Evening Star Newspaper, December 6, 1930, Page 19

REAL TOWNSHIP IS HELD TAXATION BURDEN Judge Lacy Declares It Is Ob- solete Government Unit and Civic Parasite. The township is a parasite on the | body of government, an obsolete unit adding greatly to the taxpayer's bur- dens, and should be 2bo ing to Judge Arthur J man of the property owners of the National Association of Real Es- tate Boards. ‘The national property owners' division is for the first time bringing together real estate owners the country’s largest group of taxpa ers with a single econemic interest— and uniting them in a definite pro- gram for tax modernization. “In this age of speedy communica- tlon, of automobiles, radio, telephone, daily press and rural free delivery, the township performs no needsd function,” Judge Lacy says. “Like other vestigial organs and parasites, the township proves expensive. and its abolition should first objective of our group secking lower property taxes. With its small geographic area, tho township must have its full quota of nd departments. which it from its own s on the State revenues to maintain, with the result that tte urban property owner must pay sufficient taxes to carry along the old, otcolete township.’ Overhead Fald Judge Lacy conten of government can without any surrende: of local self-governme: “In Michigan 89 cents out of eve dollar raised goes to pay the cost of local government; only 11 cents ot of every dollar goes to pay the cost of the State government. What has been grossly neglected is a lively attention to the reduction of the overhead and admin of the units of that the unit be enlarg>d of the principle counties. The r There is a m y of pe and a multipl! of costs. igan there is a block of nine contiguous counties with a populztion of less than 70,000 and an assessed valuation of less than $25,000,000, where they main- tain nine jails, nine court houses, nine county farms, nine beards of super- visors of from 16 to 20 members each, nine sets of cou fi nine county courts, 14 ts of townchip officer: 144 township boards, hundreds of scho districts and litevally thousands of minor officials. and a total cf at least 500 separate and aistinct units of gov ernment adm nisfering public _affairs and expending public money. The resi- dents of these rural counties struggle in Tennessee one set of both, cuiting the i f $2.60 on on to $1.30. Reaume Dacks Stand. Judze Lacy de: es that ebolition of h king up J Leonard P. Real president of the N Real Estate Boards, address ted out th within 12 miles of Detroit there are no less then 32 different units of government, each unit levying taxes 2nd riaintaining its various departments and officials. Figu: 0 by Prof. Simeon E. Le- land, Uni: y_of Chicago, tax con- sultant for the National Association of Real Es before the recent Kancas City meeting of the National Tax Associaticn, like- wise substontiate Judge Lacy’s asse tion that the township as a govern- mental unit has outlived its usefulnes: “The attempt locally to maintain s where taxable capacity is Lttle net gain to Prof. Leland said s of this type’ soon d generate, yet their existance is o prolonged by "does’ frcm the State. “In Iowa, for example, there are 1675 townships, in Kansas 1500, in Ohio almost 1,400, in Michi in Illinois 1,327 and in Mi In Ohic the number of townships within a single county varies from eight to 28; the area of each is about 30 square miles and the population, | outside of municipalities, averages un- der 1,000 Thess governments, many of which cannot support themselves and whose primary function_has_been_the Tflmfiflmfl@@w“ 9™ 1501 Lamont St. N.W. Cor. Lamont & Hyatt PL.. 1 bik, west of 1ith & Park Road BEAUTIFUL and oAd substantial brick home, containing 12 rooms, 2 baths, sleeping and breakfast porches, open fireplace and built- in garage. HIS is one of the best buys in the City of Washington, h every convenience avail- able vou could ask for. 1f you wish a home of this type, or if you want a real investment, visit this home. OPEN R RANNSNNNRINYIRR MRV MR R SUNDAY L. E. Breuninger & Sons Investment Blds. National 2040 Realtors i R T it AR R RPN SRR IRRRCFPRRRCCR ) @ 3 16th St. Heights Picturesque Corner Center-Hall Dutch Colonial r———7 1400 FLORAL ST. Bullt by Boards, in an address made | R R I ESTATE. Colenial brick residence of Mrs. Tullulah De S. Smith, located at 3315 Fessen- recently through the cffice of Phillips & Canby. was built by William S. Phillips, is of center hall plan, containing six rooms and It has a two-car built-in garage. den street, two baths. } FESSENDEN STREET HOME SOLD THE EVENING ST The home, which AVERAGE UNION WAGE i HIGHER THAN IN PAST ©Of 72 Individual Trades Labor Bu- Shows 47 Increased, Though 24 Decreased. A survey of union wage rates in 1930, made by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, i showed that the wage-rates were on | the average higher than in any preced- | Ing year. Of 72 individual trades for which data were secured, 47 showed in- | creases in average hourly weges on May 5, 1930, as compared with 1929, 24 showed decreases and in one there was no_change. The average hourly rate in 1930 for all trades covered was $1.25 as com- pared with $1204 in 1929. Average working hours per week were 43.9 'in 1930 as compared with 44.8 in 1929, The building trades, in which the five- day week is rapidly displacing the five- and-one-half-day week, had the short- est average full-time working week (41.9 hours) and teamsters and drivers the longest (53.7 hours). reau - | 'ADDITIONAL GARAGES | SEEN AS TRAFFIC NEED Planning Foundation Urges More Room for Car Parking Businesses in Congested Areas. Erection of more and bigger garages in and arcund congested business cen- | tezs, either by the encouragement of | private capital or by the municipality itself as a justifiable public service en- terprise, is emphasized by the Planning | Foundation of America as a means of immediate motor traffic relief. The suggestion is the result.of a sur- vey which the planning foundation has made on traffic and parking con- ditions in 65 representative American cities. Total populaticn cf the cities is estimated 2t 26,770,983; total motor | vehicle registration, 5,819.322; centrally | located garages, 625; substructural ga- |rages, 72; municipally operated ga- rages, 8. There totals give an average of one ,cen(rzlly located garage for every 8,180 city registered .cars. * Commuter and | suburban motor vehicles were not in- | cluded in the summary. building of township roads and the | maintenance of one-room schools, per- | | form no functions which cannot and | should not be performad by larger po- litical units. Along with the abolition of townships should go svecial school | districts, sewer districts. mosquito and | pest abatement districts and similar subdivisions. there were 1488 road districts and over 16,000 governments of all kinds.” Chevy Chase, D. C. All-Brick Colonial A new detached brick, with open fireplace, com- plete built-in kitchen unit, two tile baths with show- ers, pantry; fully weather- stripped, floored attic: lot 150 ft. deep to alley, with detached garage, etc. FIRST SHOWING 3355 MILITARY RD. Drive East from Conn. Ave. or Military road to house. WARD & HAYS 1427 Eye St. Natl. 1324 In Illinois in 1918 there | | were 12,000 school districts; in 1925 | 000000000000000000000000000000000000005007 |SECRETS OF INTERIOR DECORATING GIVEN Theory of Practical and Artistic | Usage Is Conveyed Succinctly. BY CHARLES J. AUFFERTH, JR. An attempt to describe within a short | article the elements and principles of function, color, form, balance and com- | position as_ applied to interior decora- | | tions would b2 futile; but the reader | | may get a succinct idea from the fol- {lowing for the theory of practical and | artistic usage. | The rooms and their relative func- “llnns are of paramount consideration; | | they must be treated independently as | | to their practical use. This is one of | the first fundamentals. The location, | exposure and climatic _conditions are governing factors in determining col- | ors, their hue, valus and intensity; for | the first test of esthctic appeel is in | the power of contemporary or andlogous combinations cr of form to stimulate the activity of the esthetic sens2, | thought and care being given to the | qualities ~consistent and ~harmontous | | with objects to be used, as well as the temperament of the occupant. Balance, proper application, placing of lines, ‘curves, ornamentations and furnishings are most important to. cb- | tain an equalization of attractions in | their attractive powers, which gives a | feeling of satisfaction, mentally and | optically. | Dignity and formality are sometimes | the desired characteristics of the room. | This feeling can be obtained by employ- | ing vertical and hcrizontal balances ar- | rangement of the masses used close enough together to be associated as parts of a whole. Pleasing decorative | | units are where the relative sizes and | scale of its elements are well propor- | tioned. Textual harmony, obtained | | either through a sense of fecling or in- | | tellectually, is a requisite, if the result is to be successtul. Every century, every period can be esily defined by i‘s art or by its style; | political, economical and religious in- | fluences ‘were governing factors. It was | the reflection of sou's and characters, |in the expression of the sensibility of the period, and in thoughts inspired by ideas. It would be difficult to imagine | Louls XIV reposed in the frail furniture | |and delicate decorations of Louis XVI. | Just Think of It— ‘The Star dellvered to your door every evening and Sunday morning at 1%c per day and 5c Sunday. Can you afford to be without this service at this cost? ‘Telephone National 5000 and de- livery will start at once. (00000000000000000000000% $15,250 DETACHED CORNER 4330 37th St. N.W. North Cleveland Park Drive west from Conn. Ave. on Van Ness St, to 37th and north to house. New Colonial Center Entrance, six big rooms, two beautiful baths, large attic, many cedar closets, fireplace, concrete pri- vate living porch, pantry, Frigid- aire, light cellar, two-ear built- in garage, large corner lot with red brick retaining wall. Highly restricted neighbor- hood, close to schools, stores, transportation and all conven- iences. Open Daily, 1 to 9 R.M.HOOKER Tower Bldg. Met. 2663 0590000000000 0000000000000000000000000000 N 06000000000000000000000° | 'WORKERS PYGMIES office boys will swarm in layers around | ers but human ants crawling through | next May, will house & workaday poou- i been placed and only the 200-foot mast | of steel, 204,000 cubic feet of limestone, AR, WASHINGT( V. C, SATURDAY, NEW SHEPHERD 8 STORIES HIGH Empire Building, New York’s Latest Structure, Really Lances the Skies. NEW YORK (#).—Mythological mar- vels are kid stuff compared with the building of a modern skyscraper. Jason sowed a basket of dragon's | teeth and saw a battlefield of armed men spring up. But American mechanics planted | steel columns on a scant two acres of Manhattan rock and in less than a year 20,000 business men, stenographers and these pillars. It is taking 3,500 men and the equivalent of 4,000 horses to put to- gether the Empire State Building, which is to be the world's tallest struc- ture, Its stupendous bulk makes the build- the 85 floors. Twenty elevators, 10 for passengers, the other material hoists, carry them to their jobs. with a two-car garage. PARK HOME DECEMBER 6, 1930. Residence of Valentine L. Seib, at 1325 Jonquil street, sold recently, Of | Colonial design, the dwelling contains seven rooms and two baths and is equipped | The home was built and sold by Henry J. Connor. | The temporary equipment provides enough power, water and light to sup- | ply a small city And the building, after it is opened have taken shape, floors are being fin- | ished and plaster is on the walls. Wrecking of the old Waldorf-Astoria, which the Empire State Building su plants at Fifth Avenue and Thirt fourth street, began September 20, 1929. The first stecl columns of its succe: sor were set in place last April 3, ' By next May 1, under the contractor promise, the tenants are to begin mov- mng in, They will find a gross floor area of approximately 64 acres over the 2-acre site, The weight on the steel frame, itsel weighing 46,000 tons, will be so great that several individual columns will have a load of more than 5,000 tons, or 10,000,000 pounds, In excess, the ‘builders say, of “any previously constructed simflar building.” ‘The whole thing will represent a cost of $55,000.000 and the civilian ocgupa- tion of Alfred E. Smith, former Gover- | nor and presidential candidate, now as president of Empire State, Inc., a super- landlord. AR ASS RS R AR AR G S R R R AR S R AN AN S SNNRNN N ¥ v lace of 20,000 tenants and possibly 20,000 daily visitors. By overtime work, the steel ribs have remains to be raised to bring the build- | ing to its final height of 1,243 feet. v | There will be 62 elevators, including | one in the mooring mast. Now the visitor is lifted in a temvor- ary elevator to the thirty-fourth floor, thence in another to the sixty-fourth, from which he climbs upward | At the top he stands over 58,001 300 tons of chrome steel trimming and 300 tons of cast aluminum spandrels, some of which is just being riveted to | the outside of the ‘building, completing the outer shell. As he stands on the seventy-sixth floor there are no walls to obstruct his | view. He sees the downtown financial section, cleaving the bay like a gigantic ship’s sharp prow. In this perspective the scene resembles a relief map on a school room table. The Status of Liberty sticks up like a man's arm, Brooklyn Bridge is like a watch | spring over the East River. | The mass of buildings below is like a packed forest of jagged stumps, out of which the giant’s ncarest rival, the | Chrysler Building, impudently points a | silver spire like an inverted, glistening | icicle. Below the fifty-fourth floor rooms Picture Wall Paper Kept. Gay Mont House, on the Rappahan- nock River in Caroline County, Va. was built about 1725 by a Mr. Catlett. Stucco wings have been added to the original frame building, creating an unusual plan. The house is chiefly orthy for the old-fashioned pic- wall paper. ture TRUNNNANNANS EARALLEAREIERAIAANENA LA EATEL IR A NN A RNAN AL UN Chevy Chase, Md. 6406 Georgia Strzet Reduced to $10,950 A most attractive Dutch Colonial home, close to stores and school. Six spacious rooms and tiled bath with built-in tub, Garage. Lot 50x200. Everything In Exczllent Condition TO REACH: Out_Conn. Ave., turn right on Taylor St, 3 blocks to Georgia St., then right to property OPEN ALL DAY SUNDAY Edw. H. Jones & Co., Inc. Chevy Chase Properties 5520 Conn, Ave. Cleve. 2300 Pt AR SRR 2 A2 RARE VALUE 4 Bed Room Home 7,750 Scven good rooms, heat, bullt-in garage, pav and alley, and all the same as The upstairs apart- ment will rent for almost enough to make total monthly payment. 1124 OATES ST. N.E. From Florida Ave. N.E. turn left on West Virginia Ave, to brand new. Oates St. OPEN AND LIGHTED R.M.HOOKER Met. 2663 e e R R RN Tower Bldg. % At the beautiful Western entrance of Rock Creek Park and facing Pierce's will see this attractive Colonial home, east side of Connecticut Ave. The house has This restricted location is substantizlly valley gives a charming b3 at only 8,950 4th & Longfellow Sts. tion of Concord at intersec- Ave. Homes Face 120-ft. Boulevard. Near Fort Slocum Park and 14th St. Car Line. EXHIBIT HOME 5601 4th St. N.W. Just_completed . . . allbrick . . . fully ed ... 6 big rooms . . . 3 porches . n garage . . . variegated tile bath . hot-water d street 12 atmosphere and makes it a most desirable ard delightful situetion. Apply to E. S. NEWMAN, Owner, No. 2600 Tilden St. i A AR AR A S SO fi“\\\\S\\‘\\\\\\\\\\“m‘\\“‘\\\\\“\ NERNSNAN \%\%\\\\\‘\\““’6“\\i\\%\’&k’h“\“‘a\‘“‘“‘\\\\\‘. BN \\'\\\\\\‘\ An Attractive Hoime Facing the Park rooms REAL ESTATE. B—3 ST. PAUL REALTOR DIES ‘ DOORS ARE AUTOMATIC Val Rothschild High in Wcinl:flenernl Electric Laboratories De- Place in Nation. velop New Labor Saver. Val J. Rothschild, former president Sliding doors that open and close of the St. Paul (Minn) Real Estate | automatically have been devised by the Board, dled of heart trouble November | General Elcctric laboratories. When a 20. Mr. Rothschild was vice president person comes within a certain distance of the National Association of Real|the door opens and remains open for Estate Boards in 1915. He was chair- | an adjustable period of time. man of the Appraisal Committee in| A ray of light is focused past the 1925. threshold of tne door onto a photo- It was through his recommendation | electric cell. This ray, when interrupted that the St. Paul board donated the St. | by a person approaching the doorway, Paul Appraisal Cup, which has since | sets a hydraulic door opener in opera- been awarded in appraisal contests at | tion. The hydraulic device is some. annual conventions of the national as- | what similar to that used in subway sociation. cars for opening doors, SIXTEENTH ST. HEIGHTS 1430 Holly St. N.W. OPEN SUNDAY, 10:30 TO DARK At the remarkably low price of $14,750 Center hall, all brick, 4 bed rooms, 2 tiled s, 2-car brick garage. Reception hall, living room, 24 ft. long, brick fir sun porch with tiled floor and fireplace, Fronch dco porch, large kitchen with breakfast nook. Wonderful clos-t ¢ with special shelving and electric lights, hardwood floors throughout, screens and weather stripping. This fine home has commanding view of Rock Creek Park. Spacious lot, well planted with fruit, grapes and many rosebushes, 1417 K st. BO.EEDM]—N_EBOF;'-HLELPS National 9300 Drive out 16th St. to Holly St. Turn East on Holly to House FOR SALE OR RENT 4 I ) Mill you having a picturesque setting on Tilden strect hill, and ideal appointments, large shaded lawn, inclosed with stone wall, developed with elegant homes, and its commanding view of the Park Attt ittt s a3 33 STSIRSRRRRRIIIVUR ey I6eights & IE GARDEN SPOT OF WASHINGTON' 1 ANEAER N \xs“\“a\\\\\\\\\m\\«“\s\\\\\\\\\\\s\\\\\\\\\\\««4 2 o New Exhibit Home 4426 GARFIELD STREET N.W. Miller Designed— Miller Built ‘This All Stone house has well adapted for entertaining. The first floor consists of reception hall, music room, living Just been completed and is especially room, dining room, kitchen, pantry and lavatory. Built over the garage is a large library trimmed in gum and accessible from a landing halfway between the first and second floors, The second floor consists of four large bed rooms and three ll.;ol;r;‘plete baths., The third floor has two complete bed rooms and ath. This house is not only unique in arrangement, but is unusually well constructed, the first floor being reinforced with concrete hollow tile and steel, over which is laid tongue and groove sub-flooring and topped with oak flooring. All the walls from the foundation to Toof are insulated with Celotex assuring additional comfort during the extreme hot and cold weather. Lot 120 ft. in depth. site (60x125 ft.). with hu shcde tees, shrubs greens, I clude large sun room fireplace, oak floors and natural trim . . . cedar closets OUR NEWEST OFFERING IN ... electric refrigeration . . . inlaid linoleum BEAUTIFUL MARIETTA PARK on kitchen floor . . . double-drainboard sink -~ « .. new-type dressers . . . better type fixtures $10,450 ani hardwae throughoit. Why ot fully " Reasonable acquaint yourself with the u al merit of red attic, sona ) r clectric re- Terms T, these homes and the excellence of this lo- r built-in garage N ¢ | cation by personal inspection. Tomorrow er refinement one 2 4 Rl y © will be a good time, would expect to find ir paratively new modern NATURAL WOODWORK center hy or library big 5pa with open room with home. REAL OPPORTUNITY Now $16,250 OPEN SUNDAY ’ Drive directly out 16th to Floral and turn right. H.G.Smithy Co. N1 Sqpsbury 1418 Eve St. TO REACH: Drive out 16th Street or Georgia Avenue to Longfellow Street, thence east to houses, or take 14th Street (Takoma Park) car line to Longfellow Street. Homes open daily until 9 PM. . HL.G.SmithyCo. ... SUCCESSOR TO BUSINESS Eye St. 5904 N.L.Sansbury COMPANY INC. TILE BATH SHOWER A Thickly Populated Community of New Homes Drive out Fifth St. N.W. t0 519 Oglethorpe St. N.W. or Take 14th St. Car Marked “Takoma,” Get Off at Oglethorpe St., Walk West to Houses. d - FI. Niller BUILDERSY REALTORS 9 - SEVENTEENTH ST. DECATUR oselo r € and: Tower Bldg., 14th & K L Dist. 0858 "