The Washington times., 1912-11-18
BRANCH POSTOFF|CE
. READY FOR OPENING
FOR ALL BUSINESS
u Street Substation Will Be
~ Complete in Every
H Detail,

Between deliveries this afternoon,
substation "F' of the City Postofiice, on
u street, west Of Fourteenth street,
will be opened to the public. A few
minor details of equipment are still to
be added. but the building is practically
completed.
The building is the property OF NJ. A.
Winter and George W Faris. the Post
office Department having leased the en-
tire first floor and part OF the second
floor. The front part oil the second
floor has been divided into OFFICES.
The building. which cost more than
S5o,0 900, fronts fifty-cight feet on U street
and runs back 10 feet TO thirty-foot
alley There are Two sepatate cn
office proper. and the other 10 the STAIR
way leading to the offices.
The facade is of New York state mar
BILE, with granite base, ornamented with
carving. bronze letters ana s,ns M ihe
Governmental character OF the build
ing is emphasized by an Ionic portico
with the American eagle carved In the
pediment. -, ,
The entrance is into public lobby.
seventeen by twenty-tight ieet finis.Gd fin,ia
with mosaic and terrazzo floor. marble
base, oak wainscotinG. and screen, ana
plaster piers with moulded caps ana
Cornice. The work room Is furnlsheu
with the newest standard equipment
this being the first time some Oh the
fixtures have been used.
Gregg & LeisenrinG are the archi-
tects, and John +. Newman Is the
builder. The postofhce tikturcs were
installed by the Federal Equipment
Company. Of Carlisle. Pa.
Sale of Business Site.
Tomorrow afternoon at 4:3O o'clock.
the business properties at l32?, 1924. and
1926 G street northwest. will be sold at
auction. The property is now improved
with small one and two-story buildings,
but the site would be- excellent for al
most any class Of business structure.
The property fronts iortE-seVen rect
eleven inches on q street win = dcpth
1l3 feet eight and Onc-haf inches 10 IA
thirty-foot alley In the rear. There Is
also a fifteen-foot alley on one side.
Sell One Thousand Lots
The Virginia Highlands Association
reports the sale OF the One-thousandth
lot in Virginia Highlands. There were
lao lots IN the original subdivision. and
the 100 lots have been sold within
two years. The lots range in price from
500 to 500 Most Of the purchases were
made for the purpose of building
homes.
Building $4,000 Residence.
Several large building permits have
been issued during the month. The
largest was to James Parmelee. who is
now erecting a residence on Lowell
street, near Thirtleth street northwest.
at a cost of $500. Construction on
this house has now reached the second
story. Charles y. Plat, of New York.
Is the architect. and w. p. LipsComb
& Co. are the builders.
To Build Ice Factory.
The American Ice Company has begun
tho erection of an ice factory in Pet
worth, to cost S5S.>b6. Tn" factory VIII
be situated at the corner OF Taylor
street and Kansas avenue northwest.
Pumphrev X Bayue are building three
5000 residences at 2323 g325, and 232'
Ashmeade place northwest. of which ".
&. Allard Is the architect and George
q. Pumphrey tho builder
The Real lAtdtc Security Company Is
expending more than sg6, ,0D on the cree
tion Of nineteen dwellings from 2iOl u
1913 Sherman avenue northwest and
from 2il4 to 2i3D Ninth street northwest