Evening Star Newspaper, September 19, 1925, Page 13

bl . B % 13 DISTRICT DROPS BELOW | WRECKING OF $100.000 N NG $ & 0 JILDING RECORD DAM WILL AID SCIENCE PRIOR BU T 5 s] R e Little House Ma " s R SEasgTy T < . J e umps to Tenth Place A o o gl il Engineers of Many Lands to Study . p e Among Leading possess Dignity o=y UARTERT AT ) e _ o . . . U ¥ . . ) I . . . . ities, Des o /ing : | Building Principles et in , Despite Big Showing of Proportion. { ing Principles in Project Made in A 1 Soutl Californi Made 1 ugust. B outhern CLaliiornia. =) | e | Planned for Economy and = Tige Despite the fact that hullding in| Of the major materials steel was | Vi ss. This C: Out ofithe project toierect in south- of fioods fgation and other vital l - - o als steel was | Attractiveness. is Cot- t v 1 f floods, irriga A ! ':fl District of Columbia was me ,~l-v-, only one which did not show Au . 2 ,ern California a huge arch dam cost- | fact in the development plans of than $2500,000 ahead last August |decided strength. This was somewhat tage Has Appeal for ing $100.000. which. when completed. | cities, States and Nation. :rl\-rlth» me month in 1924, the Na- | surprising in the face of an increas will be tested to destruction in the in-| An international exchange of eriti- lonal Capita! dropped to tenth place | ing demand for structural shapes and S ies. | terest of science, ciem is already under way, and the amonz the leading cities’of the coi | 2" marked improvement in plant activ maliEami s | enternrise e Jdeveloning, it forelen engineers are being continusl point of huilding construction. | ity rade looks ar-ter — | nounced by Alfred D. Fiinn Iy informed of the progress mac hington ‘has bheen holding an | 1 ium:?‘)d;.lw:v':»' AR s Il means have as great | of the engineering foundation the tondtruction of the sxperimental i average of seventh place. occasionally | Curtafiment in lumber-mill activities Feopls ot amallimenus hiNe 8 ErS Engincers and sci arch dam on Stevenson Creek, a trib Jumping to sixth and falling back 1o | have finally had their desired effects. | @ love of home as those able to build | countries are now utary of the San Joaquin River, about Sghily il . | Almost every important kind of lum-| stately mansions. And there is no with American engineers. 60_miles from Fresno. e u; rvf;:nc in .\mm:\ y'.|v, ind | her was un from July. Our index of| eacon why little house should not | r:;:“ " vvtlivnurg.{‘r’);:’/ effor e _ The plan- ,‘,.‘ ,,|,,7. d, |“ ; ':n;m» ,' .ong Reach are responsible in the | 1o, fir prices rose .9 per cent |’ Pads A T | uilding principles v heen greatly hroadened during n main for Washington Aronping back | amd oo inden of yellow pine 4.9 per |2dd to the beauty, interest and value | solve problems that have r weeks, aceording to Mr. Flian, and it rather than anv slack of the big | cent ~ movements fin other |of a community as well as an expen | mystery for centuries . is now purposed to construct small Ruilding - activities " in Washinston. | woods may not have been as marked. | siva one. 1t is all a matter of design. Pt e S B s T s us parts of the Newark, also took a spurt or- | hev wera piainly in evidence T ta" oblin caidl (DAL LHI s re s dim | geclared’ il infuence the lfuture | courry o0 that a gres Construction in Washington d o S S ere 80 SrOnE | cult 1o design a small house than a ment of water power, the prevention | (Continued on Fourteenth Page . last August amounted to £5,961 < o y one, and there is a great deal of | : August, with the|la major changes in the South and|iruth in th Southeastern States, Common lme |y o eoaceful lines. Yet the lit- showed increases, especially in the [ {if et (8 FUC T his week fs attract aingiliayiiers ek Gamend and. crasbedy o nou \ attra aladle. West AIERE e ive to look at and no one can deny stone prices were unchanged. In Sl N | that it fs well pla Minnespolis common brick rose $2 thousand, but in other cities declined | htly. Lipseed oil was up nearly compared with | $3.430.018. taer | Der cent d month's total was more tifan $150.000 more than the previous month, July which indicafes t . for there is much less A Leaky Roof —is the source of serious trouble aned for real home comfort for the small family This house was designed for those who want a two-bedroom house t | Summer this makes an excellent place —— {to_do the ironing, | We believe that the kitchen should | be the most attractive room in the ermits in 376 per stabl mits in hed enough—but through the roof all sorts of damage and HF it was just the roof that suffered it would be bad month. with 2 cami 7 per cent. For the most part other 1k ot the lowest possible cost, : e Nt | naterials maintained their duly quo-| Ter have any degree of beauty and |house It xhould be made bright, light ¢ destruction can happen. ooy 17l 5 be Somsthucied of | &7 Shecrtul by the e ot painied| BED 200H ¢ . vainy e o last vear . of Totals of Leading Cities. { wood. efther clapboards or ~‘hml.. floor, pots of flowers at the windows ;g It is one of the vital points of a building—co-im- he country. nearly most can he painted white and th s ble curtains, Bl 126" i i \. large cities and hundre ¢ “imaller| The recorded totals of the leading | siained sreen. or it could be finished in | 404 KaY. wis s ommp o ol 1ax12'6 § portant with the foundation. In the East 111 cities had total| 1. New York 597 walls and a darker one on the roof. | {0 2NN L Yy ol 8 e ey | 4 Don't theorize on the roof's needs. Let us, as of $185.237.946 compared with $11%.-( 2. Chicago .. 1 To add interest and galn color there 0 WOk with them JQrecan o e i e ek 4,895 in August, 1923, an Increase of | 3. Detrott ahould be a flower hox along the rail. | FAE TUEs on the floor that can be CLolclo|cio % experts, inspect and prescribe. If we do ’he( or 39 per cent. In the central 111 cities| 4. 1 Angel ing of the porch and flowers planted | bS8 N0 /00 NG T or i Bright % will be lastingly done. We can give you references had a total of $108.593.816. compared | 5. Philadelphia ... at the base of the house. No house. M e | { that substantiate our claims and prove our mastery to $50 n inere of 21 per| 6. Newark, N..J. either large or small, looks like an i pje could he given a coat of yellow, | ¢ of our work. 1d | 7. Roston ideal home without vines around it blue or sprir en paint. We have | el R el S So some blossoming vine, as the rose, | JU0¢ OF MPEAE EEECR B ainted | . A = honeysuckle, wistaria, fasmine ot | S pnSeen the botiom of 4 Inkipainted | Br) ROOM KITCHIN Y You can arrange the payments on such T had a 10. Washington clematis. should be over the porch. A |® UM CGE T EIEIEE At it does | exizc ) | 144 = . 2. compared to $42- 71, Columbus, Ohio. pleasantly lald out garden also adds | oo FUNE I S RO L G Gere s 1011 $ terms as will be convenient se of 3 per cent 12, Cleveland much to the tone and distinction of a | 0¢* N TREHT 2 TR e that k aven of the strictly. Southern 13, Raltimore thought has been taken for its beauty. | 9 ates showed gains, including Ala- 14 Louis othing could be simpler than the | Ther thit amall ftem helps to give an | v hama, Arkansas and Florida, which 1 ston floor plan of this house. There is no| i L e interesting_ silhouette he roof was had a gain, of over fifteen and a half San Francisco | front hall, because the idea in this plan | uice™ s Tittle, not only to gain the COMPANY million dollars: Kentucky, Mississippi, 17, Portland .. was to eliminate everything that|,iic space or storage room but to | South Carolina and Texas. 18. Pittsburgh ...... would add to the expense. A hall takes cive 5 more subs antial look to the Clearwater, which is for the 1. Oakland. Calif.. | up room that can well be used for| ‘hou | outside of the house. The stairway to first time reported in the survev, had 20. West Palm Beach, Fla. other purposes. The living and dining An August increase of 1.166 per Minneapolis ...... The mreirecticalliione) Whlaieen | L e leadatons o hack LIVING R0OH DINING RoOM North 847 the highest proportionate Milwaukee sense of space which is appreciated in | " rpic tiny house could easily be z place in the country. —Tk lead Tampa the little house. placed on a lot 30x75 feet, as it is only 14«20 4146 | ing Southerr s a unit, had a Cincinnati . The two bedrooms and kitchen are | 3¢ feet wide by 50 feet deep, and if total of $43.182.000, a gain of 1 per St. Petersb entered through a hall in which are | i (o6’ ot Gne side of the lot there | cent over August, 1924 Miami led in volume with a total of over $6,000.-, aar X .| | it 4 . 000 for the month. Houston was le trom the kitchen. which gives them (8% "Il ¢01 2 tiny Jawn or zarden Second i volim e Vet e et the utmost possible secluston and priv- | ““phe ‘planting should hug close to :Fyiyr;j.mwm-\ fourth and St. P"””"‘;‘BU|LD|NG IN BALTIMORE acy. The door into this hall could be 1o house and there is no need for | 4 of glass and curtained with filet met | 5'¢ 2Clove Jawn surrounding this cot- Some of the notable percenta, l s or some soft silk y At of main were: West Paim Beach,| INCREASES $4,924,300) *"riss” kitenen: was ylanned to make | (282, Coslness. comfort and friend two little closets for coats and for lin ould be plenty of room for a drive .. e Tl arie: atas e henrnorny |10, Us pisnby of zoom ok way back to the garage and a little Massachusetts Park 3 ess are the predominating notes in | Orlando Hollywood, 520 | housework ns easily as possible. This ey 2% (he T s esign nd the touch of individ- mi Beach . Petersburg, 238 | is done by the sclentific arrangement | 'L desizn and the tonch o noe has iful residential section of detached Wz hington’s most beat uality one r 1pa ind Houston, 1 Dispatch to The Star. of the furniture. The sink is beneath po o ing Gon ntaining seve f { forest-con d land : el s : veen obtain combining propor. homes. Containing seven 1 1 feet of forest-cov 1 land, Some other cities showing substan "TMORE. tember 19.—The a window, to afford the worker light | ¢jon with the utmost simplicity -ith six miles of improved streets. Includes what remains of tial perceniages of incre were of August building permits in|and a sight of the garden. The icebox Detailed information as to the build- ‘ with six miles of 1mpro s - i a am ‘ew York. 18%: Chicago, 41: Newark, | Baltimore totaled $4.92 is in the pantry and can be filled from | 8 (8 07 CE SR N. 1. 185; Miaml, 1 er August, 1 The Triangle of Increasing Values he dirt the porch, thus avolding Tampa, 207 local bullder For information as to 3 17 4 = Houston, 145; Minneapolis, Long cording to a which would otherwige be brought into srocur of the building s of A study of this floor plan will show that every thought has been take: . 2 cut ascachusetts a “athedral : n1es. Hnen."i7h: Boston: e Cotanions | Puilding fnapector's ofice. The cus. | the house dally by the muddy feet of | (1% RIOCHING o1, (h PN I Tk (n/n nm;’(mn"l‘nience in this ecanomiri:’l'l\?lir:n'rywrd g lomcoma |- bebween Gonnesticur, Man-at el Lol (GueE S Ohio, 265: Washington. D. C.. 73: St, | tomary 20 per cent allowed by the|the fceman. The pantry is well sup-| .14 “Cifaddressed envelope to the | — = peoNon ged bungalow. | ior 200 homes from $15,000 to $200,000 built and under con- | Louis, 85 and Cine t, 123, | bureat of building for undervaluation | plied with shelves and drawers o | B Retate Edltor of The Star, giv Al B BES e e Gl exiecd Upward Trend in Material Noted, |8 7ot included in the report |range Is on the inner wall and a| ing truction. ; There has been i marked increase | dresser or kitchen cabinet Pronounced upward tendencies char-|in the number of two-story brick | opposite side of the room. acterized the bullding material market | dwellings permitted. while permits for| At the end of the passageway lead = during August. In fact. August was | two-story frame houses show decrease. | ing down to the cellar is a small closet | ) the first month since Febru e o s lhanmie oo et fouused of Embezzling $115,309 the mar'et has exhibited consistent | two-story brick dwellings permitted | make an excellent sto; SLAND, Ohis stren ver almost its entire field. | was 3,018, which is less than the per- | the brushes and powde: B on the n sl | $8,000,000. Wooded sites, lots, centr 1' and \;"h 11;;1'_ Those on the trip ares G. C. Bowle, | | homes, with lots from 30 to 115 feet front. Park Office, 32d C. F. Donohoe Entertains Group at| john F. RBrenna Aot Rob. St. and Cathedral Ave P Fishing Party. | ert Cottrell, Clarence Dodge. ReniA September 19 onohoe. Randa a r. 3 e ST | s gt she sxemotcs oot | e Pt s s || Middatigh & Shannon, Inc. crounds, where they will rem Copsright George Matthew Adams.) | grounds, wher (Copyrig! 3 iy | REALTORS ARE GUESTS. |giock ang proceeted 1o the 1 for The few downward movements which { mits already issued this year: while the kitchen. There is a small anch manager of the Windermere tee of the Washington Real Estate |Theodore M. Judd. James curred were of minor consequence. | the two-story frame.houses for the porch and the laundry i located and Loan Co., was indicted | Board are guests of Clarence F. Don- | Frank A, Simon. Ben T ESTABLISHED 1899 greater parf of the market wa \'IH)' st eight months of 924 were 1,552 he basement. The cellar is large and S ¥ by th grand on a ohoe on a fishing at his couage | P Whitdy, Chattes H Kindle Jonn || Riggs Semmes Bldg., Dupont Circle, Potomac 2200 William Payne, jr shington about 7! John A ' Economy Urges You ”" to see these “two best home values in Washington” at once! d ing embezzled $115.309 |near Rock Point The 1y left from ponding | the clothes r d: easily be dried the and in the hot da July or as against 1 ../ OR those who prefer a substantial gray tapestry brick residence, convenient to "’ the center of the town—yet adjacent to large parks and situated in a choice . ‘ F you like a little ground around your home . : 'neighborhood, these new six-room homes at Seventh and Hamlin Streets just fill ! [} L : 5 . the bill. ’ v —room for a garden and a few flower il s % ] beds, like your neighbors’—then COME . “‘fii Ko e i S th d l St R 7 .9 OUT TO LELAND, Chevy Chase, Md. For o h"' | eVeIl aIl Ilam lIl S 4 vou will find in this delightful community of g 'IE i NORTHEAST ’; ‘. . thoroughly modern, all detached homes the " & E 3 T % 1 ultimate in suburban comfort and enjoyment. isle i 3 ” \ g carry CHASE, MD. ! faealan . i —dwellings are distinctive in their many designs and strikingly in- dividual in appearance—yet they all present every convenience and luxury that city houses could possibly afford. In LELAND Ci%'h-&]id ‘ you have water, gas, sewerage, electricity, concrete streets, grass o We have '3?“"“'“““1? maintained that no other new Universit ‘ 1 = . : Lood brick homes in the City afford a greater value than muefsit, 1 arking, cement sidewalks, neighborhood stores and nearby 2 3 = { ] o 5 ¢ 2 5 these—selling below $8.000 on terms within the reach ! schools, two car lines and two main boulevard drives into the City. SElallY T allustrats. camsider: sust®a’ fow’ fof Al fuatates! that i 2 2 z distinguish them: Builtin fireproof garages; front and double ’ h You will enjoy looking through the tastefully fitted EXHIBIT rear porches; hardwodd floors throughout; built-in refrigerators; ., HOUSE. It is— new style onepiece sinks; enameled kitchen cabinets; selected ; f ¥ electric fixtures of exquisite design; ' OPEN DAILY AND SUNDAY numerous roomy closets; wide concrete ; ] \ alley at rear; convenient neighborhood $ { stores. E " i s DRIVE OUT Connecticut Avenue, thru Follow the simple chart at the right, ’ § ‘ Bradley Lane and North two squares and VISIT THESE HOMES. Don't put ] 9 on Wisconsin Avenue to Leland. it off; some one else may be reserving ST g just the one you'd choose yourself! Terms Easier Than ’,. The Easy Paying Rent DRIVE OUT North Capl- HA A = . s tol .:i' to Soldlers” "nrl;lt I’ eyt ZB Froun, ana ant T NICE then ~ South three Plan Will 925" 15th Street Main 9770 OPEN DAILY 2 o i &1 07 Surprise LELAND Evening Phones ARRE Evening Phones, 7th & Hamlin AND SUNDAY e e et e You! Cleve. 1933 or Col. 5 OWNERS AND BUILDERS Pot. 154 or Cleve. 1149-J