The Washington times., 1914-06-20
REALTY SALES FOR
WEEK TOTAL 1855
More Than Million Dollars In
voIved in Transactions for
Third Period of June.

More than 100000 was involved in
he realty operations of the third week
81 June. The $lO0Gnj-mark was reached
n one sale; another deal was closed
Il coo and two or three more sales
eurpsssed the $4,000 mark Quality
-eemed to reign in the weeks trading
During the last six days the brokers
~iosed l55 transactions. only two trades
below the number completed in the pre-
reding week. Involved in the week s
BUSINESS were al lots and parcels of
resl estate
Wednesday was the banner day OF the
week. having a record of forty-two
sales. Tuesday was a close second
with thirty-Seven deals. Friday ranked
third. when twenty-five sales were COM
pletei. There were twenty-five trades
Effected on Thursday. sixteen on Mon
day. and thirteen on the half holiday
Of Saturday.
Impetus To Selling.
4 decided impetus was given the SELL
ing OF northwest property this week. In
consequence. this section rose from
next to last place, which il occupied
last week to a tie with the outlying
suburbs for the supremacy in the trad
ing In each of these sections a total
of seventy three lots and parcels Of
realty changed owners. The near
Urban district ranked third. having
-ixty-eight lots TO its credit. There
were twenty-five lots conveyed in the
northeast, twenty-oue in the southwest.
and fourteen in the southeast;
The 9premier sale of the week was the
=cquisition of the Magee property AZ
-sss5 F. street northwest by the MunseE
Trust Company for consideration re-
pcrted at sl6900o. The property was
transferred by Julia B. Magee, sub1ect
% a lease held by w. A. Enzel. who
occupies the premises. This property.
IS well as the Shoemaker site adlolnlns:
10 to be converted into an addition 70
he Munsey Building. The Munsey Irus.
.ure Mrs. Magee sT0.00l OF the purchase
Uoney.
Next Important Sale.
The next most important sale of ;hs
eek was closed Yesterday. The Ma
-fonal Geographic Society expended
"a. 900 in the purchase OF rive lots on the
--st side of the Avenue of the Presl-
cents. between L and NJ streets. ao-
lining the society's holGCgs on the
south. The property is practically un-
improved and the price paid was at the
~ate of IS per square foot Title 10 the
hv deed from Thomas L. Fortune. Mr..
fortune bought the land from the Sur
IRENE Council of the Scottish Rite, The
Ni2sons acquired the land a lew years
tie new temple. The site was con-
srdered inadequate to meet the preten-
ious plans decided on fer the new tenn
nie and the property at the corner OF
: street and the Avenue OF me presl-
,euts was secured and the temple is
psinc hllilt thera.
An urgsuaI deal of the week involved
a sale o. property in South washington
for 8 consideration Of aoont SI0,ooe.
James r. Barbour transferred the west
ern half of square 555, comprising the
entire frontage on Four-and-5-nalf
street. between D street ard virginia
avenue southeast, to Leonard A Snesd.
Mr. Snead placed trusts aggregatinS
Sse Cao on the property TO secure Mr..
Barbour for deferred purchase money.
\ frontage of about 10 feet on the
south side of ID street northwest. be-
.ween Seventeenth and and Eighteenth
-treets. directly west "f Continental
Iall. was purchased Yesterday by
hsrles c Glover. president of the
-,iggs National Bank. The property
as secured from the Eetcham heirs at
4 consideration of Sic. $3.50. Land on
he north side of n street has been
or the site of the new Red Cross
JuildinE Mr.. Glover has rot announced
sis plans concerning his new purchase.
Other Big Deals.
Other large sales completed this week
'rcluded the property at the northeast
orner Of Eighteenth ard X streets,
hich Joseph ]. Moebs bought from
Harry l.. Light More than 5000 is TO
~ expended in improving the property.
Chsrles (. Zurhorst paid s2n.700 for the
r~operty At Third and Last Capitol
rreets southeast. where his father con-