Evening journal., 1913-01-04
UP TOWN
REAL ESTATE
PRICES SOAR
DUPONT Hotel the Cause Of
Higher Values in That
NelGhbOrhOOd
FEW SALES OF
PROPERTY REPORTED

Market street real estate prices
have gone skyward again in the last
few months and real estate men in
general say it is almost impossible
to buy property on the street at a
reasonable price Since the builling
OF the DUPONT hotel, and with the
prospects Of the new theatre being
started at any time and a great deal
Of talk Of a joint county and munich
pal building, all within a stones
throw of one another, property around
Tenth and Market and Eleventh and
Market has taken a big increase and
small residences so far away as the
Water Department building have been
affected
As stated in these columns some
time ago property on the adjacent
streets has been i'm demand for a
long time and the Market street con-
ditions have been the direct cause of
several sales and improvements of
property on this street. In the last
two weeks contractors have begun to
remodel several stores on Shipley
street and it is reported that several
deols are pending for property on
King street
Real estate men and property own
ers have been complaining of late of
the deplorable condition of some OF
the city streets during the recent
storm. For several days the streets
were in very bad condition. partici;-
larly Front street, which was a sea
of slush. The property owners say
that in other cities this condition
would not be allowed to exist and the
street cleaning department should
employ more men, if necessary to
keep the streets in proper condition.
Residents i'm the vicinity of Front
street were very indignant and say
that the street is an eye-sore to the
town
The Harlan and Hollingsworth Cor
poration occupied its new Office build
ing this week The building was de-
signed by eminent engineers with the
end in view that it should be adapted
particularly to the work of the Office
and engineering force Of the com
pany
Many Of its features are entirely
new, being patterned along the lines
of Office buildings built abroad The
structure stands at the foot of West
street across the way from the site OF
the ola Office building and shops. IT
is three stories high, of glared brick
and wherever practical glass has been
used so that a moximum amount of
light and air can be secured. The
floor plan of the offices has been ar
ranged with glass partitions, so that
any one floor may be converted into
one room or partititioned off into sec
tions as the needs of the departments
may demand The building was erect
ed by the e. A. Havens Company, OF
Philadelphia
Two sales that attracted much at
tention were those by Edmund p
Moody. Mr. Moody sold for Susan
p. Hendrickson the residence at No
lll5 Franklin street, to +. ". Barchus
for about $4,000. Mr. Moody also
closed the sale of the residence Of
James W. Ponder at No 1909 Rodney
street, to Judge Victor B. Woolley for
$500
j. A. Bader and Company are
! building a handsome hollow tile resi-
dence at Seventeenth and Riverview
avenue. The building will cost about
/ $4,000 and will be quite an addition
to the neighborhood
The Bader Company is also laying
the foundations for two houses on
Monroe street between Fourth and
Fifth street for Conrad Keller. The
houses will be two stories high, OF
brick and contain six rooms and
bath. They will cost S250O each
A. 5. Reed and Son Company have
been badly handicapped by lack of
steel on tire new Office building at
No. 81 Market street.
The firm is bidding for the con-
tract of making alterations at the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad depot.
These alterations will be a great con-
venience to the travelling public. AT
present if one is going to Baltimore
he must buy a ticket in the depot and
then come back to the street and
walk up stairway on Delaware
avenue to the south bound tracks.
The alterations will consist of a pas
sage way under the tracks from the
southbound side to the depot. The
work Will cost about $4,000.