Evening Star Newspaper, June 5, 1926, Page 17

REAL ESTATE HOME ADVANTAGES BRINGING RESIDENTS INTO WASHINGTON livie Virtues of Capital Also Prove Lure That Is At- tracting People Here in Steadily Growing Num- bers——Building Bill Makes for Greater Things. Washington. With all its many ad- | | vantages, its beauty and attractive | | ness will be still further enhanced | additional handsome Federal Gov- buildings—more monuments wealth and strength of the BY RICHARD CONNER, Assi cretars, hington Board of District of Columbia looks for to o larger and nobler career Capital of the ation, which | has in its short life to he the | eatest in the world At the begin- | of the vineteenth century it was Capital n ill-detined quarter the present United tates, with population o enth that of the | 1 by Burope. The | 1 nowhere on the Mexico, or west of the Miss sippi. and only in scattered settle- ments we of the All enies. The locomotive, the telegraph, ‘the tele- phone and almost all the her ;i mechanical inventions were v to come. he cotntry the Govern- | ment were alike American 1 merican 4 can mus The ward as the | ernment o the Nation. There is one fe the Board of | orzenizations are | abolish. and that ix the Bo, been made by . expressed through all clvic and commercial | citizens' associations se. for the repeal of what the Borland act. mak- street pav Ve re, however, that and all local ring to jand law. citizens esent, and ican fla Wit of the present form of government for the District in 1878 up to the vear| | 1915, the cost of paving and repav- inz streets and roadways with sphalt or equivalent material was | paid for one-half out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise propriated, and the other half out f the revenues of the District de- vived from taxes imposed on prop- erty of all kinds in the District. | To the tion bill for the | District fisc ar ending | July. 19 vider was attached | under which thereafter one-half of the cost of streel paving was made 188es! ainst the property abut- ting the street to he paved, to be slected as other were col- lecte and since that date this spe cial tax has been assessed and col- lected. no Amer was there was no ap- District of Columbia is mighty Nation whose | Wl controls the far the near Atlantic, Iship of this hemi- | among the powers all coveting its favol enriched at ome with the material blessings which its myriad inventor and industrial chieftains have be. | stowed upon all mankind, and proud of the literary. artistic and musi achievements of its citizens. The very character of the District as the seat the National Govern n a part of its life the history of that Government in the | present century—the most remarkable | since the first of our er: Growth Stead The District of Columbi the World Wa to general be- | ving nor hecause Jief. has th in pob- | sity for the special tax. B ey s Facitonaior| T vear i ed O e, . 19 oA A et fotmer. | MMoNNL %o gover the cost cing | suburban property which were {Ormex- | hich they considered necessary and | 1y nothing but woods and farm lands v the pital of hrightens as well holds the he: and_le; that spheve of the world is ment Chauge Not Made. The change was not made b of a shortage of revenues to meet | the needs of the District for street, use | of any The Com- | for ated o nece: de from land that may be ac- a site for a building for Supreme Court of the United and for enlarging the site of § the Government Irinting Office, or | erecting a storage warehouse or ware- ; hous the sum of $30,000,000, au- | thorized for projects in the District of Columbia, shall be used exclusively for the purpose of acquiring by pur- chase, condemnation or otherwise, south of Pennsylvania avenue and west of Maryland avenue, projected in a straight line to Twining Lake. such sites or additi ite: Bt ut woods and far S | Which they believed the then exlst- % & proved with -beautiful | i, yevenues justified. e otime well managed | e subcommittee of the House | R e Lty that elli- 1, bropriation committee for the Dis- lent transportation facllties are pro- |0 eclded 1o ereate an inc vided even in remote wections LW | fund for street maving by imposing maiting ellmectionBof the clty ¥&AdlY | o apecial tax for thit puimoss fon < it .l the property abutting the street to Whence are all the people comin operty e : be pived by assessing one-half of o query very frequently heard. ed by < B it (e aimeu | ithe’ paving icost Jon Slch m-umfn@ Sication o answer, but a reasonable | broperty. In ABat wey 1 Ll O iation for the Wondextnl siriies | paving) purposes wolld 'he, Ciogid | which Washington has made in recent and the general Government anc | O e b6 found ‘in'its vesidential | District would nay less than 1t had T 16 S been paying: and if necessary twice dvantages s civie virtues. ; advantages and_its civie Grues | the area of paving could be done in o R et its fresflom from | 4Ny one year by puiting:the addl; e Oy e s, the solvency and | tional cost on the abutting property. ety of its @ S vmastel— | On that theory the Borland act was | . e : | framed and attached as a rider to the | s tiiie District appropriation The citi- R e ‘und more; year arlar | £208 were not asking for S abnormal | strength. More 4ng 1O {3 learning |area of paving and were not seeking | rinld S R | an increaxed appropriation in excess the many advant e of what the then existing '\PI\UP'&‘ evervwhere among the pevple of the | S SCC (0 10 Gpportunity was af- | Tiniba) Bowies et e 8 B realle | forded the citizens to be heard on the | B e | subject. The framers of the act lost Eoda it | sight of the fact that the pro ; Bl cclus anAgeal Y which this special tax was plac the world. . for more than 37 years been contrib- Public Bui uting annually its proportionate share Many new steps are being taken to by general taxation for all the street | tmmvethe alteady beautiful Capi-|paving that had been done during thut ke ¢hiel of these is the public | period, and that under such new law | B dloms Bl recently passed by Con- | this property would get no return for | Fohe Will i% 10 enable better ac. | its 37 vears' contributions and would commodations in the District have to bear in the future one-half the Tumbia for the executive departm cost of paving and in addition, by T ependent establishments of the | general taxation, bear & share of the Government. It provides that the Sec- { other half to be paid for by the Dis- retary aiso author- | Lrict out of its revenues and by the ized to acquire . building | seneral Government. for the Supreme Court of the United Paving Cost Onerous. B This paving cost thus became oner- ¥ ous special tax imposed without re- gard and with no return for the con- tributions this property had made for hearly 40 years for paving the streets ‘ If the revenues of the States for paving the streets which Congress by positive legislation directed should Dbe paved, then the area of street pav- ing for any given year should be cur- tailed so as to keep within the reve- nue available for the purpose. The yevenues were sufficient to meet the cost_of paving the streets estimated . | tor by the Commissioners. The citi- Becretary of the Tn ¢ may deem | vere not asking for an enlary Mecessary, to provide such suitabla| %ol WEEE L e be paved. office accommodations in the District | ™ol (Ol %6 necessity for creating of Columbla us are needed. of con- |, (i G 'y assessing one-half of structing adequate and suitable build- | ije cost on the particular pieces of ings for the furnishing of such office | LIC ety abutting on the str accommodations on sites or additions | 120G ™ phis property for to sites, or on sites alre: owned | feen waiting its turn to receive some | by the Government south of Pennsyl- | yeturn for its contributions made dur- vania, avenue and west of Marviand |ine that period for street paving pur- avenue, as above mentioned, and of providing suitable approaches to said buildings, and beautifying and em- bellishing their surroundings as near- ly in harmony with the plan of Enfant as may be practicable. It provides further that the build- To deprive it of the benefits for which it had for so many years been making contributions was inequitable and unjust. Because of the Injustice of this special tax the people of all sections of the District have been ings shall be so constructed as to|clamoring for repeal of the Borland combine hizh standards of archi- | act. With this repeal another step tectural beauty and practical utility. | will have been taken in the enchant- Just think what this means to | ment of the National Capital. Capital Setting New Building Record Far in Excess of Mark for Last Year in the National Capital during the past few vears. Buildings of every pe have been erected this year mong which are some of the largest and most valuable construction proj- ects conceived in Washington. The first _five months of this vear are 685,214 ahead in building of ame period last year. Tast year was a record vear in building construction in the District of Columbia. This it is expected that the total of 1925, which amount- ed to $67,000,000, v eeded by about $5,000,000. he following t progress a vear 1l be ex ble will Indicate the struction industry $04.690.007 Woodland Drive Sites Massachusetts Park —are hecoming steadily more limited. Washingtonians of long standing are continually amazed at the splendid growth in this fine residential community, which includes aft that remains of The Triangle of Increasing Values —Dbetween Connecticut, Massachusetts and Cathedral avenues. Wooded and rolling sites for individually designed homes are now available. As the firm under whose management this restricted area has been successfully developed into one of the city’s fine sections, we are singu- larly prepared to furnish accurate information. Park Office: 32d street and Cathedral avenue. Middaugh & Shannon, Inc. TABLISHED 1899 | Builders 1 |among those who visited the n |t «| the Members of the local chapter of { Association; Maj. R: nd nodel ho DEBT IS THE FATH he American In th A. Wheeler, assistant Ki ymes last Thursday ngineer Commissioner; e . GHE Zoening SRP oo s e builder of The Star's model ho Lieut. Col. W. Oehmann ne, HOME & GARDEN 17 5, 1926. STAR MODEL HOMES PRAISED BY D. C. BUILDING INSPECTOR Col. John W. Oehmann, Who Inspected Nine Proj- ects With City Officials and Builders, Sees Good Effect on Beautification of Washington. Officials of the District prominent architects and were unanimous in their that the better hom | sponsored by The | lasting impetus to the |of the residential develo; city, following a tour lects on Thu, ay The tour was made in connection | | with the farewell dinner given to ) Raymond A. Wheeler, assistant engi neer commissioner of the District and chairman of the supervisory commit tee of The Star's demonstration, by the local chapter of the American | Institute of Architeets. Gathering at the lirgest of the de tached houses, at Thirty-fifth street and Massachusetts avenue, the party | visited all of the houses and made a thorough study of the construction and architectural features of buildings. Ma Wheeler Oehmann. the huildi particularly enthu tic over progress of the houses. Col. Oehni expressed the hoy that the how | would result in u standard for future | ——— " | construction her nd declared that president of the Operative | o project was one which the build ilding inspector, who were | {10 i Dt sy ernment w oy glad to see carried many tion, innovations such ns the I tral lighting system in instead of the basement household equipment, dishwashing | equipment and the plans for the elah | orate Jandscaping, which will be one pent of the [of the fe this the nine | which is § a triangular Visit Marylan » Maryland d 1 frame coloninl stry pat interest to the of the interior the location of of clothes myvenlences in construc. m of the cen- the kitchen, the built-in Building. builders conelusion of d on tion house, . proved o chutes were commented Many of the {ing inspector in | terested in the | row house a the | velupments. oject visited tar sty fth streets, 1 hias be individ The party, and the build- particular, were in construetion of the 1 community house de- e tirst house was the one at be between Fourth and Here monotony of de- N elin ed and a touch ity x to each struc- stone work, the ied i the ex drew to the houses | row | 1 Col. inspecto; w were the nn n | ot ture, roof lines the interi Proceed community opportunity Rufus Lusk the District b Eroup ¢ the party e actual ment brick- ER OF FAILURE; AVOID IT, ADVISES ROGER BABSON Business Expert Finds Financial and Industrial Cas- ualties Are at Low Stage, With Actual Money Losses Cut—General Trade Is Better. BY ROGER W. BABSON. BABSON PARK, Mass., June There has been some decline in bus ness failures during the fir months of this vear compa the same per year ago. While the actual number of failures has slightly increased, the total liabilities have greatlv decreased. Thix shows that the period of contpetition which we are now in is taking its toll among the smaller business men. It is safe to say that today failures are rela- tively” light and that lities have shown o declining tendency since the peak in A sum- mary of these figures follows: LIABILITIES OF FAILURES months od with NUMBER OF PAILURES. four months— Old vs. New Business. may be divided hose in a highly such men- siness into three groups: (1) ompetitive and established line the grocers; (2) those in exy lines or new industries which not reached the corapetitive st (3) those in the half way zroup. greatest number of fallures tods in the fst mentioned grou come the second group of new dustries. The fewest failure: in the third group which includes those in dustries which have passed the ex- perimental stage and yet are not over run and overcrowded as are the high Iy competitive lines. Thus both cut- throat competition and undue risk are eliminated. making it possible for an to succeed through his own hon- esty, industry and service rendeved. T'n this connection, however, it is also interesting to note that the life of a concern becomes quite when a study is made of failu tisties. Most failures are among the very voung concerns which have not got a real start or else among the old-fashioned firms which are t to run on their reputation. "The: s show t after the founder of a business gots sees successfully throusz. v vears, he has iittle to fe s lie remains in control. IHenve middle-aged” concerns are the risks. Trouble to such comes when the father dies or sells out and the employes or children attempt to concern |run the husiness or allow it to -un itselt. Slowly Growing Concerns Successful. A study of failure statisties further shows that those concerns which are content to begin at the bottom and row slowly are the most permanent. tory shows that it is very difficult most tmpossible—to buy good and ay from other concerns " =0 to speak. cern or educa- tional institution lets a man go there Iy is a 1 . Furthermore, the man_who will desert the ladder by which he has climbed upward is us- ually not much of a ms Hence nly safe way s for a concern to create its own organization by try- ing out young men—giving the op- Portunities to those who make good nd letting o those who do not make good. Of all the reasons for failure getting into debt is the most general. There is only one way to avoid horrowing and that is to refuse to operate at a loss. Cut vour expenses accord:ng to your income whether you have a fac- tory, a charitable institution, or a church. Be willing to grow slowly. Don'’t let your pride and the fear of competition or derision tempt you to expand too quickly. Remember that most large and successful institutions and concerns started either in lar or a garret and grew slow However, to avoid failure, tutfon or individual must sur —and ma E BRING to our ializing experien trouble will be a thousands of Ro owners perfect geted for Riggs-Semmes Bldg., Dupont Circle, Potomac 2200 four | in- | |2 chance in some way. Only simple {interest at 4 per cent comes to those who take no risks. The business man or even the college which expects to zet on by reaping where others have wn or to succeed by using ideas or personnel deveioped by others making a mistake. “Copy never get far. Those who eh: | labor, material or service what | he secured elsewhere either for a het- | ter quality or less cost are v dis- | honest. Furthermore, the percentage | of failures among this group is very ‘They are not supplying a real | Jesus of Naz larveth, said: “He who loses his life shall find it.” My pastor, Rev. Carl M. Gates, puts the same thoush this way: “The path of service is the path to power.” - This means that our job is to find out what people need and | want, then to set about to fill this | need.” By so doing one renders a real | service. at economist Courage Is Required. t fn to supply this new serv- Iy require: w, uphill work dislikes even to have hi nected with au experiment, while men have the self ntrol to cut | penses and patiently await a slow na [ ural growth. To prune one’s busines {of departments which should opped requires courage: but o NECOSSATY 10 KUCCOS, Furthermere, strict discipline | is necessary in order that a busine: or institution render good service. | fact, one of the chief requ | success is the willingness to | the di; ble and hard thing, « the thing we don't like to do when wi don't like to do it. Moreover, a study | of failu hows that many concerns have gone bankrupt because they were ge friends, to dis or to enforee i unwilling to disch: continue departments discipline. The other common reasons for fail ure seem to he the inability of mc people to stick to their original pi 1 when friends and busine: try to get them to expa row or invest more money. This same reason is a great factor in pushing up {the Babson ch normally high during good tim Conversely, it i the reason for an inevitable fali of the ame chart when good times cease. Poday, with both the Babson chart high (it is now 7 per mal) and failures low, it is especially | important that we all be on our guard to avoid pitf: (Copyr nht, 1926.) BALTIMORE HAS GAIN IN BUILDING IN MAY Increase of About $1,000,000 Reg- istered——.Permit: Include 528 Home Projects There. | | Special Dispatch to The Star. ; BALTIMORE, June 5.—May build- ing operations in Baltimore showed |a gain in valuation of approximately $1,000,000 over the preceding month and the corresponding month of last vear. New improvements, additions and alterations” last month, according to Charles 11. Oshorne, head of the Bureau of Buildings. reached a total valuation of $4.884,360. The May, 1925, total was $3,939,480, | and that for April, 1926, was $3,800,- 616. Permits for 538 homes, at a total valuation of $2.020,000, were granted last month. Permits for the erection of 532 dwelings were issued in April. Ttaly’s mines produced a total of 0,000 tons of iron ore in the past Rose Reclaims Roofs— kes them —Securely Weatherproof work a life-time of spec- ce. Our diagnosis of the ccurate—and our remedy effective—and your roof will join the se Roofs that are uphold- ing the Rose Peputation by giving their satisfaction. Even the moderate cost can be bud- convenience in paying. " their wives will le REALTORS T0 HAVE ital Leaves Tonight—6,000 fire Delegates Expected, either | Approximately 50 Washington Real members of th e Board an Washington 30 tonight for Tulsa, Okla., whe, the annual convention of the tional Association of Ieal Ista Boards will open on Monday and co! | tinue to July 11. The local realto Pennsylvania and will arrive in Tul Monday morning in time for the ope inz of the convention. The train w similar took the Washington real es to the Detroit convention last “arlor cars, club cars, dining car ompartments, shower baths and ba ber shops will be at the disposal { the delegation. | A number of topics of interest | the Capital will be discussed in th | gathering, which is representative 1016 real estate boar in citi “woughout the country. Api ximately 6.000 persons are e cted to attend this conventio mong those who will g0 from W on are: C. H. Hillegiest, K irrell, Frank A O'Neil, John Veaver. Charles R. ‘wood, BU HOMES, 8 ROOMS, 2 BATHS AND GA- RAGE; 9 ROOMS, 2 BATHS AND GA- ‘RAGE. TWO IN- SIDE HOMES OF 6 ROOMS AND BATH. ONE OF THE CORNER HOMES HAS BEEN SOLD. SPANISH TILE MANSARD ROOF, SPACIOUS CO-N - CRETE PORCH WITH BRICK COL- UMNS. BEAUTI- FUL LAWN, AT- TRACTIVELY LANDSCAPED. {NO PAINS WERE SPARED IN AP- POINTING THE INTERIORS. HARDWOOD AND CREAM TRIMMED THROUGHOUT. EVERY CONCEIV- ABLE CONVENI- ENCE. i {EVERY EFFORT IS MADETO MEET THE FINANCIAL RE Q UIREMENTS OF ALL DESIR- ABLE PURCHAS- ERS. e SPECIAL T0 TULSA Train Carrying 50 From Cap- | i will leave by a spectal train over the ill be an elahorate one. in make-up to the one which | John out work being d design of thes the decorative i impressed the visitors he semi-detached enth and Upshur pd out in mark semi-de » roof lines planning. the inclosed resulted in a very fave and brought up a discussion on t of a number of builders hitects as to the wisdom of b mi-detached from many the A restricted s ordered by the Zoning Commi ently he row houses at West Virgin nue and Queen street northeast e particularly outstanding for the went of the brickwork hix stvie. The entire w | has been enhanced pearance by novelty of the d many of he exterior No 8 tHOME BUILDERS ADVISED | nE | ABOUT FIRE PRECAUTION srcii com illustrate just what the employment of perts and a proper study of all the conditions _entering into a project. Not one of these structures has any Waste space, there are no useless corners, there are many heautiful and sractical innovations, and all this has ween done without adding materially to the cost. It ought to be a very by | fine lesson to those engaged in all mean protecting life | the phases of construction and city \zainst loss by fire, suit- | development.” declared Col. Oehmann. should .be provided in| The ingpection trip was also en of frame dwellings | joy by the various builders and | of confining fire rehiteets, who took the opportunity to as small areas | to inspect each other's handiwork. It contents of dwell-| was the general opinfon that the combustible, and | model houses stood ot marked | the utilization of Flemish hond essness is a factor | cont to the sur develop- | style « ing b . it becomes | ments because of thei | " nst dents | was particularly mark t Lee Heights. sparing for them in advance. tion with the semi-de 1 was the Vir- ctive firep and flue construe- | munity and the row its. This house tion is responsible for more dwelling | Much praise suburban resi- tHin. aDE ofhier canRe? THS owne| et Lt dence of frame construction. s two © who builds is particularly at the | fifth street and Massachusetts ave. | fireplaces and interior desizn have mercy of the contractor in this fea- | n The quality of the stone work, | 4Ny Interesting features furg. of .thes stuigture | the interior 1 nd the beauty |, COCh Bol i ,‘_,,,”":"“ of the locati design of 'he |some new and interesting windinz - were commen ed | ment, not only in architectural design, {upon in particular | but also in the application of the lat | From this house 1 | est scientific method of construction Rachus, Mr. and. Mrs. Earl ceeded to the brick Georgian detach- | and material used. G R, C Zant 0. B. Zantzin. ©1 house in Wesley Heights. Here |" The zeneral impression was that the ger, jr.. Lloyd Chavles 31, they became interested in the appli- | sum t el arifite nhid fiivjects B Whit. | cation of the residence to the natural | would result in a distinet contribution Phillips, | contour_of the ground and the de- | to the heautification of the city, and to Maury, | sign of the surrounding develop- | the weneral education of architects, ments, with provision for ample light | builders and the public. The houses in Donohoe and James A. Donohoe, Mon. | and porch accommodations that blend | the demonstration have heen the re- roe and Robert Bates Wa 11, L.| with the house de: One of the | sult of the combined effort on the part Rust, jr.; Mr. and Mrs., Claude Liv-| features of this residence is the | of many architects and builders who ingston. Waverly Taylor, John A.|large room which runs across the en- | have spent vears in developing their ‘etty, W. €. Miller, F. M. Bowie, | tire house on the third floo: | knowled of particular field of “dward Hillvard, Milton Schwah, H.| Proceeding to the detached the construc indus in_ which Clifford Rangs. Mr. Bangs is chair- | nial house at Thirteenth street they are e ed. The conferences man of the convention committee. Alaska avenue, the guests were ' 0 re 1ces can be done by architectural ex- houses at Thir- strects northeast I contrast to the hed develo the interic brick poreh able opin ‘None Should Avoid Taking All} | Possible Means to Guard Against | | n. the nd Loss of Property. No home bailder can afford to neg- ;¥ t taking all possible m, void | | loss of property and perhaps li As a 3 and property able fire stops walls and i for the purp after once started, possible. The ings usnall, since human | which cannot be overcom necessary to guard a ans to houses sion s « he | nd at T te | n- | rs in he House | The last house visii | cinia home in Lee Hel [is a typical Virginia in iched, the com house projects sa n- and found develop- . Garrett, J. Fra Moore, William Phillips, 11. Latane Lewis, Percy «sell, Mr. and Mrs. Arthu e, | the party pro. re of 1 of to is of | Samuel William K. Hartun, | | x- | =) rl L. colo- v and hown (on e Y WITH CONFIDENCE—BUY A DUNIGAN ALL-BRICK HOME TheFinestof ThemAll! THIS NEW GROUP OF DUNIGAN-BUILT HOMES Facing Beautiful Grant Circle he Garden Spot of Petworth ‘Now Open for Inspection Daily and Sunday Until 9 P.M. 501 to 507 WEBSTER ST. N.W. Between Illinois Ave. and New Hampshire Ave. Southern Exposure D.]J. DUNIGAN, Inc. 1319 New York Ave. DUNIGAN HOMES, INSIDE AND O UTSIDE, ALWAYS LOOK BETTER