Evening Star Newspaper, May 28, 1921, Page 12

Civic Pride Is Inspired by Home Ownership You delight in noting the growth and upbuild- ing of the neighborhood. Your efforts contribute to increased valuation. A well advised purchasé of a home is the most important step vou can take. Tt is easy to buy on the plan we will submit. Consult us. N. L. SANSBURY CO,, INC. ! “Everything in Real Estate” Ry Now 1418 Eye St. 721 13th St. OWNER LEAVING CITY Has Authorized Us to Sell at a Sacrifice This Beautiful Corner Home Complete in Every Detail BUILDING PERMITS City Club and Motor Schools Among Week’s Projects of Over $800,000. With bullding permits issued for erection of the new home for the City Club at 1320 G street northwost, at a cost of $350,000, and for a buflaing by the American Motor Schools at 1620 U street, to cost $160,000, the total of pormits recorded this week reached more than $800,000, constituting = record for the year, it is understood. *In addition to the two projects named, the large operations approved included six dwellings from 4415 to 4425 17th street, to be bullt by Charles E. Wire, Ino, at a cost of $55,000, and five dwelllngs from 4131 to 4129 4th street, to be erected by C. H. Small at & cost of $65,000. List of Permits. Other permits follow: F. A. Flanagan, to build 916 Michi- Ean avenue hortheast; cost, $4,000. G. Blajr, to repair 1651 Pennsylvania avenue northwest; cost, $13,600. N. E. Robinson, to build 1425 Park avenue; cost, $7,000. J. S. Tyree, to ‘build 16th and Colo- rado avenue; cost, $25,000. Shannon & Luchs, to repair 1307 H street: cost, §10.006, . Liebert, to build 5013 14th 5 cost, $7.000. Bk nopp, to build 3400 20th street s, to bulld dw . L , to buf v - vis street.” cot, 37000, i€ 3626 Da ce M. _and John W. Gaver, to build 2401 Rhode Isl rth- cumt; cost, 36,000, -3 avenue north E.'N. Hamiiton street:” cost, $4,500. S. Kann Sons' & C and D streets; cost, §3,000. 5. S. Seek, to build at - stroet: cost, 312,000, © 1-11-13 Holly Thomas Veney. to build. house 5616 Eads street northeast; cost, $1,800. William™ M. Dougal, to erect ga- rage rear 1350 N strect northeast; cost, $400. to build 4212 8th . to repair 8th 000. No. 1430 (CORNER OF 15TH STREET) In that section of beautiful detached homes close to Sixteenth street and convenient to stores, churches, street car and bus lines. This home is built of gray Hytex tapestry brick. It contains 8 rooms, 2 baths, hot-water heat, electric lights, built-in garage, screens, awnings, metal weather strips, Minneapolis heat regulator, hardwood floors, large open brick fireplace in living room, screened- in breakfast porch, servants’ room in attic. Owner has recently put hedge around grounds. This home is in excellent condition and will be sold on very jattractive terms at a price that will certainly interest you. COME OUT TOMORROW AND MONDAY Open for Inspection from 1 to 6 P.M. Take 14th St. Cars to Decatur St. L. E. Breuninger & Sons Agents A Y Overlooking Rock Creek Park . > . . .In Washington’s Best Residential D . Section The Only Home of This Plan . . in the City These houses were constructed with every idea of home comfort, combined with artistic finish; 25 feet wide; con- tain 8 rooms and 2 complete baths; hardwood floors; fully equipped library; open fireplace; automatic clothes re- ceptacles; unusually attractive lighting fixtures; exception- ally large cement front porch; double rear porches; built- in garage. 3240 19th Street N.W. {1 Square North of 19th and Park Road) « ———— - Open for Inspection Sunday For price and terms see Mr. Crandall on premises CHAS. D. SAGER il Owner and Builder 1 ! 923 15th Street N.W. 7] SIXTEENTH STREET HIGHLANDS Beautiful Detached Residence—5704 14th St. N.W. Hollow tile construction with Flastica Stucco—large front and slde porches and sleeping porch. Eight rooms. two baths and hard- wood floors throughout. Garage for three cars in rear. In order to be fully appreciated this house must be seen. House Open for Inspection. Robert H. Lewis, Agent, 309-11 Davidson Bldg., Main 1320 Owner, 1412 Montague St., N.W. Phone Columbia 1951 M. H. Eldridge. to repair 932 French street; cost, $200. . K. Heath, to erect garage rear 3017 Dumbarton avenue; cost: $300 F. E. Sibley, to repair 501 §th street southeast: cost, $400. Standis Bros., southeast; cost, A. Chicca, to erect garage rear 323- 325 14th street; cost., $1.000. D. J. Dunigan, to build ten dwell- ings. 712.730 Webster street; cost, $65,000. B. Spect and-H. E. Rinell. to build 5622 Sherrier place; cost, $7,000. I Rosenberg, to repair rear 1527 9th street; cost, $500. James T. Crown, to erect garage rear 1201 Euclid street; cost, $250. E. Robb, to erect garage rear 2426 Ontario road; cost, $300. H. G. Eckhardt. to repair rear 3556 Warder street; cost $250. C. H. Warrington, to erect garage rear 3615 Keokuk street; cost, $300. M. C. Groves, to erect garage rear 1014 Spring road; cost $375. T. J. Gates. to erect garage, 15th and E streets southeast; cost. $800. Universal Development and Loan Company, to build dwelling, Jay street bbetween Castle and Lourie place; cost, $2,000. J. Marshall, to build dwelling, 1209 Oats street northeast: cost, $2,500. H. S. Gott, to build 1114 50th street northeast; cost, $300. Repairs to Allen A. M. E. Church, Alabama avenue, near 25th street southeast; cost, $4,000. D. J. Dunigan, to build two dwell- ings, 5323-5325 16th street; cost, $37.000. A. E. Donnelly, to bulld 1305 Quincy street northeast: cost, $7.500. J. L. Sherwood, to buil@ house 10th and Newton streets northeast; cost, $6.000. James L. Sherwood, to erect garage rear 10th and Newton streets north- east;_cost, $500. G.'B. Smith, to erect garage rear 124° V_street northeast: cost, $400. J. E. Gatti, to erect garage rear 124-126 G street; cost, $600. Mount Bethel Baptist Church, 211 V street: cost, $17,000. . H. S build t0 repair 705 8th street $200. C. mell, to Barry place; cost, $16.0 G. O. Bullock, to erect garage 506 G street! cost, $250. James Board, to repair 3316 Newark street; cost, $600. Potomac Electric Power Company, garage 904 0. to build substation at Sherman ave- nue and Harvard street; cost, $9.100. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO: RECORD NUMBER OF | cpgme M. Leventhal, to repair 901 3d street southeast; cost, $555. A. H. Flournoy, to erect garage 3122 P street; cost, $300. E. W. Snoots & Co., to bulld at 1354 Madison street; cost, $10,000. P. 8. Murphy, to erect garage rear 408-410 19th street northeast; cost, $3.000. S. S. Ashbaugh, to Newark street; cost, $300. . W. Bolgiano, to erect garage rear 6912 Sth street: cost, $580. G. L. Latham, to erect garage rear 633 K street northeast; cost, $280. Randam Pollard, to repair 1636 Ver- mgnt avenue; cost, $2,500, Max Cohen, " to repair 1104 7th street; cost $600. H. S ott, to build 1112 50th street northeast; cost, $700. SEEK PAY INCREASE. er Diem Workers Want Boost to Cover Loss of Bonus. When the Commisioners within 2 few weeks take up the wage scale of per diem employes for revision the men will ask that 77 cents be added repair 2957 to their daily pay in place of the|% $240 bonus which they automatically lose on July 1 it was learned toda: The bonus amounts to 76 2-3 cents a day for each per diem worker, o that the request of the men will be to have an amount equal to the bonus added to their basic pay. Congress provided in one of the appropriation bills for the next fscal year that em- ployes whose pay is fixed from time to time by wage boards should not receive the bonus after July 1. There are approximately 2,000 per diem workers in the service, includ- ing street cleaners and laborers and mechanics in the engineer depart- "he Commial e Commisloners have a wage board of subordinates who will one Day question an findings to the city heads. - Tt CIVILIANS RUN TRAFFIC. Fifteen Hundred in Detroit Aid Enforcing Regulations. DETROIT, May 28.—Fifteen hundred members of the civillan police yesterday began asaisting the traffic force of the police department in apprehending motorists who viclate traffic regula- tions. About 1,000 of this number are to patrol streets in motor cars. 0 8scrious has the situation be- come that we are throwing our entire ‘lnrce into the battle to enforce traffic regulations as we did agalst the crime wave recently,” Special Deputy Com- missioner Davis of the civilian police department said. The civilian force will continue its work “until the evil has been stamped out,” Commissioner Davis stated. S — ASSAIL ROAD BOND ISSUE. Who Voted for Clarke County Project Ask Injunction. Spectal Dupatch to The Star. | Soma WINCHESTER, Va., May 28. — A 1arge number of property owners of Chapel and Greenway districts, Clarke county, signed s petition favoring an injunction to restrain the supervisors from issuing $200,000 worth of road bonds, claiming they Were miainformed concerning condi- tions before they voted in favor of the bonds at a recent speclal ele tion, D. C, SATURDAY, MAY PURCHASES PETWORTH RESIDENCE. William Meyer has purchased the mew corner house, 4100 3d street northwest, corner of Taylor street, overlooking the Soldiers’ Home grounds, from the builder, D. J. Dunigan. The house is one of a Trow of fifteen recently completed. It contains eight rooms and bath, sleeping and breakfast porches and | built-in, heated garage. OPPOSED TO ELIMINATION. Society Wants Schools to Continue Teaching of Foreign Languages. The plan submitted to the board of education by Superintendent of Schools F. Ballou to ellminate from the high school curriculum the study of foreign languages was condemned at the meeting Thursday night of the Washington Salon and United Arts So- ciety. and a resolution was adopted re- questing the board to disregard Dr. Bal- lou's suggestion and to continue the foreign language feature. Having introduced a resolution in Congress to open the sessions of that body with the singing of “The Star Spangled Banner.” and characterizing music as “one of the most powerful influences that can be brought to bear upon the making of a good citizen.’ Representative T. Frank Appleby of! New Jersey, upon motion of Capt. F X. A. Eble, was elected an honorary member and patron of the society. A resolution of sorrow and condo- lence in connection with the death of Justice Gould was unanimously adopt- ed. The meeting was concluded with a musical program and dancing. : HAVE HIKED 800 MILES. Miss Myrtle King and Dr. Emma C. Tucker Now in Chicago. Special Dispateh to The Star. BALTIMORE, May 28.—The two round-the-world hikers, Dr. Emma Curtia Tucker, former Goucher Col- lege teacher, and Miss Myrtle King of Washington, who left here on May 1, have covered 800 miles of their tramp, according to a postal received at the college. The postal, mailed at Chi- cago, is from Miss King. She writes: Available for immediate possession Cottages Armsleigh Park The demand for these cozy Homes has surpassed all precedent —so that now there remain but two or three of them ready for oc- cupancy. _ Armsleigh Park is a most attractive place— the highest point in Washington: conven- iently located, midway between Cleveland Park and Chevy Chase -—with stores, schools .and churches just be- yond the Park limits. You can get down town in 10 minutes by auto; and double quick with two car lines at your disposal. All the Cottages are DETACHED—modern- ly equipped; splendidly built and finished. - $1,000 Cash and moderate monthly pay- ments buys them. Call Cleveland 1490; or come to 4415 39th Street, any day or evening and let me show you these Cot- tages. Take Chevy Chase car to Albemarle St, (just north of the Bureau of Standards); or Wisconsin Ave. car to Windom St. R. E. HAMILTON Owner’s Representative 4415 3%th St. % i i our third day here. ton, having been pretty swift walkers for a beginning, don't you think? ]quanoe covered, about 806 miles Quite a calm journey, tant mishaps. Have slopt in haylofts all the way on account of cold and rain. Plenty hot here now. We are going to be here only two more days “We are going to.stay several weeks in Colorado after we get there.” B Arrived here on ! our tenth day after leaving Washing- ' with no impor- | [FIVE RESIDENCES CHANGE OWNERSHIP House in Chevy Chase and Four in District Change Hands During Week. Five residence properties changed owners this week through the office of Boss & Phelps. Samuel A. Howard of Salemburg, | N. C.. sold his former home, 3807 Keokuk street, in Chevy Chase, to Charles 8. Kunkel. This house, which was bulit_about two years ago by | John Henderson, is semi-detached. of frame construction, and contains eight rooms and bath. A house at 527 12th street south- east, owned by C. E. Bhipley, was purchased by Nellie K. Lynch. The Rouse is of brick construction and contains six rooms and bath, with furnace heat. It will be fmproved by the new owner. ‘A corner house at 2818 Georgia ave- nue northwest was bought by Thomas Francelll from Mary E. Boyce. This is a six-room semi-detached colonial brick house, having front and side porches, With furnace heat. Bmma S, Marsteller purchased premises 1360 Columbla road north- West from J. W. Childrees. This is » “three-story bay-window brick house, having ten rooms and bath, hot-water heat and electric lights. Margaret G. Parsons sold 1817 15th street northwest to Samuel H. Twy- mad. This house is of brick con- struction, containing six rooms and bath, and will be improved by the | purchaser. — Small farm at Germantown Montgomery County Accessible to Washington busi- ness man; 50-minute train service, 5 minutes to railroad station. Best macadam road through Gaithersbarg and Rockville to Washington, Twenty-siz miles from center of city. Convenient to atore pe 50 || condition by an expert; 12 fine cherry trees, besides plum. pear and peach trees. New fences. Must gell. $8,500 Thomas J. Fisher & Co., Inc. 738 15th Street N.W. Main 6830 | | THE RIGHT HOUSE FOR YOU IS AT § ¢ No. 724 Quincy St. N.W. § Come out and see it have just this one. to house. STONE & Cambridge, Mass. houses, and the living rooms rooms and two baths; large, front and rear porches; linen finement. Open All Day Saturday, and Monday Representative On Premises! and bath (four large bedrooms)—this is a type of house that is exceedingly hard to find—we The terms are easy. Open and lighted until 9 P.M. car to Quincy Street—walk three short blocks 1342 New York Avenue &l Ingraham Steet N. W. At Fourteenth Colonial in design, in fact, the corner home illustrated below is an exact replica of a house in Completely detached, on large lot with light and air on all four sides. There are five bedrooms and three baths in the corner other houses, illustrated above, have four bed- rooms; and a many windowed extra room (the “Clubroom”) on the first floor. third floor (space for two more rooms); all closets with racks to keep shoes off the floor; hot-water heat and electrifity; in short, every possible re- today—eight large rooms i s % Take any 9th street i Soodel e FAIRFAX school students, three boy were killed, jured yesterday, bile home from a school da a hlllside roa passenger tri P——-———-——"—'—‘ ! e e FOUR STUDENTS KILLED. AURORA, IlL, May 25.—Four high and a girl, and two others w when an they were burn Ch has been med by the Senate. in" which Smith was tive and was n te board Do You Want to Buy a Good Home on Good Terms in a Good Locality? We have 36 vacant houses located in various sections of the city which can be sold on liberal terms. Every house is in good condition. Some are new and have never been occupied. All are up to date and attractive. Don’t Miss This Opportunity GARDINER & DENT., INC. 717 14th St. N'W. , HE rapid development of Fourteenth N) Street above Thomas Circle, as a N\, prosperous business section, has <& focused many business men on this locality. Extensive improvements have re- sulted in greatly enhanced valuations. @ A ghort distance from Thomas Circle, we have a business property of exceptional investment value, both 'of return and increased valuation. The lot, 25 feet wide and 130 feet deep to a large alley, is improved by ‘a modern three-story building, covering practically the entire lot. A garage for several cars is in the rear. The rentals from the store and apartments in this building will aggregate about $3,600 per an- num. The garage would bring an added return of about $500. R'e offer this advantageous property at $42,000 on reasonable terms, with a comparatively small cash payment if snapped up quickly. John W. Thompson & Co. Incorporated - 821 15th Street Main 1477 See Our Listings in Classified Section LR [ T The Type That Makes You Want to are full depth. The comfortable living There are large closets; unfinished homes. Sunday With all of these superior features over homes in a row, the prices asked are actually less than those obtained for such ‘ALL WE ASK IS THAT YOU TAKE THE TIME TO MAKE A PERSONAL INSEPECTION. To get there, take a Fourteenth Street car (unquestionably the best service in Washington) to Ingraham Street, or drive out Sixteenth Street to Colorado Avenue, then one square to Ingraham Street. Builders and Owners 713 14th St. N.W. SENATE CONFIRMS CHILD. The nomination of Richard Wash- i to be ambassador to Italy! recentiy. membership in the Own Your Home