Evening Star Newspaper, July 19, 1930, Page 16

REAL ESTATE. MILLER IS NAMED - TOREALTY BUARD e e National Association Elects Capital Man for Three- Year Term. S ‘(Continued Prom First Page.) management_division; Charles E. Lee, 308001’81. realtor secretaries’ divisios and Judge Arthur J. Lacy, Detrol property owners' division. The chair- ‘men of the various divisions become ex officio members of the board of di- rectors of the association. The States’ council of the association, made up of representatives of State real estate associations, elected officers for the year 1931 as follows: George Atkins, Trenton, N. chalrman; George Lilley, Phoenix, Ariz, senior vice chairma G. Willam Magly, Brooklyn, N. junior vice chairman; Ray Hofford, Albany, N. Y., secretary; W. A. Irwin, Seattle, Wash.;, R. E. Jordan, Houston, Tex.: George Person, Memphis, Tenn.; Frank L. Moore, Indianapolis, Ind, and D. LeRoy Morgan, East St. Louis, IIl., governors. ‘The sales managers’ section of the brokers' division elected officers for the year 1931 as follows: Ralph E. Dunn, Syracuse, N. Y., chairman; Guy T. O. Hollyday, Baltimore, Md., vice chair- man, and L. A. Springer, Philadelphia, Pa., secretary. ‘The annual home town speech con- test, always a classic_of realtor con- ventions, wag won by Merle Smith, for the Real Estate Board of Kansas City, Mo. In the national contest for the best real estate advertising, the St. Louis Real Estate Exchange was awarded, the trophy for the best newspaper adver- tising carried on during the year by any member real estate board. The St. Louis exchange exhibited a con- tinuing campaign of display advertis- ing setting forth the opinion of business leaders of St. Louis as to the city's advantages and its future. ‘The Real Estate Board of Kansas City, Mo., was awarded the trophy for the best institutional advertising other than newspaper advertising to be car- ried on by a member real estate board. ‘The award was made for an extensive radio program put on under the auspices of the real estate board. Contracts for the purchase by the United States of property at Nineteenth and C streets, consisting of the old Quartermaster Corps stables, where the carriage horges of Presidents in bygone days were stabled, have been signed, it wi nnounced today by R. Marbury Stamp & Co. ‘The property, under agreements just closed, will be acquired as a part of the site of the great Mall development of the Fedetal Government for a con-| sideration amounting to approximately $225,000, it is announced. The proj erty is to be purchased from the Ni tional Savings & Trust Co. The stables, more recently converted into storage garages for automobiles of the Chief Executive, once provided THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, JULY 19, 1930. U.S.BUYS STABLES WHERE HORSES |BIG BENEFITS SHOWN OF PRESIDENTS ONCE WERE KEPT housing for horses that furnished trans- portation for White House residents and state guests, riding in carriages of for- i mer popular style. | The property, improved with two- | story buildings,’ fronts 155 feet on C |street and 206 feet on Nineteenth | street. Mr. Stamp also announces the closing of contracts for the purchase by the Federal Government of the Steuart- Ford Building, 344-346-348 Pennsyl- ania avenue. The.gropeny is to be acquired from L. P.’Steuart, Inc., at & consideration of approximately $225,. 000, it is reported. ‘This building is of four stories, and has a frontage of 75 feet with a depth of 127 feet. The building, of brick and stone construction, was erected in 1925, $128,670,650 PROGRAM PLANNED IN MARYLAND Construction and Road Projects Headed by Private Building Work to Cost $88,7 10,000. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, July 19 and road programs ir ltimore and the rest of Maryland i. 1930 involve an expenditure of $128,070,650, while an additional $3,166,000 will be spent by the city for maintenance, atcording to a report of the publicity committee of the Baltimore Association of Com- merce. ‘The list is headed by private con- struction, which will involve an expen~ diture of $88450,000 for factories, stores, apartments and hotels, churches, garages and auditoriums. Private dwell- Construction ings ‘and smaller apartments are not included in this total. New municipal construction in Balti~ more will cost $20,253,000, and includes street work, school and water supply projects, park expenditures, hospital, library and airport work. The Federal Government will spend $4.,920,000 within the city, all of which will go on the new post office and the Marine Hospital. On roads and bridges the State will spend $12,915,000, while the counties themselves will spend an additional $3.230,000, with the totals budgets of the counties being $5,334,750. - — Former German Chancellor I BERLIN, July 19 (#).—Dr. Hermann Mueller, Socialist predecessor of Chan- cellor Bruening, yesterday was ill in bed with a sickness that has troubled him since 1929. His condition was reported as not critical. The Newest Offering in NORTH 3712 CLEVELAND PARK Detached . . . Different FROM PUBLIC WORKS y Has Been Used for Storage of Chief |Paving Leads Contracts Let in Past Executive’s Autos. 11 Years in This Section, Survey Reveals. Tremendous sums of money ‘have been spent in this section of the country g the past 11 years on public works, according to a survey by the committee on recent economic changes of the President’s conference on un~ employment made public today. Street-paving and road-building were the main items in public works con- tracts awarded during the period in this section, the report states. School-build- ing projects were second in the list. The area studied includes the District of Columbia, Maryland, Eastern Pennsyl- ania, Southern New Jersey, Delaware and Virginia. Within this area contracts for all public improvements let during the year 1919 to 1929, - inclusive, amounted to $1,449,350,000. Street-paving and road- building items cost $447,796,000, while CALIFORNIA 4 school construction ctmtracts totaled $393,814,180, according to the survey. The educational’buildiug, however, in- cluded private school construction. ‘The survey was befun in July of last year at the suggertion of lent. Hoover for the purpose of appraising public construction activities the country as a factor in stabi business. ‘The survey was prepared by Dr. Leo Wolman of the national bureau's re- search staff with the assistance of the Department of Commerce. The F. W. Dodge Corporation furnished statistics penunlnfnm public works contracts in the area in question. |CONSTRUCTION VOLUME INCREASES DURING JUNE Indicated by Shipments of Materials. An increase of approximately 814 per cent in the volume of construction per- formed during June, as compared with that of the previous month, was indi- cated by the shipments of basic con- struction materials, according to the BUNGALOWS ' Piney Branch Road and Rittenhouse (West of Georgia Ave.) Five-room tapestry brick bungalow, concrete: porch Itiled bath with shower and atory; rooms, vestibules, and unus kitchens. Some have buil outside garages. beautiful hardwood floor: lace. Some of these bungalows have extra built-in tub and pedes breakfast alcove; rge li\:iu t ly attractive and conveni in garages and others have Facing a 90-foot boulevard with center parkway, this Gain of 8 1-2 Per Cent Over May ||| REAL ESTATE. statistical charts of the Assoctated Gen-| BUILDING MATERIALS eral Contractors “of America, Which show the June volume at index num- \ber 191, or 15 points above that for May. The June index ‘number, how- ever, was 40 points below that for the same month last year. Composite index numbers for the first six months of 1930' indicate a de- crease of 12 per cent in the amount of construction work performed during the first half of the year, as compared with the same period of 1920. The averaj monthly index this year has been I against 167 for the.first six months of last year and 195 for the entire 12- month period of 1929. MARKETS WEAKEN Declines in Prices Reported During June by 8. W. Straus Co. Weakness in the building materials markets was evidenced in June by fur- ther declines in prices, it is reported by S. W. Straus & Co. Some of the more important local market declines were reported in cement in Kansas City and New York: common brick in St. Louis and Boston; structural steel shapes in Dallas and Pittsburgh; cancrete blocks in Minnéapolis and St. Louls; lumber in Baltimore, Kansas City, Minneapolis, St. Louis and Seattle. There were a few advances recorded in prices of materials, but these ad- vances took place in crushed stone and geavel, the firmness being*due to de- mand for these materials for road pav- ing and public construction. Unemployment in the building trades for the month of June showed im. provement over the month of M: as reported by the American Federation of Labor. Thirty-seven per cent of the 850,000 building trades members of the federation were unemployed the months of May and June. baths in a beautifully its artistic design and fine throughout is assured. Wesley Freinhts A charming home of eight rooms and three landscaped _setting. Being Miller-Built on the center-hall plan, construction the surrounded homes. The Garden Spot of Washington 2911 45th Street N.W. MILLER DESIGNED MILLER BUILT Open Sunday 10 AM—8 PM. This distinctive home is situated in one of finest sections of ey Heights and by many other magnificent One could hardly select a more delightful section in which to live, REALTORS—DEVELOPERS Worthy of Your Inspection W:. C. and A. N. MILLER LAST MODEL HOME IN SERIES OF FIVE IS subdivision will be unexcelled for location. WNear stores, schools, churches and transportation. Select one under construction and have it finished to order. New, detached, brick and stucco, 3 real 1119 17th St. N.W. Yuma master bed.rooms, 2 tiled baths, 2-car ! f* NEARING COMPLETION i ‘(Continued From First Page.) to stand in. This room is to be fur- nished with a beamed ceiling con- structed of oak timbers, rough hewn, ‘which resembles closely the frame of the house. A spacious bay window to the west affords additional floor s and ample light and ventilation from that side. On one side of the fireplace one finds an old-fashioned conserva- tory where plants may be during the Winter months. other side of the fireplace is a winding stairway which leads to a recreation room in the basement. This room will “ carry out the idea of an old English inn with its huge fireplace and rugged construction and terrazzo floor. Dining Room to Left. ‘The dining room is to the left of the hall. A door in the southwest corner Toom the kitchen. Here will be dressers of suffi- cient capacity to store the ¢hina, sil- verware and first-floor linen. ‘The kitchen is one of the most at- tractive rooms. The gas range is placed in an alcove provided with a ventilator, One wall is lined with dressers, sink, broom closet and refrigerator space. ‘There is a service stairway which leads from the kitchen to the third floor and to the basement. A chauffeur’s room and bath and adequate laundry and cold storage room is provided in the ent, Secluded at the rear of the stair hall is a powder room with its little dress- ing table and toflet facilities. About two-thirds of the way up the main stairs is a landing, from which one enters a library, built, over the , garage. ‘The library has a flagstone , floor, ample book shelves, open fire- place, vaulted celling and light and Ventilation from three sides. Vaulted Ceiling in Bed Room. ‘The master bed room, to the extreme morth of the house, has a vaulted, beamed celling and open fireplace, & luxurious adjoining bath and_dressing room and spacious closets. The room is ‘accessible to a second bath, which communicates with a small room which could be used as a child’s room. There are two other bed rooms, a ?e&mg room gnd a communicating a Probably the most distinctive feature of the house is the “utility room.” At the far end of the room beneath the ‘windows Beneath the dounter are drawers for shears, glue, cord, ribbons, rubber bands and ruler, Filing space for bills may be srranged to_one side. ‘The whole right-hand wall of this room is lined with shelves for the storage of linens and clothes. Closet space in this utllity room provides for the vacuum cleaner, waxer, oil mops and_brooms. The third floor contains two maid's t r;gxen: and bath, as well as a huge cedar closet. Scotch Whisky Goes Begging. NEW YORK, July 19 (#).—It is hard o dispose of Scotch whisky in this town under some circumstances. Murray Hulbert is counsel for an estate the set- tiement of which is held up by posses- sion mor lm‘mu‘u:n ’{'h& }Lquor is in juarts; rel pin necessary Zor sate 1o ists. All hospitals here- abouts have encugh on hand. e " THIRTEENTH } STREET N.W Facing Proposed Park SAMPLE HOUSE ' 5743 13th ST. N.W. Your last chance to buy ) a new, up-to-date Home { with all modern improve- i ments. These Homes con- sist of 8 large rooms, two F baths, hardwood floors ! throughout, beautifully decorated; 2-car garages; large back yard; stone re- " taining walls; fully copper | screened; with many added features. Drive straight out 13th | Street to Sample House. Open to 9:00 P.M. " Waple & James, Inc. 1226 14th St. N'W. North 0962 i TS T ¥ St. built-in gara, ge, fireplace, private L-shape porch, immense finished attic, wide land- West on Van scaped lawn. This house is perfectly planned, richly finished and decorated and very desirably to Yuma . ) agree upon situated. You'll inspection that $14,750 is a very moderate price. Open Every Day and Evening Tower Bldg. QEninsb 107 Oxford Street B AMHA vober Met. 2663 Cottage Chevy Chase, Md. ‘This most unusual and artistic home, located just one block east of the Chevy Chase Club, has been thoroughly reconditioned and is really better than a new house. Individually planned and built for a has attractive living room, stone fireplace, lovely dining room, breakfast room or sun porch and kitchen on first floor. Upstairs three bedrooms; 2 baths. Equipped with ofl burner, (rlzi%‘flre— -and .situated on well planted site, 62x147, with two-car garage, play Price, $18.750 home; ge has room Ofen Sunday F. ELIOT MIDDLETON Realtor Met. 2827 205 Investment Bldg. St iradoosdridraisdoddoidrairadoddoidoifradodocdoidprdoded & % edealralt ralradradradeadsadradsofooir i adrafradpadosdedoadoadoadedodododd In an excellent and FACING FORT WAPLE & A beautiful 7-room home, facing a 17-acre park, Sample House Open Daily to 9:00 P.M. 254 Madison Street N.W. . 3rd and Madison Sts. NW. Which Is a Beautiful Wooded GOVERNMENT PARK OF 17 ACRES and coal bin under porch; New 7-Room Brickg 4 Bed Rooms .. . $9,650 3| Farragut Street, N.W. convenient location, SLOCUM PARK % : : Features: 7 well proportioned rooms, full tile bath, many roomy closets, large bright kitchen, built-out pantry with ~electric refrigeration; artistically decorated, b, very latest electric fixtures, Colonial cement front porch, large bright cellar with cold storage room built-in garage. JAMES, Inc. Owners and Builders 1226 14th Street N.W. North 0962 Evenings or Sunday—Ga. 3202 Prices,”$8,950 and $9,500. Special discount for large cash payment, G. W. Chasc Ouwner and Builder 415 Cedar Street NW., Phone Georgia 3399 Takoma Park, D. C. MICHIGAN MANOR Announcing Another New Group of Beautiful S.-D. Brick Homes J. B. TIFFY, Builder Six Rooms Two Colored Tile Baths Concrete and Brick Front Porch ik Breakfast and Sleeping Porches Screened Clogets High Elevation Hea % Larl_s—hh 1310 WEBSTER N. mfi" 4nd better than ever—the slogan of Mr. Tiffy, the man who bul these beautiful new homes. Believing that a section with such natural beauty deserved homes of equal beauty, every effort was made to build a_home as beautiful and complete as modern science makes possible. Every convenience and luxury known to modern build- ing have been incorporated in these homes, leaving the modest cash payment as the only expense necessary to moving in. Situated on the crest of a hill and almost completely surrounded by t.lh-n: beaytiful grounds of the Catholic University and other similar Take Brookland car to Michigan Avenue (end of line), walk right to 13th, Place, left to Webster St. and houdes. Or drive out Rhode Island Ave.. turn morth at 12th and left on Michigan Ave. to 13th Place, and left to houses. Tower Bldg.,, 14th & K Dist. 0853 DON’T FAIL TO SEE This New Operation of Cafritz Lifetime Homes iy At Kansas Ave. Near Sherman Circle 59,450 Easy Terms Like Rent Sample Home, 424 Farragut St. 20 ft. Wide—32 ft. Deep Covered Concrete Front Porch Y 2 Covered Rear Porches, 10x20 ft. 6 Large Rooms Black and W hite Tiled Bath Built-in Tub, Shower and Fixtures Daylight Kitchen, Completely Equipped Electric Refrigeration Large Cellar with Laundry Trays, Toilet Aprtistic Decoration, Cedar Closets Hardwood Floors and Trim Throughout Bronze Sodded Lot, 142 Screens Y3 Deep. Garage : Inspect Them Today Open and Lighted Until 9 P.M. “Yo reach property—Drive out Ga. Ave. or Xanshs Ave., east on Farrarut St 14th &K CAFRITZ bl'.ll. } 9080 Owners and Builders of Communities £ Open Daily Until 9 P. M. € 1004 Vermont Ave. 12 BUILT 2 LEFT Available Sample Home 4441 Fessenden West Chevy Chase Well located and in the direct path of our city’s most rapid expansion, these homes represent as complete and attractive home values as you can find in any of our better home communities. Six large rooms flooded with sunlight through English casement windows— most attractively decorated throughout and completely appointed—built-in bath with shower—instantaneous gas heater—oak floors throughout—linoleum on kitchen floor—built-in garage. WO o W e NEW ENGLISH HOMES WOODLEY PARK That ten of these homes should have sold so quickly is full evidence #f their value. The location is one of the best in National Mortgage & Investment Corp. NAtional 5833 Exhibit Home 2924 CORTLAND PLACE the city, very convenient to schools, churches, stores, and but 8 minutes of downtown. The situation is high, quiet and cool, and we invite your inspection at any time. The prices are excep- tionally reasonable for this location. They have six rooms and two baths, and many fentures. Exhibit home open dasly and Sunday until 9 PM. Reached wa Conn, Ave. to Cathedral Ave., west to 29th St., then north to houses. 1418 Eye