Evening Star Newspaper, February 12, 1927, Page 17

REAL ESTATE WASHINGTON, . ¢, R he Foening Shap oo v 2 192 HOME & GARDEN 17 " CITY'S EMPLOYMENT NEEDS ARE LINKED UP WITH INDUSTRY ' Great Printing Center in Capital Is Seen Fditog's —— 4 econcerted maovement Pais "o’ imunidied By Toeal tride Q4o ©farions urging expansi ! the i ool C Futinems ohirin contond forcing artic'e Mr. Hyde oulin, Wortance of Dusiness 0 115 « fnc ihe need of arecier Preeriuniries BY DORSEY W. HYT & Becretary Washington Chamber of Commeree 8pund commercial growth is the ha- ®ls for great periods of art nd cultural development. The beautiful statuettes of Tanag od the. pSttery indus tejes of ancient Greece. The china of Sevres the tapest of Beau ~als built up th fame of two Frenc citles. Rome's me- 1 buildi made poss Tichael wonderful frescoes in the Sis tine Chapel. Ben- venuto Cellini, starting as a gold- smith, ended up as the creator of the exquisite statute of Perseus in the loggia of Florence. In Washington we have the gr est printing and engraving plants in the world. With our skilled lahor sup- ply and our facilities for research and tvpographical improvement there is no reason why Washington should not become a inting cente: and produce books to rival the classi of Elzevir and Aldus. We are on the verge of great developments field of pictorial illustration. T photo-offset process offers great oppor: tunitigs for the illustratio; of hooks, pamphlets and advertising matter on a scale and low cost undreamed in the past. Becausa of of manufsetur fngton_ since we now able to purcha v than to import from other cities, bread, beverages, ice and ice cream, food preparations, candy. cosmetic household furnishings, etc. Because these commodities are manufactured locally we realize savings in cost while at the same time keeping the business firms in our city’ 8,000 New Jobs. MRE. HYDE. d development ars vestment cl al. This money is invested in land, build- ings and equipment, which to a large extent are loca'ly purchased. These firms pay sala v nd profits to Washingtor axes to the District and Federal Governments. L. Seth Schnitman of the Commerce De- partment states that £30.000,000 is in vested outside of Washinzton by Di trict residents. Tf this s i vested in loenl manufac 1t 1s probable that the annua ture of new planis for and wage: 000,000, X 1 5 £.000.new joos i According to t there were o 1,000 persons fully emplo the District of C lumbia; subtracting the 60,000 Govern- | ment emploves, leaves over persons largelv employed by Di business concerns. In other words, Washington business _organizations probably pay over $100.000.000 in salaries and wages, most of which is locally spent. Reference is frequently made to Gov- ernment as the principal employing agency in the District of Columbna. Government emplavment, however k reed unon, population of the District is in 1l proportion to the number Government employes. We should r member, furthermore. that under the apportionment law out of the 60,000 Government emplo; only about 11,000 have been appointed from the Dis As the District has now « ceeded its quota of Government em ployes, there is very little opportunity for the employment of Washington- fans in the Federal Government for a number of years to come nts, pandi- | silaries | would st $10,- sport, from | of | 130,000 panks use practic Among Possibilities for Business Expansion Ahead. | In this connection, a Government of- fleer writes me as follows The conditions of employment « | this city do not make for the estab lishment of permanent business or {home ties. After the man with | family enters the Government service | I he remain in Washington long | enough to educate his children, but | |after they are through school he fs| | very apt to look for employment | some other ecity {children a ch: | without leavin; |stone. Lower g Government ser unities to young hool to enter ited, and the civil service rules for {bid the appointment in the classified of more than two members family.” | 1924 to 1926 there was a de- | 3,000 in the number of | ons employed in the Government | service In Washington. This de > | | represents a salary loss of approxi- | mately $4,000,000. Despite this | tion, however, Washington business| | has been able to absorb the surplus of | employes, so that there has been com- paratively little serious unemployment | in the District Washington’s phenomenal building activities during recent yvears is based | upon a solid foundation of real demand | | for more housing facilities nost | | overnight we have seen the ci { of whole sections of the eity changed | | by the erection of fireproof structures | | With all modern conveniences and of | | architectural attractiveness far sur- | passing the stiff, {lllighted buildings ! of the latter nineteenth century. The | new era is particularly noticeable in recent office buildings, hotels and apartment house which have set a high standard of building achievement | as compared with similar undertak ings in other cities, Real Civic Spirit. The importance of this service is { further iilustrated by the spirit of civie responsibility evidenced by local te interests. Robert Jemis inted out that the organize tate vocation is active in de- | cloping a realization of the need for | city planning and in producing fi Vle city plans adapted to the peculia needs of the American city. Th particularly true of Washington, where real estate‘men often have not hes- itated to hold back otherwise profi able undertakings which might inter fere with official plans for the phy i development of the city. | A similar spirit also has pervaded | the owners.and operators of \Washing- | ton’s various public utilities. | | We should not forget | in ' a livelihood the family hearth- positions in the | affering oppor st out of up are e to e people nd we n which will give his| that great | & Residence of Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Carpenter at Edgemoor Is Pleasing. ENGLISH COTTAGE TYPE IS TWO STORIES HIGH Kitchcn' Is Placed in Front of| Building and Number of Closets i | | | Gratifies Milady. One of the most pleasing of lh\“ carefully planned detached homes re- | completed in Washington's | suburbs is that of Mr. | D. Carpenter, which is the southeat corner of| Jane and Clarendon road, moor, Md. i -nce, an English cottage | two stories, of stone and | in addition to being archi-| attractive, is a notable ex- ample of the orientation of the rooms | of a home and of the house itself | for the vantages of sun and arranged so as to and dining rooms the sunny rooms in the cently wer-growing and Mrs. A loeated Moorl ros This type of m. v most _cheerful, first flog Best Natural Lighting. The r portion of the house, ich faces northwest. instead of be- ven over to a kitchen, pantry room, s usually the case, is to a large living room and yoom, with a porch on the putheast corner, which is set under he upper story. Thus the most used and attractive parts of the home are provided with the best natural light ing. The house also is arranged to give the best perspective from the street, bheinz set at a 45-degree angle, with the curh lines well back from the two ntersecting streets. A winding flag stone walk leads to an inviting en- rance avhich has a small individual, peaked roof. or be devoted dinin. Kitchen in Front. “ollowing the style of many of the later homes, the kitchen is placed at the front of the house. While a door to the kitchen opens on the front hall, the Kitchen is set off from the living room by stairs leading to the second floor, and a pantry separates the | kitchen from the living room. The shen also has an outside door, at the rear of an outset of the main building, shielded from the street view. A All rooms of the first floor are fin- ished in cream plastic paint, and an- other distinctly English touch is the ained oak woodwork of the lower | business services were made possible largely by the foresight of local finan- cial institutions which had faith in the | future of the city, and were ready to | {aid in meeting the financial demands | of these large-scale undertakings. In | | 1816 the Columbia s of Washington and the Union | Banks of Alexandria and Georgetown loaned $500,000 the rebuilding of | he Capitol. Washington banks, in later times, were equally ready to| {lend their credit and thelr funds to | Woodwork of t make possible the many public and | semi-public undertakings required by | the rapidly growing city, despite the | fact that governmental regulation of | these institutions was not always fair, Today it is stated t Washington | Iy all their avail- able funds for the promotion of legit- imate local business undertakings. Washington has passed through a notable period in the development of its wholesale and retail trade. The city is more fully equipped with public markets than many other cities of metropolitan size. There have been import in the number and of buildings devoted to retail | trade, in the location of such buildings nd in the scope and character of the | services offered to the Washington | buving public. ! | Washington's husiness has heen a | powerful factor in enabling the resi | dents of the District_to be successful | {in what Jefferson called “the pursuit | of happiness.” Continued prosperity in the future will depend upon pr and legitimate busin expansion, with free jeuy of individual initiative unhampered by Government regula- tion of an ill-advised character. SKYSCRAPERS OF MANY HUES MAY SPRING York some may blossom forth as a city of green, pink. blue red, vellow and orange colored sky- gerapers, in the opinion of a numb: of well know hitects who no are preparing exhibits for the Are tect: nd Allied Arts Exposition, which ofens in Grand Centr ¥ebruary 21 for two week to_word received h Ultramodernisti on color £chemes for future skyscrapers were discussed this week from many diffe ent angles by exhibitors, inch Raymond Hood. of the American Radi ing, on West Fortieth stree York. which colored entirely % and havin a gold cr Solon, paint and illustrs architect, and John While thelr ideas of in great buildings va parently are convi tures are going to be striking and new fashios Stripes Will Not Suflice. Fven colored feet wide and ru to cornice skyscrapers in the fu Mr. Hood he entire huild “aventually will hav To color only the bellishments ‘and cornices and fac appearance simi tons on a woman's white dress hardy notic 1t would be best for the wh lding to be of one color, hirme 4 v some mediin itable distance trom the bas or the top only. “We Tondon black wit tal_doory New £ color all ap mode, says he predicts, a_distinet color chitectural em ew outstanding would give the to r decora Bre now th: @ highly elossy amen- ba lored orr will consist mostly « buildings. Instead of & drab stone-lined street enlivened i the drastic change of color schemes. No matter what th colors be, just so long as they v the harmony on such will ¥ & revelation. he tend for colors to neutralize themn will soften most of the ab that will exist.” Careful Selecti Mr. Solon belleves are positive for the metaphor 1 Aint states that all y which are embellished will e colored us well as some fa les. He does not think the entire building should be of a single color note. The tende down one will be 10y ipiness n Urged. that buildings a good dose of brush, but the buildin " | houettes. * ! twelfth floor, and it UP IN NEW YORK | embellishments,” said Mr. Solon yes- i terday. “Tt is not likely that one color will predominate the entire building. One will have to be careful of the visibility of his colors. The areas of ornamentation will be carefully judged S0 that the color will carry for a good distance. Color is bound to come in | tremendous gulps. It is much more | Important In’life than anything else. | _“Our future buildings will provide wany freaks in color, but others will | show a stroke of genius. We are ut fwork on 35-story structure, to ba built in New York, whose color will !be a complete and new evolution in | ornamentation. The effect will be produced by simple superimposed sil Color will start at the intensity will in upward to the | In as one | top.” Holds Color Saves Space. | Mr. Gregory, sculptor, who is exe | cuting colored work for the new M | seum”of Art in Philadelphia, which { will have its first_exhibition’ at the | Architectural and Allied Arts Exposi- | tion, believes that color in architec- s space. “Architects used to on the setback windows 1o cast a shadow, from which they established | color effec | " said Mr. Gregory, “but | pace is so valuable that the inzide and outside of the building must be built as close to the walls as possible. The only relief the arch tects can get to beautify their work, then, is that which comes through the use of cc Mr. Levi says that unless color is | fronts of buildings will be as as uninteresting as the des drab break up any monotony | ribed upon the building architecturally,” said Mr. Levi. 1 1k two or more colors in a build will serve as an ideal motif for !decoration. Red, green and yellow buildings would make the eity look much br , and the psychological | on the mind would un- I do not approve solid color in a build- | ing, T do think the composite matur- | {ity of u color scheme can be casily réached through the medium of two | | colo The introduction of horizor | tal color bands on skyscrapers will | modify their apparent height.’ | | University College, London, which is | to celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of its founding, was the first institution of its kind'in the world to offer education without considera- ahout will be to color the!tion of class, race, sex, or creed. and Metropolis | 9 | Thomas Walker | the Institute of oo The arches of the doorways re rounded. Ivor®Color Woodwork. An English‘ornamental iron railing leads to the second floor, where there 4 master bedroom and two guest shambers. One of the two baths, of colored tile, opens on to the off the master chamber and | the s sd besween the 1wo | guest on to both. | he upper floor is ivor color. A feature of the home highly grati- | fying to milady is the number of | closets. There are seven on the sec- | ond floor and one on the lower floor. The high-peaked roof is covered with variegated slate. The house is on a lot having a frontage of 160 feet on Clarendon road and 100 feet on Mo nd lane. Russell O. Kluge is the architect. Dr. Page Holds Levy Here Is as High or Higher Than Total of Other Targe Cities. paid by Washington resi- e proportionately equal. if not than the tax total of any | other large city of the country, Di Page, president of Zconomics, declared in addressing the Washington Real Estate Board Thursday evening at its monthly session held at the Wardman Park Hotel. Dr. Page also took up Federal and municipal fis relations and ad- vocated a study of the present-situ- ation to bring about a more equitable arrangement. The speaker discussed present methods of raising and ex- pending revenues of the District, with particular reference to the intangible tax. Dr. Page made several suggestions designed to distribute the tax burden more equitably on citizen com- munity, and offered to the board of taking up tax m John ¥. Maury, president board, presided, and James P executive secretary, the meeting. SALES MANAGERS TO MEETE, Taxes dents of the | | Advertising Expert to Address| Luncheon Tuesday. The sales managers’ division of the Washington Real Estate Board will hold a particularly important lunch eon meeting in the red room of the Hamilton Hotel next Tuesday at 2:30 o'clock. The subject of thi: advertising, and G. iber, adver- ng expert, will address the mem- of the division and make a num- of suggestions looking toward betterment locally of 1 estate ad tising, together with more effective meeting will be H. Hillegeist, chairman of | | “otdidc. Room National 4 changes, to be 4, with headquarte! Raleigh, will bring to Washington more than 600 prominent builders | from over the entire country, accord- ing to plans announced today Prominent among matter considered will be the five-d which is propoged by labor organiza- tions. 2 The board of control and jurisdic- | tion of the organization will be called into session Monday morning, Febru- | ar: by David T. Riffle, lent | the association, for consideration of | a number of matters of importance to the industry convention for action. ruary the secretaries will ‘be held, with J. B. Landers of ahoma City as chairn BUILDING PERMITS ] NOW BEING ISSUED Temporary. Supply Received Pend- ing Completion of City Stock. held X y s at_the Hote to be week, | Also on Feb- | onference With 4 new supply of building per- | mit blanks on hand, Col. John W. Ochn building inspector, vester day began uance of construction permits ay period during which operation were either hulted ot begun without official permit, due to | exhaustion of the regulation permit | books. 1 A small supply of the new permits | was recelved from a Baltimore con- | cern which was awarded the contract | for the blanks, and an adequate quan- tity for the quarterly period is ox-) pected by Monday. 1 Exhaustion of the supply was due | to a lost requisition which had been | placed with the auditor's department | for a new supply and subsequent de- | lay in obtaining new bids. Operations totaling $39,300 in value were approved yesterday, acording to a report of permits issued. They follow': | Samuel Singer, owner and builder; | L. W. Giles, architect; to erect one 2- | story brick rear porch, §2 T street | (lot 127, square 3110), to cost $300. | Nick Natoli, owner and builder, 819 | K street northeast; W. B. Honey, | architect: to erect one Z.story brick | and concrete salesroom, 1346 Florid: avenue northeast (lots 120 and 121, square 4068), to cost $25,000. Davis and Steurman, owneérs and builders; 1. Davis, designer; to erect one l.story cement block dwell- ;2 (lot 43, square 3185), to cost $1,500. Republic owners and build- H street northeast (lots 1 1 1d 808, square 677), to cost $2 Savings Jump $770,000,000. ¥rom the Builder-Economist | Total savings intrusted to the | arly 13,000 building ociations in | United States now amount to| about $6,280,000,000, an increase for | the year of $770,000,000. | e g | | H 00. About half the stained glass sur- viving from the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth centuries is n th- 109 | the division, will preside. Re-subdivision on. Woodland and Rock Creck Drives, ad- joining Rock Creek Park, one block west of Conn. Ave. Bridge and near Mass. Ave., now available. Included m)vh:\t remains of The Triangle of Increasing Values —between Connecticut, Massachusetts and Cathedral avenues. Over 250 homes built and under ments and home values exceed $10,500,000. Wooded villa sites, lots, central and side hall homes, with lots from 50 to 300 feet front, from $25,000 to $200,000. Middaugh & Shannon, Inc. windows of York Minister, in England. Massachusetts Park construction. Actual improve- ESTABLISHED 1899 717 14th St. N.W. to be submitted to_the | Convention Will Bring 600 Prominent Builders to City for Annual Sessions Los Angeles, irman of the program committee, the following addresses: The Build ‘hange Relations to the Publi Rochester Relations 'to_ " Sprankle, Youngstown, Proposed New Unifo 12 H. Brown, Omaha, Five-day Week as Proposed b Organizations,” John . V ton, Mass., and “Builders’ Service to the Membership,” Cornelius, San Antonio, Tex. pecial arr tainment of the w ‘e being committee James § angworthy, Labor Bos- of the delegates of a local he Members of the Operativ Bullders Assn_ of ihe y, wements for the enter- | Francis | tht l ot work. BUILD NOW TO SELL. Operators Thereby Make Nation of Home Owners, Says Fess. The number of homes owned by laborers in the United States is three nd a_half times the total of all homes owned in the British Empire, Senator Fess of Ohio told the Realtors’ Asso clation of Michigan at their recent annual convention at Kalamazoo, Mich. The dominant note in building today is building to sell, rather than build- ing to rent, and that indicates a wider home ownership and conse- quently a more stable governmept, Senator Fess said. i . Formerly mutinous sailor the ship's s until their grievances were redressed, and the term “strike” < came to mean a willful stoppage ruc These trie vt mngtion residences consist of 7 large rooms, an open fireplace, a man’s room, scientifically appointed kitchen, a boudoir or nursery, two tiled baths and first-floor tiled lavatory (one of the baths has a built-in shower), a large linen closet, a pantry and a basement lavatory. 1369 Hamilton Street 1333 Ingraham Street (Sam, 1ith DURTETH HOMES Each of these 20-ft. stone- front homes contains six large rooms, a tiled bath with shower, a furnished dining alcove or a large dining room, a completely appointed kitchen, a lino- leum-covered kitchen floor and open fireplace. Three large bedrooms, ample closet space and all modern conveniences complete the homes. le Homes for treet Tervace) | clude MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES SHOW BIG INCREASE IN BUILDING >$53.443,500 New Contracts in Those Sections Last Month—Exceed Record for Last December and January. contracis award-| the 37 States|al last year, and 48 p recent under the mormally high figure for December, [ 1926, In ma theso comparisol it should be recalled that the January, 1926, total included a $30.000.000 power plant. and that the December total included some large sabway contracts. This was the second largest Janars | mpe more fmports i total on’ record, although 16 per cent| o o oy avartant teme e I D e T Sl (. ), or 61 per cent of all construes drop in New York Citv's contr bulldings: $7,408,200, or 6 per cent, for volume, and two-thirds of the decreaso | iblic works and utilities: $3.963.000, :\Br\ (‘(.1"':“":"““1!"‘[:1“- n the f v'fi‘}‘l‘\u",;""“:‘l 3 per cent, for industrial buildings 'y, 1926, ha S 01 592,600, or 2 r for hos dollar_power-plant job' for New York | il h:'j:‘}uzrlonw‘,ws :‘m'uo.r ’1‘:<2|11:: (1(\,‘\\. m«h‘x_ \-'ln“l duplicated In last} cent, for religlous and memorial bufld- :22::1& “:t:v.n“ l (Comy 1astiings, and $2,388,100, or & per cent, for ot ST r’r il s al and recreational projects. It should be noted that this is agaln a | (¢ntemplated construction projects comparison with an abnormally high|}¥ere reported for this territory in o g g b ing | january to the amount of $19.809.800, been swelled by large subwag |being & decrease of 33 per cent from other public works projects. :3‘3{‘-13"”',“ reportea in December, 4s The more important ftems in 1nst | amount remectod 1n Jencans ioss he month's bullding and engineering gy #2Ep record were: $16 00, or 44 per| r residential 21 per cent, |a lings: $58.954,700, for publi¢ works and 309, or 7 per cent, for industrial buildings: $17 or 4 per cent, for educations $10,417,200, or 3 per cent, recreational proje or 2 per cent, for r rial buildings. Contemplated construction projects were reported for these 37 states to the amount of § 0 during Jan-| $1. ). or 7 per cent, for public uary. This v per cent decline | Works and utilities; $1,089,000, or 6 from the amo Decem | per_ cent, for sacial and_yecreational ¥ andban 11 per ey projects, and $777,800, or 5 per cent, the _amount: reported ous and memorial buildings, ast year, Contemplated new work 1 Middle Atlantic States. for New England in .l:\';iol:-;:‘; The Middle Atlantic States (east-|#mounted to §54.926,500. The above sylvania, southern New | fignre exceeded December by 36 per R Telay ent. However, there was a declina At Vi of 15 per cent from January of last worth of contracts for new bt and engineering work -last month. | . . The ahove figure exceeded December| “““_I'"m" District Report. % 35 por cent and January, 1926, by 54 | | JANUATY construction contracts let per cent. Included In the January con. | N the Pittsburgh district (western struction record weree $17,180.900, or | Vennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohlo and Kentucky) amounted to $50,057,- 32 per cent of all construction, for - residential buildings; $12,093,600, or 23 | {00- The above figure represented in- per cent, for commercial buildings: | cteases of 12 per cent over December $8.049,000, or 17 per cent, for industrial | 474 29 per cent over January of buildings; $6,556,500, or 12 per cent, for | Year. The more important items in public works and utilities: $3,460,800, | the January building and engineer- ing record were $16,941,200, or 34 per or 6 per cent, for educational build: 0 1 s $2.027.300, or 4 per cent, for so-| €Nt of all construction, for public works and utilitie: 2,700, or 29 cial and recreational projects, and $1.- 508.000, or 3 per cent, for hospitals and | Per cent. for 1 buildings: $10,916,300, or 22 per cent, for com- itutions. Contemplated construction projects | Mercial buildings; $2,787,500, or 6-per were reported for the Middle Atlantic | ¢ent. for educational buildings; $2,- States in January to the amount of | 333.000. or 5 per cent, for industrial $117,089,300. There were Increases of | Puildings, and - $1,147,000, or 2 per 28 per cent over December and 16 per | cent. for religious and memorial per cent under the record of January b"(',‘d"‘:'f;]- i o, - o, v ol plated construct New York and Northern New Jersey. | for these States as repor}‘eflnl:‘;::S The total volume of construction [ary amounted to $83,675,200. There contracts let in New York State and | Were gains. of 18 per cent over De- northern New Jersey during January | cember and 35 per cent over January, amounted to $118,736,400. This 192 the second highest January total on | The Central West (Illinois, Indiana, Total constructiol ed during Janua East of the ky Mountains amou ed to $384,455.400, ding to 17 Dodge Corporation. These State about 91 per cent of the construction volume of the New England States. iilding and engineering contracts arded in New England during the month of January amounted to $17.- 182,800. There were decrenses of 4% per cent from December and 33 per cent from January, 1926, Analysis of month’'s construction record the following items of note: 700, or 49 per cent of all con- struction for residential buildings; 12,900, or 15 per cent, for educa- dings; 79,800, or 14 per commercfal buildings; 6! for or 15 per cen* utilities; $: igious and memo record for this district, although Towa, Wisconsin, Southern Michigan, percent under the record of January | (Continued on FEighteent There’s more to these homes than four walls and a roof hannon & Luchs homes are more than a shelter. To start with, they are located in neighborhoods of culture and beauty — neighborhoods worthy of your residence. And when it comes to equipment—well, from the exquisite Colonial Fireplaces to the modernest of kitchen equipment, you will find all the luxuriant convenience that you have plauned on one day installing in your dream home. The construction and de- sign is of the finest and the price is most reasonable. THE SAMPLE HOME ARE ALWAYS OPEN FOR YOUR INSPECTION * 1702 37th Street N. W. (Sample Home)