Evening Star Newspaper, December 9, 1922, Page 13

.REAL ESTATE. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON,. D. C. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 19: REAL ES TATE. 13 Washington’s Growth Reflected in Real Estate and Building News AMONG REALTORS NAMED CHAIRMEN OF REAL ESTATE BOARD COMMITTEES PICK COMMITTEES OF REALTY BOARD Charles S. Shreve Names { Personnel of Fourteen Standing Bodies. Avpointment of the personnel of standing committees which carry on the general activities for the Wash- ington Real Estate Board was an- mnounced today by Charles S. Shreve, president of the board. Fourteen committees were named, in addition to the executive committee, appointed several weeks ago. The standing committees have charge of special investigation work and development plans of the board, in contradistinction from the policy-In- terpreting duties of the executive committee. Executive Secretary John A. Petty explained. The complete roster of the standing committees for the coming year fol-| low: Legislation and taxation commit- tee—Joseph Herbert, jr. chair- man; John F. Maury, vice chairman Bates Warren, B. F. Saul, N. L. Sans- bury, George Y. Worthington, Wil- liam H. Saunders. Randall H. Hagner, Lee D. Latimer. Thomas Bradley, William 1. Beale, Floyd E. Davis, Harry S. Welch, Walter A. Brown, H. Bradley Davidson, William E. Shan- mon, William A. Hill, James F. Shea. John P. Story. H. L. Thornton, John ‘W. Brawner. Allan E. Walker. Harry ‘Wardman. John L. Weaver, Joseph L ‘Weller, George R. Linkins and S. J. Henry. Membership committee—W. C. Miller, chairman: Leroy Gaddis. jr., vice chairman; Thomas E. Petty, Charles A. Jones, Clarence F. “'elch,i R. Owen Edmonston. Harry A. Seay, E. W. Farley. Milton F. Schwab, J. McKenney Berry. Robert R. Mahor- ney, Lanier P. McLachlen and O. B. Zantzinger. Public affairs committee—F. Middleton. chairman vice chairman: Joseph D. Sullivan Joseph A. Petty and Willlam R. Ellis. Educational committee—H. Latane Lewis, chairman; W. K. Hartung, vice chairman: Charles D. Sager, Alfred Higble and A. C. Houghton. Vigilance committee—David___ E. rry, chairman: William L. King, vice chairman; A."H. Heinzmann, John Quinn and A. A. King. Arbitration committee—Harry K. Boss. chairman; Horace Smithy. vice chairman: J. Edward Lewis, H. 1. Rust and R. L. McKeever, secre- tary. Convention committee—J. Walter O’Boyle, chairman; William J. Drew, vice chairman; Lovick P. Liles, Fred H. Ugast, William Davis, F. W. Graham, Graeme T. Smallwood and ‘William S. Phillips. Entertainment committee—H. 6. Kennedy, chairman: John P. Collins, vice chairman; B. H. Parker. R. B. | Warden, Carl R. Baldus, Edgar L.| Howard, O. C. Barkley. L. A. Walshe. | yde C. Dunnington, Victor Cahiil and H. Tudor Morsell, Luncheon committee—Benjamin_ F. Adams, chairman; Theodore N. Gill, vice chairman: J. E. Schwab, Earl M. Eliot i E. Lodge Hill, HARRY K. BOSS, Chairman, arbitration committee, HERBERT T. SHANNO! Chairman, operative bullders’ mittee. com- EDMONSTON. J. LEO KOLB, ways and means com- mittee. Chafrman, Mackintosh Zoning committee — A. Britten | Browne, chairman; Edmund D. Rheem, vigce chairman: J. H. de Si- bour and Operative Shannon, chairman; orge N. Ray D. Bos Federal co-operation Offutt. chairman: W. Morri D. Turner. Standard forms committee—Frank A. O'Neill, chairman; John T. Meany. Ramey and vice chairman: Faul G. committee—J. Leo chairman liam P. Main Benton, Trenholm & Co 924 17th Street N.W. FOR SALE 1474 Meridian St. Price $10,500 6 rooms and bath, electric light and hot-water heat. Immediate Possession 502 and Marshall McKibbin. builders—Herbert T. J. Dunigan, vice chairman; Harry A. Kite, Charles M. Wallingsford, B. H. Gruver, Hugh A. Thrift. H. R. Howenstein, William E. Shannon, W. €. Miller, Willlam S. Phillips, Thomas Bones and Harry K. committee— Charles . vice chairman, and Edgar i i Jameson-Built Homes Choice of Two Locations 906 New York Ave. N.W. Owner and Builder Main 3326 Ask the Man Whe Owas One 501 to 513 Tennessee Ave. Northeast 1026 to 1058 Quebec Pl. N.W. At 13th Street—1 Square North of Spring Road hot-water heat, hard- wood floors, 1-piece sink, wash trays, lots of closet space; dou- ble rear porches, wide front porch. Deep yard to alley.” Open for Inspection Daily and Sunday FOR SALE BY > 6 rooms, tile bath, _§ |STANDARDIZED REALTY DOCUMENTS PLANNED A plan for simplifying and stand- ardizing legal instruments and con- tracts used in real estate transactions lis under preparation by the United States Department of Commere co-operation with the Nati ciation of Real Estate Boards. It is pointed out that there is a great amount of waste in the bustness caused by the variety in the form cf documents used. State real estate boards already are working out stand- ardized forms, and in states standardization h: ccomplish- ed. The divers quirements in the various ever, makes it extremely difficult to perfect a national standardization plan. wood floors; li garage. Price. $22,500; terms. SELLIN You Will Profit by an These homes are of tapestry rear porches; minimum. Streets, or 9th Street cars to squares east. Inspection Invited—Sunday—2 to 4 0’Clock No. 16 WEST LENOX STREET Corner Magnolia Parkway CHEVY CHASE, MD. One of the most beautiful locations in old Chevy Chase. The home, built by day labor, was completed only a year ago and contains eight large rooms and bath, several lavatorie: ing-room 15x30 ft. foundation 14 inches thick; very large sleeping porches; double PRATHER & ROBINSON BOND BUILDING Main 442 7th St. Between Kennedy and Longfellow Sts. six well-proportioned rooms; hot-water heat; L electricity; tile bath, with built-in fixtures; oak floors closet space, convenfent kitchen, with large pantry and- built-in refrigerator. They are strikingly distinctive and modern in design and appointment and of unquestionable durability. Many labor- saving devices and built-in equipment reduce housework to a Small Cash Payment, Easy Terms Take 14th Street cars marked “Takoma” to 7th and Kennedy WILLIAM S. PHILLIPS 1409 New York :::.UIN?;I.' NEW CONSTRUCTION RECORD MADE HERE 1Excavation and Foundation Work of Hotel Walker Four Weeks Ahead. Establishing what is sald to be a record in construction circles, the ex cavation for the Hotel Walker, cor- ner’ of Connecticut avenue and De Sales street, and the substructure Are' approaching completion, virtually four weeks In advance of the esti- mated time, according to an announce. ment today by the Walker Hotel Cor- poration. So fast has the task of removing 62,000 cubic yards or 1,674.000 cubic fect of earth progressed, that it has been impossible for the steel to be made and fabricated in time to begin | laying it immediately the contractors have completed their work of exca- vation, it Is stated. The W. F. Bren- izer Company is in charge of this work. In the construction of Hotel Walker no stock steel i3 being used. Every plece is being rolled under special specifications and then cut into sizes and fabricated, every step in the proc- ess being under the close personal In- spection of representatives of the| Walker Hotel Corporation. The steel tonnage in the Walker Hotel is great- er than has ever gone into any pri- vate constructfon in the Natoinal Cap- ital, it is asserted. Even with the steel being made on rush order, it will be impossible to have the first shipment herc before January 1. Ten Weeks' Job. It is expected by the engineers that it will be possible to erect the im- mense steel frame of the structure within a period of ten weeks. How- ever, during this time as the steel is going up, the structural flooring will be laid. The flooring is of goncrete, steel and hollow tile, not offly fire- proof, but soundproof as well ARCHITECT’S DRAW G OF THE WEEK SHOWS SLUMP IN BUILDING_PERMITS{ Twelve Dwellings on 4th Street | Northeast, Costing $60,000, Are Included in List. Building permit totals for the past | week slumped from previcus weeks figures, according to records in the office of the Munlcipal building in- spector’'s office. The list of plans approved follows: W. R. Riley, to erect twelve private | garages, rear of 2532 to 3634 T street; | value, $2,000. | McKeever & Goss, to erect twelve | two-story brick dwellings, 1106 to 1128 4th street_northeast; value, $60,000. The : L. E. F. Prince, to erect private Steel contracts call for practically| . Princ 5 orivate 3.500 tons. or 7,000,000 pounds of steel | Earages, 1316, 1718 and 1720 P street; girders and framework. Some of the immense girders supporting that por- tion of the bullding above the first floor are over five feet In height. This makes possible large areas on the ground floor without piers supporting them, The 286 steel columns will rest upon a foundation containing 95,000,000 pounds of concrete-—the foundation and plers resting upon' bedrock thirty-six to torty feet below the surface. The immense steel frame work will be M. E. Miller, to erect dwelling at ; 3600 Edmunds’ street; value, $10.000. Harry Wardman, to erect building at Connecticut and Cathedral avenues: | value, $7.000. i B. McKinley, to erect dwellings at | 2406 Lawrence street; value, $6,500. General Federation of Women's Clubs, to install elevator at 1734 N street: value, $5,250. J. Robson, to erect three dwellings at 3601, 3603 and 3605 T street; value, swung into place by four great boom | $12,000. derricks, traveling on one track. The , to erect dwellings at | bedrock Is the same strata on which and 1356 Florida ave- rests the Lincoln Memorial. Two Shifts Planned. In spite of the siight delay, whiie waiting the arrival of the steel con- signments, the remainder of the con- struction Is expected to progress fully as rapldly as did the excavation worl By early spring it is proposed to use day and night shifts, and the con- tractors. supervising engineers and architects are confident that the estab- | lishment will be ready for operation by October 1 of next year, six months ahead of the average schedule in work of this magnitude. The interior designs and decorati: details are now far advanced. The turniture, furnishings and hangings, as value, $12.000. P. O'Hanlon, to erect dwellings at 4132, 4134 and 4136 Gault street north- value. $4.500. | well as all of the equipment, are being | especially designed for this hostelry. | It is confidently stated by officers of Ilhe ‘Walker Hotel Corporation, which will own and operate the hotel, that this tab! ment wi be a ‘'show place While every effort has been made to make the building substantial and beautiful as to exterior and in- terior, one of the cardinal points of Hotel Walker will be its many pra tical features and the fact that it is designed to permit an economy of ' operation. ; hard- th open fireplace; stone T G FAST Immediate Inspection brick; concrete front.and double generous Kennedy Street and walk three NEW CRANDALL THE. TIVOLI MOTION CRANDALL AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF 14TH STREET AND PARK ROAD. + capacity i tenance will be incorporated. '%umunmmnmmmmlmflnuumnmmlnunmmumnmmnmmxumummnummummulummmmmmmummnmmmmmmmummmmmmmm Hot-Water Heat Electric Lights ATER FOR 14TH STREET AND PARK ROAD PICTURE THEATER TO BE ERECTED BY HARRY M. | Crandal to conduct the Tivoli as a motion picture theater, the house will |be equipped with a full-sized stz | capable of accommodating any | of dramatic, operatic or conc |traction. _ The' heating and WORK TOBEGINON S0 HEATER Crandall Movie at 14th and Park Road Will seat 2’500' | "The marquise covering the box office and corner entrance will ex- | tend entirely around the corner from Plans for the $650.000 motion pic- |14th street into Park road. The ex- ture theater, the Tivol, to be erected |terior lighting effects will be such i 3 as to provide Lriliant illumination by Harry M. Crandall interests on |3y 3'%oinr combinations. the site of the old Sacred Heart| The interior of the theater will dis- Church, at the northeast corner of |close a simple Italian Renaissance F ol | design, with beautiful _draperies. 14th street and Park road, were made | The interibr decoration will be car- public today. Preliminary work was'ried out in marble, silks and satin begun this week and active construc- fl venti- lating systems will be of the latest | type and exits will be provided on | three sides of the building in greater | number than District regulations re- | quire. | The exterior will be of highly orna.- | mented polychrome terra cotta. mod- edel after the Italian Renaissance ! monumental building. In the arches of this facade are the shops, the d: tinctfve feature of which will be the open well, enabling a clear view of both first and second floor displays upon entering the door. tapestries. tion will start when the church | There are retiring and emoking = rooms for both ladies and gentlemen moves to its new edifice, at 16th on the orchestra and balcony floors. street and Park road, Monday. { Another feature of the Tivoli will be The Tivoli was designed and will |found in the mezzanine lounge, where S E : | writing materials and other conven- be constructed by Thomas W. Lamb, | jinces il be provided theater architect and engineer of na-| Projection Booth Inmovation. tional reputation. Plans have been ready for some weeks, but construc- tion was held in abeyance pending | vacation of the site by the church. The old church structure, parish house and rectory will be razed. Crandall's Tivoli, according to promoters, will be the most commo- ddous residential theater in Wash- ington. 1t will have a frontage on 14th street of 220 feet and on Park ' road of 109 feet, with a total seating with balcony, of 2.500. The entrance will be at the corner of 14th street and Park road. On the 14t street side there will be twelve two- story shops. The entrance will be| surmounted by a decorative marquise and every approved modern appur- struction of the Tivoli will be the location and arrangement of the pro- jection booth, from which the picture is thrown upon the screen. This es- ! sential portion will be so constructed itS| and located as to be on a direct line with the screen, thus precluding the possibility of distortion of the pic- tured image. The projecttion room will have a fireproof wired-glass window opening directly upon the mezzanine, thus enabling the patrons of the house to view every operation !within the booth and observe pre- cisely what mechanical processes are necessary to project an entertain- ment upon the silver sheet. The in- ‘lerior of the projection room will pe of white non-glazed tile, __The Tivoli will be the ninth Wash- ington theater in the Crandall chain. To Have Full Stage. While it is the purpose of Mr. The House Without a Servant OPEN DAILY UNTIL 9 P.M. Built-in Refrigerator Unusual Fixtures Tiled Bath Nos. 2321 to 2339 Third Street N.E. Tapestry Brick, large Colonial front porch. Living room full width of house opening into dining room kitchen- ette, with full equipment and yet plenty of room for homemaker. purchaser has privilege of selecting coal-burning or new coalless furnace for heating system. Second floor. Two large, airy, well-lighted bedrooms, with three closets. Tiled bath with latest fixtures. All rooms have convenient floor plugs for vacuum cleaners and electric attachments. housekeeping easy. Back yard to alley. Every ; TO INSPECT Take the Cars to 4th and Rhode Island Avenue N.E. and Walk One Square West PRICE AND TERMS PRICE, $6,200.00—Payable $550.00 Cash, Balance $54.50 Monthly This Includes All Interest and a Substantial Payment on the Principal é WAGGAMAN & BRAWNER, INC. : Frank. 7485 | ' 1215 “Eye” 8 One of the innovations in the con-| Stationary Wash Tub Enameled Gas Range Rear porch. Cellar under the entire house; iRENT LAWS LEAVE . REPAIRS OPTIONAL Owners Not Bound Under Strict Interpretation, Says Board President. interpretation of District ol Columbia laws pertaining to landiord and tenant olligations relieves the prop- erty owner from the obligation of mak- ing repairs to rental p by specific contract. statement made b Charl Strict president of the Washington Real Is- tate Board, before members of the Y. M. C. A. real estate class at this week’s session. “While it is generally customary in the District for owners to attend to repairs of rental properties.” Mr. Shreve pointed out, “the law, strictly speak- ing, does mot compel them 1o do %o However, there Is a difference laid down with respect to apartment houses, where it has been held that the owner is obligated to attend to such repairs as affect_all tenants alike, such as heat- ing, lightning and plumbing systems. Traces History of Law. Mr. Shreve traced the histary of landiord and tenant law from the early English commoan-law period 1o the pres- ent day. At first, he tenancy was divided into three classes in law—as estates by the vear, estates by the month and estates by sufferance. Tn- lassifications the per- tenant is determined out that under the operation present rental legis- lation known as the Ball rent law, it was extremely nes ry in actions to recover possession that notices be pre- pared in conformity with the rulings of the rent commissipn. It was shown that under certain conditions owners were entitled 1o have possession of their 1cntal property when thev needed such property for their own occupancy and for one or two other causes mentioned in the law. Preparation of Leane. der these The lease or rental contract which is the basis of landlord and tenant rela- tions. Mr. Shreve stated, should be very carefully prepared to embrace all the terms and conditions of the lease in order to avold subsequent misunder- standings. In the actual preparation of the lease it is important that the signatures of both the landlord and ten- ant be secured and the contract prop- erly dated. Because of the many legal phases of rental business, Mr. Shreve stated that it was one of the most important branches of real estate work and re- quired experience and knowledse to properly protect the interests of clients. At the next meeting of the class the subject of title examinations and con- vevancing will be discussed by James J. Becker, local title official. e When completed it will represent a total ivestment of approximately $650,000. which will be covered by the l1ssuance of $400.000 guaranteed S per cent cumulative preferred stock and $250.000 of common stock. The construction of the theater will be upon the cantilever system, with the steel structure and ils &n- tirely independent each of tae other The detailing_and fabrication of the steel is already well under way. T property §s at the present time in- closed in the builders’ high tight- board fence. TR T thing arranged to make Street N.W.