Evening Star Newspaper, January 26, 1929, Page 18

18 REAL STUDY OF BUILDING COSTS IS REPORTED Washington One of Three| Cities Where Labor and Material Survey Is Made. A study of the comparative cost of labor and materials entering into the construction of buildings in Washing- ESTATE. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 1929, ton, recently completed by the Burcau | of Labor Labor, Statistics, Department of shows that in Washington the | cost of materials amounted to 54.3 per | cent and of labor, 45.7. The survey applied to conditions here during the early part of 1928. A report on the survey contained in ! the January i Review show ue of the Monthly Labor hat for resident period covered, 52.6 per cent cost applied toward materials, 474 went for labor. In buildings of non-resid 50.3 per cent went toward and 40.7 toward labor. Three Cities Studied. Washington was one of three citics studied in the survey, the other cities being Cincinnati, Ohio, and Decatur, 111, these being regarded as fairly rep- resentative of the different types of urban communities, though it is pointed out tkat the data collecied should not be interpreted as applying to the United States as a whole. When the three cities studied were taken together. it was found that mate- rial costs accounted for 58.1 per cent of the total, while labor accounted for 41.9 per cent, as an average, for both resi- dential and non-residential types of buildings. For ,the three cities, also, it was found that the largest single labor item in residential building was the carpenter work, which took 32.7 cents of each dollar spent, and in the non-residential building the largest single expenditure was for concrete work, which took 18.5 cents of each doliar expended. Division of Costs, It was found that in vided as follows: Excavating and ing, 100 per cent for labor: 52.8 per cent for material and 47.2 per cent for labor; carpenter work, 54.5 per cent for material and 45 labor; tile work, 57.7 per cent for ma- terial and 42.3 for labor; concrete work, 588 per cent of material and 41.2 for labor; electric wiring and fixtures, 68.9 per cent for material and 31.1 for labor: plumbing, 60.8 per cent for material and 39.2 for labor; heating, 72.8 for material and 27.2 for labor; painting, 25.3 for material and 74.7 for labor; papering, 33.2 for material and 66.8 for labor; plastering, 37.8 for material and 62.2 for labor; roofing, 56.4 for material and 43.6 for labor, and miscellaneous, 63 for material and 37 for labor. For non-residential types of building ! in Washington the following divisions were found; Excavating and grading, 1.9 per cent for material and 98.1 for labor: brickwork, 68.6 for material and 41.4 for labor; carpenter work, 50.5 for material and 49.5 for labor; concrete work, 55.9 for material and 44.1 for labor; structural steel, 76.9 for material and 231 for labo: wiring and fixtures, 68.6 for material and 314 for labor: heating and ven- tilating, 72.8 for material and 27.2 for labor; plumbing, 59.6 for material and 40.4 for labor; plastering, 29.1 for ma- terial and 70.9 for labor; painting, 30.9 for material and 69.1 for labor; roofing, 49 for material and 51 for labor; glass and, glazing, -81.7 for material; 8.3 for labor: . miscellaneous, 75 for material " | southwest, which Washington | 3 costs for residential buildings were di- | Mits issued in appro: brickwork, | tile work, | 73.7 for material and 26.3 for labor; | electric | building loy n purchas estate of Mrs. Henrietta ) | Co., trustees. The saic pru | Agriculture. BIEBER BUILDING ACQUIRED BY WARDMAN/ near Fourteenth street dman_Corporation from the . Hailiday, through the American Security & Trust was_not announced. | building for a number of ycars, sub-leasing it for offices of the Department of Wardman has leased the STRAUS REFUTES !Survey of Permits in 550 Cities Shows Loss Over 1927, Report Says. On the basis of a survey of official reports of building plans filed or per- mately 550 lead- ing cities of the country, reports of c: tiaued gains in building activities | throughout the country are not bourne per cent for |out by the actual facts, it, is declared today by S. W. Straus & Co. Straus estimates that actual build- ing operations for the entire country during 1928 amourtted to $3.335,000,020, a loss of 3 per cent frem 1927, or 14 om 1926 and of 18 per cent timate difers widely from re- ports from other agencies, which are based on different methods of calculat- ing construction work and including a different scope of work surveyed. The Straus estimate is based only BUILDING GAINS |since the end of July. on building permit records in the 550 cities and towns. They include only new buildings and alterations and are not to be confused with the construction of _highway dams, subways and various other types of engineering jobs and public works,” the slatement emphasizes. Straus states, in part: : “The reports show that building generally has been on a steady decline Taken month ; month the precentages of loss as ompared with the same month of | the preceding year were as follows: 11 per cent; September, 10 per ; October, 1 per cent; November, 17 cnt, and December, 11 per cent. is pointed out that there is ng in the situation to indicate the bility of an immediate reversal of f The primary cause of the let- up in building operations is ascribed to high money rates, although building has been proceeding at top speed for the last five years and 2 lull for a while is no more than might be expected. “It is apparent from the studies made that the decline now in progress is somewhat more pronounced in the smaller centers than in the large cities. In the group of 25 cities which last year led the Nation in building permits, the falling off from the preceding an- nual period was negligible, the figures being $1,276,291,635 for 1928 and $1,275,104,122 for 1927. In 1926 the same cities reported $1,546,658,993, last year's loss being 17 per cent. “The total in the 25 leading cities in December w: $153,193,733, com- pared with $17 873 last year, a loss of 12 per cent. Chevy Chase, D. C. $16,500 Absolute Sarrifice 30 HOUSES HEAD | Sixth Presbyterian Church to Erect Edifice at 5425 Sixteenth Street. | _(Continued From Seventeenth Page.). !builders; to erect one frame parage, 4355 Klingle street (lots 1 and 2, square 11625); to cost $300. J. C. Phillips, owner, designer and !builder; to erect two 2-story frame dwellings, 3328 and 3332 Military road (lots 15 and 16, square 1991); to cost 1$10.000. | . Sidney C. Cousins, owner; Frank , Simpson, designer and builder; to erect one 2-story frame addition, 3921 Ingo- |mar street (lot 13, square 1753); to cost | $2,000, | Edwin Jacobson, owner, designer and | builder; to erect one 2-story frame {dwelling, 5414 Nevada avenue (part of r]nt< 50 and 62, square 2024); to cost at $86.33 three bed chambers with two sides assuring ample light and lent standing. purchased for reasonable first per month total interest and bargain, and worthy of your sideration. Telephone Main 9770 of Our Kansas sleeping porches, concrete front and paved alley. LIST OF PERMITS An Ideal Seven-Room Home OCATED at 1623 Lanier Place N.W, 4 secluded, quiet, highly desirable ‘residential district, over- looking entrance to Rock Creek Park, one block to 16th bus and Mount Pleasant car line. Toom, solarium, full size dining room and kitchen. well proportioned rooms, ideally arranged, exposure on three Building is 100% co-operatively owned by neighbors of excel- This co-operative apartment home can be Open all day Sunday until § p.m. r 301. Weck days, phone main office for inspection appointment. M. and R. B. WARREN Realtors and Builders LR Rl el el Rl el el e il l o)l e o R el o e ANSWERED Your Home Buying Problem Will End With the Inspection INNOVATIONS 20 feet wide, six large rooms, parquet floors, 7:-inch oak hardwood floors and trim throughout, elaborate kitchen dressers, Kelvinator electric refrigerator, colored one-piece sink (buff), artistic two-colored bath (green-buff), garage Exhibit House 4925 KANSAS AVENUE builder; to erect one 2-story frame dwelling, 4512 Forty-ninth street (lot 70, square 1485); to cost $7,000. Two-Story Dwelling. Charles D. Sager, owner and builder; George T. Santmyers, architect; to erect one 2-story brick and tile dwelling, |2401 E street northeast (lot 1, square 4522): to cost $5.500. Clifton A. Raleigh, owner, architect and builder; to crect one 1%4-story tile |and stucco dwelling, 3631 Alabama ave- | nue southeast (lots 26 and 27, square 5671); to cost $5.000. James H, Howard, owner and builder: | | wilford L. Faton, designer; to_erect one 1-storv frame dwelling, 5915 Clay street northeast (lot 36, squere 5273); to cost $1,000. Metropolitan Club. owner; DeSibour Construction Co., builders: to make re- pairs, 1700 H street (lot 30, square 166): to cost $1,000 ~Mrs. Robert Lansing, owner; William | P. Lipscomb Co.. Inc. builders: to make repairs, 1328 Sixteenth street (lot 1 square 181); to cost $2,000. Cooley Bros., owners and builder: ercct seven brick garages, 1926-38 Thirty-cighth _street (lots 37 to 43, square 1310); to cost $1,600. Walley Harrison, owner: William H. Jackson, designer: to crect one 3 concrete block and frame dwelling, 103 Fifticth street northeast (lots 18 and 19, square 5200); to cost $1,000. Mrs. Chauncey Depew, owner; Dayis, Wick, Rosengarten Co., Inc., builders; to mike repairs, 2107 @ street. (ot 801, square 66) ; nwner E. C.| George Ram ect one frame ga- L, Per Month in the heart of a Extra large reception hall, full baths with shower, living Spacious, air from south and west. payment, and as low as $86,33 all operating expenses. A real immediate inspcction and con- Sce Mr. Gerbish, Apartment 925 Fifteenth Street N.W. Rt Avenue Homes real open fireplace, breakfast and porch, Cafritz wardrobe closets, 3610 Quesada Street, NI, This attractive property, located one-half square from Chevy Chase Circle, contains eight rooms and two baths. This is an excep- tionally. well built hcme, built to sell for $22,500. - Situated on a nicely elevated lot with plenty of shade trees, garags on premises and paved MERSON T BUS—14th STREET CAR—GEORGIA AVE- NUE CAR—EAST AT EMERSON STREET TO KANSAS AVENUE M. 9080 rage, 4512 Forty-ninth street (lot 70, square 1485); to cost $500. W..C. & A N. Miller, owners and builders: to erect stone retaining wall, | 2900 Upton street (lot 77, square 1620); to_cost $300. Edwin Jacobson, owner, designer nn(l builder; to erect one frame garage, 5414 | Nevada avenue (part of lots 50 and 62, | square 2024); to cost $300. N. B. Scott, owner; to erect concrcte retaining wall, 2833 Woodland drive (lot 14, square 2200): to cost $350. | James H. Carter, owner and builder: | IR. €. Archer, architect; to erect one frame addition, 2007 First street southwest (lot 804, square 611); to cost $500. Abraham Sherman, owner; A. S. J.| Atkinson, architect; Max Kimbell, builder; 'to erect on2 I-story brick addition, 1645 and 1647 Sixth strect (ot 13, square to cost $750. | Guthrie Williams, owner and builder; to crect one concrete block garage, 1511 | Thirty-third street (lot 814, square | : to cost $500. | Kaplan Estate, owner; J. E. Merritt, | builder; to make repairs, 439 Seventh | street southwest (lot 38, square 435); | to_cost $500. Mrs. Addie Cohen, owner; to inclose | | porch, 2528 Thirteenth street (lot 156, | v | square 21 5): to cost $300. Greorge E. Pruett, owner and builde to crect onc brick garage, 4514 Forty- | ninth street (lots 27_and 28, square 1496) ; to cost $300. They May Look Alike Outside —But ... Inside 2206 Tunlaw Rd. —will show the difference! It's the type home that will really please you. Six large rooms, sleeping” porch, breakfast porch. a large front porch, and a tile bath ~with built-in tub and shower. 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M. WARDMAN 1437 K St. N.W. Main 3830 A COLONIAL BRICK HOME IN SA UL S ADDITION o CAFRIT and 25 for labor. alley. This heme is modern in every detail with extra large porches. REALTY LIGENSE LAWMAY SPREAD Legislation Is Expected to Be Introduced in Many More States. Gallatin Street N.W. Open All Day Sunday for Inspection. Wm. S. Phillips & Company 1501 K St. N.W. Realtors Main 4600 Owner Offers $1,000 Reduction Finest Corner Center-Hall Plan Home in All Petworth! Corner $1 2,9 50 8-Room Home On Exceptional Terms Ideal Exposure Beautiful Corner Lot 4 Bedrooms Sleeping Porch DO NOT FAIL TO INSPECT VERY REASONABLY PRICED $16,950 TERMS OPEN SUNDAY FOR INSPECTION CENTER- HALL PLA‘J 4 BEDROOMS—2 BATHS ELIGHTFULLY 58-f frontage 8 rooms, finished atti SPECIAL 'UR hot-water heating system fireplace, hardwood floors, large porch, Trico radiator weather-stripred throughout, screens, awnings. 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