Evening Star Newspaper, November 12, 1927, Page 20

oY REATL ESTATE. ‘REALTORS TO HEAR OF PROGRESS HERE ‘Taliaferro Is Scheduled to Speak at Monthly Meet- ing of Board. $562.815.800 Figure New construction started in the 37 | astern States @about 91 per cent of v meeting of the |the total in the United States) las rashington Real ate Board, to be | month reached d total of $562,815.800. ;:*?d"lvfiwdn at 815 pm. at Ward. |according to F. W. Dodge Corporation. man Park Hotel will be addressed by | The above flxuro ‘was the highest Oc Commissicner Taliaferro and Rufus . | tober contract total on record and was 5 ident of the Operative |the fourth largest monthly_total on Association, tho board an- |record for this year. Tt was 8 per cent nounced today ahead of the September, 1 figure " per Taliaferro lmd ~( |lvmt(‘enl over the total for Octo c per of last year. U e by The most important items in the r. Lusk will speak on October building record were. $243, vl g 562,200, or 43 per cent of all construc- tion, for residential buildings: $108.- 210,500, or 19 per cent, for public works and utilities: $79.719,700, or 14 per cent, for commercial buildings; $50,712,200. or 9 per cent, for indus- | trial projects, and $30,169.600. or 5 per cent, for educational buildings. Las' month's vecord hrought the total volume of construction started since the first of this year up to 9,297,900, being an increase of §2.- over the amount reported in correspanding period of 1926. w work contemplated in the 37 ern States during October amount- ed to $607.986.900, This figure showed a drop of omly 3 per cent from the amount reparted in September of this year and a loss of 5 per cent from the amount reported in October of last year. Decline in Local Area. The regular mon! is ex- in the Capital. building de a study s husiness Following the regular meeting supper will be served. The will be held in the ballroom of the hotel of luncheon meetings bas nged for the Associate Divi- ion of the Washington Real Estate Board by a 1] committee. The heons will be held in the Chantilly room in the Hamilton Hotel next Eriday. at 12:15 p.ow The lunchéon will be under the di- rection of Lloyd F. Gaines, chairman of the associate division, which com- the salesmen and employes of ctive members of the board s an innovation in this associa- OCTOBER BUILDING RECORDS SET NEW MARK IN 37 STATES) Total This Year and Best Ever Known for This Season. THE 1§_VENT‘NG tract amounting to over $20,000,000 in !he public works and utilities class to swell the month's e total walue of contracts award ed in this district since the first of the year amounting to $1.426,241,600 shows a drop of only $4,287.900 from the corresponding period of last year. New work contemplated in New York State and Northern New Jersey last month reached a total of $187.. 100. This tgure shows an increase ) per cent over the amount repnrt» u the preceding month and a gain i per cent over the amount reported {in October, Decline New England. om the preced-; The total volume of construction ing month and was 15 per cent from |contracts awarded in the New Eng- the October, 1926, record. An s of | jand States fm October amounted to the October consiruction record show- | §58.765,500. This amount was 17 per ed the following_items of import | Cent below the September, 1927 total $22,500.800, or b7 per o | and was almost 9 per cent under the struction, for residential figure, Dusing the past 23,400, or 16 per cent, for i ol and utilities; $6,450,900. | worth of new building and eng per cent, for commercial wor aEten i tHits aiatTint, 300, or G per cent. for ed: tal showed a drop of 9 projecs, and $2.757,100, or 6 1 the amount started in the for social and recreational buildin ponding 10 months of last vear (ew construction started in thi n contracts awarded in trict in the first 10 mont is | the Pittsbu (Western Penn ar has reached a total of vivania, West Virginia, Ohio and 100. being an ircrease of 9 per cent | icky) during Octoher amounted over the amount reported in the fir: This sum repr 10 months of 1926 Contemplated projects as reported | " : . last month amounted to §66.617.900, [0f 3 Per cent from Octobor of List| This figure was 5 per cent abead of | YA ~ el . the amount contemplated In Septem. | WOTk started in this district since the ber of this vear and 16 per cent ahead | this vear has ceached a_tot 00, bove figure | of tho October, 1826, contemplated A e e e % the fotal for the corresponding period October building contracts “let in New York State and northern New Jersey amounted to $168,016,500. This | struct figure was the largest October con-| (Il tract total yet on record for this di trict and was also the second hig monthly figure vet recorded this y in New York State and n The award of a Is Fourth Highest a drop of 38 per cent The | I mber of this year as well as a loss ts let on new con n work in the Central Wes Indiana, Wisconsin i ansas, Oklaho 10is. bove figure was the | ghest October contract total corded for this ct and w ngle 'STAR. WASHINGTON, D. €., | would have a woman in their ranks { Monday for a wl | vide just pr 'lu-nv'n i.yr amity and arbitration, | which the second largest mont! recorded in the Central hn:c- c [contracts fn the commercial and ¥ [dustrinl classes helped to swell lhe month's. record. WOMAN TO JOIN MARCH OF COOK’S JOBLES Little “Coxey’s Army” Starts Out Again, Spurred by Word Lead- er’'s Wife Will Aid Them. By the Assoclated Press. CHIPPENHAM, England. November 12.—Spurred by the news that they el S| A. J. Cook’s little “Coxey's army” swung out of Chippenham this morn- ing for Swindon. Mrs. Cook will join the marchers at Swindon tonight with her husband, | ary of the Miners' Fed- s a pro- inst unemployment. They will spend Sunday with the men and take to the open road with the m: le. Cook 1 to London Monday afternoon. ing to the distances of tod: ch, about 20, mlles, the journey r to arriving at Swindon “NEW LOCARNO” SIGNED. PARIS, November 12 (®).—What | Briand termed | s realized yesterds gning of the recent |1y comeluéed F-anco-Tugoslav trecty w T irno” w tern_on in the ‘W have just ned a docurn ates a state existed between | or a number S o e il nt mplv con SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1927.° total ever |of year: “wh aimed at no one,” M. Briand REAL ESTATE." he said. “It & & mew Lo-|declared. “not even at the League of |tered at Geneva a. soon as it Is v Nations, as & certain part of the press|fied, from wi . one may concl bas allexed. In fact, it will be regis- | that tuere is nothing explosive in it. SRFAALATTAAAEAEAAFATLATALHARIEEHRRRRLRRRAEE TSR CANNN PRICES REDUCED TO CLOSE 4N E TATE Three unys Iy well planned homes overlooking the Chevy Chase Country Club. Superior in construction and design. 201 Elm Street space for 3 cars. 203 Elm Street 9 rooms, 3 baths, 2-car garage. 11 rooms, 3 baths, garage work and the division is pre. vared to go ahead with a number of umvm(!nl topics which will be hrought* up for discussion during the let during October in the Middle At- lantic States. inchuding the District of Columbia. amounted to $48,230,100, Building and engineering contracts |} “mss&\\{m\S\\\\\sss\\\\\{\\\\\s\\\\s\\\‘\s\\s\s\\ss\\ 11 rooms, 6202 Spruce Street 5 baths, 2-car garage. year. Andrew J. Kelly, Jr., Dead. Andrew J. Kelly, jr., of Pittsburgh member of the board of directors of the National Association of Real tate Boards and for the past thre years its national councilor to the United States Chamber of Commerce, dropped dead in his office in Pitts- Pmr,:h November 1. Death was due to ilure. | = Announcing == James J. Croghan Formerly Proprietor Realtors Select Kentucky. Louisville, Ky.. has been selected as the place for holding the annual con- \Pmlon of the National Association f Real Estate Boards for 1928 The selection of Louisville was made by the board of directors of the associa- tion at the quarterly meeting in Chi- caco November 4 and 5. The date for holding the Louisville meeting has not yet been set. |} Mt Pleasant Realty Co. Is Now Associated With N. E. Ryon Co. Inc. As Mlnlge;' of Uptown Office Blast Moves 125,000 Tons. In a single blast at Kandos, N. S. W.. recently, 125,000 tons of lime- tone were Gislodged. 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