Evening Star Newspaper, July 14, 1923, Page 16

16 REAL ESTATE. CONSTRUCTION DROPS IN JUNE IN ALL SECTIONS OF COUNTRY General Decrease of 14 Per Cent Estimated From Statistics Received From Mar_ly States. June construction volume was 14 amounted to $84,513,000, a decrease of per cent under May, according to ¥.|2 per cent from May and an inc: W. Dod Corporation. The . decline | of 8 per cent over June, odge Corporatio | month’s total included: $ 7 vas general except in portions of the |54 per cent, for residential buildings central west. Total contracts awarded | $15.782,000. or 19 per cent, for bus! during June in the thirty-six eastern homy pou GINES: g ; x eas cent for educational buildings; $5 states (including about seven-eighths | 128,000, or 6 per cent. for public work: of the total volume in the country) |and util =, d $3,836,000, or 4 per amounted to $371,034,000. In spite of { “*RL €€ the decline, this figure indicates a large volume of work started. month that shows more than 000,000 for these thirty-six states during the first six months of this year amounted Any !to $482.431,000, an increase of less 350, | than 1 per cent over the first half of : ear. Residentfal work during & ast six months amounted to month. The decline from |$294.968,000, or 61 per cent, of the total construction Contemplated new work reported In June amounted to $131,988.000, an increase of 7 per cent over the amount reported in May 31 313,000 or 37 per cent for residential buildings; $75,596.000, or 20 per cent | for public works and utilities; § . Middle Atlantle States. 866,000, or 15 per cent, for industrial| Construction started during June 000 or 12 per cent |in the middle Atlantic states (eastern buildings, and 41“?!”4\!‘ »uthern New Jersey, per cent, for educational build- | Delaware, Maryland, District of Co= lumbia and Virginia) amounted to $23.780.000. This was a drop of 29 iper cent from May and of 51 per cent from June, 192 n last month's record 00. or 54 per cent. for buildings; $3.682.000, or 15 ent. for public works and A1 | utilities: $2.401.000, or 10 per cent, for % ”_‘.X'II\' ess bulldings; $1.362,000, or 6 per | for industrial plants, and § r cent, for educational The June figure brought the total 4,000. The inc se over the sponding period of last year was 9 per cent. During the past three months the lead over last y r s been dwindling. 1t seem probable | that the peak of this ¥ construe tion volume passed in May though the s ond half of E struction olume as lead all other classes during the past 819.000, an Increase of 3 per 893, were de {353,000, or 6 1 i buildings. ent jover the first half of last vear. dential construction during t alf of 1 classes which shows | which wa; e aas haate struction the irst half of 1923 the increase bei | Contempluted new work reported in utitities increased 3 per cent, and in- | June amounted to $66,820.000, which dustrial buil increas v'\] :wr";“x"]‘l:\r{(‘(l'"i: ;T‘:"t under the amount cent crease recorded May. Contemplated new work reported in | «o'“:;]" !hulldlr:g B gl e i June amounted to $569,008.000, a de- | S0U e st es e Carolina, the and thirty-two thousand dollars, or | 34 per cent, for residential buildings; | $15,233,000, 'or 32 per cent, for publie | works and utllities; $6,290,000, or 13 per cent, for business buildings: $5,048,000, or 8 per cent, for educa- tional buildings, and $2,606,000, or & per cent, for industrial plants. During the first six months of the year construction started in this dis- trict has amounted to $316,067,000, a increase of 32 per cent over the first| half of 1922 Residentlal construc- | tion during the past six months amounted to $109,766,000, or 35 per | cent,-of the total. Contemplated new work reported | during the month of June amounted to $56.400,000. a decrease of 27 per| gent from the amount reported ~in ay. HOME BUILDING LEADS IN PERMITS $454,000 Estimated Cost of Projects Under Way Dur- ing Past Week. In Middle West. Contracts awarded during June in| the central west (Indiana, T1linols. | pujiding permits issued by the Com- Towa, Wisconsin higan, Missourl, | ;i sioners for the current week. The “’“"’“"l' d":’“"*“ ""T"“’";“’ | agBregate estimated cost of the proj- Smoumea to 3 13§ auslects carried in the permits totals cent; over June of last a little | $454.000. The list includes several mors than 3 The following | home-building operations as well as o RET Yo the JUne ! individual homes, and follows: industrial bu 3 . or| F. M. Johnson, to build, 3246-3248 28 per cent, for residential bulldings; | ‘Colorado avenue; cgst, $30,000. SRR L ",PULIS ] F. M. Johnson, to erect garuse, % “ana | 3246-3248 Colorado avenue; cost, for educa- | #1500, - I L. McKewen, to bulld dwelling, 1102 3d place northeast; cost, $25,000. hannon & Luchs, to build 'ten 3611-3620 T street; cost, $80, Home building leads in the list of . or 6 per tional buildin, Total constructiol the first ed to $5 Rl more than in the corresponding pe- | 900 riod of 1922 Of this to $2 631 000, or 36 per cent. tial bulldin, Contempla last month am a drop of 11 per ¢ reported in May. June was month of h in Minnesot ern Michigs tal of 000) was 1 figure, it v monthly nt, tarted during to repalr, 445 Tth street; White, to build, 5510 Lin- .500. 19 Rhode cost. $5,000. 606 26th W. Bovee, to repair, Island uvenue northwes Thomas A. Cannon, to repair, | Pennsylvania avenue: cost, $2.000. C Barb, to bulld, 2811 street northeast; $4,500 | Dominic's streets southwest; D. Sager. to build eight houses, 1300-1314 South Carolina avenue | southeast; cost, $40,000. A. E. Johnson, to build, 2809 Chaney street; cost, $35.000 Joseph John Thomas, to build, 1214 Floral street; cost, Joseph H. Wilson, oral street; cost, e 5,098,000, nt from the amount s ive volume as and no . 6th and C 00. n district ns of last 4000, to build, 1216 00. 630, or_residential buildinks: $2,7 N. Fairchild, to build, 3872 Har- or 17 per cent, for educational build- | rigon street; cost, $10,000, ' xlngx, and $1,268,000, or § per cent, for| Baltimore and Ohio Rallroad Com- business buildings to repair, 4th and G streets Contracts awarded during the past heast; cost, $8,000. x months have nted to $76.- and M. Tavenner, to build, 2630 9,000, a record for the district. The | 36th place; cost, $8,000. n e over the first € of 1922 J M. Henderson, to build, 2941-2943 was 61 idential con- | Upton street; cost. $20,000. structio £24,130,000, corge H. Heftmuller, to repair, was 7 1l construction 1311 14th street; cost, $2,500. during the first half of the year. | “Ada eff, ‘to bulld, 4122 Chain Contemplated new work reported | Bridge road; cost, $1.600 during June, amounting to $12,931-| H. L, Flemer, to bulld, 2625 South Buren street; cost, $4,000. M. M. Fonaroff, to repair, 2724 12th llr.uur‘lunhul cost, guoo. to repair, strest: cost, 2,000, Mu! to bufld, 613 68th cost, $2,000. to build eleven homes, 3 Newton street northeast; cont, $66,000, build, 01205 1601 P John R. Callaghan, to 234 street northwest; cost, $20,000. T. H. Leith, to build, 1117-1119 Z1st street; cost, $35,000. CONVICTS T0 CLEAN STREETS. H. AVANA, Cuba, July 14.—The government has detalled = number of convicts to clean Havana's street: Each squad consists of three convicts guarded by two sol- i It will be several days be- fore the thoroughfares are cleared. The garb ctors have been on strike thry ETNA AGAIN FRETFUL. ROME, July 14.—Mount Etna, which has been qulescent since the ' violent eruption, is again slightly active, ac- cording to semi-official advices from Sictly. Study of the stars indicates that there is no such thing as a body abso- lutely at rest in the univers | Screens for windo | sometimes large | TIGHT SCREENS NEEDED TO KEEP OUT INSECTS Flies Find Way in But Not Out { of the Smallest | Crack: and doors are considered part of the permanent and sometimes part of the changeable equipment of a house, but in any case the house should be well supplied with them, not so much be- cause flles and mosquitoes are dis- agreeable as because they actually carry disease and are very dangerous Dests. The screens which are made to fit the individual windows and do not need to be removed each time the latter are opened are undoubtedly the | most convenient, but, if they are too satisfactorily. If the ready-made. ad Jjustable onés are chosen, care must be taken to have them fit tightly. If there are any cracks, flles and mos- quitoes will find their way in but not out. Door screens should be provided with springs so they will be sure to close tightly. Bronze wire mesh which will not rust is perhaps the most durable m !terial for scree Cheaper wi I Sciontific Heating &Plumbing I\_O12-07 1 Steet S Wasingin D HE Scientific Heating and Plumbing of Office Buildings, Schools, Churches, Factories, Apartment Houses and the larger Private Residences involves responsibilities which this organization is particularly well qualified to assume. Estimates on request. “Found Reliable for Over Thirty Years” expensive. cheaper kinds ean be used | REAL ESTATE. . THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. O, SATURDAY, JULY 14, 1923. - = 0 0 00000 0 MUST BOND CHINESE. OTTAWA, July 14.—Changes in regulations affecting Chinese imun! gration have been announced by the | g@overnment. Applicants for substi {tutional certificates in the futur must pay 325 and the fee for indors ing passports will be $10. Owners, agents or_masters of ves sels upon which Chinese are em ployed, upon entering Canadian ports, must_deposit cash bonds of $1,000 fo: every Chinese employe. carefully painted, lasts fairly wzl!.l and cotton netting is equally efclent | as long as it is whole. It is better to | have a house thoroughly screened with netting thar badly screened with wire, but the netting will have to be carefully watched and frequently re- moved to keep it flyproof. —_— In olden times people believed that a ring made of the hinge of a coffin had the power of relleving cramps, which were also mitigated by having a rusty old sword hung up by the bedside. Beautiful Homes —beautifully located On the High-point of Washington Albemarle and 38th Sts. Chevy Chase, D. C. You cannot find another such combination—of attrac- tive Homes and superb location—in the ideal section of Chevy Chase. They have been designed and constructed in typical Kite fashion. Six rooms and sleeping porch; tiled bath, hot-water heat, stone foundation, o JaT 8 4 e amo! rgia. Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, e e in Bay Nt from the amount | yiiiuippi, Arkansas and Louisiana) Dies g {amounted to $47,475.000. This was a Drop in New England. {decrease of 20 per cent from the pre- New England building contracts in | ceding month. In the June record June amounted to $30.480.000 a de- |appeared the following important crease of 20 per cent from May and |items: $16,910,000, or 36 per cent, for of the same percentage from June of | public works and utilities; $11,896,000, last year. The important item per cent, for residentiai build- the month's total were: $12,059,00 $7,361,000, or 16 per cent, for {industrial plants; $3,897,000, or § per | for business buildings, and 2 183.734,000, or § per cent, for educa- buildings. tional building: for_ind Construction started during the first or 6 per cent,|half of the vear has amounted to $263.220,000, of which $78,154,000, or 30 per cent, was for residential build- ings. Contemplated new work reported 000, was 35 per cent under the amount | Dakota avenue: cost, $6.000. repoxted In Ma ! "George Park, to bulld, stone fireplace, slate roof, concrete porch and best of finish throughout; gas and electric installation. 113 Van Corners Others $10,950 $10,500 —arranged upon very convenient terms 000, or 15 per cent, n. 2 387,000, or 8 per cent, d $1,917.000, Inspect Sunday Just Completed A group of nine beautiful detached homes of six and seven rooms and bath, located on Fern Street and on Georgia Avenue at Fern Street. New Individually Built Brick Houses Detached on Large Lots in a Wonderful Location—--Cool, Comfortable, Delightful Away From the City’s Heat and Discomforts—Yet Only a Few Minutes by Street Car or Auto From Downtown Washington Location-- Albemarle Street N.W West of Connecticut Ave. Our Mr. Hamilton will be found at the Sample Home —or you can phone him for special appointment—Cleve- land 1490. Open Every Day and Evening Take Chevy Chase cars to Albemarle Street (first stop north of Bureau of Standards), turn west to 38th St, or Wisconsin Ave. through cars to Windom St. Built, Owned and For Sale By Harry A. Kite (Incorporated) Member Washington Real Estate Board 39 LOTS Barcroft, Va. EACH 100 FEET WIDE 5 to 1 Acre Each Total construction started during | the first half of this year has amounted to $169.456,000, a decrease of 3 per cent from the first half of 1922. |in June, amounting to $72,826,000 was Resldential constriction during the |19 per cent less than the amount re- X months of the year has totalled | ported in May 194,000, or 45 per cent all con- | June buildir n started during the period. A sylvania. ported |and Kentu 946,000, a | 863,000, &_contracts in western | West Virginia, Onio ¥ amounted to 5 This was a 40 per cent drop from the [from May and a 4 per cent drop from June of last year. The more im- in_ New !portant items of last month’'s record ew Jersey were: Sixteen million one hundred stru Contemplated new in June amounted decline of per cent amount reported in May June building contracts York state and northern INSPECT TONIGHT Open and Lighted 6:30 to 8:30 Daily NORTHWEST BARGAINS $1,000 Cash—Monthly Payments 5719 to 5727 13th St. N.W. (Just North of Where 14th Street Cars Stop) 8 ROOMS AND ATTIC 1514 K Street Phone All of these homes are delightfully different in style, Main 4846 but every one is uniformly perfect as to finish and at- tractiveness. Every homeseeker will be delighted with the large rooms, the beautiful open fireplaces, the oak floors and, above all, with the arrangements of the rooms. all of whichyare well adapted for the placing of furniture. All have hot-water heat, electric lights, sta- tionary tubs, hot-water gas heaters, one-piece porcelain sinks and built-in kitchen cabinets. The lots are 45x 148 feet, running back to a 20-foot alley. T hese homes are priced exceptional- ly low for a quick sale. = An inspection will convince you that these homes can- not be duplicated anywhere i Wash- ington at the price. See Them Tomorrow! th i ily. Salesmen on the premises daily. Open Daily Till Dark 5829 Colorado Ave. N.W. (014 Piney Branch Read. N.W.) Take 14th St. Cars to Terminus Monthly Payments All Houses Open for Inspection All Houses Sold on Monthly Payments All houses have outlets for sink and gas range on second floor, so you can easily rent second floor for enough to make monthly payments HOWENSTEIN BROS. 3015 14th St. NW. or 7th and H Sts. N.E. The Realty & Investment Corporation of Washington 735 13th Street NNW. Prices $345 « $750 Why Have Fifteen Been Sold? 4 New Bungalows Being Erected Because—Largest and cheapest lots in Near- by Virginia. Each lot 100 feet wide or more; some as deep as 268 fcet. Plenty of space for garden, chickens, fruit trees, lawn, etc., etc. If looking for large lot claseto city—SEE THESE EARLY AND GET YOUR PICK. TERMS: $20.00 CASH and $20.00 PER MONTH. 5%, Off for Cash New section; very large lots, each 100 feet or more wide, containing from % to 1'acre; srlce 2 and 3 cents per foot; close to Columbia pike (concrete road); only 6 miles from heart of city; good" bus line to 13th and Pa. Ave., N.W., only % hour: school, store, ; cheapest ground in county. Get yours now. They will sell fast. Growing section; 00 houses now in this all- white neighborhood, mostly government employes. COME OUT SUNDAY TO REACH Take Columbia {lk. bus at 13% and Pa. Ave. schedule leaves Washington 9:45 and 11:15 A.M, 1 , 2:15, 3:45, 5:16 and €:45 P.M,, or by auto across Highway Bridge, out Columbia pike (concrete road), through Arlington P. O., to Barcroft, only & miles from White House. Phone for appointment, will take you to property. Write for plat, with prices plainly marked on all lots, and bus schedule (3 busses run 25 round trips daily to and from Washington). WALTER O’HARA 1309 H St. NW Phone Main 2450 Built As The Individual Would Build for Himself 717 Quebec--Kennedy Built Nine Rooms—Two Baths Open Sunday Going Fast! Walker-Built Detached Houses in Chevy Chase Only 2 Unsold 3931 Jenifer St. N.W. N.E. Corner of 41st Street This is a charming, characterful house, 7 rooms, 2 baths, and built-in garage—Bethesda Blue granite construction, on large corner lot. 3905 Jocelyn St. N.W. This is a beautiful Colonial house, of 10 rooms and 2 baths, on lot 70 by 205, with mag- nificent trees and shrubbery. This home repre- sents the last word in substantial home construction. Vacant and in per- fect condition. Three stories; six large bedrooms; two baths; open fireplace; pantry; double rear porches; concrete front porch, stor- age room; two mir- ror doors. SEE BEFORE BUYING ELSEWHERE OUR ILLINOIS AVENUE HOMES Splendidly built, carefully and thoughtfully planned, con- wveniently arranged from cellar to roof. Delightfully located near street cars, bus lines, schools, churches and stores. A neighborhood of healthy, clean, sani- tary surroundings. Spacious front and rear yards, with large shade trees. SIX ROOMS AND BATH Tastefully decorated and equipped throughout with latest modern housekeeping devices and veniences. SEE THEM 10 Under Construction—6 Sold A record in itself that is an excellent and safe gulde to a standard of values. Sample House, No. 4507 lllinois Avenue Between Allison and Buchanan Chas. D. Sager ‘Owner and Builder 924 14th Street N.W, ‘Main 36 the labor-saving con- See This Home Today wi-MEEEVER=COSCS. . 1415 EYE Open Every Day Till Dark - WARKER 813 15th Street N.W.