Show CAPITAL RENTALS ARE HIGH sum P paid aid by president washington for residence would not be considered extravagant today rentals of 2 2500 to a year are not remarkable there are hundreds of apartments in this city which rent for more a great deal more and it Is likely that the new construction in the best apartment house sections contain no suites as cheap as 2 when new was mas the capital of the ration nation and washington the chief executive there were mere few who paid as high aa as 1000 a year for homes ileo rel show that george washington paid 2 2500 a year for the use of the mccomb mansion on broadway while president of the united states mates ai As first citizen of the country it was allowable that he should pay eo so high rental but only the president paid anything like that amount he ile got a good deal more for bis his money than the man who 2 for an apartment today the mccomb house was one of the finest homes in the capital it was wa built by the best architect in the col colonies and great care and find no small amount of money were spent in the construction of the bouse house which was mas large larive and had many sillen splendid did rooms it bad had beautifully laid out grounds and from a bus business ineRs standpoint was ideal because it was only a short als distance fram federal hall gall at the northeast corner of wall and nassau streets now the washington extended himself when hen he paid this rental although one of the richest men in the colonies |