The Washington herald., 1914-10-04
REALTY TRADING
SETS new PACE
September Leads Previous
Fall Openings IN Number
of Transactions.
INCREASED DURING WEEK
Largest Sale Reported Is that of New
Wardman Apartments for Con-
-sideration of 100000.

A new record for the number Of realty
transactions in the opening month Of the
fan trading was made in September this
year when sss sales were recorded, an IN
crease of thirty-two over the record Of
September. 1913, which month was
record-breaker for all previous Septem-
bers. The past months activity included
the trading Of 1.2B lots and parcels OF
real estate.
me total of the Investments for the
month in the purchase OF and loans on
real estate was SS,750.O00, falling $S5o,0e0
below the Investments for September,
1918. One $4,000 transaction in Septem-
ber Of last year may be subtracted from
this years total. allowing a much better
showing for the past month No such
large transaction was recorded during
September. 1874
Improvement in Trading.
The past week marked an Improvement
in the trading, 1I9 deals being reported
in the last six days, or one more than
the previous week. Thursday carried on
the honors as the busiest day with thirty
eight sales. The conveyance 0f sixty
three parcels Of real estate in the out
lying suburbs gave this district first place
for the week. while the near-urban sec
ton landed second place, with the trans
fer of fifty-siX lots
The largest single sale of the week was
that of the new apartment building al
Eighteenth and K streets northwest,
erected by Harry Wardman. The prop
erty was sold by Messrs Wardman and
Bones TO Jessie o. Cugle for a considera-
ton reported at 10000. The property
was encumbered to the extent Of 100000
and $500 of the deferred purchase money
was secured by a second trust.
The Motion and Newlons apartments,
in r street, between Fourteenth and
Fifteenth streets northwest, also built by
wardman, were sold by Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles d. Cugle-one to William B.
Carr and the other to Harry Wsrdman
and Thomas Bones, for considerations
not stated.
other Sales of the Week.
Other sales Of the week included that
of the premises at 114 Mdison street. to
Ernest L. Thurston, superintendent of
schools, for $4,000; a house in Ontario
road, near Columbia road, to Ben L
Price. collector of taxes, for consid-
Grafton supposed to be about $500. and
the Ohio apartment, at 1875 Meridian
place northwest, to Christena Miller, by
Peyton Gordon and William J. Lambert
for q price not disclosed. zzi
81 street northwest, occupied by the Her.
die Cab Company. from s. G. Eberly by
J. Walter Long for $4,000 also was re-
corded. The lease with the cab company
has been continued.
The American Issue Publishing Com
pany, the publishing branch of the Anti
Saloon League, purchased the old Real
Estate Title Building, at 40 Louisiana
avenue. for $4,000
Permits for building improvements were
granted last week for a total expendi-
ture OF S116.5O0, big increase over the
totals for construction in recent weeks.
The major portion of this sum will go
into new buildings.
The largest single project is the con-
struction by John r. Mclean of an addi-
ton to his property at Fifteenth and
streets northwest in the form Of a mag
nifcent conservatory, to be erected at a
cost Of $1,000.
Numerous small dwellings make up a
large part Of the remaining business ac-
tivity.
Five two-story dwellings are to be
erected by Harry A. Kite at 1916, 1913,
1890. 1S22. and 1924 Corbin place at, a cost
Of 81. .5o0 Seven two-stoPy brick resi-
dences, costing S1O,5OO, will be built by
H r. Howenstein at 911 to 923 Eleventh
street northwest. Five two-story brick
dwelling will be constructed by K. Nc
Bride in Second street to cost approx
mately $4,000
New Printing once.
The Crane Company will erect a bust
ness property for use as a printing office
at S13 Thirteenth street. It will be a
three-story brick building costing 5000.
The Chaplin Sacks Manufacturing Com
Many will ayDsnd SS nm in renairs IN its