Evening Star Newspaper, January 19, 1924, Page 13

REAL - BULDING PERMITS FOR WEEK, $271.000 Report Shows Construction in Progress in Various Sections of City. Building permits aggregating $271,- 000 in value were issued by the Dis- trict during the week as follows: Robert Munro, to build 3546-3548 Quebec street; $16,000: o A. E. Coleman, to build 5406-5408 Grant street northeast; $6,000. Ward & Cobb, to buiid 2943 Living- ston street: $8,000. fliam Ramsey, to bufld 1608 Madi- son “street: $6,000. Mrs. E. P. Corbin, to repair 33d and Rittenhouse street; $5,000. ,C. H. Sthall, to erect garage 2809- 2813 26th stréet; $1,000. Wenger Bros, to erect garages :g!'z.;:us 16th street northwest; Union Trust Company 1502 H stréet northwest: to 000. "Ji.',fl' Carter, to build gas station 301 5 repalr 0. street southwest; $3,000. . E. F. Prince, to repair 935-937 H Street; $8,000. C. L. Fowler, to build 706 Jackson street northeast; $3,500. C. H. Small, to build tweive homes 608-630 Orleans street northeast; 345,000 W. R. Davis, to build 3020 Albe- marle street; $14,500. F. L. Belin. to' repair 28th and R streets; $35.000. E. M. Chamberlain, to repair 1109 16th street; $10.000. Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company, to repair T 731 13th street; $10,000. R. Forrest, to build road southeast; $1,500. Harry M. Huddle, to build 2119 W street southeast; §2,000. V. Killian, to repair 1307 E street northwest; $10,000. David Lawrence, to build 3900 Ne- braska avenue: $76,000. Children’s Hospital, pairs; §3,000. SPECIALISTS ORGANIZE IN FARM LAND MOVE National Association of Real Es- tate Boards Receives Reports From States. 2142 Stanton to make re- Preparation among real estate men for & new movement in farm lands is indicated by movements toward closer organization of farm land #pecialists reported to_the Natlonal Association of Real Estate Boards from realtor organizations from a number of farm sections, Movement for the formation of a farm land division within the Wis- consin Real Estate Brokers' Associ- tion is now under way. Conferences are being held looking to the forma- tion of such a state unit at the an- ! largely nual meeting of the association at Madison, February 20 and 21. A farm lands division of the Georgia Real Estate Board has just been perfected, with Ben Padgett of Atlanta, chair- man of the division. Advertising the advantages of the state will be one of the “{mportant undertakings of the division. The California Real Estate Association has begun the holdink of a series of back-to-the- land conference: The New York State Association of Reai BEstate Boards ha for some months had a farm lands division functioning on farm land problems. Blind as a bat" pression. But a keen powers most b d te when it is pla otal darkne: Jut ts invisible to the naked eve of man —with amazing swifiness. | - 2266 CATHEDRAL AVE. Just East of Conn. Ave, Faclng Rock Creel: Park Unusually attractize home, . with side lot. An unexcelled location, where homes are rarely available Six bedrooms. light and com- fortable, with 3 baths, 0 a maid’s room and bath. Entire house screencd. Garage on rear ot. This home is priced consid- erably under cost of reproduc- tion. Terms are miost reason- able, Your Renltor or MIDDAUGH & SHANNON Incorporated Main 6935 " Established 1899 Woodward Bldg., 15th and H IXTEENTH TREET PARK In the Chosen Line-of High-Class Development For HOME or INVESTMENT Washington's Newest Subdivision Fronting on 16th & 14th St. Just North of Alaskn Ave. Overlooking Rock Creek Park From High vation Moxt exclusive from stand- point of location nnd desir- abllity: surprisingly low open- ing prices. -Buildidg Financed Start now to have that “Home of Your Own” by melect- Ing your building site before advance in Briggs, Owner Edson 'W. M. 5074 1108 16th St. N.W. ON'T - build your house upon sand! That is just what you do if you use poor quality lumber. You get the best here at lowest prices. “Better lumber here” Galliher & Huguely Sherman Ave.& W St.N.W. Phone North 486 | wse ESTATE. 10 be utarted within the Ml LOCAL TAX CALLED - REALTORS’ PROBLEM Need of Reduction Urged by Den- ver Man at Georgia Convention. AUGUSTA, Ga., January 18.—“Re- duction of local tax®s is the great problem facing the real estfte men of the country at this time” L. F. Epplch of Denver, Col, former president of the Natlonal Assocla- tion of Real Estate Boards, declared in a statement issued here yesterday following his retirement as president of_tho national realtors. The realtors were en in_the disposal of routine matters. The convention will come to a clore tomorrow night, all busi- meeting of i in Washington next June practically completed. “Local taxes is#the biggest ite tn the list of the taxpaver,” Mr. Ep- pich declared, “and they must be reduced. The money being spent there should be steps taken to super- the expenditure of tax money by local governments. When there is money to be spent, it will be ss a close watch is kept I do not mean spending officials are . but there i3 & natural dormitory for chau must be made to go farther, too, and | sE== == - WASHINGTON, mext thirty days on thix bulldin home, now on the xite, ix to be urs. It will be erected 1-STORY GARAGE 10 BE "UILT HERE Wardman to Erect Vast Structure at 1108-1112 Vermont Avenue. Construction of a seven-story ga- rage, faced with Indana limestone, at 1108-1110-1112 and 1114 Vermont ave- nue northwest Is planned by Harry Wardman, according to an announce- ment made at his office today. On the property at the. present time is a brick house, contalning twenty-two rooms, formerly owned by the late Senator McMijlan. he work of razing this bullding will be started within the next thirty days, according to Mr. Wardman. and the constzuctiont of the new building wlill begin as soon as the old bullding is torn down. . There will be thiee automobile salesrooms on the first floor of the new huilding. and the other floors will be,reached by elevators and the ramp system. A novel feature of the proposed new building will be the provision for dormitories and shower baths for chauffeurs of those who 10 be erected at 1108-1114 Vermont & razes ue uilding will have The propoxed d o by Harry W REAL ESTATE BOARD WILL MEET FRIDAY ;Prognm of Speeches by Leaders in Capital Being Amnged. by ‘Committee | The Washington Real Estate Board | will meet at Wardman Park Hotel Friday night. H. G. Kennedy, chair- man of the entertainment committee, announces that an interesting pro- |gram 1s being mapped out. - This | meeting, which Is being arranged as | soclal gathering, will be considered |& “Washington nigh” meeting and | will be the first meeting of the entire | board-since this city was selected to entertaln the convention of the na- | tional assoctation next June. The speakers on the program are Maj. J. Franklin Engineer | Commissioner; day, presi- | dent ‘of the Board of Trade: H. R. Ennis. of Kansas City, Mo., president of the national associdtion, and Her- bert U. Nelson of Chicago, executl secretary of the national association. Part. of the program will be devoted to ‘talks on Washington and its ad- vantuges as a convention city, It ninety-six feet on Vermont avenue. ‘When completed the building - and ground will have a value of $756,000. keep their cars there. The property has a frontage The building will accommodate 500 spend the full sum | ot | car: 1225-1227 | | Conn. Ave. Substantial Improvements ALL OCCUPIED SHORT LEASES 40 Ft. Frontage $85,000 Thomas J. Fisher & Co., Inc. 738 15th St. N.W. Main 6830 g A ° Real Estate Mutuality Builders who have new houses to sell should list their property with ARNOLD AND COMPANY We have just sold ouf a row of new houses at 326 to 334 Adams Street Northeast for 5 CLARKE AND JOHNSON, Builders. We have just sold five new houses at 1808-28 A Street : Southeast fos— HOFFERBERTH, BURKLIN and FRED, Builders. _ ARNOLD AND COMPANY Need More New Houses See Us For Quick Action Builders Need Our Service Don’t Wait—Do It Now 1416 Eye Street N.W. M_uin 2434 T o 27 Quincy Street. (One-half. Block: Edst; from Chevy Chase:Club) - In.a Most Desirable Residential Section of Chevy Chsse, Md. Ten rooms, 3 baths, 4wo full glass and screen..enclosed ' porchies; hot-water. heat;: - Hoff- man_instantanequs hot-water heater; two-car garage; beautifyl grounds and shrubbefy; speeial awnings; Burrowes *copper screens throughout;: ornamental cypress*fence. Stone -foundation’ and cement cellar. under entire house.and.porches.. Lot 90x160. . 2 ‘ E - Price, $30,000 . Open for Inspection Sunday from.2:30:Hll 5 - H. L.-RUST COMPANY 912 15th Street NW.- b A TR D.- C, SATURDAY, {SIMPLE RULES GIVEN FOR PAINTING HOMES Experience H;f Demonstrated Value of Observing Them, Manufacturers Declare. Half of the success In painting is to be found in doing the job properly. There are given below a few plain in- structions which experience has dem- onstrated are worth observing. Ofl and water will not mix; there- fore, do not paint the house in damp, foggy or frosty weather, as under these conditions the pores of the wood are.filled with moisture which na- turally frevents the ofl from pene- trating the wood and obtaining a firm anchorage. - Paint so used will peel. It is unwise to paint in extremely hot or cold weather. In eold weather paint will shrivel up in drying. In hot weather it is apt to form in Jrops or_tears. Do not paint over dusty, greasy or dirty surfaces. Soft coal smoke, for instance, prodyces a surface upon which paint will not hold. Dirty ani greasy surfaces should frat be wash- ed off with soap and water, Wait Untll Plaster Drien. Do not prime or apply any paint until new plastering is thoroushly dried out. It is not economy to be sutisfied with merely two coats of paint when applylng it upon new woodwork. Always use two coats over a priming coat. In repalnting an old hous> siderable judgment should be used in adapting the paint to the condition of the surface. Paint manufacturers declare experi- ments show that 90 per cent of peel- ing on old jobs show that the new paint has pulled off old, loosely ut- tached paint. Therefore, old paint should be removed carefully Dark shades of paint cover vr hide old coats better than do light coats. Consequently one coat of dars paint is oftimes “apparently satisfactory, and the application of a second or third coat is postponed. Frequently after a short time the paint appar- ently fades. This is not actually the case, as the paint is still there, but owing to the disappearance of the linseed ofl, parts of which have been absorbed by the wond, an ex- cess quantity of the plgment, whic always is dull in appearance, r mains on the surface. Therefore, if possible, two or three coais should be used always. Never put of paint until the coat precedin is thoroughly dry. At least a week uld be allowed between coats. on- 1s expected that Mr. Ennis, president of the natlonal assocfation, will in- dicate to the local reaitors gomething of the program for the coming con- vention and outline the work of the national association. Special musical selections will be rendered by the Capltal Male Quartet and immediately after the meeting an informal buffet supper will be served. The committee in charge of arrangements for this meeting con- sists of H. G. Kennedy, chairman; A A. King, F. T. Nesbit, IREALTY MARKET REPORTED AGTIVE R. L. McKeever Believes Theory of Decline in Values Refuted by Many Sales. The best refutation of the theory that real estate values in Washington are declining or going to decline, according to R. L. McKeevef of the firm of Mc- Keever & Goss, is the unusual amount of purchases being made now by hus!-! ness men and Investors, According to| Mr. McKeever, there has been a more active market in the past few weeks in all classes of property than for many | | months past. A list of sales recently made by the firm of McKeever & Goss includes busi- ness ‘properties, apartment houses and | residences, totaling about $700,000. A partial list of these sales follow A large detuched house, 1436 Irving street, sold for W. B. Casy to Ellen Dailey. A brick residence ut 829 L street northeast, sold for E. K. Mason to Samuel Wasserman. A brick residence, at 2735 Connecticut avenue, was sold for Alford R. Hazzard to Harry Roller, who is occupying it as his_home One of the new homes, 1148 4th street northeast, sold sor the firm to H. B. and M. E. Turner. \ ‘Albert W. Ayre purchased one of the new bungalows built by ren Brothers, 205 East Thornapple, Chevy € Washington man, purchased from Mildred etached home in Chevy Fessenden street, A ‘brick business property Irving _street, con apartmens, was purch Denny from Mrs. Ida M John T. Turner was of 1140 4th street northe new homes just completed by MeK & Goss. | __A four-story apartment house, at | ML Pleasant street, the Drury i D M purchased by Winfield Preston Mrs. Virginia Cassidy. A brick busin property, at street northwest, was purch David A. Bi A new apartment house, at Spring place, just completed, was sold | for David A. Baer to a local investor, who In turn sold it to Mrs. Pauline Velatl Beyer. Mrs. Paulina Velati Bever sold to Washington in tor a four-story bus! ness property, at 1327 F street. M. J. Waple was the purchaser of brick residence at 1225 from Clark B. Cum- from a the six-room Kenyon street, mings, M. Wishnovsky purchased, in con- nection with the office of Harry Ward- man, three new homes, Nos. 1102, 1104, 1106 4th street northeast, and also pur- chased a new apartment house just completed, at 1100 3d place northeast. A mew brick home, at 4511 7th street northwest, was sold for Marcellus Heflin to Myrtle O. Herbert. Danlel Breeskin was e purchas two homes, Nos. 1104 and 1142 4th s northeast. r of reet John W. Childress. 10 John B. Keleher, for a _consideration sald to be in the | neighborhood of $70,000. ! = relutions Nathan Rubin purchased a new brick store and apartment building just com- | pleted, 2t the corner of 4th and L| streets northeast. Pillage REAL-ESTATE. BUILDERS DEFEND SVIALL BEDROOM Properly Arranged, It Has Definite Advantages, Ex- perts Declare. CHANGES HAND! Bedrooms need not be so large as one would expect when properly a 1anged. A room 9.6x11.6 feet is prac- tical. It should have windows on two sides If it can be arranged, and win- dows of casements of the type which will permit the greatest possible use of the opening are to be preferred. Then you have a light, well venti- lated room of an easily furnishable shape, and the housewife will have no problem in making it the cheerful restful place It ought to be. A good many errors would be avoided in working out plans if a sketch to scale were always .made showing the furniture in place. Of course, this applies to every part of the house. In the bedroom, for In- stance, we would know whether the light is right for the mirror and that the bed s neither in a direct draft nor jsolated in a corner without air circulation. The modern room that carefully planned, however, doesn't require nearly as much furhiture as in the old days, because 8o much is built-in. E beds themselves are ys, though usually in n the bedroom. :ss of a bedroom,” n the house inte- riors. “depends upon the closet. But size alone is only part of the need. Closets should be designed with spe- clal fitn for the things to be ac- commoda with drawers, trays and presses,” ranged, If you plea routine of Ilving 904 14th street morthwest, wold by Alabama has its first woman judge he person of Mrs Virginia I mingham, who has 1 associate judge of the county court of domestic An exclusively residential section of detached homes. Containing seven million feet of forest-covered land, with si miles of improved streets. Includes what remains of The Triangle of Increasing Values between Connecticut Ave., Massachusetts Ave. and Woodley Road (Cathedral Ave.) Over five million feet of land sold. Over 150 honres from $15,000 to $200,000 built and under con- struction. Actual improvements and home values exceed $5,450,000. Wooded villa sites, lots and central and side hall homes, with lots from 50 to 115 feet front—Park Office, 32d and Cathedral Ave. (Woodley Road). MIDDAUGH & SHANNON, INC. Woodward Building, 15th and H Sts. Member Washington Real Estate Board. Washington’s Most Distinctive Home Community Samgple House: 3230 Woodley Road Open A ' for :ii; ihif"!i‘, 7 / Nl Day Sunday inspection / | MMEDIATELY adjoining the beautiful grounds 1‘ of the new National Cathedral, the English Village occupies a tract which is conceded to be the most: desirable home locatiof®in the city, The dis- criminating home-seeker will find here a realization of his ideal surroundings for a permanent home. 'I'lle'l'lousu In design these exceptionally well-built homes are along the English lines of architecture, reflecting an en- vironment of comfort and refinement. The "Spacious Central Entrance Hall divides the Library and ample Living Room and Dining Room. The Service Pantry and Kitchen are very large with rear stairs leading to second floor. The first floor is nicely adapted to enter- taining. Four large Bedchambers, with two communi- cating®baths, lead from a large second-floor hall, while on the third floor there are two nicely finished servants’ rooms and one bath; also a storage attic or trunk room. There is a twp-car garage in the well appointed base- ment. % Our Representative on the premises will be glad to conduct you through these unusual homes and’ supply any information you may desire regarding them. SN