Evening Star Newspaper, January 29, 1921, Page 15

° WM.S. PHILLIPS announces the connection of MR. OTHO C. BARKLEY with his office L3 ~ Wm. S. Phillips 1409 New York Ave. N.W. Realtor $ $ WOMEN! ¥ . 3 Learn the Real Estate Business b3 S % As a special inducement, an extra large commission % is offered you for the next three months—with a bonus. 1t need .not interfere with your present employment. We will teach you free of charge. Classes will be held every evening at 5 o’clock in the offices of John W. Thompson & Company, Incor- porated. 821 15th Street N.W. Under the Auspices of the GIBSON BROS. L) | e — Sitburban Type Home in Chevy Chase, D. C., of the Following Description -House. surrounded by hydrangeas, rose bushes, and shrubs, property inclosed by hedge.. . There is also garden with grape and blackberry ‘vines, fruit trees, etc. . 3 Cellar— Full cement floor, cold storage room, modern latindry, servant’s toilet, excel- lent hot water heating plant. 1st Floor— Parlor, dining room, glass-inclosed sun parlor, den, kitchen and two large pantries. . 2nd Floor—4 .large .sunny. bedrooms, tiled bath, stairs leading to this floor wide and easy to asccnq_,_. g 3rd Floor—2 large bedrooms,-tiled- bath,. trunk " and storage room. . ‘This property is modern in every respect with hardwood floors throughout, open fireplaces, elec- tricity, cement walks-and steps: FOR ‘Town house in northwest section not more than 2 blocks from,car line. Prefer semi-detached house, must have hot- water heat, electricity and modern plumbing. Five bedrooms, with additional room for servant. John W. Thompson & Co. Incorporat Distinctive Near 18th and Park Road Nine large rooms and tiled bath; ample room for garage, in fine condition Reasonably Priced Early Possession N. L. Sansbury Co., Inc. “Everything in Real Estate” = 721 13th Street N.W. Main 5903-04 ‘Wil remove to our new office, No. 1418 Eye St. N.W., abput April 1. THE — T e the financial and commercial district. I St}'engthens Intent Announcement of the new designs of -heating. apparatus which have reached local builders has strength- ened their intention to develop cel- lars of their nmew housing projects into_ clean, comfortable workrooms, where the housewife may: opacatesthe- washing machine, and where her hus band may bring his friends on in- H STREET BUILDING R nderstood the property will be held for investment purposes. CELLAR TO BE ATTRACTIVE PART OF THE MODERN HOME to Develop Basements. CHANGES HANDS. R The property at 1411 H street northwest was sold thix week, to Interests not divulged, for a considerntion approximating $150,000. The wsale was arranged through the office of McKeever & G The building is located Neyv Designs of Heating Apparatus ions of Builders make the other rooms conform to the|ence board’s reports new ideas of underground art. 4 Cellar to Be Rare Attraction. ‘When a man has put up a counter of polished oak with a brass rail in front of it he will not leave dust on } M3y the windows' or darkness on Everything will the Whia. ne like wash-boiler from which steam issues or the neat set of copper fun- nels which are used in the occasional ceremonies of the up-to-date cellar. EWNG’STKR sfifikfifl. J'A‘N‘UARY‘ 29, 101_PART 2. LOWER PRICES FOR BUILDING [DEFAND FORBRLCK, LGHT AT PRESENT But Manufacturers Look for No Sharp Price Decline - During 1921. Brick manufacturers in the district | comprising Washington, Baltimore and Philadelphia had orders for §,-| 883,000 bricks on their books at the | outset of the new year, according to | a monthly digest of the industry by | the Common Brick Manufacturers’ Al sociation. The yards in_this section had o ! hand about 27,637,000 bricks, the fis: ures show. The calculation is based | on reports from ten manufacturers. | Light Demand for Bricks. i Reports from 135 members of the | national association show that while there is little demand for bricks, com- paratively, manufacturers are not pes- simistic. In the face of a big slump in building, the brick industry is “sjt- ting tight,” doling out its accumulat- ed stock at cost or a little better, and holding out hope for the future. The statement continues: “There is a slight recession in price, averaging about $2 per thousand in the localities where new coal prices have taken effect. In all other sec- tions the price at plant remains the same as on November 1. Our informa- tion shows range of price in each of our ten districts to have shortened a | little at each end, showing a more sta- ble price. Where there are excep- | sfons, it means that some unusuaily | {high or unusually low quotation came in that was not recorded a month ago. “The proportion of orders to stock has dropped to 41.5 per cent from 53.5 | per cent on November 1. The holding of prices under these conditions indi- cates that the manufacturers expect to readjust prices only after the read- | justed manufacturing cost becomes a known factor. More than 40 per cent of firms reporting see signs of down- ward trend in costs, while 51 per cent report stationary costs up to date. Good labor supply is reported by 92 per cent, and of these 70 per cent say labor efficiency is improved. The ex- | cess of 175,000,000 brick on hand over orders would not be serious if there was any demand, but this surplus will be increased rather thgn diminished during the next three months, as the small proportion of plants operating produce more than current consump-| tion. Sharp Price Decline Unlikely. “Facts gathered do not suggest a! sharp decline in price for 1921. It must be considered that the war years closed the brick plants and disorgan- ized the business. They could.not resume to meet demands of late 1919 upon an economical basis. here was no excess profit in the high price of 1920. Prices will go down.from 1920 schedules only as cost of manufacture is lowered. Generally there is no water to_be squeezed out. “Unless there is an adjustment of brick freight rates before a resump- tion of demand there will be a short- age of brick in many centers. The! war-time general order 28 set rates up 100 per cent in many places and the recent percentage raise prohibits 1 shipping on the part of some plants! || outlying large cities. Relief is ex- pected from the Interstate Commerce Commission.” MATERIAL THIS The year 1921 will be marked by relatively low prices in the building material market if the economic cycle does not change, declares Dr. Willford I. King of the national bu- reau of economic research, in an ar- {ticle to appear in the January num- ber of the Architectural Record. Studying the building situation from a purely economic standpoint, Dr. King holds that there is little reason to believe that the downward price movgment will continue after this year, however. While admitting that it is probable that the decline of prices of com- modities in general will continue for everal months, it is unlikely, he as- serts, that thi ne will go on in the near future with the i eminently excellent. valtte. in a big house location. —— If the national industrial confer- are accurate | house rents have not risen to any- thing like the extent characterizing most other prices. They are, there- fore, not likely to decline much, and even rise materially higher. However, this opportunity is largely offset in certain ates, like New York; by the en: nt of rent.laws which tend to make investment in residence. property a hazardous un- @ertaking. - spectioh tours. parts and artistically designed. cellar. warm hue. walls.. designed. A couple Views Heating Plant. Sometimes the picture is enlivened Mrs. Newly- with human creatures. The ‘new styles in furnaces are no jonger-constructed merely for service. They are actually things of beauty, shining “with nickeled and polished 'Advertisements of different types pictiire the bofler casing polished and syraméteical. It is edged with nickel. Round about it are no more the dis- mal, cavernous shades of the ancient Not at_all; this pearl of the forge is standing on tiles of, gay Behind it are immaculate Nearby is & bright staircase that Sir Christopher Wren might have exotic plants may wave their fronds at the bottom. A little shelf 6f books on hop cul- ture, handy drying racks for rubber hose, a solld perch for the capping machine—there are many things for the ambitious man to do in the cel- lar, and they should all be done with an_eye to the beautiful. In a few years, if the right kind of progress is made in cellar art and architecture, the bottom of the house will be its rarest attraction. In novels of the future characters will no longer be invited to step into the conservatory. Down into the cool, soothing, joyous cellar for them: and if .they are careful they will be allowed to take the scoop with the carvéd mahogany handle and throw a few grains of coal into a heating machine of period design. If it is summer they avill have to be content with a critical inspection of their host's laboratory and his prog- ress in certain sciences to which he [ plete thirty-six holes ln‘pporumhy for making life below s | adays when a pair of prospects visit il | to plunge into tite cellar for 'a min- lf{some of the cetiars where the-fur-j¥ wed, In a $1,000 breakfast gown, has been taken by hér maid to view the héating’’systém. She has never been in a cellar before. You can see by her expression of delight-that she in- tends to visit the furnace frequently and perhaps learn its mysteries. turned in the eventful year 1920, Just as every attic has a past, every cellar has a future. —_— ‘beautiful device to the new owners of | 000 horsepower. a_house. He is telling them what a If the falls of Niagara were fully lutilizeq, - it is computed that they Or a plumber may be showing the jwould supply energy equal to-7,000,- pledsure it was to put the furnace in| and what a lot of comfort they are going to have out of it. In either of these cases the cellar is'revealed as an unfamiliar room of daylight. .No beams that bump the head, no cob- webs, no broken shovels in’ the cor- ner, no mess of ashes waiting to be taken away; all is as clean, roomy and radlant as a drawing room. | With prices as they are, the cellar is worth twice as much as it used to be. Every square inch now occupied with old brooms, vagrant pickle bot- | tles and ruined coal scuttles uhouml have a chance to serve the cause of sweetness and light. And this is the very season. for subterranean reform. Find Doxen Opportunities. 1In the furnace room, where the new | movement s born, the householder | will find a dozen opportunities to show his artistic feeling. The wooden wall | which holds the coal'in its bin may be | New two-story brick, locatéd -on a wide street N.W. Has good business future. Hot-water heat, electric lights, 12 apast- ments; no heat or janitor expense. Annual rental, $5250. Price, '$35,000. Want offer. Good terms. Gardiner & Dent, Inc. 717 14th St. N.W. painted brightly, except When the| owner prefers 10 use teak or old oak., The side walls may be finished in whitewash or cream ‘enamel. The floors, unless it is desired to lay | tiling, should have a coat of con- crete varpish. i "The washing of the windows ought to bed done carefully. A cellar win- 2 bath may crack under the strain. The furnace itself need not be paint- ed all white, but it will enjoy having the .accumulated dust of a decade wiped from its kind face. It will be just as well, now that the lighting season approaches, to remove from the top of the furnace, the varlous containers of raisins, sugar and water that have been puttthere to await ical developments. c?;;m"" laundry the -housewife will direct the improvements, which in- ¢lude cleaning and ofling, the wash- ing machine, polishing the brass taps fnothe tubs, the replacing that stingy carbon lamp jwith a modern indirect lighting devile, driving new nails for the ironing board., and, of course, careful treatment of ceiling, walls and floor so as to produce that immacu- 1ate appearance which the better cel- lar urge demands. ' Labor Well Repaid. The labor is well repaid by the re- uulte Al man in ‘g’lod health can pol- ish a copper hot-water boiler in about the time it would take him to com- o{‘ gollf. n the cellar proper, that large room wlhh';l is tlkenp up with trunks, side- tracked ash cans, lawn mowers, gar- den,implements, cordwood, beer boxes and whatnot there:is the greatest irs more worth living. Real estate men tell us that now- a house the first act of the man is inspection of its sise and at- mospheric qualities. 1If, as is widely suspected, men are now spending far more time in ‘the cellar than they used to, their comfort and their sénse ute |10t the beautiful should. inspire them to ‘tidy* things up."“We fancy that in 1y nace is kept as beautiful a 44 frigerutor, the owner has sought t» dow that has lived all its life without |4 New Row Jameson Selection of 6 and 8 Room Homes 1321-1337 Taylor St. N.W. rooms) rooms. -Tile bath, attic, h.w.h., electric lights,- double floors, steel construc- tion, servant’s toilet, laundry tubs, wide. sleeping porches, cement front porchés. Deep lot to wide allcy. Open and Lighted Daily and Sunday. Till 8 P.M. Owned and For Sale by Ask the. ng Who Owns | 6 and 8 large (all outside f Thomas A. Jameson | it 906 New York Ave. N.W. ' ‘Main 5526 8 Rooms and Tiled Bath. Hardwood Finish and Floors. Built-in Garage. Double Porches, 7 by 15 feet. ed Out Separately If Desired. Open and Lighted YEAR EXPECTED! \ity which has characterized the past | few montns. | There will probably be an upward | movement in prices, Dr. King be- |lieves, following a brief period of | furthef declines. In general, he says, | |it the cycle holds to its usual form | 1921 will be a year of low prices, but during 1922 the price level presuma- {bly will be climbing again, the cgest | of the new wave being reached about) 1923, | Building material prices may be ex-| | pected to follow the course of prices | of commodities in other markets, he |announces. That is, they should de- | cline somewhat during the next few 'months and then take an upward | turn. | There are two forces that hinder | any great decline in building ma terial prices, he asserts: The shortag of dwellings and the gro The Location of Your Home When you buy at Argonne Terrace you obtain a locale that is pre- Argonne Terrace is at the intersegtion of Sixteenth Street, Hagvard Terrace and Columbia Road, the nearest residence site on the hill to the heart of the city. Served by the city’s best transportation, near churches, convenient to schools and adjacent to high-class stores of every character. Being at Sixteenth Street, Argonne Terrace is certain te be -influenced by the improvement of Sixteenth Street, one of the main arteries of Washington and one of the most beautiful thoroughfares in the Nation. Your home will be only a few minutes’ walk from the city’s most picturesque playground, Rock Creek Park. The location of your home and its surroundings determine whether your property is likely to improve or depreciate. This is important. When you buy at Argonne Terrace you make certain that you are buying in a neighborhood that will be good for years, and will improve constantly. The location is your warranty of If you are contemplating buying a home, a visit to Argonne Terrace will enlighten you on the house question. These homes are correctly de- signed, conveniently planned, artistically finished and wholly complete, with built-in heated garages, sun parlors and real open fireplaces. They supply the need of those who would purchase an ultra modern small house Heated Exhibit House, 1628 Argonne Place Open from 9 A. M. to 9 P. M. every day, or call Argonne Terrace, Columbia 8922 WILLIAM S. PHILLIPS , $80 Monthly INSPECT TODAY OR SUNDAY | 709 TO 767 PRINCETON ST. N.W. Take 9th St. Cars to Princeton St. and Walk Half-square East, or Phone Us for Auto Window Shades. Side-oven Gas Ranges. Extra Large Closets. 15-foot Paved Alley. 2 Large Rear Porches; Attic ; These H;:meo Are Built With 8 Good, Large Rooms and.Can Easily Be Occupied by 2 Families—Also Garage Can Be Rent- Until 9 O’clock H. R. HOWENSTEIN CO. or 7th an 1409 N. Y. Ave. N. V. 3 ing scarcity of timber. With a year of relatively low prices: in prospect, -house building is likely to be more profitable than has been the case for the last few years, it is believed Just as an increase in business ac- tivily in the near future will tend to hasten the upward wovement of prices in general, 8o an active build- ing campaign in 1921 may cause a rise in building materials, it is de- duced by the economist The likelihood of 1922 being & year of active building is much greater than with respegt to 1921 taking the lead, the article states. The deaden- ing influence of a business depression is so mreat that any large building program in 1921 seems hardiy proba- ble, in the estimation of this writer. An excerpt from Dr. King's article follow “Until this situation has been remedied by many years of painstak- ing research by numerous stati ticians the economists can only pr dict future happenings in a much qualified way. Such th the nature of the present at-