Evening Star Newspaper, February 14, 1925, Page 19

REAL IANUARY BUILDING NEAR 1924 FICURE Total for 36 Eastern States Is $296,473,000—Slumps . From December Mark. Bullding activity very good rate. contracts in amounted ording to the F. W. Dodge Co. survey. This was a decrease of only 1 per cent from January of last year, which had the highest January building volume on| record, There was also a dec of 10 per cent from December, Nearly all districts showed a ing off from Dec New State and north Jersey the Northwest States being the e ceptions. The Middle Atlantic States and the Central West showed decided decreases from January of last year, the other districts showing increases over the previous January. Last month’s record included 231,900, or 43 per cent of all ¢ dential buildin . or 23 per cent, for cial buildings; $35,452,100, cent, for public work and $19,454,400, or 6 per cent, trial buildings, and $15,338,600, or per cent, for education: building: Contemplated new work repor January amounted to $638.153,300. This was very large in proportion to| the amount of work started (con-| tracts awarded), but it was 5 per cent less than the amount reported i January' of'last vear. e volume of newly planned work usually very high in January. New York Shows Gain. January building contracts in New | York State and northern New Jersey | amounted to $110,770, s | an increase of nearly 10 per cent over December and nearly 5 per cent over | January, 1924 continues January 6 Easter: at a building on 127 commer- | or 12 utili for indu Included in last month's total were: [ $45,501,900, or 41 per cent of all con- n, for residential building;| . or 32 per cent, for com-| al buildings: $6.915,800, or 6 per for religious and memorial buildings (including contract for the nave of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine); §5,486.500, or 5 per cent, for educational buildings; $5,144,700, or 5 per cent, for for industrial build- ings, and $5 0, nearly 5 per cent,| for public works and utilities Last month’s building contr New England ar While this was a 1t decrease from December, it > a 9 per | cent increase over ¥y of year. Included were: $11,4 construction, ngs: 34, public works oc 13 per cen Ings: $1.535 educational or 4 per Last the Midd Pennsylvania Maryland, Dela lun £ : decrease from Decem last record nt of all idential build- | buildings . for ind h's build Atlantic southern buildings; | r com- 1885 per industrial buildings, and per cent, Cduca- | al buildings. | Increase Is Shown. January building western Pennsylvania contracts in Although this w cent from - of 19 pe January, 1 Last month's record included: $15,- 184,100, or 40 per cent of all con- structio for residential buildings; for com- mercial 00, or 2 per cent, for industrial buildings $4,130,600, or 11 per cent, for public works and utilities, and $3,809,500, or 10 per cent, for social and recre- ational projects. Contracts let | last month in the | Southeastern States (the Carolinas, States | | was a drop of § per cent from |s reported is| reported 1s| | ings, ESTATE The Rocksboro Apartment House, located at 1717 R street, recently sold for Frank S. § through the office of McKeever & P. Basilian nnd associates of Richmond, Va. Thix building contains 69 apart- deration was reported be $350,000, Included in last month's record $1,500,600, or.30 per cent of total, for residential buildings: 500, or 23 per cent, for public nd utilitie: and $835,000, or nt, for educational buildings. e Tenncssee, ssippi, Arkansas and ted to $41,105,700 i preceding month, it was of 1 per cent over Januar Included in the re month 529 n iner 19: for per cent, industrial build- and $1,744,100, or 4 per cent, for educational buildings. | Building contracts awarded during| January in the Cenfral W (Ili- nois, Indiana, lowa, ran, Missouri, Kansas, ( ) amounted Located on the north side, southern exposure, 18th and 19th; unusually desirable 3- story brick, built by Kennedy Bros., excellent condition, con- taining 11 rooms, 3 baths; has . heated by hot- 23§t Wiscc per cen 17 per cent Last month's 200, or 45 structio! $14.516,700, or mercial buildings per cen ities: § or dustrial building 5 per cent, for January b Minnesota, the Dakotas Michigan amounted to $ was an increase 35 per December 18 Last nf the second highes total recorded for this district, highest having been recorded in 1920 | $24,- con- rd included all building gas electricit ot water; wide frontage, 2 lot 110 ft. to 20-ft. paved alle ks and util- specially priced 7 per cent for in-| and $2,761,100, or | ducational buildings. | in | orthern | cent over to 2-car garage. for quick sale. Price, $19,800 Thomas J. Fisher & Co., Inc. 738 15th Street N.W. 07,000, nis | of and cent 1924 per Janua month's was uary the January, JAMESON-BUILT HOMES! 1731 to 1749 D St. S.E. ONLY A FEW LEFT Priced at Less Than $7,000 Easy Terms a home within the sion— EASTERN TERRACE Tapestry brick: 6 rooms and bath; hot-water he electr lights and fixtures: built-in refrigerator; extra large front and double rear porches; laundry tubs: large rear yard to wide alley. An excellent home that is complete. Selling Fast Four blocks from the new Bastern High School. See these ideal homes now. Ask the Man Who Owns Ome Built, Owned and For Sale by Thomas A. Jameson Co. Owners and Builders 906 N. Y. Ave. NW. Phone Main 5526 e R NEW BRICK HOMES Moderately Friced Offered on Easy Terms 1407 Trinidad Ave. N.E. Just North of 13th St. and Florida Ave. N.E. rre. $8,150 Six-room and Bath English Design Homes. Hot-water heat, electric lights, oak floors, double rear porches. A prod- uct of one of our best builders. Easy terms. Up to date in every respect. 1220 Orren St. N.E. Just North of 13th St. and Florida Ave. N.E. rre, $8,850 Here's what you get: Brand-new brick home, convenient location, splendid con- struction, all modern conveniences, includ- ing builtin garage, built-in refrigerator and built-in bath; double rear porches 8 ft. wide, No. 1 oak floors, etc. Your criti- cal inspection invited today. 518 Crittenden Street Location, design, finish and con- struction should appeal to you. $9,550 On solid ground with large lot, colonial type with cement front porch, double rear porch screened, oak floors entire first story including pantry and kitchen; best of heating plants and electrical fixtures. Proximity to Sherman Circle. Complete in every detail. Look at them today. OPEN DAILY FOR INSPECTION WILLIAM H. SAUNDERS CO., Inc. 1433- K Street N.W. = = al Or Your Own Broker Main 1016-1017 e | PLANS TO BEAUTIFY VILLAGES OF UNITED STATES ARE STARTED Movement Held Important as Population Centering in These Areas Is Placed at 50,000,000—Has Proven of Great Value. Nearly 20,000,000 United States, or about one-fifth of the population, live in villages, and 30,000,000 farming people use these villages for purposes of busines: ucation, religion, health and well being. Yet these ce ral population are usually ive and often very ugly. other countries are generally superior to those of the United States in design, in the chara of their streets and puplic buildings, and in their approaches and recreation spots. A start, however, has been made to- ward beautifying the American vil- lage. Some examples of leadership in this respect are recorded by the De partment of Agriculture, which been studying the probler planning from the standpoint of its importance to the rural community and particularly to th, It is more as a buying than as a elling place that the farmer n use of the village. In marketing his principal products he generally deals with some large distributing center. But he purchases his household sup- plies in the village. He goes there for amusement and for social pur- poses generally. His children often B0 to school there. An attractive village, s the department, is an people in the important influence in stabilizing farm life and in counteracting the attractions which cities have for the younger people of the farms. As the farmer's chief point of contact with outside interests, the village can make a big contribution to the hap- piness of farm life, even if it be con- sidered from no other standpoint than the fact that it is the place where the farmer spends a large part of his income. Where villages ale being made more beautiful, the impetus has come very case from local initia- that have well plan- attractive recreation pleasing approaches are nearly always indebted for these ad- to the energy and public spirit of some small group of citizens, Under such inspiration dump heaps have been turned into garden Spots, unsightly . shacks and dilapidated stores have been torn down and re- placed by smart, substantial business buildings, and extensive programs of landscape gardening and tree plant- ing have been usdertaken. Villages that have embarked on this path are finding that beauty pays. It im- proves local business and attracts tourist business. It enhances real estate values and has a powerful in- See This Tomorrow 1607 Varnum Street N.W. Side Entrance, Center Hall Plan 9 Rooms 3 Baths Screens Awnings 2-Car Garage Weatherstrip OPEN SUNDAY—11 AM. to 6 PM. L€ Breuninger &Soxs BUILDERS and REALTORS Colorado Building ~—— SMain 6140 That You Get More Value in the Bungalows at Manor Park, D. C. DESCRIPTION 5 rooms and bath, built-in tub, (Pembroke oak hard- wood floors, sub-floored throughout, h.-w.h., artistic fireplaces, one-piece sink, built-in ice box in kitchen, latest designed wall paper and electric fixtures, attic (space for 2 rooms and bath) floored ; large lots, sodded and fenced. $7,950, $750 Cash, $75 Monthly HOW TO REACH PROPERTY ke 14t st. car koma, get off at 3rd and Sheridan, walk one block east, or drive out to Georgia Ave. and Rittenhouse St, east-on Rittenhouse St. to 3rd St., north on 3rd to Sheridan one block east to property, Terrell & Little, Inc. 1206 18th Street N.W. Evenings Phone Franklin Main 3285 1686-J of Adams 3215-W R T T 2 T I e 2R 2 LR el a2 REAL ESTATE. away. It has been leveled and plants ed to grass, flowers gnd trees. It i& spanned by? gravel! walks, apd surd rounded : by .ordamental lightin; standards; ;Now, the visitor enigfs th village through’a green and smiling idual stand- ards of efficiency and enterprise. One good example of a village that he took away with him on leaving was one of squalor, because the town dump lay across the main approach was not well planned originally, but | to the village. Today the land where that now has been transformed into | the dump stood is the property of the an extremely pleasing place is Wes- | civic club, Old shacks hav ton, M. Weston formerly had al!moved from it and refuse cleared large swamp area in its center. This has been drained, graded, seeded to grass and plainted to pine, fir and chestnut trees. A new town hall and a fire station have been built opposite the entrance to the common. Public buildings are pow centrally grouped. Old, unsightly structures have been torn down. The improvements weré planned by a landscape architect. It took 26 years tc put the plan through, but every one in Weston now believes that the enterprise was worth the time and money it cost, A village that was started with a good plan, and has realized it, is Pat- terson, Callf. This village and a col- ony of irrigated farms, occupying 18,000 acres, were planned in 1910, Roads leading to the village were strategically located and planted with trees and shrubs. The village itself has eight streets radiating from a civic center, where the public build- ings are located. In the last four years the residents of the village have bullt a public library, a commu- nity clubhouse, a concrete swimming pool and a grammer school, and have provided an automobile camp park. A town dump at Lewisburg, Pa., has become a scenic asset, through the activities of women, who formed a civic club, launched civic improve- ment propaganda, and accumulated | funds for an improvement program. Formerly the first impression a vis- itor got on arriving and the last one IN MT. PLEASANT 1703 Irving St. N.W. A beautiful home, having8 rooms, 2 baths, No-Kol heating plant, garage, and every up-to- date feature, PRICED FOR A QUICK SALE Open For Inspection Sunday From 10 to 6 N. L. SANSBURY (CO., Inc. “Everything in Real Estate” 1418 Eye St. N.W. Phones Main 5904-5 Members Washington Real Estate Board One block irom Chevy Chase Circle, overlooking the Kirkside Golf Course, surrounded by fine homes, and with the wooded part of the Chevy Chase Country Club forming a background, this property assures a residence of unexcelled location, convenience, investment safety and accessibility. : Features Include = ——————— Large living room with fire place. dining room, breakfast room, ‘kitchen, lavatory and pantry on first floor, and four bedroems and two baths on second floor; oak floors throughout; French doors open from living room and dining room to large concrete porch. There is an adequate hot-water heating plant and a Royal Instantaneous hot-water storage tank. i : Stairway 'to attic. Open All Day Sunday C. BUSHMAN SMITH, Inc. 1703 Connecticut Ave. North 2522 9,950—ON TER \N Petworth’s Best Buy! OUR BUILDING POLICY IS FOUNDED ON QUALITY—" iv NOT QUANTITY PRODUCTIOR —AND ’ A CLOSE PERSONAL INSPECTION ‘WILL SHOW YOU - WHY THESE BEAUTIFUL SEVEN-ROOM “HOMES OF COMFORT”- - ARE SELLING BEFORE COMPLETION Eleveri Built hibit Home, DIRECTIONS: Georgia Ave. to Delafield Street, cast one square to Number 81 i ntil 9 P.M. furnished (thru courtesy of W. B. Moses & Sons) and open for your inspection daily (Our downtown office is aiso open until that hour.) 'KAY-SCHNIDER-KAY COMPANY, OWNERS AND BUILDERS . Investment Bldg. _ Franklin 513 and 514