Evening Star Newspaper, November 17, 1923, Page 20

DOMESTIC LUMBER TRADE SLACKENING Falling Off Not as Great as Usual at This Season, However, Producers Say. The domestic lumber trade h; slackened off, but not t> the extent weual at this advanced season of the year, says the American Lumberman, Chicago. The southern pine market is conspleuously less active, but de- mand is still of fair volume and there is unquestionabl dertone. The south con sctively to meet its large building material requirements, Construe- tion in most sections of the middle west, north and east remain: active, due to the unusually mild weather, and retallers enjoy a voluminous trade. However, they hesitate to buy bevond absolute needs in view of the approaching inventory perjod. While this hand-to-mouth buying policy restricts the number of mill or- ders, it causes a good demand for transit cars. Prospects for a continuation of bullding operations on the largest scale possible through- out the winter, with a comsequent steady lumber trade. Mills meanwhile are operating steadil still having fair order files and being eager to rebuild their badly broken stocks, and are making no particular efforts to stimulate business. Several large buyers are reported to have sent out feelers lately for bargai in large blocks of stocks for delivery during the winter, but manufacturers see no reason for making any material co; cessions. Prices have receded som. what lately, but to such a slight e; tent as to indicate the fundamental soundness of the market. Industrial demand holds up well, demand for timbers being espec £ood, and the export market is excellen Douglas fir manufacturers continue to enjoy & good volume of business. about half of it being for water ship- ment. Japan and other foreign con- sumers are actively in the market, while there has been no abatement in demand from either the Pacific north- west or California, where building remains very brisk. The Atlantic ®seaboard is eager for new Carg . While rail trade appears inactive when compared with the cargo trade, statistics show that it is fuily normai for this season. The hardwood trade remains of satisfactory volume. Both northern and southern woods share in the ex- cellent demand frox utomobile, flooring and interior trim, furniture and box interests, and from miscel- laneous consumers whose purchases, aggregate a hardwood demand are REPORT LUMBER SLUMP. A further recession in the lumber ement of the country for th ending Ni r ile there wa, a de feet in ship- ments and t production mills of ‘the A show lers on han 439 feet of the precedi 8,086 feet this week from T week A BIG BARGAIN 1841 Monroe St. N.W. 203 Colorado Bldg. AR LT e e TOKIO FACES BIG TASK. Big Orders for Rebuilding Ma- terials Placed in U. 8. The newly appointed metropolitan reconstruction board in Toklo faces ol | City p! buildings, supply and ways The functions of the preparation and execution of city plans for Tokio and Yokohama, appli- cation and enforcement of bullding code, care of other matters pertainin to reconstruction and execution of emergency supply ordinance. It has been decided that the debt moratorium will be withdrawn at once. Large orders for timber and other building material for temporary structures have alrcady been placed in Canada and the United States. Steel stocks in Shanghal and other central points in China are reported depleted, and there is a big demand for stocks needed to replace the amounts sent to Japan. Orders are being placed in America for tublng and galvanized sheets; In Belgium for plates, shapes and angles; in England for galvanized sheets and nalls, and in Australia for nalls. INSULATION IS HELP IN ECQNOMIZING FUEL The, need for economy in tuel is an ever'pressing one, and since many of the elements that enter into the high cost of fuel are here to stay. thoughtful consideration to any methods which promise saving is needed. Poor building construction is pri- marlly responsible for fuel extrava- gance. The solution of this evil is building insulation. By this is meant the application of some material to the walls and roof that will not con- duct heat or cold, Bach pound of fuel consumed in heating a house is definite number of heat units which ultimately escape to the outer alr. The longer they can be retained in- side the house the smaller will be the amount of fuel needed to replace their continual loas. The loss of heat up the chimney and jeround the doors and windows pro- |vides a natural ventilation, but the loss of heat transmisalon through walls and roofs | r loss. Heat will find its way through walls when- lever there is a difference in the temperature of the Inside and out- {side air, and the loss ia directly pro- portional to the temperature differ- ence. The amount of heat lost de- pends upon the wall construction. For example, a mode zed house may have approximately 3,000 square | feet of wall surface. The average dif- ference in temperature between in- side heated air and that outside ls. in |the northern half of the Unite r"xat'fl. about 40 degrees during th winter months. 1t will the heat |loss for thls. By moderate insulation jof the walls one-fourth of this loss| can be prevented, and by thorough | ! ipsulation the saving Incre: one-third or one-hal Roofs are even worse in tha matte: of losing heat than are wal ordinary shingle roof wiil transmi {50 per cent more heat than the ordi nary side wall. And the proper insu {1ation of roofs will prove proportion ately more effective. ! In old houses the insulation can be applied directly to the under side of the roof framing. ! It must not be assumed that insula- tion adds necessarily to the cost of {the house. A competent designer of ,heating and ventllating eystems can save both in the size of the furnace and the area of radlation because of the smaller amount of heat required. Big Bargains . TWO SOLD Inspect at Any Time Open From 8 AM. to 9 P.M. Jameson-Built Homes 1724 to 1740 E Street S.E. Sample House: 1724 E Street S.E. FIRM SELLS IN WEEK $256,000 IN REALTY Boss & Phelps’ Transactions In- clude Residential Properties and an Apartment House. Sales for the week aggregating $256,000 in value, and including thir- teen residentia] properties and one apartment house, were reported by Boss & Phelps, as follows: The new apartment vecently con- structed by Boss & Phelps at 1212 M street northwest, purchased by Rosa M. Camp. This is & modern four-story bullding containing twenty-four apartments of one and two rooms and bath each. Stiles & Quarles répre- sented the purchaser. United States Commisstoner George H. Macdonald purchased a detached home at 15056 Emerson street nort west from J. Lynn Yeagle. It 1s a two-story house ' containing eight Tooms. He will occupy this property for his home. rank E. Bell purchased premises 1729 Irving street northwest, a tapes- try brick colonfal type ho: .cx:m completed by the Thrift Building Com- pany. It contains eight room: . J. Fuqua purchased a three-story brick house at 2820 27th street north- west from A. J. Mangan. The prop- erty was built a few years ago by Middaugh & Shannon and contatns eight rooms. C L and 'W. B. Oswald 6old_their home at 3624 Quebec street northwest to Miller Hamilton. This house ACCESSORIES CO. BUYS ~ CONNECTICUT AVE. SITE Allan E. Walker Handles Deal for Buyer—Business Structures to Be Built. Two corner properties on Connec- ticut avenue, one the southeast corner of Ordway street and -the other at the southeast corner of Al- bemarle street, have just been pur- chased from the Chevy Chase nd Company, in conjunction with _the Thomas J. Fisher Company, by Allan E. Walker, who is conveying them to the Connecticut Avenue Acci rles Company, ‘The Ordway street tract has a frontage of 134 feet on Connecticut avenue and a depth of 140 feet along Ordway street to an alley, a total of 12,000 aquare feet. ‘They Albemarle 'street site has a frontage of 164 feet on Connecticut avenue and runs 160 feet deep on Al- bemarle street, a total of 20,000 square feet. Both will be used for business purposes. CITY RID OF BOOM DEBRIS. Gary, steel town, Is clearing up its boom-time bullding debris. The health department is ordering the clean-up, and the replacement work of the Gary Real Estate Board in the crusade is being noted by other mem- ber organizations of the National Assoclation of Real Estate Boards wherever there is a Vstanty-town" angle to the housing situation. Co-operating with the local health department to rid the city of hun- dreds of unsightly and insanitary shacks remaining from boom days of the steel industry, the Gary Real Estate Board is finding living quar- ersons ordered to vacate properties. Plans are also going forward to replace the old SUBSTANTIAL HCME AMBITION OF AGE Modern. Comforts Make Old-Fash- . ioned Life Unpopular by Comparison. Notwithstanding our enthusiasm for old houses that we are wont to call colonfal, not one of us really and honestly would feel content and com- fortable were we compelled to set back the clock & century and a half and live in one. What we desire is the mellowness of memory we seem to take on when viewing the goodly exterior of a sub- stantially bullt house that was erect- ed in the days when housewrights were artisans as well as mechanics, and felt they had left a masterpiece for posterity when they had finished a house. We only want a suggestion of antiquity in the design of our houses. Modern aclence has enabled even the most modest of us to live far better, heaithier and more comfortably than | did the persons of greatest wealth and power 200 years ago. Night has lost 1its terrors, winter s chilling blasts and aummer its discomforting | visitations in the arrangements and fittings of & modern home. Architecture More Varied. In addition architecture f{s varled, harmonious with modern ideas and generally Imprsssive with its sim- ple lines than overpowering with petty ornament, which was regarded as artistic expression in a past gen- more have.porches in Europe centur, 0, just aé they had ters, but the Americen porch is a product of the new world, brought into being by the necessitics of new conditions. There is nothing in common between the European -porch and the American porch but the name. They are as dis- similar in their location and use &y they differ in architectural aspect. REALTY BOARDS HOIST DUES, Increase in dues on the part of three member boards has been re- ported to the National Association of Real Estate Boards within the past few days. The Washington, D. C. Real Estate‘ Board has raised its membership dues to $100. The Den- ver Real Estate Exchange has raised fces from 325 to $60. The Detroit Keal Estate Hoard has increased its initiation fee from $50 to $100 for ac- tive members and from $10 to $15 for active associate members, effective January 1. Chevy Chase, Md. 206 Raymond St. Near Connecticut Avenue, convenient to the Chevy Chase and Columbia Country Clubs. Fireproof building, con- taining 10 rooms, 2 baths, electric lights and hot-water heat; lot is 70x200; 2-car fire- proof garage. $25,000 REAL ESTATE. : 20 LYON VILLAGE LOTS SOLD IN WEEK Concrete Roadway Through Vir- ginia Subdivision Partially Completed. The following sales were made dur- ing the past week by Lyon & Fitch, owners and operators of Lyon vil- lage, Va.: F. A. Watson, two lots on Wilson avenu J. W. Kilgore, five lots on Rucker ave.. (Mr. Kilgore has aiready broken ground for five houses on thege lots.) . Hall, one lot. B. M. Bennett, two lots. Price H. W. Cauffman, well known builder, five lots on which he will condt struct houses. biH H. K. Green, commissioner of revs.f nue of Arlington county, two lots ¥rank Thompson, two lots. Rev. B. L. Parrott of Roanoke, Vi one lot. ' The concrete roadway on Oak | street, connecting Wilson boulevard, the main highway into Clarendon | with the Lee highway, bas been par., | tially completed. This ‘will be the first hard surface highway in Arlington coun ty connecting these two main high ways, D0 YOU REMEMBER WHEN? | The first apartment house in th. United States, they tell at headquar ters of the National Association of Real Estate Boards, was built at 142 Bast 18th street, New York city, in e gk Sale.: 17 Bryant St. N.E. $8,350 Just off North Capitol street. Attractive six-room aund bath home. Hot-water heat, garage, sion immediately. Can be sold etc. In fine condition. Posses- on reasonable terms. 3512 New Hampshire Ave. - $12,000 bulit about one year ago by Boss & Phelps. It contains six rooms. Just completed by W. and A. M Miller was sold to Willlam B. Allen, who will occup: house has seven rooms. purchased a residence at 1808 Kenyon strest northwest from Helen C. Mec- Gowan. This is a brick house having six roome. in Chevy Chase, by Guy K. Ci J. D. Milltken. six rooms. lingsford & @go at 1424 Taylor street northwest was sold by Charles F. and C. A. Rice to George P. Wolf, who will occupy it 2s his home. Ordway street was pur = take about ! | eleven tons of coal to supp! | bulldings with modern dwelli; A detached home In Wesley Helghts | 2Partment houses. eration. The terrace, which fnent on the garden side as is proper, | 4 ngs a: Over 600 shacks are to be razed in the clean-up drive. — ame home. The Commander C. F. and Ellen R. Pyne It_contalns seven rooms. W. T. it as a home. The property at 320 northwest wa: from J. G. Pratt for b house contains eix rooma. Premises 817 10th A detached dwelling on Bradley lane Md., was purchased n from John B. and 'he property contains A row house constructed by Wal- mnor about one yvear will occupy it as a home. A new house at 312 southeast, built by H. A Cleveland Park residence at 2917 hased by Fred containing six rooms and bath. rash to assert that this feature was unknown in this country in the days | preceding the revolution, the terrace | is really of However, it was an importation from Europe, as was the classic which, was pursued in an entirely independ- ent manner. The porch, as we are familiar with it, is distinctivel. A. Chrigtoph from Harriet H. Mosher. . T. Bannerman sold his house of eight rooms at 620 Rock Creek Church road to C. L. Kenelpp, who wlill occupy Taylor street purchased by H. Milloft Rome. This eet northeast, a six-room house, was sold by L. C. Maltby to John T. Miller. Mr. Miller 17th street Huddleson, was bought by John W. Manahan. This is a popular modern type home STORES—FOR RENT 1222-1224 Connecticut Ave. N.W. NEW STORES First floor suitable for auto sales room. Second floor available for hair dressing par- lor, clothing or other mercantile business. —Consult— B. F. SAUL CO. Main 2100 1412 Eye St. N.W. Six large rooms and bath, hot- water heat, electric lights, kitch- en, built-In ice box, one-piece sink and many other extra fea- tures; double rear porches Sold on Easy Terms Thos. A.-IJmuon Co. Ask the Man Who Owns One 906 New York Ave. N.W. See This Home Before Buying in Mt. Pleasant R R, 10 rooms, 2 baths Hot-water heat DI R All Offers Will Be Considered Open for Inspection Occupied by Owner JOSEPH C. Detached Corner Residence in Cleveland Park Within a iew blocks of John Eaton School. struction of highest type. Owner has left city and property must be sold. Spanish style of architecture with red tile roof and garage to match. 11 rooms and 3 baths (1 shower), 1 large attic, hot-water heat, electric lights, larqe front porch, screened sleeping porch, glass conservatory and large porch off kitchen, metal weatherstripped, screened throughout, instantaneous water heater, in fact, every fine modern convenience. First floor plan is exceptionally attractive with unusually large living room— beamed ceiling and stone open fireplace, paneled dining room and music room, all of which have large openings and make an attractive plan. Can be seen at any time and ready for im- mediate occupancy. Terms can be arranged. Pre-war con- Allan E. Walker & Co., Inc. 813 15th Street N.W. Main 2690 it AT T P e If You Believe in the United States— You Believe in Washington Sp:mcial Listings of Interest Chase, D. C., $11,000—7-room and bath brick, extra lavatory, vapor heat, elec., front and rear porches, garage, fine section. Terms. Chevy Chase, D. C, $15250—Charming detached two-story modern house, almost new, on'lot 50 ft. by over 130 ft., in very best section. 7 large rooms, tiled bath and shower, tiled lavatory, hardwood floors throughout, h.-w.h,, glec., and other fine modern features. Terms. Chevy Chase, D. C., $18,500—Unusual 8-room and 2- bath detached house., h.-w.h., elec., sleeping and side porches, garage, servants’ room, many other features. Terms. Gl American Univ. Park, $10,000—6-room and bath de- tached shingle and brick bungalow, on lot 98 ft. wide by about 125 ft. deeb; h.-w:h., elec, built-in features, substantial construction. Easy terms. 2.Family Flat, $11,500=~West of 16th and Columbia Rd., 2 apartments of 5 and 6 rooms and bath each; elec., separate henin%o flanta, substantial semi-detached building, on lot 1 . deep. Terms, Close to Library of $1,500~10-room and bath brick, on lot over 20 ft, wide. Terms. Near Lincoln Park, $7,500—9 rooms and bath brick, with new furnace, elec., lot 117 ft. deep to wide alley. Small cash requirement. E Strest S.E., $5500—Only $500.cash and $50 per month, 6-room and bath brick, furnace heat, numerous other features. Wik 813 15th Street NNW. mainly prom- Thomas J. Fisher & Co., Inc. 738 15th St. N.W. not colonial. While it would be respectable antiquity. revival once gtarted In the colonles, American. They did | You should see these novel houses—the best of their class in the city—nothing else like them. " Only Three Available Six rooms, tiled bath, hot-water heat, electric light, oak floors, sleeping porches, first floor porches on front and rear, kitchen cabinets, deep lots to alley. . Prices are little if any higher than other houses of the same type, but of usual construction. . Very Easy Terms Open Sunday for Inspection LOUIS P. SHOEMAKER 1407 New York Ave. NNW. Main 1165 Wesley Heights ~ is Artistic —and fits in most conveniently with the wonderful pic- turesqueness with which nature has endowed this attrac- tive section. o . i here is Mi ilt—and every se to be mh\?fieu M:fic hi;t—for the* community has been established upon a high standard—and will be 3o tained. Center Hall Homes, Cottages, Bunallqwn—-flr:h with its appealing features. They are all with the best—in plumbing, hardware, electric fixture: o floors—decorative finish throughout—and unique planning that makes a real home. e Come out promptly—view the many advantages whicl Wesley Heigln::l-inly offers over any other suburban development- select your type of Home. ¥ Wesley Heights is only fifteen minutes’ ride from the White House. b ; “ Motor out Mass ave.—across Wisconsin ave. to Jewett street—or by car line to Mass. ave. and Wisconsin ave.— Jewett street is just to the left, leading from the west. W. C. & A. N. Miller 3 Builders and Realtors 1119 Seventeenth Street VPlnm Main 1790 1430 K St. N.W. Beautiful eight-room and bath semi-detached brick home; sleeping porch, ctc.; in excellent condition; ideally located. A substantial home at this price. WARDMAN Main 4190 | Only 3 Left 1501, 1507, 1513 Varnum St. N.W. Eight rooms, 2 baths, garage. All modern im- provements, Open and Lighted Daily and Sunday Until 9 P.M. Price and Terms Reasonable MAX SUGAR OWNER 2nd BUILDER Or Your Own Broker . e 2 hundry——double garage. Supremely Attractive Homes That are located in an ideal environment— Mass. Ave. Heigh‘ts 36th and Edmunds It's a group of specially designed Homes— differing in architectural effect—but alike in char- acter of finish and equipment. They're really imposing Homes—Kite buile— which means the highest standard of material and workmanship. Handsomely finished—practically equipped—unusual features that make them un- usual mes. Eight handsome rooms, three compl‘ete baths, — sleeping and sun porches — butler's pantry, Each surrounded by wide lawns—and set off with artistic foundation planting. ) Open for inspection— every day and evening Motor out Mass. Ave. to Edmunds, or, leaving Wis- consin Ave. cars at Mass. Ave., walk just a step east to 36th St.—then south a square to Edmunds. Built, Owned and ¥or Sale by Harry A. Kite (Tucorporated) Member Washington Real Estate Board 1514 K Street ; Phone Main 4846