Evening Star Newspaper, June 26, 1926, Page 13

REAL ESTATE WASHINGTON, D. C, SURVEY OF STREET SYSTEM MADE IN TA Council’s Committee Based on Close Study, KOMA PARK MD. Suhmits RecommeMns, Looking to Future Im- provemenls of nghways and Drainage. After a comprehensive survey and study of the street system of Ta- Xoma Park, Md., the street committee of the town council has submitted a summary of the general situation, to- .gether with recommendations for con- sideration by the council, when pre- paring estimates for the next fiscal Year. The survey showed there are on the Maryland side of the town 26.5 miles of streets within the corpor tlon limits. There are 8 mil to public travel at the pre: Of the 185 miles open to_traffic, miles are concrete, 0.5 mile is bitu- minous surfaced, 6 miles are cindered and 6.5 miles are earth graded. The general condition of the concrete streets, with one exception, is held satisfactory. Some of the surfaces of the new concrete pavements are uneven and are showing signs of wear: others are scaling and ! beginning to fail. Most of these con- ditions, it was said, can be made sat- tsfactory’ by immediate repairs. The cinder-surfaced and earth-graded streets have been scraped recently and, with a few exceptions, are in a satisfactory condition for light traffic. hut they must he constantly aped and dragged to keep them in equally good condition. ent time. Many Demands on Tow Continuing. the report says: Yyear requesis to open new streets in connection with subdivision develop- ment are submitted to the mavor and council for approval. Substantial de- velopments are a necessary asset in sxpanding the growth of Takoma Park and should be encouraged. In all cases first consideration should he given to maintaining and improving the public streets already open. and new streets should he opened when such action can be fully justified as a general public benefit and will justify the expenditure of the town funds The improvement of streets requires a laige investment of public funds, and every effort should be made to preserve the investment in the most economical and satisfactory manner by systematic methodsof maintenance. Streelt improvement without provi sions for adequate and systematic mainte e is uneconomieal and does not Justify. the expenditure of public funds. Street improvements should Le bused upon the results of a careful economicul amd engineering study of exist condi Streets should be | lald ont and pavements designed and construct eful consideration 10 loeation, g irainage and sub- grade treatn Apparently all of these features were not fully consid- ered in the development of the present town system. “For several vears there has been considered by the town only concrete satreets for substantial pavements. Concrete pavements properly con- structed provide .an excellent street and appear to he desired by the peo- ple of the town However, there a other types of pavement of equal merit which should be considered in the street improvements to obtain the most economical and satisfactory re- sults.” Inadequate Drainage Systel The report invites attention ta the fact that the town has no uniform drainage system for storm and surfa water, the drainage facilities now e isting being inadeguate Lo carry s istactorily the surface ru off. Natural vs have heen depended upon to i great extent oy the water, but us the town de- veloped many of these waterw liwve been closed. Those remaining | s closed | to | are said to be unsatisfactory. *They are a source of nuisance to the gen- eral public,” continues the report, “and expensive makeshift improve- ments can be made in some cases which will rectify conditions to some extent. As the town grows and de- velops it will be necessary to provide an adequate storm-water - drainage system, and new. drainage facilities, when necessary, to be so constructed that they can be utilized in the sys- tem. The committee feels that new and efficient equipment should be pur- chased and that the town’s interest will be best served if an_economi and systematic program for improv- ing and maintaining the street system is formulated and put into immediate | operation.” With this ohject in view, | mittee has submitted the ”olnmmend'\lmnfl to the Town Council: That street improvements be hased on a careful en=ineering and study of actual conditions and the improve- ments made in accordance with ap- proved highway engineering practice. That existing public streets be given first consideration in making | improvements. and that new streets be opened and improved when such action can be fully justified as a gen- 1 public henefit, and that the cost 1 be on assessment hasis. Suggests Looking to Future. “That the council prepare pro- gram for new improvements which shall extend over a period of years. nd that the mileage improved with cubstantial pavement each vear be | proportioned according to the town's | income. ““That unsatisfacto ditions be adjusted as mit, and that a definite policy be es- tablished regarding surface water which empties from the streets onto private property. That an adequate, efficient and economical patrol system be estab- lished and operated under the super vision of the superintendent of publie works and the dir comnittee; that the sume be put into operation on July 1, W that the cost_of the patrol ~\,\rr]| for 1926-2 | shall not exceed the cost now spent for maintaining existing streets. 1s0 that suflicient equipwent to perform the work be purchased by the town, “That the oiling of earth and cinder streets be approved on an assessnent b “That the administrative control of | highway work be based on the ‘work order system. and that such a sys be developed by the street committee {and the superintendent of ~publi works, the com- following akoma ¢ darinage con- town funds per- “That one short section of Biti- minous cinder pavement and one short | section of sand-clay surface be con- structed on suitable streets in town to demonstrate the advantages of these types of surfaces | ” "Fhat the requesis of the property | owners to construct sidewalks on the | various streets be approved in accord- ance with the usual method of pay ment for same. 3 “That the mayor and Town Council make immediate arrangements to hold a special public meeting to hear {all highway matters which may be | presented for consideration.” | ""The report of the street was compiled - by Councilmen Johnson (chairman), H. John It Adams. Mayor | Ben G Vis has announced that the matter contained in the report, to gether with the recommendations, be | considered at wn early m ommittee Capt ARCHITECTS’ COUNC 1L WORKING AS BUILDING ADV BY EDWARD W. DONN, J Chairman of Architects’ Advisory Council of the District of Columbia The average itizen ix so aware of the varions influences th. are being! marshaled and organized t enthusiasts almost evervwhere, and much of it with purely altruistic mo- tives. In the field of art various mevements are on to rajse the zeneral level of appreciation for the finer things, many of them extremely prac- tleal and farreaching in their ulti- mate results, In architecture particularly this is true, Right here in Washington a mevement was started several ago which has heen gaining momen- tum right along, and it is important | that the general public should know | more about it, in order that it may indorse it. Possibilities in City. We all know that we have a city in the making which has possibilities of becoming one of the most beautiful cfties in the world. In order that this may be brought about it is necessary that its growth be homogeneou We have Jaws reguluting hely structures, certain area business, resident We have the Fine to advise as to our public buildings, parks, monuments and such things. All are legally authorized and largely based on the theory that they are necessary for the physical and mor wellbeing of all. Laws which wnuhl g0 further and say streets and in certain seetions all build ings must be of such exact height, such exact style of architecture within | defined limits, such materials brick | or stone-and such and such color, would be frowned on by our legisla- tors as heing ton autocratic, not really heing ahsolutely necessary for our physical or moral welfare. So what can't be done hy law may he done by its of Arts Commission meral persuasion and from motives of | mutual co-operation and civie pride. Comprises All Architects. The Architects’ Advisory Council such a professional group, comprisir all the architects of the city. —are becoming steadily more limited. standing are mnlm\ull\ amazes fine residential community, wh vears | that on certain | ISORS EXPLAINED | week three or more arc hitects, and | |each week a different group of them, = invited by the assistant to the Engineer Commissioner of the District | of Columbia to meet with him in mflmmpd in Lee Ieights, Va., hy Ruby the esthetic | 1ee have | Brown. De- | style residence. office and advise as to qualifications of plans heen submitted to the RBuilding | partment for permits to build. These plans are for residences, hotels, thea- ters, apartment houses, warehouses, |ete. The authors of the plans are in- vited also to he present to hear the comments, which are always friendly. Matters of architectural style, color land kind of materials, suitability of | the type of building for the neighbor- hood--all thesa things are discussed, |and the author of the plans is made to feel that he is part of a scheme to |Improve the city. The spirit of co-operation with the ! ldsd of a more heautiful city is the | mainspring of this effort, and the idea |of the buflders and architects co-op- erating together in speculative build- ing is a. natural outgrowth of thi which is now sponsored by The ‘ Star in its model-house progr Architects’ Advisory Council wants to see the public appreciate and demand better quality in architecture and building—higher standards all This_experiment is demon- strating that they do appreciate these things. which m. . Demonstntwn an Eduenuon e| A tour of The Star's model homes will be an educational opportunity for ‘.u rospective home purchasers those who already own homes. The things to he gained from | | thorough inspection of these houses | will prove invaluable to those interest- ed in building and houses. e | Study Made of Maknnls. | A thorough study has been made of all the materials entering into the | constructlon of The Star's model | hotwea. Every piece of material used has been acquired because it fitted the particular problem presented. The tructural mmke-up of the houses of the very latest and very best. Woodllnd. Drive‘ Sites m Massachusetts Park Washingtonians of long I at the splendid growth in this ich includes all that remains of The Triangle of Increasing Values —between 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 t larly prepared to furnish accurate Park Office: Middaugh & he city's fine sections, we are singu- information. 32d street and Cathedral avenue, Shannon, Inc. ESTARLISHED 1899 nggs-Semmes Bldg., Dupont Circle, Potomac 2200 em | ™ | tor the | eting of the | ion of the street ! i The 1 | nue to Twenty-second street, | street. MAP OF ROUTES TO THE S S4T8 BLACE Automobile Routes The routes to the various model home projects are as follows: No. 1. colonial stuce home 'mlngl |erected by L. E. Breuninger & Sons at Hemlock street, Thirteenth street Alaska avenue, designed by Vie- Mindeleff, may be reached by go- ing directly out Sixteenth street to Al:.:lm avenue just above Walter Y‘.P’tl Hospital, north on Alaska ave. nue to the intersection of the three | streets, where the property s located. No. 2. To reach the W. (. & A. N. Miller property at the southwest corner of | Hawthorne street and Forty fourth place go west on Pennsylvania ave- north on Twenty-second street to Massachu- setts_avenue, porthwest on Massachu: setts avenue to Cathedral avenie, west on Cathedral avenue to Forty- fourth place, fhence ‘south on Fort: fourth place one block to Hawthorne The Miller house, designed by | Delos Smith, of Georglan style, is to | be built of brick No. 3. The Iedges & Middleton home, de signed by Robert Beresford, is of co. lonial type and will be built of stone, This house is located at Thirty-fifth street and Massachusetts avenue, It may be reached by going west on Pennsylvania avenue to Twenty-sec- ond street, north on Twenty-second and | and| their own f street to Massachusetts avenue, north- west on Massachusetts avenue to Thirty-fifth street to the site. No. 4. The detached frame house to be Mihar was designed by Ward | Thi§¢ is a typleal Virginia | To reach this prop- | erty go west on Pennsylvania avenue | to M street, west on M street to the Key Bridge, cross the bridge into Vir- ginia, turn to the right to the Lee Highw: proceed 21; miles to Lee Heights. " No. b. The house belng erected in Wynne- wood Park, Silver Spring, Md., by the Stambaugh Construction Co., is of colonfal style, designed by Percy C. Adams. This home may be reached by going directly north on Sixteenth street to Alaska avenue, out Alaska avenue to the District line, continue north on Georgia avenue extended, I known as Brookville pike, thence east on the Colesville pike to the site in Wynnewood Park. No. 6. The Cafritz Construction Co. proj- ect consists of a row of houses in varied designs, glving each one an individuality all its own. These houses were designed by Louis Juste- ment. They are being erected on De- between JFourth and Fifth To reach this site proceed northeast on Vermont avenue to Flor- ida avenue, continue north on Florida avenue to Sherman avenue, out Sher- man avenue to New Hampshire ave- nue, turn northeast on New Hamp- | hire avenue to Grant Circle, from | rant Circle go north on Iilinols ave- | | nue to Sherman Circle, continue north | | on Ilinois avenue to Decatur, east on | Decatur to the site. No. 7. | This group of colonial houses heing | built by C. H. Small on West Vir.| ginla avenie at Queen street north- east, designed by Wilbur Smith, may be reached by going east on K street to Eighth street northeast, north on Eighth street to Florida HE one thing you shoul, tain the condition of Our familiarity and gators and expert in Rose Roof, for it will if intrusted to us. budgeted ]or Homes Outlined in Convenient Form | | and feature a | bouse. A building is-only as good as its roof —and Rose Roofs make it reliable : You can’t judge by just casual inspection. troubles are subtle and require an expert to detect them at that stage when the deterioration can be easily stopped and serious trouble averted. and phase of roof trouble make us reliable investi- You can count on a life-time of service from a The always moderate expense to Star Model avenue, thence’ one block southeast on Florlda avenue to West Virginia avenue, proceed on West Virginia ave- nue st blocks to the site on Queen treet. No. 8. The community group, consisting of | 14 houses, being erected by Walter A. Dunigan in_Murietta Park at Fifth and Longfellow streets, designed by | Gilbert L. Rodier, may he reached by | going north on Sixteenth street to Colorado avenue, northeast on Colo. rado avenue to Georgia avenue, then | directly south to Longfellow street, | east on Longfellow street to Fifth street, where property is located. These houses will be of the semi-de tached and community group style, “three-in-a-row” type of | Italian architeo houses ture. embodying No. 9. Walter Vaughn houses, de. signed by W. H. I. Fleming, at Thir- teenth and Upshur streets ne § may be reached by going out Elev enth_street to Rhode Island avenu The W. Rhode Island avenu | First street to .\'ummfiv‘m Michigan avenue, Michigan avenue to | "hirteenth street mnortheast, square north on Thirteenth street to | WATERFRONT LAND ACTIVE IN MARYLAND| Six Transactions Reported in Vi- cinity of St. Leonard—Cot- tages to Be Built. Special Dispatch to The Star. | BALTIMORE. June 26.—Increasing | activity in waterfront property in | the viclnity of St. Leonard, Calvert | County, is reported in realty circles | here. A 128-acre farm, having a front- age of approximately 2,500 feet on Chesapeake Bay, has heen acquired | by John M. King. buflder and de- veloper, of Washington, from the Tidewater Realty Co. Inc. of Balti- more. The property also frontg on the State road and will be improved with 12 cottages soon to be erected | on the waterfront. The transaction s the sixth to be closed in the vicinity within the last few weeks. The Industrial Develop- ment Co. of Baltimore recently acquired a large acreage nearby, hav- ing an extensive frontage on the Bay, A parcel having a waterfront of about a mile also has been acquired by the Tidewater Realty Co., Inc. —— FEW ODDS AND ENDS MAKE PRETTY SHADES A busy housewife, of necessity eco- nomical, decided to make shades for several bedroom lights. instead of buy- ing them at the varie For the round shades, circles of stiff cardboard are cut out, with holes for | the bulb base to fit through shades themselves are old scraps of | printed cloth, sized on the back with | starch and hacked with plain white | muslin. The edges of the cloth are | turned over, the backing laid on. then the two cloths cemented together by passing a hot sadiron over them. Of course each one carries a seam, but then seams go on the back of every- thing, and from the front the effect is truly charming. d do right away is to ascer- the roof of your building. Roof experience with every tvpsl doing the necessary work. be put in perfect condition your comvenience. | to the | tects for | co | tion has presented his plans for 20 % | | he Foening SP oo sove o 'AR’S MODEL. HOMES COLESYILE et i DISTRICT LINE Thf inap shows the various nlllmnflbilr rmliu with 'Iw “ hite House as !'nnlng Dmn' a B HOME & GARDEN | 1 POPULAR RESENTMENT IS RISING AGAINST FURTHER LOCAL TAXES Great Quantity of Road Bonds Issued All Over Coun- try Just After War Must Be Paid For, However. New Issues Not Popular. BY ROGER W. BABSON. BABSON PARK, Mass., June For tha first time since the war. @a popular resentment arising against further local taxes. \When the great | mase of State, county and municipal bonds hegan to he issued, following | the war. only a very few people| zed that these honds must some v be pald. The voters, of course, understood that increased expendi tures for current expenses would in has gradually heen developing among lairge investors a feeling that cer- 1| tain communities are putting out bonds too fast and investors are not o hung for such issues they | were awhile ago. Non-Taxable Feature. So long the high sur es were In effect wealthy investors were com- pelled to huy State, connty and mu- nicipal bonds in order to aveid having | Uncle Sam take most of their income, creanataxeni bt thay GIf nok ser to| NAtIall; this Iy stimulated the realize that voting for bond fisues | M4 r_municipals. Recent Fed- would increase taxes. Therefore (a5, however, has re- new bond isues went through maximum surtax from 40 almost unanimous votes. In 't XG50 pet cent Ay sl many voters felt that the only ex releases for the purchase of pense connected with the transaction BORSNIOn barls i ISfRG was printing of the bonds. Conditions money. whicl nerctoiore today, however, are considerably bonly fur the pusc changed. < | nonta le enicipals \With @ As a result of voting a bond fssue, | {in1ed lirze output of non-t the tax rate must ingnediately be in |1 @M afvaid this vear might creased o cover the interest of the | i b eeliic bon As many States required an nonitazable bonds nual sinking funds or serial issues, | (VN5 these annual pavments [iioeat mediately be met by increased’ t Wt L In the ageregate this incr Cartatin taxes bacomes a large figure CohLiaats are increased, rents are inc P D ot Ay likewise. As a 'result, the cost of these | 10D this to be the case bond issue: 1S now heing severely no hetter investment than felt in many communites. 1'ntil there | Ni¢ipal bond. was an increase in rents, the non-| SIo% this (ecli 1 sl property holder thought that these ||0C31 tavation wil new bond isues would not affect him, | S5 cannot he foretcld Therefore it was only the large prop- | {he temporary effeet will be erty holders who held up a hand of [Ce7'ain lines, which retar warning in the early days. Owing to| POtV must T o et the increase in rents. caused. by in- IRIEA U Ahel (AT e han creased taxes, every voter is now he. ‘““""“ a supply of money coming seriously Interested in the tax | COUPITY. and if it doesnt problem. Popuiarity of new bond is. | 'NiN& it goes into sues is apparently on the wane. SRS Sanouil ot Ge el s 3 | harmful effect, b a New Roads Great Factor. {nently good effect An analysis of the State, county |there is no techn and municipal bonds issned during | tween thrift and spending the past five vears shyws that a great | tinction lies in the purpose for proportion is for building new roads. | the mo the spend- Expenditures for new roads is popu | ing is in chan- o6 1f duced the per cent matically taxable amount could w s of s a o price of wey against n if to a popular uprising ation the output bonds is to e cartailed, may offset the il slation on non 5 there is zood mu- Doubtiess retard ion indi- on other there {is in the into one serefora manent perma- exactly, which s used g 'ARCHITECTS PRAISED | REALTY “ADS” HEAVY. FOR WORK ON HOMES Half of Money Spent in Field Last Year Went to Newspapers. . Th | Of the $1,500,000,000 or more that | Co-operation and Willingness t0! . icnt ast year In the Accept Suggestions Have Helped | States for advertising, nearly half was | A puid to newspapers. More than 100 | Model Houses Project. papers reported that out | - | of 3% different lines of « vertising only one exceeded and two others equaled real estate The National lof these new mmercial ad Considerable praise has heen giv architects of the local chapter of the American Institute of Archi tion of Real their attitude and unselfish ”"""R ds at ‘{'-“ -';"“""'"""“i;"" 3 i will offer awards fo s pperation in connection with the | & Sf0r Awares for the. ;m‘p‘:&f"“:: preparations of plans for the model | of various types of activities of mem- homes demonstration. ke b il Each architect in Aty | T D 485 KAk BN hoans the |= particular problem with which he was | dealing 1o the achitects’ advisory |the builders of the model homes. who ommittee for the purpose of sugges. |have shown every ons. and even changes If necessary. | the suggestions of other builders and This unusual action on the part of the | the architects. and to combine their | architects resulted in a sort of lahora. | experience with these engaged in the tory among those who were engaged | success of the demonstration to pro- in designing the houses, and con- |duce really worthwhile residences that | siderable good resulted ' from the | will be the result of combined effort, combined experience of the designers. | and study rather than any particular Much praise is also heing given to pet iden. SRS NS RSN S Y the Electric Wiring in These Homes furnished dy L. L. HAYES - 1204 18th Street Franklin- 5338 “Home Wiring and Repairs” / High-Grade Paint Hatenals for these residences Turnished by HUGH REILLY COMPANY 1334 New York Ave. Main 1703 We also sprnnhu in plain and mitred mirrors and + plate-glass tops for furniture. ERERAEREREAEAE R EAERTCREAETEAENERERER. Lumber for These Homes partially supplied by GALLIHER AND HUGUELY, INC. Sherman Ave. at W North 486 North 847888 | United | in volume. | desire to bide hy | people EWAMMM& lar because new roads not only in- Hence, al- eaNe proper values, but also giv and certain a greal amount of _Joy o every one. miplain abwout hust Even the most pe istic must admit e, the Lusiness that expenditures which thus far b ¢ country as i whole still holds taken place for new roads have been | goed, registering on the Babson chart jexceptionally worth while. The road us % per cent above | sltuation, however, is now getting Cowstisnc pretty well in haud and many of the GOoD WALLS SAVE HEAT. rouds now being projected are for pri- | | vate development rather than for pub- | Heavier and Better Ilnnlanun Has Its Effect. - present nov 1926 ie necess Zut as the subdivision | craze is nOW on the wane and most communities have enough new lots laid out to take care of their growth for vears uhead, additional roads are | now’ being glven careful scrutiny. The Supreme Court decision in connection with exas road honds has also dampened the ardor of hond houces for'new issues of road bonds, | Although thix decision —technicaily | affacts only_ Texas road honds, yet it directly affects road honds in some other States and sentimentaliy af- fects all road bhonds.' This Texas decision will result in the redraft {ing of road district legislation in a way to give more opportunity for dissatisfied taxpavers to object. Al- though new legislation can rectify |all defects in present laws, vet this A develoy and vital inte tractor is rey ing use of he and hetter insul tion for walle A roof. Losses from these mediums are important features in determining the amaount of radia tion: hence the relation hetween two items, heating and insulation, is a very close one indeed A few aears ago even a house had made little provision reducing heat transmission through the most primitive mea The trend today enahles heating ¢ tractors to bhase their estimates on very rectification will tend to make heat loss facte erially different 111 fess easy 1o pUt out new issues. from those heretofore generally ac- | Apart from this Texas decision there cepted. | inereas- well bhuflt for Visited this “Morene” Home last Sunday! XQU]QITFL\ FU R\I\IH D by De MOLL, this unique group home has attracted unparalleled attention and ad- miration in its section of Northwest resi- dential Washington. Added to the fact that this is the first time a dwelling of this type has ever been presented in the beautiful and permanent “Marene” finish in the National Capital, are numerous other distinct quality features that undeniably stamp these homes a grade above anything in their price class to- day! Follow the throngs to— Ninth above Madison DRIVE OUT Sivteenth to Madi son. East on Madison 1o Ninth and half @ square North o XHIBIT HOUSE. Or take Fourteenth Street cars to Ninth and Kennedy Streets. then wail two squares North. Moderately priced with terms indi- vidually fixed ' DUUGL?\SS PHILLIPS ~e. OWNERS & BUILDERS 1516 K Street—Frk. 5678 4 §