Evening Star Newspaper, September 8, 1923, Page 16

REAL BULDING IN WINTER FOUND PROFITABLE abor Costs Lower, Material ‘Cheaper and Weather No Great Hazard. > Many persons contemplating build- 8 homes are planning to go ahead fs winter with their plans, instead) t waiting until the spring, as has| en been customary in the past. Winter constzuctam, it has been dem- | qn Fd"Ts not difficult. Tts tech- side has been pretty well an-| Iyzed and worked out i \o builder can figure on the possi-| e range of the weather, but other fictors entering into construction in dold weather he knows as well as he; daes those which are present in the spring and summer. ‘ortain definite advantages in win- v building are pointed out, such as better labor supply and a probabil- \ of lower material costs, due to a )fssened demand. Labor alw is ore plentiful in winter, especially bmmon labor. because other outside ! ure searcer, and the range of | tertal prices usually is downward the winter months because, taking ¢ country over, a smaller amount imaterials i aemand. | contractors prefer the cost-| form of contract for winter unt of weather has-| re muny who will fix on the work. Thi nts to build usually will safely risk the cost | and still find coxts ! if any higher than in sum- mMer building i The layout for winter work must be | ged that the heating of m and water can most eff without interfering | Speed in handling concrete is! v, and brick work must be i the utmost c AUDS GOVERNMENT | 'BUSINESS METHODS dcinl Dispateh 1o The Star ] Colo., September §.— | erking as & guest of honor before farge meetinz of the Optimists, Dr.} ranklin Mver, aesistant chief of rical division of bureau of stand- . defended the way in which the| t business of the sovernment nducted. He explained the pur-| of the convention of the Na- | u Federation of Federal Em-| meeting in fhis city, to .ljhu he is a delegate. as the lm!-’ rment cf the working conditions of deral employes and of the (e\ltvrall rvice now The organized emvloyes have un-| rtaken the stupendous task of im-) oving their own conditions of work., through ac- | about by eaker point- | n the efforts of | e foederal employ union move- | ent more progre ad been made | seven vears than in the| eventy vears without or- | d cffort | s work of the i nized em- | culminated in passage of | nt more nearly line with the generally accepted | actice cf our great buriness or-| nizations. r. Myer di of the . scien ment, fie worlk showinz how eBminating waste in wealth. In promotin tibn in ure of the gov- it results in increastng | standardiza- | and trade «mental scfen- | t cannot be un- ! by private research organ- ig#tions or by individua - MARKET HELD LESS ACTIVE FOR WEEK ussed wlso the vnluei ard and coft less active eic. according BW of the ifued during this week Z¥he review states that city retail- | B <how no mor. MEretofore to pur p8%es in prepar. normally lumber was some- | the last market re- Lumberman during to the American disposition - for stock pur- ion for fall building, do this time of than in some centers report a 'k for fall construction others iaintain that while o placed som 0 are keep. b usy £. not mucl veloping. e ' i deliverin the build- K i net so encouraging as | ihrared to be. but “there: be en et firm gh o] ESTATE. Magazine Lauds Walker Hotel ProjectinD. C. National attention is focused on the bullding of the Hotel \Walker, now under construction here at Connecti- cut avenue and De Sales street, in the September "issue of the Hatel Bulle-} tin, a national monthly magazine pub- lished in Chicago and devoted to hotel interests of the country. Approximately two pages of the magazine are devoted to a description of the building as it will appear when completed, the site and picturés of the lobby. the restaurant, the Italian grill and the grand ballroom. The trade journal predicts that the Walker will| be “one of America's finest hotels,” and goes into details regarding the site and proximity of the new structure to the center of Washington's social and business af- airs. The hotel is being put up by the Allan E. Walker Company at an esti- mated cost of $5,000,000, and it is ex- pected to be completed by the first of next year. SALE OF LOTS REPORTED IN BATTERY PARK AREA Ten Transfers in Two Weeks Are | Announced by Firm of Developers. last two weeks, Maddux, ! & Co.. 16th street resl. | are developing v the Marshall tors, who community: road neighboring suburb, Edgemoo announced ten sales in Battery Park, mostly to members of the service set. ‘Among the purchasers are: Col. Charles D. Winn, retired, who building a brick home of colonial ype. Col. Sherrard Coleman who bought a lot on Wilson's lane, where his home is already building. { Maj. H. C. Michie of the Medical | Corps, who bought two lots on God- | dard ro. He is erecting a home of Dutch colonial pattern on the prop- erty. Maj. I A. Rader of the airi service, Commander I Edwards and Oliver Hoyem also have pur- chased sites for homes on this road. | John McClure, attorney, has | purchased on Michigan avenue. He | will bulld later. i Capt. Stewart D. Hervey. who was| recently transferred to ashington from Alas] for duty at Georgetown University as military instructor, has | purchased a lot in the park and is| building a bungalow on the property. | Maj. J. J. Burleigh of the genera aff ‘and Capt. G. G. Selbels of the have begun the construction of | on adjoining lots on Ridge Nav! homes road. Mrs. Norah S. Beatie. wife of Maj tie, is another purchaser in the She plans to build at once on | site she has selected on Park lane. Maddux. M all & Co. also an- nounced the sale of a lot on_KEd moor lane. Agemoor, to Eugene Stovans natent attornay. park the BUILDING SITES CHEVY CHASE, D. C. Finest_lots In the clty now offered in v Chase, just two blocks from the ircle. Nothing like this tract in the city he- canse: 1t ix second highest land in Dix- trict: Pos utmost in natural beauty of snrroundings: Pro ial environ- ment: Convenlent and transfer to business centers. IMPROVEMENTS ARE IN—You don't buy on promises here. Land values are increasing daily in this section. 10% Cash, monthly Lots are bounded 33rd St.. Rittenhouse rapi ayments to sulf ad_Branch Ros and_ Patterson For inspection, call NELSON K. LYONS REAL ESTATE 3308 14th St N.W. 10340 THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1923. TOUCH OF COLOR BRINGS LIFE AND CHARACTER TO ROOMS Life and character can he put into a room by means of a litfle touch of color. Bring a bunch of vividly col- ored flowerg into a drab, lifeless room, and set them in a bowl which gfves the tone contrast, and immediately you change the whole appearance of the room. An unflnished, unfurnished room is bare, cold and lifeless. but the moment you put a note_of color into it you get an effect—good, bad or indifferent, ac- cording to what you usé and the way you use it. If this Is true of one room it is true for every room. No room should be slighted. Every room needs its own touch of color and coler scheme. And the color scheme usually starts with the floor. The floor covering should contain the darkest color tones used in the room. Next comes draping and up- holrtering. then paper of walls and celling, the ceiling, of course. being very light, if not white. If you start vith some color in the rug as & motif you then work out your color = N l Six Large Rooms High Elevation Day-Light Cellar ‘PORCHES That Will Insure Outdoor Comfort (A Necessity in This Climate) Best Buy in the City at $8,500 Just East of Grant Circle 4326 Third St. N.W. (Near Varnum) Open and Lighted Daily Until 9 P.M. Take “Grant Circle Bus” or 9th St. Car Marked “Soldiers’ Home.” D. J. DUNIGAN 1321 New York Ave. N.W. Near l4th Street, convenient to the Arcade Market and theaters—very substantial 3- story brick: cellar under en- tire house: 9 rooms, 2 baths and 2 toilets; electricity and lot 13 ft. alley. hot-water heat; is front to a 15-ft Incorperated 728 15th Street N.W. Main 6830 ——— You Should See This BEAUTIFUL NEW RESIDENCE On Sixteenth Street Built of Blue Granite (in that Solidly car garage contain 12 Built of Blue Gran: any and whit ! porcies, one open and one incl 706 Colorado Bldg. 5317 Sixteenth Street beautiful section just opposite the reservoir) in rear of same stone as house. rooms—3 baths, quartered oak flooring, backy stairway, beautiful doors and woodwork, finished in mahog- inclosed breakfast These homes will be open for your inspec- tion every day and evening until 9 P.M. | Built by G. We Invite Your Inspection L. E. Breuninger & Sons | ite Stone, 16-inch_walls, two- Detached Brick Home for Quick Sale the Most Valuable Location Off 16th Street tiful location. with a driveway. These homes porch; two sleeping losed. \ U. Small Main 6140 Agents scheme in the order named and you will usually find the general effect very pleasing. In the decorating of an unfinished. unfurnished room. it is best to select your rug firat, ae it is often less trou- ble to find the other materials to go with it than it would be to try to fit a rug dn after selecting the wallpaper and hangings, ke & selection of a rug the most important part of your work. choose it carefully and remember that the bet- ter it i, the less furniture you will re- quire to “fill” the foom. A beautiful rug will make a scanty room look well furnished. Celors found beautiful rug may eacily be picked out and accented in the furnishings, and you will find that you have a well worked out color scheme when the room is complete. . LAWYER BUYS HOME. Property at 3715 Morrison street was sold this week through the Usion Realty Corporation for Harriet H. Adams to Eugene C..Brown, a well known local attorney in patent ses. who will occupy the properts a_home. Homes of Quality Construction e Dunigan’s New Petworth Homes Built On Solid Ground Electric Lights Hot-Water Heat SAMPLE HOUSE Phone Main 1267 BULTIN GARAGES OFFER ADVANTAGES Are More Economical and Present BettersAp- pearance. Attaching the garage to the house offers many advantages over the de- tached gara Not only Is this true from the stand- point of convenience and econom: but from the artistic viewpoint well. -, ‘The built-in garage is by no means a ‘detriment to the architectural; treatment of the home. Full utiliza- tion of space without any sacrifice of beauty makes thig type of construc- tion more popular every day. The advent of the automobile has, in this Tiled Bath Laundry Tubs We Invite Inspection \ Completely detached, of attractive brick construction; beau- There are elevem~rooms (6 real bedrooms), two complete baths and an extra lavatory, all in excellent condition. Description: The house is well arranged; metal weather stripped throughout ; has all modern hone improvements, of course, is equipped with screens and awnings, and has a built-in garage To Inspect:* Take 14th Street car to Varnum, then west, or drive out 16th Street to Varnum Street, then west to the house. - OPEN FOR INSPECTION SUNDAY FROM 2 TO 6 Representative on Premises SHANNON - & LUCHS 713 14th Street N.W. Main 2345 case, made a dlstinct impression on modern architecture. Then, of course, there is the prac- tical _side; no going out of doors to get the car; heat, watsr supply and electric light are all connected to the house systems at a very small ex- pense, since the runs are short and dtrect. With a detached garage these con- veniences are, as a rule, considered a luxury, and, indeed, they are, be- cause their installation is rather ex- pensive. Long service runs are re- quired, and a separate heating plant, with its attendant nuisance, ‘since these small plants require much at- tention and frequent firing. Then. with the isolated garage, there is REAL ESTATE. and even in ralny weather It is dis- agreeable to go out of doors to get the car. As is usual in cases of this kind, the law of compensation has functioned, and the garage in the house has given an additiona) fire hazard fully recog- nized by city bullding departments and fire underwriters. The automobile, with its gasoline and oil storage makes full isolation =bsolutely imperative. This cun easily be accomplished by the usc of metal lath on the calling over the garage and as a fireproof partition. Kor all practical purposes this separates the house from the garage, as far as fire protection s concerned, and still al- Tows the full convenience of garage much snow to shovel in the winter, within the hom oo FPIRST 7Z00R Price, $15,500 A type which has stood the test of time and has recently in- creased in popularity with those desiring real, substantial, attractive and spacious Modern f{rills are omitted on the exterior, effecting an impressive and substantial appearance, while the interior contains all of the latest modern im- Early Colonial. suburban homes. BEAUTIFUL EDGEMOOR UNSURPASSED SUBURBAN HOMES O Lt provements and conveniences. Ist Floor: Large side living porch leading into spacious living room with open fireplace, center vestibule at front entrance leading into large hall extending to en- trance at rear of house, dining room, kitchen, pantry and closets with modern built-in conveniences. 2nd Floor: Four large bedrooms each with large closet, center hall connecting BERGDOLL PAYS BIG TAX. By the Associated Press. EBERBACH, Septembler &—Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, the American draft evader. today pald the new ate obligatory automobile tax in- augurated a month ago to supply funds to ald the Germans carrying on passive resistance In the Ruhr. Berg- doll paid 2,500,000,000 marks on his two high-powered cars. His latest automobile tour was through the Black forest with his mother, who soon will return to her home in Philadelphia. The authorities expect to begin the trials of the Americans recently ar- rested in the attempt to abduct Berg- doll late in October. 7 O S N SR e T £ - with all bedrooms and two large baths, linen closet in hall. 3rd Floor: Servants’ room and bath, cedar closet and storage rooms. Basement: Large basement under entire house, cement floor, concrete walls, hot- water heating plant, instantaneous gas water heater, laundry tubs, fuel bin, large storage spa THE PROCUREMENT ( REASONABL WASHINGTON. Our plan was to establish a residential colony where officers of the Army, Navy and Marine Corps could buy their homes, and either sell at a profit or retain their in- vestment advantageously upon transfer to other stations. conviction, this company laid out and developed BATTERY PARK for the purpose indicated. Ground was first broken seven months ago, and since that time seventy-nine houses are now completed or under construction. The proposition is no longer an experiment, but Fresh with this success, we have obtained the beautifully located and aristocratic subdivision of EDGEMOOR for homes have been sold and forty This achievement speaks for itseli. the practicability of our in development. We are able to offer you beautiful homesites, ranging from a quarter of an acre to an acre or more in size, at a cost much less than that of similar property anywhere Upon purchase of homesite we can build your home for you without any additional cash, and the balance can be paid for in small monthly install- ments considerably less in amount than the usual rental for the same accommodations, You will be living in your home and paying for it at the same time. around Washington. Picture the above house in EDC equity in your home. With the organization at our command vou will be surprised to see the homes we can construct for you in EDGEMOOR for $10,000.00 and up. Our facilities per- mit us to build 20% cheaper than usual co ing permanently our own Homes contracted for this month can be finished in EDGEMOOR by January 1st. in EDGEMOOR. in prices now. offered is ¢ Chevy Chase Club, thence Or northwest on Massach OF SUITABLE SUBURBAN novation is a proven fact. force of architects We invite you to investigate at once the opportunities and advantagrs we offer Inspect our development in BATTERY PARK. The cost of home sites in these new suburban colonies will never be less, and an early advance ontemplated. > west on Bradle; usetts Ave. to accordance with your ldeas and furnish estimate.) ~ RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES Z COSTS HAS LONG BEEN A PROBLEM CONFRONTING THE PEOPLE OF EMOOR with attractive trees and shrubbery; where in Washington could you obtain a home comparable to this for $3,000.00 cash and total monthly carrying payments of $150.00, of which about $75.00 is increased We are enabled to do.this by employ- , engineers, mechanics and workmen. We offer for your inspection an attractive assortment of plans and photographs, or we will build in accordance with any plans and specifications you may submit. AT S With the courage of our - To Reach EDGEMOOR and BATTERY PARK: Drive north on Connecticut Ave., to Lane to Wisconsin Ave. and north to Edgemoor. Wisconsin Ave., thence north to Edgemoor. take Rockville car direct to Edgemoor and Battery Park. Salesmen at office on premises. Maddux, Marshall & Co., Inc. 1108 16th Street N.W. (We build anything anywhere. Or Main 8970-71 Submit your plany for an estimate, or let us prepare plans in