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WASHINGTON HERALD
REAL ESTAt AND .
FINANCIAL SECTION
REAL-ESTATE AND
FINANCIAL'SECTION
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WASESGTOJT, D. C, STTNDAY, JTTLT 2, 1911.
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5 Sixty-six Acres of New Sub
divisiou to Be "Grouped.
'"CHEVY CHASE GROVE"
Land Has Been in Shoemaker
Family for a Centnry.
-SJe Alone Chevy Chase Car Line,
"Well-wooded Park of. Old Trees.
District Officials Sow Surveying in
Conformity vrltb City Plan Grad
ing Force TSoxr at "Worlc Land Well
Situated Old Shoemaker Tract.
Fulton R. Gordon has Just completed
the purchase of sixty-six acres of land
''located about ono block and a half east
'of Connecticut avenue, near Chevy Chase
Circle, and fronting on the following
streets: Livingston, Morrison, McKlnley,
North Hampton, Oliver, Patterson, Thirty-second,
and Thirty-third, and Broad
Branch road and Nebraska avenue.
The price of the property has been
withheld by the parties to the transac
tion, but it Is authoritatively stated tl
the total cost, including the proposed
Improvements, will represent an outlay
Of about $300,000.
The new tract will be subdivided Into
villa plots and building lots to conform
to the permanent plan of the city. The
District surveyors already have a force
In the field making the necessary" surveys,
and a number of teams and men ha e al
ready started grading In a week or so
a very large force will be put to work
as soon as the survey is completed.
Land Well Sltnnted.
The ground Is admirably adapted for
platting. In fact. It is almost entirely
level, more so than Is usual in this sec
tion, which is nearly all rough ground
along the Chevy Chase car line. This
will enable the management to preserve
the natural lay of the land, as well as
retain nearly all of the beautiful trees, of
which almost the entire tract Is cov
ered, with a rich growth of oak, beech.
cedar, arid many other desirable forest
specimens, making it possible to develop
an attractive rustic park.
This is Mr- Gordon's third subdivision
that ho has owned and developed in this
Immediate neighborhood, having Just
completed the improvements, as well as
entirely sold out every lot In tho subdi-
lslon of Connecticut Avenue Terrace End
Connecticut Avenue Park, the total sales
of which aggregated about $800,000. These
subdivisions are now recognized, on ac
count of the preservation of the trees
and the park-like effect, as the most
beautiful in the District, and Mr. Gor
don says that this new addition that he
has Jirst purchased will be the last sub
division he expects to develop himself. He
hopes to make It even more attractive
than those Just referred to 'He will con
tinue to operate in real estate, however,
after he is through with this tract, 'by
buying up largo acreage and -selling to
men whom he has trained In this special
line of work, he furnishing the -property,
the plan, and the finance, and acting only
In an advisory capacity as to the man
agement. This new subdivision will be
named Chevy Chase Grove, and will con
tain the usual building restriction clause.
Old Shoemaker Trnet.
The fifty-acre Shoemaker tract in this
plat was purchased from Louis P Shoe
maker, executor for his father, and has
been in the Shoemaker family for over
one hundred jcars and is the last large
acreage tract in this vicinity that was
held by the original owners Practically
all the acreage now In this vicinity, ex
cept this new subdivision. Is owned and
controlled by the Chevy Chase Land Com
pany. This will therefore be the only sub
division in this locality outside of their
property, for the reason that the land
company refuses to sell large tracts for
subdivision purposes, preferring to de
velop their own land.
"William H. Ritchie, who has been as
sociated with Mr. Gordon for a number
of years In this special line of work,
will have the exclusive management of
this property Speaking to a reporter
for The Herald, Mr. Ritchie said:
"As soon as the necessary surveying Is
finished and the grubbing out of the un
dergrowth, wo will proceed with the Im
provements on an extensive scale and will
do everything to bring this property up
to the high standard that is now in vogue
at Chevy Chase. '
"I already have a force of teams grad
ing McKinley street from Connecticut
avenue through to this property, which
will give us in two weks a direct ap
proach to Connecticut avenue."
JOSEPH CASSIDY WAS BTTYEE.
Name of Purchaser of Old Com
mercial Duilillns Disclosed.
It was announced yesterday that the
purchaser of the Commercial Eire In
surance Building, at E25 Eleventh street
northwest, was Joseph Cassidy.
William K. Ellis made the sale and the
correct purchase price Is now given out
as 2,650, or at the rate of $40 a square
foot
Ilnya In Saul' Addition.
Horace G. Smithy has sold to M. tt
Bray, builder, a XO-foot lot en the south
tiao.of Emerson street, between Thir
teenth and Fourteenth streets. In Saul's
Addition? ,
Sells Dwelling; In Fifth Street.
Edward S. Moores bought the frame
dwelling 1121 Fifth street northwest for
$2,475. The lot contains 2,400 square i set
with 20 feet front. The sale Is reported
by Adam A. Weschler.
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NEW ENGINE HOUSE
NEARS COMPLETION
Randle Highlands Develops
New Public Works.
Great improvements have been made
recently in the Randle Highlands sec
tion of the city. Among the most notice
able is the work on the artistically de
signed fire engine bouse for trie storage
of the chemical engine which Is to pro
tect the property of the residents In that
part of town.
The large school building being erected
at a cost of $65,000 is designed to fur
nish excellent accommodation and school
facilities to the children- within a radius
of two miles.
These are only a small part of the Im
provements which have been quietly but
perrlstentiy pushed forward for -some
thrie, ..and, aW apt. Included in ''We ap
pron$atIdhof $700,000.
"Water pipes and sewer pipes from the
city system "Have been extended to Han
dle Highlands; and the work of digging
trenches to extend the water system
from the city to North Randle Highlands
is well pdvanced.
To-day the large appropriation for the
parking and dredging of the Eastern
Branch of the Potomac River becomes
available, and preparations are being
made to carry out the improvements
which this will permit. ,
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CLUB BUILDEBS MEET.
Unlterslty Clnb Stockholders Klect
Officers.
Stockhblders'of the University Club
Buitdfng Company met in Alexandria
yesierday -and elected the following offi
cers: President, Myron M. Parker; vice
president, Charles D. "Walcott: secretary,
P. L. JJougheriy; treasurer, E. J. Stell
wagen; "'general. cdunsel, Ralph P. Bar
nard. George Dakjey Totten was selected
as the architect for the new clubhouse.
Among the stockholders ore President
Taft, seeral cabinet officers, many Sena-
tors and Representatives, Justices of the
Supreme Court and of local courts, be
sides a large number of the influential
citizens of the city.
TWO DWELLINGS SOLD.
House In South Carolina Avenne
Southeast Attract Bayers.
Phillips & Sager report the sale of tho
dwellings 1333 and 1335 South Carolina
avenue southeast. v"
The former was bonght by J. I
Patchell and the latter by 'William D.
Crist. The price paid in each case was
$3,500. The houses are of the six-room
stile.
Buys- Dwelling? In II Street. -
David B. MurdocK, Jr., has bought the
dwelling J920 H street northwest 'for
$4,000.
Sale In Sixth Street.
The brick dwelling 1507 Sixth street
northwest was sold by Adam A. "Weseh
ler to "W. A. Sheehan for JL950.
NEWCOMER BDYS
APARTMENT HOUSE
Ohio Sold by Dr. Winbigler
tojtfew Orleans Man.
Dr. Charles F. Wlnblgler, who re
cently bought the property known as the
Ohio apartment bouse, at 1436 Meridian
street northwest, hoc sold the property
through the realty -office of James J.
Lampton Company.
The purchaser Is Peter R. Labrolsse,
a former resident of New Orleans, but
now living permanently In this city. This
apartment was built by Harry "Wardman,
is about one year old, and is valued In
the sale at tSc.,Cj0. The rental Is $9,012
annually.
There was- connected-with the deal a
twenty-five acre farm at Warrenton, Va.,
Improved by a twenty-flve-room house
and." several outbuildings, all of which
passes to Dr. Wlnblgler. It Is said that
Dr. Wlnblgler will open a sanatorium at
Warrenton.
ARTHUR C. MOSES
BUYS LARGE LOTS
Land in Massachusetts Ave
nue Heights Purchased.
Two lots In Massachusetts Avenue
Heights, controlled by the Thomas J.
Fisher Cqmpany, Inc., were sold to Ar
thur C. .Moses. The combined lots con
tain - upward of 32,000 square feet of
land.
One lot, situated at the extreme north
erly limit of the tract, fronts 115 feet on
Woodley road, opposlto the residences
of Charles J. Bell and Senator New
lands. The second lot fronts 200 feet on Wis
consin avenue, between Edmunds and
Fulton streets, and Is by far the largr,
containing 24,620 square feet of land.
BEASHEAES'BEOS. BUILD. v
L. "W. Todd's Honse Becnn In Chevy
Chose.
Brashears Bros, builders, will con
struct the two-story detached frame
house at 3900 Huntington street, Chevy
Chase, for I. W. Todd.
Plana Vere- drawn by Walter C Bra-
shears, and the estimated cost of the
dwelling is $8,000.
F. II. Parks Bays In B Street.
Adam A. Weschlef reports the sale of
the frame buliaing 616 B street south
west to F. H. Purks for $1,500.
Buys In Indiana Avenue.
Adam A. Weschler sold the brick dwell
ing 33S Indiana avenue northwest to
James A. Toomey and Vincent Toomey
for $3,500.
ATTRACTIVE HOME IN TAKOMA PARK.
t7f.inist TT rnnnnrliin.
H. J. Saers. a realty dealer or Jong
experience and wide connections, baa as
sociated himself Vita Lv Wi Groomes. '
Teal estate broker, at 1412 G street north-
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JUNE'S BUSINESS
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Heaviest Month of the Year
in Realty Transfers.
BEST. IN PAST 25 YEARS
Suburban Activity Accounts for
Large Transactions.
Ileal Kstate Denier s Tio Longer
Dread "Dosr Days" New Subdi
visions Opening Cp Conditions
Likely to Continue Operators Are
Hopeful of Record Summer Out-of-town
Investor Increasing.
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Christie Property
A summary of the realty deal
ings during the month of June just
closed shows that activity in the
market, measured by the number
of papers recorded in the office of
the recorder of deeds, is greater
than it has. been in the month of
June for the past twenty-five
years and greater than in any other
month during this year.
SUMMER SOT FEARED.
This condition has created a great deal
of satisfaction In the minds of realty
dealers, who, during "dog days" and the
"silly season." as the hot weather months'
are technically known In the business,
are ready to hear that there has been a
temporary suspension of business In
realty circles.
- But that condition has not appeared this
year yet, and the activity Is being car
ried along so far into the summer that
thero are many experienced dealers who
think that July will be even better than
June.
Some dealers, especially those whose
Interests lie that way, base their proph
ecy upon the development of suburban
realty, which is proceeding with unprece
dented activity In all directions around
Washington. There is not a suburban
locality that does not report a greater
number of sales, greater Interest among
home seekers, and more frequent pur
chases than have ben noted in former
years.
Subdivisions Inerense.
New subdivisions are being opened up
and the class of property that Is being
operated now Is of the highest and 'the
clientele Is of the best A better class
of homes Is being bought or built. Tho
lots with the good location, both as to'
site and to neighbors. Is being chosen,
and the whole season's work Is being
conducted upon a higher plane than ever
before.
This Is the explanation of the greater
activity that has prevailed during June,
nnd Is, according to men long In the
business, and are cither holding It as a
the signs of the times aright, likely to
continue with Increasing Interest during
the year.
In city realty, there has appeared a
wiser Investment In which the names of
many women are to be found. Shrewd
Investors are buying up property In all
sections of the city, both residential and
business, and are either holding as a
profitable Investment, or, ns more fre
quently happens, turning it o'ver to ad
vantage. Out-of-town Investors. ,
Then, too, there is perceptible a steady
influx of out-of-town investors, who are
attracted not so much by the high divi
dends on large property investments as
upon the certainty that the values will
soon and greatly enhance.
People of Washington and many from
outside arc growing more and more to
believe in the future of the city. There
Is only a certain amount of land In the
District of Columbia, and as the city
grows and stretches out In all directions,
the values of even that land which nowl
lies upon what are the outskirts of the
city, is certain tq be enhanced In value
as the limits of the city extend in all
ritrooifnns
With such Influences at work, realty
men say that they are not surprised
at the good showing in June. Many,
Indeed, say they could not understand
how It could be otherwise. But the pres
ent status of the realty business and
the good outlook for the summer Is a
matter' of great satisfaction to the city
at large.
FAIRLAWN HOW
ON THE MARKET
Well-known Christie Prop
erty Offered in Lots.
Real estate circles of Washington and
the DHstrlct are much Interested In the
Irecent purchase by Mr. Oscar C. Broth
ers, the well-known dealer in real estate,
of the famous old Christie property,
which Is located In Anacostla, Just at the
eastern end of the Anacostla bridge.
The property acquired by Mr. Brothers
consists of fifty acres of .splendid resi
dential land situated In a charming spot
This property was for years the home
of the late Dr.. Christie, who as a very
young man came over to this country
fipm. England and settled in the city of
Washington, where he practiced medicine.
Becoming successful in his. pracuce, and
after having accumulated what was re
garded as an ample fortune In those days.
Dr. Christie retired and spent the remain
ing years of his life t in comfortable
leisure: His family wa one of the most
aristocratic la England and he was a
niaa at culture and education.
The old house, which still steads oa 'file
.property and which to yet In a good state
of preservation, was the sctn fit many ST
tn notable aatarUiaaMBta of the CayitaJ
m
Comprising a beautifully situated tract of FIFTY ACRES j
within 13 minutes' street car ride of. the Capitolfbuilding,.and
which has been held intact for forty years by theEnglish own-
ers,'has finally been purchased from the heirs ofithe latedDr.
Lnnsne ana, naving oeen suoaiviaea, is
Offered to Home-seekers Upon;
Most Advantageous Terms
This fine property, which we have re-named "Fairlawn,"
is delightfully located and is easily accessible . by street cars.i
Possesses Splendid Advantages
Directly opposite "Fairlawn" is a $75,000 schoolhouse
for white children: a fire engine company a block and a half M
away affords ample protection; churches of the. principal de-
nominations are within four blocks; a quarter of a mile of bus-
iness properties and stores just across the street; the property
faces on Harrison street and Minnesota avenue for one-half-
mile, and these streets are paved and asphalted and have'
SEWERAGE, WATER and GAS Mains, and other jm-
provements.
Excellent Building Lots Will Be Sold from $385 Up
Terms : $10 Cash, and $2 Per Week ..
COULD PAYMENTS BE EASIER?
$75.00 in Gold to Be Given Away July 4th
Fairlawn will be thrown open for inspection on TUES
DAY, JULY FOURTH, when the public is cordially in
vited to be present. Music by the Naval Band and other'
attractions will be provided.
EVERY WHITE PERSON upon the grounds will
be given an opportunity, to suggest the name of a street run
ning through Fairlawn, and for the three best names suggested
prizes of $75.00-in GOLD will be awarded: $50.00 in gold
for the first prize, $15.00 in gold for the second, and $10.00
in gold for the third. The names suggested will be turned
over to the advertising managers of the four Washington
newspapers and they will select the winners.
How to Reach Fairlawn
Take any car of "the Washington Railway and Electric Company marked Anacostia from
Government Post-office, 22 min.; Union Station, 17 min.; Pension Office, 25 min.; 9th and F sts.,
21 min. ; Center Market, 17 min. ; 9th and Pa. ave., 19 min.
Oscar C. Brothers, Jr., Owner
1234 Harrison Street, Fairlawn. Washington. D. C.
'PHONE LINCOLN 2311.
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City more than halt a century ago, for
Dr, Christie was known as a lavleh en
tertainer and the men and -women -who
were bidden to partake of his hospitality
counted themselves fortunate.
Mr. Brothers has renamed the place
"fairlawn," and has subdivided It Into
attractive building lots, whloh he Is now
offering for sale. The property Is orna
mented by a flne grove of trees which
afford ample shade for the homes that
will be built on the land. For some time
mst Mr. Brothers has had a force of
fortv men at work clearing up and cut
ting streets through the place. The tract
faces on Harrison street and Minnesota
avenue for a halt a mile, and these
streets are paved and asphalted and have
sewerage, gas, and water mains. Directly
opposite the property Is a schoolhouse for
white children which was erected at a
cost of $73,000; a fife engine company Is
Jnst a block and a half away, and
churches of all principal denominations
are within four blocks.
Fairlawn Is easily accessible from all
sections of "Washington. Direct cars
leave Ninth and F streets every three
minutes. It takes about seventeen min
utes to make the trip front Union Sta
tion and thirteen minutes from the Capi
tol, so that the shopping and business
districts of the city are within easy
reach.
Mr. Brothers will throw the property
open for Inspection on Tuesday, July
4, and he has extended a cordial
Invitation to the Dubllc to be present.
For amusement be has secured the TJaval
Ttnnrl and nfhpi- attractions will be Pro
vided the visitors. A very interesting
feature of the Inspection on tne rourtn
will be the awarding of J75 In gold coin
for the best suggestion, submitted by any
person on the grounds on tne oay oi
iiwpeetlca, for the, same of a street ta
tut' put ihreueh the nronerty. For the
bst aucttia the priM wUl k 96, fw
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1310 Spring Road
Holmead Manor
$4,5Q0
I $300 Cash
$20 Monthly
S Two-story and cellar, pressed
tj one: o rooms ana inea Dam;
H combination electric and gas Ax
il tures: hot-water heat: front and
n back porches.
H OPEN FOR INSPECTION.
1 Wm. H. Saunders & Go.
Southern Building
107 15th St. N. W.
. Col. 25S0-M.
the next best $15, and for the third best
$10. The advertising managers of the four
Washington newspapers will be the
judges of the contest and -will award the
prises.
Bays is Wisconsin Atcbbc.
The frame dwelling 1507 Wisconsin
avenue northwest was sold bv Adam A.
fwschler to Charles E. jPayne and Robert
x. MCJHunea i or ?i,iw.
Jlm a memorial to the late King Edward
Yll aiaedcsJ school 1b Malaysia 4s pro.
Pfeed. Ose wealthy Chinese tin mlno.
ewner hat '4esated 15.700 to the memorial
fua4.
A Poured Cement House.
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Ilo town, tennis coarts. Free plans for noose.
Take cars, l!th at. and Pa. are.. Mount Var
noo and Alexandria Hallway Line.
VIBQIMA HIGHLANDS iBSOOIATIQT,
Washington Offices,
t0 C0RC08AX BLDO.
'Phone Main. SMS.
THKO. 7. MOBQAN. Sales Uaniacr.
An automatic fire alarm and extinguish
er that has been Invented In Germany
employs a thermostat to ring a bell and
liberate large quatltles of carbonta acid
gas in a room In which It is placed when
the temperature rises above the danger
point
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vented by a Frenchman f or -trtmsalBg fla
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