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OUTLOOK FOR REAL ESTATE IN 1915
v BRISK IN ALL SECTIONS OF THE CITY
Apthy in Monetary Transactions as Re
sult of War Rapidly Subsiding Cost
of Property Operations This Year
Nearly up to 1913.
gylfiOO More Two-story Dwellings Erected.
reac unice buildings Swell 1914
Total Investment Activity Last July
Greatest in Ten Years.
Nov. 2.V-N. K cor. TVnlnut end 18th
streets, the Mcllvam rrtmnt haute,
assessed foOO.OOO for 1MB.
"?" I"1,'21 Ivalrut street, reported sold
Jo Vldener Interest, which control
. Iha Btock Ktchonse.
J,!5S 21-Tl,- Walnut iitrct, lot 18.8 by
100 feat. CmlR.Hcberton to Samuel U
lirumtmuicli (who also purcrwseil H2H
31 Wmmit street several months pre
viously from tht sharpies ertato for
ntout 1250,000) , ... .".12S000
Nov. M.iyV 16th Wrni Walnut '
streets', lot 3.1 by lift was transferred
by Oeorgo A, lluhn In part -payment
for the ItellovuyCourt office tuilldln?,
irmiaierrou w mr, JIUIin SUUject to n
morlKaKS of $300,000 and an annual
KEUi ?UWV (
les-s
east aide,
prlvl
o
.v,v,,u BIIU Mil HllllUni
tn rinirirtk I 11.1,1 .
windows and doors on
Tito year 1314 contained many monetary
f entitle ot Interest It started with evory
prnmls. of ncttvo conditions and held this
trend until tho close of tho month ot
July, wbn tho beginning of tho war
halful all monetary transactions.
June SO at tho end o( tho first six
tlimiLb. in Annratkun nt 71X Iti 4lt i,i,.1im,.
' ot dntraflnns and an Increase of $2U,t15
In cost of permits was shown. Tho month
ot July was tto most actlvo for ten years.
In August the total of permits taken, out
how a railing; oft of $000,000 from tho
corresponding month In 1913, and tho low
est amount expended In building opera
tions for ten years. September and Oc
tober wore, waiting months, tho latter to
taling J2S,50 less In building operations
than 1911
While Improvement Is noted, tho months
of Novombor and December nhow de
crease In activity.
Conditions sro caused, of course, di
rectly by tho tightness of morioy, uncer
talnty and worldwldo conditions.
RECORD OP PERMITS ISSUED.
1013
Charntter. Pints, Oper.
Divollne one etory A
KwoUlnM, tw itorr M0
pirolltngs. tires story....... 1173
gwellnirs. four atory,. 2
Dwelling, frame ........... 27
Tenement sn
Apartments .i. n
Stables , lit)
Manufactories 71'
Workshops C1
Oarages 318
Offlco buildings 2S
Btoroa .i 37
Warehouses,., 2J'
ICngino and boiler. is
Churches 18
Schools . ,. ii
3l4ls , 2
1t,.i. '
HospHniB
Chaiitablo Institutions..,
SepotK
Clubhouses
'Parish buildings
Places of amusement ....
MlwellancouB buildings
Additions
Alterations 'and repairs..
Miscellaneous work.
Heatera
Mre-scopci
Ellen ........
Power house
drain elevators
Convents
irtreprooflne:
Gymnasiums
Jviundry
Library bulMlnp
Dormitory buildings .....
RrldRr
Railroad station
floor being 43 feet fronl the street level.
Tho foundation footings are 14 feot lower.
When completed, tho Wldonor Build
ing will represent nn Investment of
$8,750,000. Tho contract calls for comple
tion In May, 191E.
DIO BALDS IN CENTRAL SECTION.
Jan. Hi-loot Chestnut street, 20x8.1.71
Joseph W. dros to Edward I'. Whit
I.Sl,i. "ed $30,000; mortcago
.$23,000 ,..,. , ,. Norn.
March 20 S. Ii, corner of Chestnut and
uuinifcr, iol uxiu-i. wiin ;jh reel on
Drury street! Tradesmen's Trust Com
p.iny, receivers, to Hoy A. lleyniann..$100,000
Ftb. 10-Old llrlggs llldlrit Academy,
north sldo Chestnut street, 20 feet
west Kid street, lot 20Sxti; Hammctt
estate to Kahn & Oreenbere, 1.10,000
Tho same buyers acquired the northwest
corner or 23d and Chestnut streets, lot 20x0S,
from cstato of lluch Craig, deceased, for ntiout
$410,000. A concreto automobile tales building
has been erected en the entire block.
Tho last property has been assessed at
$200,000 for 1915, and the south sldo ot
Chestnut street, from 23d street to tho
Hotel Avista, at $175,000. This InBt ha3
been Improved by a handsomo building
used for automobile Interests.-
iDecember 5 S09-11 Chestnut street, bo-
l
4
'. 1
:'!
74
. IM
, i.nrto
3.378
2,404
M5
.112
iai
4
4,401
C28
12
27
34
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lit!
72
GO
ivtn
28
411
23
II
18
11
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1
4
1
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74
102
l.tair,
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2, mn
M.I
327
is.:
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i
Cost.
$1,110
I),n34,tl2.-.
2,742,0.10
102,000
r.7,000
1,138,200
iiin8,ono
13.1.(100
3.44S.MKI
180.750
402,:iMI
2,081.130
2.11,8ns
1,1 TO, 000
41,000
ai4,7,-i0
3,081,110
21,700
M1.3.10
200,000
400.000
200,(100
noo.oon
00,500
tn, ooo
1,720.74.-.
4:io,4ir,
4.788,4II,;
s,7rn,3o
411,540
2r2,oi..l
87,08.',
21,070
10O,WX
7iri.ono
n7,ooo
21,000
23,000
Pmts.
1014-
Opcr.
D D
i,oot 0,10.1
204 48.1
S S
18 III
20 31
1 1
01 01
6.1 ' 0.1
02 02
304 3SS
20 20
20
8
1.1
0
3
'i
4
4
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25
132
l.MT
3,001
1,012
.107
108
138
07
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8
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4.
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23
337
1.CS2
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2.0110
420
10S
138
10,501 18,813, $38,703,830 0,314
Cost.
$14,303
12,871,200
2,303,703
03,000
82,030
001,500
7,000
123,703
2,08.1,073
175,800
410.2(H)
C,07,n73
.'10.1,013
3.14,273
401,150
.101,400
000.123
45,300
"ihViooo
238,000
77,150
3.Vi"r,66
10.000
CO.1,100
111,040
3,211(1,770
2,187,302
408,103
181,110
31,810
.10,320
1,131,000
"W,3i5
87,200
"Ys'.bm
10,800
73,200
1,000
17,500
15,107
t J Pd .....
AIortgngCB
BUllMAnr OP DUBES AND MORTQAQDa RECOnDED.
1(113
,...31.304
... 0,770
Total value,
208.000
, $'12,011,000
ia,z
11114.
30,022
20,070
Tlieoo tablos do not Include December 30-3
REMAKKABL.T3 SHOWING.
An analysis of a statement of this
kind would not be possible here. The
total cost of operations approxfmatoly
Ja only $3.C02,718 less than In 1913. This
Is remarkable under existing conditions.
In the item for ofllce buildings Is In
cluded the "VVldener Building and tho Bell
Telephone Building at 17th and -Arch
streets, both -well under way, which prac
tically make up tho advance In that Item
over 1913.
While the transactions In mortgages
were more numerous, the total shows
they were of less Importance, the total
value being approximately $100,000,000 less
than 1913. The total of deeds recorded
la $M,000,000 less than that of tho preced
ing year.
November 30 witnessed the rush to put
deeds on record and avoid the war tax,
effectivo December 1. On that date 915
deeds were recorded, nearly 300 more
than tho total the day before the Span-
fail-American war tnv hAma .na..nfttr..
About $30,000 in tax was saved by this ac
tivity. Tho mortgage for $1,000,000, recorded on
December 2, William Wharton, Jr., &
Co. to the GIrard Trust Company, ob
tained on the Wharton Switch Works,
24th and Washington avenue, Is tho
largest recorded In this county for sev
eral years.
On December 28 only 26 deeds were re
corded, showing the extent of the holi
day season, dullness.
CENTRAL HEAL, ESTATE.
The most Impressive development of
the year Is seen In the ofllce buildings
going up around tho City Hall and tho
Wldener Building, rapidly going up
on the Mint Arcade site, Juniper nnd
Chestnut streets. This building will bo
tho latest word In real estate along tUo
lino of offlco buildings. It will havo 18
floors each 10 by 200, above grade and
two floors below, the lower basement
$35,101,132
Total value.
$71,042,000
82,817,000
1, 1014.
May 5-1327 Walnut street, lot 20 by 120
feet, ltlchard q. Parte to rhlllp it.
. Muller (Aesewd $12.1,000) "ii
Dee 11-1122 Waljilt stwf. lot o ly '
J01 ft. (nescssod $00,000), Bold by
Sheriff 'or . 00,000
Wnlnut street shows nn ndvanccd scale
of land values, nnd tho change to busi
ness west of Brond street Is taking place
in uvuh u snorter time than wns ex
pected. In aharp contrast to conditions nt Broad
and Walnut arc conditions nt 8d nnd
Walnut strcels. Very few Increases wero
mndo In assessments for 1915 nt this
point, tho argument used to tho assessors
beltltf tlint tlin r,tnnvnl nf tlm CInM1. tn..
change had resulted In decrease of rentals
nnd many vacant properties.
Tho growing Importanco of the port
and the probablo Increase In commcrco
nnd shlppllng is looked to ns n possible
factor In tho value of all property cast
of 4lh street.
East of 13th street, as far ns 10th street,
prices aro lngglng, ns properties havo not
been Improved, mid there nro too many
"For ealo" signs visible.
BHOAD STIIEET.
Tho most notablo events of tho year
possibly nro tho completion of tho nrldl-
tlon to tho Rttz-Carlton Hotel, nt Broad
and Walnut streetB, and tho Majestic
Hotel nt Broad street and G-lrard avenue,
on October E. Tho Majestic was assessed
at $700,000 and sold to tho Fidelity Tltlo
find Trust Cotnnnnv nt TJ1 Blinn,l.
$C51,O0O.
In August plans wore approved for a
fotir-stotv brick addition to tho club-
llOUSO 131-11. lrt Knrlli Tlt-nnl (,-, -I I...
150, Loyal Order of Moose, to cost $140,000.
The nrcscnt vnlim nt thn nrin,.., i ?a
000, making tho club holder of $210,000.
On December 4, 112-4 North Broad street,
lot 51 by 180, was sold by Percy L, Ncel,
president Auto Sales Corporation, to J. R.
McAllister, president Franklin Natlonnl
Jnn' The property was assessed at
7 325, 000,
Broad nnd South streets were started
into activity by the sale of tho old resi
dence of Dr. J. Rhea Barton, northwest
corner of Broad and South streets. Six
stores have been erected on Broad street
and ton on South street. Tho First Unltod
1'resbvtorlnn rMmrM. ,-... !.......
....., owuitnYuai. tutiivr
of Brand nnd Lombard streets, has been
.u uuu a commercial building will soon
appear. Tho Darley property, 610 South
Broad street, is for sale. Better prices
and activity In tho coming year are confi
dently predicted at this point.
MARKET STREET VERV ACTIVE.
S!!7"i ,wUh " ond 15 -v' -d 'et
?-. ,.2.V0 Commerce street, O. W. B.
I'letchcr'lo Edward ai. Harls, mort-
.w.Kec n."d ground rent $157,400 Nominal
An 8-story reinforced concrete loft
and auto saleB building, 208x143 Is
in courso of erection,
January 8-N. E. cor. Market and
V,uter streets. John IT. Perkins to
Tliomaa II. Dudlev .IflrVl! nnra,
nt $03,000 01,000.00
feet on the east tine and Its feet on Fark
r?ay, and will cost $1,230,000.
Greater activity Is looked for in West
Arch street. In the section of East Arch
street from 12th street to Broad street
properties nro neia ior speculation. 11117"
ere and sellers there aro too far apart.
Somo needed improvement and less signs
would move everything for sale.
WEST PHILADELPHIA.
Tho part of Philadelphia lying west ot
thfl Schuvlklll Ittrer la of mich mat nlzo
that a review of the situation Is beyond
the scope of this article. For many years
tlib most active development has been go
ing on. In 1914 tho activity perhaps slow
ed down a little, but what has been done
is niung- 1110 11110 ot oeiier quality.
Attention can bo called to tho vicinity
of Baltimore avenue and COth street. All
of tho ground In this vicinity has boon
restricted Dy an agreement Deiwcen own
ers, and a largo number of high-class
dwellings have been completed tho last
year and many moro nxe under way.
Cobba Creek Parkway, between 69th and
GOth streets, on tho north sldo, Is well
built up. ,
A very good building boom nppears in
iuu ivuusuowno n-vcnuo uistnct octwecn
54th nnd 60th streets, and there aro many
others.
Special mention must bo made of E2d
nnd COth streets. Thcso business thor
oughfares show advances their entire
length, taking the proportion of a boom
In tho vicinity of Market strcot. It is
hoped a trolley lino will bo put on 46th
street, as this Is much needed and would
bo welcomed by all Intorests.
iT.nnrnatnr. Atunnn fv.nt JOIt. . Idlli
streets, Is tho shopping district of a very
large section nnd rent cstato for salo or
rental Is In the sharpest demand. Sales
In 1911 havo been at advanced prices. In
tersecting streets and lino transit facili
ties nro tho underlying causo.
Tho latest salp, mado within a week,
4074 Lancaster nvenuc, Patrick McOar
voy to Harper D. Shcppard, lot 18x100,
assessed nt $6500, sold for $10,750.
It is a good tlmo to get together on a
few vital points about this attractive part
of Philadelphia.
Tho troublo In West Philadelphia Is
largoly that tho building trade has been
strangled by the erection of too many
two-story stores nnd dwellings and forced
upon tho market later.
It Is believed by many real cstato men
that tho flat nnd tho two-family apart
ment havo greatly injured tho slnglo
dwelling, without creating an advance In
tho price. Very few aro sold and they
generally appear In trades.
Bettor conditions could bo reached if
In tho coming year it limited number of
all classes of dwellings aro built, tho
market given tlmo tn Int tin tutiraniu
in population catch up, nnd buy thoso
already erected. Also, ns far as possible
tho unreliable Btraw builder should be
ellmlnnted.
However, oven with manifest overbuild
ing, nil agree in tho West Philadelphia
district that tho coming year has great
possibilities.
th deadline of derelopmant the
section.
NORTHWEST SECTION.
Tho Northwest flection has been very
nulet the last year. Tioga is slowly ro-
ta.uu . 4l. .Ait m 1iA Itnfl nnn
(.U1V1UIS All111 M.O OIIVWA ...w ,- .
downs In grading caused by Iho abolition
of grade crossings on the line of tho
Philadelphia and Reading Railway.
4 1 Mi,. u. r-,..,....!.. .lu.l. mm tn ill.
of tho Odd Fellows' Home, Is a lino
square of new porch-front dwellings, put
up In the last year.
At Park avenue, McFerren street and
13th street, In tho 43d Ward, nn operation
of 43 dwellings Is under way, and many
others could bo mentioned,
Tho consensus of opinion of brokers is
commence in ins tuturo,
GERMANTOWN.
Conditions in Getmantown for tho year
1914 havo been rather apathetic, except in
West Pelham, Tjpsar and In tho Chclten
avenuo and Ogontz trolley district. In
these sections selling prices and rentat
values havo been strong and mcdlum-slzcd
dwellings havo been tho rule. Thero Is
nn operation on East Cltelten avenue,
opposlto tho Catholic college, of fine,
large, semldotachcd, three-story dwell
ings, on about 600 feot of frontage.
Tho flat, or two-family dwelling, has
llUb BIllllCIl U" tUU 0I1IBIU uticiiiue, 1,1-
l.tlnllnn ft 41. la tfl-.il It.n ..ftt l.An mt
ail uvuii u& una nt.ii, un nu, usvn aw
general as In West Phtladolphla.
Tho outlook Is very good, and tho gen
eral Impression Is that spring will see
an Improvement nit along tho lino.
CHESTNUT inLL.
Chestnut Hill has had a quiet year, and
buyers nnd sellers havo been rather
far apart. Tho cstato of Samuel Good
man, deceased, has been parting with
real cstato. This has exerted somo little
pressure upon tho market.
JaU 14 Northwest sld Itex avenue,
70 feet nest dcrrrnntown avenue, lot
un-.w, wuuiou A. uwun Ull IU JtlgA.-
nnder II. Ijino
June 1 Corner Chestnut avenue and
SwJn..J,rc,!ti Louie" T. Goodman to
Radcllffo Cheston, M. D.: 100x150....
ifri!1-,'?umm't.ttV'nuo nnd Chestnut
JJ'II flallroidi Ixiulso T. Goodman to
iJ?n'i,J Bheble to .Eastern Real Es-
V?,t,c"-m.p.25yi. 0l.4V,xlrrcRular
sPt. 14-18 chestnut Illll avenue; Ilan-
. rro.. 4-iliiYrtA nf ithld
China company, o. ..o . - -
class ot work Is encouraging.
The Parkway mado substantial progress
.. Mh.ama In 1Q11
west Ot L-osan ojuu.it ..."... .
The Increased faro ort tho ralifcaas ims
8,750
15,000
18,000
MiVii.f ,,"", o amry vaux uucKicy;
oO.iyxlrregular " ' 22.000
-.-. imiiniuit'ii uy uiarv vniix ifiir-r
ley to St. .Paul's P. E. Church, ot
caused prospective purennser- '"""
sncclal Inquiry for homes along trolley
ES n-nd as 69lh Street Terminal Is
the nearest flhd best connecUon to the
central part of tho city, It Is only natural
that ground along tho roads ofthe Phila
delphia and Western, and tho West Ches
ter Traction's branches to West Chester,
Ardmore, Media nnd Colllngdal04WH bo In
demand.
The location of tho new AronlmlnK-GOilf
r-i.,1, nnrtii nt TirnTnl Hill, lias added a
great attrcallon to tho Immediate vicinity,
while tho growth of Drexol Hill within
the last two years has boen phenomenal.
Tho dwellings aro of a hlgh-oaes subur
ban typo.
Most of tho land closo to 69th Street
Terminal Is situated In Upper Darby
township. This township Is of the flrot
class nnd Is governed by a "board of com
missioners. Evory city convenience is
afforded prospective builders, such ns
schools, pollco and fire protection,
churches, gas, eloctrlo light and Spring
field water. Tidewater sewage Is being
Installed. A now doVelopmont is now
being projected along Springfield road on
tho now trolley to Medio, nnd will be
ready for salo In tho early spring.
Tho electrification of tho Main Line of
tho Pennsylvania Railroad will tend to
start uoveiopmcnt nearer tne city
longing to the John Dobson estate, and
vacant for ten years, was leased to tho
United Profit Sharing Company, a sub
sidiary corporation of tho United Cigar
Stores Company, The building Is to bo
altered. Tho rental Is about $12,000 per
annum.
The northwest corner of 8th and Chest
nut streets Is now fully rented. Tho old
building of tho Commercial Trust Com
pany, Idlo for 13 years, has been rented
to a Arm of Jewelers. This practically
clears up the idlo property, and is a dis
tinct feature of tho year.
$2,750,000 BANK SALE.
One of the most notablo transactions
was the salo of tho Franklin National
Bank, at tho northeast corner of Broad
and Chestnut street, to John Wanamaker,
for $2,750,000, tho bank tnking In part nav-
ment lot Nos. 1410-18 Chestnut Btreot, with
a frontage of 54 feet by 230 feet to San
som street, at about $1,250,000.
A bond issue of $1,545,000, it Is believed,
has been obtained on tho Broad street
property, which at the price reported in
dicates $27,500 a front foot for a lot 100
by 100 feet. This takes the record prion
from tho Sautter property, which adjoined
the Real Estate Trust Company to tho
east. lot 23 by 160, and sold May 25, 1907,
to the trust company for $23,700 a front
foot. This was a special value, as tho
trust company had to protect its light,
which was estimated as nn item of at
least $160,000 In the sale.
WALNUT STREET.
Jan. 21821 Wnlnut street, 2.4 by 90
ft.; assessed $20,000 $20,000
April 10 N. E. cor. 22d and Walnut
streets. Handel and Haydn Ii. and L.
Asm. to Frank P. Smith (gross prop
May7 U-il26 Wainut"8tVeVt',23.B,by C'00
100.1015 rt. ..'. ...: ..noooo
Company ot Philadelphia to (Morris
Wenier, lot 10.U by 113 70,100
January 01111 Market strcot. In
quirer onice. lot 20 It 11 In. to
Commerco stroet: s. Snollenbure ot
ol. to Salllo D. Elvcrson 400,000.00
February 10-1211 Market streot, 20x
110, Kiound rent $101.50, Buck estato
to R. C. Hutchinson .. 230,000.00
June 0412-14 Market street. East
Market Street Realty Company to
July 7301 Mnrkct Btreot. lot 18x18,
sold by Sheriff 20,158.33
rcbniary 3312 Market etreot, Six
10.1 4, sold by Sheriff (assessed
$05,000) 03,700,00
J'lly 28-S. W. comer. 21st and Market
streets, Henry Magco to Michael P.
Wnlsh, lot 20x123 30.000.00
October 30318 Market street, 18.0K
xlrreg. (assessed $44,000) 40,000.00
In West Market street a four-story
store and loft building, 1906-8 Market
street, owned by Colonel Harris, cost
about $2000 a front foot' for Its site. Tho
southwest corner of 19th and Market
streets is held at $2500 a front foot.
Activity and sharp Improvement in East
Market street dates from the success in
tho wooden block paving and bettor light
ing ui 1110 mrcet.
ARCH STREET EVEN WITH PARKWAY.
Jan. 01312 Arch st lot 22x150: sold
by Sheriff $28,500
Jan. 10 1811 Arch St., lot 22x100; as
sessed $17,500 20,000
Feb. 3 2127 Arch St., lot 18x102..., 0.875
Feb. 3 520-31 Arch St., lot 38.4xlrreg. 70,500
Mch. 4 1017 Arch at,, est. Richard A.
Connor to City of Philadelphia 38,500
Mch. 251511 Arch St., lot 24.0x175;
assessed $74,500 85,000
Mch. 281007 Arch St., lot 21.0x100;
est. John C. McCurdy to City of Phil
adelphia 44,803
Mch. 301510 Arch St.. lot 20x178;
Charles Waley to School District of
Philadelphia 70,000
Mch. 31 1521-3-5 Arch at., lot 08x
iio.t; Aiico u. wetnerlll to School
nlHlPlnf fit Tlhllnrf.lnl.ln AtAIAA.
Sep. 10 N. W. Cor. 10th and Arch sts..
lot 10.8x88; R. ICenney to City of
Philadelphia, 29,000
Oct. 1 505 Arch at., 4-story building,
lot 10.8x65; assessed $10,000; sold
by B. T. Freeman & Co.... 15,060
November 25 Northwest corner of 17th
and Arch streets tho flno terra cotta six
story building of tho Methodist Church
Extension Association Is nearing comple
tion. It is assessed, unfinished, at $133,000
for 1915,
Tho 15-Btory tulldlng of tho Bell Tele
phone Company, on tho northeast corner
of 17th and Aroh streets, is rising rapidly.
It will havo tho honor of being one of
the flrst buildings completed on th Pnrtr.
way, It occupies a lot 88 feet on Arch
street, 139 feet 4 Inches on 17th street, 163
SOUTHWEST SECTION.
The real estate outlook for tho coming
year in this section Is exceptionally good.
There will bo moro building done In 1913
than there has been for several years,
the demand fully Justifying the invest
ment Of special noto Is tho erection by a
prominent builder of 178 dwellings, with
StOreS nt tlm rnrnnva n U,L. .( -.
2Ja street between Jneknnn nni tuiie
streets, nnd cast side of 21th street, be
tween Jncksnn nnri itrvti? B.AA a
onernt on hv ti. ,,..,- i...m.j . ,,
houses on 27th street, Ettlng street, 2Sth
--.e., unu iMewKiric street, rrom Reed
street to Tasker street, is planned.
Many other operations could bo men
tioned In this pnrt Of tho city, and all
Vrli B rcPort the boat kind of outlook.
Tho Passyunk avenuo bridge, which Is
now opened nnd graded to Its intersec
tion with 63d streot, without doubt has
been a great public improvement. In
nuM111?1! 1 th stlm"l"s to this part of
Phllndelnhtn If ftr,nn ..- .1 ... . ..
... . ,,,, ul, BUUiIleaB( west
Philadelphia to nil sorts of improvement.
Ono of the great benoflts claimed Is tho
possibility of hotter accommodation for
school children hv n halt.. I.,.tt....(
either sldo of the river via the bridge.
SOUTHEAST SECTION.
Actlvo conditions also have prevailed tho
last year in the section east of Broad
street and south of Pino street. Thn fin.
mand for dwellings Is well maintained,
and a great many largo tracts hnvo been
sold to builders. Dwellings are going up
in many parts. Among these can be men
tioned; An operation of 92 dwellings to be
erected on tho site of the ola Cemetery,
Passyunk avenuo ana Tasker street.
Nearlv IDA twn..inr ,.m IU.
...H uw u . cimiijD, Willi 1
Stores at rnnrnrn frnm 1,4 ... J4t. . 1
- - - -- -- - -.. hu tu im airtrct 1
miner street to l'orter street.
One hundred and slxty-two dwellings
were erected In 1911 on Rttner street,
GladBtono street aniRoseberry street, be
tween Front and 2d streets, and 60 dwell
ings were started on the east side of
Front etreet, from Jackson street to Rlt
ner street. Property at this point Is
rented and sold eaBily. With certain ao
tlvltv nredicted for the, inituoi.ioi ..i.
llshments along the river, It Is likely to
"'D nicuiro m coming activity in the
building world.
Great Impetus will be given to dha en
tire section from river to river south of'
Oregon avenuo by the- removal from that
street of tho traoks of tho Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Company, This today Is
Same tran
Chestnut Hill 22,500
"cm cstato is In very strong hands In
tins section, and tho outlook is full for
bettor things.
ROXBOROUGH AND VTCTNITV.
Tho 21st Ward gives tho usual good ac
count of itself. Values havo been low
cnouffh for somo tlmo to afford an op
portunity for tho suburban homo seeker
to obtain what ho wants at figures which
aro much below other localities less
favorably situated. Tho year has been
extremely dull and qulot. It must bo said,
however, that whllo tho manufactories
havo felt tho depression caused by re
duction of tho tariff and tho war, tho lat
ter Is bringing work In many departments
of Industry. This indicates a most favor
able situation in tho coming year.
NORTHEAST SECTION.
Logan, the York road section, nnd out
In tho 23d Word tho samo conditions nro
prevalent. Thcro has been a great deal
of building. Among others, 31 dwellings
and cornor stores were erected on tho
east sldo of Old York road, north of Wy
oming avenue.
On tho east sldo of Old Tork road, be
tween Courtland street and Wyoming
avenue nnd intersecting streets, is a flno
operation of 8S dwellings.
A flno operation of 75 houses was built
On 13tll street nml nnmnn al..nl l.nntftA
Courtland and Wlngohocklng streets. Moro
than one-third of this operation was sold
.beforo tho dwellings wero ready, for oc
cupation. Nearly 200 two-story dwellings havo
been put up on Allegheny avenue, from
Front street to B street.
Ground on the Northeast Boulevard
has advanced from $10,000 per ncro to $100
U, UUJll xuot.
GRADD CROSSINGS.
Progress has been mado In plans for
clovating traclts in South Philadelphia
and tho northeast section.
Chief Webster, of the Survey Bureau,
has sent to Councils plans for bridges to
take tho placo of grado crossings nt Lin
den avenue, Holmesburg; Godfrey ave
nuo near Fern Rnekr &l ntnkt ninv,
Eth street over Remllni- tntnUa nt
North Penn Division; Dlnmond street,
nenr Gienwood avenuo, over Now York
Division of Pennsylvania Railroad.
HIGHWAYS OVER CREEKS.
Tho following bridgos aro planned: Ono
on lino of Orthodox street over Frank
ford Creek; ono carrying 68th street over
West Chester branch of Pennsylvania
Railroad Company and over Cobb's Creek,
""sum, Duerwooa avenue over Indian
run; Morris Park, Overbrook.
The benefit to theBo sections named by
tho approval ot tho plans hardly oan bo
overestimated.
FRANICFORD.
The 23d Ward has had a rathor quiet
year. However, a very fair amount of
high-class building lias been done. It la
a waiting tlmo for better money condi
tions and tllA AlAVftferi tfHl-r,,4 aft tft
talked about. It would take very little to
start a boom, and great confidence is ex
pressed by torokers,
Ono broker said: "Summing up the
situation, unless something unforeseen
happens to disturb tho present outlook, I
look for an actlvo real estate Vnarkot for
1915."
GENERAL COMMENT.
Architects and builders aro preparing
plans and bids on a large amount of
work outside of Philadelphia, for the
United Gas Improvement Company's
plants throughout the country, for en
largement of tho plant of the Campbell's
Boup Company, tho Victor Talking Ma-
HrNnLTl DWETLTNO RULES. '
Tho two-family house has not gained
on tho single dwelling throughout Phil
adelphia. Citizens still seem to desire
tholr sleeping quarters' separato from tho
living rooms, and tho advantages of their
own yard. Then, ngatn, tho two-family
houso proposition Is not easily sold to
Investors, who still dcslro tho slnglo
houso with a slngto tenant, and monoy
can very easily bo tied up In two-family
houses. Although tho porcentngo of
tlfnflf tnlrrlit nnnnn tfftftlft If tftnn
"". ....o. ..flft.... U.UUV.IIVj ,W UWCO
not seem to bo sufficient to bring buyers.
tsinco 1110 outbreaic or tno European
war, with tho attending depression of
tho financial market, sales of real cstato
havo not boon brisk. Conditions grad-
liriltif nift IttlnPA.tlMW nm.t t. tt.A flrnn II.m
financial market Is running in its usual
courso, tnero win no tno normal acmanu
for real estate.
'WOMAN WITH MAM'S
BRAIHT MOUSES
FEMININE SCORN
Mrs. Imogen Oakley Resents i
r ...!' s. r. r- a m
introduction 01 i-r, -nrm
Shnw as Reverse of Com-
nlimeniarv. Jf
STRANGE POISONING
REVEALS 2 WOMEN
IN LAWYER'S LIFE
Mother Who Took Mercury
and Gave It to Babies,
Dying, Says Rogers Is
Her Husband.
NEW YORK, Doc. 3L Tho mystery In
the mercury poisoning caso of Mrs. For
lya Elton Rogers was partly lifted last
night. Two womon, ench of them
acquainted personally with the other,
figure In the romantic Ufa of Rogors,
tho Parle Row lawyer who yestorday
paced tho halls of Lebanon Hospital on
tho ragged edgo or dementia.
Ono is Mrs. Caroline Giddlngs Rogors,
sister of Prof. Franklin H. Giddlngs,
Columbia Unlvorsltv'a firninim nnrtnlnn-lof
Tho other, a littlo Southern woman who
in her days of kilts ran hand in hand
at play with tho now distinguished-looking
lawyer, lies dying of mercurial
poisoning In a room beforo which Rogors
was walking.
with her 8-month-old baby, Loretta,
dead from tho poison tn the hospital's
morgue, this woman whispered through
her agony that sho was tho wife of tho
lawyer. She whispered wildy that sho
loved tho man, but of herself and her
famllV She tnlri nnlMnr. ftftftf .1... 1
..,...,., V.VD111 umk uur
name was Ida Snlffen Rogers, and that
..u wua mo motner or tno-two little chil
dren whom sho poisoned beforo sho at
tempted to end her own llfo.
But before District Attorney Martin
Rogers denied ono of tho women. Which
?t5fW?d no te- But " ono of tho
District Attorney's questions, he Baw a
slnlstor meaning.
"If YOU nn THnfrlftf Afft .. j.
dared, "aro looking ? a" case of
,,,n.my' can "ssure you that you aro
n" l',"".."- Th J". Kearny
i, aU ther IWBtions. Rogers remained
tw'tiMi fn, h,s examination by
answer" ' Bal3, "J refuso
That Rogers was married to Carollno
Giddlngs in Chicago is taken as fact by1
" JPS. .Of tho littlo woman dying
nTar.' eera woula nko no statement
He Identified the tiny body of the baby
ftST6. .aa, hb chlId' ana wh8 S o
fell to his knees In a burst of agony.
Ho beciriwl Ithnr l.ft ft. 4., ... V ..
that ho mfirhf iriiir,, ii. !.".
rfonfi, - - - , ... ddh oeioro
Yhi,rdaSnIffon Nostra sought death
and 'Why sho wished to tak. her littlo
Br3 thIS hr' remalna Bt"1 W
?ft. thre Pwons on earth-as far as
fS ,c? lnvctigators yesterday-know
ono Is tho dying womnn, who claims him
as her husband, and one is Dr. W G
Hague her physician, who camo to tho
littlo frame homo at the call of tho
woman.
She told him she knew of. the other
woman. Mrs. Carollno Giddlngs Rogero,
thathMdmHnTrL1,ved'n avh styled
the Madrid Apartments, E53 Rlverslda
Drive, up until October 1. She told him
M.'i'S.t'"?.1. T J?e Conner and to ti
District Attorney she declared in a soft
of NewrnYoarCk.ent " B tlT"
ThA rnlAilvA Vfllrift of 111 ft femlntnn J
brain as compared with tho masculine
ono Is being discussed right merrily In'
Philadelphia by thoso womon of the city
who have been accrodltod with more thatf W
tho customary amount of gray matter"!
ever since tho Rev, Dr. Anna Howard
Shaw took such vlolont exception to n
mero man's Ill-chosen method of Intro
ductng her to an audience.
,,fThrt TtAtf. Tir. Annn TTawh m,M
tho woman with tho man's brains," said
tho poor dear In his best manner, think
ing thoroby to pay tho lady his cholcost
compliment; but littlo did ho reek that
by his Innocent remark tho wrath of
tho fcmlnlno thinking world would be
brought down upon his head.
"A tnntl'n lirtlttlB iMftftrl ' nntA Itr.
-- ....... u v...w, tttuuuu, OIUU 1UJ0.
Imogen Oakley, prominent clubwoman
nt.,1 n,tft..f taMt-l. - (..l t-.. .
"u MKfc nuinur iur uiviu uottcrmont,
"and, forsooth, was Doctor Shaw sup
posed to bo flattered by that introduc
tion? I ntn qulto In sympathy with her
resentment. Supposo a man's brain Is a
bit larger than a woman's, as is popu
larly supposed, though I am Inclined to
dlsagreo with that what possiblo differ
ence could it mako?
"In measuring intelligence It isn't at all,
n. nllABtlftn nt 1,mn M.....1. !.- .
-,.-....v.. . ,,wv uiuuii uruin nave you
got, but how many convolutions does
'"' urmn contain irs tho convolutions,
not tho weight, which Is tho real deter
mining factor.
"My father." nlin rntim,,., 'mi.ft .
0, physician, was enormously Interested In
Just that subject, nnd ho always said that
idiots very often had perfectly hugo
brains, but thoy wero smooth, with no
.uiivuiuuuna wnaiovcr. Hraln, nfter all,
is qulto without sex, and the size of It
Is usually In proportion to tho slzi ot
tho person. A woman with a Bmall brain
of many convolutions would, of course, bo
far In advance of a man with a largo
brain unfurrowod.
"I am willing to grant, however, that
tho masculine brain is moro logical than
ours; but this, of courso, is not the fault
of our brains or the result of any differ
ence It's moroly a matter of training.
Wo'vo been trained to depend altogether
upon our lntuitlvo facultios, and, of
courso, wo do It. A Btiff college training
Is a euro for that."
Miss Agnes Rcppller, noted essayist,
however. wni Innllnftrl n rwA v-,.,...!
Shaw's Introduction In tho light ot Ik
compliment rather than an Insult.
"Knowing Doctor Shaw's views con
cerning tho mental and moral supremacy
of women over men, lama little Inclined
to sympathize with her," she said! "but
personally, I think, to bo told that you
havo a man's brain Is very flattering.
"You sco, I don't bellovo in the mental
and moral supremacy of woman over
man, and I do beilove that in tho post
tho men hnvA linen vMnnnBthi. ,.. ft...
work of the world. It may JuBt be pos-
oiuio mat tno women may do It In tho
fUtUrft. Rllt vnil nnn'l hauA mm .....v.. Mf.
on a premise like that."
to whether sho didn't think that tho men
who had done tho big work of tho world
In thft nnflt mlrht hnvn UA H..MA n.M.
In the back of them "egginc" thorn on,
.miss jtoppucr wouia say not a word, but
stuck to her flrst assertion.
TO GET $40,000 BY MIDNIGHT
If "Wellesley Workers "Eo.il, College
Xoses Conditional Gift.
Members of Wellesley clubs throughout
hft rniintiv rn.nni.rnt.n) nrtv l . trr-ti
. .."' - -M.4..f3 vWi mo, veues
ley Colleffo Commltteo of Endowment,
must raise $40,000 beforo midnight or tho
college will lose a conditional contribution
of $750,000 from tho Rockefeller Founda
tion. Tho General Education Board has
alreadv dven 4200 (VK1 tn WAtio0i.p k.. u-.
cnllPrrn wnrlfors muct nrnnltA - tt uv aaa
fund by tho end of tho year If tho Rocke
feller contribution Is to be made.
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