Evening Star Newspaper, February 23, 1924, Page 14

REAL ESTATE. TENANT APARTMENT |$178,000 IN SALES PURCHASES STUDIED Realty Board Collects Data on Co- Operative Ownership of Buildings. ness During Week Includes Magy Home Transfers. Recent sales totaling $178,000 we METHOD LONG IN VOGUE as follows: Mrs. Blanche Stahl sold phine R. F residence at northwest. to Now Is Making Rapid Progress in American Cities. 1814 Kalorama So active a factor in the construc- tion of new housing has the tennant- owned upartment building become that a special segtion now is being | organized within the National Asso- ciation of Real Estate Boards for the development of the best practices nationally in the organization, financ- ing, sale and operation of co-oper-| atively-owned apartment buildings. The section is being organized as a part of the mortgage and finance di- vision of the association. Albert W. Swayne of Chicago will be chairman of the newly formed scetion. The setting up of standards in re- gard to the plan of home-unft owner- “hip for apartment dwellers that will sive the builder and buyer of a co- Gperative apartment the benefit of { home, (e test of time on co-operative en~| Ma. terprises nationally will be the pur-{at 6 pose of the coming section. A sur-|Clara J. Cohen. Vvey of all co-operatively “owned | sented the purchaser. apartment buildings now in the| C. A. Finney purc ited States will be undertaken at|dom street northwest. to give u complete foundation| A farm containing * the findings of the association as|acres in _vicinity of the maq s ountry Club was sold utilizing the co-operative financing plan in upartment house construction. Will Ald Families, *or the family which finds in the apartment unit a between ately owned |, pattery Park, Md. and intend n ordinary rented : l £ sociation will study | Rulld dwellings in the to find what, in the experience of e everywhere, has been the | % 1Sl workable form of incorpora-, 2 4 co-operative apartment | the best form of lease. ties to be provided for in budget for the director’s accounts. d other detail oncerned with the operation of the 1300 Park quired by Mrs. Blanche Stahl. Col. F. Hopkins purchased 32 Cleveland avenue. Avenue Park. Maj. & A. Howard purch story brick residence ut ley road. Merritt. John W Carnegie 1 purchased a M. 1d to L. . Poll 65 venue, Chevy Ch Md., Ridgwood who is for a two-fan venue, 1 Doolin rakoma ment oma Ps purchased 118 Purk, two-fami advantage followin ~ingle | apartment th ix up the place, to execreise hls i The holder of unit can sell or rent his he could a house, with the reserv tion that the not be objectionable to the board {tenants who manage the ~ |the report explains. B |zage bond houses {posed toward Joans on s jand some now loan on co- the place plans for go-operative @ central subject of the a; tudy. 1 Washington Col. ch, who received as part v apartment at Park have purchased lots | near future . F. Andrus Linde is his | ividual taste upon. | perative home | unit just as | oming tenant must REPORTED BY FIRM Maddux, Marshall Company Busi- re announced by Maddox, Marshall & Co. Jose- ster a three-story brick road A two-family apartment located at road northwest was ac- Massachusetts ed a two- 11 Wood- Col. D. H. Murray purchased three . Md., for a future shinfton, home in Battery Park, occupying same for hi jatreet, about May 1. It will be erected for the ¢ 1y to n, =t ot building, | {Lnilding stock collateral. just as they ! 1 on old standard listed stock While the operative ownersh 1 insures a substantial quality S ot tenant-neighbors, and smaller citic for el 1 by B on of terprise Should he {business { In n put upon a strict ion advise: sociation's ip ini should | hborhood ation of the en- in- urope | Vestigation estimates that four or five | finds. | thous {upartment _|managed rombined jover ona ler's tradi- | Chicago b jings o peratively s are now structures co-operative One firm alone has hundred such by their tenants, ( ent o housing |3 re of thirty million p urope, it is estimated. by which ter ATy - wn landlords ha Since 190 @ real jcurrent in the United States has i {creased twenty fold ¥]of telephones in use from 900.000 _to 14,000,000, States. 1 workings of tie pl become their » cconomical hasizes ble plac to liv one-half through method of apart- the division report per ent of rental alnost | the' co-operative nt ownershi wenty 1o forts expense is suved by the plan. ings, it is eeinted out, are due to ct that tenant ownership elime nates the follow Takoma Park Homes vacant apartment from uncollectable rent s¢ of management, adver- Many houses are high these days. But the following are reason- able in price—many be- low the cost of con- struction today: % uir- quent shifting In addition to saving the cos fellow renters® ntricities, shifted by the landlord on to the rent bill the owner of a co-operatively H ated apartment saves any profit ! which the owner rentéd build- ing would make on his investment, the yeport add. Afid if the home owner whose home is built under one roof w homes of other families w: fetwurés. Rea oors. Tireplace. Slecping porch, Garage. FPoultry liouse and garden. $8,000. Easy terms. New €-room stucco bunealow, with glazed sleeping poren. House is ex- nally weil built and has ds Int on concrete One of the auietest,” cladiext streets in the park, Dut near schools and cars. House un: der construction. may be finished 1o suit. How. heat. Pireplace. Oak foors, $10.300. 7-room house, in good locetion, close to cars: with very attractive iterior. One bedroom first floor. $9,000. Easy Business Property Central and Active Location O oo = Tt s okers ‘ t provements.” Excellent focation, $4.730. 14 rooms, 3 baths: new colonial All Leased Il vouse.$%0.000: 3,000 casnr < i 10 rooms, 2 baths: extra largs rooms. 'l Grounds Tix2sa. $i3.000. Easy terms. | Extrs large 5-room bungalow on District side: bath, pantry and porches. ’ b $5,000. If taken before finisted, $4,000. H Beautiful 6-room bungalow on Dis- Price Attractive triet side; all modern tmprovements Thomas J. Fisher th. Double garage. $9,000. & Co., Inc. May be seen Sunday Lillie & Hendrick 738 15th St. N.W. Main 6830 23 Carroll Avenue THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT THIS HOME IS AN UNUSUAL OFFERING WEST OF 16th ST. NEAR PARK RD. 1653 NEWTON Mt. Pleasant is one of Washington’s oldest and most exclusive localities. This home is con- veniently situated in this section, near two car lines and 16th St. Bus service. A 20-ft. Colonial front, three-story, box type brick, containing eight light rooms and two fully tiled baths. “The lower floor is trimmed in hardwood with oak floors and beamed ceiling in dining room. The five bedrooms are trimmed in ivory and mahog- any. Plenty of closet space—scréened sleeping porch. All modern improvements. Ample room in rear for garage on wide alley. The Price and Terms Are Very Atb‘ach‘ve Open for Inspection Tomorrow CKEEVER =4 GOS Raxinu ervice 1415 Eye T old structures. | over one hundred build- ! owned multiple dwellings consumption of electric and the numbe has mounted : | with real the member: partment. THE EVENING Constraction ix (o be started on this five-story garage at 1460 Trving mpany, and will be vatued at $225,000, lncluding land. ronts 120 feet on Irving ntreet. The front is to be of Indiana limestone. It will be finixhed about October {CALIFORNIA REALTORS | $178,900 FOR MARKET. HAVE WOMAN HELPERS | ~ | Agricultural Bill Carries $2.900 A woman's e o 'hn 3 " | More Than Last Year's Figure. its official « of Center market an appropriation of 'i! $178.900 is recommended in the Agri- cultural appropriation bill reported to | the Mouse vesterday. This is an in- Will conduct the de- | erease of $2,900 over the amount pro- as interesteq | ¥ided for the current fiscal year and an increase of $13,900 over the amount mmended by int, women “A man’ allows he rts, to rec e budget bureau. Come Out Today and See These Big 20x30-Ft. Box Houses Open, Heated and Lighted Until 9 P.M. 4903 9th St. N.\W. Take Georgia Avenue car to Emerson St., walk one block east. Walter A. Dunigan 1410 H Street N.W. Or Your Own Broker Main 1023 Main 1023 THE ROCKSBORO 1717 R Street N.W. New Fireproof, Five-Story, Elevator Bldg. 1 Room, Dining Alcove and Bath $45—847.50 1 Room, Kitchen and Bath—$50 Convenient Location APPLY Resident Manager on Premises Exhibit House 4209 16th Street N.W. Here are homes where you can Eve happily and invite your friends with the assurance that the location and appointments are such as to cause you to feel justly proud. Description of These Houses: The $ large rooms have heavy oak floors throughout; there a beautiful fireplace in the living room, 2 complete baths with marble showers, built-in refrigerator, finished attic, expensive electrical fixtures, instantaneous water heater. Servant's room with bath, 3-car built-in heated garage, cold storage rooms; finest kitchen in city. Open, Heated and Lighted from 9 A.M. to 9 P.M. Priced Reasonable—Easy Terms 913 15th Street N.W. “When Better Homes Are Buils We Will Build Them® = RRITTA STAR, WASHINGTON, D. PROPOSED GARAGE ON IRVING STREET i per cent thereo the operation und management | C., SATURDAY, | NEW BUSINESS DECLINES FOR 390 LUMBER MILLS Production and Shipments, How- ever, Far Ahead of Same Week in 1923. Reports received from 390 of the chief commercial lumber mills of the country show that while production in- creased and shipments declined slight- Jy for the week ending February 16 from those of the previous week, new business decreased noticeably. Com- pared with the corresponding week of 1623, there were large increases in pro- duction and shipments, but a conside able decrease in current orders or new business, The unfilled order file of 271 south- ern pine and west coast mills fell off .000 feet from the previous week he 141 southern pine mills reported | ir_unfilled order file at the end of | t weelc as 303,064,193 feet against | .047,419 for the week before; i st coat mills gave their unfilled or- s a8 464,146,718 as against 469,610,- | 635 a week earlier for 131 mills For all the 390 mills shipments were 100 per cent and new business 8 of actual percentages S and 77, respectively, and for the west coast mills 92 and 85. The 366 mills having a normal production | figure for the week gave their ctual | nroduction as 101 per cent of normal, | shipments 100 per cent and orders 87 | S S NOW OWNS ITS OWN HOME. The Evanston, 111, Real Iistate Board second constituent’ group of the N tional Association of Real kst Roards to build a completely ne: building as its board home, held open | 2 FOR Saven rooms, bath, ex room, open fireplace; brizh space; splendid kite roows, inclosed pore lizhting _fixtures; paved street. nes what we conscientiously price. To Inspect: Take Wouwdley Road bas or Macomb St. Main 4600 5-Room Bungalow, $4 FEBRUARY en. latest fixtures; instantaneous 1924, house in its new quarters February 8. The Philadelphia Feal Estate Board ploneered the way toward applying the Realtors’ Own Your Home prin- ciple to realtor organizations. The Columbus, Ohio, Real Estate Board has purchased and remodeled a building for its home. The Cincinnati Real Estate Board has acquired ownership of its own head- quarters. The Real Estate Board of New York, the Chicago Real Estate Board, the Los Angeles Realty Board and the Buffalo Real Estate Board are among the hoards now seriously con- sidering building or purchase of board home 23, Attention Builders and Owners of New Homes For Sale In our new offices we are splendidly equipped to handle the sale of new properties. We would appreciate the op- portunity of an interview con- cerning what you have for sale. Gardiner & Dent Inc. 1409 L Street N.W. Main 4884 - —_— 2 T, CLEVELAND PARK $14,250 SEMI-DETACHED BRICK HOUSES SALE tra lavatory; large living t dining room. ample wall large bed- cially fine large lot; t oak floors, e heater; These are just a few things that are included in £ believe to-be the most charming homes in this section within $2,000 of the Sample House, 3245 38th St. N.W. Open Daily and Sundays—9 A.M. to 6 P.M. Winconsin Ave. car to Wisconsin Ave. and Macomb St.. walk west (o I5th and Macomb Ste.: or drive out Woodley Road to I5th St., thence north to WM. S. PHILLIPS Realtor — Builder 15th St. at K el Vl;or éolo;eZi ;f .tl-le hétter Class GLENDALE Ready to Occupy Now ,150—Dix, Near 44th Ready to Occupy Now 5-Room Bungalow, $4,350—44th, Near Brooks Ready to Occupy Now 5-Room Bungalow, $3,750—Brooks, Near 44th Ready to Occupy This Week 5-Room Bungalow, $3,750—Clay, Near 42d Ready to Occupy March 1 5-Room Bungalow, $3,750—42d, Near Dix These are wonderiul value lots; near new school. E sy to heat, e: s._Electric lights, range; large to maintain; room for garden, lawn and garage. Terms $350 cash, $35 and $40 per month. endale is a thri lots and pay a finished home for about the ing subdivision. ; inz rent when we can give vou the key to No use to waste t same money. REAL ESTATE. RARE VOLUMES DAMAGED. Collection Embracing Washington Letiers in $100,000 Fire. PERTI AMBOY, N.:J,, February 23. —A rare coliection'of books and manu. seripts, including letters of George Washington, Aaron Burr and Benjamin Franklin, gathered for the past thirty ears by Recorder Harold 1. Pickers- | allagec en thro Eill, was damaged here yesterduy when | L 500 L0 have been thro fire’ swept through the Dana building, | father, Antonio using losses estimated at 3]00,000.'1’"["!’. SUGAR BOWL AS WEAPON. Man Throws at Wife, Misse:, Fractures Daughter’s Skvfla NEW HAVEN, Conn., February Helen Ricel, seven, last night sy [ tered a fractured skull, when shemi hit on the head with & sugar 1, who wwas Mr. Pickersgill is proprietor of the | Mr: ei said her hw: Mosguito, a weekly publication, the bowl at her, but hit the ch If You Are Looking for a Home And Want to Save Money Don’t Fail to Inspect These Homes at Your Earliest Convenience 1 They Are Selling Fast Only a Few Left PRICES $8,950 to $13,950 TERMS TO SUIT Sample House 4628 Kansas Ave. N.W. Sample House 710 Decatur St. N.W. DESCRIPTION Six large and spacious rooms. First floor containing reception hall, living room, dining room with French doors Ieading out om back porch. Kitchen equipped with white enameled cabinet, one- piece porcelain sink and drainboard and outside pantry; service poreh. Second floor: Three large bedrooms, each with lnrge cloxets extra linen cloxet in hall; tiled bath with butlt-in fixtares, Master bedroom, 11x19 feet. Double rear porches are 10 feet wide and extend full length of house. To inspect take any Ninth street car to Georgia avense and Decatur street; walk two blocks east to property; or phome for free auto service. Owner and Builder 1416 K Street N.W. Realtors 33rd and Lowell Cleveland Park Detached Homes treet ear marked District Line, xet off at 44th St. Brooks, or moter out the Benning ¥ Beverly will be there Sunda: beat the rent game: not several years hence but NOW. WILLIAM P. IRVIN Phone Main 3908 1410 G St. N.W. A Home of Distinction On the Avenue of the Presidents 5317 Sixteenth Street (In that beautiful section just opposite the reservoir) Solidly built of Blue Granite Stone, 1¢-inch walls, two-car garage in rear, of same stone as house. This home contains 12 rooms—3 baths, quartered oak flooring, back stairwa doors and woodwork, finished in mahogany and white: inclos breakfast porch; two sleeping porches, one open and one inclosed. This home will be open for your inspection all day Sunday Built by G. U. Small We Invite Your Inspection L. E. Breuninger & Sons Exclusive Agents 706 Colorado Building M. 6140 Member of the Washington Real Estate Board. TR | Centaining N rooma and 2 baths, garage, house, front and rear porchex, commanding view of large extate; autematic hot-water heater, bullt-in refrigerntor, open fireplaces. Open for Inspection FLOYD E. DAVIS 7th and E Sts. S.W. Main 353 cellar full depth of Price, $8,750 worthy features: Colonial Front Porches Double Rear Porches Extra Large Rooms Extra Spacious Closets One-Piece Sinks Built-in Sanitary Tub Open Daily from T 1416 Eye Street QUALITY AND ELEGANCE Exhibit House: 1336 D Street N.E. An architectural achievement. A revelation in construction and fmish. As evidence of their supremacy, mark these note- ARNOLD and COMPANY Exclusive Agents Cash, $1,000 Built=in Refrigerator Built-in Cabinet Extra Large Gas Range Servants’ Toilet Steel Beam Construction Large Light Cellar 10 AM. to 9 P.M. Main 2434