Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-04
TELEPHONE COMPANY
To BUILD EXCHANGE
Prospect Good for Real Estate
Activity in and Around
HyattsviIIe.
Special Correspondence Of The Star.


EVANSVILLE, January 4, 1918.
/ Despite the fact that this is off season
for real estate development. the pros
poets for much activity along this line
within the next month or so in this sec
ton are propitious.
Although details are lacking. it is stated
upon the best OF authority that the Ches-
apeake and Potomac Telephone Company
has awarded a contract for the erection
of a commodious exchange building on
Johnson avenue between the office OF the
Hyattsville Independent and the drug
store of DIR. Alfred III. Wells.
The building. it is stated. will he of
brick and two stories high. With the COM
pletion of this building will be installed
a modern telephone system, such as is
used in Washington and other large
cities.
Frederick Thomson of Branchville.
Prince Georges county, has had plans
drawn for an Office and apartment build
ing on Johnson avenue adjoining the new
municipal building. This building will
be Of brick and will Cost. it is said, in the
recently completed somewhat similar
building. and it is understood that all
available space has been let.
]. Howe Rawlings of Aquasco district
mas competed plans IOT d SeNeH-tilou-
sand-dollar school building, to be erected
in East Hyattsville. and work will be
commenced about March 4. The money
for this structure was appropriated by
the county commissioners upon the rec
ommendation of the school commission
ers. The necessity for this building re-
suits from the rapidly increasing attend
ance upon the Hyattsville Public School,
and also was urged on account of the
danger involved in little children living
in, Ilxyuf foy-i 11n nrnS 10 IL
road tracks in order to reach the Hyatts-
vile school.
The new school building will be of brick
and will contain six large rooms
Addition to Aviation Field.
E. A. Newman of Washington was re-
Gently in Riverdale looking over a large
tract of land lying between that place and
College Park to the east of the Balti-
| more and Ohio railroad, with the idea of
securing 1t for the purpose of extending
the aviation field at College Park. This
tract contains nearly 800 acres. and is
generally regarded as lying too low for
desirable building sites. Mr.. Newman is
understood to own most of the property
upon which the government aviation field
is now located, and If the Riverdale
property could be included in the field
there would be a stretch of about three
miles of clear field. The Riverdale tract
is now the property of the Riverdale Park
Company.
Dr. Richard W. Sylvester, who recently
resigned as president of the Maryland
Agricultural College. and accepted the
position of president emeritus and di-
rector of the library, has vacated the COL
lege executive mansion, and the latter
will be converted into a dormitory for ca
diets deprived of quarters the result of
the recent destructive fire at the college.
President Sylvester will erect a handsome
cottage in College Park, near the college
buildings. He is at present staying with
Rev and Mrs. c. I. LaRoche at the Epis-
copal rectory in Beltsville, Prince Georges
county.