Evening Star Newspaper, January 15, 1921, Page 12

to Sell ‘We have demand for all classes residential and busi- ness properties. Phone or mail us full de- scription of your property. Wardman 1430 K Street N.W. Phone Main 4190 ' THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, JANUARY 15 1921—PART 2 ~ ICE COMPANY BUILDS NEW PLANT. ANY of the best Real Es- tate Proposi- tions available are missed “acciden- tally.” Maybe they were not advertised, or maybe they es- il caped your atten- tion. | | | | That's where “Maxi- | mum Service” counts. || | Tell us your requirements and we'll find the proposi- tion and property that dovetails with your wants. LI 121220122 E LT LA LI P 0000020 New Homes ‘Ready to move into Jameson Selection of Six and Eight Room Homes 1331 to 1339 - Taylor St. N.W. = “Ask the Man”Wlm Nrevvan N, side rooms, attic, large closets, tile bath, H. W. H,, hardwood finish, dry, cellar with toilet and wash tray8, double rear porches, cement front porch. Smail _cash payment. balance like rent. Open daily and Sund -Only % square from the 1ith St. ear line. Thomas A. Jameson . Builder & Owner - 906 New York Ave., N.W. : Main 5526 Phese for our free auto service. Park NOW We have accom- plished wonderful re- sults in putting alleys and streets in good or- der—because Amsleigh Park has the protec- tion of our supervision. It’s the most attractive community in all Wash- ington — with natural advantages of Tocation and conveniences none other possesses. Every Home in Arms- leigh Park is of a splen- did type—that adds its artisticness to the whole surroundings. Cottages & Bungalows of six and eight rooms. Honestly built; mod- ernly equipped and really bargains at the price—and the terms— upon which they can be bought. Take Chevy Chase cars to Albemarle Street, walking west; or Wisconsin Avenue cars to Windom Street—or phone Cleveland 1490, and I will call for you. Houses are open for in- spection every day and evening. R. E. Hamilton Owner’s Representative 4415 39th Street LTI SIS I, factory on 19th street, mear M. capacity for 12000 tons. During the be stored. Plans for relieving the house short- e in Washington through a co- operative building project, in the fi- nancing of which home purchasers would participate, were outlined this week to Senator Calder, chairman of the committee on reconstruction, by Thomas J. Echols and William E. s told the chairman Senate committee of arrange- they have made to_erect 100 houses on the lot at the Park road entrance to Rock Creek Park. The] as outlined is current e ame nature in le: The compan land_controlled by the realty of which the men are mem- Ihers 15 at_the corner of Park or |Klingle road and Pierce Mill road, three squares from the end of the Mount Pleasant car line and at the park. The contract fixes a maximum price on each house. Any decline in build- PRICES OF BUILDING MATERIALSTILLUP What price reductions have been made in some building materials have in large measure been offset by advances in others, declares Allen E. Beals in the current Dow report. Investigation, investment ostra- manufacturing_capacity of 120 tons of ice a day. The American Ice Company has about completed a large warehouse and ‘When completed the plant will have a The atorehouse will have winter months, when consumption of ice ix comparatively small, the surplus product of the various factories will CO-OPERATIVE BUILDING PLAN OUTLINED TO SENATOR CALDER Thomas J. Echols and William E. Davis . Tell of Scheme to Start Construction of New Blocks March 1. ing costs before the houses are com- pleted will be charged off the pr of sale when the property is turne: over. The concern has taken every precaution to protect the purchasers, Davis assured Senator Calder. Building will commence on March 1. The first block of houses to be con- structed will number eighteen. The others will start a few weeks later and will be delivered at such time as the purchaser may wish. If the pur- chaser is not satisfied with the in- terior plans as they have been per- fected by the builders changes will be made where possible. The company will request the re- construction commiittee, which has the housing_ problem throughout the United States under co! deration, to hear the plan at a meeting of committee, that the details may come part of the public record of the proceedings of the committee, and that other commuities may benefit from any of the features which aim to give a house at a price below the present mar- ket value. The hou: and of the are seven rooms in size W type. northwest to Alexander Crawford. This is a six-room and bath house of brick construction. I R. Ratcliffe bought 900 East Capl- tol street from George M. Reed. This property has been remodeled into three apartments, with a smaller apartment which ' is suitable for a doctor's office. The purchaser will occupy one of the apartments. The house at 1423 Sth street north- | west has been transferred from B. Frank Wright to John F. Reeder. {This property is a three-story brick building, containing nine rooms and bath. Mrs. Rosa P. Foley became the own- er of 910% G street southwest, the property having been transferred cism and even money pressure have not been wholly adequate to pu building material prices back to pre- war levels, at which the prospective builder sets his mark with regard to proceeding in construction work, Mr. Beals points out. As demand begins to take the place of inactivity in the market, almost as many items have been increased in price as have been reduced, he says. Industry Exerting Influence. “The heaviest kind of pressure has been exertad in the building industry 4 the building material price the report states, “but up 0 been no 2 break, outside ling with common linseed oil and a few items in i to essive and immedi- v following the war. Lumber prices are not showing quite so much sag, although the dealer’s stocks, in certain lines, are abnormally great, while in other lines they are ragged to nil. “Perhaps the best indication of the lumber trade’s confidence in ‘the spring movement of lumber to build- ing operations is the fact that some of the local lumber yards, upon the completion of their inventory tak- ing, are getting ready to go into the wholesale market to buy matertal of the kind and character that is in low supply on their yards, thus to even up their stocks so as to be ready for the first spring building movement. Mill Prices Show Stability. “Manufacturers of certain kinds of lumber have rather surprised some of the distributors by promising de- livery of new orders within ten to fifteen days after the order is placed, although many of the larger lumber manufacturing mills have been closed for some time. Tt is notice- able, however, that mill prices are showing greater stability than are | distributors’ prices. “There is little if any tendency on the part of the flnancially strong 115 to bid for new businesses with price concessions. They are willing to promise almost lavishly on delivery conditions. weather conditions, of course, being excepted, but their at- titude seems to be that if the finan- cially pressed mills wish to bid for | the fittul business now coming out on price-cutting tactics they will not compete in their loading-up process. They will wait for the more profit. able business that will be offered on ita'n:‘ablllzed price basls some time “Indeed, 1 it is_apparent that this policy is being followed in some of the other building materfal manu- facturing departments. Most build- ing material producers are conscious of the changed conditlons that the mild winter weather has wrought upon the consuming centers, With the opening of tha 1921 building sea- son only eight weeks away and in- dustry and trade showing signs of returning vivacity, building material and equipment “interests are not auite o prone just now to bow their backs to the lower-price lash.” SHANNON & LUCHS HAVE VERY BUSY WEEK Mrs. Mary E. Dugan Purchaser of Attractive Ingraham Street Home, Mrs. Mary E. Dugan was the pur- chaser this week of the house at 1354 i Ingraham {block whe {recently homes - residence is of the de- me type, colonial style, and zht rooms and two baths. ures 40 by 150 feet. ar d this week by & Luchs follow: hel A. Fowler purchased 1 lum street, another of this op- gration. which she is occupying as a home Harold G. Payne purchased 4318 15th rect northwest, one of the six-room 1nd_bath brick houses recently built by Shannon & Luchs. Mr. Payne is occupying the premises. James Mooney sold 725 Quincy street street northwest, from William Davis. Lots at the southwest corner of Wis- consin avenue and Macomb street have been sold by Charles C. Glover to Elizabeth Lepley. This property is in a recently designated commer- cial zone and is to be improved with, several stores with apartments above. Work already has started on the project. Arthur G. Wood has purchased 37 H street northwest from Norma Wrenn. It is his intention to open a restaurant on the first floor of the premises. This is a three-story brick building with two apartments above a store. Alice E, Dodson purchased the prop- rty located at the intersection of Falls Church road and Chain Bridge road. in Virginia. The house, which a two-story frame structure, is lo- cated on a large lot. Samuel Hatcher bought the dwell- ing at 28 Marion avenue, larendon, Va., from Ruby L. Minar. Charles A. Whalen, jr., purchased the property owned by Charles King & Son_ Co., located at Franklin Park, Va. Mr. Whalen is living on the premises. We crave the showing these m completion, on The price and one of staff to Macomb Street— turning west Harry 1514 K St. N.W. & 2 TR B To those seeking —charming in environment —characterful in design —perfect in appointment and Colonial Homes, now nearing Macomb Street Cleveland Park Their points of difference from any contemporaneous offerings are the points which will make personal appeal. They are the differences learned from experience and sug- gested by practicability. Nine and eleven rooms. Three baths. Built-in garage. strong and satisfactory investment Open for inspection every day and evening. Take Chevy Chase Cars BUILDING TRADES SCHOOLS ARE URGED Senator Calder Says the In- dustry Needs Training of Apprentices. With a view to providing sufficient skilled workmen in the building e of future de- mands for labor, Senator William M. Calder, chairman of the Senate re- construction committee, has sent let- ters to the governors of all the states urging the ablishment of trade schools. The committee, of which the sena- tor is chairman, has just completed extensive investigations of the hous- ing situation in many ot the large cities of the country. This survey has engendered the beliet that one of the more important problems facing the nation today is the furnishing of workmen for building. Need in Bullding Trade. In his letter, Senator Calder writes, in part, as follows: “One’ of the outstanding factors which is now hampering the building industry is the curtailment at the source of the supply of skilled trades- men. The building industry highly organized than any large” industry, but it is not eve here that its members are now getting along in years, and in some trades the skilled young man is a rarity. It has been the experience of the past that the skilled mechanic in the building trades drops out very much earlier than in other trades and -forced to take up other or less skillful employment. His pay has accordingly been somewhat higher than the usual run, but the necessit for constant replacement has been ever-present. More Apprentices Required. he American youth tak kindly to the particular trades which re- quire a little more skill than the and so we find among the ians, the plumbers and the masons numerous young men of American birth, but such is not th case with the other trade: Here. tofore, men from foreign shores, dis- satisfied with the political and social conditions existing in their father- land, have come to this country and, without serving a technical appren- ticeship, they have started at the bottom of the ladder in the building trades. Those who have been worthy hava risen to heizhts limited only by their abilit The country 2 huge industrial training school where he building trades were ught largely to newcomers {o our shore: but the ravages of war cut off th source of supply and the result is ap parent on every hand. The remedy seems plain—more apprentices. Th goes to the essence for without ap- prentic we short of journeymen not only but of foremen and practical employers. The prob- lem is: How shall this be achieved? Tho best solution seems to be through the fostering of building trades schools. Some of the states have, under their labor codes, au- thorized a state industrial commis- sion to operate an apprentice depart- ment. trades to take es 1 soon be Labor Specialization. “Another thing which has been patent in all of our investigations is that the supply of labor is depleted through overspecialization. There are_trad, paperhanging, in which work done. but a few articular sonable rental h th It that these ticular trades are and must be h paid, or else the men who participate therein must be ompetent to func- tion in other trades in the off sea- sons. This leads to the thought that extensive government or state aid to trade schools, in which apprent may be trained in a sufficiently wide range of related activities to enable them to adjust themselves to changes in industrial conditions and season- able demands of the construction in- dustry, would be beneficial not only to the tradesmen themselves, but to the body politic” W.|WOMEN IN REALTY BUSINESS. ‘Woman real estate brokers are new a recognized element in the renting of apartments and buildings, and in the trade and sale of real estate in New York city. $9,143,765,000 IN BUILDING. In the ten years from 1910 to 1919, $9,143.765,000 ‘was put into construc- tion of buildings in the United Stat The average yearly investment new buildings amounted to $914,- 376,500. —_—— If the war had not been won in 1918, ‘what would have been your income tax for 19207 Pay it with thankfulness. opportunity of agnificcnt Spanish terms will make You’'ll find in attendance. A. Kite Phone Mair 4846 streets northwest. THRIFT IN BUILDING, ADVICE OF STRAUS Banker Says Much Responsi- bility for Success Rests With Public. Much of the responsibility for suc- cess in the building industry during the new vear rests with private business inter and the public in general, ording to S. W. Straus, banker, of New York city. He advises the prac- tice of thrift by every one as an im- portant tor in making building work active. “Fore and agencies that have built up our great American cities are ill in existence and will again func- tion normally general conditions reach normality,” he states. “At the present time business seems to be mending rapidly and a spirit of optimism is manifesting itself. Condi- tions are beginning to brighten up. As this improvement grows it will be found that a reawakening of building vities will come with great force. Certain Duties of Public. “The people of this country have to a great extent settled down to a realization of the fact that they must work, and save, and spend with pr they are finding that ions can be brought hout only through the general appli- cation of the principles of thrift. | While everything possible within the range of dom and fairness should be done by legislative bodies to stimulate building, it must be borne in mind that certain duties and ri sponsibilities rest upon private in- terests and the public in general. “It will be better for the industry in the long run if the present shortage = ! 2 3 Joseph Shapiro has completed a row of five dvel They are numbered 619 to 627 Allixon strect. The homes are modern throughout and contain many unusual convemiences. know that possibleto ,:8mmmhomham 60 cents of your sabsequent “rent pay- on fhe basis of reproducfion cost? they have boqght. 1791 Lamier Place N. W. &:h Payme $2.500 Payments, u'x'?: to 8 Reems, 3 Bathe Fowede 1Y S payment. 34,000, — RUTLAND COURTS 1725 17th St. N W 3 Beems and Bath—431200 to $2800. Cash pay- wents, $1.000 2 $L300. Tetal meathly Paymests, $34.95 te $42.10.° 3 Reems and Bath—GSS0. Cadh yspument. $2300. Tetsl montily pexment. J6T68.° W— will So-atathe respective bufldiags-on Sumisy frem- 19~ to-12 morning and 2 to-6-pandn fhe sftesnemn. We shall gladly explain the plan in full and show-any P. C. ADAMS RE-ELECTED. ‘Washington Chapter, Institute of Architects, Selects Officers. P. C. Adams was re-elected presi- dent of the Washington chapter, American Institute of Architects, at er and business ses- k at the Cosmos Club. jr. was re-elected sec- ed were R. Bruce Atkinson and Louis A. Simon. vice presidents, and T. A. Mullett, treas- urer. Delegates to the annual convention of the American Institute of Archi- tects, to be held in this city next May, were named as follows: Apple- ton P. Clark, jr.:. Waddy B. Wood, Delos H. Smith, Louis A. Simon and Frank Upman. Alternates were A Hamilton Wilson, Frank G. Plerson. Zs at 7th and Allison an established, wide awaki desire to move your real e is eliminated through normal proc- esses than if artificial and exper! mental remedies are applied. Statistics Show Need. “It is well to bear in mind the rapid growth along substantial lines of the great cities and towns of nation, and that the principles and policies which_have been the under- lying cause of this remarkable at- tainment, challenging the admiration of the whole world, will again be brought into force with the reswra- tion of general normal conditions. “The need of individual thrift is cepecially brought out by the build- ing statistics of the past year, Which are just now being compléted. These show. a great comparative loss in residential construction, and it is ap- parent that an active era of home construction is essential. The actual amount of residential space contract- ed for in 1920 was slightly more than half as much as the amount co tracted for in 1919. New construc- tion last year was, according to latest available statistics, 25 per cent less than in 1919. One-third of ousr build- ing activities in 1919 were devoted to residential buildings, While the proportion in 1920 was about one-fifth of the total.” RENTS FOR $10,000,000. Ten million dollars in rent from oné building will be received by Capt. John Jacob Astor during the next twenty years, under the terms of a lease signed up last week in New York city. The property is the Hotel Astor and site, Broadwav between 14th and 45th streets. The block is part of the old Eden estate, which originally sold for $34,000. TEN LIVE IN ONE ROOM. Ten persons were found living in one room by housing inspectors ot Grand Rapids this week. They all eat standing and sleep in shifts. Oc- cupants are a man and his wife, five children, the grandmother, grand- father and a boarder. Three small beds served the whole group. here. Talk with us. NOW IS THE 815 15th monthly outlay? it is that Bath—34,508. 2 Bath and Pere®—$4.300 to $4.500. 300 to $2500. Cash payment: 400 3 e uf.'“ $1. l.n. $1.500. Total momthly 0 87!5;!2- 7.50 4 Rosms, Buth and Peseh—35500 to $6,000. paymemts. 256 and 13.500. Cash > 2 ments, $78.12 a0d $88.95. pn.m::flo $1.380 w Total monthly ¢ Rooms ang 1 or 2 a‘“»s_s{o, 500 “’b-n«.n.' Cash Poreh—g§T.400 to ST30. payments, $1 @l "fi_m Total mswthly Cash Total momthly payment, $T13.60.° o S T e L apariments to all who inquire Allan E. Walker & Co., Inc. Originators of the perfected Co-operative Plan in Washington 813 Fifteenth St., Southern Building Sell Your Real Estate The best results are accomplished by dealing with advantage, list it with this office. What you have for sale and for rent will receive personal attention if listed Gardiner & Dent, Inc. 717 14th St. NW. DON'T WAIT UNTIL IT’S TOO LATE! YOUR APARTMENT IN THE TORONTO, AT DUPONT CIRCLE Before the New Administration Swamps the City Prior to Inauguration 6 rooms and bath to 7 rooms and 2 baths For Full Particulars See THE F. H. SMITH COMPANY Sales Department be BUYING a cozy apartment of from:1 room building, at LESS-THAN-RENT THE AVONDALE 1734 P St. N. W. SRISA_ Tatal gty ba t. $46.88.° Roems D100 tn $7.,500. 0_and $3.500. Total monthly pay- THE CAVANAUGH | 1526 17th-St. N W. 2 Mosms-ami Bath—SXIW0 to 31,9 Mmeithly parmema 40 $4.900. Cash pay- menthly paymremuta L. M. Leisenring. T. A. Mullett, Rob- ert Stead, Irwin 8. Porter and George Oakley Totten, jr. RANKS NEXT TO CHICAGO. The borough of Rrooklyn ranks next to Chicago in building activity during 1920, according to the annual report of the borough president. SAYS PLAN IS UNLIMITED. Frederic Culver of New York city recently declared the development in the apartment field for the co-opera- tive ownership plan is virtually un- limited. The third annual convention of the Common Brick Manufacturers’ Asso- clation of America will be held in the Pennsylvania Hotel, New York |city, January 31 to February 5. e real estate office. If yon state quickly and to a good o TIME TO BUY Street NW. Why SPENDin Renting | —when you can be BUYING at LESS | Cash payment. Cash Cash 000 and $13.500. ‘Total monthly 00. Cash pay ents, $18,65 te Cash pay- P ‘e