The Washington herald., 1915-10-10
REALTY TRADING
FOR WEEK BRISK
Sales for Period Number l65,
Almost Smashing Record
for Year.
THURSDAY LEADING DAY
Big Transactions Give Stamp of Quail
ity to Six Days-Four Apart
ments Sold.
THURSDAY LEADING DAY

The realty sales for the first week In
October fell but one short of the record
for mid-JuIy, lbs sales being recorded.
The forty-six transactions Of Thursday
set a new record for a days activity for
1915 and but for sharp decline yester-
day the past six days would undoubtedly
have smashed the week record for the
year.
One sale of $4,000, two of $4,000 and
several of more than $4,000 gave a stamp
of quality to the weeks business.
Monday was the second best day of the
week.. with thirty-four sales; Friday
came third with thirty-one. On Wednes-
day there were twenty-seven sales, on
Tuesday eighteen and yesterday nine.
Four apartment houses changed hands
during the week, the highest-priced sale
being that of Hartford Courts in Har-
ward street northwest between Four
teenth and Fifteenth streets. The reve-
nue. stamps indicated that a price of
$4,000 was paid for the building, which
was sold by John L. Warren to the CO.
lumbia Park Realty Company.
1nEleside Is Sold.
The Ingleside Apartment at 1851 La
= mont street was sold to Anna L. Hurley
by Emile Berliner for a consideration Of
about $4,000. The apartment contains
twenty-one suites.
Ralph E. Walker purchased an apart,
ment house site in street northwest
between Fourteenth and Fifteenth
streets, from Clarence F. Norment, more
than SO, 900 being paid for the property.
Thomas II. Melton conveyed the Seaton
Apartment. at the corner of Second
street and Rhode Island avenue, to
Charles +, and Della Winbigler for
$35 001
Property in School street northwest
between Lamont street and Park road
was conveyed by Edgar w. Davis to
Frances NJ. Clarke and Rachel f. Trim
BILE. the stamps indicating the price paid
to be about s4O,5OO. Mr.. Davis took in
trade five houses in the northwest
Washington r. Berry purchased the
Valley View Farm. which lies west of
GEORGETOWN, from John C. Brennan, for
$4,000. Mr.. Berry sold the kelwood
Apartments, at 1909 and 1911 Corcoran
street northwest, to Clarence A. Marshall
for s27 600.
Mrs. Emma Walter transferred the
prsperty at 1890 and 1882 Sixteenth street
northwest to James F. MCGEE for $4,000
She also sold the property at 203 and
22O5 Fourteenth street northwest to James
J. Becker and Charles Ray Dean
ttrustees. The price was not stated.
Court Clerk Purchaser.
Ella c. Smyth sold the property at 1712
street northwest to James ID. Maher.
clerk of the United States Supreme Court.
for about s12.eo0.
4 permit was issued to the Washing
ton Steel and Ordnance Company of Gies-
boro Point to build one-story steel and
concrete forge building. l26 by 165 feet at
an estimated cost of s2o.$5O. The struc-
ture will be of modern factory type and
will be lighted by steel frame windows.
which compose about fifty per cent of the
proposed walls.
Two permits were issued for rows of
houses of the investment type. Charles
l.. Tankersley took a permit to build six
two-story brick ,sidences at 1SlS to 1873
Kenyon street. twenty by thirty-tive feet
each. at total estimated cost of $4,000.
Charles +. Wire obtained a permit to
erect eight two-story brick dwellings at
f.l1 to 40 Ninth street northwest. esti-
mated to cost So4.6O