Evening Star Newspaper, September 26, 1925, Page 20

20 REAL UNON LABOR PAY HGHERIN CAPTA Above Other Cities Except New York and St. Louis, Figures Show. ‘Wages pald to union labor in Wash- tngton are higher on the average than in other cities, with the exception of New York and St. Louls, the Depart- ment of Labor announced. . Bricklayers and plasterers in Wash- ington work on the best paid scale of union labor for which figures were ob- tained, the 1925 scale paying $1.623% cents an hour for both. Structyral fron workers get $1.50 an hour, while the plumber gets $1.31. Compositors in newspaper offices work on a-$1.10 an hour scale, the same as that paid type machine operators, although book and job compositors have a 1825 scale of but 909 cents an hour, lower than {n most other compared cities. 44-Hour Week Standard. The 44-hour week is standard in union labor in the Capital, none of the trades gaing over that. The building trades wages in Wash- ington especially are higher than in or;:‘er cities, the figures show. St. Louis pays generally higher than Washington and much higher than most other cities, while only in New York and Chicago are wages the equal or higher than in Washington. The upward trend In wages in Wash- ington is shown by the comparative figures of the department, which show Inereases averaging much more than 100 per cent over 1913. Carpenters now receive $1.12% an hour in the Capital, against a 1913 wage of 50 cents, and a 1920 scale of 95 cents, while painters who got 50 cents an hour in 1913 now work on a §1.18-an- hour scale. Plumbers’ wages have risen from 50 cents an hour in 1913. Cement finishers who got 90 cents in 1920 now get $1.12% an hour. The bricklayers were getting 62% cents in 1918. Steel Workers' Pay. he men who take their lives in thzlr hands high up on the tall build- ings of the Capital, otherwise known as structural steel workers, have a scale of $1.50 an hour, against 98 cents in 1920 and 56.3 in 1913. The tamer trade of sheet metal worker finds its tradesmen getting $1.25 an hour, compared with 92.5 in 1920 and ents in 1913. 50’1‘?’10 union scale, the department 8ald, represents the minimum rate and the maximum hours agreed upon be- tween the unions and the employers. Quite often, however, a higher rate was paid to some of the union mem- bers, or variable higher rates were pald to many or possibly all the members. U. s. T TEST OIL HEATER New Plant at 19th Street and Vir- ginia Avenue to Get Trial. The new Government oil burning central heating plant at Nineteenth and Virginia avenue was placed in commission yesterday, when the work of warming up the gigantic boilers was startd preparatory to a capacity test Monday in the buildings it will heat this Winter. The plant already has had its pressure test. This plant will replace eight coal burning units which will be placed out of commisston and will cut out the con- tragt with the Potomac Electric Power plant, which has been heating the big Navy and Munitions Buildings on B street. Nine buildings with 3,000,000 feet of floor space will be heated by the new plant, the most modern in the Govern- ment service in Washington. For Rent 723 12th N.W. Near G Sultable for Any First-Class ‘Business Will Lease to Reliable Firm Terms on Application to Thomas P. Brown 615 4 St. SW. Main 6872 13th Street BUSINESS PROPERTY FOR LEASE This splendid location has a [ frontage of 30 feet on 13th St. Store runs full depth of the M property, 104 feet to a 30-foot alley. 728 13th Street if fPomm ag the Chandler building aad 17555 of ihe best buildings ob Jrest gide of 13th Street in tremely well ©f nine l“% rooms soro"big" show “window ‘space. llg and lots of light and air; good o, ; THE MUNSEY TRUST COMPANY Real Estate Dept. " 36th and Ordway Cleveland Park. Semi-Detached Tapestry Brick Homes One square from car line and bys. The highest point in the city. Four bed- rooms, tile bath, built-in tub with shower, oak floors, copper screened throughout, Premier Stor- , gas water heater, one- piece enamel sink, all doors er weather - stripped, built-in refrigerator, open fireplace; brick garage; newly paved street and alley. SAMPLE HOUSE OPEN 3617 ORDWAY ST. TAWKERSLEY. Owner aod Bullder ESTATE. BUYING HOME ON CREDIT FOUND SOUND BUSINESS (Continued from Seventeenth Page.) that finds inve: i g ey stment in mortgage “While the purchase of a home in- creases thrift, it also tends to patriot- ism and good citizenship. A home owner s not apt to be affected by radi cal influence. He has an Interest in his city and in his country. He takes personal pride in the development of his community. He pays his bills and establishes a ‘good credit foundation. These advantages, coupled with the personal advantages and comforts of home ownership, also tend to insure domestic happiness.” The practical phases of home financ- ing were outlined in detail by Mr. Morgn, who showed that the assets of big 'insurance companies and other financlal institutions, as well as large means of individual investors, are con- stantly seeking the mortgage field, be- cause of its unusual attractions as a source of investment for trust funds. Mr. Moran said: *This flow of al- most unlimited capital has been the means of financing hundreds of thou- sands of small home owners through- out the country and has been a great boon to the average wage earner, has brought about a great development in | the building and allied industries and ;'All::! resulted in the upbuilding of our es. Bearing on Economics. “Perhaps no industry in the coun- try has had a greater bearing on the economic fabric of our Nation than the development of home ownership. It has created a splendid market for the investment of capital, it has im- proved the lives and living conditions of people buying homes and has sreatly stimulated business in many indirect ways. “With the funds available for con- ‘ I struction loans builders have the op- portunity of improving vacant ground and bullding groups of houses on a THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. As conservative first mortgages run- ning_ for three years are generally renewed for an additional term of three years, the purchaser therefore has an opportunity of completely clearing off the second mortgage before he is called upon to make some payment on the first mortgage. In actual practice, at the expiration of six years the first mortgage is often converted into a monthly payment, or so-called installment plan mortgage, through a building loan association or some bank. Even though the second mortgage may not be entirely paid off, it probably is reduced to such a ! point it can be merged with the first m e on a new monthly pay- ment basis, and the purchaser then proceeds to pay off his first mortgage on a menthly payment plan exactly as he did with the second mortgage, and when that is ultimately paid oft he will own the property his own right. However, a formal release must be recorded after the final pay- ! ment of each mortgage.” RED CROSS BOOTH. Will Demonstrate Work at Radio Show Here. ' A first aid booth under the auspices of the Distric: Chapter of the Ameri- Washington radio show, Auditorium, it was announced by Dis- trict chapter officials. A corps of Red Cross workers, headed by Mrs. W. S. Spencer, chair- man of hospital work of the District chapter, will be in charge and the Cross will be demonstrated. is the second year that the shed & first can Red Cross will be installed in the | in the new various first aid work of the Red | MILWAUKEE ROADHOUSES’ DEATH KNELL SOUNDED Injunction Granted Closing Inn Under Nyisance Section of Volstead Act. 1y the Associated Press. MILWAUKEE, Wis., September 26. —The death knell for roadhouses in Milwaukee and the surrounding coun- try in which drinking of liquor by patrons is permitted was sounded when Federal Judge F. A. Geiger granted the Government's request for a temporary Injunctien cloging the Midway Inn under the nulsance sec- tion of the Volstead act. The decision rendered yesterday set | B2 a precedent in the interpretation of | B the prohibition law. The case rested Michigan Park 12tk and Michigan Ave. N.E. Brick homes built to last. Lots 32 ft. front. Four bedrooms. Dining and sleeping porches. Over 70 sold. Prices less than row houses. Middaugh & .Shannon, Inc. Dupont Circle Potomac 2200 wholesale scale that makes it possi- | ble for the average person to finance the purchase of a home in a compara- | || tively simple manner. The builder secures a first mortgage which gen- | erally represents about 50 to 60 per cent’ of the value of the completed || | building and in selling the new home the purchaser assumes this mort, pays the builder some amount of ca and the difference representing the deferred payments is secured by a second mortgage, which is given the builder by the purchaser. After mak- ing the initial cash payment the pur- chaser then begins a series of month- || ly payments, which usually include both principal and interest on the ||} second trust and sometimes an addi- the first mortgage, which geners is payable semiannually. “In arranging the terms of pay-| ment on the second mortga bullder endeavors to have the amount of the monthly payment such would completely pay off the se mortgage in approximately six v M i e 3927 and 3929 Military Road (Formerly Keokuk St.) Just West of Conn. Ave., tractive cross-street of beautiful CHEVY CHASE, these fine tapestry-brick dwellings are the outstanding values in a modern home in this delightful locality. They have 8 large, bright rooms, 2 baths, hardwood floors throughout. large lots with well built garages—and in fact every requisite of a high-grade modern home. An inspection will convince you of their exceptional merit. on the widest and most at- Price, $15,750 Each R. OWEN EDMONSTON, JR. Realtor e the | for inspeection 1106 Vermont Ave. Phone Main 9148 Devonshire Downs embraces that particularly picturesque stretch of country running from Upton to Van Ness Streets, and east toward Connecticut Avenue for two squares. Two hundred Semi-detached Homes are to be Miller-built Of varying English types—each specially designed for their particular place in the development—making what will be beyond question the most artistic residential community in Washington. along Wisconsin Five groups of units are ready and selection A New Restricted Residential Subdivision of Miller-Built Homes is Ready Avenue parkway / (o SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1925. upon whether the word “kept” could | proprietors who allowed the consump- be applied to liquor brought to road- tion of liquor in their places were, houses for consumption by patrons.|within the meaning of the Volstead Judge Gelger ruled that roadhouse |law, illegally “keeping” it. SIX (8) LARGE ROOUR, 71 ] IAle T PORCHES, BU & E‘}{fiucunfi'h‘ 'tlAEl"i:{ll.I! M Woed™0 MAIN 753 COMPARE THESE 20-FOOT FRONT HOMES JUST EAST W R RE AVENUI oNE-BALF “SaCARE VRoM !'z'lfi;' e AN s $500 Cash 728 to 738 NEWTON PLACE N.W. THERE NONI X ATH, (ET TODAY. REALTOR 927 15th Street N.W. DEAL WITH A REALTOR A5 Goop REENED-IN SLEEPING AND 'HE _VERY LATEST COMPLETE HOMES ON OPEN EVENINGS AND SUNDAY L. T. GRAVATTE Franklin 6242 First Showing—21 Wonderful Homes REAL ESTATE MASSACHUSETTS PARK 2812 34th PLACE Between Fulton and Garfield Sts. New brick colonial residence of nine rooms and three baths ; two-car brick garage on paved alley. A Real Home—Attractively Priced Open Every Day and Evening BORDEN & NEWBOLD 305 Investment Bldg. ’ On Buchanan St. N.W. Best values ever offered in Cafritz-Petwurth Just off New Hampshire Avenue— between Grant and Sherman Circles $8,950 f Cafritz-Petworth is so popular The unprecedented success which has attended the Cafritz Construction Co.’s development of Petworth is due to just three things: The attractiveness of Petworth as a place of residence. And the character of the Homes we have built there and the price at which they are being sold— truly faster than we can build them. I think it is due ourselves and the home-buying public that I should make the policy of my Company. very clear. It shows how the seemingly impossible has become an actual reality. Frankly—it is quantity produc- tion. ‘We buy millions of dollars’ worth of ground at acreage prices. We plan and buy the best of materials and fixtures in carload lots—com- manding prices denied operations of lesser magnitude, Our organization is co-operative in its endeavor. All these savings are directed to the benefit of the home buyer. They are economies that lower cost without curtailing quality; that permit the inclusion of excellence and elegance; and have placed Cafritz “Life-time” Homes in a class absolutely by themselves. They have given to Petworth a popularity that it could never have enjoyed except for this mammoth scale of our operations—and the desire to share the advantages thus gained with the public. This newest group of Homes on Buchanan Street we are announc- ing today for the first time reaches a climax in our endeavor —ungquestionably the biggest of all our big values—and I urge your prompt inspection. Sincerely, No Homes Like These in the S.E. Kentucky Ave. S.E. Exhibit Home, No. 335 —uwith comfortable terms of $1.000 Cash and $75 a month Exhibit Home—is at 426 Buchanan St. N.W. No te Fea tures that make these Homes equal to any selling from Location pleasing outlook and con- v ity. On lots are 142 feet deep—running back to wide alley— terraced in front and sod-covered to the rear. 4 Construction Artistic tapestry brick, with imposing covered porch across the entire front— making ah entrance of pleasing approach. First Floor Wide and inviting entrance hall. Handsome large Living room. Dining room of unusual proportions. Wide Breakfast Porch, reached through glass panelled Freach doors. Kitehen of excellent size, fitted with best of Detroit Jewel Gas ranges and one-piece porcelain sink. Built-in kitchen cabinet. Very large outside Pantry—both light and airy, with abundance of shelving. Beautiful hardwood floors—the best that money can buy. Second Floor Three very large sleeping rooms. Un- usually big wardrobe closets. Bath Room —tiled 6-feet high, with Pembroke built- in tub and shower. Sleeping Porch across entire rear of house—10 feet deep. Open for inspection from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. $2,000 to $3,000 more® Basement Bone-dry—daylighted and ventilated. Guaranteed Hot Water heating plant. Pittsburg Instantaneous heater for service water—hot every moment, day and night. Double Laundry Tubs. Servant’s toilet. Fuel storage facilities. Decorative Features Lighting fixtures of new and artistic design. Woodwork finished in mahogany and ivory—making a very effective contrast. Best grade of paint, applied by expert mechanics. Hardware of character consistent with its use. You’ll be charmed with these Homes—impressed with their remarkable value—and convinced they set a new high standard even for Cafritz “Life- time” Homes. Take Grant Circle Bus or 14th St. Bus to Allison Street—or either the 13th St. or Georgia Ave. cars to Buchanan—sor better yet, let us send one of our autos for you. Proof of Petworth’s Popularity Of the Seventh St. group of Cafritz “Life-time” Homes 12 of 19 have been sold (4814 is the exhibit Home). While only 4 remain of the 13 on Buchanan St.—of which num- the ber 522 is the Exhibit Home. $8,950—$1,000 Cash—$75 a Month Busses to Grant Circle or 14th St. or Georgia Ave. Street cars to Buchanan or Emerson Streets will bring these Homes. you within a fiveminute walk of Best Home Offering ~ in the N.E. 13th and G Sts. N.E. Exhibit Home—No. 1246 G They comprise six and seven rooms — English types — side and center hall. $ Rooms of unusual size and pleas- ing arrangement. The Baths are high tiled and fix- tures built-in. Hardwood floors are 'laid over double flooring. Electric floor plugs are every- where convenient. Porches up- stairs and down. Sleeping rooms of generous proportions; with big wardrobe closets—all lined with mothproof cedar. $12,950 and Lighting fixtures of special de= sign and effectiveness. Laundry tubs, hot-water heating plant and instantaneous heaters in light and dry basements. The construction is of stucco and tile’ and stone trimmed brick; some with slate; others with red. tile roofs—and all MILLER-BUILT— which means built of the best ma- terial and by the best craftsmen. Terraced parking in front, and unusually deep.lots in rear to an $13,500 Payments can be budgeted to your convenience. Motor up Massachusetts Ave., turn north on Wisconsin Ave. to Devonshire Downs at Van Ness St. Homes open for inspection every afternoon and evening, and all day Sunday, W. C. and A. N. Miller 1119 17th St. Owners and Builders Located on an Avenue second in width only to Pennsylvania Avenue itself—in a neighborhood that i remarkable 12 already sold $500 Cash—$59.50 a Month 6 handsome rooms. 2 attractive Tiled Bath completely equipped. E th continue to rent is costing lomes. Only 3 remain unsold A quiet residential neighborhood—a square from the stores and activities of busy H Street. Handy to everything—but away from its noise and distractions. Ideal location for a Home—and ideal Homes for the remarkable terms upon which they are being sold. $750 Cash—$75 a Month 6 unusually large rooms. 3 big porches. Beautifully fitted Baths, Homes that have the features that are found ex- clusively in “Life-time” Homes— Homes. . Open for Inspection from 9 A.M. to 9 P.M. Take Penn. Ave. cars to 14th St. S.E. " or Fancoln Park cats to Eonin by 5 north, or Linceln CREE walking south. Or phone Main our suto for you. Phone us—and we will send auto for you—or the H Street cars will take you within one block, or get off the Navy Yard car at 8th and G N.E. Watch Washington Grow to a Million CAFRITZ CONSTRUCTION CO. _ Mth &K - ‘Builders of Communities