Evening Star Newspaper, July 31, 1926, Page 15

FRurean REAL ESTATE F ENDATION' OF PRESS BUILDING NEAR COMPLETION ON SCHEDULE ~Changvs BY MAJOR Engineer for the The foundation for the N Press Building, a l4:story stru being erected on the sites forme cupled by the historic old House and Heoe at teenth and P nearing completion. The contract the building wi tgned fn December. 1 At that ime only sketchy plans outlining the | structure had heen made. With these | plans, the Fuller Construction Com pany proceeded to engage a wrecking company to demolish the building. At the same time (. W. and George Rapp, architects for the building, put 8 large force of designers and drafts- men to work in their Chicago office to rush through the detailed plans, which were ready when needed. The record time in which the plans were completed un4l)‘4 d the builder 0 place contra © the structur teel and mill o The structural steel is now a on the scene of construction. he de of steel w particularly intricate because of the Jarge trusses which span the theater that will occupy the lower and in: terlor portion of the structure. They support an office building above the theater, the latter belug so wrranged that no posts will obstruct the view of the stage. Terra Cotta on Another set of plans completed in rapid time, was cotta. | 'The material is to for the face of the building and for ornamentation for the theater. It to be burned several months before it can be used, the planning must be done far ahead. The complicated designs for ornamental terra cotta have to be first drawn by a skilled artist; then molds have to be made exactly like the drawings. The archi tects have completed the designs for the terra cotta, which is now being fabricated. The mechanical plans. 1t were completed before schedule e. Due to the fact that the ter and office building are to have separate heating plant out had to be made. The subcontract for this work has been awarded to the American Plumbing and Heating Company. In fact, the foundation for these boilers is alr “The coal and oil storage fa are in the course of construction. The plant is to be so fixed that either coal or oil can be burned. The electrical subcont let and orders are now for the machine There are to be numerous pumps and ns in adat tion to the lighting. Fans ave to blow sesh air continuously through the \'em»r and quurters of the National Wress Club, that will occupy half of the thirteenth floor and an equal amount_of space on the fourteenth floor. Pumps circulate water which cools and washes the air. The re frigerating apparatus for keeping the theater and clubrooms supplied with cool air s to be run by electricity. Lighting is Complicated. O. W. Dauber. mechanical engineer for the architects, has had a difficult | job in arranging alf the complicated details of the mechanical plans and specifications. His problem was made more difficult because in the midst of his work the power company desired to change the kind of electric current 10 be supplied to the building. Tt shown to the owners that a material saving in operation costs could be made if the plan was changed to re- ceive the current that the power company wanted to #supply. Because of the theater and stores that will be on the first floor, the shting for the building will require hore power than fs usual in an office Structure of this size. There are to be individual lights In the stores that require as high as 2,000 w complicated lightilg effects in the theater require much power. The es. timated power for the entire building is 1,500 kilowatts. All the material for this power has been ordered, so it will be on the job ready to be installed @s the building goes up. Although the owners have to ar range for the complete theater instal Jation, it 4 to be operated by The Fox Theaters Corporation, which has Jeased the theater for 35 5. The approval of the lessee has to be ob- nained on every détail. In addition, #he requirements of the Building have to be ascertained and complied with in each case. The @rchitects have succeeded remarkably avell in all this arranging, so there as been no delay in the actual con truction. Much Detail Work Needed. Progress of construction is only the yesult of progress of planning and | negotiating. The negotiating on the Job is far more difficult than the ac tual bullding, and in many cases takes more time than construction. All the complicated plastering and other dec- orating for the theater, ha to be first drawn by the architects and then submitted to the Fox Theaters Corporation for approval. The many colored lights throughout the theater and stage are settled upon; musicians’ rooms, electricians’ rooms, etc.. in the basement have received the approval Fox representatives. The floor is laid out to receive f chairs desired. T'he elevator subcontract has been R,mx upon and is about to be Aiurded. At fiest it was doubtful if 1he elevators originally specified would be good enough und fast enough to serve a building three stories higher noriginally planned. A special act of Congress was pussed last April, permitting the National Press Build: ing Corporation to add 30 feet to its building. This gave more rentahle area to he served, and consequently more and better elevator service would be required. Tt was figured that the Washington correspondents, who will make up the great part of the tenants, would have fo go in and out a great deal and that they could not loge RN Cational Pre Ebbitt | streets Is for Outside. which W for terra be used although dif t has been being placed the kinds —are becoming steadily more limited. Washingtonians of long standing are continually amazed at the splendid growth in this fine residential community, which includes' all that -remains of The Triangle of —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 tl larly prepared to furnish accurate mformanon Middaugh & Shannon, lnc. BLISHED 1899 717 14th St. N.W. incident to Adding Three Stories and Re- arranging Boiler Rooms Made in Record Time. Latest Devices Planned. | tenants with such elevata | ers are p | about it will he complete and ready time waiting for elevators. 1t is prob- Dle that the elevators to be installed will be the best that Washington hes ever se The cars will stop auto- matically, and the doors will open and close the same way. A waiting assenger at a landing will stop the 1ift” simply by pressing a button in the lobby. The operato not delay the service and the service, Rapidly Empty Building. Tt is estimated that the (‘H[‘I‘O building, with something like 2,500 occupants, can be filled or empllfld in about 45 minutes. This is consid- ered record: time. In addition, the population will be more or less stag- wered in its coming and geing, due to the nature of the business of the ma- jority of the tenants. al progres atisfactor on the boiler Due to the s with the steam them the floor of the room has to be about 35 feet the sidewalk level. The boil- ced this low so that there ble basement above them below the shops on below can be ren; and immediately the ground floor. After the contract for the building was signed and the plans for the building almost complete, the beiler room had to be moved from the lo- cation chosen by the architects, and all the drawi done over again. This was caused by & local ordinance which prohibits having a boiler room under a theater. So now, this room is to be located under the office building on the Iourteenth street side. The depth of it is such that the drain tile must be placed under the floors and run to a sump from which ground water can be pumped up into a street sewer. Now that the plan is finished the interior con- crete columns are being poured; the retaining walls on the side are being concreted; the coal bin is about half finished, and, shortly, everything it to receive when arrive Plant for Cooling Building. The machinery room under the theater is complete as to the four walls, Here the refrigerating ma chines will be pla One of the machines will pr a drop in temperature wnsion of B refrigerating gas or liguid. This may he carbondioxide (€:0:) or dichlor- | ethylene (Cill:Cla). After the| nsion the is pumped into | condenser, where it is liqutfiéd and | led ready for a new expansion. condenser is again cooled by water flowing through it, and the| water is cooled and used over again by being pumped to a spray poud on the roof of the building. The drop | in the temperature produced by the expansion of the refrigerant is trans- mitted to a separate water syétem, and the water is pumped up to air washers over the theater roof. There the air is cooled and washed and | blown into the theater. The ma- chinery room is now ready to re- celve this machinery, and negotia- tions are being made for its pur- chase, ‘Above the top of the machinery room s the sloping floor of the theater auditorium. Immediately underneath this floor are the plenum | chambers, in which the air from the theater discharges and through which it passes back into the fans, which blow it again to the air wash- ers. The. concrete walls of these plenum chambers are now practical- Iy complete, and these and all other supporting walls are almost ready for the concreting of the auditorium [ the machinery | | | | Placing of Grillages. At the present time the construc- tion of the National Press Building is "almost complete up to the side- walk level. The grillages for the structural steel are being concreted in place, and next week the large steel columns will be seen going up. | Already one li-ton steel derrick is in place to handle this framework and two more derricks of the same size are 1o he placed. The placing of the grillages are being done with great care so that no trouble will be encountered as the framing is being erected. Each grillage is located with an accuracy of one-sixteenth of an inch. The steel is being fabricated by McClin- tie, Marshall & Co., in their Phila- deiphia plant, and is to be erected by Crawford-Weigel Co. As all parts will come with rivet holes al- ready drilled to fit, the erectors are not taking any chances’ of having any misfits due to careless placing of grillages. The arrangements, negotiations, etc., of this building have been ex- tremely complicated, but the build- ing is going up on time. HOME OF REALTORS SOLD TO INVESTOR Hedges & Middleton Will Continue to Occupy 1412 I Street, Bought by Outsider. The business property at 1412 I street has been sold to an out-of-town nvestor. This building. which w: rected by the B. F. Saul Company, s been used by Hedges & Middleton since the Saul company moved to its new quarters. Hedges & Middleton will lease the building from ‘the new purchaser, who will hold it'as an investment, having signed a long-term lease with the lessee. The sale was made through the office of Shannon & Luchs. Woodlnnd. Drive Sites Massachusetts Park Increasing Values he city’s fine sections, we are singu- This house is a typical colonial Virginia residence of moderate size, designed by Ward Brown and built by Ruby Lee Minar. It is furnished with an-‘ American Feder: 1) The house and garage, surrounded by the old style picket fence. (2) A corner of the dining room. (3) The | tional Academy of § tiques ol the poriml it l"lll"‘\l’ll‘\ Left to right JULY 31, 1926. HOME & GARDEN BY (. FAVIGNE, ccutive Director of the vention Bureat by the people of the ington s eviden number who visit | More than 5.000.000 persc (pa«x in and out of the Un nd more than 50,006 visit the National Ca people from all here for a few dayvs many of these visitors residents and home owners in District, ‘Washington offers tions, among the fore public buildings churches and its ties, Delegates the fifteenth | the tion of the at W, 2 to 14 | find a considerahl {ing buildings seeing tours | ana international These the Assoc use Kendail G m 15 In the true se | their national headquarters, b the outstanding institution ~of | world for their higher education | ital, briv | few ve hec nd. hist convention and trienn visitors atten i1 conventio theix honse nizatic should be of tion of the ations Here. ions have the importanc Many Organ Some 400 o dy recogn Washington national house loeation for service | position and unusual | among them. with quarters buildings, being the can Red Cross. National oclety, United States | Commerce, Pan-American Daughters of the tion, National Education | American Institute of on of Labor ences, Na | Research - _Council. National | Club and House of the Temple, | Chambe JOHN MUELLER BATHROOM DEMANDS PROPER LIGHTING AND VENTILATION | require more o; their ds Electric Lamps and Mr Slmfl». Cannot Serve the Place of Good Sized Windows Opening Outside. Apartments Create Problem. . YOU Sanitation would requir that a hroom, be well lighted and ventilated upon lots of sufficient width to p ems, | of a second-floor plan having a large hould {and small front bedroom Elec and bath in the trie lamps and ventilators cannot [ bathroom having a_window serve the place of a good sized win- | outer; wall which: :furnished dow opening in the onter wall of the |light and ventilation. house #nd exposed to breeze and sun. | In large building operations of row light, especiaily if the abode is to be | houses there is a tendency to pare the omething more than a transient place | width of lots to such an extent that of residence. Yet some buliders, it ap- | the second-floor plan allows but one pears, are inclined to slight stch an [large front bedroom and two small important feature of a house or apart. | ones in the rear, necessitating a_win ment. |dowless bathroom being placed be- The bathrooms of many two.story |tween the front and rear rooms private houses are sandwiched between | It is surprising that the bathrooms {the front and rear bedrooms. Thus |of some new apartment buildings are placed, the bathroom is dependent for [ o placed that they open upon alr light and ventilation upon an opening | shaft ng but a single aperture in in the roof, which is not as satisfac- |the roof of the building. These bath- tory a¢ a window in the outer wall of |rooms are dark and stuffy, and elec- the house. Once upon a time private | tric lamps and fans are required to dwellings of the row type were built secure light and ventilation. of all rooms, rear, in ample | bedroom the From the front porches of these Dunigan Homes you have an unobstructed view of Beautiful Grant Circle Exposure Facing Grant Circle and Govern- ment Park— Only Two Left—Choose Yours Sunday 505-507 Webster St. N.W. Illinois Ave. at Grant Circle Terms Arranged for You All we ask is for you to see them, the homes will sell themselves. ‘'Nothing has been overlooked for your convenience and home comfort. Ride out Sunday and enjoy a pleasant trip inspecting the most ‘beautiful homes in Petworth. Open and Lighted Until 9 P.M. 16th Street Busses to These Homes D. J. DUNIGAN, Inc. 1319 N. Y. Ave. Main 1267 The man of the house must shave and bathe, quent performance ta u the steam humidit experlence. leanliness and appearance. e left upon the chin |secured in the complexion make-up in e uncertain he physique overlooked in the scrub and a large apartments, it realty erection bathrooms and no means of ventila tion except a cially spective tenants upon the plan ment cupants of dark ably move into new as th the | Buy Wit]. Confidence—Buy a Dunigan All-Brick Home heing |the n |ana v aily or less fre kes a_ half hour members of the family less time to perform | utions. Being ¢ a stuffy 5 or 6 foot compartment glare of an electric light, with | from the fi adding to the is certainly not a y It is likely to discou attention to pe An ur and this Other Iy new this 1 York prope her strict | ing light, or a portion of f the unpopularity of dark is inconceivable that operators would sanciion the of apartments havihg dark nance some bathr ment con narrow air shaft where ownership is offered pro- > ative espe- |1 cleani | be | homer o |it, for | with Before the last war, when a building was at its zenith, suites would in buildings as the « orders wer apleted nfined | money insurance com apartments for In some as some of the ments_contain, ners adds much to the charm of the well tish Rite. In addition to these national international organization home visitors will find a community growing into a city of and imposing chu | cathedrals, an_inspi ised loans on | edifice and clergy the reason that |y ional church vpe of dwel was considered | v every known reli overbuil r n. Among these are smniunities, notably New | (athedi®l in Cathedril _disregard of builders for [placo of the late President Wo v sanitation and heath 1d | Wilson and Admiral Dewey sks led to the i and { manuel Baptist, national enforcement of str build- | church of the denomination Iations. Dark ms. stch fand Columbia hington apart- | Methodist, John Marshall counte- | " sreet, the national d by the { church in the al: Mount 4 muni te Place Methodist Church South, nom, with its *Ih ndid appoint- | sachusetts avenue and Ninth is a feature deserving of g streets; the National Shrine nsideration on the part of kouse | Immaculate (@nception It is a place associated with | {'piversity, Brookland inese, and should by all means |(arian. Sixteenth and I ht, airy and attractive. The | northwest, where Chief maker takes a certain pride in |isan active member. the well appointed bathroom, dainty embroidered linens, largely induced by the fact that aftorded light, air The number of vacancies certain particularly ew buildings iew, class of the large ion both and life hi the place of ouls Justice Churches the President ri i Congregational Church 4 hom a streets northwest, is i Beautiful Attractions of Wasl to Show 5,000,000 People Yearly—Historie Sites Add to Interest as Convention City. Waushington Con n Station automobiles s of the country wee ne the many attr e its fine e dai De w a1 facili- sizht national it th v or a t hic Close, bur Irc 1 it and 1 Deaf cen here fn Wash- perhaps, he of power influential Ameri “ieographic of Union American Revolu Association, Architects, Press ot- nd he iy magnificent shrines and representing in practical enomina on al v m memorial xteenth Metropolitan nd Methodist | Ver | K| he Catholic Uni Ta ard streets Attended l’"‘mh wl }-nvo CAPITAL RAPIDLY BECOMING REAL HUB OF AMERICAN LIFE ngton Act as Magnate | President and Mrs. Coolidie bers and attend regularly | Garfield. when in Con | Pr lent, attended | mont Avenue Disefy | having acquired recently new huildin s national repre. ative church of the Disciples of president McKinley attended Metropolitan Methodist did Gen. John A. Togan. President Harrison member Covenant Presby- Eighteenth streets, dur- his term of o welve Presi. wrehiped s times at New York \v Preshyterian Church, which was Lincoln’s chureh, and Lineoln’s pew is still retained in its original p Presidents Andrew on, Fi y Pierce, James K. Ik and Grover Cleveland were reg- ar worshipers at First Preshyterian, John Marsha Place above street, wh T. DeWitt mad, the fa preacher pastor come ars. President Woodrow shiped regularly at Cent Sixteenth and Irvi | are mem- mes A. nd while vices at Ver- this church \ site for a nts us nons ™ for sy the Dutch cal ehurch torical backgro tivities, Fou Union it the inds in all upon the . Washington is and mal, religlous f the worid. note the homes should e tion for REAL ESTATE'DlRECTORS FAVOR BOOSTING DUES | Proposal Voted to Inr-ense Mem- Was ber Fees in National Association to 810 on January 1. ird of directors of the Na- n of Real Estate nimously adopted a )ring an increase in the of active members of rds from per increase would he effec- 1, 1927, according to the terms in the proy he resolution wi annual dues member approved by the ite body of the association by a lar ority. However, the vote was understood to be an expression of the ndividual opinion of the official dele- gates present at the meeting, and not to be in any way binding upon the hoards that they represented. The approval of the resolution is subject to the provision that 60 days of the substance of the pr given boards be on is dele notice to member L aken. 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