Evening Star Newspaper, February 21, 1931, Page 18

XEAL ESTATE. 181 T0 BE HUGE BULDING PEROD $3,500,000,000 Construc- tion Already Planned, Na- tional Survey Discloses. New 1931 construction totaling more than $3,500,000,000 is already planned, actually under way or about to be start- ed in the United States, according to & Nation-wide survey of the building situ- ation just completed by Nelson, Hunt & Co. of Chicago. “This figure, based upon data from Gov- ernment_and private sources as well as reports from building officials in lead- ing citles, it was explained, does not include near $1,000,000,000 worth of Pederal, State and county highway con- struction, which is regarded as of par- ticular importance this year because of its large consumption of labor and building materials. “Reports from leading cities and in- dustrial sections of the country,” said the survey, “Indicate that construction activities as a whole are proceeding at near the same rate as in 1930. Up to February 15, heavy engineering and public work was leading in activity, be- ing about 10 per cent ahcad of last year. _Residential and small home ilding also increased in some com- munities, particularly in the New York metropolitan area, where an 18 per cent gain In this type of construction was reported in January. ‘Public works, public buildings, State highways, municipal improvements and all types of Federal and State work will undoubtedly be the most important fac- tor in utilizing labor and building ma- terfals in 1931, particularly during the first_half of the year. “Government and State financed con- struction planned and under way totals between $700,000,000 and $800,000,000 in new projects. ‘This is perhaps the nfost extensive public building program ever undertzken and serves to counterbal- ance other lines which may be slow to increas> construction for 1931. Whereas public building ordinarily comprises 5.5 per cent of total construction, it is es- timated that it will be more than double this percentage this year. “A large volume of work also will be provided by municipal bond issues, amounting to $400,000,000, which have been voted by cities and towns through- out the country. “Another important factor in the im- mediate construction program is the vast amount of building planned by the wer and ligkt utility companies, which Fave enjoyed a successful year despite the depression and are carrying out ex- pansion plans as rapidly as possible in order to take advantage of current low material and labor costs. ~The construc- tion plans of these companies for 1931 call for an expenditure of more than $700,000,000, of which a considerable tion is already under way. “Industrial building. which declined in 1930, promises to show some revived activity this year, with more than $100,- 000,000 worth of this work now actu- ally on the boards. Some of this work is planned as a constructive aid to un- employment and as a means of prepar- ing for future expansion at a time when costs are low and labor plentiful. “Another important factor in the 1931 Building program, not included in the list of new projects. is the moderniza- tion of homes and business structures— 8 movement which is receiving unusual business emphasis because of the lo cost of materials and the plentiful labor supply. It is estimated that this work alone will represent an expenditure of nearly half a billion dollars this year.” STUDIES SUGGESTED FOR REDUCING TAXES Elimination of Some of Govern- ment's “Half-Million” Units One of Research Proposals. ‘Two new studies, one that may show the practical possibilities of eliminating some of the “half-million” government units in this country, and another that may show the merits of tax spending supervision, have been suggested by | Herbert U. Nelson, executive secretary of the National Association of Real Estate Boards, to a research group already seeking means of tax relief. ‘The studles are designed to augment the research program now under way at Chicago University and provide ad- ditional practical material for property owners’ divisions that are be- ing set up throughout the United States for tax adjustment, Financed by the real estate associa- tion and two other groups and spon- | sored by three other national trade as- sociations, the research group is col- lJeeting heretofore unavailable statistics on the effect of various tax systems. ‘The data resulting from this work will be used by the sponsoring groups in | asking for “a new deal.’ Now the real estate association ex- ecutive wants to go further and in- ate two possible remedies—the consolidation of governmental units and the control of tax spending bodies. PAINT BRUSH COURT ISSUE| | Bosses Oppose Reducing Width as, Union Proposes. NEW YORK, Pebruary 21 (#).—The Painters' Union has a plan for unem- | ployment relief, but the contractors are fighting it in court The plan is simply the reduction in width of paint brushes from six to three inches. Counsel for the Boss Painters’ As- sociation, seeking an injunction against the International Painters, Paperhang- ers and Decorators' Union, told Su- preme Court Justice Lewis in Brooklyn | that the new brush would cause grave economic trouble: i Darwin and Wallace hit upon the | theory of evolution at the same time, though working separately Five Rooms, Kitchen and Bath Electrical Refrigeration THE ARGONNE 16th and Columbia Road Reasonable Rentals Do See This Home HUGE SWIMMING POOL BEING ERECTED ~ T THE EVENIN( STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, AT GLEN ECHO Design of the $200,000 peol, beach and observatory pavilion buildings to be erected at the suburban park, construction of which was started yesterday by Skinker & GROUND BROKEN FOR BIG NEW POOL $200,000 to Be Cost of Glen .Echo Park Project to In- clude Housing. Ground was broken yesterday for constrygtion at Glen Echo Park of the Washingten Raflway & Electric Co. of huge swimming pool; observetory building and housing for locker rooms and other facilities. The new construction project when completed by the @bening of the Sum- mer season will represent an invest- ment in excess of $200,000. The pool and the buildings, being constructed by Skinker & Garrett of this city, from plans by Alexander, | Becker & Schoeppe cf Philadelphia, i being erected on the site of the old Derby Racer and will adjoin the ball room of the park. | The large pool will be divided into four areas, one for a general swimming place, cne for deep water swimmers, one for diving and a shallow section for children. In connection with the pool there will be a sand beach of more than 10,000 square feet in area One of the pool building development v rvation pavilion from witness water A feature of the sw ming paol proper will be underwater lighting, it is announced. Plans call for a pool of @ size to ac- commodate 3,000 bathers at one time d lockers are to be provided for that number, it is announced. | Telephone National ‘ 5000 For immediate delivery of The Star to your home every evening and Sunday morning. The Route Agent will collect at the end of each month, at the rate of 173 cents per day and 5 cents Bunday. Come out tomorrow and see W. C. KREMKAU, Owner and Builder Phone Columbia 8855 1 ‘rties, _ | FAIRFAX. Va. February 21.—Com- missioner of Revenue J. U. Kincheloe announces that he and his deputies will visit the various communities in Falls Church and Lee districts next | week for the purpose of assisting tax- | ayers in making out returns of their ncomes, intangible and tangible prop- for the year 1930. These re- 1urns must be filed before June 1, sub- ject o a penalty of 10 per cent. Kincheloe will be in Annandale Tues- | cay, February 24; Lincolnia Wedn: day, Stanton's store Thursday, Baileys Cro's Roads Friday and Merrifield turday. He will be in the town of Falls Church. in the office of M. E. Church, March 2 and 3. Deputy Com- missioner J. Sidney Wiley will be at Woodyard's shop in Lee district: Tue: day, Alvin Davis'_store Wednesd: lorfon Trursday, Burke Station Fri- day, Archie Hall's store Saturday. 45,000 Memberships Sought. The Chicago Real Estate Board has begun an intensive drive for 45,000 private property owner memberships At an ‘“extraordinary special call” meeting of the board held February 9, 450 of 1.200 active menbers attended, | pledg=d 10 days time each to securing | members for the property owners' di- vision that will seek new tax systems for Chicago. Owner takes Loss of $3,200 Now Priced at $9,750 ONLY 2 LEFT These new 6-room brick homes overiooking Govt. Park—situated one inecticut Ave. and Weshington's Most Ezclustve Section Cathedral Ave. & Woodley Rd. Open Daily and Sunday— ECURITY REALTY Chandler Bldg. Met. 4333 a most unusual New Home Open Sunday & Monday i | | Drive Out Conn. Ave. to Bra di gn. The livable pla; 5331 NEBRASKA AVE.N.W. $12, nd-new detached home of brick and timber construction, English superior re an unusual value at the low price asked. Chevy Chase, D. C. Nebraska, East to House construction and ideal location There are six big, Garrett. PLUG TO COLOMB Passenger Fare of $750 Paid Load Too Heavy to Go as Airmail. By the Assoclated Press. BURBANK, Calif, Pilot H February 2. VIRGINIA REVENUE MEN |PLANE CA—I‘%_RYIVNGrIRON 1A for J. Kelsey had an iron “pa. senger” paying a $750 fare to Barrai quilla, Colombii, South America he hopped off here yesterday for a fl over the southern transcontinental route, The Standard Oil Co.. findir operation at Barranquilla halt lack of a 175-pound cast iron plug and that a month would h quired to get it there by boat, 5 when ight air n for ng r dis- PROSPERTY HELD | BACK BY TIWDITY Institute of Achitects’ Com- mittee Sees No Warrant for Continued Slump. Timidity is retarding prosperity, de- clares a statement by the Committee on Industrial Relations of the American In- stitute of Architects, of which Willilam Orr Ludlow of New York is chairman. Continuance of the depression is called |entirely unwarranted. Building, which should lead the way to recovery, lags for no better reason than lack of cour- age to start, it is asserted | ““There is no longer surplus of food- stuffs, housing, building materials; there is plenty of mortgage money. We |are not halted now by any material causes, but simply by timidity. ~ We need to be brought to a realization that we have our remedy in our own hands ! and that we can have good times just as soon as we get over that paralyzing | and invertebrate attitude of waiting for someone else to move first. ‘In building particularly there now exists the strongest possible incentive | | for the display of what we may term | just hard ‘common business sense. | Buildings may now be erected at a sav- | } ing of 15 per cent to 20 per cent over former prices and over what prices will irely be in the near future. It is to 10se who can and will seize the pres- 1t opportunity that unusual profits | will come. { “Practically * everything that enters | into a building may be purchased now | economically—brick, cement, tile, roof- | ing, flooring, plumbing. Wages for la- | bor' have not generally decreased and should not decrease if we expect to | maintain the buying power of the aver- | age man. It is no secret that when | jobs are few efficiency increases. | Therefore labor at present contributes its share to low building cost.” patched it on the 4,500-mile journey by airplane Because the plug was too heavy for shipment by airmail, it was sent at full passenger rate. From Dallas the | plug will go to Brownsville, and thence | over Pan-American Airways to its d(‘.(—‘ tination, making the trip in six days. | ck lacy of paying ren Of Especial Interest to Apartment Renters The family that pays ment rent is paying 6% interest on the owner's investment of $20.000. they will have paid in rent $8.400.00 and will have received in return only comparatively cramped living quarters. bined with others, buys the apartment build- ing for its owner...and provides for him a lucrative investment, After nominal cash payment, the family pur- sing one of our 5-bed-room houses in leith Heights” will pay $100 per month. end of 7 years they will have accumulated an equity of $5,450.00, and thence forward their monthly payments amount to only $37.50. These simple facts illustrate the economic fal- t. inspection of our— NEW MODEL HOME 3811 T ST. N.W. This particular home contains 8 large rooms and 2 baths, with many modern features, in- cluding open fireplace, cedar-lined closets, Celotex insulation, Frigidaire, etec. brick garage is on rear of the 175-ft. land- Open for inspection every day g until 9 P.M, Furnished and Decorated by W. B. Moses & Sons ooley Bros. " BUILDERS OF BE TTER HOMES" scaped lot. and ever Tower Bldg. Or See Any Broker 100 per month apart- At the end of 7 years This outlay, com- Bur- At We invite your critical Detached 9240 Over 1.500 NEW HOME VALUES AT AN OLD-TIME PRICE On Monthly Payments Less Than Rent And Only $500 DOWN Houses 20 Feet ‘Wide, Lots 142 Feet Deep 10 Built 8 Sold “Catrits Lifetime Homes™ Bullt and Seld FEBRUARY 21, 1931. BUS DRIVERS FINED Two Men Pay $10 Each for Ex- ceeding Speed Limit. Two Washington Railway & Electric Co. bus drivers, charged with exceed- ing the speed limit by driving 34 miles REAL ESTATE. T ———— an hour, were fined $10 each in Traffic Court yesterday by Judge Ralph E. Given. The drivers are Francis A. Stone, 2129 Fourth street northeast, and George E. Miller of 904 Shepherd street northeast. They were arrested by Policeman H. O. Tutt of the Traffic Bureau, who declared they were driving on Florida avenue, one behind the other, when he apprehended them. Both ‘drivers pleaded guilty in court. There are plants which emit a corpse- like odor by which they attract flies and beetles, which smeill like roses or like musk. 6626 CONN. AVE. CHEVY CHASE, D. C. 3906 LEGATION STREET 2ND BLOCK . WEST OF CONN. facilities for a bath. tric Refrigeration, Open for Inspection A. T. NEWBOLD OWNER-BUILDER AVE. 13,500 Living room, room, kitchen. Master bed room with bath, bath. 1st FLOOR dining service pantry, 2nd FLOOR 2 bed rooms and 3rd FLOOR Two finished rooms and Garage, Screens, Elec- 11 AM.—6F Daily 1. 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The first floor has large entrance hall, im- mense living room with stone open fireplace, sun room, large dining room, breakfast room, kitchen and first floor lavatory. Second floor has 4 large bed rooms, 2 colored tile baths and numerous closets. There is a fin- ished room and bath on the third floor. Oil heat, electric refrigeration and a 2-car built- in heated garage. H.G.Smithy Co. | Nad SUCCESSOR 70 _BUSINESS N.L_Sanshury Detached—Center Entrance —tomorrow or Mcnday—for 1t's an exceptionally good buy. 4330 37th St. N.W. Corner 37th and Yuma. In No. Cleveland Park. $15,250 buys it Splendid location, similar fine homes ‘mid bright rooms. The living room has large open fireplace, built-in book- cases, and opens on a large concrete side porch. On the second floor there are three exceptionally large bedrooms, numerous closets and a dressing room. There is a built-in garag ALSO OPE 3502 PATTERSON ST. N.W Drive out Conn. 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Every feature for comfort and convenience will be found, including breakfast porch, sleeping porch, bronze screens and hardwood floors throughout, large closets with mirror doors, model kitchen equipped with Kelvinator, one-piece sink and built- in cabinets; garage, and front yards well landscaped. Street to be paved without cost to purchaser. See these homes today. Open and Lighted Until 9 P.M. Daily To Reach—Drive out Ga. Ave. to Farragut St. right to houses, or take Sherman Circle Bus. CAFRITZ COLORADO AVE. OPEN ALL DAY SUNDAY & MONDAY Drive Out 16th St. to Colo- rado Ave., West to Howse. PRICE GREATLY REDUCED New Colonial transportation. New — thoroughly modern — 6 rooms, 3 master bed rooms, two baths, open fireplace. pantry with Prigidaire, 2-car bullt-in ga- bt !.'l a safe neighborhood for home investment. Sunday, 10 to 9. ther days, 1 to 9. Prom Conn._ ave. §0 west on ¥an Ness to 37th—and north to Yuma. R. M. HOOKER Tower Bldg. 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