Evening Star Newspaper, May 16, 1925, Page 17

REAL ESTATE THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €., SATURDAY, MAY 16, 1925. REAL ESTATE. 125 CAPITAL REALTORS | BIG SUMMER BUILDING WILL ATTEND PARLEY ACTIVITIES IN PROSPECT B e e Build a Two-Story e Matters of Interest Locally to Be Taken| House for Economy 2 Y/ t( T AT ; Leading Communities Report Volume of Up by Real Estate Boards’ Meeting B ) A ~ s Permits Greater Than in Any S Brick, or Stomne, and . 5 : : in Detroit in June. | Shingles Might Well Be \ 2 - s R -\ 3 { Period Since M(lr(,‘ll, 1924. | Used in This Design. I P o Rl i &, Indications are in evidence of a|of April, there wis a gain of 32 per : 3 = strong upward trend iu building ac-|cent as compared with April, 1924. A just the house pi nI be !K X;‘\"’“.“:"mf‘\f l bl 3 4 5 iy -5 tivities throughout the United States | vear ago. the April reports showed & undertakings to be worked out by the | vance the intevesis of ‘}"T.".'; LA N edi likt e wotaan L - A\ . during the coming Summer. |loss of 7 per cert from April, 1923. delegates to the nal Association [ Buffalo.” ‘The Louisville Res e e nic i FE o : ; z 3 At no time since March, 1924, has| Although there was a loss during of Real Estate Boards at the conven- | Board conducts a period 8 | Catiné: the. fdea "vaa 'to bulld’the folpe there been such a“large volume of |the first quarter of this year in these tion in Detroit, June 23 to 26 |to vacancies In oftice buildings. i # building operations in immediate pros. | Same cities, the April figures were of Many questions of Interest locally | questionnaire is sent to manas pect, based on the official reports of | Sufficient magnitude to develop a gain will also he taken up. There will be |office buildings. who co-ope plans filed and permits issued in the | for the four menths period Thus, leading cities and towns in volume of building plans filed and & thorough discussion of the license Bl K ; & i TARHRL RO, e : 4 - K ' | g . 3 The magnitude of these declara.|Dermits issued, the first four months Vacancy survey work in respect to realty not only the tracts within the | ork " alty o e |, exiring homeseekers to find @partment houses, residential proper-|city boundry, but the districts outside, | T0 help desiring hom ty and officex will be one of the large | The survey was undertaken to ad ? | as economically as possible we have | made it two stories. A bungalow of | an equal number of rooms would cost law that was urged during the last The Madison (Wis.) Real Kstate | mession of (ongress, realty financing. | Board has voted to undertake assur-| The first storv is of brick and the g - SN b B &4 ) : tions carries additional promise of a 9 JMished a new high record a subject much di sed here: zon- | vey of vacant properties in the eity | fecond of shi <. The plers of the £ 5 ™ 3 £ sustaining influence to general busi. for the initial third-of-a-vear period ing and city p and many |in April and October of each vear. The | brick foundation have been buttressed, | i 'y Do (311 7 : ] sietinlpesnfluencel (o seneral bnsl-, SSENS TRI W oE N ¥earmenid other questions. N 000 relators | count is made of residences, apart-| Which not only gives a sense of pe E > 13 - e b B E ey e Taet | A iliteports were tHetlasxess for a are expected to atrend ments and business properties, and in. | manence. but helps give a better p 5 ==. St oA . [ing in all sections. Gains were con- | Single month in the history of tha A speclal train w ashing- | ciudes a check of all properties of each | portion the house. Though 8 3 P ¥ : 3 % 2 F fad 1o . teaton o aeetion OBty AT R wak e et saorth ton with the large: . 125, [ type under construction. Two davs to “‘”‘”“ :'"\“‘;:::“e:"x"::f‘ N\ R ¢ Lo H = g . 5L L | In 365 cities and towns reporting to | Since September. 1324, that every see. ever sent from the National Capital are given to the count. a two-story ins Y 1 S - > 3 Straus & Co. for the month| (Contl on T eth Page.) The delegation will be under the chair he Columbus Real Estate Board @ one-story house, such a structure is v W. Straus & f he month Continued on Twentieth Page. manship of Willilam K. Hartung. has just undertaken its second annual [apt to look too tall for its base. For Practically all the larzer realty offi- | survey of real estate conditions in its | this reason the second story is con ces in the city will be represented. | city, with special attention to vacan. | structed of shingles, which breaks the L g The discussion on the work of the | cies. The city is divided into districts | ht walls and ives the Touse an T A £ L real estate boards throughout the|and subdistricts, and a team of two interesting texture or quality. I s & M h country in < and recording | board members furnished with a plat | 7The color scheme can be worked out ¥ 5 4 T : g -1 assachusetts real estate f: be opened by | showing all streeis i signed to ca in a#n infinite number of ways, the P 2 o - | New York. who | vass each subdistrict staining of the wood wi nd’ roof | R0 1 2 P k the property diviston of | pter (Wyo) Real | depending upon the dominating tone ar on the necessity of | recently made u of the brick. Bricks can be laid in (o determine * the | rtments in | many bonds and with light or dark and kind of vacancies exist- | Casper, recording not only the num-|mortar join ording to the indi y ! | Washington’s most beautiful residential section of detached | S Wd how to use them for Il\r;l»‘l of vacant houses, but the number | yvidual taste of the builde Of cou S public good of rooms, type of construction, dura- | (he story could be construoted of Containing seven million feet of forest-covered land, Periodical ~determination of the |tion of vacancy. rental price, pave-|stone if desive g i x miles of improved streets. Includes what remains of actual facts as to the vacancies ex-|ment facilitles, transportation service | The living »om s unusually large A ulintlal 900 fn Dusiness | sad seneil conttise for S0 small a house and the porchitke ) P : The Triangle of Increasing Values properties is a form of insurance of | The Pocatello (Idaho) Real Istate |sun room gives it an appearance of sound real estate activity, it is pointed | Board has just made a survey of the [even more space. Light enters from 5 —between Connecticut, Massachusetts and Cathedral avenues out. | bullding and rental situation in their | (hree directions and the fireplace gives 5 % e Yon J Over 200 homes from $15,000 to $200,000 built and under cnwi ALy community to ascertain whether the | cheer from the fourth. The garden | a1 , & - g Value is Cited. Infiis oF Hew Dopulktion 1a¢ keepifie | side or the dining roovs 18 practicaly | « DINING TN || struction. Actual improvements and hothe values exceed Vacancy surveys recently made pace with the building program. The | a large bay window, so that the fullest \ tew $8,000,000. Wooded villa sites, lots, central and side hall| the Denver Real Estate Exchang alina (Kans.) Real Esta Board has | possible view of the garden can be en A . o > 5 > % 7 by the Des Moines Real Estate Board | found it useful to note in its survey of | joved. There i a lavatory at the end . LIVING homes, with lots from 50 to 115 feet front. Park Office, 32d | filustrate the general public service of | residential vacancies whether houses | of the hall. A lavatory so placed is of Ll St. and Cathedral Ave. sneh investigations. found empty were desirable for rexi-|(he utmost convenlence, especially : < The Denver survey showed thai out | dence. [swhen'there are children. 1¢ is out of e . Mldda of the 72.000 residences in the city S 5 . the way of the front hall, vet easily | y . - ug caney of 1.2 per cent. Of the 913 F H LINTHICUM HEAD The kilchen arrancements are as| d H ESTABLISHED 1899 vacant houses 870 were found actually | Fe Fle | are approved by experts. This room s 3 . for rent. The survey was a person | should always be light and bright | - Riggs-Semmes Bldg., Dupont Circle, Potomac 2200 ally conducted actual count made in a 0 with the sun pouring in at the win { group of the Exchange. No apar | Kitchen, immaculately clean, is justly ments were taken into this check I |the pride and pleasure of the house only previous survey made in Denver | : ] wife and helps to eliminate the sense : Was in 1914, Then, with a population | $1,000,000 Corporation Will Man- | 5" 1ilG.crv™ of “the dark, badly | of about 3 there were found ifici: i planned Kitchen o - ufecture Artificial Granite plar 1 1 5,500 va There are materials for wall and | g, jnreresting, home-looking exterior and an interior arrangement of unusual charm make this one of the most prac- | e S DeDes Moines iy ey, thalargonn and Marble. [Moor covertnies that ave iwespensive | “icable and popular desins we have shown. The man of the house finds it comfortable, while the lady of the house estate board, showed vacancy | taste as the expensive wi 5 xul‘J Wienger Broilicss, pioncer builders: of e *Avesine of the Presi- B 4.8 per cent. The vacancy in single| Frank Linthicum, graduate of | used in the front » house. | n deas e aficcing tve malnicciil s il o e St family dwellings, particularly in the | the Eastern High School of this city | There is no reason why Howerdshould | (uoi jis Joveliness. But to introdue REPORTS BIG INCREASE rease over the correspond- s E : 3 Fes o : L | spott its Tovelin lut to Introduce | crease over t ) Street. They occupy one of the highest sites in the District, f beiter sections of the city, was found | and later of the University of Michl- | not bloom on the window sill of the | o5 jve abbery reepi | Sariod o 19 3 Winer cu 5 ict, facing etter section the city, was found | an of the n m on th the native shrubber 1 ing period of 1924 is 39 per cent toward the woodland reaches of beautiful Rock Creek Park, of which to be much lower, zero in one section. | gan. is president and general 1 Kitchen as well us in the drawin Sk oo i ¥ Bowaieana] Fememmie i bl B r L e e B T bus Cusiia bl ol ) 16 13 Ukt in eany (5 ehooss |7 eeantl seeardan boeh of flcwarsend I NS R ATETIMORE BULDING |00 mongiy Toed - inciuded, the Sixteenth Street entrance is but two squares away. 1 distributed to public | $1.000.000 company Just or zood color schemes for the ke hen hS 5o ey 4 { GiEEES struction, for resid buildings: | % . SR K x 8 bodies 1siness houses. e In- | Baltimore, according Lo announcement | for any room in the hou With | “gince the price of material 5 il T 40 000 Ts. | $2,096.000, or 23 ant, for indus. These superb residences are fitcing jewels for their choice settings dianapolis istate Board, through | of 11. Findlay French, director of the | porc topped tables, w white re- | oI EE Bt I different s Nearly $9,000.000 Urial Bufldin S00s o5 8 sor. et ] and those who purchase them will have a lasting investment in justi- the co-operation of the Indianapolis | industrial bureau of the B 2 serstor and kitchen ¢ s, & Por-| ties we db not attemipt £6.zive s daf] sued During April Ex- for pUBHG Worits and | GREIS et home Banein festautiiuiad ivelue 3 Sircordediby s uciat post office, has made a survey of the | Assoclation of Commerce. and 7 . sink and drain boards ‘in one | i ciiimate as to cost, but sus or 8 per cent « Salagion's Srast v, it caimiiic ot ol i number of occupied and unoccupied | vey Porter, secretary of the Industriai . glass shelves, painted or tiled | (po ‘vou' consult vour local e ceed March. | stitutions, and $647.500, or 7 per cent, Tl oF i hest tod i s leating Tt houses, apartments and business | Corporation of Baltimore. 3 | walls, washable rus and curtains, We | iy G give you detatled infor e g 16 Buliting o7 commercial building g ghest 4 st pleasing : structures in the city, and of buildings | Mr. Linthicum, who captained Com- | modern Kitchen should be as charm- | 30 e costs of your e & JALTIMOME, May 16— Buildi e A e 3 . of each type under construction. | pany F 4 ing for work as (he living room is for | ba {nutatied in this pian. . For infotma. |operations in Jore during April o 45 = Tnsppe€ion is} gordially;imyited.. Price) anditormeswilll be ‘courte- The Utica (N. Y. Real Iistate|annual competitive drill. has spent En e e Bttt Ik b S e LD . s A - i Roard. in a survey of housing condi. | most of his life in Washington, Until | The upstairs of this design is pleas )],,;,,,. L ihils deaien Nov Wi dsioare b a0 3 i A Pickpocket “Works” the Circus. tlons made annually in co-operation | recently he was general man ing in the extreme. There are three [ (it y and self-addressed envelope |2, with dealers in building materials, in-| the Benedict Stone Corporation of New | large bedrooms, a sleeping porch and | (o' the Real kstate Fditor, The Star, | This was 7 > times the is last night. He made only one | cludes an inquiry into the supply of | York. the la E a splendid sewing room. W better] ot e e R amount of tot April of | successful attempt. however, accord- | [ rno an om an r for homes. | manufacturing plants in the East. | convenlences can the modérn home % : : last year, a 29 per cent|ing to reports to the police, his vie showed a A of 1.86! The new corporation has purchased want? The bath ix large and easily —— o crease over March « < vear. tim being Joseph W. Cryer, per cent 1924 of 1.509 cent | the Beaver Dam quarries, al Cockeys. | accessible from each room. N . Last “ts brought Bal- | street northeast, who had a watch and : for 1923- 'of 1:26 Toee cent Tor 19 nd | ville. Md.. and will make a reproduc- 'he house would need a 50-foot lot Clerks’ Union Session Ends. timore's total buildin - chain valued at $30 stolen. Exclusive Agents b of .07 per cent for 1921. Its findings | tion of native granites, marbles and unless set on a corner lensthwise of a | KAN CITY, May 16 (®).—The first four months ¥ up to piciure the gradual overcoming of the | limestones. This product will be used | narrow lot. It is 31 feet deep. Such a | convention of the Frotherhood of Rail. | $23.513.400. which | " the | 1416 EYE STREET MAIN 2434 post-war housing shortage {in the construction of office huildings. | n is just plain cozv—unpreten. |way Clerks adjourned vesterdav after corresponding volume for a similar{ A man in Mexico, Mo, has at The Ruffalo Real Fstate Board in- | residences, hogels, public buildings s and beautiful. To set it boidly |selecting Columbus, Ohio, for the next | fonr-month period d the past!church for 31 years without m cluded in a late survey of building and | ete in an open space would entirely meeting. Officers were instalied five yvears nday. BETTER AND BETTER CAFRITZ LIFETIME HOMES WHY? Over 100 Sold in 90 Days—Over 200 Now Under Construction marvels at its convenience., ously given upon request. eport of the inspector of build A pickpocket was at work at the | E Because we build homes by the hundreds you can buy your home from us and save the middleman’s profit. P Our tremendous buying power enables us to purchase large building tracts in the best locations, and all building materials are purchased in carload lots, at absolutely the lowest price, thereby giving our purchasers the benefit of all savings. WE BUILD IN ALL SECTIONS—Northwest, Chevy Chase Terrace, Northeast, Southeast 25 on Delafield Between 8th and 9th Sts. 19 on lllinois Ave. and Buchanan St. N.W. 19 on 7th St. N.W. Between Decatur and N.W. $§7,450. $8,950. Emerson. $8,950. . ;25 (;)n Farragut Between 7th and 8th N.W. 31345 0(())n Illinois Ave. and Emerson St. N.W. 10 Facing Sherman Circle N.W. $10,950. 36 on Buchanan ‘Between Illinois Ave. 17 on 7th St. Between Emerson and Farra- z and N. H. Ave. NW. $8,950. gut. $8,950. 6 at13thand G Sts. NE. $5,950. Homes. Chevy Chase Terrace, Overlooking Ch 22 on Kentucky Ave. and D St. SE. $7450. P isine - emtoruti e i N B I E=—=1EE====10 Description of Buchanan St. Homes IE—=I0—=I[ [OE=——=IE=—==I0 Description of Delafield St. Home: OE—=10==—=10 Colonial tapestry brick homes, containing 6 rooms and bath. Paneled French doors lead from the dining room to the Colonial Style Brick Homes, containing 6 rooms and bath, hot-water heat and electric lights. breakfast porch. Kitchen, with porcelain sink and Detroit Jewel gas range. Hot-water heat, gas, electricity. Double laundry E Deep lots to paved alley. Front and back porches. S trays, furnace, coal bin, hot-water heater and servant’s toilet in cellar. Room for a garage. Szogg Exhibit H , 818 Delafield St. Exhibit House, 541 Buchanan Street, furnished through courtesy of W. B. Moses & Sons 0 O sk Ope: :": d Li:u;teed Dm'lye gt ; Sundey, o] TO INSP '—Take 14th St. car or Ga. Ave. car to Buchanan Street and walk east to property or take Grant Circle TO INSPECT_T.ke the 14th Street or the @eorzh Aveitue car to Delafieid Street, walk east to property, or phone Bus to end of the line. Main 9080 for free auto service. |oj——=|olc——=|slc——|o]c———=|o|—lal|———=|a|———Io ol ——— o] ——=|n|——=|o| ————SJal———Jal———Jo]c———q] CAFRITZ CONSTRUCTION CO. “Builders. of Communih'es Phone Service Evenings Until 9 P.M,- 1