Evening Star Newspaper, November 5, 1921, Page 14

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1921—PART - bl Let Us Find That House? We can take the worry of house-hunting off your shoul- ders. There are hundreds of new houses in Washington that have never bzen occupied, many of which can be decorated ‘to your taste. 5 hey range in size from In price they range from six rooms and bath to twelve $6,000 to $50,000, with cash rooms and four baths. as low as $800. Terms Can Be Arranged to Suit These houses are located A pfione call to us will re- in every section of the city, | lieve you of the worry and ;1;35:\'3}' “house is a new | ,;50vance of house-hunting. **° H.L.RUST?--* 912~15WST.NW. 1514 F ST NW CHOOSE YOUR LOCATION 1215 to 1221 Kenyon St. N.W. 13th and Spring Road N.W. 8th and Quincy Sts. N.W. 23 Bryant St. N.E. 1352 to 56 K St. S.E. ] 947.957 14th St. S.E. # 539-41-43 Kentucky Ave. S.E. REMEMBER THESE FACTS! 6, 7 & 8 ROOM HOUSES All Houses Open for Inspection All Houses Sold on Monthly Payments Force Your House to Pay for Itself—You Can Easily Rent Second Floor for Enough to Make Monthly Payments | Any of These | Apartment Buildings " Are Splendid Investment Properties Read the income summary and ask our office for a detailed statement. FIRST % Cash Payment $20,000 \ First Trust, 6%, Due 1924 $42,000 Price ' $62,000 i Rent (average $12.25 per room) Expenses (including taxes) $1,615 % Interest on Trust $2,520 —_— $4,135 #° Net Income (15%% on $20,000) -$3,125 SECOND (On Washington Heights, surrounded by expensive homes, containing 24 apartments, 104 rooms, no leases.) Cash Payment $45,000 Trusts (at 6%) $65,000 * Price $110,000 \ Rent (averages $11.50 per room) $14,400 Expenses (including taxes) $3,500 A Interest $3,900 - — $7,400 Net Income (15%4% on $45,000) $7,000 i THIRD : (Unusual location, corner detached building, wonder- ful view, all outside rooms, half acre of ground. All ce- ment and marble construction, rates as best example of modern fireproof construction in the District. No leases.) Cash Payment $25,000 First Trust, 6%, 5 years to run $75,000 3 Trust, 6% $10,000 W Net Income (12-4-5% on $25,000) FOURTH Modern fireproof, two-elevator building renting for $41,000. FIFTH In the near downtown section, modern fireproof building, 98 apartments, rents We have exclusive agency on these and other proper- ties. Information at our office. Union Realty Corporation 1410 G Street N.W. Main 8415 Building construction Interests of the country have focused their at- tentlon on the recently appointed building codes committee of Secre- tary Hoover's Department of Com- merce. Materlal manufacturers, .es- pecially, are anxiously awaliting the report of the committee, as they feel that tHeir particular industry may be affected by recommendations outlin- ing changes in existing building codes. The committee already has held several meetings at the Department of Commerce, at which it has had presented for consideration volumin- ous data on various favored build- ing codes by the national organiza- tions of lumbes, brick and other con- struction material manufacturers. . Material Men Active. The brick interests have offered the group of seven experts compris- Ing the committee an exhaustive re- port commentlr&‘g favorably on brick construction. This report was_pre- pared by D. Knickerbacker Boyd. formerly secretary of the American Institute of Architects and an offi- cial of the United States Housing Corporation. John Newlin of Madi- son, Wis., who represents lumber, a material, on the committee, has re. ceived from lumber interests various facts and figures prepared by the National Association of Lumber Manufacturers. These and other ma- terial producers are exerting every effort to insure the proper considera- tion of their products in the recom- mendations expected to come from the group. Just what the status of the com- mittee’s work at present is has not been given out. Executive Secretary Cartwnight points out that “prema- ture publicity” regarding the activi- ties of the codes committee would be undesirable. ‘ Importance of proper building code legislation has long been emphasized by_construction interests and munici- pal officials. It is sald that Secretary Hoover sensed the important place that municipal building codes occupy today in the country's recovery from the period of warfare, with all of its attendant extravagance and inflation. ly Homes Favored. F It is understood that the committee has devoted its attention principally to the single-family dwelling, as con- situting probably the most important type of after-war home building de- signs. Such allied topics as industrial construction, hotels, tenements and other larger propositions have been subordinated and the necessity for widespread home-ownership as an es- sentlal factor in economic recovery recognized. Experience during recent years in- dicates that building codes, in order to be most beneficial, must undergo frequent amendments and additions. Methods and materials of construc- tion and the uses to which buildings are put are constantly changing, building experts point out. New economic conditions bring about new kinds of biulding and in any case there are a great number of minor contingencies for which it is impos- sible to provide an ordinance, it is explained. It has been found desir- able, therefore, that the official in charge of building regulations be given the power to formulate and publish rulings elaborating upon the building code, as enacted by the leg- islative body of a city. A building code is intended to be a statement of minimum requirements as to the qual- ity of materials, grade of workman- "g!y and methods of design which are considered necessary tof make buildings safe, durable and otherwise aatisfactory. Codes Made by Compromise. Building officials have found that a building code should not be too definite and detailed in its provisions, lest it lose a part of its possibilities for good and unduly hamper private initiative and enterprise. In effect, therefore, such an ordinance usually is a com- promise between the necessity of tell- ing the public what is required of it and that of making it brief and flex- ible for purposes of administration. Any building code represents the compromise at which its writers ar- rive with regard to these two ques- toons, it is said: Contractors emphasize that nothing interposes so many handicaps on a builder in his continued effort to keep construction costs reasonable as leg- islation framed and administered to require expensive or troublesome con- struction, or that prevents the de- velopment and use of new and eco- nomical or rapld forms of construc- tion. All restriction of the freedom and choice of the builder or owner, without logical necessity to preserve the public safety and dependability of construction, has a cumulative ef- fect upon the cost of construction and acts as & real deterrent upon the activities of the investor. No bulld- ing law should bar any safe and de- WCRKING ON BUILDING CODES TO CUT CONSTRUCTION COSTS Committee Appcintd .by Secretary of Commerce Hoover Has a Big Under-. taking in Hand. pendable form of construction, con- tractors contend. Hope to Reduce Costs. It is stated that the whole object of the inquiry into building code mat- ters at this time by Secretary Hoov- er's cgmmittee is for the purpose of reducing present costs of construce tion. It is likely that recommenda- tions will be made which will tend to materially decrease the cost of bullding houses, whether they be of brick, wood other substances. For instance, in a frame house ‘it has been found that such a reduction of cost can be effected in floor fram- ing. The size of the jolsts which frame into the side walls and support the floors is determined not by the load which they can carry, but usually by the deflection. In designing joist- ed wood floor construction, cons eration is given to the deflection which will cause the plaster to fall, and the jolsts are designed so that they will not deflect beyond this es- tablished 1imit. Since deflection, and not strength, in many cases, deter- mines the size and spacing of floor joists, it has been suggested that the spacing of floor joists be wider than is the prevailing practice among car- penters, and that a lower working- street be used in their design. Such procedure would mean that joists Wwhich contain double the defects of those usually permitted at the pres- ent time might be used with the re- sulting lessening in the cost of the material going into the floor joists. Fire Resistance Important. Fire resistance is another impor- tant factor In building codes, and lumber men, cognizant of the public aversion to frame construction where there 1s fire danger, are proposing and effecting m: new types of con- struction tending, they claim, to re- duce the fire hazard in wooden bulld- ngs. Fire-stopping in frame construction means the interposing of short pleces of wood within spaces that ordinarily serve as flues for the rapld spread of combustion. Most of the other im- provements being worked out in this connection are protective in nature and prevent wooden parts catching fire from chimneys, fierplaces, heating plants, steam and hot water pipes, many suggestions to offer the codes committee. They, through the Com- mon Brick Manufacturers' Assocla- tion, are endeavoring to popularize certain types of wall construction calculated to reduce construction costs, and they recently made public an “ideal” type of wall said to effect economies and at the same time in- crél'u_zurlgtid:l)’. ‘ertain it is that Mr. Hoover's com- mittee is finding its hands full in| listening to all the suggestions com- ing to it. What results these ad- vices accomplish remain to be seen. —_— BUILDING OPERATIONS ACTIVE IN CHEVY CHASE Many Homes Under Construction in Various Sections of Suburb. Building operations in Chevy Chase are proceeding rapidly, according to Thomas J. Fisher and Company, who have sold a large numbcrp.nr home sites in the suburb recently. Commodore Heap is erecting a home on a lot measuring 82 by 200 feet on West Bradley lane, overlook- ing the Chevy Chase Club grounds. On the corner of Lenox street and Magnolia parkway, E. Baker Evans has erected a large colonial house on a lot 120 by 125 feet. R. Milton Henderson has purchased | a Jot 100 by 130 feet on Connecticut | avenue, near the Country Club. Jules Henderson, his son, has purchased a corner lot at Connecticut avenue and Blackthorne street, 120 by 180 feet, and is now building. His sister, Mrs. Sibley, has purchased an adjoining lot, 80 by 120 feet, and contemplates building within the near future. A lot overlooking the grounds of the Country Club has been purchased by Melvin E. Myers, who is now ete. Brick representatives, too, have |- Positive Bargains 'A REAL HOME OCATED near the Connecticut Avenue Bridge, in beautiful Washington Heights. Gray Rough Texture Brick Home, one year old. Spacious porches at front and ROCK CREEK PARK ESTATE LEASED. Maurice Heilman, commerelal a the residential estate of E. A. Neum: Tilden street and handled the transaction. erecting a home of hollow tile con- struction. James H. Van Waggaman has T"_ ust north of the Chevy Chase seminary, He con- chased a lot 120 by 150 feet, facing Connecticut avenue. templates building. In connection with the sale of a Frederick Tronsom has purchased a lot with a frontage of 335 feet by a depth of home on Virgilia street, 120 feet. Paul Lesh has purchased a lot 85 by 125 feet, overlooking the golf links. It is his intention to erect a house of the Dutch colonial style. F. P. Sherby has purchased a lot building, and plans. a home. Miss Edna Bowly has purchased about one-third an acre at Magnolia parkway and Irving street and will have plans made and build at her convenience. H. Moss, architect, is_planning to build a home on a lot feet, located on Grafton street. Col. J. B. Stuckler is having plans made to build on a lot 100 by 200 feet on Ellicott street. 110 by 86 feet on Jenifer street and ! will immediately erect a house of the colonial type. struction. Lee Coombs has begun erection of a bungalow at the southeast corner Size of 39th and Kanawah streets. of lot ig 127 by 79 feet. H. B. Stabler has acquired a lot on view of Grafton street, with the L. E. Shultos is building a colonial house of brick on a lot 100 by 86 feet. Carl Mueller has purchased a lot in Chevy Chase Helghts, southeast cor- ner of 38th and Jenifer streets, and is erecting a house of fireproof con- In 16th St. Highlands Specially attractive hollow- tile home on Madison st. n.w. Large living room, dining room, bedroom, toilet and lavatory and kitchen on first floor. Three rooms and bath -on second floor; hot-water heat; finished in hardwood; all improvements. Weather- stripped and screened. Large lot to pavel alley. Garage. This is a real home. Terms Can Be Avranged H. L. Thornton 1416 F St. N.W. Owner Must Sell Fine Business Corner At a Sacrifice N. E. Cormer 9th & Omne block from Savings Bank Library. Alteration of gronnd floor into cor- ner store will provide 35 feet of dix- play windows on Oth St. and pay big return on investment. MAKE OFFER TODAY GLOVER & FLATHER Exclusive Agents OPPORTUNITY 1405 Eye St. rear, including sleeping porch; bright cel- lar and attic; all modern improvements ; hot-water For Lease Just Completed Duryea Building Cor. Connecticut Ave. amd L St. STORES, OFFICES AND SHOPS Available for immediate rental in this newly completed, well lighted building — electric ele- vator. This is one of the best business sections on Connecticut avenue. For Full Particulars Apply Randall H. Hagner & Company 1207 Conn. Ave. N.W. Phone Franklin 43666768 “The Best Homes in Takoma Park” TAKOMA $8.4 to b:flnul-\;: in.non- ki tucco; |6 extra . large _rooms, Finsed “siecping and “prenkiast porcher, S eviooking fine view. Benutiful interior, tris ‘mahoga: ,000 bungalow, s n its ¢l D both watier and larger f:mnfi' 3-room cottage with ful o T t™ it 2 bathe, suitable Toom_new hou ooy families—-fine homes and’ complete o atrer” ground " 00X300, - $6,600; 14-room T eloee to husivess center, $9,000; others. '$000 will bay buflding lots con- re is ‘rel haps In Jice. and builders. ‘Better lots, for fine homes, $1,200 up. LILLIE & HENDRICK 23 Carroll Ave. Takoma Park Col. 803-W. : ~The Best Values in Takoms Perk® ‘more substantial heat, electric lights, hardwood floors and trim; cement front porch; lot 24x125, with room for garage. Price, $14,000 Members of the Washington Real Estate Board 1405 Eye St. Main 4752 Colonial style cement porch in front. Double 8-foot porches in rear. Seven come plete rooms, large reception | hall, modern tiled bath. NEW BRINKLEY HOMES 8th and Buchanan Streets N.W. Eat Thanksgiving Dinner in Your Own Home Unusual opportunity for you to secure a modern home in theé highest arid best location in Petworth, built by one of Washington’s most reliable builders. - $1000 CASH $75.00 Per Month Including All Interest Hot-water : bt decric | Open for |Tape 1 floors. ‘gr‘llght I o public alley. :;:!I:‘re :o‘:u; = nSPeCtlon Five big closets. : 4 Wn. P. Normoyle- = 810 F St. N.W. $11,500 spection. suburb, he of the French embassy, has leased the edge of Rock Creek Park, at | Real Es erce’s miil. The rental department of McKeever & Goss is now considering W. P. Farrar has purchased a lot on Northampton street and as soon as plans can be completed will erect NEW HOMES Best Section 4621-4623-4625-4627 Ninth St. Highest elevation on 9th street. east of Georgia avenue, between Buchanan and Crittenden streetd. These are 20-ft. houses, only four left, contain- ing 8 rooms, bath, very large front and double rear porches, hot-water heat, electric light, oak floors, 2 linen closets and many added features. surely pay you large dividends if you inspect these houses at once. They are open at all times for in- spection. The price is exceptionally low. GRAEME T. SMALLWOOD 729 14th S =NCEUEIVE AGENT ONE-HALF BLOCK FROM 16TH STREET GHT large bright rooms, finished lighted; house one year old; can be bought at a bargain. ~JMCKEEVER =GOS Members of the Washington Real Estate Board . Washington Heights, $12,000 A mighty desirable six-room and bath res- idence in that exclusive section of the Heights where these houses are so much in demand. Large living room, porch, new hot water heating plant, electric light, awnings, metal weather strips, large front porch, cedar closets and-other features. Park Road Close to R. C. Park, Seven rooms and bath, with sleeping porch, . large front and rear porches, hot water heat, electric light, hardwood floors, deep lot to alley with garage. Close to R. C. Park, $13,500 Eight rooms, 2 baths, also complete ser- vants' bath and quarters in cellar; hot water heat, electric lights, instantaneous hot water heater, hardwood floors, garage. Praperty in splendid condition. Macomb St., Cleve. Park, $20,500 Very attractive residence in this exclusive containing 10 rooms, 3 baths, o large lot with garage. ment of interior. that will nxc{ta your interest. Keyon St. W. of 19th, $12,000 Excellent with glassed-in ‘heat, electric, light, maid’s reom in attic. Property in excellent condition. ‘Washington Heights makes it most desirable. Cleveland Park, $11,500 ‘Very pretty home of seven rooms and bath, - with hot water heat, elestric light; lot 50x100. This s & very low price for property in this section. Close to 2 six-room 75 by 120 This is @ fine modern house LECTURES ON REAL ESTATE IN “Y” COURSE John A. Petty Gives Anaylsis of Business Methods as Classes Open. Furnished or Complete analysis of ne real Unfurnished estate business made by John A. . . - Fetty, elxecnllv::-.lec:eturyb ot "the Ghoice Location in ot Soe opening. tne ¥. M. C. A. real estate Residential Proper- this week. Mr. Petty is serv- instructor for the classes. howed the functions of a real estate office to be dealing in real estate in the matter of sales, loans. rents, development -of acreage and construction of properties. Coupled with these functions, the Instructor said, was that of insurance, which has ties a Specialty. Randall H. Hagner & Co. 1207 Conn. Ave. 2222222222222 Exown o be considered a permanent 4366 lepartment of a real estate office. T In analysing the operations of a Phone Franklin 3275 real estate organization, Mr. Petty pointed out that salesmanship, adver- tising and appraisal were the three onal elemen:s, and settlements, contracts and conveyancing, the prin- cipal details. Zoning, taxation and titles were taken up and the relation they bore to the different depart- ments of a real estate office as $15,500 neer real estate brokers in Wash- ington, will deliver a lecture on the management of a real estate office. ‘The class, which now” numbers about sixty, is composed of both men and women. —_— Key at 2727 Conn. Ave. Owner or Realtor. 3 3 § % * 000000000000004 shown. As a basis or foundation for e entire fleld of operation, the sub- etel: ‘urnished ject ‘of ethics and law was briefly Completely F: outlined. f > The next lecture in this course will Practically new. house. be held Tuesday evening. November $, Immediate delivery. Two- at 2 o'cl 3 lam H. Saunders, \{ - Dast president of the Washington car garage. Near Ward tate Board and one of the plo- man Inn. On 28th street. Call Main 6935 or Col 6521 CORNER STORE FOR RENT New Buildin Down Town Mrs. T. C. Culley {is building a home on a lot 60 by 120 feet, situated on Underwood street. . M. Hendey has purchased a lot 100 by 200 feet on Ellicott street and is contemplating buflding in the near future. Harry K. Boss has purchased eight lots in Chevy Chase Heights and will erect for sale, houses which will probably be ready in the early Epring. of Petworth One square Tenth and H Streets N.W. Also Second Floor, to be Arranged to Suit Tenant FOR FULL PARTICULARS APPLY TO Thos. J. Fisher & Co., Inc.|| 738 Fifteenth Street N.W. L It will Close to Main 5070 17 Sold Best Value Washington Semi-detached, 8 large rooms; two complete bath floored attic; 2 screened sleeping porches; built-in refrigerator: cold-storage room; heated garage; breakfast porch; instan- taneous water heater; ex- 0 s . 5 ensive lighting fixtures; sleeping porch; maid’s room, 2 com- g,mg,fl fi,,plf;e; ] 1 oak floors; wide Iot to plete tile baths, garage heated and s Sted beam construction. Easy terms. 1715 Irving St. N.W. OPEN DAILY Mt. Pleasant cars to Irving st. and walk half square ‘west. B. H. GRUVER Owner and Builder Union Trust Bldg. Phone Main 768 Phone for particulars. Sowiee Main 4752 & Special Selection of Best Offerings Comprehensive Offering of Houses in desirable sections of city and sub- burbs at prices that will attract many buyers. In almost every case mmediate possession and rreasonable terms are impor- tant factors, Chevy Chase, $9,950 Detached house of seven rooms and bath, sleeping porch, hardwood floors, hot water heat, electric light, with lot 50 by over 100 to paved alley. This is a very low price for this type of house in Chevy Chase. Near 10th and Otis, $7,500 Six-room and bath house with all modern features. Room on lot for garage. Attrac- tive terms. Chevy Chase, $16,500 This is one of the most attractive houses in the best part of Chevy Chase, D. C. It has eight rooms, tiled bath, garage with splendid lot, 100x150. Best condition. Chevy Chase, D. C., $16,800 A very beautiful house in best section of suburb is this nine rooms and 2 bath resi- dence, just offered for sale. It has hot water heat, electric light: lot 60 feet wide; garage. Property is all that could be desired by family of refinement seeking home in ex- clusive section. In Bloomingdale, $6,500 Six rooms and bath, extra toilets, mode; throughout and in good condition. = Wide Ave.—Central N.W., $6,300 Six-room and bath house, modern, and in very good condition. 4 . - S §t. near Conn. Ave., $15,500 Excellent dwelling containing 10 and 2 baths; modern, and in best con;fi?:;l.. Close to N. H. Ave., $18,000 ‘Worth more money is this high-class 10- room and 3-bath house. Bzrdsl:otl floolron. strictly modern throughout and in best con- dition. Two-car garage on good lot. sleeping Msake immediate in- on Excellent arrange- and _bath house eping poreh, hot water Location on overlooking park Connecticut Avenue. Take advantage of the superior service of this greater real estate organization when you want to sell and when you want to buy. ALLAN E. WALKER & CO., Inc. 813 15th St NW. - f Main 2430 !fllllfillllllllllIIllllIIllIllIlIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllIIIIIll‘l T » 16th Street = Only 1 Left;- -