Evening Star Newspaper, September 16, 1922, Page 13

REAL ESTATE. THE EVENING § \ N / TAR, WASHI§GTON D. C, SATURDAY, SEPTE\IBER 16, 19: 29, REAL ESTATE. ‘Washington’s Growth Reflected in Real Estate and Building News WIZARD ARCHITECT OF .. IN FRARCE Former D. C. Man to Erect Entire Village in War- -Ravaged Area. Northwest Section. A bill to authorize the extensi widening of 9th street from L street to Georgia by the Senate yesterday. The Senate ais. ssed a “{amending the act Incorporating Masonie Mutual Relfef Associatic chan v Mutus Life apd amending the cha saciation in a num T of particulars. Milton Dana Morrill, who designed a number of the federal office buiid- STREET BILL PASSED. Senate Authorizes Improvement in on and | fellow street northwest to Underwood | I street and Underwood street from 9:1 avenue was passed ong- bill! the n of sing | arter PURCHASES The hullding contnins elxht rooms and three baths, with servants’ quarters, In the transaction. report the consideration as approximately $32500. ings during the regime as architect | build demonstration houses, and this o offer was accepted. 4 of the Treasury of James Knox Tay- = (,m“ ‘:umm__ s ., lov. s supervising a program ofire-| ... . SW PVHC R COCh e construction in devastated portions A oing. whis adjoins Li the Amer- of northern France, it became known | C2in8: Which adj ican architect co-operating with the here this week. municipal architect ! Tourcoing. Not Mr. Morrill has developed a plun | only did this first picee of work show eting houses cheaply k. | an economy of 40 per cent in bullding | of erecting houses cheaply and quick- ) (5 "GUiE The most economical meth- | 1y by a cement-pouring process, simi- | odg previously in use in France, but lar to that deviscd by Thomas A.|the house was finished in much’ less Edisén, it is suid. It is understood | ime than it could have been in brick : ¥ 3 or concrete block. that a wealthy New York man pro- | “§ouitwhat later there was held in poses to erect an entire village in ac- | Paris an exposition general. In which Dl B A, coraance ‘With: Me: Morrilis various types of desikn and methods [ juue e 3 the Poe Edremoor O Which provides for varying exterfors | Of construction adaptable to the dev- B R stated districts were shown, and 5 S am | MT. Morrill's models of molded houses The concrete construgtion program 3 . (PrOSTAM | hrought him the grand prix for both 2 il Reliiicd ‘habilitatiol bon march: war torn section, as broken brick g B ol e it 1m0t stone, used in mixing th plentitul. cement, are ficient, it Is said. For the inspira which led to it Mr. Morrill freely ac- ation e, i erations. ONE RED ROSE WAS RENT BILL FOR TINY HOUSE OF WORSHIP ouses Quickly Built. knowledges indebtedness to Reconstruction plans are complete | Thomas A as the first Ameri- | B % an to s of poured and much should soon be accomplished. | cir o 268 B S S onatrties Indeed, much has been accomplished at | SHRCTEIR 45 (MRIOVE ISUPMCT | Modern tenants, confronted with an once let to the British admiralty on };;"’_‘;‘-h“f‘”““fii“ e ad of most <I':"x': of hinged steel plates out of which to i era of high rents. should be interest-| condition that a ship was to be al- e Gt I fee found mot | form molds. Until his Invention camo | eq in storivs of how litile renters in| ways on the stocks. Failing to.do & house standing there. but the Lens alonk a very Sreat objection 1o con-lthe old days worried about their | this, the land would revert to ity !;;r; hasin « the richest cos = s pwne a claus B i 1hy Tichest coal mines | almost as much Tumber for the frame. | in th W. Straus | ‘!"A-r""\\r;(v-drzl':'l"::\“ the decdya'cl to works ety b S work into which to pour concrete! zine tells of some of | " Lp U S e in the New Forest, sible o i Ay e Mom- {mixtures as to build a wooden house. in which rents were | Hampshire, remains in the posses: mediate f the miners ana | B fldes the Jombin coulc be used but | | sion of the tenants on condition that eiea o v B a limited number of times. These The * . o ent home e . -y present to g monarch, ognerete blocks. it Monolith Houne nned. sordid real world | pair of milk-white greyhounds. Here the demonstration houses built Their standard unit is two feet|strange,” he poi et in Man- Rose Is Rent. h!;'r(fh-k:x“:‘r’:;’nll\\‘l:?'\:nli‘1| f”‘u_lvdh{::':'squur.-. and they are hinged in sets of | heim, I'a., 1ds @ little house of | “A emall farm in Scotland, until aiA., Tie line in the war vears. A large|UWO. one over the other. They can ship known as the Red Rose|generation ago, was held by its owner Amount. of debris il Sears (A Jatlelbe locked together along the ground to the community on |90 the simple fenure of presenting to to make a wal of any length desi There are special devices for the ners. steel for any width of w. low tile can be embedded in the to form a thermal chamber, thr | whose presence extremes of temp ture within the house are obv Often such hollow tile Ledded to make conduits which to run wires and pipes As the construction proceeds {and window frames are set into wall and the plates adjusted acc ingly. When they are withd | steel rods which hold the position naturally leave holes in wall. Into these five-foot pipes Broken bricks were reduced to coarse £and in a stone crusher and lime add-, ed to this gave a concrete mixture which worked well. As this was placed in the forms other broke bricks and stones. even of consider- abie siz dded in it to make & particularly soli struction Brick and concrete block hous call for skilled but molded | concrete construct: be poured by unskilled laborer: o have had a bit of instruction, workers ¢ of whom there is mno scarcity France now, at about half the wages paid In this v, work an eight- hour day and receive two francs a hour, equal to about 18 cents at the | rate of excha when this {8 writ- 0. Masons and carpenters, skilled or, needed to Some extent on this | the construction, receive two and one- | half francs an hour. Poured nerete’s France follows the rods adjusted to form a v 1l desired. thre plu all is finished and this ing removed these holes are invasion ofiafr. Finally it to the United | outside and tates in 1919 of a French commis- | tasteful finish. sion of building experts to study ometimes the hous ur methods. These gentiemen were | monolith, this sch speclally struck with the molded |floors of conerete to hlouse as a satisfaclory answer to |construction goes forward, but m their problem in the districts where | often the floors are laid of wood. hellfire had been h est. They 8o |concrete sets over night u: 11 reported to their government. Later |the walls go up With no dela Morrill was invited to come to|takes about a week to build an at the expense of the French |age two-story cottage. The government, to introduce his system |for a good-sized house cost §6 of pouring houses. R. J. Caldwell of | $700—and, of course, can be used Tered the French gov- | and over. Athousand dollars’ w equipment of the steel | of these plates will build a very machinery necessary to | house. the walls are stuci plastered inside fc is poured ne forms and | Priced Under Surrounding Values By $2,000! A Home Just Off 16th Street, N. W. 1514 Webster St. N.W. Just 2 years ago an Army officer bought this home new— and every day of his living there has added to the value of the house and grounds. No pains nor money has been spared to make iz‘ a home perfect in every detail. Now, when friends have come to call it “the home beautiful,” he is ordered to California —the place will be sold immediately and for that purpose will , OPEN ALL DAY Description—Brick construction of attractive Eunglish de- sign; house 24 feet wide and 40 feet deep; first floor, cement porch, large living room, with open fireplace, reception room, dining room, kitchen and breakfast porch; second floor 4 spacidus bedrooms, bath, lavatory and double sleeping porch; third floor finished attic, maid’s room and bath in cellar; hot- water heat, electricity, hardwood floors and trim; weather- stripped; screened; lot 140 feet deep, artistically planted with shrubs and flowers; house newly decorated inside and out, and in absolutely perfect condition. DO NOT FAIL TO SEE IT! Take 14th Street car, 16th Street bus or drive out 16th to Webster. / Exclusive Agents 713 14th St. N'W. These plates are held apart by thus im- awn the plates ariven to form scaffolding and whe affold- | filled | { with concrete driven in by compre: permitting be poured as| plates irec mold , & Hol- | wall vuxl\' buich | ! bing | door | the ord- s in the { qu d oed | or Ak as a| dit more | The | and 1| ver- | 0 over orth | fine : must be paid “In Eng shire, atch a rabbit be S for breakfast, “Another fre the Hereford | leases they hor: | nearby. f the congre-| T se was made, pric June when the le the stipulated 1st of and pays | El congregation shillings in a the equiva- ; the contract piegel hous 1dition to rose: Frenkish Tenures. and cases of this sort were one time, and some in operatpn to thi . On REaster Monday morning, parish at Coleshill, in Warwick- if the young men of the y -fore 10 0'c ite | Co | fo e it to the . according calf's head and 100 It is on this con- fon that he holds his plot of land. Kish tenure is that of Hampton hop, in B! original vear, six o D tenants at county must ge ry ads of stakes from Ha to make hurdles for penning | Hereford fair, whenever | red to do so. ‘One erling, A plot of ground in London w the sovere! | announced J. . lon is to be paid for | be: house s | of hollow-tile construction. See This Genuine Bargain Today n of Scotland, when neighborhood, one his rose w o7 ot 2 LEVEN ACRES ADDED TO CLARENDON SUBUR Addition of eieven acres to today smpany. The land was turned ov r this purpose by Ashton C. hin @ vear more than twent have been bullt W. P. Pike recently purchased a 1 and has plans ready for a blingalow Le started at once. Miss E. B. Hammond will erect utch colonial home near Hanlin bungalow on the lot next will begin the W, Marion avenue. on which he h un the erection of two two-sto . one of frame and the oth 4 Sold—3 Left 4005-4017 Fourth Street, Petworth (One block west of beautiful Soldiers’ Home Grounds) Just Completed and Open for Inspection Attractive tapestry brick houses, having Colonial front porch, six bright rooms and bath, roomy c floors, breakfast porch, sieeping po Hot-water hcat, electricity, fine cel trays. Small cash payment. losets, French doors, hardwood rch, mahogany and white trim. lar, coal bins, stationary wash Reasonable terms. Sales representative on premises until 9 P.M. The Joseph Shapiro Co. 914 New York Avenues Franklin 6918 —SOLD| In Two Days-----Why $67,5O Per Month Including A 1] Intfres't Real Values Reasonable Terms _$7.850 Six complete rooms and tile bath; hardwood floors; hot-water heat; lights; sflver—fimshed electric panel walls side- wall fixtures; pantries. Each lot is 142 feet deep. Open daily and Sun- day until 9 P.M. \ get off 5th and Kennedy. Open Daily and Sunday Until 9 P.M. Take 14th Street car mrked “Takom Pu-k,” white rose. s last paid on the visit of Queen Victoria and the prince con- sort to the Duke of Roxburghe's es- tate nearby. the suburban subdivision known as Ash- | ton Heights, near Clarendon, Va., was by the Kay-Alger Jones. in the fon and several more are now under construction, it is stated the en- rance columns at Marion and Clar- endon avenu & .jof a the house at 35 Fairfax place. England has purchased a site erection in er ot a to as ry er Announcement lectures for the real estate course to | be conducted this fall by the Y. M. -ope: HOME IN EDGEMOOR., MARYLAND. Edgemoor, Md., which has been acquired by Krank N. Grigs. Benton, Trenl REAL ESTATE LECTURE TOPICSA Practical Course Will Be Given Prospective Many Speakers. with the co Washington Real made today by Daniel A. head of the assoclation’s edu: department. He pointed out that the subjects to | o nilia be discussed were arranged in a m1n»9 ner that would embra ods used in real that handled by I al men. The course an elemental an the different ire 1t oard, pres ing nigl -quent wi J.F. W " Edmund D. 35 A, Robert etilements, state Financing, L«lrdlnl’d and Tel ant Rela- Richards Thomas B mond A. Wh liam L. Beale Petty. of the Iy will y, executive Washington Real introductory Boss, Real Estate on the op The sub: to the outline, lowing Busines Management, ance, address by Harry K. | liam D. Ellett Ev WELLESLEY the threatened coal good business for months. “Go after business Babson. to mouth polic; conscquent saving. the business tide, An analysl day than they w; lower than imodities show no ci materials that have cally all lines strengthening months. 1t _is T il merchants change in the situa turn with the tid should plan on a sul |in holm & Co., agents goods, and a tra short notice. This increase in due to combinati RE SELECTED spite of the strikes there is relatively ment at present. $1,000 figures show Salesmen' by [s and of |Of the purchasing po the average busines: pend. A drop and pro outline ion of the state Board, was|P Dollarhide, | fonal into ready buye HILLS, Mas: tember 16.—Roger Babson evidently is not upset by labor difficulties and again tend up and both busine and individual will make more mone by buying ahead rather thdn by tol- lowing the more conservativ of 78 basic materials, for instance, shows that 48 are higher to- re a year a year ago, whiie 4 com- in- jcrease will be felt most on the been completel deflated, but finished goods in practi- some during _the next few w particularly purchasing power dnd the attitude of the general public. in the pect of steady idly turning a majority of these peo- In the farming fie and better prices pro farmer as a good prospeet. bought very little since 1920 and his r—mance and Trade Conditions Viewed By Roger W. Babson Saturdsy this well known student of business is writing for readers of Btas 2o article interproting Idustriel and. investont problone: shortage. In statement issued today he forecasts few the next now however, pri hange. Pri il show important ully grasp tion. The hstantial jnc de between now and Christm If he does not he will be caught with a shortage rather than & sportation will make it difficult to get more on | surplus tie business will on of inc a change and labor unr littlg n iRcomes o that 45 per ce of the purchasing power of the cour try comes to the individual as wages | j alaries. This makes up the bulk | on which YWer up s man wor; s, id, accumqulated needs chinery and supplie: meth- | and be | state practic topic: ouTd put into operation th “The combination 1 es-| d by hortage. If 1 should certainly bu ¥ for Christmas 1 linsist upon early del “This general “‘;'"I""’(g:":]‘;'\ru\x v will lead in cregsed business and be condue f the , will hit lectures, according 11 include the fol: 1 Est “Prope A laction of the stock m profits, of course, m {for expansion and e: ¥ |and mone. fe|tending gradual ling both house in 17| Banks hav “on- | commerc H. Law. | ments. Morton | & drug M. Bowie Rheem n the matt 1 and In man: 1 the loc: A, ¥ mar| Ex- should come market level “In the investmen of good bonds promise to rule strong apital ac !this fall. As invest quantity individual inve should absorb of farm s. The plans the business world accumulated dur- 'ing these past two years will also be is fall. of these sev factors points to a merchandising | llan 0. were a retailer 11 goods ne iveries. increag\\ business (uJ to the in- rial profits that are already belng reflected in the ! Increased ind arket. ean more quipment T and bu: er of lities_mone: ket. The n as £ t market pri ment $60.00 Per Month, Including All Interest, BUYS a WITH LOCATED $500.00 Cash Mecdern, Colonial Home Complete tile bath; Pittsburg instantaneous water heater; Electric lights; Concrete front and rear porches; Hot-water heat; Cement cellar; Hardwood floors. Corner of Kentucky avenue and C st. se., three blocks from Lincoln Park. Open for inspection all day Sunday. CHAS. D. SAGER, 923 Fifteenth Street NW Main 36. . Sen- . says Mr. “Buyers during these past two years have been foliowing a hand Every one has pur- chased as little as possible, because a delay has meant lower prices and a With the turn ot man policy 0, 24 are that th They must retailer -up cased unemploy - must de of living | is rap- | bumper crops trade now and money Rents rates, in the meantime, are | downward, ess | overhead. ample funds to meet all tment require light seasonal tightening will doubtless be { experienced at crop mc [taking the fall seas {money thfoughout the west and south | i} nearer to the New ving time, but PLANS FOR §1,200,000 APARTMENT HOUSE Permit Total for Week Is Shown cumulates the interest rates ease off, band prices automatically rise. As profits and income increase, the non- taxable issues will again be in de- by Report to Exceed a | mand The effect of commodity prices will be more than the time being by the money available. your bonds. set fo] quantity i $1,550,000. £ Continue to hold “Whether or not we shall have a | J1Suance of a permit to Harry reaetion in the stock market this fail | Wardman for the erection af another {is not the point. We may get the |$1,200,000%mit of his extensive apart- break that the ‘bears’ are hoping for ment house onnecticut rations on |or stocks may climb suddenly. The |’ - point of importance, as I see if, is the | #Venue, between Cathedral avenue fact that we have Just tupned the cor- | and Ktingle Ford bridge, boosted ner at the bottom of a period of de- pression and that the stock market has never reached its high point until arly in the period of prosperity Those who own good stocks outright | do no worrging about the mar- . In spite of rail and coal difficul- ties, general business as reflected in the index of the Babson chart is hold- ing its own. Activity is now run- ning at 9 per cent pelow normal TEN HOUSE PROPERTIES TRANSFERRED IN WEEK 1Sales Totaling $105,000 Reported by Bauman & Heinzman the weckly permit total to more than | $1.550,000, according to records in the loffice of the municipal building in- | spector. Construction of the apartment house, plans for which were approved this week. already has started at the inte of Klingle road with Con- necticut avenue. s w Other Permits. Other permits follow: Paul Himmel to reet; cost, build, 449 K . to build two use street; Chz homes, 11 $20.000 Inc., to build four Rittenhouse street; s, to build home, 3336 of Company. Ten residential properti build, ar §105,000, were tr i to new owners this week through the office | of Bauman & Heinzman, it is nounced. 269 Carroll valued , 1o build, £6.00 ont, to repair, 1369 Irv- T, $2,000. err be | 2701 th in in an- ing s ;,{!if';” ”’"“‘,‘,' to repair, 1828 L six rooms 1{.4 bath, hot-water heat | o repair, 608 1;;;"'2:._\:. Davis. This home has eight rc and bath, hot-water heat, electricity i \axfix a_built-in garage. has . WS kland bouxht a new Stre home ai 115 Fareazut ciet porin, | ARPLOR strect; a|west. Thi room, detached ChErell 45 MAke Bepates. ma- | home, with rodern’ fmprove- | Metropolitan Presbyterian Church, of | ment 4 was the 01 ith southeast! Allison street north- | st completed | sold to Li has operty at 62 st,oneof the hon v Marcellus Heflin, w- Ellis. Th 166 al | home six 1 :ruun nd bath, with hardwood floors. | A x-room home, lo ted treet: u«l 13th street northwest, was sold to v o build home, Abe Coonan. urch road; cost, Prem 4514 9th street northwest build offic a mew six-room colonial house, was 400, old for Pumphrey & Davis to Lewis - 1018 McLarzen, who will occupy it as a hom An of Women's r, 1734 N street; cost, Blundon_ Cor It is a de 45x impro A : to build four. t at Connecticut avenue - road; cost, A ]Lwn-lr‘ tuated on a | 11 modern d house, It has 1ot ements. -room modern bungalow, Kearney street northeast. w sold for Ernest & Holbrook, to Ray 1 imond V. Root. —_— Cec'l Rhodes. the founder of Rho- desia. is buricd on the top of a hill 4316 ¥ South Africa called Matoppo. It id that there. § M street; used to climb his ¢ dr riier days, he n of the an future of the vast country spread to build, 1326 1 street; at his feet, and that even then determined that that should be to build, 2814 34th burial piace st, $14.000. S £ PRICED RIGHT A Real Buy in a New Home 902 Madison St. NW We've put in all of the things that you usually have to pay for, such as breakfast and slecping porches, all screened, tile in the kitcher, ct of new features. Don’t think of buy vou have seen our sample home.* 1t It is truly a home ing any house until Quick sales and small profit is the answer for this price. Only 4 Left Open and Lighted Until 9 P.M. A Home Is Something You Want to Be Very Sure About! INSPECT TODAY AND SUNDAY Sample House J 3918 Jenifer St. N.-W. Chevy Chase, D. C. Eight New DETACHED Homes Just Completed Five Already Sold. Brief details: Three and four bedrooms; tile bath; oak floors; screens; porches; large living room with open-fireplace: faundry and servant’s toilet; coal bin; Pittsburg h.-w. h‘ea;er' h-w. h.; elec. - Beautiful Iots, 60ft frontage; hedge and sshrubbery. PRICE, $12,500—EASY TERMS BOSS & PHELPS "Tel. M. 4340 Realtorp THE HOME OF HOMES. 1406 H St. N.W. If you cannot buy now we wish you to see it, as we will have cight similar houses in 60 DAYS. Take Ga. Ave. car to Madison St., walk one block ea .t. Walter A. Dunigan = Owner and Builder or Your Own Broker = Maryland Bldg. 1410 H St. NN\W., M. 1023 % T A Offerings (Open for Inspection Sunday, 2 to 6 P.M.) 1720 21st Street clusive section, west of Connecticut Avenue and | north of Massachesetts Avenue. Three-story bay win-; dow brick, having 10 large rooms, 3 baths, hot-water; heat, handsome clectric fixtures and is in excellent con- dition. Out-of-town owner desires immediate sale. Price, $15,950. 2 2802 Cathedral Avenue A beautifully situated dwelling close “to Wardman Park Hotel—24 feet wide, containing 10 spacious and: well planned rooms, 3 completc baths, hardwood floors, colonial front and two rear porches, hot-water heat and electricity. 2-car brick garage. Very reasonable”price.| 1861 Wyoming Avenue To close an estate, this handsome home is located on one of Washington's best Avenues, and is offered for sale at a very low figure. Consisting of 11 large rooms (7 master bedrooms) and 2 baths, good back yard hav- ing ample room for double garage. Inspection will prove its real value. RANDALL H. HAGNER & CO. 1207 Connecticut Avenue Franklin 4366-67 B