Evening Star Newspaper, January 5, 1929, Page 16

1’ REAT - REALTORS UPHOLD AIR SALE OR LEASE \Association Holds I, Owners May Deal in Void 1~ Over Their Rosfs. 5 .’l'he owner of land owns his holdings down to the center of the earth and up to the sky, and he may sell or lease not only the surface of his property but hing that exists underneath it or }Igy'mlygsell or lease the air over it, the National Association of Real Estate Boards states in its weekly article on real estate matters. It is nothing new for people to sell or lease mines, oil wells or natural gas, | but it is something new for people to deal in the void over their roofs, the association points out. 3 “In New York City, miles of rail- road tracks are covered with hotels, office buildings and streets,” the bul- letin continues. “In Chicago, expendi- tures that bankers say will total a half billion dollars are scheduled to be made il buildings to be erected over the Illi- nois Central Railroad tracks. In Cleve- land a railroad terminal building occu- ples a certain site over which an office bullding has been erected by an entirely different owner, and, according to an- nouncement made to newspapers at the time, was leased to a building company at an annual rental announced as $261,250. The owners of the land, it was explained, split up the property in*o two zones, divided horizontally. the top of the lower zone being in effect the top of the terminal ceiling. Title 10 the lower zone was given by the land owners to the terminal company and a separate title for the air rights above the lower zone was retained by the | owners.” | General Counsel Quoted. ‘©On what ownership of land means as | to ownership beneath the earth and 2)ove it, the association quotes Nathan %lhm MacChesney, of Chicago, its counsel. Gen. MacChesney : “Land includes whatever, of /natural origin, is growing upon it. The grant of lind will convey buildings and fences without special mention, as well as trees or herbage upon mines and quarries in the ground. 'Minerals, in their natural location in the earth, are a part of the land and the title to all lands and minerals be- longs to the owner of the land unless the one has been conveyed without the other. Minerals may be transferred separately but only by a grant or con- veyance as prescribed for the disposi- tion of the soil itself. A conveyance of the land, presumptively passes the min- erals below the surface. That part of thd land consisting of minerals or of spicified minerals, may be made the subject of separate or distinct owner- a later paragraph of the same chapter he says further: “A tenant may own the structures on the soil, another n may own the surface and a and fourth, etc., the different minerals beneath the surface. Thus, a distinct and separate estate may be " by one person in the mineral or rals under the surface, while an- holds an estate in fee in the ‘general mi t the ancient rule of the common that says a property owner owns t is over and beneath the land be modified in its strict lica- by the development of aviation; MacChesney believes. o Water Transportation. fore the airplane was invented, atk no doubt would have sald that property owners could prevent steangers from use of the air abpve their roofs because title was owned to the clouds and because any m!h trespassing was extremely unlike- ly. Now, according to Gen. MacChes- :, it is contended by some authori- 'ties that navigation of the air is some- what analogous to navigation of the ,water; and that even though the land owner owns up to sky, he holds title to his property subject to this right of navigation, 5o long as flying is at?such height as not to injure the property or interfere with the owner’s usg of it. ! “In some States” says Gen. Mac- Chesney, “Legislatures have enacted laws permitting the use of airplanes over the lands of property owners so long as the flying is done at a height that will not hurt the property of the land owner; but the law on this sub- Jjeet is in a formative period and it is altogether too early to make any defi- nite predictions as_to what will hap- pen in this connection when aviation is developed further.” SR ! % Fun for Children. ROME (#) —Fourteen thousand Ro- man children have been provided with after-school amusement through the establishment of 220 recreation rooms Land| ESTATE. ‘THE EVENING STAR, WASHTNGTOX, D. €, SATURDAY, JANUARY 1929.7 PUSHCART MARKETS FACING EXTINCTION| Few York Grand Jury Probes Charges of Corrupt Management and Recommends Investigation. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 5.—The pic- turesque pushcart markets of New York, where bargain hunters may buy any- thing from fried fish to fur coats, may be doomed to disappearance by a grand jury presentment returned yesterday. ‘The grand jury reported that it had heard conclusive testimony of corrupt practices in the- city management of the markets, although for lack of sub- stantiating evidence it had been unable to indict the offenders, and it advo- cated appointment of a citizens’ com- mittee to consider whether it would be a good plan to abolish pushcart ped- dling altogether. ‘The present system of charging the licensed peddiers a weekly fee of $1 was termed a vicious custom which should be discontinued at once in favor of an- nual fees. The fees are collected by supervisors of the city department of markets on the streets. There are pushcart markets in sev- eral parts of the city, but the most populous one and those from which the most variegated purchases may be made are on the lower East Side. FRENCH SHIPPING LOSING. Merchant Marine Drops From Third to Sixth Place Since War. PARIS (P).—The French merchant marine has dropped from third place in 1914 to sixth in 1928. B: war England had the greatest fleet, Germany was second and France third. ‘The standing at present is England, United States, Japan, Ital Germany and France. Deputies ped with surpise when they realized that Ger- many had already distanced France in | merchant tonnage despite the millions | of tons confiscated and lost during the war. WHITE FLAGS SOUVENIRS.| Five Banners Carried by Germans | Taken by Soldiers. | MONTPEZAT-DE-QUERCY, France P).—A local physician clearcd up the | mystery of what happened to the five hite flags carried by the Germans who_crossed the lines Nove sber 8 to seized 'and 120 stations for the medical care of i poor children. EMPLOYES MADE MEMBERS OF FIRM Upper, left to right: Milton F. Schwab and Willlam L. King, and, lower, Miss Ruth L. Newman, who have been elected members of the firm of Boss & Phelps. _ WORKERS ARE TAKEN INTO PARTNERSHIP Real Estate Firm Elects Three Employes as Members of Organization. Three employes of the real estate organization of Boss & Phelps have been elected members of the firm, this being the first change in the partner- ship since 1910, it was announced to- day. ‘The new firm members are Milton F. Schwab, who has been associated with the firm for many years and who now is serving it as director of sales; Wil- liam L. King, manager of the mortgage loan department of the company, and Miss Ruth L. Newman, executive secre- tary of the firm and employed in its legal department The company was formed in 1907 as a partnership by Harry K. Boss and | H. Glenn Phelps, and three years later Ben T. Webster, employe of the com- | pany, was admitted as a member of the firm. 1928 CONSTRUCTION SHOWS EXPANSION Contracts Increased in Value Al- most 7 Per Cent, Dr. Klein States in Review. Construction operations over the United States, which declined slightly in 1927, showed another large expan- sion during the year just closed, Dr. Julius Klein of the Department of Commerce states in his review of 1928. “Contracts for new construction in- creased in value by almost 7 per cent, as larger awards for residences, indus- trial buildings, public works and utili- tiesard educational buildings more than offset the decreases in other types of construction,” he reports. “These expanding operations resulted in a larger output of structural steel, brick, cement and many other building materials. Lumber cut, on the other hand, decreased for the third successive year. “The iron and steel industry reflected to a marked degree the stimulus of in- creased demands from building con- tractors, automobile factories and man- ufacturers of many types of machinery. “Prices showed a moderate advance, and output of crude steel, sheets, struc- tural shapes and many types of finished products were increased substantially. Unfilled steel ordets were higher in every month than in the corresponding period a_year ago.” OFFICES Free Parking Space in Rear 1727 K St. N.W. A few suites of very desirable, bright rooms in this detached bufld: ine. Elevator and ianitor service, Suiiable for lowyers, brokers, organi- zations, &c. . Moderate rentals. Also First Floor 1719 K St. NW. One room 20x45 ft. Another room 20x22 ft. and 2 small rooms. Can Tent as one or two units. J. C. WEEDON CO. them and tore them into small pieces for souvenirs. 1727 K St. N.W. Metrop. 3011 RICHMOND PERMITS SHOW HEAVY GAIN 446.6 Per Cent Increase Re- ported—Norfolk Records Decrease in Year. By the Associated Press. RICHMOND, Va.—Increases in total valuation of building operations pro- vided for in permits were noted for three of the larger cities of Virginia :n 1928, as compared to 1927, while an equal number of cities showed de- creases, according to the monthly re- view_of business conditions issued by the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. Richmond, Petersburg and _Lynch- burg showed increases, while Danville, Norfolk and Roanoke reported de- creases. Value of permits for new construc- tlon work in Richmond was $2,008,215 in 1928 and $340,487 in 1927, an in- crease of 446.6 per cent. Figures for Petersburg are $20,650 for 1928 and $8,300 for 1927, an increase of 1615 per cent. Lynchburg reported building work amounting to $160,120 in 1928 and $22,380 in 1927, an increase of 327.3 per_ cent. Norfolk showed a decrease of 43.2 per cent, the reported new construction for- 1928 being_$65 $86,760 in 1927 A decrease of 76.8 per cent was re- ported for Danville, the figures being 346,841 for 1928 and $221,160 for 1927, A decrease of 45.8 per cent was re- ported for Roanoke. New constructivon work for that city in 1928 was re- ported at $89.100, as compared with 153,703 for 1927. Building operations provided for in permits issued by building inspectors m 30 leading cities of the fifth reserve district were larger in November, 1928, than in either October this year or November last year, although the actuel number of permits issued during the past month was smaller than in either of the earlier periods, the review stated. as compared with D. C. MAN IS NAMED ON REALTY COUNCIL Britton Browne One of Group to Report on Items Important to Mortgage Loan Field. Britton Browne of the firm of Ran- dall H. Hagner of this city has been named as one of an executive council of 122 members of the mortgage and finance divisions of the National Asso- ciation of Real Estate Boards, to re- port on subjects deemed of greatest importance to the mortgage loan field of real estate business. Questions raised by the executive councilors will be brought before a round table of the division in order to develop a working program for 1929. The matter will be considered in con- nection with the annual business meet- ing of the national association at Bir- mingham, Ala., January 23, 24 and 25 ‘The new executive council member: have been asked to give the associatior reports from time to time on the mort- gage situation and on building condi- tions in their respective cities and will serve as advisers to the association in formulating proposed legislation affe: ing the real estate mortgage field, it is announced. i An Oversight Mr. Webster apparently ne- glected to define “Crackerjack” but you'll know— 1700 B St. N.E. is just that, or in other words is “head and shoulders above them all,” if you'll just come out, look it over, and then compare it with other homes at the same price. A charming seven-room home in a restricted, convenient neighbor- hocd facing Eastern High School. Interior decorations of taste, and all of the latest improvements. Terms and prices that will as- tound you. They are so reason- ahble for so much house, Robert W. Savage 717 Union Trust Bldg. Main 6799 From 1ith and East Capitol drive northtwo squares (o B St. See my sign. THREE DISTINCTIVE RESIDENCES Unusual 3501 Davis Street An English Brick Residence in Massachusetts Par THE y, unusually and every convesier living—open_fireplace hot-water heating system. dwood w lig paneled s screens, awnings and metal W Ideally located on & 52-fool lot 1o match home opening on a paved Reasonable Price. To reach—Drive out Mass. Ave. to Observatory, turn west and drive to Davis Street. illustration above best proves the char the gentle art of room. hting veather A Terms! 5608 Western Avenue A New Detached Brick Home of Remarkable Value in Chevy Chase, Md. of earl; this ar facs k en, o U foor "0 e two tiled baths the compl m v large closeis rere oil-bu: Beautiful fxtur striobing: n JJicar sera . chons, and odt $26,500, in a group of Open Sunday 1Lful and desirable home. hone room ervant's room, orations and fixt Chevy Chase Circle. y Georgian colonial archi- istocratically lgcaied res The center- living_room porch, a fine an _equipped lonk closel on sccond floor _are four bed- (one has a shower), many letely finished third floor @ billiard room is a lavatory in the base- beautiful lot, ached 2-car for a lar . “a tiled a d on a large Y from down- $35,000 homes. Terms! for Inspection car fai SHANNON. & LUCHS Realtors Aristocratic Location 3813 Garrison Street In the Best Section of Chevy Chase, D. C. "[HIS new brick detached center-hall plan home =L has a laree living room w a concrete living porch. & modernly equipped kitchen led “first-floor lavatory. a firs closet, four large bedrooms, adequate closet baths' (one has a shower), room and storage room. 'Ti ith open fireplace, ci tw and a third-floor bed- s desirably located t on oie of the highest points in ot this exclusive suburb, $21,500. To reach—Drire out . Street, west on Harrison Street to 38th and left on Garrison to house. Very easy terms! Conn. Ave. to Harrison {a roll of blank stamp paper. HUGE THEATER PLANNED. British Comedian to Erect Palatial Playhouse in London. LONDON, January 5 (#).—One of the most up-to-date and palatial theaters ‘n the world is soon to be erected on the south side of Leicester Square by Jack Buchanan, popular British comedian and actor-manager, who recentiy paid 500,000 for a big site in this part of London’s theater-land. The purchase is looked upon here as involving one of the most important huilding schemes that have been under- +aken since the war. The buildings now standing on the property will be de- molished next March and Mr. Bu- chanan _hopes to open his new theater within 15 months afterwards. WORK STARTS SOON ON DENTAL BUILDING Bids Will Be Opened January 17 for New Medical Unit at Georgetown University. Construction work on the new medical and dental building for Georgetown University is to begin February 1 ot the site selected on the university grounds bordering the south side of Reservoir road. An outlay of $650,000 is to be expended on the building and landscaping of the plateau on which it will be situated. Bids for the structure will be opened January 17, and the contract awarded by the president of the university, Rev. W. Coleman Nevils, S. J., and the board of trustees. The contract, it was said, would call for completion of the build- ing by next September 15, in time for the opening of the academic year. Work on the foundations was begun Thursday and will be completed by ihe end of the month. The new building is designed as the first unit of an enlarged medical center at the Hilltop and will be the first development on the Reservoir road side of the university grounds. NEW ADJUTANT GENERAL NAMING EXPECTED SOON Coolidge May Announce Successor of Maj. Gen. Lutz Wahl Shortly. By the Associated Press. Appointment of a new adjutant gen- eral of the Army to succeed the late Maj. Gen. Lutz Wahl, who died here December 30, is expected to be made shortly by President Coolidge upon rec- ommendation of the Secretary of War. Considerable interest is being evi- denced in Army circles as to who will be given the post. Gen. Wahl was pro- moted July 2, 1927, from the adjutant general's office, where he stood third in rank of the colonels of that department. The officer holding Wahl's former posi- tion is Charles H. Bridges, who stands tenth on the list and holds the tempo- rary rank of brigadier general. No in- formation has been given out as to who will be Wahl's successor. Rare Stamps Due to Tear. PARIS _(#).—The rarest postage s p in France is due to the careless- ness of a government printer, who tore To avoid explanations he mended it with a strip of red paper and when the green 20- centime stamps came out of the ma- chine 10 of them were printed on a red background. SHEA ELECTED HEAD OF REALTY DIVISION Brokers' Section of Real Estate Board Will Meet Thursday. James McDonald Shea, of the real estate firm of Alonzo Bliss Properties, was elected chairman of the property management division of the Washing- ing held this week. Russell B. King, vice pregigent of N. L. Sansbury Co., was elected| | vice chairman. Ben. T. Webster, | president of the | real estate board, | presided over the meeting, and Joha A. Petty, executive secretary of the board, discussed details of the re- organization of ths board, made in conformity with amendments 0 James M. Shes. the by-laws of the organization re- cently adopted. He indicated an out- line of activities which might be developed by the division during the ensuing year. Following a brief business session, the chairman appointed a special ad- visory comnSttee to develop a program for the division. This committee, headed by Earl E. Goss, includes Russell B. King, E. Stuart Poston, Carl G. Rosinski and J. F. M. Bowie. Mr. Webster has announced that a similar meeting of the brokers division of the board will be held at the Carl- ton Hotel Thursday at 2 p.m. for the purpose of perfecting the organization of that division and outlining a pro- gram of activities for the year. Where Literature Is Born. COPENHAGEN (#)—Emil Ludwig, German_writer of biographies, told a group of Danish friends recently that truly great literature could be born only in small nations. He cited Denmark and Norway as examples of countries which produce more than their propor- tional share of good literature. ' Just OFF R. L Ave. Near New Tech High In All-White Eckington Open Sunday 2017 3rd St. N.E. Seven-room tapestry brick home, with tiled bath, hardwood floors and_trim; screened and open porches; hot-water heat; all modern equipment; exception- ally well located. Convenient to every facility. STREET AND ALLEY PAVED—VERY DEEP 120-Foot Lot Reduced Price | Easy Terms ' Robert E. Kline, Jr., | Owner 718 Union Trust Bldg. Main 5246 Or Any Broker 1343 Montague St. N.W. DETACHED 9 ROOMS 2 BATHS ully construeted with heavy. f its baths ar fine fireplacy ish- Creek Park. together with its STONE HOME la: great _convenience to end to the present a high and it is an id $14,500.00 Lot 50x1321/, Open thick stone walls. Remember! 2 of its G e first floor. Everything modern and in xe concrete front porch, sleeping atlon near 16ih St. the ‘Reservoir foture vaiue of th healthful and p Also the Last of This Estate 1357 Montague St. N.W.—$11,500 DETACHED, cory §-room, 2-bath home (2 bedrogms. bath on first floor), concrete el I3 50 by t porch. sleeping porch, fireplact 130. Loeation and conve homes are real BARGAINS! -w, h., elec. iences the same’ as’ house ara, about described al Both these ‘EASY TERMS PAUL MAGOFFIN Exclusive Agent 317 Woodward Bldg. Phone Main 3023 X 2 ome with built-in garage Sample 0use—5907 NEW SEMI-DETACHED HOMES Solid Masonry Construction Now but $8,950. These houses are conveniently planned and excellently built; four bedrooms, including the inclosed and heated porch; open fire- place, built-in refrigerator, front and rear porches; hot.water heat, electricity and oak floors; cedar closet, Fourth St. N.W. utomatic heater for service and some with separate garage; paved sidewalk, alley and street: only a short distance from the ex- tended Fourteenth St. car line; bus line about to be established. At present reached by street car (via 14th St.) marked Takoma Park to Peabody St. A fair comparison of values will, we believe, convince you terms as to all payments. 1433 K St. N.W. of the BARGAIN FEATURES of these properties. Reasonable Open Daily il Sunday Wm. H. Saunders Co., Inc. ‘ b i District 1016 e T ‘REAE" ESTATE.’ TAX PAMPHLET URGED. Baltimore Realtor Says Assessment | List Should Be Known. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, January 5—~The pub- lication in pamphlet form of all real estate tax records and assessments of real estate in the city is being advocated by Harry E. Gilbert, former president of the Real Estate Board of Baltimore. “It is no more than fair,” he said, “that one property owner should know how his neighbor’s property is assessed and it would tend to eliminate unfair- JONES’DRY LAW PROBE PROPOSAL APPROVED World League Official 0. X.'s In- vestigation of Enforcement by Friends of Prohibition. By the Associated Press. The proposal by Senator Jones of ‘Washington for an investigation oi pro- hibition enforcement by friends of the dry cause was indorsed in a statement last night by Dr. Earnest H. Cherring- ton, general secretary of the World League Against Alcoholism, who de- clared the suggestion had “tremendous possibilities for good.” Meanwhile, the question of prohibi- tion was revived in Washington from several sources during the day, one being in the Senate, where an amend- ment was offered by Walter E. Edge of New Jersey to the Jones resolution to provide that the proposed inquiry be conducted by a citizens’ committee to be appointed by Herbert Hoover after his inauguration. Edge's proposal, like that of Jones, was referred to committee for consideration. Aside from these developments the National United Committee for Law Enforcement announced its plans to initiate a 10-week campaign to “make ‘Washington an example and encour- agement to the cities of the Nation” in regard to prohibition enforcement. This group is composed of the executive heads of 14 national organizations. Mr. Cherrington, in further discussing the Jones proposal, said it was “in _har- mony with the idea expressed by Pres- ident-elect Hoover when he suggested a WARNS OF COUNTERFEITS. Secret Service Chief Describes Fake Money in Circulation. Chief Moran of the Secret Service today sent out warning against’two new counterfeit bills, a twenty-dollar gold certificate and a five-dollar Fed- eral Reserve note. They were described briefly as fol- ows: Gold Certificate—Series of 1922; check letter “C"; face and back plate numbers indistinct; H. V. Speelman, register of the Treasury; Frank White, treasurer of the United States; por- trait of Washington. Federal Reserve Note—On the Fed- eral Reserve Bank of Chicago, IIl.: series of 1914: check letter “B”; face plate No. 987: back plate No. 3645: Frank White, treasurer of the United States: A. W. Mellon, Secretary of the Treasury; portrait of Lincoln. Roman Coins Spurious. SZEGEDIN, Hungary (#).—The pro- fessor of paleontology in the University of Szegedin told the Hungarian Numis- matics Association that most of the Roman coins preserved in museums of Europe and America were_ spurious. We Are Offering For Sale 1205 Girard Street Price £10,750 Three-story, 9 rooms and bath brick—steam heat, electric lights and garage. Three Fireplaces Open for Inspection Representative on Premises J. Dallas Grady 904 14th St. N.W., Main 6181 Office Open Daily Until 9 P.M. study of the facts New Corner Brick Chevy Chase 6400 Georgia Street Two Block East of Conn. Ave. WITH long frontage on two streets this new detached colonial home enjoys one of the most attractive exclusive section. corner settings of this Among the many features is a spacious living room, with open fireplace, model kitchen, Frigidaire equipped, four large bedrooms, two full-tiled baths and a detached brick garage. 17,500 Drive East on Shepherd Street From Conn. Avenue to Georgia Street and home J. €. 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