Evening Star Newspaper, July 24, 1926, Page 11

WASHINGTON, D. C, BUILDING LABOR WORKERS GENERALLY EMPLOYED iConditions Mainly Tranquil as Construction Holds Un Nearly to 1925 Figure—Some Pay Raises Are Being Granted. With the construction conditions throughout the United tes bein maintained on a basis comparable to the record-breaking strides of a year g0, labor in the building crafis is well employed ‘and conditions generally are anquil, ome readjustments of wage scalds have been made, espe- cially in the larger cities, even in the | ci face of the f: in & number of ins June 1. These are the outstanding points in the nationat building situation as v vealed by or survey just con pleted by 8. W. Straus & Co. Labor [disputes that_disturbed the Industr early in the ing have mostly been settled without -difficulties, although there is now a sharp controvers arising between the plasterers and Kklayers over the erection of arti 1 stone, a field now being er hy the bricklayers in most cities. The Pl are trying to claim re- stricted rights in this phase of build- ing construction. Settlement Is Praised. that wage increases ances were granted The settlement of the controversy hetween the sheet metal workers and carpenters on the instailation of me t was recently negotiated on a ) bhasis by nationai representative: of both unions. This settlement is re garded by leading contractors as one of the most important jurisdictional settlements in the 5 years, for it has been estimated that in the I six vears fully $1,000,000,000 worth of construction has been held up by thi roversy. Builders in the larger cities report shortage of bricklayers, plasterers nd lathers, but the situation has not reached a ge where it b necessary to pay bonusses, as mer year: Conditions in San Franc Cleveland. » the tur- moil Is caused by the efforts of the International Union of Carpenters to unionize that craft along the Pacific Coast. In Cleveland, unsettled and re somew where there was con- siderable labor difficulty this Spring, laborers have returned to work, but the controversy revolving around painters remains unsettled. There is also a_slight urbance reported among the union carpenters in Kan- sas City. This disturbance was cre- ated by a demand of the carpenters for an increase of 121, cents an hour. Chicago Has Surplus. Chicago showed a decline in build- ing during May and June, with the result that bullders report a surplus of mechanies in several trades, al- though It is reported that there is a shortage of plasterers. Practically all disputes between bullling teades and employers have been settled up (o date, but the controversy of the Chi- cago Building Trades Council to re- gain closed-shop conditions for the 13 so-called open-shop trades remains un- led. "he strike ‘of plasterers, which lasted several weeks, after heing called on May 7. was settled when the em plovers agreed to. grant a wage in- crease from $1.50:t0 $1.621% an houi’ Bricklayers were granted a wage in- crease from $1.50 to $1.621; an hour on July 1. Electricians and steamfit- ters are getting the §1.50 an hour rate, and it is generally agreed that they will get a wage Increase to §1.6215 hour on October 1. Other trades the carpenters, cement finishers, hoist- ing engineers and iron worl hoth grnamental and structural, ave sched- uled for wage boosts f 71z to $1.50 an hour on October 1. Bullding laborers in-Chicago are scheduled to get a wage increase from 871 to 90 cents an hqur on the same date, Builders in New York report that labor is tranquil, and that because of 2 continued demand for bullding con- ruction labor is steadily employed. he scale for stonesetters in New York is $14 a day, while other basic trades range from $11 to $14. Reports From Other Cities. In Philadelphia contractors report ghat there is a surplus of carpenters, plumbers, painters, stone and cément finishers, but there is a shortage of marblesetters. Carpenters’ wages were cered | t | been |y in for- | SURVEY SHOWS recently increased 121 cents an hour, Boston builders veport that cement | finishers sking for an increase of |12 an hour on September 1. Builders in St. Paul veport that | open shep prevatls there in the build- ing industry, with the supply of labor equal to the demand. No wage in- ses are in prospect for Fall. St | Paul bricklayers get $1.25 an hour, | | 1abor is 45 to 60 cen n hour, and | | carpenters 87 5 cents an hour ‘Ifluilxhu'n report basic employment for | residential building trades wor in | Minneapolis, where wage rates ave | |ahout the same as those in St. Paul. | Labor conditions in_Florida are on | |a_sound In spite of a decided | | decrease in purely speculative real es- ite development, building isx continu- ng in substantial volume. There is | now in Florida ample employment of [the resident building trades. The | boomer artisan has left, with the re- ult ghat strictly resident building tradedmen are both well and profitahly | >mployed at wages commensurate with | |a steady demand. Tranquil in South ctically all Southern cities report | | tranquil labor conditions in residence | building industri In Atlanta, |the ornamental ironwork | steamfitters’ wage rates were from $1 to $1.25 an hour. New |1eans huilders, ax well those of { Houston, report resident | | building 'workers well employed. Build- cities for this ston | |ing programs in these | vear continue una | the plumbers and ste : re- |cently granted an $i1 | |to $12 a day. In mar | blesetters were recently granted an in- | crease of $1 to $1.25 an lour und elec ‘nts to $1 an hour. There is u prospective shortage of Omaha br rers, who have of cents an hour per cline in Omaha of about | per cent of residence building recor this year over last year's volume. | Building labor in Omah: a from 50 cents an hour and plumbers from | cents to $1 an hour In Cleveland this year's constructive program is lagging hehind that of i ear. The bullder there orthge of mechanics, with the re. verse heing true in practically all other trades. Lathers and plasterers | are paid $13 a day; other trades get from $1.25 to §1.50 an hou Cincinnati Has Decline. There is a reported surplus of work- ers in Cincinnati, although building volume is good, but less than a year ago, There i to be u de- mand for increases in wages this Fall. Plasterers recelve S$1.5 cklayers, |$1.6215: carpenters, lathers, structural ironworkers, hoisting engineers and | roofers, $1.811¢ an hour. Detroit, Grund Rapids and other Michigan cities report tranquil labor conditions. The supply of mechanics is adequate to the demand. This year's building program on the | “ific Coast is about Keeping pace | with that of last re ports from San Fi Los Angeles. San Fri waver that the carpenter strike has cre- lated a surplus_of mechanics in other {trades. San Francisco plasterers’ pay is $12 a day, carpenters §8 a day and labor 1s $5 a day Kansas Conditions Normal. Topeka and other citles in Kansas | port basic building program for | Summer and early all months. The | supply of building mechanics is ade- quate to the demand in all trades. Carpenters receive 75 cents to §1 an hour and common labor 40 to 50 cents an hour. Bricklayers in Topeka re. ceived $1 a day increase last April. Builders there report a per cent greater volume in building this year than was erected in last year's pro- gram. Builders in Washington grantéd the hoisting engineers a raise from $1.25 to $1.37% an hour. Build- ers in the-Capital City report no short- age of mechan Simiar conditions are reported from Baltimore and Pittsburgh. In the former city the ornamental ironwork- ers’ wage rate was raised from $1.10 to $1.25 an hour. from | | incre: ing = recently MORE CITIES ARE OVERBUILDING; RENTALS STABI Semi-Annual Survey of Nation by Re: Shows Residential Rates Are Stationary as Business A diminishing shortage of buildings, with an increasing number of cities reporting overbuilding; stabilized resi- dential rents in all except the largest and smallest citles, and fldctuation in the rentals of business property, wide- 1v scattered centers of real estate ac- ativity, characterize the present real estate market as it is analyzed in the xemi-annual survey just completed b; the National Association of Real Is- tate Roards from data supplied by real estate boards in 181 cities. On the whole, & considerable degree of activity is reflected in these re- ports, although it 18 not so spectacu- las-as in the year 1923, and as it was in certain sections of the country in the vears 1924 and 1925 The situation as Indicated by these yeports s supported by data collected independently by the National Asso- clation of Real Estate Boards from the offices of county recorders, me: hers of the American Title Assoc tion and Real Estate Board Secre- taries, giving the.number of transfers and conveyances recorded from month to month. The index for May was 163 and has continued high through- out the yesr. The index figure of 163 means that the average number of transfers and conveyances recorded in the cities studied during the month was 63 per cent greater than the average number recorded during the mame month in the period 1916-1923, which is fhe period whose record is taken as the norm of the assoclation’s caleulations. Preliminary reports indicate a hisk: index for June. The index for the various months of 1926 was as fol- lows: January, 184; Februar 185; March, 177; April, 173; May, 163. For the corresponding months of 1925 the index was: Januar 171; February, 173; March, 168; April, 176; May, 168, Forty-two per cent of all boards re- porting indicate that the market is less active than it was at this time last year. Twenty-elght per cent re- ported the same degree of activity and 30 per cent indicate a greater de- gree of activity. Half of the cities re- porting from the Southeastern sec tlon, which includes the States of Georgia, Florida, Alabama and Mis- <issippi, indicate a falling off of the market. More than half of the cities in the Pacific coast States and all cities in Canada report a more active market. A mere active market is also indi: sated by repests from 40 per cent of LIZED AND STILL N al Estate Boards Sites Vary. district boards, by 38 per cent . of cities under 25,000 and by 25 per cent of the cities between 200,000 and 500, 000. Sixty-seven per cent of the cities over 500,000 indifate that the market has fallen off since iast vedr. There is little change in the reports regarding residential rents. Eleven per cent of all the cities reporting in- dicate that_residential rents are in- creasing. Sixty-five per cent indicate stationary rents and 24 per cent re- port the tendency down. The figures for June, 1925, were 11 per cent up; stationary, 70 per cent: down, 19 per A as in December, 19 no cll 00,000 population repor that rents are inc of residential proper cent of the reports from boards indicate increase in residential rents. 8 cent of the re- ports from cities in Canada also indi- cate Increasing rents, as well as 40 per cent of the reports from the South central section. The highest percent- age of reports of decreasing residen- tial rents comes from the North cen- tral section. Forty-two per cent of all the reports indicate that the rents of central busi- ness property have increased, and 30 per cent indicate a tendency for rents ng business property to climb. Twenty-one per cent indicate higher rents for centrally located offices and 13 per cent for office space in outly. ing districts. The number of cities reporting over- building of different types of struc- ture has. increased, as compared with the total reported. Seventy-four cities report overbuilding in some type of building: 38 cities report overbuilding of single family dwellings: 42 citles renort overbuilding of apartments; 36 cities report overbuilding of business buildings, and 8 cities report ove building of all types. ‘The fact that the building program has caught up with demand is further indicated by the percentage bf cities reporting shortage on variocus types of structure. Only 17 per cent of the reports indicate a shortage of single- family dwellings, 15 per cent a short- age of apartments and 12 per cent a shortage of business structures. 1In December, 1925, these figures stood at 36, 33 and 34, respectively. Obviously, the building program is still far be- hind in the Southeastern section, from which 63 per cent of* the reports indi- ling . | Penn ROUTES TO MODEL BUILDING PROJECTS Automebile Directions Various Houses Outlined for Convenience. {o The routes to the varlous model home projects are as follows: No. 1. stucco home belng ed by L. Breuninger & Sons Hemlock street, Thirteenth street and Alaska avenue, designed by Vie. tor Mindeleff, may be reached by go- irectly out Sixteenth street to Alask venue just above Walter teed Hospital, north on Alaska ave- nue to the intersection of the three streets, where the property is located. No. 2 To reach the W. C. & A. N. Miller property at the southwest corner of Hawthorne sireet and Forty-fourth place go west on Pennsylvania ave- 1e to Twenty-second street, north on Twenty-secona street ‘to Massachu- setts avenue, northwest on Massachu- avenue to Cathedral avenue, west_on Cathedral avenue to Forty- fourth place, thence south on Forty- fourth place one biock to Hawthorne street. The Miller house, designed by Delos Smith, of Le built of b he colonial I sbert Beresford, is of co- ud will be built of stone. is located at Thirty-fifth Massachusetts avenue. It cached by going west on avenue to Twent ond street, th on Twent street to Massachusetts avenue, north- west on Massachusetts avenue (o Thirty-fifth street to the site. No. 1. frame house to be Va., by Ruby by Ward st The detached erected in Lee Heights, e Minar was designed rown. This is a typical Virginia e residence. 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 High v, proceed 22 miles to Lee Heights. No. 5. The house being erected in Wynne- wood Park, Silver Spring, Md., by the Stambaugh Construction € i colonial style, desizned by Perc) Adams. This home may be reached ving directly north on Sixteenth sireet to Alaska avenue, avenue to the District line, continue north on Georgla avenue extended, known as Brookeville pike, thence east on the Colesville pike to the site in Wynnewood Park. #No. 6. Construction Co. proj ect cons of & row of houses in varied designs, giving each one an individuality all its own. These houses were designed by Louis Juste ment. They are being erected on De- tur between Kourth and Fifth streets, To reach this site proceed northeast on Vermont avenue to Flor- ida_avenue. continue north on Florida avenue to Shermin avenus, out Sher- man avenue to New Hampshire ave- nue, turn northeast on New Hamp- shire avenue to Grant Circle, from Grant Circle go nortis on Illinois ave- nue to Sherman Circle, continue north on Iilinois favenue to Decatur, east on Decatur to the site. No, 7. This group of colonial houses being built by C. H. Small on West Vir. ginia avenue at Queen street north- east, designed by J. Wlilbur Smith, ‘ be reached by going east on K street to kighth street northeast, north on_Ilighth street to Florida avenue, thence one block sowtheast on Worida avenue to West Virginia avenue, proceed on West Virginia ave- nue’ six blocks.to the site on Queen street, No. 8. The community group, consisting of 14 houses, being erected by Walter A. Dunigan in Marietta Park at Fifth and Longfellow streets, designed by Gilbert L. Rodier, may be reached by going north on Sixteenth street to Colorado avenue, northeast on Colo- rado nue to Georgis 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, 1nd feature a “three-in-a.row’’ type of houses embodying Italian architeo ture. The Cafrit No. 9. The W. Walter Vaughn houses, de. signed by W. H. I. Fleming, at Thir- fine res The Triangle of are now available. Middaugh & 717 14th St. NW. Roofs on the largest ings in Washington— It does make a cate a shortage of single-family struc- .tures, 61 per cent a shortgge of apart. ments and 68 per cent a’Zhortage of business buildings. e . out Alaska | As the firm under whose management th successfully developed into one-of the city’s larly prepared to furnish accurate information. We budget the cost for you Fpening SURVEY OF WASHINGTON BUSINESS INDICATES : “SUMMER SLUMP” MYTH IS MENTAL FICTION %{af SATURDAY, JULY 24, 4o mertry 60 8o | 100 1sh ck Repl) Rugs - 7 'y Jan. Feb. Mar | | (Monthly sales of Washington dej month and corrected for the varying BY L. SETH SCHNITMAN AND 4. W. MILLARD. Like all Gaul, Washington activi may be divided into three parts -gov- ernmental, social and commercial, with the latter distinet in itself and not the least important. Politicall pe Midsummer; but no longer does the President’s 'sojourn in camp during the hot-weather months or the vaca- tioning of several of his cabinet or the adjournment of Congress call a halt in the march of local business. Midsummer is now an accomplished fact and with it there stands a signal record of business achievement. The reason is not far to seek. Approxi- mately 60 per cent of the population over 10 years of agh is gainfully em ployed, or 300,000 people. To those who still helieve that Washington is solely a governmental eity it is well to point out that of this 300,000 em- ployed persons only 20 per cent find employment with the Federal Govern- ment. The latest estimates, as of June 30, 1926, are as follows: um. Per cout ber. of total. ainfully ..300,000 . 60,000 Total persons employed Federul employes District government en pioyes 5 Private enterprises Good Balance Maintained. District emplo clude teachers, cl men, day laborers, etc., are as a group from the municipal required by any other city of equal size. For this reason District employes are not here con- sidered as part of the Federal group. Within the scope of private enterprise is included a diversified employment well balanced by manufacturing, con- struction, wholesale and retail trade, transportation agencies, professional service, domestic and personal service, ete. Government employment, to be sure, affords a stable resource to business in that the pay roll is ahove the aver age level, is assured and steady, even through sickness and vacation, but employment conditions for the re- maining 80 per cent are not markedly dissimilar. In manufacturing employ- ment there is less than 4 per cent fluctuation during the year. Such slackening as may occur in one line of private business is generally bal- anced by a counter movement in another line, Washingtonians must and do have food, clothing, shelter, amusement and the usual gamut of human necessities 12 months in the year. What is mo important, they have the wherewithal to accommodate these desires. Calen- dar peculiarities and their effect on loczl business do not present a new theme. A new interpretation, how- is possible. February trade vol- ume is low not solely because of in- clement weather and the season end, 100.0 20.0 streets northeast, may be reached by going out Elev- enth street to Rhode Island avenue, Rhode Island avenue to First street, First street to Soldiers’ Home gate at Michigan avenue, Michigan avenue to Thirteenth street northeast, one square north on Thirteenth street to house. Woodland Drive Sites in Massachusetts Park —are becoming steadily more limited. \’('ashir}gtonians of long standing are continually amazed at the splendid growth in this dential community, which includes all that remains of Increasing Values —between Connecticut, Massachusetts and Cathedral avenues. Wooded and rolling sites for individually designed homes his restricted area has been fine sections, we are singu- Shannon, Inc. Main 2345 ESTABLISHED 1899 We Must Know Roofing —judging by the preference given us on the most important buildings 'HILE we have the distinction of putting Rose public and private build- the roof of a single home gets all our experience—all our skill—and all . our insurance of permanent satisfaction. difference who does the work. If Rose does it—it'll be properly and economically done—*“done to stay done.” : Fis and | aps soclally, Washington halis at | Easter | Summ Eaan Ap Shord Line Jales| SpringApparel ” Hl/v June Jb// ’u" number of shopping days.) but also because there are usually only 23 shopping days. July and August, for local department stores at least, have only 22 and 21 shopping days, respectively. Stump Is Mental. The Summer slump is largely a mental fction, which 18 being stowly dislodged by consclous merchandising fact that there Summer business for the merchant who goes after it. ‘The dollar’ sales volume in clothing lines may be some- what less in Summer, even the sale of an equal number of garments because of a somewhat lower unit price, but warm weather is not as great a handicap to trade as has been generally believed. (Cold, inclement weather s known to present far greater difficulties to the average con- sumer, The accompanying chart showing the seasonal trend of sales in Wash- | ington department stores. expregsed | in percentage changes from the aver- age month during 1925 and corrected for varying number of shopping days, indicates clearly that the Summer de- cline is not =o drastic as is generally supposed. Apparently each monthly tendency s the result of a habit in | the consumer which merchants have in some measure cultivated. What we need, perhaps, is a new July and August habit. No smull part of Summer depart- ment store sales come from vacation requirements. Greater variety and greater quantities of wearing apparel are needed. Sporting goods, outing equipment, auto accessories, porch furniture, electric fans and a host of other needs replace the desires that passed with the Winter months. The study of these checks and balances of local consumer demand is doing on {tlons profit Jept. Oct. Neov. Dec. rtment stores during 1925, expressed in percentage changes from the average much to even out seasonal irregulari ties. The building successfully with the Winter slum and today construction proceeds wit relative evenness throughout the ye Job printers bovk Full business June and work steadily through th Summer. educed rates and timel deliveries have proved attractive t the local business world, while stead: employment lowers printing overhea sufficiently to make the price reduc le. Life insurance cor panies operating in Washington cided that every prospect did not tak a July or August vacation and newed sales efforts changed the forme slump into the proportions of Decem ber business. Perhaps the day wi never come when a Jul will induce ever but each year s along this line is being made. Until recently Summer advertisin by retailers was conspicuous hy it absence. But reapportionment of th advertising budget to give July an: Avgust a more proportionate share indicates - that many retailers ar awakening to the fact that where p: rolls are steady and wants incessan such as is true for Washington, the need be but little irregularity in tots local industry cope sales volume as between the Fall or Spring, Summer or Winter alysis of charge-account act one large department store is of i terest in this respect in ihat it rev that at least 92 per cent of the cf unts are active 12 months in th A t is the result of a dive hington, Avith varied taste: steady employment and the relativel high income, with which are provided the needs and comforts of its people. re- coal program ¢ one to fill the bin, ome additional progress ity of ified HOME & GARDEN BABSON PREDICTS SECOND-STORY SIDEWALKS IN THE NEAR FUTURE Business Expert Recommends Steel for the Long Pull and Outlines Some of the Uses 1o Which It Is to Be Put in Days to Come. BY ROGER W. BEABSON. 1 BABSON PARK, Mass.. July | There are various kinds of monopalies, some are purely artificial, relying upon | legal documents: others are brought | the next about through the consolidation of | Walks v large plants; others depend on gm»d[ will and advertising. -Many investors | believe that the miost stable monopolies | 4 second-story. sidewalk, which will are those like the telephone, which are | bri 1l streets and thus separate most efficiently operated by one com- | #utomobile traffic from pedestrians in v and where the blic benefits | all large Retall ‘siores wil ing only one company. ' have thel windows on the sec. ion to such monopolies isond floor and main entrance to retafl tes of such service are de-|stores will be on the second floor. termined by public commissions, and |This change will cost -a great deal of these at times become radically in-|money, but it is inevitable and will clined, especially when the product or [soon pay for itself in the conserving service is used by the masses, lof life, time and property ues. A study of monopolies shows that| In Southern cities nd some the most truly satis to inves-| Northern cities, the lowef floor of tors in the long run are those not de- | some stores will he remodelled so as pendent on public franchises, but | to make it unnecesary for people driv- those . requiring tremendous] &e | ing up in their ears to get out of the plants for economical production. The |car to buy. Many merchants think Ford Motor Co. is probably the most | this i a foolish dream, but statistics out nding example of such a mo-| will show that one-half of the par v, and its great snccess is due '"{i e probelm would he solved if patros Next in order would come | could, drive through a store or up to the United States Steel Corporation.|(he side of a store and do their shop- It s sd that a new company would | ping without getting out of the ear. e nliged to spend several hundred |The second-story sidewalks and other ::i‘l‘l):'z",”?’:l“l’““nfil("‘:”h:"“' duce one | cpanges will require a good deal of 4 teel as well as the overhead bridges the Steel Corporation can produce 5 ok Lr s and should keep the steel plants work- rafls. Hence, the steel industry is one | {1 3 Yo & o of the'clearest examples of a monopely | N8 10 capacity for u generation to where a tremendously I unit g required for economicaily ing the business, and the S tion has the largest unit of its kind the world. Relation of Steel to Auto. When J. P. Morgan organized the Steel Corporation he, of course, had no more thought of automobiles than did John D. Rockefeller when he or ganized the Standard Ol Co., vet the automobile has been of tremendous benefit to steel companies as well and when it comes it will be very gen. erally adopted. The retail districts of our large cities will be entirely changed during years. The present side- Il be thrown into the streets, thus widening the streets just that much, Al pedestrians will walk on a P h Outlook for Steel Stocks. the short on T know nothing uhout swings In the stock market. Whether Steel common will go up or down during the next few months, neither I nor uny one else knows. Steel stocks will probably go with the rest of the market and statistics now indicate that we are in a bear market. I do, however. know that most bonds of the United St 1 urporation are hsolutely and that the preferred e e e e s | stock should he perfectly good and I ditions, however, shows that the steei | Pelleve that the common stock is a companies have only begun to henefi | CONServative investment. Of course, from the automohile. Up to the pres. | Oiginally steel comomn ent time, steel has heen used only to|WAfer. but o _much val build cars, but the next generation will | PUt behind it in recent vears that it also use steel in order to take care of | NOW represents cash to much more the traffic. I have in mind the build. | than its par value. ing of overhead bridges at street inter-| In short. I sections, the elimination of surface |Steel industry for the long pull. e sidewalks and the other municipal im. | Pecially in connection with structural provements which are immediately | Steel. On the other hand, it must be ahead of us. * | vecognized that the steel industry is The main arteries leading to one of the most sensitive to prosper Fetty dpn-dnternectod be ceriini Sab with or suffer from general business used crosstown highways, where t | conditions. At the present time busi- fic officers must constantly be ness conditions, as indicated by the ltained. It is only a question of time | Babsonchart. seem to be gradually when overhead bridges will he at all {slowing down, although the Babson- these corners. One overhead bridge, | chart business index is still 7 per cent bout one-third of the width of the |above I, to which point it has street, will be on one side of the street | declined from 15 per cent above nor- to take care of the traffic going in|mal January 1st. Even under these one direction: and another bridge, | conditions our steel plants are earning - | yhout on-third of the width of the |good money, working at per cent s | street, will be on the opposite side of Whether or not the steel e |the sireet to handle tratfic going in will see a real depression je |and out of the city will use these|only the future will tell, but if it does, | bridges. while the crosstown traffic steel stocks should be a con- will use the present road. The center | servative investment. of the roads will he kept free for those (e desiring to-turn corner: Cities have | hesitated in going into this werk on | account of the expense involved, but| Maracaibo, Veneznela, has a build- a change is hound to come in time, | ing shortage and rents are soarinz n y | o | v d 1 | e | am very hulllsh on the 3 s e a e e y . “ al the | iy n ¢ You cap see own er-influence in every detail of this handsome Home— type of Home—on shingle construction. 9 rooms, 2 baths, attractively finished, service equipment of t garage. Try to duplicate Effective combination 1700 Webster Street West of Sixteenth Street —and consistent with its influence UST the location suited to this particular a corner 60x118 feet. of brick and 2 sleeping porches, hardwood floors, he best—and a 2-car it and you'll then realize how very special is the price. 30,500 1415 K Street and we can make terms to suit IIIIIIIIIIIIINIIHIIIIIIIIHIIIHIIIlIIIlIIIIIIIIIflIIIHIIIIIIIHIII!IIIINIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIHIIIIHI T Two Beautiful Homes—Both Bargains The builder has made this home his hobby—and it teems with special features 3724 McKinley Street One of the »renies; neighbor- hoods in Chevy Chase, D. C. 2 TS a beautiful Brick House—of Colonial inspiration, with its peaked roof and graceful columns supporting the porch roof, extending across the entire front. It sets in a lot 130x50 feet—giving wide lawn and garden space. 8 rooms, 2 baths, hardwood floors, se- _ lected fixtures of artistic type, effective deco- -rations. of Colonial simplicity; best of servee utilities., 2-car garage. . and terms modified & Pl'lce Reduced for easy carrying Both these Homes will be open for inspection Sunday from 2 to 6 P.M. Or phone our office any week-day evening, up to 9 P.M. ervice RGO, FO]