Evening Star Newspaper, April 2, 1921, Page 13

< s s ' ~ BUSINESS SECTION ) Real Estate ¢ ® %i ; . Finance I - i’n | Classifisd Ads. nVCSth#tS I]g £n1ng a . assirie S | Part Two. WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 1921 10 Pages .WAGE CUTS ARE PROPQOSED ] \‘/.IR‘Cf‘INIA‘AND D. c PF?PERTII?S IN BIG"‘RNEk.A\L'I'Y DEéL. 1 iREA”Y EXBHANBE 'o:h"h"lT“,*,,' SEHUUL BU".UING i ment of McKeever & Goss, represent- Labor Board to Decide Whether Reduction 2 {ing, and John F. Maury, representing 1 Mrs. Mors 1 | Mount Eagle is located’ about one- in Cost of Living Justifies Decreases. {half mlle “from the city limits ot Alexandria, Va., and consists of 52% | acres. situated ‘on an eminence, with P oun- | | Historic Mount Eagle One of |2 sommanding view of the Potomac Dejay of Four Years on East- About one-balf of the property i ern ngh Struculre Due to |cleared. In the grove that border = z | Washington and surrounding Properties in March’s , |ty Biggest Deal. | the property, may be found oak. sals Site Problem. nut, pine, cedar. chestnut d variou. Employes in Opposition. nd of a series of articles| of their railroad property. as found acate| by the commission. The inereis (This is the so giving & comprenensive survey of th mailreadsituation. vitally the, gRE| rates. amounting (o approximate Probably ‘the most important realty | other kinds of timbe trances | Delay of four years in ore food, clothing and similar s walkhe sl | PCE CONE Becamesgirectiveabout transaction of last month. inyul\'inll-p'r‘;'\'_‘m:,';"““‘{,‘;"’l‘.‘.’ Shorough fares AT¢ new Eastern High Schoeol axustiley > But. however, well intentioned were four properties aggregating in value | qides of the property, from which]due to difficulty in a ing title 4 BY €. GOULD LINCOLN. these” arrangements. - the machinery moro than & million dollars, has just [driveways lead up 1o the rexidence. ' |proper site, las mads . ¢ slipped & cog. Instead of producin 9 2 . offices of| Beeidex the historic r e. : (Eomuait namt vy e eibiael St 0 | S DRSO i cop [iusteaaiat (r been completed through the offices of | Besldex the, historic residence. the Luppropriation smst twice 11 The pay roll of the railrpads of the | Wages and the dividends ¢ McEeeyor & Goss and John k. Manry; modern outbuildings, such ax | 107 erection of the same b Usited States during the -year 820 Loy 0¥ Coneres The properties yghich changed tenant house, | 1917, according to fizures prep es ing the year 1920].pjed th owners were the Interstate buiting. provided by a well.{Myron M. Parker. formerly ok amounted in round numbers te $4,000.- | than i Adthough the : Shlmannd T e the | motor power being used to pump it |- 000,000 A sizeable amount, a figure dif- | trafic was very in the iate . 3 Bloaiel Bistreet northwest Helinto: 5 prossure Gank of the commission appointed in 1t | summer and _early fall D! & 2 | property 'is fenced and cros L {to condemn a site for the structure of the year. 3 now. with busin falling off tates | qremendously—30 per cent. it 5 located junt outide | Pleasant street, business property at | Mount Eagle, o est and the ficult to eonceive. a Alexandria, Va., formerly the property ! 18 11th street north total appropriations of the Uni nd comparable to the | Ty d o substantial iron gates being installed 'at 17n and h D€ lat both public entrances us well as of Lord Fairfax, originally constructed , Mount Lagle estate. near Algxandria. {ut residence enclosure, =t for the fiscal year ending next June. | been estimated by no le: an ! ot e T e L thority than Dan Willard, presi- | in 1739 and rebuilt last year. The Vi . 000 for the new building. ) o Plchipers 3l e 1ol aent ot tne Baltimore and’ Ohio—the | entate in valued at about $125,000. | Bullding Valued at $750,000. | Once Falrfax Home. | points out. Four ye y the same e railroad executives have de-ieyrnings of the roads are dwindling | The Interstate buildin, Mount Eagle was original ot Sonbd) i coik bttt termined that the most feasible means | more and more. 1$750.000. was sold to Mrs home of Bryan. eighth Lord K e o have. cost hall €he of bringing about a reduction in the| Increasex to Meet Living Conts. Road passenger firemen and help-| Morse by a local investor whose name | whose title was- confirmed by imount. or about §750.000. This di ers, $218.59 and $112.83. « is withheld by request. The first floor | British house of lords. The renck in cost is due to inc cost of building ¢ cxpendituves of the voads —needed to} ._‘“ dgen Tof “"‘" rfll"r_?d:lm_l matoye Crossing flagmen and gatemen,|of the building is now occupied by the | dence was built in 1739 and the o natdriale. labor and put them upon a sustaining and a|}Wery ine Sl e $97.05 and $44.58. *~ Young Men's Shop, and it is the pur- i nal structure is still in an exceltent ! items, incident to the war paying ‘basis—is to lop oft a largel .l Ahe It (Timest Policemen and watchmen, $154.13 | pose of the new owner to convert the | state of preservation. It originally Season, Lor Bay glice from this pay roll. This they | wore low. particularly for the r and $74.67. upper floors. now occupied by the !consisted of eight large rooms. with ! =" have set about to do. } rord employes: outside ‘the fonr Yard conductors (or foremen), United States Shipping Board. and !spacious halls, but from time to time The long delay The railroad employes. on the othes fpooty STB GEEs O ten contend ¢ $228.85 and $132.08. from which it will move May 1, i interior alterations and improvements for the sch hand, ve indicated th o' wises shoGlda havedbesn _Masons and bricklayers, $161.70 and (a modern office building, with sy have been made to provide more mod- | ¢ s of the Dist = i $77.75. attraction for lawyers and pro !ern home conveniences, always pre- |Sioners. theh headed by Louis any cut in their W e had there been no incr Structural ironworkers, $174.74 and | sional men. serving the quaint, original architec- 1oW. fo obtain title to the claim wasteful methods of cost of living—that the e . 2 ! are responsible for the def deamately balls | The contention | . § " $84.50. ;] AS a result of the' exchange. the | ture. squares. hounded by 17th, 15th, mand those cconomies be put intol appears to be Just in many cas - , . : ; M | " Carpenters, $168.95 ana $75. seller of the building becomes the | Although Lord Fairfax was an ar Capitol streets. at u cost net Yect. The T etutioas ST ; ] Car repairers, $183.74 and 35 owner of the five-story apartment on | dent royalist, the great friendshi sxcess of $10 The United States Railway I the argument now: that ‘the cost of ; e e szanain, dispalchers and direciors,| Mount " Pleasant street.’ containing | tween him and Gen. Washington con- [ 3 arker. Aulick Palmer and ey living is receding, and that wages thirty apartments and valued at | tinued unbroke should recede with the cost of living . a $100,000; the busine: property on | the latter. History tells that on De-| appointed 1 and with the lessening of business. | . : : §od Section men, 112.52 and $50. 11th street northwest, valued at $35.- | cember 7. 1799, " Gen. Weashington et : Other unskilled laborers, $118.14 If the justification foF raising the 5 : ] 0 —_— """ |called and dined with Lord Fairfax |sion took tfes o the : 4 : ;i and $57.92. e e = ount Eagle, this being the last | estate experts in the city, we « Board. it is_expected. will be until the death of ,Thomas Gordon compos the com upon to settle the question—not as a whole, but in the various cases sub- mitted to it by the different railroads. Section foremen, $168.10 and $73. At present the railroads and their | wages of the railroad workers was : - . . ; employes are engaged in conferences | found in the fact that the price of . . S R Clexicsabelow: 5390058 per s annum. et 1l o accentithe . reauctions Sociakicall imade by IWashing thn. b SN ot vniues Snsid to ascertain whether or not they can | potatoes, meat. butter. eggs, etc.. not | [ . . 4 #8873 mumbering 2,708 pevaone; - (52 rond) has aspeniod o i iy S Tepart L o S hmndred W reach an agreement as to the proposed | to mention clothing and housing, | |- s e : Clenkali 3900 andupward §$146 37| y,05 015 Thie: New: Vork Centoat hok ALWYN APARTMENT H {misstoners. Ko Sward of $130.000 Tor reductions in wages. The prediction |was soaring, they hold. there 1% ; . = numbering 244,854 persons; average 1 2 e s {missioners. An award of $130.000 for ‘ | ccmpensation all clerks in 1917 was | 2150 announced reductions in the pay OUSE {the condemued land was made in this s made by men hizgh up on both sides! equal justitication for bringing down of shop crafts employes, maintenance 'of the question that practically with- | (he wages now (hat the cost of the » . . g $77.67 per month. . de g v e report out exception all of these controver- | necesoasies of life s reducing. o ; Machinists, $195.11 and $116.17. S uorhera el Eliaiimoric SOLD TO LOCAL INVESTOR District ers on re- sies over wages will have (0 go to | ( e Gment et ihs antics . < Boilermakers, $202.02 and $118.75. | ors and several | B P Sl bt e e e Labor Board Fixed Wages. | The bureau of labor statistics in the & 5 . . _ There are many other classifications| conferences with these employ {Consideration Reported to Be Less |00 hish and rejected it. The com ' The labor board fixed the wages of | Department of Labor has made an ? 2 - 7 . uf_rall}r‘m:'d r'?rke_rls and l[he‘w:]ammeSI Many other roads have announced | Imission held that the testimony the railroad emploves in its deecision | eXhaustive study of living fosts, deal- pec : Eluen ave b eanchoseIi St rancom, reductions in wages. including the| Than $200,000 for Four-Story |howed their report to be a fair and of July 20, 1920. The percentage of | in€ With the retail prices of food, . . 4 . Wage Reductions Proposed. Philadelphia and Reading, which pro- : dcorrect (ot increase allowed the employes of the ! Clothing. fuel and light. furmiture - . : What do the railroads propose in|Posed to cut the wages of unskilled Columbia Road Property. | Rexult After Four Years. roads at that time. including all |and furnishings. With fent and miss) B ‘ L the way of reductions in the wages |1aborers 15 to 25 per cent. It is no-| 3 lasses, as figured by the cxperts of | cellancous expenses. comparing the | i % i , {of” their employes? The Erie read,|ticeable that most of the propoged| The Alwyn apartment house. 1882| The Commissioncrs then proceede - {to obta he four squares, the Interstate Commerce Commission, | €0St of living in 1913 with the vears| B i . ; - ldeclnrlm; that it must cut expenses Teductions relate to unskilled labor | Columbia road northwest, was pur- was 2085, practically an increase of | thereafter. $ B or B0 into the hands of receivers, 8nd to the shop crafts and emploves | chased this week by William Praver i 3 3 i S rers, a chas 3 by further condem per cent. The increase in wages Prices Decl gt | proceeded to fix reduction as of Feb- | other than the trainmen. The New iing dn Aiet. by 1 = Y S = 1 5 S t e Afte for as granted because of ‘he increased | making the cost of living in 1913 ” 7 ) ; @ | rusry 1 1t’proposed to redice track | York, New Haven and Hartford road | % sisom T el ans Tt ale | of ofiorbthe stise s Snally ghon COPhe Rallroad Administ-ation, Guring | &5 the basis of the computations, the | [ CEEEA . e Lo A e et Al | T horcoy oductions eflective Aprillrrist Company, George E. Fleming |at a cost of $115374.35. It In claimed * (he poriod jof Jenvermmeity contol | Lot has found. (hat, thescoat ‘of Worl seven days a week without re- |pay were adjusted by (e, rates of|ang Harold E. Doyle, trustees. Theiby Mr. Parker that after adding cer- ok A120 ErABEL e pen e weee’ (LS. Increased’ '3 ek cenit Iy el 2 A s f Tlef, and ordered deductions of the|last July, .Y thelaborboard | consideration is said_to have been|tiin expenses incident to securing The famous -General Order. No. e e T bE _r b e January 31 earnings of telegraphers, . somewhat less than $200.000. Jesse!title the eventual savinz was merely promulgated” May 25. 1918, increased | sont’ in 1997 144 per cent 1n 1918, v ol < e Whether they worked or not on htat roads, | W. Rawlings negotiated the sale, i"m"(:r"flhfl"d ENaL Thie ciay vout thue ; 2 - ; . b asbies <es, , - _ |pavers here an ad al $75 the pay of the railroad emploves re-| 533 per -cent In 1913, ‘and that 1t | |8 Yy £ . day. ‘When the Rallroad Labor Board | nave taken- another route. to Seducs |, 1%, ALYD 15 & four-siory siruc- |Pa> : Serceniage basis. sraduates from 43 | reached its peak in June. 1920, with y . o the Frle had sctad 1 viottion of thel 1. 0L expenacs_they have Juidiiont ] iti Por oy Thea tosete Loon andl - x Per cent which was allowed the Jow. | =0 _increase of 116.5 per cent as com- . transportation act in ordering these | roime NUMbErs of employes. The great | Livh cach. The bullding covers ag Firm Changes Quarters. S5t Dald emplayes: 1o siro per ceat for | Pared (o 1913 Ja December, 1920, ; 8 | decreases without first CONferring | Lomsise inme LASIICSE has made this|arey of about 12,000 square feet, The| New quarters at 1305 1 st the cost of living had dropped to b L i With employes and, in case of a dead- L e peak in the number of !, artment house is in an attractive | northwest have ccupied b residential section: National Engraving Company. The The aggregate annual rental in- ‘ firm formerly was located on F street those receiving $249 a month. 1 160.4 . : = 4 empl 5 ; .4 per cent higher thaw It was BN/ 10 caselof ' dead ployes was reached in August, July by the Rajirosd avor Board ja | 1013 > e - : e e 1920, when 2.137.824 were on the. rolls. mind. the Interstate Commerce Com- s;:"“"ha‘!“::,‘:;"" f‘:{;‘:::{i‘;fg €:’:“,';";;’ Vi, - o = :fi?:c;é:nfl:}:"d:;e“and has conferred |1t |% estimated ilh::”';y;;‘jhfflle' Sutlcome derived from the twenty-seven |between 13th and 14th streets ‘;’;“{,‘,‘;“;:}.‘,fi:’(‘fug:‘;&” g'r‘;?:;:;'; the wages paid railroad employes 4 5 G : s The New York Central held a con-| O 287.000 employes from Scptember shanimiang, - TOURLS to 323,000, it s —_ < during the third quarter of the vear terence March 15 with representa-|1. 1920, to February 1 of this year. = - |first by pa . if possible. and, ! An electric furhace stok oper: ncr i t lcu- A !‘:te'c;"{:!maurll(el it ;;i:iblne ;:relsh:‘r:gl:- 1920, covering the months of July, Au- Interstate bullding. 1319-1321 F street northwest, ued at $750,000, |tives of unskilled labor on its lines|In some quarters it is estimated that on a belt-conveyor principl roads to pay all expenses and algo to |gust and September, when the in-|which beeame the property of 3rs. Georgie M. Morxe in exchange for theland proposed a reduction of 51 to | the number of employes laid off by all | There“are 96,200 homes in Washjng- | been perfected for installment in pri- partment house 3121 Mt. Pleanant street northwest; a businexn properts.il4 cents an hour. The employes re- | roads has run as high as 500,000. ton. vate homes. & p allowed by the board BRESh 65 6 geo cent, Quiveie Salue Iexavs aaee) y the DOArd | 718 11th street northwest, and the country estate, Mount Engle, near | -~ - ) Nlexandrin: Vo | Rz, s | = 1 1358 Taylor St. NW.2 ASAN NSPECT AT ONCE aylor W.E INVESTMENT 15 BUILT s e 3 LEFT = every one knows there is noth- ing better than real estate. No matter what happens, you have the best security- \for your money if it.is invested -in real estate. There is no chaiice for real estate to run away. Wehave some exceptional bargains for those interested in investments as well as those looking for homes of their own. W would like to show you a centrally located apartment, of the very best construction, containing 20 apartments of 5 and 6 rooms Sinee 1 -l:lo-Home Like Ours Were in effect. The compensation paid | paid in 1917. Here are a few samples, railroad employes during ‘those fhe first figure being the wage paid months, the statistics show, totals|today and the second the wage paid! $1,052,109,451. Upon this basis the |in 191 average annual wages of the railroad | Road freight firemen and helpers, employes throughout the country | §218.27 and $175.6 would be at the rate of $1,950. | ""Road -freight engineer and motor-, This is a jump from an average | men, $303.80 and $206: wage of $1,453 in 1919. In 1915 the| Road freight conductors, $266.20 average waze was $1,419, and in 1917 | and $164.58 it was $1.004. Road freight brakemen and flag- | men, $209.82 ana $100.1%. All Employes Included. | Road passenger engineers < and It is only fair to say that in these | motormen, 0.61 and $186.08. computations of the average wage all | employes are included. This means | = a:u general and division officers, num- | - bering some 22,900, Their salaries to- | taled approximately $95.000,000 during | VACANT Also See Our Latest the year and the average pay of the e SUNSHINE HOMES s e el jr |15 heanlilan LB BR: R e R N N N N N N N N N N 5 z he total averag ber of employes 1 i i N Take F St. or N. Capitol Saul's_Addition, t o e number of ployes From 3 to 5 P.M. and bath cach. Rented on a basis of less than $10.00 per room, it brings N ked “B k]P d” S 1o . fjon, which these calculations of the |} (iructive new home containing [|N in'an annual rental of $12,000. N . car mar) eet front nterstate Commerce Commission are a N St . = Roa A Lots, 35 to i Jlinterstate Commerce Commission are|}s ‘rooms (4 bedrooms). tile bath. c N i to end of route. real open fireplaces, and e g Ahrd duarter of 1920 on || hotowater " neat, Celectric .lights, Pl'lce, 392,500 N Thene homex have tapextry brick fronts, conerete front porches, Detached 6 "and 8 room ground all around for less is $1,052,109.451. | porches, lot 20x138 to wide alley. N :::':l‘l;l:l‘::l:hn "'““'.." second flooF, and many other ad- E = ses i Getting down to cases, it is possi- |} Immediate possessio: X N £ ” e average house. houses and 5-room bunga than houses in a row. ble to show from the figures of lhe‘ For particulars call Mr. Boteler MmRE & l.m.‘L IN(: N OPEN FROM 9 A.M. UNTIL § P.M. —] “lows. The best values in Two designs, six and eight rooms. coianilssion twhat! file: Avérage: cor Col. 5637 ly S N Representative Bnlller;-lnm = 1| the City. Over 30 sold. lake 14'," on h Exhibit | ricus classes of employes under the H. L. Rust 1420-22 H Street N.W. N= co. 3383 . 9095-3 = 40 acres in community. 13th and Emerson. -Exhibi existing wage scale and to compare | | Main. 6888 912 15th St. N.W. N gfl“‘mm"mmm““mm] T this with the average compensation il T = Exhibit 4211 12th St. 4916 Arkansas Ave. For Sale by Realtors or Osmer asd Builder. MIDDAUGH & SHANNON, INC. Tenth Floor, Woodward Building, 15th and H Sts. Cut this sdvertisement out for reference. i L Splendidly Built Tapestry Brick Corner Residence Must Be Sold at Once to Settle an Estate OPEN ALL DA\Y SUNDAY | North Cleveland Park . The most delightful and convenient suburban development around Washington. Beautiful surroundings, high elevation, 1% miles from north end of Connecticut Avenue Bridge; twelve minutes by auto- mobile to 15th and New York Avenue; between Connecticut and Wisconsin Avenue car lines; near Episcopal Cathedral and Cleveland Park School. A neighborhood of great refinement. ° 4 New detached and semi-detackted houses, containing eight rooms, $ ot N N hot-water heat, electric lights, built-in-refrigerator, built-in_heated O ettt rt TN garage, front sleeping and breakfast porches; porches, doors and windows screened; fine yard. As highly finished a home as can be. Coniplete in every detail, feady for immediate 6ccupancy. These houses cannot be duplicated at the price in any section of Washing- ton; an inspection will convince you this section is unsurpassed in any particular. % Sample Houses at 34th and Porter Streets Easy Terms of Sale y Our Location Is Supreme Homes With Every Convenience Inspect 5521 13th St. N.W. We Can Arrange Liberal Terms Take Any 14th St. Car to Kennedy St. “trcen vese ©oalt tn Honees 000000 O Sixteen Houses Already Sold—Four Left 2851 Connecticut Avenue, “Just North of the Bridge” TO SPECT: Go North on Connecticut Avenue to Porter Street (just 53-Foot Front on Connecticut Avenue. Northofekiie Fouse),then JVes on ok oo SirecCio T lounian st This home is of the center-entrance hall type, also has a side entrance, and con- . 4 tains 14 rooms and 5 baths and bui't-in garage. There is a back stairway from the BOSS & PHE[‘PS first to third floor. Hardwood floors, open fireplaces, gas and electricity, instan- taneous hot-water heater. Interior trim white and mahogany. This property The Home of Homes ideally adapted for entertaining, containing every appointment necessary in a high- . i idence zone. £ Telephone Main 4340 1406 H Street N.W. grade home. Absolutely in resi x g 2 i Arrange for an Inspection of Thie Delightful Home s ' A JOHN. F. MAURY Open and Ligniea Dauy and duncay Until 9 P.M. Specializing Exclusively in the s;bh of llvvloqhwuc City and Suburban Properties i B 5 one Main 4080 ° D.J. Dumgg!l, l?Zl New York Ave. “Let Us Know Your Requirements” L seann