Evening Star Newspaper, December 12, 1925, Page 18

18 REAL ESTATE. dwellings, 2100-2112 Minnesota avenuc | southeast: $35,000. | _Columbia Provision Co., to | three motors and one boiler, 612 M | street southwest (rear); $3,000. | W. W. Withers, to erect private brick garage, 1822 T street; $1,000. Louis A. Pincus, to bulld, 1357 South ‘arolina avenue southeast; $7,500. W. T. Owens, to build, 5914 Broad Branch road; $7,00 avenue; $8,000. Goldsmith & Co., Total of $451,650 Is Smali- est for Any Week Dur- {0 3 Chines, o buia ing Year. . Kite, to erect 12 priv Gruver. to repair The aggregate for building permits | Thirty. 'T‘;ln«:b'o fssued during the past week for proj- | arages); $1.600. ccts valued at $1,000 or more, makes| J. E. Phillips, to build £ new low record for this fiscal year, [1W “'“ Teing $223,250 under the totul for week | Y before last, when the amount wa andard Ofl Co., $ 900 A decrease of $4 50 un der last week is shown. The totai lost week was $5%6,800 for 34 per mits. The sum brought by 36 per || mits this week s $431,650 | This is the usual slump that marks the holiday period. |S5600. Baer cholz were granted a per-|* (g it authorizing a five-story brick and apartment at 3701 Mas- 3 venue, valued at $250.000. f 1%’ s for new construction | SEIEC, valued at $1,000 or Y are J. 1. Weeks, to build, Horner & Joyce, to build two frame | slace southeast; $5,600. 3626 Horner place |~ A1 1t. Ready oll Co., to 090. Standard | store, 1801 T street; Diller Groff, to erect brick garage, 1724 Webster street; $1,000. conerete sachusetts Other pern: or alterations riore Flanagan, to 2841 P. Houser, to e southeast, Alabama avi ties. to insta necticut avenue PHILADELPHIA, ) that Apartment Approved. Scholz, to build a f nd concrete : Cwelfth street northeast; $7,000. install 0. Alice C: to build, 5422 Nevada to repair 1405 1 1721443 B street southeast 2016-30 treet (build in cight two frame gs, 8§49 and 854 Venable street Ji5is to build a_bricl store, 1100-02 Thirteenth street; $5,000 build brich private brick [ ge, 3900 Ingomar street; $1,000. Bralove & Lentz, to erect, private street; Houghton, to repair 1210 1 . McGee, to erect private brick 1616 Eighteenth treet; $1,000 build, 3709 Akron Strawberries $2.50 a Quart. December Federal Bureau of Agricu’- | 1 the first straw-| ed this season from Fior- ed in Philadelphia yvesterday d at $2.50 a quart wholesale. to erect three private < garages, 5018 Towa ave; $1,000. 12 | to $47,285,400. t southeast B Cohen, apartment York avenue: $1,100 Marshall $4.000. | tional Construction Co., to build 8630 Twenty-second street G cet %6,000 Winfield Preston, *oher reheast The § | day before Thanksgiving and sold at to bulld, 1436 Otis| <3 g quart. £8.000. | to build, 3326 Ely »hnson, to by 2511 Chan- | t northeast; §- ). ! to build a two-story | 3625 Warde: treet; | t berries last vear arrived the o 1 Michigan Park 1122 ¥ 12th and Michigan Ave. N.E. . 1122 Floridu Brick homes built to Lots 32 ft. front. our bedrooms. Dining and sleeping porches. Over 100 sold. Prices less than row houses. to build, 456 to repair 90z T| northeast; | to repair 717 H| street; $1,200. | Wenger dwellings, 210,000, et northeast; $5 M. Johnson 0S., to build two brick ! 511 and 3613 Newark stree Middaugh & Shannon, Inc. Potomac 2200 Blundon, to build | 3197 ana 5201 | Ries, to b 1350 Jackson | Dupent Circle to build seven brick ! S YVMAAAAMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA; 4 SOLD ALREADY! ONLY 8 BUILT Between 7th and 8th Sts., on Madison St. cer 38,650 1o Equipped with Oil Burner at Slight Additonal Cost. THE EVENTNG QTAR, HUGE BUILDING VOLUME _(Continued fro nteenth Page.) f 29 per cent from November of last ‘ear. Included in last month’s record vere: §18,347,700, or 39 per cent of !l construction, for residential build- ngs: $14,450.800, or 31 per cent, for public’ works and utilities: $4,938,000, 'r 11 per cent, for industrial bufld’ j m&s: $4.068,800, or 9 per cent, for ommercial buildings, and $2,348.000, or 5 per cent, for educational bulld- ings. During the past 11 months building and engineering contracts for this dis- trict have reached a total of $785,- 43,600, which is an increase of 43 per cent over the corresponding period of last year and of 36 per cent over last yvear's total. Contemplated new work reported or the district last month amounted This was 32 per cent ess than the amount reported in )ctober and 2§ per cent less than the mount reported in November of last ‘ear. Central West About Even. New construction started last month in the Central West (Illinois, Indiana, ‘owa, Wisconsin, Michigan, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and Nebraska) imounted to $119.443,200. Although nearly 6 per cent under the October otal, this was 25 per cent greater than the amount of building and en. sineering contracts awarded in No- vember of last vear. Important in the record of last month were the fol- lowing items: $5 300, or 43 ent of all c sction, for ial bulldings ent, for industrial buildings; $17,754,- residen ind utilities: $10,489.600, or 9 per cent, for commercial buildings, and $4,910." 200 or 4 for building: per cent, Jameson-Built Homes per | u | ,435,800, or 25 per| $00, or 15 per cent, for public works | | educational ' 36 Eastern States) Built, Owned and For Sale by CONTINUES INTO WINTER Building and engineering contracts awarded in this district during the past 11 months have reached a _tota' of $1,378,181,000. This is nearly 42 per cent ahead of the corresponding peric® of last vear and is 31 per cent ahead of the entire construction volume of last year. Contemplated new work reported for the district in November amountecd to $181,390,700, which was 6 per cent less than the amount reported in October and 31 per cent greater thar the amount reported in November 1924, Northwest Way Ahead. Last year's total construction vol ume in" the Northwest has already been surpassed b margin of 2 per cent. Building and engineering con. tracts awarded during the past 1) months in Minnesota, the Dakotas an northern Michigan have amounted to 90,022,500, compared with $88.263,7 in the vear 1924 and with $8 in_the rirst 11 months of November contracts amounted tc 5,872,200, belng a 15 per cent declin: from October and an 11 per cent de crease from November of last year The month's record included $3,946 300, or 67 per cent of all construc tion, for residential bulldings, ana $844,000, or 14 per cent, for commer cial bulldings: other clsses being rep resented in smaller amounts. Contemplated new worlk reported for the Northwest in November amounte. to $ 9,000. This was 11 per cent less than the amount reported in Octo ber, but cent greater than the amount for November of last year. Texas Runs Behind. November construction contracts ir Texas (which is not included with th WASHTNGTON, D. . crease from October and 2 per cent decrease from November of last year. The month's record included: $5,52' 500, or 55 per cent of all constru: tion, for residential buildings; $1,399,- 200, or 14 per cent, for public works amd utilities; $1,391,400, or 14 per cent, for commercial buildings, and $574,- ?00‘ or 6 per cent, for industrial build- ngs. New construction started in Texas during the past 11 months has amounted to $167,361,100. This is an average monthly volume through this year of a little over $15,000,000, prac- tically equal to the average monthly volume of the portion of 1924 in which the bullding records were compiled Contemplated new work reported for Texas in November amounted to $13,- 958,700, belng 16 per cent over the amount reported in October and 1 per ent over the amount reported in No- vember of last year. Making It Certain. From Klods Hans. Copenhagen “Fancy! Karl wants to marry me and says he can't live without me. HHow can I prove to him that ha is nistaken?” “By marrying him.” SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1925. HIT HOME BUILDING IN FACTORY AREAS Realtors’ Group Decries Necessity of Putting Workingmen Near Plants. There is no demand from modern workingmen to have their homes with- in sound of the factory’s whistle and within sight of its smokestacks, ac- cording to the executives of the home bullders' and subdividers’ \ivision of the National Association of Real Es- tate Boards. And it Is by now means necessary or advisable to pre-empt for workingmen's homes areas that be- cause of trackage facilities or other reasons are going some day to be needed by the city for industrial sites. “Where his wife's card club is lo- cated 15 a great deal more important to a foundryman or machinist than where his work happens to be,” the home building epecialists agree. Action of the Regional Planning | GALLAUDET PARK “A Community of Home Owners” New Homes Just 2 Blocks North of ‘ REAL ESTATE. Commiaslon of Los Angeles s cited |in the city because trackage facilitie by the committee as a typical Instance | there need to be conserved for future of @ city’s recognition of the advira- bility in’ some cases of giving an in dustrial use precedence over use for housing. The commission is now ex- cluding homes from certain districts | b industrial development. A survey of the potential orsepower as a maximum. sunted to $10 079,800. Thi: per cent d¢ 625 to 636 Central Ave. N.E. Semi-Detached—20 Sold 1000 Quebec PL N.W. (Corner Home, 1 Left) Inspect at Once Six large rooms, bath, H.-W.H., electric lights, hardwood floors. built-in ice box, one-piece sink and other extras, double rear porches, wide front porch 1801 to 1821 D St. S.E 62 SOLD Easy Terms Ask the Man Who Owns One 9th and Florida Ave. N.E. Priced Under $7,006 and Up Terms to Suit Your Convenience 40 Sold Six (6) delightful with or without garage, hardwood floors, hot-water heat, electricity, gas, numerous closets, colonlal front and double rear porches, attractive front and rear yards, beautiful elec- trical fixtures, every known com- fort and convenience to make a real home, .H.SMALL & CO. Realtors——Builders 925 15th St. N.W. Phone Lincoln 3459 for Free Auto Service to Property rooms, bath, Main 6861 HOMES OF QUALITY AT A SMALL COST Monthly Payment Less Than Rent For Same Sized Apartment or House 2729 to 2757 Fourth Street N.k. In an Established Community of Home-Owners Restricted Neighborhood Just North of Rhode Island Northeast SIX-ROOM HOMES With all the advantages and profit to yourself of home owning and all the ease of an apartment Built on a smaller scale, but with all the good material, ‘g'ood workmanship and attention to detail found in a $20,000.00 house. The houses are of tapestry brick, with bright, beautifully arranged and many attractive and c tures that wi'l appeal on sight to the caref Large yard to paved alley. home-buyer. Coal and furnace-tending problems solved. A standar¢ N @ IS | -il-burn- ing furnace, if desired, will be installed for a small additional monthly payment. Heater now installed in sample house. Price, $7.500—$500 Cash $62.50 Entire Monthly Payment. Sample House Open Daily and Sunday WAGGAMAN & BRAWNER. Inc. Franklin 7485 732 17th St. N.W. wate ower of the Nation shows 55,030,000 THOMAS A. JAMESON CO. 906 New York Ave. N.W. Main 5526 Six rooms, hot-water heat, electricity, hardwood floors, tile bath with built-in tub, modern kitchen with one-piece porcelain sink, spacious porches. Built-in Heated Garage Pore Pt ind Synday 1516 K St. N.W. Exclusive Agents these features interest you 1. The finest home construction in the District of Columbia since pre-war days. 2. The most artistic and expensive interior decorations in homes up to twice the price of these. 3. Homes of semi-detached type, consising of eight rooms, three baths, massive front porch and double brick garage to match house. 4. Lots 138 feet in length. 5. Finished attic, consisting of -servant’s room, large cedar closet and storage space. 6. Four large bedrooms. Magnificent living and dining rooms. SELLING 8. Roomy kitchens, with built-in refrigerators and large pantry. Take 14th street car marked “Takoma” BUY WITH CONFIDENCE—BUY A DUNIGAN ALL-BRICK HOME A GREAT VALUE IN RELIABLE AND ATTRACTIVE Dunigan-Built Homes 5203 5th St. N.W. and 5215 5th St. N.W. a 5th & Ingraham Sts. N.W. THE CHOICEST LOCATION IN COLUMBIA PARK On 14th Street Car Line! $500 Cash—$65 Monthly THINK OF IT! YOU GET CONCRETE STREETS, SIDEWALKS, CURBS AND PAVED ALLEYS Open, Lighted and Heated Until 9 P.M. 7,150 Walk How Far Is It From your office to your Home? Compare the distance and transportation facilities to Aurora Hills with any other locality you are familiar with. | How Much Time Does it take you to get there? Estimate the future effect of the Arlington Memorial Bridge and increased congestion of city traffic. to 5th and Kennedy streets N.W. two blocks to houses; or 9th street car to Ingraham street and walk cast. D. J. Dunigan, Inc. 1319 N. Y. Ave. Phone Main 1267 Select your future home where ground values are increasing because of convenience of location, transportation facilities and projected improvements. - Homes at 7,450 to *8,4502 On Unusually Easy Terms AURORA HILLS HOMES, Inc. 301 Greene Ave., Aurora Hills, Va. Tel. Clarendon 640-W-2 \ then visit 1719 AND 1721 WEBSTER ST. N.W. MAX SU e She 1805 Kenyon St. NW. Mr. Leon Brill, Jr. 1329 Spring Rd. N.W. Builder's Representative Columbia 28