Evening Star Newspaper, September 30, 1922, Page 13

REAL ESTATE.: _THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, -D. C,. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1922, REAL ES ashington’s Growth Reflected in Real Estate and Building News 151 0 TATE. 13 ~HORK PROGRESSING { "INNEW CLUB HOME }'louse for Blue Ridge Rod and Gun to Be Ready in December. s vt e MANY CHANGES MADE Building Closely Resembles De- stroyed Structure, But New Fea- tures Are Introduced. otherwise decorating and furnishing the rooms are being completed. A fea- ture of the furnlshings will be the hunting and fishing trophies which members have presented to the club. iy Fire' Last_Year. A heating plant designed to fur- nish heat to all parts.of the building, instead of to certain rooms, as in the destroyed clubhouse, will make the clubhouse habitable the year round. A complete icemaking and refriger- ating plant will be installed. The disastrous fire whick, however, made possible the new.home, occurred November 18, 1921. Plans for rebuild- ing immediately took -shape, a build- ing comimittee composed of H. D. Crampton, president of the club; George T. Dunlop and Allan E. Walker being appointed in this con- nection. Designs were drawn by A. B. Mullett & Co. of this city and work I Was begun April 10 by the contractors, | the hitmore Lumbe: Charles Town, W. Va. Company, NEW AURORA HILLS HOMES BEING BUILT Construction of a number of dwell- Work on the new $75,000 home for | ings is under way in Aurora Hills and the Blue Ridge Rod and Gun Club, to replace the old clubhouse, which burned to the ground last November, ‘Willett Heights, nearby Virgini dlvisions, the office of Walter O'Hara. new homes are being planned. it was_ reported today by ia sub- -Many | Ferry, W. Va., is nearing completion, as hown in the photograph. mew ome, was buraed to the grousd m 5 2 0. Mr. O’'Hara " announced that' sales of properties in these subdivisions and of farms in the county are being made at an active rate. Some of the recent transactions follow: Carroll A, Saunders bought from J. P. Diesman a farm of thirteen acres is nearing completion, it was an- nounced today. The clubhouse is located in Loudoun county, Va. not far from Harpers Ferry. The club, which is composed of prominent Washington business and professional men, plans to re-estab- Jish Itself in its own home about the middle of December, when it Is like- ly tuat housewarming festivities will be in order. Modeled After Old Building. The new home was model.#i closely after the old one, both as to archi- tecture and construction, except that it has been made as fire-resistive as a frame structure can be made. A slate roof will take the place of the old shingled roof. which, it is thought, was an important factor in last yea conflagration. Numerous improve- ments in the arrangement of the rooms and in the equipment have been made. ¢ The exterior of the building will be of wide clapboards, stained to give them a_weathered appearance. A sixteen-foot porch extends entirely around the structure. excepting the dining room wing. The grounds will be extensively landscaped and re- stored to their original aspect. under the direction of John H. Small, 3d. a member of the club . Large Dining Room. The ground floor entrance opens into a large lounge, fifty by thirty feet. a feature which was not present the old building. A massive stone fireplace is on the right, with a door to one side leading into a cardroom. To the left of the lounge s a tap- room, which will contain fifty lock- ers; a small telephone room, and the kitchen. Directly back of the lounge and connccted therewith is the din- ing room, forty-seven feet long and thirty feet wide, fitted with a stone direplace to the left. Sleeping Facllities Provided. -cond floor will be used for purposes. There are twenty- irooms and a large roow pro- viding cxtra sleeffing facilitles when cessary. A hall, which took up much of the second floor in the origi- nal house, has been climinated, and th ace thus gained put to a more advantageous use. There are two distinct bathrooms, with showers and tubs, one connecting with the men's quarters and the other with the ‘women's_rooms. The two floors will be attractively decorated and furnished. The wood- work downstairs will be dark oak, h-hardwood floors, und upstairs be & natural finish, with cream Furniture for the building is being purchased and plans for walls. Tow tain eight rooms and t usually large colonial brackets and cornices. Large finished attic. glass knobs; silver he: silver, Large closets. for garage. 30 BUILT Character, Virility, Atmosphere, Craftmanship and Art, Comfort and Associations- Their’ construction carries out architectural ideas that will DESCRIPTIO These delightful dwellings ‘are of tapes- try brick and steel construction. - They con- block floor and artistic” iron railing. Spa- cious hall, with Roman architectural, from bright living room (having genuine fireplace) to paneled-ceiling dining room. Another set of French doors open into.a commodious breakfast porch. Spotless white kitchen, having massive one-piece sink and drain, patent flexible faucets; com- pletely equipped white enameled cabinet; splendid white enameled double-oven stove. ,Very large pantry with built-in refrigerator and service porch icer. stairway; four sleeping rooms connecting with two white enameled bathrooms, having four entrances. Built-in tubs and shower. The complete list of appointments includes specially molded window sills, hardwood floors throughout, electric fixtures of “ex- quisite design, wall paper in keeping with the architecture of the house, doors and trim of rich mahogany and -white finish. Doors on the main floor are equipped with second floor; all hinges and trimmings in Dry, airy cellar, “Ideal” hot-water heat- ing plant; instantaneous hot-water . heater; laundry trays and 'servants’ toilet. ‘Coal bins. Lot 140-feet deep, with-ample space. and a six-room home near Falls Church, Va. J. A. Hardin bought from Mrs. Min- nie P. Barr a farm of twenty acres and a five-room home on Columbia pike, near Bailey’s cross-roads. J. H. Halistead bought from Mrs. Imogene W. Morris a modern seven- {room home in Aurora Hills. Mrs. Violet W. Groome bought from J W, bungalow, with one and one-sixth acres of ground on Cherry Valley street, Clarendon, Va. Mrs. Nettie F. Latham bought two large lots in Bon Air Heights, on which she iIntends to build a modery home. Waiter H. Floyd bought from Mrs. Lottle E. Ball three lots on Fair- fleld street in Cherrvdale, Va. Edwin K. Le Fevre bought a lot in Creston Heights, near the Wash- ington Golf and Country Club. Mrs. Berdia A, Taylor bought from Dr. Earlé B. White three lots on Latterner avenue in Clarendon. Edward J. Armbruster bought from |Mrs. E. D. Van Keuren two lots on Walnut street in Arlington Park. Oliver Brust bought from D. C. Ballston. Olin Offutt bought two lots nd William Hevie bought five 1bts in_the same location. The following have purchased lots in Aurora Mills: Arthur A. King, Stanley W. Allen, Frank Tulloch, E. J. Skidmore, Eulia R. T. West, William F. Glassmire, P. F. Carley, Mrs. Mary Johnson and Au- brey B. Carter. Purchasers in Willett Heights were Louis H. Oswald, W. G. Measer, C. R. James, William I. Green, William W. ‘Wilson and Mrs. D. R. DuComb. IFORD WILL SPEND* MONEY TO INSURE | INCREASE IN JOBS NEW YORK. September 30.—Henry Ford, In an interview published by the Wall Street Journal, declared that he intended to employ his vast wealth in industry to provide jobs for thou- sands of additional, men and to in- crease the wealth of the country by a large production. “The Rockefeiler and Carnagle tributions aure all right,” ” g dis~ he said, “but I don’t believe in that method. These are “homes of tomorrow” ready today. Kauffman a six-room modern ! |Leehes two lots on Veitch street in | . Henderson, J. | Finance and Trade Conditions -Viewed By Roger W. Babson Saturday this well known student of busin readers B e Ta avtinie aterpmotioe Tadurtri man” fovouriiing for suadars of WELLESLEY, HILLS, Mass, Sep- tember 30.—Since the settlement of the rallroad strike many tips have { come from Wall street relative to the purchase of railroad securities. Rela- tive to these recommendations Roger W. Babson today issued the follow- ing statement: “There is no doubt but that the settlement of the railroad strike is favorable to general business. Ow- ing to the coal situation, such a set- tlement was' absolutely necessary. { Moreover, it has been more or less favorable to the railroads. The wage { workers have gone back at the rates determined by the Railroad Labor Board, and most of those who went out on strike are Sorry that they did it. The seniority question was settled on a fifty-fifty basis, neither side claiming a victory. This also iis well for all concerned, because the | raliroads are now able to restore { zeniority rights to the good men who deserve them, and to withhold them {lrum those who do not. Wall street is justified in sending out reports that the settlement s favorable to railroad securitles, *The acttiement of the atrike on the present basis should also prompt both sides to ‘count ten' before an- other strike is precipitated. In other words, the railroad strike was ex- pensive for both the railroads and wage workers. ge workers | toGay realize < are : stronger and better able to hundle {2 labor situation than has been the case for many years, while the rail- roads have greater respect for the labor unions than they have had lherelofore. All of this means that w hen another difference arises both sides will be anxious to patch up the difficulty before a strike is called instead of being anxlous to precipi- tate a strike, as seems to have been the case two months agao. There- fore, barring the European situa- tion, which may adversely affect all securitbes, I feel fairly optimistic on railroad securities. 1 say that the European situntion may adversely affect all eecurities ‘hecause people are llable to rush to sell their Euro- pean securities, and in so dolng all securities will _be affected, even though another European war would ulttmately help our industrials and indirectly, our raflroads. “Railroad securities, however, must be bought with great discrimination. The time is past when all railroads arc good or bad. The next few years will witness as great changes in the railroad fleld as the past ten have witnessed in the traction fleld. Rail- roads have already felt the effects of pleasure automobiles, but they have not really begun vet to feel the ef- fects of auto trucking. The trucking of goods within radius of fifty or 100 miles has only begun and this radius may reaailv be cxtended to cover 200 or 230 miles. Transcontinental sys- tems, such as the Union Pacific, North- ern Pacific, Great Northern, Southern Pacific, Chicago, Rock Island and. Pa- cific and Atchison have nothing to fear from the trucks. In fact, the trucks may help thera. Roads like the New York Central, Baltimore and Ohio and the Southern can survive and perhaps profit under this compe- tition. With a road such as the Bos- | ton and Maine, New Haven, Pennsyl- vania, Chicago and Northwestern, Reading and the like, this is not true. There roads are bound to suffer far monme from the truck than they now think possible. ‘We shall live to see great high- ways built by the state exclusively for truck use. Raflroads are destined ultimately to lose all of their short- haul business, and-hence the roads which are In comparatively small and compact territories are sure to suffer. The only hope for some roads, such as the Boston and Maine and New Haven, is to sell certain of their rights of way to the state in order that the tracks may be removed and concrete ! highways laid in their place. Many roads have parallel lines today under their control. The wise rallroad com- pany will develop one of these for it- self and will sell the other at a good price to the state for a concrete truck highway. Frankly, I would rather take my chances with concrete secu- rities thap with railroad securities bought iscriminately. Therefore, in taking any tips from Wall street to. buy railway securities use great dis- crimination to select those which can- 'NEW HOME OF BLUE RIDGE ROD AND GUN CLUB. Work on the new clubliGuse for the BiueRidge Rod and Gun Club, in Lomdenn county, Va., mear Harpers The old hom imilar in appearance to the DEMAND FOR D. C. HOMES HEAVY, SAY REALTORS Outside ‘Capitalists Reported as Seekihig Investments Here Due to Growing Values. Growing demand for homes in Washington is taxing builders to their capacity and is furnishing am- ple business for real estate offices of the city, according to local realty men. “No only is there a great demand for homes that is difficult to fill,” Ludo C. Pickett, sales manager of the Realty and Inyestment Corporation, pointed out today, “but outside capi- talists, recognizing the steady and continued increase in values of real property in the District of Columblia, are seeking Investments in Washing- ton.” Mr. Pickett anounced property sales involving sums aggregating $114,000, as follows: Apartment house at 2544 14th street northwest, to a local investor. Residence at 1604 25th street south- : east..for Mrs. Annie E. Martin to Mrs. Mable E. Butcher. Residence at 68 Randolph place northwest, for Adolph Ammann to Mrs. Katherine McDonald. Residence at 24 Randolph place northwest, for Mrs. Zora L. Booth to Mrs. Bessle J. Schoenthal. Residence at 8§19 Ingraham street northwest, one of Wallingford & Con- nor’'s homes, to Mrs. Zora L. Booth. Residence at 1102 P street north- west, for Mrs. Crabbe to a purchaser whose name s being withheld. “The thrce-story and basement resi- dence at 1310 Massachusetts avenue, for Mabel L. Dermody to a local in- vestor. Business property at 1117 1ith street northwest to a local investor. not be adversely affected by a great development in trucking or those Wwhose management is far-sighted enough to reduce their mileage to only such as is profitable, selling the rest for trucking highwayes.” L] * x ¥ x Continued activity in building lines has brought general business to a new high level for-the year. The in- dex of the Babson chart now stands at but 5. per cent below normal—an {m- pm\;(emeul of 2 per cent sincé last week. il FOUR NEW HOMES SOLD. ! Madison Street Houses Erected by ‘William 8. Phillips. i Four new houses on Madison street jnorthwest, recently erected by Wil- iliam S. Phillips, were sold during the past week by* Mr. Phillips’ office, it was announced today. Other trans- fers of property were reported. The new dwellings were sold as follows: C. D. Choate, 802 Madison street; Walter F. Aman, 814 Madison ' street; Misses Grayce W. Dodd and Haze] K. Doorty, 826 Madison street, and R. W. Hagy, 840 Madison street. ot _ | These. are colonfal brick homes con. Scarcity of moderately priced apart- | ¢ 4t ol S0 0 ST ng Dath each. ments in desjrable residential sections ; Mrs. Harriet L. Ramsey purchased of Washington has become generally | from Robert S. Campbell the semi- . | detached brick dwelling recently ;::l;an:r'"'l‘:'-‘:‘d“;’fl""““ Of Octo- | ¢ompleted by Mr. Campbell at 3082 | Porter strget northwest. This home i Real estate offices are being be- | contains eight rooms and has a bullt- | sieged .daily .with anxious tenants, e s 11 hased from Archie artwe urchase rom taced on all sldes with bigh rents and Grace 'S, Gillle the detached home at desirous of finding quarters in keep- 1003 Evaris street northeast. This is| “LEASE DAY" DS TENANTS PUZZLED De;irable Quarters Within - Reach of Pocketbook Ea- gerly- Sought by Many. ing with their pocketbooks and at the ; [!me time possessing syitable living | ;qualities. ¢ = | At most of the offices clerks behlnd’ the counter answer the set query, “Any ‘apartmients for rent?” with the matter of fact reply, “Yes, what price are you willing te pay?” If the pro- spective client answers $45 or $50 or $60 for a three or four room apart- jtains sfx rooms and bath. located in Dahlgren Terrace and con. Wilson G. Cole purchased from Charles H. Kaus premises 1318 Eme: son street northwest. This is a mod- ern home, in Saul's Addition, of eight 2 COURSE IN REALTY TOOPEN TUESDA Harry Boss to Preside at First Meeting of Y. M. C. A. Class. Harry K. Boss, president of the Washington Real Estate Board, fors mally will open the real estate course at the local Y. M. C. A. headquarters Tuesday night with an introductory address. Following the formal opening John A. Petty, eexcutive secretary of the Real Estate Board,“will deliver the first lecture of the course, taking as his subject “An Analysis of the Real Estate Business” This lecture will :also include a descriptive outline of the entire course and an explanatiod of"the practical methods that will be applied in the class. To Elevate Standards. : Realizing that educational work i§ & necessary element in the general imovement to elevate the standards of Ireal estate practices, the local real rooms and bath. Mrs. Sarah M. Shreve purchased from Anita M. Ronnoe the six-room and bath brick home at 3913 13th street northwest. P. R. Ayres purchased from Archie D. Sartwell premises 213 Rock Creek ! Church road. This is a modern home | contalning seven rooms and bath. Mrs. Emma C. King purchased of his firm's apartments of that size 'from Samuel A. Schneider the two- ment he'usually is offercd the, clerk's regrets with the information that all begin at $75 or $80. and in instances of. some new buildings, at $100 or $125 a month. None Are Available. There are, real estate men admit, a i number of small apartments at the desired prices, but they are all occu- pled and the present tenants show no_inclination of desiring to vacate. The demand for apartments is hav- ing a beneficial effect on the home buflding _market, it is pointed out. Rather than pay heavy rentals fami- lies are choosing to put their money into somethipg Which they themselves own, with the result that builders of moderately priced dwellings are sell- | ing their product before completion, * and are having difficulty keeping pace with the demand, it is reported. Rellef In Seen. Builders call attention to the fact that at present there are numerous; large apartment houses which will be ready for occupancy before winter, lessening the Shortage of living ac- commodations appreciably. 1f some of these buildings had been complet- ed before October 1, when leases usually expire and when apartment- hunting is popular, the situation with regard to renting would not be so pronouncedly unfavorable for tenants, it is explained. Unforeseen indus- trial disturbances, culminating in the transportation tie-up now being sore- 1y felt, prevented prompt or sched- uled completion, howeve In the next few months it is claimed that the apgrtment shortage will be no- ticeably relieved. $25 Per Room. While the tenant of average means, as a rule, will find prices on the new apartments beyond his salary’s reach, it is thought that in the end he will be benefited, since there are said to be numbers’ of- occupants of lower- priced buildings who plan to move into new apartments when they are completed, thus leaving available their vacated rooms. The prevalling charge for new apartments in the better residential rectfons seems to be predicated on a “per room” rate of $25 or $30. Ac- cordingly, most three-room and bath apartments.are being-held, for- from: $75- to $100, and’ larger apartments for higher reuts, proportionately. i “HOME”-—-A Word to Conjure With! ““Sweet Dreams Come True”’ | Sale of Property Near Chevy Chase six-room and bath brick house 1 street northwest. stor: at NEW PETWORTH HOMES SOLD DURING WEEK Last Building in Row Disposed of by D. J. Dunigan Firm. New homes in Petworth and Four- teenth Street Highlands were sold this week through the office of D. J. Dunigan. In Petworth the dwellings at_4218 and 4216 4th street were sold to H. A, Dixon and Mrs. Mary G. Patterson, r spectively. These were houses remain- ing unsold in a rcw of eight which Mr. Dunigan recently completed on the west side of 4th street between Upshur and Varnum streets. They have colonial fronts and contain six rooms and bath each. Another row, similar to those sold, 1s being constructed on the east side of the street, several already having been sold. . In Fourteenth Street Highlands two new six-room colonial houses were told, as follows: Liston G. Broad- hurst, 1218 Kennedy street, and Wal- ston A. Baum, 1216 Kennedy street. —_— BUY DAVIDSON TRACT. Recorded. Sale of the Bradley Davidson prop- erty, opposite the Chevy Chase Club, in Chevy Chase, Md. to the Minor, Cooper & Gray Company, for, it is understood, home development pur- poses, was announced today by the office of Elijah E. Knott, who ar- ranged the transaction. Mr. Davidson reserved his residence | ®and five acres, turning over to the | estate board created an educational ‘committee to develop activities of | this character. This committee, con= sisting of Morton J. Luchs, Lee D Latimer and Charles S. Shreve, c operated with the educational offi= cers of the Y. M. C. A. in preparing the outline of iectures to be delivered lduring the coming season. These leca tures in every instance will be hans dled by local realtors and other pro= tessional men who are recognized as expert in the particular subject as< signed them. The course, which is open to boti men and women and which covers & period of four months, is arranged t embrace the fundamental principles of real estate practice and a generaj discussion of other subjects closelyy allied with real estate. < Board Approves Course. In addition to lectures there will ba regular open discussions and quizzes as well as demonstrative practice ig the preparation of real estate forms It was pointed out by Mr. Pettyy who will conduct the course for the Y. M. C. A.. that the increase in de= mand in recent years for some cons structlve educational work in real estate subjects Has resulted in the establishment of lecture and extens sion courses in colleges and universis ties in various parts of the country. It is predicted that this movement will gradually evolve standardized tests and be included in the curricu- lum of not only the business colleges, but also the high schools. All such courses are being support= ed by the Nagional Association of Real Estate Boards through -its local board membership, and a =pecial committes of the national association is givij serious thought and study to the de: velopment_of some definite plan of education that will be adaptable to alf communities. S Through the activities of the Na= tional Association of Real Estat Boards a model license law has bee adopted in fifteen states. In each ins stance an improvement is noted if the character of restrictions that ar§ placed upon the practice of real estate, Licenses for Realtors. - These states requirc that a licenss be obtained before one can engage i real estate work, and the new license corporation approximately forty acres of ‘lgul.‘at a price rl:puted .t’n be-the highest -aver T B Sub- urban tract aroud Washington, al- though the figure was not disclosed. be in vogue many years from mnow, assuring a sense of satisfaction impossible to gain from the ownership of property not so strategically located nor so masterfully built. ‘Craft. wo tiled aths, Un> porch with cement French doors' lead Wide open-string xagon knobs on the OPEN AND LIGHTED DAILY AND: SUNDAY: Varnum Street. Between 15th “UNTIL 9 PM. throu ghout and Designed by experts, built by Washington’s Master Builders, these homes combine every art and device known to the Builders’ Planned to radiate cheerfulness housework to a minimum. Street, Between 15th and 16th 1508 Vamum Street NW. " "OPEN . DAILY "‘AND SUNDAY - character, you be here. tion—ma g n. teenth Street Fourteenth . finest bus and in the city. home-owning residences. 4 SOLD FROM PLANS LOCATIO If environment ‘determines A setting of distinc- off Sixteenth Street Boulevard and about 150 feet from the Street car An exclusive and restricted midst of Washington’s finest High and health- ful, a charming spot that is rapidly enhancing in value. See these homes today! ' | Moderate v'.l"e‘rmsv’ laws further require that the applis cant file a certificate as to his chars acter and degal. residence,. which in most cases has to be signed by three AXDaY : r choice should ificent Six- Highlands, just line— traction service section in the