Evening Star Newspaper, October 29, 1927, Page 18

REAL ESTATE., e —— Kills Wife, Son and Self. RIVERSID! Wber 29 (#). —Financial w nestic difti the police h Henry M THE_EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. . SATURDAY. OCTOBER 20. 1927. o JEININ SEETANS [P=e0 mosmb asescrtancr. ENJIOY LOW TAXES Capical Gains Levs Scored as Unfair to Man Disposing of House to Purchase Another. REAL ESTATE. ORIGIN OF “WINDOW.” ing to cleanouts. These may cause | eddying currents that are detrimental side from permitting soot accamula ) i opening. in which parchment or paper and the first cru zlazed windows to the modern st Word Was First Applied to Wind | casement which frames the outlook E from the modern homes of today Openings. | o gradually emerged fron the med ges the growing scionusness of the peop! ind cially the landed ple. began 1t manifest itself in re comfortahle aind then more artistic dwellir The window pecame n thing of heanty it styles findir hig was placed oiled 1 HOME HEATING ADVICE 2 in chimney con AN struction may be gpviated by careful | supervision at the time of con: ; tion. But one must not he insens to the possibilitics of tr on by time and v ind for that res t is well for the home include ey in his &t h BY ARA MARCU Consulting and Advisory e mos architectural terms which espe we in themselves records of the times Chimneys. ‘The prime function of a chimney is to produce a draft th vill cause ef ficient combustion carry off th v resulting smoke. Many unsatisfactory | both to the builder and the historian thivns an ¢ heating plants and much excessive Ay inaily window openings were pri Lt fuel consumption are due to improp. y » | v for air (wind), the name N i chimneys, which are vindow. Thoy rather than the exception. intended for def Although many of these are move i 1 nd were, as ¢ ficient than dangerous, yet reports | later vears al Board of Fire Under clopment th Democrats number tered the evolution of tie, win- v e 3: non used by defective chim Duchy . W through the construction than by anything el annual loss vesulting from such iter than the fire loss from cause. Poor chimney struction is responsible for smol lution of the air, waste of f poor heating. Faults in Chi Jf the nuichone The most common the case of deferred payment ey sls (of ‘realiéstute inot fon jan finstdil-||IVSY SIOPIUMEEON B¥ee &b mnt plan, ay explict definition of the g Sone of unsuitiiue buir term “fair market value * o | materd sewer pip or unprotectes >, or other obligation of Improper laying of brick. Brick ‘ taken should not be laid on edge and should | S by be properly bonded. Lining should he used in all brick chi . where the | Is are less t} ack of morta pendicular joints wise and the persons through which y have the Survey Shows Two Counties | and City Fare Well in Amount of Levies. vassed simple word “win owner or il a wealth of significance hom v perior lish last ve E th of woman ting res of Roland McNeill Made Baron. LONDON. Octobor erred a ho suceee nue corporations for and | the (he like Opening to are [ made o in: tion of which commit hail insurance witnessed the seller in all sales | it allment plan, whethe: | onal properiy, the priv- as income in any © only that proportion of | pi ) v T e e iofithe Sehate Wheico installment payviients actually re cit ch { mittec the [coived in that year which the total have just n g . t el the | profit realized or to be realized when fied by the researc 1 of : mmitte 1 dnter o |t me is completed bears to ia Bureau. Yhs § h 1 iract price. At pre Veys were mane opened to the s only whe the do not . has con harony Many fn conditions Hor of the periods and ey Construction. faults in chim hollew -lnsulating”"Board . that Jias Siricturat Stremgh & is made from theroots of County. to those pai 2 1 15 of the Rate Toe burenus r that the taxes paid in we * & Hice KiAR o boiso sk 1926 were 1 of amounts paid i in 4% other that the tax paid by same year k e L] W air market value. The of the act leaves the the realm of individual e ive use In trade or busi i especially in opinion ruing many an ¢ y zood chimney. . Failure to support chimney prop. erly. 1t should never be carvied on CP”E‘JNEYS CA.N' BE MADE any timher construction of the buill ground sufficient masonry foundation | it | should be provided to prevent se quest e Yearly. L4 X vIttakes aheap o' livin® 1n ahouse t'make it home., Aheap o' sun an'shadder,an'ye sometimes have t' roam | Ruiaine - : Afore ye really preciate the things it s et 4 ve lef' behind. et i R o T 5 An hunger fer 'em somehow; with'em e b, e e e T alluson ver mind.. Bemiy s e e o HEnt R e e Ttdon't make any differunce how e e T e T e s rich ye get t'be. 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Lack of a tight flue. A flue free | firm hold | from leakage Is unusual. Lvery flue the | should be tight enough to prevent es ize, color and even the ma-|cape of smoke when tested by build- om which the chimney is con- |ing a paper, straw, wood or tar papr are hecoming more important | five at its base, and when the smoke : A chimney that would be ing in a dense column, tightly thory Iy apporpriate for an Ameri- the outlet at the top by laying can colonial home would be as much |a wet blanket over it. The smallest hut of place on a Spanish home is most obvious and should be wrought iron grille of Spanish desigr tely repaired. would be out of place on a Colonial Failure to maintain the full sec- home. tional area at the bend when a flue is Until recently the only materials | offset used for chimneys were brick and|’ g These could be carried by vary- color ov the way in which the were applied. But now ! ghould have a stucco is coming rapidly into the fleld. | “"7p " Failure to provide a Chimneys of stucco belong to stucco | (ight cleanout for each flue Those uf Italian and Spanish | o e “oher good flues almost require stuccoed chimnevs | rendered inefficient it led into one The finish on these should be of the | cieanout, since air may be drawn from | e peolor nd texture as that used | gne into another and the drait in ali or the walls of the house. Many|JC icq chimreys on such houses are almost ) ok subject to | square with elaborate caps. A little| _1l_Presence of deep pockets lea sloping roof-like cap made of the | tiles which form the roof often fin- ishes the Spanish chimney. An or. nated cap of the stone which trims he house finishes the Italian chimney., 1t the peri idea taken such builders of the country, f may move from his home in hingten, D. C. i to a_home in Detroit, | . there were in- | sell for $30.000 the home in and ave Iph'a which cost him ’ > to pay abou that many operties o use in D were reassessed at a far higher . ¥ » make that ure between the two years. « he must pay the Ma tax on The facts and figures were hle officials of mor | quested by 500 principal areas of city | followinz: | and taxation in the United | « the States. More than 200 tax areas wer | zain 5o as to not included in the final compilz of tax information, because of ir plete or confusing reports from many according to the bureau and counties which reported property assessed at 100 per cent of |€qu market value were not credited with | dea veal estate are exclude such a basis of assessment, on ac- |{™ e of the canital count of the great difficulty of main- | 2ains 1y whi at the of s. | time their commodity is held by Treasury Department not i | inventory. cen Reports Rejected. ; Among oth the assc rate of Use of the main healing appara- tus flue for water heater or othe u iliary equipment. The furnace heater s introduced in Amendm ‘ provision capital < %0 as 1o remove the lity of the provision under which ment for any length r so reported were Iy on an asse per cent, with an explanator: This rule was adopted by the burenu, is stated, after a thorough ation into the ated tions ment. average assessment counties of Corporation F cific co-operativy mption. provision to put the owner partmert house on | home owners by al 4 deductions ssesment purpose of or mort expenses le by the in owner if Open Al Day Sunday 3109 Cathedral Ave. Beautiful Colonial Brick Your inspection cordially invited MARLOW-BEECH Corporation 1615 Conn. Ave. Potomac 6167 Gas Station Site Bought. | The Standard Oil Co. recently pur- | chased about 9,000 feet of land on Wisconsin avenue near Brandywine a1y | Street as a site for a gasoline station, Pl H. 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