Evening Star Newspaper, March 15, 1930, Page 17

REAL LAY STONE TODAY FORNEW BuicumG Hechinger Co. Is Building New‘ Main Office and Plant on Maryland Avenue. The corner stone of the new main offices and retall and wholesale plant of the Hechinger company building mate- | rials and house-wrecking concern will be Iaid this afternoon on the site of the structures now being erected on Mary- land avenue extended, near Fifteenth and H streets northeast. ‘The corner stone will be laid by Louis Prank of Baltimore, father-in-law of | Sidney Hechinger, head of the firm, | while Max Abel, past master of Har-| mony Lodge, F. A. A. M, will act as| master of ceremonies. Tapestry Brick Is Used. ‘The main office building will be of tapestry brick. It will contain about 3,000 square feet of floor space, with ceiling height of 18 feet, and will have a mezzanine floor for general office . The main office building will purposes. | have a large show room space. ESTATE.’ NEW GENERAL BAKING CO. PLANT NEARLY COMPLETED Architect’s sketch of the new baking plant being erected on Georgia avenue opposite the Washington Base Ball Park. 1t will replace the present plant at 129 First street southwest, which is to be removed to make way for extension of the Botanic Gardens. The new structure was started last July. Construction cost was estimated at $650,000. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. D. C. SATURDAY. MARCH 15, _1930. NEW QUARTERS TAKEN | BY SHOE CONCERN Snyder & Little, Inc, Transfers Business From 1211 F Street to 607 Thirteenth. Snyder & Little, Inc.,, shoe concern, | which has been in business here many | years, has leased new quarters at 607 Thirteenth street, in the Homer Build- ing, it is announced by Carl G. Ro- sinski, who handled negotiations. The | property was leased from 8. Kann Sons Co., owners. Snyder & Little, Inc, has | been located at 1211 F street. | Store quarters at 1306 G street have | been leased by Schmedtie Bros., jewel- | ers, which has been in business here for many years, formerly located at 1217 G street. Property at 804 Seventh street has been leased by J. H. Kaplan, who will operate a mill y business there, Ro- sinski announces. Mr. Kaplan has sub- leased a part of the store quarters there to Julius Udoff, where a dress depart- | ment will be established. ARCHITECT NEEDS CITED. ; rent fon of real estate leaders ex- pi at the Tecent Phoenix meeting of the National Association of Real Adjoining this building will be &|More Beientific Administration of | Estate Boards, when Harry H. Culver, | loading platform, 20 by 100 feet, for the handling of building materials. Separated by wide driveways will be two | large Jumber sheds, one 40 by 160 feet and the other 72 by 200 feet. These lumber sheds are to be connected with railroad facilities, so that it will be possible to unload directly from rail- road cars to the sheds. | Back of these buildings lumber ruh‘ are being erected for the stacking of dimension lumber. The entire develop- ment is to have railroad facilities through connection with spurs of the| .. B. & A. electric line with other railroads. Expect to Move June 1. The front of the lumber sheds will be Service Urged. More scientific administration of architectural service in co-operation with the construction industry is needed, Frank C. Baldwin of this city, secretary of the American Institute of Architects, declares in letters to institute mem- | bers. | He urges wider use in the interest of architects, contractors and the publie of standard documents developed by_the institute. ‘While the practicing architect has no | positive assurances about 1930, he re- poris, the weight of evidence is in ornamented with columns, arches and | fayor of a “reasonably” good building stucco panels. Louis T. Rouleau, archi- tect, designed the office building and the facades of the lumber sheds, while the layout of the plant as a whole was prepared by Stanford E. Abel, vice president of the company. Engineering year, with an improvement which should begin in the Spring. retiring president of that organization, and Leonard P. Reaume, incoming president, both emphasized that 1930 must be a year of action based on facts which must be ascertained by means of thorough surveys of the local condi- tions of real estate supply and demand. Whether It’s: A Loan on Real Estate Real Estate You wish to sell or purchase Insurance You wish to place. Rental Property You desire managed. OPEN TODAY AND SUNDAY 5012 and 5014 KANSAS AVE. Unusual Opportunity in New Homes These houses contain 7 rooms and bath each and bullt-in garage. All modern improvements including FRIGIDAIRE. Location high and surrounded by newly-bullt homes; southeastern exposure on 120- foot avenue: bus line less than 2 blocks away, while churches and work was planned by Willlam J. Latimer. The Hechinger company plans to re- move its Camp Meigs branch to the| new location about June 1. PILOTS ARE PLENTIFUL. Lamont Tells Builders to Survey | Current Market. | | Advice®to those concerned in con- struction and building industries that | their present task, broadly speaking, is | | to survey the market as it stands, both | | as to supply and demand, and see | where the demand for the commodity | Italy Has Three Trained Flyers f0T | gyion these interests have to dispose | of can be widened, was given in a Each of 800 Fighting Planes. recent statement made by Robert P.| (uOME, March 18 0P —taly s more | Laon” Secrtary of Commerce, ndi ~ 9 ! ! ster of ation Balbo told the Cham- 4 ber of Deputies yesterday. Premier Such advice is in line with the cur- ‘Mussolini joined in the applause. CHEVY CHASE $14,750.00 Just Off Conn. Ave. Charming English-type brick and stucco home, in a most excellent location. situated on wonderfully landscaped lot of Every modern t:’kfl? == ncl ope Kitc! equipment. . "and our sien. 3 Taylor St. 5 e o 90 0 0 | AND SUNDAY o . 3. E. 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District 1017 PLACE An Individually Buslt Brick Home Sitvated amid am d s prof thiz i« unquestionsbly f t D. C. Individually the _convenience colored tile bath, se, In living room. oak awnings and met; Tepresents an Circle, turn east Open Sunday 10 to 6 ent) Gas nc:nmngf' VALUE vl t) on Western Ave, ion d_shi 3 of roses and c{l’!" y mfos Reached via G ve. o esant Place. Alfred T. Newbold OWNER 8626 Conn. Ave. WEST OF 16th ST. ENGLISH IN EVERY LINE—A residence of the more pretentious sort in which the archi- tect has caught the real spirit of olde England’s romantic style of architecture. 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