The Washington times., 1914-04-11
YEARLY TAX SALES
MAKE LOW RECORD
Report Filed This Week With
Recorder of Deeds 600 Items
Short of Last Years.

Speculation in tax titles or the pur-
chase Of property at sale for delinquent
taxes fell off this year. There were
fewer parcels of real estate sold for
taxes in 1914 than has been the case in
previous years. The report of such sales
filed during the week with the Recorder
OF Deeds by t,Ie District Commissioners
and the Collector of Taxes was shorter
by nearly so items than the report for
the preceding year.
4 total of 1850 lots and parcels of
real estate were bought in by specu-
lstors this year. In the report Of 1918
such purchases aggregated 5,5S7. The
cost of recording the tax sale report
this year was Si95.G5. as compared with
1858 % charged against the District Of
Columbia last year by the Recorder s
office
The report filed this week is the first
made bv Oliver F Newman as president
OF the Board of Commissioners and by
his associates, Frederick /. Siddons and
chester Harding. The name Of the new
Collector OF Taxes. Ben l.. Prince, ap-
pears on the report. II being also the
first made since he succeeded Charles
{ Rogers as collector
New High Mark.
new high mark for week realty
operations in 1914 was hung UP in the
first full week of April. During the
last six days the brokers closed I52
transactions, exceeding by four the hlgh
mark set during the second week of
March. Holy Week of last year was
siso a busy time.
days Of the week. dividing honors with
HOLY Thursday. On each of these DAYS
tho brokers succeeded in closing thirty
transactions. Wednesday was close at
hand with twenty-eight deals TO its
,retit There were twenty-five sales
completed on Saturday, twenty-one on
Tuesday. and eighteen on Monday.
Included IN the weeks activity were
20 Darcels of real estate. The outlying
suburbs led the market by small
margin. There were siXty-five parcels
conveyed in that section. while sixty
urban district. Northwest was In third
place. With thirty-nine lots conveyed.
followed closely by southeast with
1hirty-tlree lots transferred. There
we're twenty-six lots sold in northeast.
and ono in southwest.
One of the largest sales OF the week
Vas the apartment at lSS4 Columbia
road. bought by Charles G. Allen for
81 4s5. Tho property was owned by
the Union Trust Compa0y, AS trustee.
Another apartment sold on Thursday
-as the willard. on the north side OF
" illdTO street. Dft~Ftn cENfUlttiiNU 6ii'l
Eighteenth Emmet l.. Petit pur-
chased IL from Charles y. Craig. The
Alice apartments. AT 1861 s street
northwest also figured in the week s
transfers. Clinton p. Townsend pur-
chased the apartments from Juliet NJ.
Williams.
Loans Advance.
In part payment of the Alice apart
ments Mr. Townsend transferred 10
Juliet NJ williams his home and ad-
Joining property at Euclid and Cham
plain streets directly opposite the
christian science Church. He also con-
eyed 10 her a small vacant lot at the
northeast corner OF these two streets.
Rudolph Max Kaufman purchased
from William A. Hill. on Wednesday,
trc property at 1915 Nineteenth street
northwest The consideration was not
stated. Mrs. Harvey +. Jester. who
recently sold nor Lamont street home,
bought hoise f652 Nineteenth street.
The property at 2IZS-iN PennsylvSnia
avenue northwest became The property
uf Jennie g. Graham bv transfer from
Charles II Cults.
There has been slight advance in