The Washington herald., 1914-05-17


formerly was occupied by the French
Ambassador. MIR. Mayer will have ex-
tensive improvements made to the prop
erty before he assumes occupancy.
Another large sale made by Boss &
: Phelps was that of the apartment house
, at the southeast corner of Fourteenth
: and Euclid streets to Philip Mauro, in
and H. N. Taplin.-
Other Sales Reported.
Other sales reported by Boss & Phelps
are:
For Charles H. Taylor, builder. de-
tached residence No. s2l5 Thirty-hfth
street. Cleveland Park, to DR.. z. B.
Phelps.
For Mrs Ethel NJ. Rutty, four-story
building, ia Eleventh street, to Harry
sR. Carroll This sale was made in con-
nection with Shannon Luchs-
For Harry Arthur Kite. the business
properties, 1910 Fourteenth street north
east to E. c. Thomas
For Mrs. Edith Farquhar, the residence
1895 Biltmore street. in connection with
K. p. Schwartz. to Henry English.
For Dr. c. A Willis, residence 1857
Harvard street. to Thomas NJ. Laniean
Residence 1903 Newton street and
garage adjoining. for Harry r. Carroll
to Mrs. E. N. Rutty.
north side of Primrose street, between
Connecticut avenue and Brookville road.
Chevy Chase, No. to DR.. Oswald c.
Schreiner. of the Department OF Agri-
culture.
To Charles E. West. 1oo-foot lot on the
north side of Kenyon street between
Thirteenth and Fourteenth. Mr.. West
Is having plans prepared to erect six
houses at an aggregate cost of $4,000.
For Walter II. Klopfer. residence 134s
Harvard street. to J. w. Hancock.
:, For c. c. Mayer. bungalow 3ss3 Lowell
street, Cleveland Park, to j. L. An
drews
For Mrs. Margaret NJ. tombstone. de-
tached frame dwelling 1427 Newton street,
to Isaac Radford- .
For Middaugh & Shannon, premises
49, New Hampshire avenue, to d. Y.
Engeli.
Arcade Building Sold.
S. Herbert Giesy and Joseph Saunders,
representing a syndicate of Washington
business men, have purchased, at pub
lie auction, the Arcade Building, at
. Fourteenth street and Park road north
west. The sale was made by the Ma
tional Savings and Trust Company. The
syndicate paid $50. 40 for the building
Thomas ]. Owen & Sons. auctioneers,
conducted the sale.
The property fronts $50 feet on Four
teenth street by a depth of over 300
feet and fronts s6.e6 feet on Park road
by an irregular depth The principal
building is three-story brick structure,
the street floor of which is occupied as
public market and for store pur-
poses; the second floor contains dane
ing auditorium, moving picture theater,
bowling alleys. ETC.; the third floor con-
taibs large public hall, roof garden,
etc. The property includes cold stor-
age room. residence apartments. stores
fronting Park road and a banking room
and stores fronting Fourteenth street
Included in said sale was all of the
personal property belonging to the Ar
cade Company, consisting of a pipe Or
gan. pianos, moving picture apparatus
chairs, roller skates, ticket choppers. fire
hose. electric fans, cash registers. safes.
shuttle boards and other miscellaneous
property.
Dupont Apartments Sold.
The Dupont apartments. Ill to Iii
Twentieth street northwest. has been
sold by F. II. Smith Company, for Wood
ward a. Lothrcp. to Charles n. Riker
1t is understood that the consideration
was about s14I.500. In part payment for
the property, Mr.. Dennis who is believed
to have taken title in behalf of William
Dennis, gave 1850 square feet of land a. |
the intersection of Lovers Lane and
Massachusetts, avenue.
Harry Wardman is about to build three
apartments in Fifteenth street just south |
of Massachusetts avenue, street be-
tween Sixteenth and Seventeenth streets |
and street between Sixteenth and Sew
erteenth streets. Nine apartments three
to a floor. will comprise the buildings. |
White & Co., architects, are making the |
plans.
Simmons a. Saunders, builders. are con-
Struct1nR fhrCo-SfOFV nm
Tracy place, from plans made by A. E /
Landvoignt. The house will contain |
fourteen rooms.
Row of Ten Houses.
. A row of ten houses. from 400 to AZ |
Columbia road, is being completed BY /
Winfield Preston for Phillips & Sager
The houses are just east of warder |
street. Hot water heat ard electric and |
gas lights have been installed. Seven /
more houses, soon to be built, will COM
plese the row. |
Work on the Lincoln Memorial has
reached a stage where twenty-five of |
the 122 fifty by four feet cylinders have |
been sunk to bedrock for foundations. /
They are expected to go down at the
rate OF about twelve week
The hardest part OF the work is sink
ing the lower end of the foundation coll
umns in the rock. as this rock il SO hard
that IL ruins the hardest steel drills in
short time. II Is a delicate operation
TO shoot such rock at the bottom of /
narrow shaft fifty feet deep, but SO
far the work has been done without mis-
hap. In some places IT is only necessary
TO go into the rock to distance of two /
feet, while IN other places 1t is necessary /
10 blast to depth of six feet
About eighteen feet below the surface,
the contractors encounter a hard clay.
that must be removed by hand. but as
this serves to keep out the water they
are better satisfied than II the ground |
Were soft enough to allow small steam
operated bucket to be used
The reinforcing I'm each column con
sists OF twelve 1-2-inch twisted steel |
rods. surrounded by spiral of steei
cable. These rods and cables are tied |
together before being let down into the
cylinders and their ends rest on the rock
and reach above the surface.
Sc. Johns 0rphanage.
4 building permit was issued last week
for erecting st. Johns Orphanage. at
Twentieth and F streets northwest which
Will cost $4,000 This was the most Inn
portant OF the -hfty-four permits issued
during the week l.
: Preparations are being made for the
removal to its new building of the Bureau
of Engraving and Printing. More than
ss.5eo will be expended in repairing and
renodeiine the old h,,ildinp FOR tt,a .