Evening Star Newspaper, December 7, 1929, Page 16

16 'REAL ESTATE. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MOORE DISEUSES | e v wsmncro commons ] BULDING PRI OTY DEVELOPYENT FCTERESR 51210110 WEE oo i Much Accomplished for Capi- Plans Approved for New Hall| and Hazards Will Be Laid tal Betterment, With Many for Friars of Province of Before Zoning Body. Things to Be Done. Most Holy Name. REAL ESTATE. BUILDING PERMITS GAIN. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, December 7.—Permits | " Byjlding operations for the 11 months granted for new buildings in Baltimore | ended November 30 totaled $36.528.600, in November amounted to $3,232,800, |a decline of $3,042.960 from the fotal according to & report by the bureau of | for the corresponding period of 19! This is an increase of more | which was $39,571,560. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1929. Midnight Photos To Aid Apartment Garages Advocates parked practically solid on both sides with automobiles. “On California street west of. Eight- eenth street, it was found that the street was lined on both sides with cars and when two taxicabs stopped abreast ;n the spot, the street was entirely than $1,000,000 over the corresponding | month a year ago, whea the total was $2,082,060. The total for Octoben, 1029, was $3,221,280, 2 L. “On Wisconsin avenue there is an apartment bullding whose tenants parked their cars down a side street, directly in front of private homes as well as occupymf the alley and Wis- consin avenu, alongside the building. ‘The apartment house thus was sur~ | rounded by parked cars.” Apartment tenants, Lusk contends, have a right to expect that provision be made in apartment buildijgs for the parking of their cars, Sale or Exchange Only one block from new Government improvements, Two-story brick office, four- room and bath apartment ahove. Two-car bhuilt-in garage. Property priced right for quick sale. Wanted Five to ten small brick housts, colored or white section. Must be subject to first trust only and show a good return on the investment. Please submit your offerings to our Mr. Limrick. W. S. HOGE, Jr. Franklin 7020 1517 K Street N.W. 3826 Windom Place, North Cleveland Park. Six large rooms and bath. Open fire- places and inclosed porches. This home is modern in every way. PRICE, $10,5 —with attractive terms, Photographic evidence, taken at mid- night during the freezing temperatures of December 4 and 5, will be laid before the Zoning Commission next Wednes- day by the Operative Bullders’ Associa- tion, in n:gport of the proposed amend- ment to the zoning code which would LUSK WILL ADDRESS et o 1P, s, e wmen woud | BALTIMORE REALTORS apartment buildings. ‘The pictures show lines olmnr:,vu of Apartment Vacancy Burveys rked for the night near apartmen Ef.ud,m lacking "nwnn garages for as Guide to Construction tenants, and thie absence of such street Will Be Topic. storage of cars before bulldings where Rufus 8. Lusk, secretary of the Oper- ative Bullders' Assoclation, will address | garages have been allgwed. The proposed ameridment, urged by | the Operative Builders' Association, | the apartment house division of the Baltimore Real Estate Board a week from Monday cn how to make and use | would remove the restriction now in force which requires consents of the | apartment vacancy surveys as a guide | to_construction. majority of abutting property owners to provision of storage garages for tenants | The Baltimore board is planning to | ra make its first apartment vacancy sur- | of an apartment. is rule, it is con- tended. has discous , and in some cases forestalled, provision of garages. ;ey n?glmentklyutnvl!et’l «l‘lh Llilk $ t.%ll ow this worl carried on in ‘Wash- | Would Reduce Hasards. ington, The work here has been found | It is argued that storage space in |a valuable guide to operative builders | bulldings for cars should be encouraged | in estimating the relation of supply and | 50 as to reduce traffic hazards growing | demand in ‘1 using construction. ! out of congestion in streets where curbs are lined all night with parked ma- chines. In the dead of the cold nights early this week, Lusk, accompanied by a photographer and Sergt. Miiton D. Smith of the traffic bureau as a guide, sought out some of the worst places of congestion, set up strong electric lamps and “shot” for evidence. Numerous photographs thus obtained will be pre- sented to the commission. Secretary Lusk reports that the re- sults of the expedition showed that where cars were parked “solid” along streets it was always in an apartment (Continued From Fifteenth Page.) with intimate sketches of prominent characters and other side lights all of which had something to do with the movements that carried forward, or in some cases backward, temporarily, the creation of a distinctive Federal City. ‘The new Federal depelopments are touched upon in the closing chapter: the new homes being erected for the Department of Justice, the huge struc- ture for the Commerce Department, the new portion of the Department of Ag- riculture, and the other monumental buildings in the great triangle, includ- ing that for the Department of Labor. out that the District of white marble building constructed 25 years ago, Mr, Moore says that Con- gress has made a virtue of a necessity by arranging for a civic center that will bring Judiclary Square down to the north side of Pennsylvania avenue, tlius obtaining control of six blocks ngposlt! thelnev buildings planned for the tri- angle. Court House Viewed As Ornamental. “The court house,” he writes, “is sim- ple and direct, excellent in its propor- tions and dignified in appearance—one of the chief architectural ornaments of the Capital.” Mr. Moore voices praise for Presi- dent Coolidge for his influence exerted to get the great triangle development actively under way. “The South side of Pennsylvania ave- Plans for the construction of an $850,000 hall for the friars of the ) Province of the Most Holy Name on & site at Sixteenth and Shepherd streets northeast were aj :roved this week b the District building inspector, Col. John W. Oehmann. ‘This project brought the total esti- mated cost of all new work for which permits were issued this week to $1,240,~ 110, mere than for the whole month of November. Permits issued this week include the following: Order of the Friars of the Province of the Most Iloly Name, owners; Ches- ter Oakley, architect; Turner Construc- tion Co., builders, to erect one three- story steel, concrete and brick monas- tery, Sixteenth and Shepherd streets northeast (parcel 146-8, square 4157), to_cost: $850,000. ‘Washington Episcopal Cathedral, owners; Frohman, Robb and Little, architects; George A, Fuller Co., build- ers: to erect masonry addition to cathedral, Woodley road and Massachu- setts avenue (parcel 41-21, square 1948), to cost $350.000. Simon Saperstein, owner; R. W. 8 § A y Berry, designer; Edward Wickers, build- | § er; to erect one two-story brick dwell- s h X ing, 4926 Thirtleth street northwost ot 17, square 2275), to cost $10,500. Gulf Refining Co., owners, designers and builders; to erect one one-story brick and concrete gas station, 1101 Potcmac avenue southeast (lots 19 to 22, square 997), to cost $8,000. Dagmar Carlson Leggett, owner; Sears, Roebuck & Co., designers; Pout B. Rosenberger, builder; to erect one two-story frame dwelling, 3024 Macomb Architect’s drawing of the north transept of the huge Gothic cathedral being erected on Mount St. Alban. section. nue from the Treasury to the Capitol has always been a byword and a re- proach. During these later years con- ditions have become s0 intolerable that the public sentiment of the country has beeh aroused to demand a radical ' change. The Chinese laundry, the rooming house, the junkshop, lining both sides of the eastern end of that historic _ thoroughfare between _the ‘White House and the Capitol were doomed by public sentiment more than & decade . "Congre;:om far yielded as to begin the purchase of that triangular area of locations for the Departments of Commerce and Labor (then united), and State. This took place in 1910. As so often happens, changes in the administration caused delay; then the World War came. Coolidge Leads Movement. “When the need of new buildings to house :ovem::ent :;.ork;;:d couu}’d no X be delayed, the st was aken, it :.he ‘:munee of Plr,uuwenc , of entering upon a bu prow:-‘zn calling for an expenditure o $10,000,000 a year, looking toward a systematic well-considered scheme for together departmental activi- tles so widely scattered as to make ad- ministration unduly _expensive and lacking in n. In days of old, Mr. Moore concludes, ‘when Washington was slowly emerging from forest and swamp, it was jeeringly ealled the City of Magnificent Dis- tances. “Today,” he opines, “with all the new buildings, public, semi-public and pri- vate. in progress, it may well take the ‘B,I-lmle of the City of Magnificent Possi- ities.” CONFERENCE PROVES *BIG AID IN RESTORING BUSINESS CONFIDENCE (Continued From Fifteenth Page.) better shape financially or from the standpoint of manufacturing efficiency and skill of management. “Earnings during several years of pros- perity have enabled bank borrowings to be reduced to a minimum or paid off entirely. Bonded indebtedness has been tired thro oaded with high-) goods and up to the hilt in debt, are lenders of funds in the money market. Nothing could illustrate more forcibly the great dif- ference between the situation at the present time and that of 1920-21. “The conferences which President Hoover has held in Washington with | Jeaders in major flelds of economic ac- tivity have done much to restore con- fidence by demonstrating the vast pro- grams of industrial rebuilding and ex- pansion that lie ahead. As the proceed- ings of these conferences were pub- lished daily in the newspapers, there is no need for extended comment, except to call special attention to the signifi- cance of such programs as that a nounced by the railroads to spend $800. 000,000 to $1,000,000,000 on rolling stock and right of way during the next year: by the public utility systems to spend $1.800.000.000 on new plants and dis- tributing facilities: by States and mu- nicipalities to speed road building and other public improvements, and by in- dustry generally to'maintain wages and 1o take advantage of slack periods to | carry forward needed betterments and | enlargements. REPRESENT REALTORS. XKissell and Nelson Attend Hoover Conference. Harry 8. Kissell, Springfield, Ohio, first vice president of the National As- | sociation of Real Estate Boards, and Herbert U. Nelson, the association’s executive secretary, represented the na- tional association at the conference this ‘week of leading business men called by |! the Chamber of Commerce of the United States at the request of Presi- || dent Hoover for the purpose of consid- ering voluntary and co-operative action between the various lines of business and between business and Government agencies. SN AN S DOCTOR OR DENTIST Corner Home for Office and Residence || Ill. Ave. & Farragut St.| The office has a separate entrance from the street and consists of two rooms and lavatory. The location is in the heart of a growing community. The residence is of tapestry brick with concrete front porch and contains recep- tion hall, 6 unusually rooms and tiled bath built- in tub and shower. Beautifully decorated throughout, with hardwood floors and trim. It i equipped with oil burn Frigidaire all mo ~anveniences. Onlv $12,500. CAFRITZ 14th & K Dist. 9080 IR LASARRRNARNREERERENNINS e TRANSEPT PROJECT T0 C0ST S350 Permit for Cathedral Work Applied for by Contract- ing Company. (Continued From Fifteenth Page.) terest as it will add to the superstruc- ture of the majestic fane which is al- ready & distinguished landmark of the National Capital. Like the structurally complete apse and choir, the pts are of four- teenth century Gothic architectural de- sign. The plans were prepared by Froh- man, Robb & Little of Washington and Boston. Philip H. Frohman is the resi- dent architect. The building of the north and south transepts is regarded by the Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of Wash- ington, as one of the most important operations ever undertaken at Wash- ington Cathedral. He said recently: “The importance of this work cannot be overstated and the urgency of carry- ing it to completion before January 1932 is made more evidént when we seek to envision the great national service which it is proposed to hold here on February 22 of that year, in commemoration of the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of George ‘Washington. “It is hoped that this service will be of national and innternational sig- nificance. Appropriate, indeed, does such a service appear when we recall that, in the plans of this capital city, as conceived by Washington and de- signed by L'Enfant, a majestic shrine was to stand as an_embodiment of the Nation's faith in God. Thus on_this significant anniversary will be fulfilled, at least part, the dream of him whom we affectionately remember as the ‘Father of His Country.’” BUYS COLONIAL ESTATE. Eugene E. du Pont Completes Deal for Napley, in Maryland. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, December 7.—Eugene E. du Pont of Wilmington, Del.. has completed a transactich by which he becomes the owner of Napley, one of the oldest and most valuable Colonial estates in Kent County. ‘While the price paid for the 450-acre estate was not announced, it is known to have been the most important real estate transaction made in Kent County for years. Napley shores long have been held to be among the best ducking shores on the Chester River, fronting on waters which abound in fish and oysters. The new owner plans to convert the dwell- | ing on the estate into a residence and will beautify the lawns, which slope to the water. w Charming NeW‘ Stucco Home DELIGHTFULLY HOMELIKE, containing 4 bedrooms and 2 com~ plete tiled baths, large living- room with open- fireplace, oak floors throughout. Sun parlor. Everything modern, including u?arne garage with private driveway. A wonderful value in splendidly located home. Open Sunday Until 8 P.M. A New Home Also for Sale at 414 Old Georgetown Road 412 Old Georgetown Road Adjoining Edgemoor $13,250 CONVENIENT TERMS Drive out Wisconsin Avenue to Bethesda Bank, bear left on Old * Georgetown Road to houses; or take Rockville Trolley and gei off at Glenbrook Road W. H. WEST COMPANY 1519 K Street Representative on Premises National 9900 Superior New Homes 1207 Owen St. N. E. Open Daily Until 9 P.M. This, the exhibit house of an attractive group of siaihaniviilssatosensditesdinpesiinn, Wourwill marvel at the new patterns of wallpaper, the artistic lighting fixtures and the popular hardwood trim. The kitchen with Sanitas walls, inlaid linoleum floor, cabinet and usual equipment, will please you. All of the bedrooms are large and ‘each has a closet. The tiled bath has shower, built-in tub, mirror cab- inet and many sundries. There are sleeping and breakfast porches and a built-in garage. These homes also have the efficient National Green Jacket heating plant. Wonderful Homes for $7.975 On Rental Terms! ROBERT W. SAVAGE 717 Union Trust Bldg. Nat'l 6799 Owen street is only a few squares north of Florida Ave. N.E. between West Virginia Ave. and Trinidad Ave. Around those _apartments street (lot 808, square 2084), to cost $7,500. builder; to erect one two-story brick (ot 15, square 3176), to cost $6,000. Roy E. Solomon, owner; J. W. Wil- son, designer; J. W. Aickerson, builder; to erect one one-story brick public garage, alley rear 1726 Fifteenth street (lot 808, square 192), to cost $4.000. Lone Star Cement Co. of Virginia, Inc., owners and builders; to erect roof, 1177), to cost $4,000. G. W. Chase, owner, designer and and tile dwelling, 7216 Seventh street which have storage garages, he found, there were either none or few cars parked for the night. He reports that: Automobiles Line Streets. “On Devonshire place just west of Klingle Bridge, a large new apartment house has been erected, with a garage, but the street, which has ‘just been opened. was lined with automobiles of persons who formerly parked their cars on Connecticut avenue. “All streets east and west between | Thirteenth to Sixteenth streets. were Nxvev;"fl Eoionial Open Sunday mediate consideration. baths, oil burner, elec car garage to match. ful shrubbery. 1418 Eye St. NW. Listed in The living room with its 3 baths and 2-car stone gai Drive cut Conn. All-brick construction. pegged floors is only a part of its excellent features, and copper guttering. See it at once. ‘marle St. to Linnean Road, North to Brandywine and East to property. OPEN SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND ALL DAY SUNDAY OSS EPHELFS Natl. 9300 ‘e HOME OF HOwes Brick Residence in Massachusetts Avenue Park 3525 EDMUNDS ST. for your inspection > COMPARING this exclusively situated resi- dence with other homes of similar character, you will realize that, at the surprisingly moderate asking price, this is a value worth your ime Eight rooms, two tric refrigeration. Two- Shade tree and beauti- Nl Sansbury Natl. 5904 B S R R Sty S S S T e St S 2816 Brandywine St. Forest Hills One of the Most Unique Homes Our Office Detached, on Large Lot, and Built Entirely of Quarried Stone Forest Hills is well named. . hills lend exceptional charm for such homes as this. Its wonderfully wooded fireplace, beamed ceiling and Slate roof rage. Oil Burner. Ave., East on Albe- o | ; 3336 Water street, (lots 42 to 46, square | Florida avenue and Newton street from | |\ (West of Connecticut Ave.) This beautiful center-hall plan house is what you have been long dre ing about and now it can be had at such rice that it will be the mi ife if you don’t take advantage of this offer. Description: Spacious center reception hall, with wide stairway; beautiful living room attractive open fireplace, with men’s room or den in the rear; sun porch; a very large dining room, breakfast room, complete kitchen with outside and inside pantries, open porch, comprise the first floor. ‘There are four excellent bedrooms, two batl including a master bedroom with private bath, (showe floored attic, com- plete servants quarters. Screens, awnings, metal weather-stripped throughout, 2.car garage, The entire property is like new. The location is ideal, om a beantifully landscaped lot, 85-foot fromt, in a sectiom of fine homes. If you are the least bit interested in a home you t afford to miss inspecting this property. The Owner Is Out of Town and the House Will Be Open for Inspection This Afternoon and All Day Sunday SHANNON: & LUCH Exclusive Agents These Distinctive HNModerate-Priced Homes in Sheridan Park edppeal Particularly to Every Apartment Dweller THE REASON is evident as an inspection of the beautiful homes in this new development will readily disclose—becau: offer you every comfort and convenience that you now enjoy they us the privacy, contentment, pride and joy which you can only experience in a home of your own. Isn't this worth a great deal to you? Then arrange at once to inspect these new homes in the exclusive upper Sixteenth Str?ct residential section and see for yourself how artistic —how splendidly arranged—how substantially constructed they are— and above all how completely they are equipped with every modern feature including: AN OIL BURNER HEATING PLANT which permits you to regulate the temperature of your home with the mere movement of your finger . . . no fires to build « + + nocoal to shovel . . . no dust, dirt or ashes . . . the temperature automatically controlled . . . kept at just the degree you want it. ELECTRIC REFRIGER A. TION . . . cheaper than ice and more satisfactory for keeping food- stuffs . . . no muss . . . no drip pans to empty. TWO BATHS . . . one equip- ped with built-in shower . . . both fully tiled and equipped with latest built-in fixtures. BUILT-IN GARAGE large enough for two cars . . . no night parking on the street . . . no ex- pense for garage storage, THREE LARGE BEDROOMS with a sleeping porch which may be screened or glassed in to provide an additional sleeping room. LARGE KITCHEN with every buile-in convenience . . . laundry « « o elandscaped front lawns and many other features, We cordially invite your inspection of this high-class development of extraordiriary homes the prices of which range from $12,500 to $14,- 750, EXHIBIT HOME OPEN UNTIL 9 P. M. DAILY Opposite 16th Street Entrance to Rock Creek Golf Course. Drive out 16th St. to Sheridan St., then one block east. ARDMA 1437 K Street N.W. District 3830