown at the
convention that plumbers in every part
prices for plumbing materials from
managers and owners of office and
apartment buildings. He says Washing
ton is no exception to the general rule
in this particular.
High Building.
That plans have actually been drawn
and that estimates are now being made
for the construction Of q loo foot Of
flee building in New York is the in
formation which was brought to Wash
ington today by Mr.. Higbee from the
Cleveland convention.
George 7. Mortimer, of New York,
manager Of a string Of big office build
ings erected In that city by the George
A. Fuller Company, in the course of a
talk before the convention, let slip the
Information that just before he left for
Cleveland the plans for building to be
100 stories and 1,20d feet in height had
been placed before him for examination.
1t is said the speaker realized at once
his indiscretion in mentioning the plans
OF his company and refused 10 give any
further information regarding them, al
though he soon began to receive tele-
grams asking for details.