The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-02-07
FREDONIA HOTEL
WILL Be SOLD At
AUCTION MONDAY
Property in H Street Goes
to Highest Bidder Sub
ject to Deed.

One OF the largest sales OF real estot~
mt public auction ever held in the city
= scheduled for Monday February ~,
Mt o'clock. when he New Fredonia
Hotel, ut 1891 and 1923 II stI eet north
west, will be offered by Aucticnecr
Adam A. Wesrhler to the highest bid
der.
William II. ShOles and Hayden john
son, trustees under a decd of trust
upon the property. have given notice Of
their intention to sell the property sub
ject to first decd OF trust amounting
TO $4,000,
The property mas a frontage of fifty
three feet In II street and q depth Of
"a feet. The building is a five-story
one. which was remodeled at large ex-
rense less than year ago. The real es-
tate sale is to be followed by sale of the
furniture and effects
Proposes Home for l. C. C.
Following the accommodating of
the Interstate Commerce Commission
that the Government pI oWde a single
building for the use of the commission,
Senator Townsend has introduced a bill
appropriating SIS, 100 for such q structure
to bG placed on the Gov Ell nment's prop
ertV at the northeast corner Of PENN
sylvania avenue and Madison place
northwest. The introduction of this
bill makes it doubtful today whether
the project for / teh-story office build
Ing adjoining the American National
Pank will be erected 1t Is considered
likely, however. that the Government
binding cannot be authorized and erect
ed for several years. go that the pri-
yate building project may not be in
II the Government decides to erect a
building on the site proposed by Sem
ator Townsend, the Fine Arts Commits
sion 10 expected to require a building OF
conform to the style of the Treasury,
opposite, and with the three bank build
ings, which 1t would adjoin.
For Convention Hall.
Senator Root of New York has taken
the George Washington Memorial Con-
vention Hall bull by the horns and in
troduced a bill providing a site upon
Government property and S2,0O0,000 for
construction OF the building. To the
George Washington Memorial Associ-
alton, of which Mrs. Henry +. Dimock
Is president, only the subscription of an
endowment fund of $500, 900 Is left. 1t is
understood that Mrs. Dimock now has
nearly. II not all OF, this amount sub
0cribe6.
L. Root bill proposes to put the
building on the site Of the old Sixth
street station, and to place 1t in charge
of the regents of the Smithsonian In
stitution. The bill restricts the use OF
the building to inaugural receptions and
special meetings authorized by Con-
Gress.
Real Estate Transfers.
Sixth street southeast, between East Capitol
and A streets-Wilton J. Lambert ct al.
to Mary Buckley, lot 50, square s6s, $40
Potomac Hsights-Potomac Heights Land
Company to John Gosselin, lot Sc, square
1853. $40.
woodridge-PatrIck j. Jordan ct ux to
Richard 8. Wolfe lots and 9. block 4,
80.
lie Drot Park-Riehard s. Wolfe ct ux. to
Patrick ], Jordan, lot 49, block 10, $40
Sixteenth Street MISUNDERSTANDING Invest
ment Corporation to Elmo B. Jasper, lot %,
square 2f77, so.
Seventh street northeast. between A and
b streetsASarah z. De Land to Alvin w.
Chaplin. lot 40, square $751; so.
Sixteenth Street Highlands-HoImes Central
Realty Corporation to Harmon S. Palmer,
trustee. lots and s. square 272O, SO.