Evening star., 1937-09-04
DROP IS RECORDED
IN FAIRFAX SALES
Building Permits for Eight
Months Nearly Double
1886 Period, However.
Special Dispa tch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
FAIRFAX, Va, September 4-The
volume of building permits issued in
Fairfax County during the past month
and the number of deeds and trusts
recorded registered a drop from the
previous month, according to reports
from the Office of the commissioner Of
the revenue and county clerk.
County Clerk John NJ Whalen re-
ported recordations for the month to-
tailed 382, a drop of SO from July,
when the total was 480. The number
for August, however, showed sub
stantial gain over the similar month
IN 1885 and 1886. In August 1895,
there were 299 recordations, and last
August, 344 For the first eight
months of 1887 there have been 2,941
instruments admitted to record, as
compared with 1888 the same period
last year.
Building permits. including new
buildings and Improvements, in the
aggregate of sos, $50 were issued from
the Office of Commissioner of the
Revenue James u kincheloe during
August bringing the total of permits
for the year to SS89.675. Forty four
permits were issued in August, of
which 80 covered new dwellings and
5 Improvements.
Nearly Double 1886.
Permits for the first eight months
OF this year have nearly doubled over
the same months last year Through
August, 1886, permits in the aggre-
gate of S483.4 .496 had been issued.
Among the properties to change
hands during the past several days
for which deeds have been admitted
10 record are two tracts comprising
approximately 1875 acres in Provi-
dezce district, purchased by Wells
A. Sherman of Ash Grove The land,
which formerly belonged to the late
3. w. Head. is located on both sides
OF the Vienna-Chain Bridge road,
Just outside of Vienna
In the town of Falls Church, Mrs,
Maybelle Church Mills has sold a lot
n Sherwood Subdivision to Mabel
Gavin, and Mr.. and Mrs Carroll v.
shreVe have sold a lot in Ellison
Heights to Mr., and Mrs. Harry r,
etatharl. A lot in Greenway Downs
mas been conveyed to Paul A. Czichos
OF Washington by Harry r. Thomas
trustee.
A portion of the old Clouds Mill
property containing about 42l9 acres
IN Falls Church district on Little
NVer pike and Holmes Run has
been sold by Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
A. Smith to Mr.. and Mrs. William
Thompson Fenimore.
Belle Haven Lot ACQUIRED.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles w. Waring
Gave purchased house and lot in
Eelle Haven subdivision from Joseph
II. Seidle, Inc. A lot on the Leesbure
pike in Falls Church district for
merry owned by the late John B.
cshaughnessy has been sold to Tim
othy J. Sullivan.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Blalock have
bought 25055 acres in Providence dis.
tr1ct on Woodford road and Wolf
Trap Run from Mr.. and Mrs. Wells
A. Sherman, and Mr.. and Mrs. James
W. Head of Arlington have prr-
chased 5608 acres in the same dis
tr1ct from Mr.. and Mrs. Marshall ].
Waple. A tract of approximately 80
acres in Dranesville district on the
vale road has been sold by Mr.. and
Mrs. John Craven Skillman to Mr..
and Mrs. F. Y. Balm and Mr.. and
Mrs. D. w. Balm.
Lucas D. Phillips, trustee. of Lees
burg has conveyed approximately 22.87
ceres on the Lee highway short
distance north of Fairfax to Charles
Z. Spring. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel L.
Borden have sold 1894 acres on
Georgetown turnike in Dranesville
district to Mark Turner, and a lot
tn the village of Accotink, Mount
Vernon district, formerly owned by
the late Henry Sheherd, has been
conveyed to Alice Harrison.
A lot Of approximately l acre at Ida
n Lee district, formerly owned by
|he Methodist Episcopal Church South
has been sold by the church trus-
tees to Wells A. Sherman. Mr.. and
Mrs. w. F. P. Reid have sold lots in
Groveton Heights to Mr.. and Mrs.
Chr1stoher C. Hurley, Mrs. Osceola
Lee, Ralph M. Lee and Herbert Lee,