Evening Star Newspaper, December 9, 1922, Page 16

D. C., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1922. ; vices, tice: REAL ESTATE. ' THE EVENING NEW SUBDIVISION STAR, WASHINGTON, Finance and Trade Conditions Viewed By Roger W. Babson: stadent of business fs wri C. Arth property at 1751 Park roaa | ‘REAL ESTATE. northwest. a three-story modern TRAFFIC LAW JAIL TERMS. dwelling, with garage. Boss & Phelps | represented the seller. = William T Cole 501 to A. J. Waish | Nine Violators Given 100 Days Each in Los Angeles. 2 small tract of land at Clarendon. | Va_ on which Mr. Walsh plans to | build a detached rexidence. ] Himiting the number of appren- and 80 forth. these things combine to make the high cost of building. When the men who are conducting the industry learn to cut these wastes out, then we shall have more building at lower cost to the for_readers of people and more profit to the industry. New Premier Number Two, for homes with one bath, kitchen and laundry, costs only $125, f.o. b. Chicago. Three other sizes equally astonishing prices. at Many buyers are ordering these new gas- saving and_money-saving water heaters be- cause the New remicr heats water to the temperature you desire and then automati- cally holds the store of water at that tempera- ture. Water steaming hot—then stored. People will hardly bellsve that so much water can be heated and stored on so little as. Like a great vacuum bottle, the New remier keeps a store of water steaming hot for almost nothing, by means of its simple, economical burner—and the steel-sheathed asbestos jacket of genuine Asbestocell which nurses and protects the heat. These owners are getting continuous storage, without attention, without bother, without tinkering, summer and winter. The positive, automatic thermostat control saves gas, yet keeps a water supply always steaming hot. The public recognizes that the New Premier is built to last. It is self-contained, with no coils to lime up, no delicate parts to need fixing. The New Premier is ruggedly con- structed of extra heavy copper-bearing steel, rust-proofed inside and out,welded and riveted for super-safety. People like the New Premier finish in beautiful nickel and gray enamel. They are delighted with New Premier low cost—money saved in the first cost, money saved on gas. Crane Co. Laboratories made the tests that proved its economy. Come to our display room today and see this popular new heater at work.” Or write now for interesting booklet. CRANE CRANE CO.. 1221 EYE ST.. N. « WASHINGTON. D.C. Branches in all princigal cities Theve is a right-size Premier for every purpose The Followiag Plumbers Have Puvrchased This Heater to Q Show You and Cam Give Full Particulars A Sam: 2023 M st. n.w. Bairstew, ilton, 1011 E. Capitel st. Barmard, Darwin L.. 4531 Ga. ave. Beeker, J. T., 1020 1Sth st. n.w. Bes . W., 5330 Conn. ave. n. Biggs Eng. Co.. 1310 14th st. n, Clarke, T. E., 1210 9th at. n.w. Conradis, Wm., 1013 12th at. . Darnall, J. D., 1220 New York ave. Flood & Co., J. 2120 14th st. n.w. Freund, Isadore, 1313 7th st. .. G. & H. Heating Co., 917 H at. n.w. Gary & Co., W. L., 3111 14th st. n.w. Hanes, Geo. W., 1111 H st. n.w. Herbert, Jos. A.. 513 E. Capitol St. Dooney, W. J., 728 11th . Pruitt & Zimmerman, 2438 18th st. Rake, C. M., 5722 Georgia Avenue. Shedd, J. L., 708 10th st. n.w. er, Geo. D., 5408 Ill. ave. N.W. Wenger, F. J., 1627 K st. n.w. Desmond, Wm., Alexandria, Va. Kennedy & Burke, Takoma Pk., Md. Southern Heating Co., Alex., Va. gner, Wm., Kensington, Md. Walker, L. A. Clarendon, Va. Sold and Installed by All Plumbers. ot e sl b ke - BETHESDA-BLUE GRANITE Beautiful, eparkling blue granite, main- taining its beauty unmarred under severest exposure, impervious to moisture—practical- ly everlasting—has no superior as a perfect building stone. THE IDEAL Foundations STONE FOR Terrace Walls Churches Houses Garages Porch Columns Every Place Where Stone Is Used Everywhere you go you find specimens of our work—a constantly increasing demand is evidence of the high favor in which Bethesda- Blue Granite is held. Estimates Gladly Furnished Bethesda-Blue Granite Co., Inc. 109 Upshur St. N.W. Col. 4936 il wil st FOR ARLINGTON Traot of Seventy Acres Near Cherrydale to Be De- veloped. Opening of a new home subdivision in Arlington county, Va. Lee Heights, on a tract of land compris- ing about seventy acres lying Leyond Cherrydale along the Lee highway, was announced today by Ruby Lee Minar. { The highway at this point is of con- crete and another concrete road. lead- | iing to the Washington Golf ana! Country Club, intersects the Lee highway. passing directly through the Loe Heights. Thirty acres of the roperty lia along the Lee highway, a‘-lnnlng at Greenwood station, on he Old Dominion Line. and extend- {ing to the Country Club road, { Homes Alrendy Buils. | This zection is already tmproved by many homes. Notable among these | is the home of Rear Admiral Presley | M. Rixey, retired, fronting on the Country Club road, and the cstate of nhurst. Mre. Minar sald will be restricted so as to maintain a high type of restdences of i propert: Streets and sidewalk will be constructed and other mod- €rn improvements installed, which will make the suburb comparable to | |the ety In its convenience. while it (1 rotain the attractiveness of a location in the country. Iy Part of D. C. " said Mrs. county, us was originally a sort already buflt on or near the | P Every, Saturday this well knews "The Etar an article ix ber 9—There has been much discussion of late as to whether the building boom has spent itself. Roger W. Babson evi- dently doesn’t think it has. In comment- ing today on the bulflding outlook he called attention to several bullish fac- tora. “New buildin says Mr. Babson, “is the outstanding feature of our business recovery. It is what started us on the road to better business. Never before in the history of the country have so many new hbuses been bullt as in the ths of 1922. For every built in 1921, two have s year. Last year in twenty-seven northeastern states of the country we spent $688,000,000 for homes; thls year we have already spent $1,099, 000,000, and when the gong ri on December 21 the total will very likely £how 100 per cent more than in 192L *“This building revival is not confined (0 houses, either. House building has heen the most spectacular, but we have also bullt many more offices, factories, schools, hospitals, churche amuse- ment halls, public roads, brid; reser- v all kinds of ! . he our normal bullding total is about $3.000,000,000. the nd of this year we shall have bulit to the extent of §: When asked h think that we huve already overdone this bullding boom. Mr. Babson replied: *1 do not think so yet. [ look for con; tinued building = dentiul and busi reater part of 1923, expect a decline. A survey just made | the National Association of R te Boards shows that, out of a scattered over the ! cities still report a housing ) the remaining sixty-three moderate shortage. This oborates my opinion that s still much residential building | be done, although the peak may | have been passed “What about ren! asked. Beyond that time, Mr. Babson was } industrial and invest problems. ban stores than drive into the heart of our great citles. City dwellers are looking for homes in the country. I cannot emphasise too strongly the importance of this tendency toward uburban expansion. B The statistician was asked what ef- fect buildin material prices and labor would {a 1ikely to have on the building outlook. i o s where the danger lies,” he re- kit nless prices of bullding ma- are kept down at least near present levels the people will stop building, just as they did in 1 In fact, I do not think we will see qul! 80 much building next year unle! there Is some reduction In costs. During the next few months prices should show some :::ll:'f‘l 1 : as sure as tertal dea art in to boost prices they will Twh'e e already ages ar 3 11 allow much building. Both labor and mate- rial men should realize that it is bet- tey for them to have steady building moderate profits than' it s to have a short spurt of building at high profits, followed by a long period of idleness. “However, much as an » ity of eliminating the waste in time, labor and materials in the building business. 1 firmly believe that a sav- their business. what interests me as |ing of 15 to 26 per cent in the cost of building could be made by cut- ting out this waste. The country is literally throwing away $1.000,000,000 annually which might be saved for the industry and help to reduce the cost of construction. Over a half bil- lion dollars’ loss occurs from lack of employment in the dull seeasons, strikes, poor labor management, etc. 1 am glad to see that wide ke men in the contracting business are experimenting with methods to facili tate bullding in the winter time. use of canvas protection for bric layers, salamanders and ateam jets to i1 ctuded | d other “Hig! probably passed | prevent freezing of concrete an i : wing will b!ilrnelhods of combatting bad 'luther downwaid. Here again it is & queation | are being more generally adopted. of ®upply and demand. The coming de- | “But isn't winter building more ex- cline in rents will not be abrupt, at|pensive?’ queried the interviewer. }least, not until this building boom has |~ *Yes, but even if the cost is 10 per | suppiied more of the shortage. Rental | cent or 12 per cent greater, the con. dvances for the present are slight tractor (as has been estimated) coul nore numerous than declines, ! afford to take a smaller profit, and the the malority of citi workmen less waj rather than do ther up cr: d nothing _all winter.” Mr. Babson re- the trend w lled. *Moreover, the man who buflds the winter time has the pick of the labor market. Often the greater effi- v- | clency of winter labor completely offsets the other added costs. ; “Other things that make building so xpensive are high labor turnover, poor i jand insdequate equipment, careless city bullc : handling of materlal, failure to plan in <t more than a year, but subur- | detail. On the labor side. there are nty acres in the Lee|Dban building is diffcrent. Auto traffic | wasteful regulations and restrictions, {Heights tract, Mrs. Minar now owns. » congested in the Lig cities that | requiring skilled men to do the work of ior controls. approxtmate acres | shoppers had rathe: trade in subur- | unskilled, prohibiiing labor-saving de- {in Arlington county. Part of the Lec | ¢ Helghts lund is level and z rents have s, {part of the District of Columbia. | their pe The long {|! There is a great tract of nd in iArllnllun county, much of which Is not yet built up, which nearer to ithe White House than many tions 10f the District which we are ac- { customed to think are not at all far but in {1t is inevitable ;\‘animl rapidly gro ing, that vacant i lnther side of the Potom utilized as residentjal leularly o i ing scrious attention to her highways i|[and “also_since the people who are irow developing land in Virginia have ; the foresight to ins 1 the improve- {|i ments that a person would get i purchasing within the District With the se on c should be “HOME” Blagdon Avenue at Sixteenth Street Modern in Detail and Appointment nd subd | the ground will be laid best advantage from the i the practical standpolnt Hi 1 h s ill be inatalled Ance as rapidly as rold. {ACTIVE WINTER SEEN | IN REAL ESTATE SALES Dealer Predicts Continued Demand Residential Properties. Many Transactions Repsrted. for Belief that sales activity in Wash- | ington residential properties will con- | | tinue throughout the winter months was expressed today by E. Roy Lewis, | | manager for F. M. Johnson's office. in | announcing sales for the week. total- | ling $87.600, ! . Lewis says there seciis to be a tendency on the part of the public 1o { buy durine the winter in order to be || i assured of aiplace reaay ipancy in the early spring. The Johnson office transac the sale of the W i building. 424 5th street northwest, {from J.'B. Bland to J. . Love. The { consideration was not stated i_The three-family apartment at 502 12d street southeast was sold by Alvin M. Templeton to E. Grace Lamborne for $11.000, Jennie V. Lewis sold to A. M. Tem- | pleton the six-room and bath home and two-car garage at 1468 Monroe street. The price paid was $9.500. Premises 615 and 615'- Park road iwere sold by E. R. Lewis to A. M. ' Templeton for $7,000 each. These are two-family apartments. Fred C. Connelly purchased from Antonio Lorio the brick_home of nine | rooms and bath at 837 22d street northwest. The consideration wa: $6,500. A dwelling of six rooms and bath af 1370 Spring road was sold by Alice M. Taylor to E. Adams for $8.500. Mr. Johnson announced the starting | of construction of four houses on, Harrison street near Connecticut ave. | nue. They will be detached. | for oceu Built on solid ground and of the best materials. Thirteen-inch walls of hollow tile apd brick, insurance against the cold of winter, the heat of summer and dampness the vear round. i Ten rooms, three baths, breakfast and sleeping porchés. Spanish tile roof. © The kitchen. pantry and breaktast porch are floored with the best composition flooring: resilient, comfortable, seamless and sanitary, eliminating the necessity for floor covering. The kitchen walls are wainscoted with tile, and all equipment is up to date and the best. In the pantry there is abundant shelf room and a bullt-in refrigerator. : The dining room ceiling is beamed, and in the spacious living room there is a sure-enough fireplace. The bedrooms are large and light and each contains a large closet. Bullt-in shower and tub in the bathrooms. All flooring on the first and second floors, except as above noted, is of heavy oak. Hot-water storage room The lot is 55x133 feet. There is & two-car garage and a twenty- foot paved alley at the side and rear of the property. Representative on the Ground Sunday HOFFERBERTH CONSTRUCTION CO., : Woodward Building heat, automatic water heater. Laundry and cold Home Values Without Competition Close to 14th St. Cars - Best Location in the City Nowhere in such a location can be found homes priced as low as these 1204 to 1236 Ingraham Street N.W. Six Rooms and Bath Lots 149 Feet Deep to Wide: Paved Alley Extra Large Porches Convenient to Stores, Schools Churches and Beautiful Rock Creek Park Open, Lighted Daily and Sund';;'g Until 9 PM. Convenient to all Car Lines DUNIGAN Phone Main 1267 ifiZl‘New York Ave. N.W. | | General business s still improving. The index of the Babsonchart shows general activity but 2 per cent below | normal, an improvement of 1 per cent duting the last week. This is tne hign- | est point reached in over two years. INVESTMENTS OF $115,000| IN RECENT REALTY DEALS Office of Petty & Petty Report Transfers of Residence and Business Properties. \ | Property sales involving an invest- | ment in the aggregate of $115,000 | were reported today by Joseph A.| Petty of the office of Petty & Petty. | Premines 3417 14th street northwest | was sold by Rachel Pierce to a local investor. This is a three-story, colo- | nial dwelling. Willlam K. Hartung | represented the seller. ! Mrs. Nettie Bowden purchased from Joseph A. Petty the property at 908 | | Butternut strect. A detached, modern | | dwelling and garage. | Edith Richard- | | Ida Q. Potter sold 80n a two-family apartment at 2515 17th street northwest, A. N. Wildman | represented the purchaser. | Mary A. Boeger purchased from Janet C. Dow premises 3036 O street ' | northwest. a two-family flat. ! Elizabeth J. Fishcr sold to Misses . | Jeannette and Lillie H. Cohen a store and two apartments at 1787 Columbia | roud. Mrs. Emma Venable purchased of Ray Kimmel the dwelling. 1508 Co- lumbia road northwest, which she will occupy as her home. Franklin Bild sold to Eliza Gillions premises 227 12th street southwest, a two-story dwelling. Mary V. Boyd purchased from Phil 5 - % = = - - = His Pious Neighbor. From Youngstown Telegram. “T don’t see garden Sunday mornings any more.” “No, my neighbor kicked so much | about my breaking the Sabbath, that I had to stop it and join him in play-| ing golf instead.” 0S ANGELES, Calif.. December 9 Nine violators of traflic laws were sent to the city jail for 100 days by police court judges vesterday. were alleged 1o have been intox you working in your While driving. Six others chose of two or three days in preference to heavy fines. —_—————— son iz one who lets lLis his own auto once in a eenville Piedmon A lovi Between T and U Sts. APARTMENTS 1915 16th St. The Woodland Ready about Jan. 1 Cathedral Ave. East of Conn. Ave.—Now available New Buildings Modern, Fireproof Construction 2, 3 and 4 Rooms with Bath For floor plans and reservations see Thomas J. Fisher & Co., Inc. No. 738 15th Street N.-W. Rental Agents T A New Chevy Chase Deta Can Be Bought NOW For $1.000 Under thg g z 3905 Keokuk St., Chevy Chase Open Sunday After 12 Realtors B ched Home Market e ,D. C. Two Blocks West of Connecticut Avenue O’Clock See It and Save a Thousand! SHANNON - & LUCHS| 713 14th St. N.W. Homes Stamped With an Atmosphere of Quality — racy Place N.W. (Between California St. and Wyoming Ave. and 24th and 25th Sts.) ' SEE THESE HOMES TODAY'! First Floor—Large entrance hall, with spacious coat closet, living room. dining room, breakfast porch overlooking tree- tops, kitchen, pantry and service stair- way. Second Floor—Four nicely arranged A great opportunity to both homeseeker and investor. sonable terms. bedrooms. two tiled baths and built-in tubs and fixtures and ample closet space. Third Floor—Two bath and storage attic. Basement—Completely nace room, double garage, laundry and servants’ toilet. Open Daily From 10 A.M. Until 6 P.M. WARDMAN Telephone Main 4190 servants’ rooms, inclosed fur- Attractive price and rea- 0000