Evening Star Newspaper, August 20, 1921, Page 10

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L ¢ PLANS APPRINED | Coriest of FORTWOPROELTS BULDNG PLANED|Cottages A R g : 1 ¢ Teven-story office | ™ $150,000 Office Building and ' 4 R bullaing adjoining the Depsctment 95| % . Justice, on K street northwest, i oon v IMPORTANT NOTICE ety A2\ An Important Event —in your married life will be the day when you come to our office and take title to that house Just inspect these hand- some detached Homes—and _ their attractive environ- * ment. You'll be énthusiastie 337919 on new construction during |eountry amounted to $212,491,000. ter, due primarily to the shortage of want to pay, on the terms that | the year 1919, according to a report| Although the Increases in bullding op- Fabr are east to 1346 Taylor street, or call Col. 9095-] for auto. = Open Daily 9 AM. to 9 P.M. C.H.SMALL residences. The heavy diversion of i both capital and labor along these i n -Owner and Builder lines _has impeded the development 2 Representative’s Phone, { Col. 3383 of office buildings, industrial plants|729 14th St. and similar types, and, while this houses and. secondarily, to various are agreeable, |Just 1ssued by the Canadlan bureauferations which were expected to develop | vigorous efforts that have been made " of informatien. in the summer manths have not materi- [ to improve the situation. This has alized, construction activity has heldup | meant the erection of many multi- very well in comparison with other lines | family types of siructures, as well as i of business. the Dodge experts declare. .unn.ll flat buildings and detached $110,000 Apartment House templated, 1t {a understdod., Hose’d over both. . x you have set your long- ; Phelps, local resitors, have Tebe! : ; Ing cyes on all these to Be Erected. T e, o o s th $1,000 Cash months. Use our excel_ Plaasifisd with the ihatior WUtR- pected the 'n.' structure wiil Bs P e y ’ s i1t ing inspector for the ereotion of a eared. 3 rettiest s }ie"é i:acxllt}lles to Eelfl YOU 114110,000 apartment hbuse and a $160.- S e P of nd just the right home || 000 offfce buliding Were approved plans have been decided on to date, o —is needed—balance . easy for the future. s ok ; : the two buildings will b fassd nest - ? bullt by L G White a¢ 3630 Gonnes: i . % IS, Sl tlerman Loy monthly payments.., ; - rted, accordln; e Mount Pleasant Dupont Circle ticut avenue northwest. ©7The/ ofce] N ; e rangements. Call Cleveland 14¢ : bullding wlil go up at 810-18th street | 3 me, veland 1490 Near 17th and Park Road For a school, fraternity or ||northwest. The Albemarle Invest- : Property Cost $100,000. tea 2 or come to 4415 3%th street ice, 50 high-ctass boarding house this ment Company took out the bullding | FogE , ? b"l‘*é::: et ;:n;;:y.:;:u:fifln‘::;’ Tty o e B I x house can’t be excelled. About [|Permit. 5 . ; 2RI | b7, Pose & Phelps for approximately One of the prettiest neW | 14 roomy, 4 Baths, mew hot- Nl oo ronorr ioton Prolecta’ dis-) B ) Fe — me show them to you. 23;"‘{500‘:““:::1“‘, Aot water heating plant, ete, hflfird- 115 Burton, to bulld trame dwell- o ich has o € = R ik " w wood floors, etc, and a fine ing, 3814 Fulton street; cost, $8,500. = omes Rave a frontage of twenty. feet each, and con- S Take Chevy Chase cars to Al- water heat, electric light, hard- | yard, This is well located, also, |!, W T Mallory, to rebale 1130 Con- | QOIS bath, with front and-rear porches. McKeever & Gows | 400 § A°Dth of ore hundred ane fhirty” bemarle streét [E14t stop horth wood floors: ouilt-in Bare@ei | and altogether a wonderful op- rt, to repair 628-621 ¢tn|éomtrel the propertiea ley. The bulldings are of residential d's basement. Metal i : 4 tepart tel consttio) 5 of Burtau of. Standards), or FIAIC S roourin basement. portunity for any one wanting street northeast; cost, §1,000. character. | 4 ol I -weather stripped throughout. | ™ r0 ™ "pricht, comfortable [ Gifford Pinchot, repair 1615 Mcager details only of the proposed Wisconsin avenue cars to Win- -~ l_ha’rgc glassed-in sleeping porch. Ronse R{?du&ll‘l;nd -ven;ae,heolll:l, 1,000. ::l;; I.))I‘llit]dllzlll. w:.;ee"gt:‘{lnhl:t l:lhlu PR is is a nice house. o ~ y 3 ren! o bu 3 u J ice i ‘hanan street; coet, $13,000. new structure will be of fireproof con- Price is $27,500 S ataidy. o sroct Earage 2308 ; struction throughout, with sufficient $4,000 —with extra lot. Make offer. Tracy place; cost, $2,000, office space to relieve conslderably the . » Come in and let us see what Overlook Development Company, L shortage of this class of busine: Nice 6-room house in 3500 can do for you Inc, to build house 3200 W street structure in the downtown section. block of 6th St. N.W., with bath, | "° R L e, o repale, 1980 1 Passing of Residences. N.W., L d . 0, instantaneous hot-water heater, ) strest northeast: cost. $1,400. ec?nnouncemvm of plans for the proj- i » oy disclose the most forward step in screens, shades and some fur- Saul’s Addition LOverlock _Development | Company, _ iho ‘transformation. of formerly ex: 4415 38th St. niture—all for the above price. A very nice 9-room detached southeast: cost. $4,800. i v :‘Jlusllv?ly l'tet‘!ldentl;;.K utree}l I:::) ‘: - house, well buhlx and fimi{ml |, O King, Lo bulld ¢500-4508 13th 18 Per Cent Decrease in Con- |S. W. Straus Company De- Lustogas iioroushiace, faeall adtas === 16th St. Highlands with parquette floors, etc. Also |, stzeey cont. #1290\ 1301-1808 Al- A would have been virtually impossible ; = garage. {son strest: Cost, $12000. tracts Shown During clares Cash Ready for |to fina'a bullding with a commerelal T A most homelike and com. | “¢15008 Open to an Offer | 1y & Barrett, 'tg erect garase roar aspect om K strect, between i4tn |S] Il | fortable house of 8 rooms and 2 : 1635 Bolmont rond: comt AL " July Proper Securities Bally. Howeyes fesl9onccs have giv Built Only 3 Left baths, instantaneous water . Shapiro, to repalr . . v |ually, , uil . € - 2 000, way to office buildings, and it s pre- 22 . heater, sleeping porch and Chevy Chase, D. C. W Haler o Fopair 719 Michigan | July bullding contracts in the bulla-| Capital for the housing situation is | dicted by real estate men that before everything modern and com- e ‘”’oi 9 rooms, 2 || ®VPhe mortheast: oost, #1600, a7.|IN€ comstruction market covering the |available \here “right and proper |3nother decads tnin strest will be [ e‘:t at ce gk-te. This house should really Taths and all mgdern to e s %Ri,g‘_'t'l:’e‘;-c;‘:‘r‘l‘fgg_{';fi;m © | District of Columbla, Maryland and Vir- | sateguards for the protection of the | fian idi [nstitutions. reaity offices, p = Szt minute. Hotse is well built and §! V. 'R. Loving, to build house 5711 |ginia amounted to $26,842,000, a de-|lender is provided,” it is declared by | brokerage concerns, etc. 3 Price Only $15,500 has oty atteactive features. M Sherrier place; cost, t:bo‘n& 3400 17tn | CTERSC Of 18 per cent from the June fig- | the S. W. Straus Company, New York 1346 ay or street = ° e A effore T g - Tt otenas. Tme Short/distance from cars, 'We . L. T ure, according to statistics prepared by | bankers. 2 wad the; bestrofyterms. Al hort di > fro strenl; cobl, BN, ot aaiuss seas | Hhei W Dodge Company. | - Fuildamental condltions are sound.” | = G, ===T. = ¢ mediate possession. hope to sell this_house before T. L. Jefford, garag 2 ==Uu. . . 22 Feet it is complete. Ready for oc- 3400 17th street: cost, $1,600, 28 Per Cent for Public Works. it is announced. “While building 2 o) ] cupancy in about 3 weeks. ! atiaeh Avers: topuild 1434 Madlson | The July total was divided as follows: | gPerations have procceded with cont OFFICE OF g s Cleveland Park, $9,000 The Price is Low at'$16,000 o Smoot. to build dwelting, 2405 $7.362,000, or 28 per cent, for public|year, in the face of senerally de- ‘““":: ':;l:"!fr”;'“’“””- & First Floor Irving street northeast: cost. $9,000. | works and utl 7,170,000, or 27 per | pressed business conditions, _these 727~ " NoW. = 2 A] 6-:nom modcrqrhlgunnlow 20 ol ilor itita o0 and TR “Schater, to bulld dwellng | e gor vest :“udln“. 56.336,000, | operations have not been of sufficient = on lot 40x140 feet. is should £ 1f. 29156 Brandywine street; cost, §3,200, i e 3 S8 Sn00% | magnitude to alter the housing situ- A 2 £ Entrance hall certainly be worth looking into. sece ior yoursell Ingram & Remr »uug ‘r; ins :Hu’fifie«m o‘r'"iob:::":::.,b'}gf'e'&f." luonl:nau”rinllya -n;helcou;_;ry is .m{ THE PURC“ASE s = ST 815 33d street soul cost, $1,850, 670,000, - [very neavily underbuilt. There mus = Livi = ¢ational_buildings. v 11di with fire- Near Bureau o} Standards Chevy Chase, Md., $9,500 iotar waiueof Tontacts ey e e ostar vome s fa come :g:lfnfl? OF A HOME = open : nzsey Onl APARTMENT HOUSE SOLD. {5 oot S0 ifintins whio s 52,k 18, Rt Rsint hoing s E e — of y equal to the average for the % i i ning room An 8-room detached house, Another new house ready for Building at 1869 Mintwood Place Srn seven months of the preceding five ;','g';’."::‘hf:,:"'l':db?;ng""]g";:;k"; l‘g MEANS VOI.UMES. g Di with 2 baths and all modern im- occupancy in abotit a month. years, it {8 pointed out. {ihNushce: felt as general business 1 Kitchen provements. Third floor ar- | Has four bedrooms, big living Held for $70,000. During July, 1921, contemplated new | tnluEHce felt ‘as 1 h 4 = ranged _nicely as an apart- | room. etc., and all modern and work in this district was reported lo the 2 . t concerny (€ach il aud i B Pantry & This is a 1 T and big I t. H £ this kind _The four-story apartment bullding at{amount of $38,765,000, bringing the total Firmer Tone Developin woman who under_tnk'es it . juent. 3515 & IoW prIce an ‘}:" 18 ?d £ °“’€5°m._ a0 1569 Mintwood place was sold this weel{smount Uffl“{“'mlfl ed work r»w‘fl;dr “A firmer tone is'developing In vitally—oftentimes it is the Large breakfast Yoy SO terms can be ar- | have sold for twice this price. | iarough Alln £. Walker & Co. T, | $5i55,4"8, &1 OF Janiers g o S | prices Hor uifliing” MACMA® ot | most important undertaking | = porch ranged. Owner anxious to sell. eeing is g fi‘é‘.‘"’,’;‘%fizm‘l'}'}h’!fiffir'fi?}my o ;:‘:T: ‘of contracts awarded in the 5ame | Gemand. for these. commoditics, and ever attempted. H 2 L 3 = A = s In many departments of the indus- ; ic * c mona was the owndr, Ths BuLAIn coh: Greater Than Last Year. Try opiflon 1 caphessca Cist Prices It Must Be a Successful These Homes have, tapestry brick fronts, concrete yioore C. - rooms, bringing & Yotdl antual rental re- | Construction activity In July in the|will not sag below present levels, Undertaking front porches, cold storage space beneath front porch;- ’ . turn of $10,000.. The preperty was held |country at large was7 per cent less than | 8xcep! ing, of course, the usual rou- b £ m_‘t a“e . % P '} tor $70,000. B in June, although it was 4 per cent|tine fluctuations. Call on the Smallwood lots 22 by 146 to - Y- Woodward Bldg. e greater than in July, 1920, nguresshow.| “A larger proportion of new bulld- 1 H Terms Can Be Arranged . = Service to locate the -Home . . Contracts awatded during July in the | ing money is being invested in struc: 3 ; Main 1453 Main 1454 || Home-owners in Canada spent 353.- | twenty-seven northeastern ntates of the | tures of purely residential charac. you want, at the price you To inspect take 14th Street Car to Taylor Street and walk 34 i = = = During the first ten days of July the yolume of building contracts was very low, while the last three weeks showed total fizures of considerable magnitude. Discussions of wage 8cales in msny centers have been protracted and set- :l:mer:‘tn Bave been delayed. Confl- e n the stability ruction I gfin has not yet heer%hy es- ln tabllished, although it is the opinion u“ gx“m number of reliable authorities t necessary construction enter- priges may be undertakén now under ad favorable conditions as are likely ta prevail at any time in the near future. . _The total volume of bullding con- mc'. let in the territory covered by Dodge Company during the first dven months of this year has @mounted to $1,278,747.000, which is slowing up does ot greatly affect the situation at this time, it will be reflected in &-considerable shortage in _these - clasges of buildings when the general business situation shall —— have returned to normal.” —_—— REAL ESTATE SUPERVISOR. i[lll. ~ Best Buy in Washington ‘Today—Space in the Southern Bufldin" Buy Now in the Southern Building -ECAUSE it soon will be impossible to do so. Space is going ) fast. Delay will mean that the location in the building, best Tom L NS e meide s s o e e s o enifred Bate N5 Siiities ‘amounted o 348,502,000, or ‘.’{‘d,f:.;‘ bureau. ‘The ofice was_de- il It is useless valm?g1nC that space may € acquired later, To B e, st ot PUsiness | i The. parehage or teass sf ||l cupancy in this building, under the co-operative sale plan, will be | {cent; educational’ buildings, $28,- | government buildings throughout _the o e t 602,000, or 13 per cent, and Industrial | COURtry. All transactions above $500 permanent. b:ndlnsl. to $18,604,000, or 6% per|&re to be under the supervisor. i cént. —_—— The door of entry will be closed. It is the part of wisdom to’ Contemplated new work reported| Annual meeting of the West Vir- il trom January 1 to August 1, 1921, has Real Estate Association w. i ‘to wish you had. it i awgses irciutut | ehie, Beal Eelte, oty yaelff] buy rather thanto wish y: atib1e. the Yolulne be contiaces sware: | toathisiweek at Huntingtoh ‘W, Va . ed in the same period. Emphasizes Home Ownership. President S8igns Order Creating New Federal Office. An executive order creating a fed- eral supervisor of real estate, in charge of all government rea] estate transactions outside of the District of Columbia, has been signed by President Harding. The new official will be named by the Secretary of the 10 per cent greater than the aver- sge figure for the first seven months f the preceding five years. Residential Bullding Leads. Residential building continued in the lead over all other classes in July, | Treasury and work toward the co- , John L. Wea¥¥r, of this city, past s a | =11 : z z : 1 presidetit of the Natonal Association 1 oo | ACH day witnesses the con || of Real Estate -Boards, emphasized A EE R ! | sumption of additional . e importance home ownership in i ! | 1 . an addréss recetitly at the annual : . sales of floor space. convention of the association, as fol- 4: it Ah lows ‘ - NFINER 1 ' I Great numbers of . ll| “We submit that imbeadea in the - 5 . | e Reart of every family there 18 the de-| [ . ] : LA prospective purchasers have def- sire for a home. Our national gov- 5 H | R g initely committed themselves to ernment, this association and other i : - purchase, and soon w&ll._fann.llly = 5 associations have siven great thought 5 lude. thei tiati b d | o e own-your-own-home campaign. e eir negotiations. ommen €se riomes Ml et ] a3 L St NE = . 4 government, it fathers and mothers ¢ national life, it stimulates our rellg—! .The location—on exclusive il | more children. We must not be uel $3’500 Unisold space decreases daily. fi:n’; th; HS;;;gest Indorsement of ‘The Walker Co-operative Sale Plan G REAT financial institutions--whose facilities for investigation of every Our example is England, with a civi- Macomb' Street—At 33d Place [ &bt fous 'thought, it represents a better lowed to drift into a tenant natfon. Small Cash Payment $35.00 Monthly Modern four-room-and-bath ‘home; in good location. Front porch, front and rear yards, woodshed in rear, five large 3 “Hlif}f | only three people out of every thou- ; and that own thelr ewn hom 158 A 5 eve an ar oo s . “Her efforts to subsidize landlords 4nd tenants have put her to confusion. It is clearly our duty to foster the ownership of one and two family|l Woodshel In Fear, Ve lerge 4 | |them, and 1f we do not, within a few |([| YOUF While to inspect this home. sign; superior arrangement—and character of workmanship make them of ' = .’ jijl |snerations the purely American tamily. | Representatives on Premises legal issue in the co-operative sale—and whose ability to jutge from every angle of the financial investment is unquestioned—HAVE BOUGHT A GREAT AMOUNT OF -SPACE IN THE SOUTHERN matchless interest. “Spanish effect—hollow tile constrliction—scfect‘wwt_i_ trimming; high-grade equipment in both baths and kitchens; best. of hot~ SOLD. water heating service, with seperate instantaneous heater for hot water. | w‘_’;’d":‘_ :::Q‘:fe'g:: st the n?r:?‘g:!:t!' . B- F- SAUL CO. i o : 3 Sunday From 3 to 5:30 P.-M. E | = H ’ gives them commanding preference. But aside from that the type of de- il | dwellings, with some land around ; llll| érectea by G.°U.” Smail, have been Frankiin 8893 BUILDING. Nine rooms including the glass-enclosed breakfast and sleeping porch- ~ = [lll | &% tenty semer sociacioremes (|l 934 N. Y. Ave. N.W. rooms; two baths—and double garage, the latter located in wide alley, close ° liff |t eight rooms and bath, with built- Great Lawyers Are Listed A.m the Blg P mn 1 t i =2 t prudent, the most skeptical, even the most difficult to convince, to, and yet Yar énough removed from, the house to be free from the unavoid- - The most prudent, the Ica : able odors and noises. coiild ask no greater or mare complete approval qf the Walker mwmfiye'- IN WOODLEY PARK plan from either legal or financial standpoint. ] ONE OF WASHINGTON'S it : . Three Great Opportunities - : Ry | PRETTIEST SECTIONS _ fll 1-For Occupancy 2-For Investmest 3-For Long Term Lease i NEW HOMES ON.29th STREET, JUST HE tenant-purchaser pays less in a seven-year period as owner than as SOUTH OF CATHEDRAL ' AVENUE t : tenter. THe investor_receives a most attractive return on his invest- FOUR SOLD FOUR LEFT ment with highest degree of safety. The lessée securées the advantage Eight rootits, two baths, glags enc!died breakfast and = Consider all these points in comparison with the prices'—— 16,500—+19,500—22,500 —and convenient terms—’ 2 of most desirable location i nationally kiiown building that will become famn- - [ ofis of the high charséter and standing of occupancy at no greater rental Open for inspection every day and evening. One of our office staff is in attendencs . . stoeplng porehes, open fireplact, Gugtfiey hot-water heat- ‘charge than in bildings itifetior in loeation, in' managemesit. and in ‘oceu Chase . 1 stem Instantaneous hot-water heater; fiouse 2235 feet fney. 3 - . < B - Take Chevy cars to Macomb street—and it’s just a step We‘t to ::{:'y large rooms, brick garage, shrubbery. Sample pancy is . p ; i . Aud iplace: ? ¥ 4 house, 2835 29th street, open and lighted evenings until 8:30. F“flut lnqulry is ln“ted 7 ALLAN E. WALKER & Co., Inc. - 'N. L. SANSBURY CO., Inc. | : - *Byerything In Real Estatc” . 1418 Eye Stroet N.W. | o Harry A. Kite .0, Owner and Bullder

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