Evening Star Newspaper, March 29, 1930, Page 19

REAL PROPERTY LEASES We Specialize in Finding the Right Location —— CONSULT MR. BRENT BOSS=PHEPS Estab. 1907 Open Daily for In- spection Until 6 P.M. 5014 Kansas Ave. N.W. $10,950 MI-DETACHED , 7 rooms and bath, also garage. All modern improvements, including FRIGIDAIRE; plenty of closets. One of the high sections of the city and de- sirable from all viewpoints. Look at it today. Wm. H. Saunders Co. Inc. 1433 K St. N.W. District 1017 DETACHED BRICK | HOME IN i 1812 Varnum St. N.W, ’ Washington’s Finest Close-in Section ! Price $17_950 Terms Colonial-type home of 8 well arranged rooms, large bath with shower and extra lavatory. Sun ’ parlor on first floor: finished | Lot 40x150 feet. | Open Sunday ’ 11 AM. to 6 P.M. Inspection Invited . WAPLE & JAMES, Inc. 1226 14th St. North 0962 | attic; garage. i‘ARGYLE PARK’ ’ ESTATE. SEES D. C. BUSINESS ON STABLE BASIS Competing “Home Town Bocster” Lauds Washing- ton as Residence City. The general stability of business in | Washington was cited by Carl G. Ro- | sinski_as one reason why this is “the | best city in which to reside” in the ad- | dress he made in the home town boost- ing ‘oratory contest staged recently by | the Washington Real Estate Board. His | address_follows: | "“To convince the outsider that Wash- |ington is the best city in which to re- |side is, in my opinion, one of the casiest sales jobs conceivable. It we have an article of proven worth to sell, we then have most of the sales resist- | ance behind us. Washington has proven |its worth and offers so many attrac- | | tions that the mere listing of these | should be sufficient to sell it to the | prospective resident. | Offers Apartment Homes. | “1. To house the prospect, Washing- | ton offers more apartment “homes than any city of its size in the country. He | can rent an apartment as low as $25 or |as high as $1,000 per month. He can buy a modern home anywhere from $4,000 to $400,000, and all in good lo- cations. | " “2. Washington's_climate is neither | too hot nor too cold, a city free from congestion, insanitary conditions; has | water and sewerage systems equal to |any in the country; plenty of light, | sunshine and fresh air, free from smoke_and offensive odors. “3. For _education, we offer 475 schools. This in addition to such great | universities as Georgetown and George Washington. We have available the Congressional Library, of undetermina- ble value to students; the Supreme Court and the Congress of the United States, with its opportunities for learn- ing. “4. For the practice of religion Washington offers 331 churches and, in | the process of building, two great cathe- drals, which, when completed, will rep- {resent an investment of millons of | dollars. | Recreational Facilities Cited. “5. Along Tecreational lines we have more facilities than any city in the country. Potomac and Rock Creek | Parks offer many miles of beautiful | tree-lined roadways; facilities for base | ball, foot ball, tennis, miles of bridle- path and three public golf courses. No city in the country offers the beauty that Washington provides in its pub- lic buildings, the various memorials, | beautiful homes and nearly 600 parks. “6. The most important factor, how- ever, in selling Washington, and the one in which the prospect is most in- terested, is the opportunity for making ment, and here, fellow realtors, is where hington stands out prominently. ‘The Federal Government employs & | about 70,000 persons, with a pay roll of nearly $120,000,000 annually. To give = | you an idea of the size of this industry, TzEY House Hunting? then see 1213 Owen St. N.E. A Superior New Home! Here, you will marvel at the new patterns of wallpaper, the artistic lighting fixtures and the gopullr ardwood trim. The tchen with Sanitas walls, inlaid linoleum floor, cabinet and usual equipment will please you. All of the bed rooms are large and each has a closet. The tiled bath has shower, built-in tub, mirror cabinet and many inno- vations. There are sleeping and breakfast porches and a built-in garage. These homes have the efficient National Green Jacket heating plant. Price $7,975 On Rental Terms Robert W. Savage 717 Union Trust Bldg. Nat'l 6799 or any broker Owen Place is a few squares north of Florida_Ave. N.E., between 12th and 13th Sts. ] B RRNTNERYT TueNTIRErEIETE TIEITETRINERINIALE! REEERRZETE NEW development of built for the family eA to be extravagant WOODLEY PARK . . . is better residential sectios School. Generously proport 2910 CORTL Open Sunday and daily until 8 Cathedgal Ave., west to 29th St . 1418 Eye St. N.W. In Woodley Park and who know how to live . Several already sold. The location . . . car service, two public schools built-in shower, large rear porches, open fireplace, electric refrigeration and two-car built-in garages. EXHIBIT HOME , then north one square to houses. ec,,xansbury COMPANY INC, Owners—Builders {1t is 70 per cent as large as Ford Motor | Co.’s Detroit plant. This pay roll means | that nearly $400,000 is paid each day to these employes, to be spent with Wash- | ington merchants, stabilizing the busi- ness of Washington and freeing it from slumps or depressions. “Washington boasts of 583 manufac- | turing establishments, with a yearly | output of $83,000,000, which figure does not include the Government Printing | Office and the Bureau of Engraving. City’s Growth in 10 Years. “Our growth, greater than any city in the country—30 per cent in 10 years. The 1930 estimate of our population is 583,000, to which can be added 250,000, living within a radius of 25 miles, who shop in Washington and about 500,000 tourists annually. “To show the growth of our real es- | tate—about 10 or 12 years ago a certain downtown ground went begging at $250,000. The other day a chain store, |1 am told, offered $1,000,000 for this same piece. “The prosperity of any city can be measured by the quality of its women’s | clothing. To show you that Washing- | ton is prosperous. I cite one example: | Mr. Garfinckel is erecting a building | which will provide him with five times his present area. Other signs of pros- perity: One automobile to every four persons in Washington, enough to move = |all of its population at one time and each seated comfortably; one telephone for every three persons, with an esti- + | mate that $22,000,000 must be spent here in the next five years to provide the necessary additional equipment. | “To sum up: The prospect is offered | advantages of a city beautiful, which is & | growing rapidly and will continue to | grow, the best assurance of which is he fact that the United States is grow- |ing every day, and, as the States grow | Washington, the heart of that Nation, must grow with it.” | money and the prospects for advance- | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, I Takes New Post I L. SETH_SCHNITMAN. _ SCHNITMAN WILL JOIN DODGE RESEARCH STAFF Resigns as Expert Chief of Cur- rent Business Division of Commerce Department. L. Seth Schnitman, who has been em- ployed for nearly seven years as expert chief of division of the survey of cur- rent business, Department of Com:- merce, has resigned from that post to become chief statisticlan of the divi- sion of statistics and research of the F. W. Dodge Corporation, publishers of building periodicals and satistical serv- ices, it was announced today by Vice President Thomas S. Holden. Mr. Schnitman is a graduate of Shef- field Scientific School of Yale Uni- versity and of Georgetown University, Law School. He will take his new post April 1, He will be associated with Mr. Holden in enlargement of statistical research for the corporation. 1t costs money to peek into the future in_ Birmingham, Ala., where a tax of $500 must be paid to practice phrenol- ogy, palm reading, fortune telling and alysis. REGESSON 1S LAID T0 BULDING SLUNP Head of Corporation Points Out Decrease in Construc- tion of Residences. The entire recession in construction | activity, with its consequent depressing effect upon business and employment | generally, has been due to a $1,000,000,- | 000 slump in new residential building, | Thomas S. Holden, vice president of | the F. W. Dodge Corporation, declared in a telegram to members of the Na- tional Building Survey Conference at a special meeting this week in Chicago. Contending that much waste could | be eliminated if architects were given | & more active part in planning and | supervising large residential projects, | Mr. Holden suggested that the Ameri- can Institute of Architects and the National Association of Real Estate Boards _co-operate with the United ing a series of local meetings to study proper residential construction. Unable to attend the conference, Mr. Holden sent the following message' “During the past 12 months new resi- dential building in 37 Eastern States | amounted to $1,000,000,000 less than | the average for vears from 1925 | through 1928. Other classes of build- creased. Entire building recession is | speculative apartment and development projects. “Some of the apartments and houses built during the last boom and now vacant or unsold are reported to be | inferior in design and construction. | Unregulated private initiative has re- | sulted in economic waste with adverse reaction on all business. The trend to- day in large commercial building proj- | ects and highest grade residential de- | velopments is toward close co-opera- tion of architects, contractors, real estate experts and owners in advance | planning. Similar co-operation is lack- |Could not the building survey con- Institute of Architects, National As- | United States Chamber of Commerce | | States Chamber of Commerce in hold- | D. C, SATURDAY, MARCH 29, Lower Cost of Home Ownership Urged to Stimulate Purchases By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, Ill, March 29.—Ne- cessity for reducing the cost of home ownership that the man of small means might acquire a home was emphasized by Leonard P. Reaume, Detrolt, president Na- tional Association of Real Estate Boards, before the national build- ing survey conference. The cost of the single-family dwelling doubled in the last 15 years with- out a corresponding increase in comfort, durability or beauty, Reaume said. “The instinct for home owner- ship is strong; it needs little or no encouragement,” he said. “It is our task to give that encourage- ment. If we can devise ways to reduce the cost of housing we will open up a business opportunity for ourselves which will make our industry strong and wholesome, and we will be performing & serv- ice for our people and Govern- ment which will be immeasurable in value.” Methods of reducing the price of home sites, cost of building, taxes and the cost of financing home purchasers were discussed. conferences of architects and realtors under the leadership of local chambers of commerce to investigate the matter of unsold houses and ant apart- ments? 1 believe these groups will find architect planned and supervised resi- dential developments sell better than | ing_and " engineering work have in- | SAUCE fian” operations. “Local conferences should further due to the residential slump, mainly | o 88 CONCT O dhvation of ar- chitects and realtors for advance re- search or housing needs, advance plan- ning of community development and ing construction. Let us not forget that construction activity is the first step to increased employment and prosperity. 1t is now apparent that the right kind of residential building should be accel- erated.” Shell Buys Corner. The Shell Eastern Petroleum Prod- ucts Corporation has leased the large | Ing in most speculative residential work. | ucts, Corporation, hef RSeC |16, e | street, just south of the Maryland line, ference recommend that the American | SeCh 31 oborale aling ‘station wil it is announced by the ) be_erected, | sociation_of Real Ectate Boards and| o J*r“J Leo Kolb, which handled co-operate in calling a series of local| the transaction. Sandoz Randall H. Hagner & Co. A Home of Distinction In the Beautiful Kalorama Section 24th and Tracy Place VISIT to this beautiful terior of unusual charm. A spacious rooms, open hearths, sun room, interesting garden . . . such features are far too usual. {IThis is a residence for those who will truly appre- ned home, located on a corner ciate a b ifully de in this desirable residential Inspection may be arranged through Stone & or Your Broker Moore & Hil home will reveal an To say that i section. Fairfax - Nearly 10,000 passengers were carried months. English homes designed and who enjoy fine surroundings . but who cannot afford the nearest-in of any of the . convenient to Conn. Ave. and St. Thomas Parochial tioned rooms, two tile baths, AND PLACE P.M. Reached via Conn. Ave. to by air lines in Mexico in the last 12|, custom-built homes. Maid's room and Large open porch Sun parlor Nat’l 5903 5520 Conn. Ave. %-car built-in garage 3229 Morrison Street (Corner 33rd Street) This new center-hall brick Colonial, on large corner lot, offered at $19,750, is an outstanding value in Chevy Chase. of fine homes, its commanding appearance, its very attractive price and terms, and its livableness and completeness are matched only in much higher-priced Its Many Special Features Include 8 rooms and 2 baths Electrical refri Copper screens bath Copper gutters Cedar closets OPEN ALL DAY SUNDAY Edw. H. ]ones & Co., Inc. Exclusive Agents Its choice location in a community Metal weather-stripping geration throughout and down spouts Cleveland 2300 promotion of better standards of hous- | 1930. REAL ESTATE. BEAUTIFUL COLONIAL HOME in EXCLUSIVE KENWOOD of Kennedy Drive and Brookside Drive Corner Here is an architectural gem in a smart, new Colonial home— placed in a superb setting in the Capital’s most exclusive residential section—over 16,000 feet of wooded ground. No detail of design or construction has been overlooked by the builders—the Frank L. Wagner Co. The wide center hall, beautiful living room, dining room, den and kitchen, with breakfast room ideally arranged. There is a first floor lavatory, General Electric refrigeration and Walker electric dishwasher. Four large bedrooms and two baths are found on the second floor. There is also a rear stairway, with a servant’s room and bath above the attached garage. If you contemplate either purchase or construction of a really fine home, don’t fail to see this one. Robt. L. McKeever President Open Sunday 10 A.M. Until 8 P.M. How to Get There Drive out Wisconsin Ave. to Dorsett Ave., the entrance to Kenwood, thence west to Kennedy Drive, turning right to froperty. nin]CREEVER =GOS 1415 K St. N.W. Nat’l 4750 S. E. GODDEN, Sales Director Earl E. Goss Vice Pres. 5023 Reno Road Northwest One-Half Block South of Harrison A Beautiful New Residence Priced at $20,500 Attractive Terms Open Sunday From 10 A.M. to 9 PM. Of Brick and Stone Construction THO; E who know and appreciate true worth and are discriminating in their taste will be interested in this distinctive home. The rooms on the first floor are delight- fully arranged on the center-hall plan with a large living room having a massive stone fireplace on one side and spacious dining room on the other adjoined by a well- equipped kitchen. On the second floor are four chatming bed rooms and two baths. Other features include a third floor fully floored, full basement with toilet, two-car built-in garage and lot 60x130 feet nicely sodded. We invite your inspection of this home as well as the one adjoining it at 5027 Reno Road of similar design and plan throughout. The price is considerably below what you would expect to pay for homes of this character in this desirable residential section. Thomas J. Fisher & Co. 738 15th Street N.W. INCORPORATED District 6830 T