Evening Star Newspaper, April 24, 1926, Page 30

30 - COUNTY TO PUSH HONE BETTERMENT Six Fairfax Meetings Ar-’ ~ranged for Week, With ; Speaking and Exhibit. % MERRIFIELD, Va April 24 = \eetings will be held in {ounty during National Better Homes week. April y 1, and one home fu Dranesville District has been en fered in the National Better Homes bontest. This house, a bungalow in Fioris, previously in dilapidated con- dition, has been restored, papered and hed by Miss Edith Rogers and committee. It will be open 1o visitors during the week and inspec- tion is invited. * The programs meetings have been arranged by Miss TLucy Steptoe, home demonstration agent, with the co-operation of the district chairman of» the advisory | council, in connection with the Kitch- en improvement contest, mnow in progress in Fairfax County. The meetings will be held in homes in which the kitchens were improved during the 1924 contest or in homes entered in the present contest. They will con nd demonstra- tions on s of home im- provement sersed with music | and follov Y inspection tours of | the hostesses’ Kitchens. | Schedule for Week. Following is tne schedule for the week: Monday, 2 p.m., Centerville, at the home of Mrs. G. R. Turber- ville. Dr. Caton, county health offi- cer, will talk on “Health and Sani-| tation in the Home." Tuesday, 2 p.m.. McLean community hall, followed by to the kitchen of Mrs. T. M. Corner. r. Sloane of Washington, assistant or of “Better Homes in Amer. will talk on “The Purposes and Its of the Better Homes Move- ment.” Mrs. McCoy, interior dec orator from Woodward & Lothrop’: of Washington, will give a lecture and demonstration on window treat- ment. s Gingrich of the school pecial Dispatch to The Star. for the different at the a trip | | February of approximat. | the normal in the United States in new building during the first quarter of 1926. With |n total of $14.881.205 authorized by | the office of the building inspector, !\\'ushlnglon stood seventh among the 25 cities that reported the high- est volume of construction for Jan- uary, February and March. Indica- | tions are that building in the Dis- trict for April _will exceed last | month’s total of $7,645,210. | ““The first quarter for 1926 exceeds | the same period for 1925 by more | than $500,000, despite the fact that | last year was the record year in the | construction industry here. It is in- teresting to note that curing the | first quarter there was approximately $5,000,000 more in bullding here than in Miami, ¥ At the end of 1925 the District was $5,000,000 ahead of the Florida city for the 12-month pe- riod. Inasmuch as Weshington has | gained its $5,000,000 lead this vear in the first quarter it would indicate the great stability which has long been the chief feature of the growth of this city. Total $440,509,463. Building permits filed in March in 535 cities totaled $440,509,463. The total of 440 cities of this list which submitted comparable figures was $427,947,641 compared with $418.066,202 last March. For the quarter the tot: in these places was $971,449,799 com- pared with 52,293,434 in the first quarter of 1925, The gain in these cities was 2 per ent over the same month in 1925 and also 2 per cent over the first quarter of last year. The totals show . 2 an increase over 58 per cent which represents slight seasonal re S This is significant because and February the change from the preceding month in each case was less than the normal sea- sonal movement. This is probably to be explained partly by severe weather conditions, which were referred to in faculty will be in charge of the mu: the Bureau of Home Economics Plays The National Capital led 528 cities our survey last month, 'THE EV |CAPITAL LEADS 528 CITIES . 1 IN VALUE OF NEW BUILDING | First Quarter of Year Puts D. C. Seventh Among | Leading 25. Construction for April Will Exceed Last Month’s Total. nd partly by vities the last |the fact that building 2 re on a very few months of 1925 high level. In the 25 cities where the greatest volume of building Is in progress, March revealed a total of $273,811 compared with 5,159 in ) 1925, and with 1924, These |of about 14 per cent compared with | March, 1925, and approximately the same percentage of loss from March, | 1924, For the quarter the 25 leading cities reported $626,387,486 compared with $571,967,015 last year, a gain of a little more than 9 per cent. * | Among the individuai cities, New | york continues to forge ahead on a wi oportionately larger scale than any other of our large urban centers. Nevertheless, h this year repre- sented a considerable falling off as | compared with the same month in | 1924 and in 1923, and only a negligible | gain over rch, 19: New York | zained 24 per cent over March, 1 | and 16 per cent for the quarter. | " More active tendencies were dis- played in Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland Washington, St, Louis, Newark, Balti- more, Pittsburgh and Milwaukee. No indications of a let-up in the building activities of the South are in sight, accordng to reports from the 12 southern States. Of special interest are the reports from Florida, showing that building activities in all parts of that State are not only continuing - 285 i ‘ | | Silver Spring. { 45,859 in March, | *| Increased S S NING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. aTong former spectacular lines, but are gaining momentum. In the 143 leading Southern cities building permits amounting to $57.- 075,724 were issued in March. In the 38 citles which submitted comparable figures there was a gain of 30 per cent over March, 1925. The 66 principal Florida cities issued $21,640,492 in March building permits. Twenty of these centers submitted | comparable figures, showing a gain | of 98 per cent over last March and 92 | per cent for the quarter. | Larger building activitles are pend- | ing in Miami, where permits of $3,- | 330,923 were filed in March, a gain of “_’R per cent over the same month a vear ago. Since the first of January Miami’s building declarations have totaled $10,925,936, a 49 per cent in- crease over the first quarter of 1925. Houston Close Second. Houston was a close second to Miami among the Southern cities, and Louisville a creditable lhlrd. Among the 25 leading building cities | of .the South seven were in Florida, five in North Carolina and four in Texas Among the Southern cities where unusual huilding activities are pend- ing, based.on their records.of new building permits, are Birmingham, Memphis, Dallas, Fort Worth, Am- arillo, San Antonio, New Orleans, | Greenshoro, Charlottle, Winston-Sa- | lem, Asheville, High Point, Atlanta, St. Petersburg, Tampa, Jacksonville, Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach and Coral Cables. activity but mnot much | price change were the main features | of the March building materials sit- | uation. The beginning of Spring | building increased the demand for | starting materials, -but the prices of | crushed stone and crushed slag did | not change and those of sand and | gravel remained stationary except for a decline in Chicago and a rise in | Detroit. Lime also rose in Detroit and Kansas City but declined in AR AT ATTENTION - &l BUILDERS—CONTRACTORS Lots for building or investment in the heart of Water, sewer, electricity. C., SATURDAY, Dallas. Portland cement continued constant. The demand for common brick, especially in the North and Northeast, outstripped the supply and showed increases in Boston and Mif- neapolis. The price of hollow tile also rose in Minneapolis, Detrolt and Kansas City. The greatest weakness in the build- ing material situation was evidenced in the lumber market. This was es- pecially true in the cases of long-leaf yellow pine and fir. Declines in price were more numerous thun the in- creases and were sufficient to be quite noticeable. The structural steel situation ex- hibited the opposite tendency, judg- ing by reported quotations. There was a decided increase in activity and a firmness of price, with some of the shapes selling from 5c to 10c more per 100 pounds f. o. h. Pittsburgh than the previous month. Increases in labor rates in vary- ing amounts have been granted in 43 localities of the United States ef- fective April 1. The 25 leading cities as to their New Semi-Detached All-Brick Homes Cleveland Park Eight 2 baths, copper screened, oak floors and metal weather strip througiout; paved street and ;xlt‘g,\': brick garage. rooms, 3623 Ordway St. i NW. C. It TANKERSLEY Uwner and Builder ’0 IO '1:1;7‘ \ (A} !" % 0 ) " APRIL W. S. Strauss survey New York . Chicago Detroit .. Philadelphia Los Angeles Cleveland ‘Washington San_Francisco St. Louls .. ERZcxansnt 28 Seattle Baltimory 16 Pittsburgh 17 Houston Atlanta 19 Oakland . Portland, Milwaukee Tampa ... Birmingham Fort Lauderdale B 24, 1926, RO St. Petersburg, Fla. .. ...... eevee...$626,387,486 standing follow according to the P. $249,909,785 77,402,600 39,672,935 31,732,660 29,395,180 18,339,925 14,881,295 18,809,733 12,315,103 1 1 1 10,286,620 10,236,350 10,118,650 10,015,398 8,681,928 8,383,064 8,272,778 8,198,600 7,638, 2825 e = = Twenty-Seventh St. Three-story brick dwelling containing eight spacious rooms, two modern baths, with every modern convenience. Colonial front porch, sleeping porches Znd and 3rd floors; decp lot to paved alley. Open Sunday for Inspection ’ FLOYD E. DAVIS COMPANY Realtors 733 Twelfth Street N.w. Main 352-353 S (XXAX) U \ 0 579 | - BLOSSOM FETE MAY 4-5. Dates Announced for Celebration at Winchester, Va. Spectal Dispatch to The Star. ‘WINCHESTER, Va., April 24.—The third annual Winchester apple blos- som festival will be held May 4 and 5, it was announced this afternoon by Director General Ryan, following con- terences with orchard laboratory spe. cialists and other fruit experts. PR ST The greatest height reached b: sounding balloons, small unmanned balloons sent up by weather observers to Getermine atmospheric conditions at high altitudes, is about 22 miles. A REAL VALUE IN NEW HOMES 2114-2130 Minnesota Ave. S.E. Facing Two -Parks Light tapestry bric water heat, electricity. 2 rear porches, oak built-in garage and These homes face 2 k, 6 rooms, bath, hot- , concrete front porch, floors, hardwood trim, built-in refrigerator. triangular parks, are modern in . every detail and attractively financed. Moderate cash payment. them today or Sunday Inspect DRIVE ACROSS PA. AVE. BRIDGE TO MINN. AVE., TURN RIGHT TWO BLOCKS AND IN- SPECT THE BEST VALUES IN WASHINGTON CUVIER A . METZLER Dependable Service Main 89 Sunday and Night X o 0000 un'c‘l 1106 Vermont Ave. Service, Adams 620 R 00000 L0 UOCOCCOUU Wednesday, 2 p.m., Baileys ( Roads, at the home of Mrs. C. W. Oliver, followed by a trip to the kitchen of Mrs. O. A. Delvigne. Miss Florence Ward of the United Sta departiment _of *Agriculture will talk tension Work in American | in Making Better Homes.” Miss Lucy | | Steptoe will give a demonstration on | the use of the steam pressure cooker. Friday, 8 p.m., Florls, in the high school _auditorium. Rev. W. E. Marshall, rector of Zion Episcopai “hurch of Fairfax, will talk on Character Building in the Home." | Herndon, in the | Opal Curtis and Kathleen Riordan, | school auditorium. followed by visits | 4H Club members of Fairfax County, | to the homes of Mrs. George Harrison | will give a demonstration on the se. | = and Mrs. B, B. Detwile . Victor | lection, framing and hapging of pic- | Lumsden of the United States De- | tures. partment of Agriculture will talk on Saturday, 2 p.m., Groveton, at the “Methods and Cash Value of Making | home of Mrs. Pierce Reid. Thomas | the Neighborhood Attractive.” | Keith of Fdirfax will talk on “How | Frida p.m., Burke, at the home | Better Homes Help to Build Up a of Mrs. J. B. Davis. Miss Ruth Van | Community.” Opal Curtis and Kath an from the bureau of home |leen Riordan will repeat their demon. ics, United States Department | stration on selection and hanging of | ill talk on “The Part | pictures. ) 00 & i .""’ U 000000 D000 D 0 SO0 U000 .ou ) GO0 COOO000 Ui t't't O‘l'»'v'v'd‘c () XY o QUOCDCIGOOU0 D X) U UOOOUUOUR DOUUODOL e U0 OO0 ‘¢ 0 i + QOGO U ." 1 COUBOUMO0) ) .o'v OOL Y 0 t ) ‘o DOOO00 000000 U OO llll'll’ln 000000 FRANK L. 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Six rooms, tiled bath, hardwood floors and trim, kitchen with built-in refrigerator, front porch and rear screened porches, built-in fireproof garage, hot water heat, electric lights. Come out this evening the specimen house. Tt will please you. PRICE, $8,150 EASY TERMS Open daily from 10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. CHAS. W. MORRIS & SON 1420 New York Ave. N.W. Main 307 \ 0000 0000'0‘“ 000 " ’H Open Sunday for Inspection Splendid Detached House 3216 Oliver Street, Chevy Chase, D. C. Only $12,750 It has 8 large rooms, with extra large living room, large stone fireplaces with built-in stone seats; sleeping porch; built-in garage: modern throughout; on good sized lot. 5 Be Sure To See It Sunday Allan E. Walker & Co.. Inc. 813 15th St. N.W. or tomorrow and inspect S AR A A A A R AR S S S A S A S S SR AR AR A S OWNER LEAVING CITY MUST SELL 825 Ingraham Street N.W. $9,250 ==v TERMS and Six rooms tile bath, hot-water ‘heat and electricity, hardwood floors, large pantry, built-in ice chest, breakfast and sleeping porches; lot 125 fect to paved alley; paved street, built-in garage; a real alue, Buy a Home Here— This is Your Last Chance To Own One of the Nicest Colored Homes in the City Completely equipped, and modern in every, reapect, they will command your instant approval. A more desirable loeation could not be found, and these are artistically designed and excellently constructed Homes. Six Large, Comfortable Rooms Modern Bath and Kitchen Excellent Floors—Hot-Water Heat Fine Finish — Attractive Architecture 700 BLOCK FAIRMONT ST. Just Around the Corner From Georgia Ave. A Home You’'ll Be Proud to Own—A Price You Can Afford to Pay. Agreeable Terms OPEN_FOR INSPECTION DAY AND EVENING REPRESENTATIVE ON PREMISES B. B. PINN Exclusive Agent for Owner 712 Kenyon Street Phone Col. 5817 is a Better lastering Job “See the steel lath. It acts just like the steel in reinforced concrete which goes into big buildings and bridges. Actually, when I finish this job, that steel lath will be embedded in the plaster. We can give you a Better Plastering Bond on a job like this. You made a mighty wise move when you bought metal lath.” No wonder plasterers are enthusiastic about Better Plastering on Metal Lath. It gives them an opportunity to show their work at its best. Straight, true walls—unmarred by cracks, streaks and discolorations. It’s a job which they are proud to do and a job which you will be proud to have in your home. And it’s economical, as well. It actually pays for itself inside of two years because of the saving in redecorating expense. ‘ Another point! A Better Plastered House is fire-safe. It is an actual fact that a wall plastered-on metal lath will prevent the spread of fire for more than an hour. Plenty of time to get the fire department there. Compare this with ordinary construction which is often a raging shambles, inside of ten minutes. BeautifUl Country Home Be sure you get a Better Plastering job whether vou buy or build. Any Protest al parti riing building material dealer will gladly send you a copy of booklet, “Better at Alta Vlsta ‘ i A Tath dre ‘stope. Plastering in Modern Homes.” Every prospective home owner should read Metal -Laths Sold by All Washington Building Material Dealers % 2 Z %, 72 7 72 % STAIRWAY Protect all stairways against fire with etal Lath. OPEN TODAY 9AM.TO 6 PM. William S. Phillips & Co. Ineorporated—— Realtors Main 4600 % 1432 K St. Vi m‘w‘“\‘m\\“\‘\i‘\\%\\S\‘“\\\’\“““é SENKERREARAREEER N LRSS u&m\\m i BEARING PARTITIONS Proteet all partitions supporting floors THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR BETTER PLASTERING FIREPLACE 819 Madison Sq'uare Building, Chicago, Ill. Adequate fire protect; mands the f Metal Lath around chimney flues snd back of kitchen 3221 Oliver Street, CHEVY CHASE, D. C. Will Be Open Sunday from 1 to 5 P.M. Designed by Donn & Deming 3 Center hall type home in desirable section Chevy Chase, D. C. 4 Master Bedrooms and Bath. Lavatory on First Floor. Large Living Room with Open.Fireplace (Marble). Weather Stripped. 3 Porches Garage Price, $15,000 Very Attractive Terms. JOHN W. THOMPSON & CO. 1636 Eye St. s X Main 1477 25 Minutes from Center of City Residence contains 10 rooms, three (3) baths, all modgrn improvements: nearly five (5) acres of ground, beautiful lawn, shrubbery, shade trees, garage facilities for three (3) cars. Owner leaving town, Convenient to Car line and on State Highway. To Inspect: Drive out Wisconsin Avenue to Bank of Bethesda, follow Sdgemoor north one and one-half miles to property on opposite Car Stop No. 29. Sign on property. H. LATANE LEWIS Exclusive Agent ; 1422 “F” St. N.W. car line at West Side 020305000002 2020202026202 % .