Evening Star Newspaper, February 11, 1928, Page 18

18 PlAY SPACE URGED | FOR SUBDIVISION Need for Proper Supervision | Stressed by National Realtors’ President. Allotment of park and recreationa! areas by subdividers at the time of platting should be done in co-ordina- tion with the rest of the city's park plan. - i While such gifts of play space are valuable to the community. the forma- tion of small park or playground areas without proper provision for upkeep or | supervision is not an asset, and will | eventually depreciate values in the | REAL ESTATE. neighborhood. These principles were set forth by | C. C. Hieatt of Louisville, presi- dent of the National Association of ! Feal Estate Boards, in an address de- livered before the National Recreation Congress. He dwelt upon the difficul- ties of setting up arbitrarily a principle | that all subdivisions should be accom- | panied by park or plavground allot- | ments. “A subdivider who has any regard for the future value of his property would hesitate before opening up an | uncontrolied and unsupervised play- ground in the heart of it. There must be supervision or the gift will turn out to be a nuisance and depreciate values. The subdivider who expects to set apart a portion of his tract for com- munity use should do it in co-operation with some expert in recreation, so as to get the best possible advice as to where the playground and recreation centers should be located and how they | ought to be set up, just as he employs | engineers to make i sewer systems or water said. With the development of fine rl‘<i~. dential areas the practice of setting | epart a portion of the subdivision as a community park or center is becoming | more and more general. Upkeep and ! supervision of such tracts may be safe- | guarded by putting ownership and ad- ministration in the hands of an as-| sociation of the subdivision’s home owners. But the subdivider who makes % gift of recreational lands to the peo- | ple of his growing community cnnnnt obligate himself indefinitely for its \ supervision and upkeep. Recreational | ieaders, who are urging extension of ! ‘the practice of making park allotments | should see to it that the city in which such land is situated is shown the wis- | dom of accepting that property and | undertaking to supervise it, Mr. Hieatt | orought out. “The ‘rule’ sometimes laid dow ene acre in every ten in a subdiv ought to be set aside for public use sounds all right in theory, but if you | are subdividing a small tract of 10 &cres, you cannot cut out one acre and ote that to playgrounds without ving a very illogical arrangement. All things of that kind ought to bo; . done under a comprehensive city plan that locates playgrounds and public spaces where they ought to be located, and then arrangements should be made with the developer to set aside a tract or make some contribution toward set- ting aside an appropriate location.” | RGES PROTECTION OF LUMBER SUPPLY Wood Committeeman Appeals for Conservation Under | Standard Program. that | Greater use of short-length lumber | and employment of other standardiza- tion practices developed by scientific search with a view to more effective conservation of the timber resources of the United States was urged by Axel H Oxholm. director of the national com- mittee on wnod utilization, Department | ©f Commerce. in a recent address be- fore the Northeastern Retall Lumber- | men’s Association at Boston. ] Mr Oxholm asked for more effective ractical co-operation on the part of | taflers in the wood-utilization move- | y | Rely on Retailers, ‘The retaf are the main upon which the industry must re promote more efficient utilization of for est resources, he declared. because are in direct touch with the con: and are regularly called upon by for advice in wood-using practices ad- ding As proof that applicable scientific de- seiopments are not adopled 10 a satis- factory extent in lumber mercnandising one might point 1o the fallure to utilze short Jengths of Jess than 8 feet, and to the custom of manufacturing Jumber in the same dimensions as were used dur- ing the time of the Pilgrims, when the was litte thought of conserving the | forests “Boftwonds are sull eut erelusi by the 1ona) proved there 15 Just as intermediate dimensions o consumer of from of the entize tmber cut, Fducation Urged. Mr. Orholm made a1ty ia not merely mend, ut sho with con: ) BBOPL moTe CIMCI) Wood-13ing practices, thereby aiding in the general wood-utilization movem on which the retailers own support depends The nationsl oanmittee was cstan- Yshed by order of Pr #nd s headed by e compoed of about wood producing and cons ser HiLs PERPRTUR VESTRILTIONS Oeseiwin By RELATIMER LAND €O, W2 . SAUNDEIE CO. Ins ey AN 1618 BY G Almost a the exterior houses, so | the desired effect to the out | The entrance fon | especial attention, for does it not fir welcome th close upon ‘When th hall should tinuation of promise of Large or small, keynote to ing room, comes next entrance_d owner. Bul door is far an which recali side and prom leading frol urnishing the of people sole table space perm Although good in composition, t ing sc! uninteresting, FURNISHING THE Conducted for The Star 1K EVIEVE HENDRICKS, il people t design and that every h wor ‘d | door comes in also for | ® e guest, and does it not last him as he lcaves? | e outer door is pened the appear a memory or a con f the picture outside and a the rooms that are beyond the hall should be the | the house itsel’. The 1 the heart of .very home, to the exterior design and oor in the thought of th t to get to it from the open | too often to pass through meaningless space of the house out ss of the roor entials e hall, s! of space waiting guest: | should be r and if niture with . In a little ol is neth be: m it hall to the majority means the inevitable con with mirror above and its two flanking side c| r s fur- heme becomes monot and loses distinction through cons repe ition pieces are n Inspect These Homes Before Buying You Will Find— MORE For Anc¢ when even these usy chosen without regard of the house the effect herefory added only THE EVE G STAR, WASHINGTON, HOME VE 1 no furnishing a but but are require little furni- | ¢ more than ever be correct, d alone and can ed m hould are al pehap: rirror to show the a chair to offer hospitality for the these are enough. i glory from charm. For the small house or apartment | appear Jn itself and the feel- most equally neces- a tab for traying More the hall is there is room for more hout crowdir » that d hou h on, has 50 man: been re- s origi n.ul charm is Through thie ol co- > steps into this tin- one direction into and m the library other direc- Facing the ht of steps with hand les appropriately and more dainty > make the in- papered the Your (Built by Max Sugar) EXCELLENT NORTHWEST SECTION 1 Block From $8,950 EASY TERMS Fort Slocum Park Open Daily and Sunday Sample House, 129 Longfellcw Street N.W. WAPLE & JAMES 1116 14th St. NW. Jeantiful FARM SITUATION DECLARED BETTER ilmprovement in Lands Is Noted Through Realty Board Survey. Measurable improvement in the farm lands situation is indicated in a national survey of the farm lands market which has just been completed by the Na- tional Association of Real Estate Boards. The survey brings together re- ports from member real estate boards in 72 communitics. The results were &s follows: 1. A larger volume of farm acreage was sold in 1927 than in 1926 at the | same or at higher prices. 2. An upward tendency is recorded in farm prices in 47 per cent of the com- munities reporting. Prices are reported either stationary or upward in 85 per cent of these communities Prices for farm lands as of the past were reported to be higher than | ices prevailing for the same lands in l')l& in 41 per cent of the replies made [to the association’s inquiry, and in 35 | per cent of the cases prices were stated | as on a level with the price of the pre- In 24 per cent of the com- s prices were reported lower thav 3. Purchases of farms are now pre- | dominantly by persons electing the farm | as a business enterprise and as a home. However in 10 per cent of the communi- ties reporting purchasers are buying | farms to hold for an increase in price, and in 3 per cent they are buying farm land as investment property. 4. Optimistic sentiment as to farmin;: and_farm land_values prevails among halls with a landscape paper with a de- sign of vines and trees in lovely blue greens and with birds and blossoms in | | orange and pomegranate shades against | a decp cream ground. ‘The outside door | is a delightful shade of blue green, and | happily this color is not lost with the closing of the door, for there is the same blue green in the charming wall paper and the woodwork has been painted the same shade. Both the woodwork and the wallpaper have been | antiqued with a coat of shellac which { not only serves to soften the color but ! to protect the finish as well. Just_behind the door and between i the outside wall and the coor into the library is a tiny niche just large enough wld an ancient grandfather clock Here ia serves a practical as well as a | decorative purpose, and it sinks back {into its corner as though it had a ways been there. Against the opposite | wall is the tiniest of tables. large lenough’ to hold the card: that come to it and in good proporion to the | imited space it occupies. Above it { hangs a_mirror, long and slender, also | dating from Colonial days. It, too, Inoks as though it had grown up with the little old house, and it seems | pleased to reflect the glimpses of the | garden beyond that shine on its face when the outside door is opened. | " “There is no room for anything else | {in the tiny hall but the stairway which !leads so gracefully out of it. Its treads | are stained dark walnut, as are the! road planks of the floor of the hail To give the hall light and ag added sense of height, the risers at the back of each step are painted cream, as are | also the delicate dles of the rail ing. More height and eolor are also given to the hall by old carved lac quered pieces placed over the door- way into the library. For generations | they hung similarly over a doorway in | far-off Korea, where they must also | have ~ delighted the ecye of all who | beneath Money Here Main 10260 elling faster than any homc.s in Marietta Park e The Reason? Greatest Values Architecture Finest Construction Fxtreme Convenience of Plans Six, tubs and rhowers burn thro Wid Exquisite seven and tiled baths, Lots Finish eight rooms with built-in Open wond eplaces, Oale floors Cedar-dined closet ving ughout Paved streets and alleys! With Fvery Convenience $4,950 1o $10,950 119 on lowest possibile terms and puyments Exhibit Homes Madison St. N.W, 122 Marictia IPL N.W. Open, Hor cust o Cieo Mud heated and lighted until 8 p.n. Inspect Them Sunday! Tule 14th st (Lo Madlson, or Georgi aie e wortle Lo Madison ruia ave, ta Longfeltow, cast to blh dison, or phone us for aulomobitle, car and north car to th and Kennedy, two blocks to Longfellow, or drive out 16th or M o i kye BELNW, Main K119 SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1928, R'PAL ES TATE. Many Factors Govern Propcr Placing Of House Within Confines of Plot Proper orlentation, or placement of the house on the spot best fitted to receive it within the confines of the plot, is & matter for expert opinion. as a great many factors usually unrecog- nized by the layman enter into the question. ‘The most accurate method of de- termining the proper placement of the house utilizes the topographical surv e e the farmers themselves In 70 per cent of the communities reporting. 5. Co-operative associations.of farm- ers exist in 75 per cent of the com- munities reporting. 6. Freight rates are regarded as a large factor in the farm land market situation by the real estate boards of 62 per cent of the communities report- ing. 7. Action by the Federal Government in regard to the farm situation is fav- ored by the real estate boards of 61 per cent of the communities reporting However, no_single proposal for such action was advocated by any large per- centage of the boards. which clearly shows the various grade | elevations of the plot In their rela- | tionship to a datum, or established fig- | uring point. which serves as a base for | all calculations. By this means the | proper drainage is established, Trees | and other things on the house | Most important, that. the topographic the home bulider 1o ke n hotse de slgn best fitted to the peculiarities of the | particular lot in question. By so doing. he may add hundreds of dollars to the value of his house and grounds. While the ordinary location s indicating the boundaries of the mm is good enough for the requirements of building departments and most fin ing organizations, the topographicai | survey is of the utmost importance in | the matter of adapting the right house to_the right site, It is extremely difficult for the per son with little or no surveying experi- ence to visualize just how the design which he favors may or may not fit a | certain piece of ground. Plots have the individuality of the human excepting in those cases where the plot is almost entirely Even in such a case the topographical survey serves the valuable purpose of esiablishing the | proper lines to assure good drainage around the foundation By ng the house design zomee- what, It may he possible to avold much | rxxmm-,n rock biasting, or a particu- | Window Shades Inne Shade This i quality. Shop's Made to Measure luo 13th St. N.W. 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