Evening Star Newspaper, February 20, 1926, Page 16

16 REAL APPRAISAL BOARD HELPS COMMUNRTY Pasi Year Sets Record for| Work, Some of Which Was Done Free of Charge. During the past vear the appraisal | oommittee of the Washingion Real| Estate Board has appraised more than $5.000,000 worth of real prop- arty in and around Washington Thix Is a tremendous Increase in the work of the committee, heing twica as much work as the total of the PASt W0 vears. Thix rommittee has not confined it activities to commercial trans- actiong, but has undertaken to offer its faclifties 1o the local and Federal Government in matters of civic im- provemenis. The committee has given unstintedly of its services, pa tlenlarly to the National (g Park Commisslon. Much time & much experfence was donated to the | sse of “Beautiful Washington™ as fvic duty by the committee, whic 18 interested in the conservation an extension of the park system of National Capital that 1t will be ultimately the finest of its kind in the world Work Free of Charge. Appralsals approximating in value $150.000 were made free of charge by the commitiee, and for - this work they racefvad considerahle praise from the members of the National Capltal Park Commission. The com- mittes ix composed of men who are thoroughly experfenced and compe- tent to judge the values of these various properties and the work of seven men constituting this body an behalf of the Natlonal Capital Park Commission has insured to this com- mission and through them to the people of Washington the acquizition of naw park property at a price which precluded any extortion. It has been necessary for this com- mittee to spend many days in fts work of properly appraising new park areas which had been purchased and the purchase of which is con- templated, and the board feels that the services of this committee has unquesationably saved the communi- ty considerable expense and has pre- vented any error fn judgment Desplite the fact that the work of thie committes hag carried it to the rank of ffth among the large Ap- praisal hodies of the country during tha past vear and the work of the committee ix increasing. it consid- era one of its prime civic contribu- tions 1o the National Capital the do- nation af 118 asrvices in all matters which take on a general ecivie In- tarest. Not only has this committee given ita service without charge to’ the Park Commission. hut it has given itk services to such worthy organiza- tlon as the Y. M. C. A and the Co- lumbia Institute for the Blind c This committee is composed ot Horace G. Smithy, chairman: G al- vert Bowie, . Clifford Bang: Je Claud Livingston. d Thomas P ph Herbert, jr John T. Meany a Rones. BUILDIN(.i REACHES PEAK, MANY ECONOMISTS THINK 1ad_from Fifteenth Page.) « well. As employvers and wage workers gradually units as joint owners in in-| dustry, both will be more interested in applving the golden rule. Labor Banks are Factor. One of the most hopeful signs along these lines ix the development of Iabor | banks throughout the country. The first of these hanka was organized in} Cleveiand, and it has been a reason-| able success. Similar banks have been organized in New York, Boston and other cities. The New York bank has been such a success that only recently it has changed over to a trust company, under the name of “Federa- tion Bank & Trust Company. As an emplover becomes svmpa thetic with labor when he puts on averalls and goes to work in a mill, so Jabor becomes sympathetic with capi- tal when it goes into the hanking busi- neas and is up against the real prob- Jema which the employer constantly tacen. In conclusion let me say what, of course, every one knows, namely. that {n the last analysis wages depend on_general husiness conditions. During the past year husiness has been improving., the Bahsonchart standing today at 127% above normal. As this chart goes up the tendency is for wages fo increase, and as it de elines, the tendency is for wages also to decline. (Copyright. 1926.) Homeseekers— Here Is a Real BARGAIN Open 12 to 6 Sunday and Monday 621 Orleans Pl. N.E. (Bet. 8th and 7th & L. & M Sts. Northeast) Price $6,700 (Terms to suit your convenience.) &tx (6) well arranged rooms, bath, Buiitin garage, hot-water heat, elec. trieity, gas. House in perfect condi- tion and possession can be had with tmittal payment. (C-H.SMALL & CO. 925 15th St. N.W. Main 6861 ° Massachusetts Avenue Heights 3554 Edmunds Street Detached Corner Brick Containing ten large and spacious rooms, three baths, with lavatory on first floor and in cellar, sleeping porch, hardwood floors throughout, cedar storage room, two-car brick garage. Large lot. Open for Inspection FLOYD E. DAVIS COMPANY 733 12th Street N.W. ESTATE. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO DISTRICT REALTORS’ APPRAISAL COMMITTEE Upper, left to right: Horace G ¥, Thomas Bgnes, Claude Livingstone, George John T. Meany #nd ( lifford Bangs. Lower, left ie and Joseph A. Herbert, jr. D. 0, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1926. PLAYGROUND BODY PLANS APPROVED Realtors, Law:ers and Plan- ners Indorse Ten Funda- mental Principles. [amount that remains after deducting areas included in streets and alleys. legislative action it becomes mandatory that a certain percentage be met aside for recreation purposes, wholesale or acreage prices will auto- matically adjust themselves to this factor, and as a result -suourban sec- i tions will become far more attractive tofamilies with children which now constitute the major portion of the population. . The more ready ssle of lota in subdivisions where part of the land i dedicated to: public use should far more than repay the mubdivider for for common recreation use. 9. Real extate men should look with fivor upon plans to set aside for One hundred and fifty-eight leading realtors, lawyers and city planners in the United States have indorsed 10 real estate fundamentals on recrea tion recently submitted to them by the Playground and Recreation Amsocla tion of America. The fundamentals are as follows: 1. Real estate leaders have done And are doing much to build homes ax well a8 houses for the people of America. They are keenly alive to anything that maks these homes better or more attractivi 2. It is evident that the children and the young people in the homes of America must have places nearby for outdoor life and games. 3. Because many individuals are lacking in foresight and because it in difficult for any single Individual to plan for play spaces except in co-op- eration with others, real estate lead- era have opportunity to mave Individ uala and families from their own | thoughtlessneas and make it easy for | them to live in a community where there are neighborhood open spaces ved for play. 4. The Increase in automobiles us- |ing the public streets makes the streets Increasingly dangerous for the play of children and makes It increas ingly necessary o save certain open spaces for play. recreation purposes a reasonable per cent of the area of all future subdi visions. 10. upon any other leaders depends the extent fo which the growing parts of v cities shall be real homes for the nien, women and children living in them 5. The built.up portions of cities |at very considerable expense have It is the been securing play part of civie economy to have such | apace waved before congestion has made the securing of Iand for the pub- lie difeult And coatly. 6. City real estate planning should make our cities of the future better places in which to bring up children | and this means the provision for fair apace to right: LANDSCAPE PLANTING For the Home Owner BY ROSE GREELY, Landscape Archi The limited area of the back-vard garden calis for ingennity. To get an affect the owner must he hoth artist | and gardenar. But, given the grounds of a detached house, leaps to the fore, for her for a real garden. Somatimes his hor- ticultural zeal runs away with him and he forgets that to make any gar- den he must he first an artist and second a gardener. The firat problem is one of design— the working out of a plan to sarisfy the degiands of utility as well as beauty/ The designer must consider the use to which each part of the grounds is to be put. He will find that, «no matter how small the lot may be. the grounds are divided by considerations of use into three differ- is room VEGETABLES Fossible development of a suburban ot 50 teet by 110 AR 1N = = = = - = £ B = = £ = = = = £ g = = = E 1416K St. NW. Mein 352353 Deal With a Realtor fimmmmmmmmmmmmm«mm the gardener | | 18 Built — 1 Left 4839 Kansas Ave. N.W. The only remaining house of this splendid row Overlooking Sherman Circle Inspect Sunday and Monday 20 feet wide, hig concrete front porch with brick columns, six exceptionally large rooms, tile bath with built-in tub and fixtures; 10-ft. double rear porches. One of the highest elevations in the city. . TO INSPECT—Drive out 16th St. or Georgia Ave. to Decatur St., then east to Kansas Ave. and sample house. 8 Built — 2 Left 717 Madison St. N.W. $8,650—*750 Cash Colonial front, six rooms, double rear porches, tile bath with built-in tub and fixtures. Choice of hot-water heat or oil burning heating plant and built-in garage. Monthly terms better than rent. Inspection will prove their value. Drive out 16th 8t. or Georgia Ave. to Madison §t. N'W., then east to property. piro-Katz Company Realtors—Builders= | is part ent areas—for approach, for service and for pleasure. The approach to the house includes the antrance walk or drive and the areas hordering on {t. nsually open | 10 the view not only of the approach- | ing guest but of the casual passer-by If the house is in the city, this space from the sidewalk to the hullding line | of the public parking and | there are restrictions forbidding high fences or high planting to cut it off from the street. Even when there are no such restrictions custom is so | strong that the owner usually prefers to consider this part of the grounds as semi-public, not inclosing it as a private lawn, but leaving it open to the street If this is his point of view he will plan the open lawn as & setting for the house as seen from the street, carefully considering for the founda- tion planting the type of shrub that the architectural lines of the house demand, breaking the sweep of lawn only by trees well placed to frame the house, and studying the ntrance walks and drive in their tion to the house and to the whole area. Schemes for Service Yard. The service part of the lot includes garage. laundry yard, vegetable gar- den and all other necessary outdoor workrooms. Its handling is of vital fmportance for the organization of spaces well planned and conveniently located for use and vet not infringing on the pleasure part of the grounds. An inclosed laundry yard may be screened by lattices covered with roses and used as an effective back- ground for the garden. The garage, it 1t Is an interesting bullding, may be used as a garden terminus with an arbor built against it. And the vegetable garden, planted with gay borders of flowers for cutting, may open out of the perennial garden, in- creasing its appearant space. It is the pleasure part of the grounds that the house owner will bost enjoy. Here he will have facili- ties for outdoor living acreened from public view. This Is actually an out- door Iliving room and privacy I8 as essentlal as in the living room of the house. An open ftreatment would mean simply a repetition. differently handled. of the public lawn in front of the house, but given privacy th | individuality of the awner may assert itself. Perhaps he ix a lover of birds. and the whole area will he treated as an inclosed lawn hordered by trees and rubs with berries to attract them. Main 9111 S 0000000 I kinds for nesting and a bird | water sparkling in the sun he wants a tennis court for dren, or clock golf pra putts at home. for beauty with as littie affor to Access to Garden. Whatever are two things that every connection from the living dining room it s easy to ste a moment's breathing space. 924 Phone Main 36 U Repre Call our in 36 D. Phone M tion All D built. Capital. There will be bird houses of various Or his desire may he sible, shruhs to give bloom the care of a garden, and evergreen and bright berries to chee daye the other demands there area should have: Flowers tn n is seldom used, but If there is a direct |and coral, under the deep pink buds CHAS. D. SAGER SAMPLE HOUSE 619 FRANKLIN ST. N.E. take vou by auto tn see the property. Exhibit Houses Open For Inspec- Representatives at Property. VERY day of the season and every season of the year, Wesley Heights is beautiful. Nature has been capitalized here—not curbed. Every tree, every hill and valley served—and made a background for the artistic Homes which are Miller-designed and Miller- Here you have the protection of sensible re- strictions inviting to residence in & community without counterpart in or areund the Na Homes available at varying prices from $14,250 to $35,000, and every Home is a feature Home. bAtmr out Massachusetis Avenue, across Wisconsin venue into venue—Or, Wesley Heights Bus at 20th and W. C. and A: N. Miller 1119 Seventeenth Street {1y adequate play spaces for the fu ture. h Real estate subdivisions for resi- purposes which put aside a cer bath with | gor Perhaps | tain per cent of the land for recrea- the chil-, tlon uses are more attractive to pos- ctice his| Mble purchasers. This ix no burden | on the aubdivider, for the wholesale valua of land is based upon the net 1 as pos. with, | er the possibllity of turning a window into a door 1o make such a connection. Just outside the door a porch or ter- | race will give a point of vantage from which the garden can he enjoved. To give pleasurs the garden need not be large enough to be a rden. Rows r- winter pleasure ke a coherent homes. karden spot. and an aasy access from | of gorgeous Aahlias have their charm, by At 5 house to garden. If the garden s but thev are no more heautiful than bt i:k:,f:' r&!:u;:;‘:ddd:' reached only by way of a hack hall {t |a handful of tulips. pink and mauve & B the Discriminating person moderate circumstances. paler blossoma of a crabapple room or |an in bloom. In truth one must he p out for | tr a 14th St. N.W. ntil 9 P.M. or Main 38 Any Time Only a Few Left Beautiful 6-room and bath homes. with hot- water heat, electric light, hardwoeod floors and dou- ble rear porches. Lots 145 feet deep to alley. These houses are built and finished with the same ele- ance that characterizes our igher-priced homes. $65 Per Month sentative on Premises office for representative to y Until 8 P.M. or Main 38 Any Time YouPurchase WHEREV They Are - ay Sunday and Monday. You Pay being pre- WHEN To Buy onal , _take the P Streets. Realters Main 1790 636-44 Inve__gtment the cost of the xmall portion set aside | b 'URLEITH is a community of delightful architectually surrounded REAL ESTATE. |LAWS OF INTEREST RATE ON SECOND MORTGAGES (Continued from Fifteenth Page.) is done in violation of the law. Where lenders deal directly with horrowers, there are attempts to camouflage the transactions, =0 that the law may be evaded. The would-he evaders are not aware of the fact that usury can- not he legally camoufiaz=d in any Wy whatever. All_over the United States there | fore, because of the fact that most | men do not wish either 1o violate the law or to hazard the drastic pen- | alties of the law, the second moriz.ige |and land contract business has be | come a discount business. In other Upon real estate men morae than | words, Instead of financing the hor. rower direct, the lender will purchase | the second ‘morigage and land con | tract paper if it has been executed | This procedure is not affected hy the usury law. hecause any man has UR Price, $8,500 To $10,750 in of to 36th and R Sts. N.W. Members of the Operative Builders’ Association of the D. C. 713 14th Street Main 2345 Directions: North on 17th to Newton. One go iust Catholic University to Newton Street. Go straight to 18th. $8.950 Cash Arranged RIGHT NOW. The longer rooted becomes the habit. class. pleasure. Exhibit House—1818 Newton Street N.E. Open, lighted and heated till 9 P.M. Built, Owned and For Sale By Preston E. Wire Co. Building EITH and white tile bath. The finish and appointments are worthy of buflt-in shower bath and dauble rear porches are other featuras Awellings. Take a Burleith Bus Today —Why Put It Off? Two-story semi-detached brick house, living room with fireplace, dining room, thoroughly equipped kitchen with pantry and built-in ice box, covered front porch, coat closet with mirrored door, three bedrooms with large closet space, tiled bath with shower and completely enclosed porch. 18th to 20th ON NEWTON ST. N.E. Rhode Island Avenue to 17th Street N.E. You remain in the non-thrift Our method of financing makes home-buying a the right to sell his mortgage or hir contract at any rate of discount. 1f he withes to do so, he may even sell at 100 per cent discount, which would be giving it a The one discount ing such paper, if the tranaaction hxs not been camoufiaged, 18 not amena- ble in any way what wver to the usury law, provided that the mort- gage or contract is not already tainted with usury in the hands of the seller. Legislatures in passing laws fixing intereat maximuma have had in mind protection from unprincipled lenders of borrowing made under the prassure of great need: for example, that for food and clothing for a freezing and starving family. The bhorrowing of money for the purchase of a home ix | Dot in this class of necessitous bor- rowing. Only in isolated communi- | ties where there may he a monopoly condition of capital could there ha any setting aside of the law of supply and demand for second mortgags pur Poses. Statutory maximums operate anly o keep capiial from flowing into channels where the credi® s worth maximums . Thesa homes have eix rooms home of wealth. A fireplace, some of thess ramarkahle Enjoyving all city conveniences, these delightful semi - de- tached houses at the same time command a pleasing suburban atmosphere. The Tohn Burroughs Public School and play- ground just across the street l‘flS'(Y'F.V casy access for vour children going to and from their classes. block east to houses, or— Terms to Suit you rent, the more deep- Main 9877