Evening Star Newspaper, May 11, 1929, Page 14

14 § REAL ESTATE. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, .D.. €, SATURDAY, MAY 11, 1929.° —_— BUI“]ING INDUSIRY | m;;—_;m—mLPERATIVE APARTMENT ' DEVELOPMENT ‘ | Contractors Hear Strong De- i fense by President Flagler “ of Atlanta. [ ; The pocition occupied by general con- | {tractors during the past 15 years has | {been similar to that of a beleaguered igarrison, it is claimed by Thomas T. !Flagler, Atlanta, Ga. in a president's | imessage to the Asscciated General Con- | itractors. ) i Beset on all sides by uneconomic | {business customs and methods, unwise | statutes that promote loose credit con- | ditions and short-sighted practices in | ithe letting of contracts, the mortality | — ST {among contracting firms has been high, | Flagler inted out # details the . H B8 o ogr b e HOMES ARE PLANNED | ore t! executive oard of the - | L H ‘;&ncmm’ association at Oklahoma Ccni‘:‘y FOR 2,500 FAMILIES ‘ 4 ¥ S 16. | 3 e Blay IN NEW APARTMENTS' 0 . S @ +Plans for the remedying of the basic | e e . o i difficulties in the construction industry | (Continued Prom Thirteenth Page.) | X | ot only have been formulated but | ——— Remedial Plans Formed. | have been applled far enough to show | jeym. Each room will have numerous itheir value in specific. localities. Loose | ejectrical outlets and radio outlets will The greatest home value ever offered in Washington Furnished Exhibit Home icredit practices that result in stagger- 4ng losses to material dealers. in unpaid accounts and which not infrequently Subject owners to demands for dual payment on materials through the oper- ation of lien laws, can be: remedied through the credit plan which is to be & principal point for discussion by the Oklahoma City meeting. it was claimed. TThe purpose of again bringing this plan up on May 16 is to further devise ways and means to get it into operation in every community in the Nation,” he ald. ;F The plan to aid public officials and private ence of tontract 8 project will be discussed at the meet- ing of the executive board of the Asso- tiated General Contractors in Okla- oma City May 16. | | This was announced by S. M. Wil-| liams. manager of the engineering con- | $truction division of the contractors’| pssociation. It was made regarding {he recent establishment of a basis for ¢o-operation between general contrac- ng a contractor default on wotk before the completion of | velopment. each butlding wil be built in. The entrance doors to | | each apartment will be patented type | | which permits package deliveries dur- | ing the absence of occupants. | An innovation will be a central heat ing plant for each group of buildings. | This will be in a sub-basement under | the “true” basement of one building in | | each group. | | In each bullding one entire wing of | the basement will be a gymnasium and | | recreation room, with adjoining locker ! and shower room. Another wing will | be fitted as a laundry. The other two wings will contain individual lockers | rs in avoiding the experi- | for_each apartment. | Under the financial plan for the de- be sub- | ject to but one deed of trust, and there will be no second trusts agamnst the property, hapiro stated. | - = $100,000 Laundry Planned. The Palace Realty Corporation has filed application for permit for the con- | struction of a four-story brick laundry and stores bullding to be erected at fors and those bonding companies that | . | 741 Ninth street. The cost is esti- | Dnderwrite surety bonds guaranteeing | 741 Ninth strect, { contract performance. Means for Information. ! The plan involves establishing the means to gather information on how eontractors have performed their con- tract obligations in past dealings. and when fully operating, it is claimed, will fnake available an exact picture of the facts to the surety companies when tonsidering any application for a surety §ears of discussion with surety com- panies and was only advanced toward eoncrete establishment January 31, fter both organized contractors and he surety companies got together in a DBureau set up for co-operative effort. : All details of the plan have been bond. ; This Pla“ is the outgrowth of six |meeunls on May 16 in Oklahoma City o Recognition of Workers Urged. ' | Recognition of workers as a means of restoring pride in craftsmanship and of encouraging individual artistry will be actively sponsored by the American | Institute of Architects. and on June 4 in New York. At the Oklahoma City gathering:gens+ | eral contractors through their associa- tions will be called upon, to approve the | final detalls of the plan, which will be | presented in ork to the surety | New Yo companies. Both groups have already | rked out and it is expected that ac- | approved of the plan in principle, but ual work on the listing of contract | have not examined the details ‘worked rformance data will begin after |out for its application. New Detached Brick Priced te Sell In Best Section Takoma, Park, D. C. Three Different Designs H Modern to the extreme. With Venetian bath. Built- | in electric refrigeration. Best automatic water heater. Detached garage. On nicely planted and graded.lot. These are real homes. 515 Van Buren Street N.W. Open for Inspection H. L. Thornton, Realtor 6900 4th St., Takoma Park, D. C. Phone Ga. 2291 i Semi-Bungalow In Beautiful 6631 Harlan Place N.W. House containing 6 rooms, bath, sleeping porch, oil burner, S-cas garage, Lot 602195, Priced for Quick Sale Apply Wilson Realty Co. Suite 1036-38 National Press Building Main 7472 | Architect’s sketches cf buildings in the first group of nine units in the apartment project which has been started at New Hampshire avenue and Fmerson strect by the Hampshire Garden Development Corporation. The entire project, pro- posed for a 50-acre tract, will c~st about $15,000,000, according to J. B. Shapiro, president of the corporation. MARIETTA PARK FOR PARTICULAR PEOPLE See These Semi-detached Brick Homes Carefully ' and Personally Built by McCONCHIE & HOLMES 510 and 512 Peabody St. N.W. :Sample House Now Open 7 ROOMS, BUILT-IN BATH WITH SHOWER These Homes are built with every eare and precaution—7 nicely ed hardwoad foors thi ARwASden’ai clotet ipace, roomy kitchen, pastrs, open fireplace, ¢old storage and coal bin under cement front poreh, many new features. Eleetric refrigeration. g : PRICED TO SELL-TERMS ARRANGED Come Out and Inspect Thg‘pflamgo—_OPEN UNTIL 9 ‘P.M. EVERY DAY “'WAPLE & JAMES, Inc. 1226 14th St. N.W. North 962 ALTER A. DUNIGAN Quality Built, The HIGHEST POINT in NORTH CLEVELAND PARK 23 SOLD . . . 5 LEFT WHY? Because T am giving the Buying Public what they want, 100% _construction and_workmanship at a price that suits their pocketbook. THAT EXTRA 4 ft. makes a_dificrence—GIVES YOU REAL ROOMS. Exhibit Home, 4215 37th St. N.W. i Ob!en‘and lighted daily until 9 P.M. To inspect drive out Connecticut Ave.'to Van Ness St., west to 37th St., or out Wisconsin Ave. to Van Ness St east to 37th St. NW. WALTER A. DUNIGAN National 9530 925 15th St. N.W. Nlli(;l!ll 9530 1417 Whittier St. (Just Off 16th) $14,750 HOME of outstanding architectural merit and faultless construction, the nine rooms and three baths of which show that no detail of quality, refinement and convenience has been overlooked. Such features as English casement windows of plate glass, open fireplace with artistic moulded mantel, wrought iron stair rail, rubber tile floor in kitchen and pantry, oak floors throughout, attractive lighting fixtures, floored attic over the entire house with an immense cedar storage closet, automatic storage water heater, slate roof and terraced lawn artistically landscaped, presenting an irrestible appeal. We invite your inspection today of a home that you will like. Exhibit home completely furnished and'decor:t: 1 BY W. B. MOSES & SONS OPEN DAILY UNTIL 9 PM. NATIONAL MORTGAGE & INVEST. CORP. 1004 Vt. Ave. NW. Main 5833 Macadam Drive from Street Corner lot 725x150 feet, Beautifully Terraced PR raeen rras Sreavs Fieww mAY 4101 Harrison Street Price and terms reduced to assure a sale; formerly priced and valued at $30,000.00 Price Now $25.000.00 10 larfle rooms Clothes chute 3 baths . Chamberlin metal weatherstrips Q-.car garage Copper wire screens - 10-foot porch front and side Instantaneous water heater Sleeping porch, glassed and screened Norway spruce and cedars Kitchen porch, glassed and screened Redstem dogwood Wonderful heating plant Apple trees and grapes Ample boiler capacity Shade trees, black oaks. pin oak. Ample radiation Elms and maple 18-in. granite stone foundatio Lilacs, roses, shrubbery and ivy Inspection Sunday or any day by appointment Mandler-Terry Co. 927 New York Ave. M. 5199 Ouwner Clev. 4752 Or your own Broker