Evening Star Newspaper, August 9, 1930, Page 14

B2 / BULDING PERNITS RSE DURING WK Brookings Institution Struc- ture, to Cost’ $350,000, Heads List in Capital. (Continued From First Page.) ing, 1439 Hemlock street (lot 34, square 2738), to cost $7,000. y G. 8. Seck, owner and builder; to erect one brick and tile dwelling, 1416 Hoily street (lot 42, square 2737). to seost $7,000. Hoffman Phillips, owner: J. J. Whe- Jan, architect; R. W. Bolling, builder; 26 make alterations and repairs, 2228 | square | Massachusetts avenue 6, ~2511), to cost $7000. Grand Lodge of Masons of the Dis- trict of Columbia, owner; the Cran- ford Co. builders; to move vault, ‘Thirteenth street and New York ave- nue (lot 32, square 287), to cost $6,500. Three-Story Brick Addition. * P. Cuniberti, owner; H. W. Peaslee, architect; D. M. Marthinson, builder; to erect one 3-story brick addition, 3224 R street (lots 862, 892 and 869, square 1280), to cost $6,000. George G. Paull, owner; S. E. Sny- der, designer and builder; to erect one 2-story brick dwelling, 2522 Park place southeast (lot 60, square 5579), to cost $6,000. ¢ C. D. Sager, owner and builder; George T. Santmyers, architect; to erect one 2-story brick dwelling, 566 Twenty-fitth place northeast (lot 44, square 4517), to cost $6,000. A. M. Parker, owner; Doleman & McCaw, architects; Robey Bros., build- ers; to erect one 2-story brick and frame dwelling, 4219 Chesapeake street (part of parcel 24/45 and 24/84, square 1673), to cost $6.750. Linwood E. Smith, owner and build- er; Sears, Roebuck & Co., designers; to erect one 1l,-story brick venesr dwell- ing, 2116 Thirty-first street southeast (lot 3 and 10 feet south of lot 4, square 8656), to cost $5,500. $5,000 Addition. Peoples Drug Stores, Inc., owners; E. S. Haislip, architect and bullder; to erect one 1-story brick addition and make repairs, 3718 Fourteenth street (lot 814, square 2674), to cost $5,000. Mortgage Investment Co., Inc., own- ers; R. P. Whitty Co., Inc., builder: to remodel, 3608 and 3510 Georgia ave- (lot 802, square 2895), to cost (ot REAL ESTATE. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY, AUGUST 9, 1930. PROPOSED $700,000 APARTMENT HOUSE PROJECT Eight-story structure to be erected at the corner of Connecticut avenue and Brandywine street for David L. Stern, ) architect, builder and owner. 2 U.$. STATES HEADS | TOAIDHOME BUYING Miller Says Federal and Busi- ness Officials’ Work Stimu- lates House Owning. (Continued Prom,First Page) come as a result of his conference, headed by Secretary Lamont, will not be a perm:—~c-* one. Greatest Growth in History. “The growth of America during the last 10 years, according to the present census, is the ~reatest we have ever| enjoyed during a similar period, ‘and| this growth augurs well for the posi- tion of the home builder. According to the chart prepared by the National| Real Estate Board. residential building reached its peak in about March, 1928, | since which time there has been an| $3,500. Mrs, Sarah Rosenfeld, owner; J. A. Melby, architect; to remodel, 618 and 620 Seventh street southwest (lots 806 and 805, square 467), to cost $4,975. John 8. Wheeler, owner and builder; Sears, Roebuck & Co., designers; to erect one 1%;-story dwelling, 2311 ‘Thirty-first place southeast (lots 19 and ones;}!(l,sl( of lot 20, square 5653), to cost Daly estate, by M. A. Daly, owners; Q V. Seek, builder; to move dwellings from 5949 Georgia avenue to 6015 and 6019 Eighth street (parcel 101/41, square 3159), to cost $2,700. Wilson E. and Madeline E. Havenner, owners; Maurice Joyce, designer and builder; to erect one 2-story frame and stucco ' addition. 643 Raleigh street southeast (lots 41 and 42, square 5954), to cost $3,000. Repairs to Cost $2,000. C. Mathews Dick, owner; De Sibour Construction Co., builders; to make al- terations and repairs, 2234 Massachu- setts avenue (lot 42, square 2511), to eost $2,000. Esseno Auto Supply, owners; M. Cladny Construction Co., builders; to erect one 2-story brick addition, 801 H street (lot 800, square 404), to cost $2.000. Joseph R. MicCuen, owner; J. A. Mel- by, architect; John J. Ward, builder; to erect one 2-story frame addition, 3426 Porter street (lot 87, square 2065), to cost $1,750. Gude Bros. Co., owners and builders; to erect glass and steel shed, Bladens- burg road and Mount Olivet road northeast (parcel 141/5, square 4082), to cost $1.500. H. H. Westcott, owner; T. F. Collier, builder; to erect brick addition to ga- rage, 1310 Sixteenth street (lot 807, square 181), to cost $1,000. J. Hinkle, owner; to make Tepairs, 1323 Seventh street (lot 830, square 447), to cost $1,000. Square Balley, owner and builder; J. A. Melby, architect; to erect one 1- story concrete block bake oven, 2016 Tenth street (lot 806, square 332), to cost $1,000. Newark Shoe Stores, Inc., owners and builders; W. P. Clarke, designer; ‘o make repairs, 711 H street northeast (lot 28, square 890), to cost $1,000. Construction Drops in Canada. Construction in Canada during the first seven months of 1930 was 17.30 per cent below the level of like 1929 Tiod, according to MacLean Building Ltd. Building, omit! Worthy of Your Inspection! 5743 13th Street N.W. High elevation, fine loca- tion, close to all means of transportation, schools, churches and shopping cen- ter. These homes consist of 8 large rooms, bath and half bath; 2-car garage, large back yards, nice front yards, stone retaining walls; electric re- frigeration. Construction that will stand the test. 2LEFT! DRIVE STRAIGHT OUT 13th STREET N.W. TO SAMPLE HOUSE The Price Is Right Terms Low Waple & James, Inc. 1226 14th St. N.W. North 0962 Really Fascinating— this house hunting" Yet— 3703 Windom St. N.W. is such a value at $13,950 one needn’t look elsewhere Bix unm-lly.l:dne rTooms, see this house toady. Robert W. Savage 717 Union Trust Bldg. Nar'l 6799 Or Your Broker almost uninterrupted decline. The first | noticeable upturn since then was indi- | cated in February, 1930. Residential building is now in the ascendency. I “Records in the District of Columbia | show that we have sold more new | houses in the first six months of 19830 than were sold in the same period in| 1929. New houses are being sold faster than they are being built, and de-| tached homes are being sold faster than| any other class of houses. If sales con- | tinue during the coming six months as they have in the past six months, we will have at the beginning of 1931 fewer new houses on hand than at any time since 1922. | “President Hoover’s commission will| undoubtedly do much to stimulate home | building and home owning. It is to consider not only finance but design and equipment and city planning ana transportation, and its object is to pro- duce in homes greater comfort, a re- duction in cost by improved design and the layout of residential areas more in keeping with modern ideas than has been true in the past. Survey Over Nation. “The National Association of Real Estate Boards is at the present time engaged in & survey of unutilized sub- divided properties throughout the Na- tion. There has been in the past decade too much unwise subdividing. Pertile farm land in and around our: great metropolitan areas has been taken out of production as such, divided into lots and sold by high-pressure methods to investors who will probably never get back in most cases their original in- vestment. These subdivisions are in many instances not developed in any sense, and where only partially devel- they are an economic burden upon e community in which they are lo- cated. The President's commission would do well to investigate this condi- tion, with a view to making it harder to subdivide land unless there is a very apparent need for it in the growth of our urban areas. “Real estate today is, in the opinion f many, at its low, and the prudent uyer would do well to take advantage | of the present opportunity to buy his| home.” | —_—— | Decreasing world demand for bay | Tum is being felt seriously in the Island | of 8t. Thomas, in the Virgin Islands, ‘where bay-rum manufacture is an im- portant industry. LEGAL FIGHT PLANNED ON TREASURY RULING Taxing Method on Real Estate | Transactions Regarded by Mary- | landers as Confiscatory. Special Dispatch BALTIMORE. August 9.—A recent decision by the United States Treasury Department affecting certain land own- ers is to bring a determined fight before the Fifth District Court of Appeals with a view to reversing this new regulation by Uncle Sam, says C. Philip Pitt, secretary of the Baitimore Real Estate Board. The decision provides that accumu- lated carrying charges, such as taxes and mortgage interest, shall not be computed in the cost of the land in determining the amount of profit sub- Ject to the income tax; that only such charges as have been paid for the cur- rent year may be figured as a part of the cost, according to Pitt. In oth- ds, if an inactive holding com- | should sell in 1930 for $100,000 a tract of land which it had acquired in 1910 at $50,000, Uncle Sam would | demand income tax on all of the $50,- | 000 except the carrying charges for | the current year in which the sale is| consummated, he contends. This is claimed to be a complete reversal of the regulation which has been operative since 1924, and those organizing the fight contend that any such methed of taxation is “confisca- tion.” The transaction cited, inatead of producing & profit, would represent a substantial loss to the investor because taxes and compound interest even at 4 per cent would consume far more than the difference between the pur- chase and sale prices, opponents of the rule declare. Nobility Has Its Problems. LONDON, August 9 (#).—The newly created nobility has its troubles. The supply of mames is running out. A man elevated to the peerage may choose whatever name he desires, but most choose to be known by the place they live, The growing list of peers is re- duchhg the able supply to the alarming 7-Room Homes 4 Bed Rooms Sample Open to 10 P.M. 252 Madison St. N.W. (At 3rd & Madison Sts. N.W.) Facing Fort Slocum Park Permanent Recreation Grounds of 17 Acres Near All Conveniences REAL HOMES SEE THEM Value Cannot Be Duplicated—Terms Waple & James, Inc. Owners & Bullders 1226 14th St. N.W. North 0962 New -Detached Brick Chevy Chase, D. C. ony $13,250 This splendid hpuse, locat: ed at 5545 33rd Street N.W., is of aN-brick construction, with slate roof, extra large roonts, beautifully decorated. Tile bath and shower, with extra lavatory and toilet adjoining master bedroom. Large porches. Good sized lot, with fine shade trees. Garage. Open Saturday Afternoon and All Day Sunday and every day until sold Drive out Connecticut Avenue to Military Road, turn east to 33rd Street and north one-half block to property. RGO New Jameson- Built Row - 23 Sold Inspect at Once 412 to 442 Jefferson St. N. 6, 7 and 8 large rooms, tiled bath, built-in tub, shower, hard- wood-floors, cedar-lined closets, servant’s toilet and wash trays. Frigidaire and other modern sppointments. Double rear porches and concrete front porch. Paved «street and slley. Lots 140 feet deep. Garage with each house. Built by White Union Labor. Conveniently located to schools, street ears, stores and churches. EASY TERMS ervice Nat. 4750 Thos. A. Jameson Co OWNERS AND BUILDERS ‘906 New York Ave. N.W. National 5526 The Star. | |SPIC AND SPAN CLEANERS LEASE STORE QUARTERS Space in Building at 1415 H Street Is Taken for Period of Five Years. . Store and office quarters in the building at 1415 H street, now being | remodeled extensively, have been leased for a period of five years by the Spic & Span Cleaners, Inc., it was announced today by the office of Walter Hermann. The concern will occupy space there for a branch store and a headquarters for the company's executive offices Other quarters in the buflding have there a luncheonette and fountain room. The entire second floor of the building has been leased for a period of five years by N. M. Minnix Co. for quarters for a business furniture sales room, it is reported by Mr. Hermann. Remodeling work is to be completed by September 15. UTAH REALTY BODY ACTS Interest Taken in Forming Prop-| erty Owners’ Divisions in Locals. ‘The Utah State Realty Association is the latest State real estate organi- zation to go on record in the forma- tion of property owners' divisions in its local member boards. » At the recent convention of the Utah organization a resolution was adopted urging the member bards of the State assoclation to proeeed in enrolling tax- payers and property. owners into mem- | bership in real estate boards. Previous to the Utah action, approxi- mately 80 real estate boards in 32 States and in Hawaii and the province of Ontario had taken steps looking to- ward the organization of property vners' divisl Columbia Heights 1336 Spring Road nd will sell at a reasona | THOS. E. JARRELL Realtors 721 10th St. N.W. National 0765 NEW APARTMENT 10 GOST §700,000 Structure of Eight Stories Is Planned for Connecticut Avenue and Brandywine. Plans for the construction of an eight- story apartment house, having a build- ing cost estimated at $700,000, at Con- | necticut avenue and Brandywine street, were announced today by David L. Stern, architect, builder and owner. Work is to be started in about two weeks. The building, to have facades of brick with stone base and trim, is to contain 120 apartment units rang- ing in size from one room, kitchen and bath to four rooms, kitchen and bath. | All rooms are to have outside exposures. A !wng: garage and laundry quar- ters will provided in the basement of the structure. ‘The bullding will be served by two high speed elevators, which will be sound-proofed. 'The building will have a frontage of 107 feet on nnecticut avenue and 150 feet on Brandywine street. It is to be completed by the first of January, next. The property ‘will be managed by Swartzell, Rheem & Hensey. i FAVORS AhCH|TECTS | Holden Declares Professionally Planned Residences Sell Better. Architect planned and supervised residential developments sell better | than privately planned operations, ac- cording to Thomas 8. Holden, vice !flre.fldent of the F. W. Dodge Corpora- jon | _One solution for the present slump in the building industry might well be | been leased for a period of five years|a more active part taken by archi- by M. kwing Page, who will establish | tects in planning and supervising com- | munity layouts, Mr. Holden believes. | "As a means of correcting this condi- Tnstitute of Architects, the National Association of Real Estate Boards and the United States Chamber of Com- | merce co-operate in calling a series of | local conferences of architects and real estate men under the leadership of local Chambers of Commerce to investigate the problem of unsold houses an 1412 Kennedy Street N.W. Stucco Over Tile Well Built Residence of 10 Rooms and 3 Baths Very Attractively Arranged Will Exchange for Good Income Property Thos. J. Fisher & Co. INC, Exclusive Agents 738 15th St. N.W. Dist. 6830 CHEVY shade trees. 5520 Conn. Ave. 203 Oxford Street $16.500 New—STONE AND STUCCO CONSTRUCTION —6 rooms—2 BATHS—magnificent shade trees—2- CAR GARAGE—slate roof—70-foot frontage. AN OUTSTANDING VALUE 6503 Connecticut Avenue $15.950 New—all brick Colonial—center ROOMS AND 2 BATHS—breakfast alcove—TWO- CAR BUILT-IN GARAGE—slate roof—bronze screens ~—copper gutters and downspouts—large lot with THE MOST UNUSUAL HOME VALUE EVER OFFERED IN CHEVY CHASE OPEN ALL DAY SUNDAY Edw. H. Jones & Co., Inc. Chevy Chase Praperties CHASE hall plan—6 Cleve. 2300 ' 424 Farragut Street N.W. Highest Elevation 20 FT. WIDE LOTS 142Y FT. DEEP Your house-hunting worries will be over after seeing this new, beautiful, all-brick house, perfectly planned from years of experience in construction. Concrete front porch, 2 rear porches, 10x20 ft.; new 1931 wall paper designs, paneled walls, elaborate electrical fixtures, new-type bath room equipment, latest improved heating plant, Kelvinator, screens, garage. Open and Lighted Until 9 P.M. 14th & K CAFRITZ ... tion, he suggests that the American | REAL ESTATE? EMERGENCY LOAN | FINANCING URGED Creation of Short-Term| Agencies for Home Owners Is Proposed. Creation of short-term financing| agencies to make emergency loans ex- | clusively to home owners who, through |J unforeseen emergencies, lack funds with | which to meet payments, interest | charges or taxes. was urged by Dwight | L. Hoopingarner before the United | States Building and Loan League, in its convention last week. Mr. Hoopingarner is executive man- | ager of the American Construction | Council, of which Franklin D. Roose- velt is honorary president, Cites “Average” Figures, Calling attention to the fact that 85 | per cent of the country's population | has. in normal times, an average an- | nual income of $2,000 or less, Mr.| Hoopingamer stated that the rank and | file of people who undertake home ownership often do so on very small margins. | “Families of small means carefully | plan their little budgets to meet home- | owning payments so they can have | their own homes and build up a little | equity,” sald the speaker. “Sometimes, | however, unforeseen emergencies arise— | death, unemployment, sickness other unexpected drains on the budget | put the family in the position of nof being able to meet the payments on the | home. Often a few hundred dollars | would save such homes. Such a situa- | tion has undoubtedly come about lor‘ many thousands of families during the past 12 months. | Take Drain Off Savings. | “Such financing would avold the de- pletion of years of savings, or in the | more serfous cases would prevent de- | linquency In tax payments or in pay- ments on principal and interest on mortgage indebtedness. Such loans A NEW HOME Most for Your Money That's What You’re Looking for , Then Inspect 5215 KANSAS AVENUE N.W. Just North of Hamilton St. And See the Gem of a Home We Are Offering for Only $9,450.00 On Very Easy Terms Your Every Want Is to Be Found Here Open Dally and 8 Distinctive Homes Near Eastern High School 1707 C St. N.E. Open Until 9 P.M. On the New 160-Foot Boulevard Sevey large rooms, with tiled bath and shower. Closets in every room. Built-in garage. A beau- tiful white kitchen, with inlaid linoleum floors and Frigidaire. Large porch, artistic fixtures, paneled walls, o a k floors. Substantial con- struction, Low Price Very Easy Terms R.E.Kline, Jr. Owner-Bullder Union Trust Bldg. Na. 6799 Or Any Broker n SR L E: Gapltol, to, 12th. then could be paid back by periodic pay-| House in Alexandria Built in 1796. ments of principal and interest, spread | The Lioyd House at Alexandria, Va., over a substantial length of time. ThiS| woo puilt in 1796. The brickwork has :::ldaobe.:v;wn: c"c‘::h:r' ‘f,'.‘:““".‘fl{gnm the varied texture of many of the often a 5422 Broad Branch Road Chevy Chase, D. C. This new modern corner center-hall-plan home is offered for the first time today. Six large rooms, two beautifully appointed baths, breakfast nook with furniture, Frigidaire, built-in garage, bronze screens, heavy slate roof, etc. Ten years of successful building insures stability of structure, modern planning, unusual & * Impossible to-duplicate, we believe, in the District at the, price asked: $13,750.00 Open Sunday 10 A.M- to 9 P.M. and Every Day H. P. Huddleson & Co. Adams 2055 Cleveland 6843 721 Madison St. N.W. $7.250.00 N exceptionally planned and con- structed brick home located in a beautiful residential section with ved streets and alleys. The house g‘u six (6) large bright rooms, bath . and bullt-in garage, front and double * rear porches—nice yard and beautiful shade trees. This home has just been newly renovated throughout and is one of the best values in the city. If you are interested in a home of this type, be sure to inspect. Open All Day Sunday Investment Bldg. National 2040 Realtors abreast of these Aware of the under construc house. Wesley Heights The Garden Spot of Washington OWN through the ages architecture has continually developed and construction methods have progressed accordingly. To keep make the fMiller-Built house the standard for superior home construction. In this we have been successful. finished house the kind of materials and workmanship that have been used, and appreciative of the fact that the longevity of your house primarily depends upon these two elements, we cordially invite the public to visic ¥ealey fitlglytu and carefully inspect the houses being woven by skillful artisans into a finished Miller-BWuilt Although every completed house in ealpy Feinhts has been sold, you will find ‘available for your inspection houses in various stages of construction. 44th Streets N. WO ad A N, Miller attainments, we have pledged our untiring efforts to difficulty for the average layman to realize from a tion. See for yourself the finest building materials Visit the section around Garfield and W, Builders & Realtors