The Washington times., 1916-05-13
Decline Of Forty-five Sales
Shown In Trading Here for
Last Six Days.
23e PARCELS CHANGE HANDS
Monday Was Busiest Day, With
Thirty Transactions to Its
Credit.

Realty tradine or the second week
OF May failed to measure up to the
pace set during the initial week OF
the month In the last six days the
brokers were able to close only 13t
deals, a decline OF IS sales from the
record breaking activity OF tho pre-
ceding week. Included in the trans
actions were 236 parcels of real es-
tate.
Monday was the business day OF the
week having 30 sales to its credit.
Wednesday ranked second with 20
deals. followed by Thursdays record
OF 26 trades. There were 30 sales on
Tuesday and 20 on Friday. saturday
made the poorest showing of the
year with only 4 sales.
The feature of the weeks trading
the entire District. The selling was
more evenly distributed among the
various sections OF the city than has
ever before been noticed by the clos
The near-urban district had a slight
lead with 40 lots conveyed. The
northeast was In second place with
lGss wSsrs FOLLOWED 1--WE, BY the
owners. The outlying suburbs drop
ped to fourth position. having been
the scene OF the transfer of only IS
the southeast and 20 in the southwest.
100000 Residence eDaI.
The highest priced sale of this
week was a residence. Mrs Emile
B. Michler sold the large dwelling at
1915 Massachusetts, avenue north
west to Mrs. Ethel Toy Lamar. Of At
lanta. The price as indicated by the
revenue stamps was near 100000.
F In property was once owned by
The Miner School building at Sew
enteenth and Church streets north
1 west which has been under lease to
the District FOR school purposes, was
sold by the Institution for the Ed
ucation OF Colored Youth, to- Harry
| Wardman and Thomas Bones. The
price mdicated by the revenue stamps
sioners surrendered their lease on
Messrs. Wyardman and Bones con-
Template. tenn. the erection OF a handsome
| In exchange Mr. wardman convened
70 tne institution for the Education Of
| Colored Youth the nuilding at 1910 FL =
s teehth' street zee az northwest. The price
Premises ef27 Adams NtI road WINS,
CURED by Richard L. Pairo for s.
The Congress Hall Hotel Company
title to two houses adjoining on
rorth and known rs o27 and 20 "a
Jersey avenue southeast. Samuel Hal
was the seller. The priee is not az
Mrs. Mary F. Henderson there's sed he
holdinRs In the neiRht orhooi of Hen
derson Castle. She purchased a vacan,
lot In Euclid street between Sixteenth
and Seventeenth streets from Elizabeth
Mofht. The price was M7.5on.
Golden Estate Distribution.
The extensive realty holdings Of the
late Robert A. Golden in Southwest
Washington were distributed during tho
week by deeds from his executors. The
widow. Mrs. Belle Goldsn received tho
property AZ Tenth ard r streets and a
house. $50 Tenth street southwest. Mar
garet c. Baum t,,ok title to houses 49,
Tenth street and 9is ana a51 u street:
| Cornelius A. Mills, AZ Tenth street:
Emma Carter and Cornelius A. Mills
~ Tenth street: Robert ]. Mills, 4iS
Tenth street.
The decline in the selling market was
also reflected in the loans of the week
The exact figures Ia loans Were sl7.-
security OF rs lots at an average inter-
est rate of s.7 per cent
The bulk OF tho weeks loans were
Of the "strnight" variety which totaled
sSS4.in@ The building associations adj
all the notes river for deferred pur-
chase money was s40.22l. -
County property continued in favor as
OASIS FOR loan security being pledge ed
for an aggregate OF So. 0,5. 50. Land in
the northwest wss epcumbered to the
extent Of slss. The record OF loans
IN the other city section was: Southeast,
A6,b2s; northeast. $3.50. and sout,-
west. N.340.