Evening Star Newspaper, March 14, 1931, Page 20

FRYD s ST OREA TALL BUILDINGS NEARING LIMITS Future Metropolis Considered for Light, Air, Cleanliness and Quiet. The city of the future will not be Yined with towering skyscrapers; double and triple decked streets will be found not to be the answer to the traffic prob- lem, nor will airplanes use roofs of buildings as landing fields, but the fu- ture metropolis will be quieter, cleaner snd much more beautiful. ‘Thus, Herbert U. Nelson, executive secretary of the National Association of Real Estate Boards, envisions the cities of this country of the next century. “The city of the future will not be lined with 75-story buildings as some People picture it” says Mr. Nelson. “One or two buildings of this height in & city are all right, because they do not interfere with all the other build- ings, but if you pack blocks with 75 and 100 story buildings, erect them side by side, as some say will be done, no- body would get any air or light. The higher you go, and the more you build up a block with such high structures, the less air and light will be available. “After all there is the human element that will be considered. For all the stunning pictures of vistas of 100-story buildings, I do not believe that tenants of the next century will put up with dark and airless quarters, no matter how highly illuminating and ventilating systems are developed. Crowding Has Limits. “You cannot go on indefinitely crowd- ing people into a certain area of land. Intensity of use cannot be extended be- yond a certain point. The farmer knows this. And already there is a tendency away from any increased intensive use of the land in cities. “The Merchandise Mart in Chlcl;fl. planned by its designers for use many years to come, is only 24 stories high. The General Motors Building in Detroit rises only 15 stories. They don't seem very high when one thinks of 75-story structures. But both, built with an eye to the future, are a block square. “Cities of the future will handle their enormous vehicular traffic on super-highways rather than by double or triple decked streets. These through highways will be built along the out- skirts of cities to handle the thousands and ds of motorists that even today just pass through our towns, jam the traffic and drive on. “The double or triple decked street 48 not practical for the same reason that numbers of 100-story buildings are not practical. There is a limit to the number of people who can be prac- tically handled in a given area of land, and I cannot believe, and have never helieved, that you can put swarms of yeople or vehicles on a first, second and third level and &ez them in and out [ l:e!‘: a section el lcmlmy}ed @b “A few strategically loca louble- but blocks and blocks of them—no. No matter how clever the {llumination, on the lower decks, shop- keepers and others will not permanent- ly want this space at good rentals. Longer Blocks Foreseen, “Girade separations, and longer, much r, blocks will also help the traffic 70 years from now. The long will cut down on street cross- ings; and will make life easier for the |4 n, as well as decrease the tangles that inevitably result ‘where. there are many corners. “T helieve that residential districts will be laid out in areas a quarter of a mile square. These areas will be sur- rounded by traffic arteries instead of being cut by such arteries as at present. There will be ‘dead-end’ streets within these areas leading to the homes and various buildings or for the delivery of homes, or for the vehicles of the resi- dents. Such a plan will decrease the traffic that now rushes by every door, and will make the life of home-owner quieter and easjer. “Streets will be wider in the down- town areas, but such widening in my opinion, will not be accomplished through the present method of tearing down existing buildings. This is too costly. Puture widening will be brought about by extending arcades under com- mercial and other buildings so that estrians will walk on new sidewalks created in this Of course, this will mean taking some space away from the first floor front of such buildings, but inasmuch as this will serve the shop- mw business public, the downtown ings will come to it, and will be glad to do it. “Even though such measures will be undertaken, I do not believe that vehicle traffic yill be as much of a oblem in the 2000 as some people ink. In proportion, fewer people will drive to the business centers in their vate automobiles. The rapid transit cilities, with further economies in the cost of electricity, will be greatly ex- tended. And such extension and im- wvement will be in the elevated sys- ms rather than in the subways, Subway's Bad Features. “No matter how successful they are, or how efficiently they handle the city- traveling masses, subways are uncom- fortable, with bad air, dark, and unpleasant. And people don't like them. At present they put up with them, but the further development of the “L” lines will make the public turn to this mode of transportation. These will go underground in the very con- gested centers, but most of their length will be above ground in the air and light where travel is much more desir- sble. I believe such lines will be im- roved so they are noiseless and even proved in pattern and design so they will not be objectionable to the property owners on streets over which they run. hose automobiles that do down to the business centers will not be parked in the streets in the city of | the future. Commercial buildings and even stores wil' space within the. buildings. The new- est types of com nercial buildings in 8an Prancisco, Cincinnati and other laces already show this trend in struc- res equipped with such garages. “Recreational areas adjacent to, and | within, ‘the future citles will continue to increase in size because we are 30 thoroughly sold on the importance of bhaving such space.” Roses and other plants were blooming tn parts of Scotland in January. provide for parking | L ESTATE. Karl W. Miller, Washington correspondent of the Detroit News, is the recent purchaser of this dwelling, at 4408 Volta place, built by Waverly Taylor, Ine. The house ccntains eight rooms and two baths and has a built-in garage. THE EVENING STAR WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, MA.‘R("H 14, 1931 REAL ESTATE the personal affairs and business of the buyer is given primary consideration, U.5. ARCHITECTURE 10 SURPASS ALL Commiission Says Borrowed Ideas Are Done. Rejecting imitation, architects and producers will create in America an ar- chitecture more splendid than the world has ever known, it is predicted by Harvey Wiley Corbett of New York, chairman of the Architectural Commis- sion of the Chicago World's Fair in f | 1933, in & statement made public by the American Institute of Architects, of which he is a fellow. Architectural styles based on models from the past have served their pur- pose, Mr. Corbett declares, and are giving way to a “style of architecture which will not be a rehashing of some- thing that has gone before; which will not be masquerading in borrowed clothes, but which will be a style and type of building absolutely expressive :)& this time, of this age and of our Vast Difference Seen. Our whole social organization, our ustrial, commercial and educational institutions are so totally different from anything the world has known before that for us to continue to try to house those industries within old forms that come out of the Middle Ages and an- tiquity is-ridiculous, he asserts. “Architects have not been entirely to blame jn their use of older styles of architecture. They have had an enor- mous problem. Architect’s Eyes Open. “The architect has begun to open his |eves and to think of new products in terms of their use and the advantage it would be to have them not as an imitation of something else, but for themselves, and to create new forms of construction which are more logical and economic than methods of construction which are now in . vogue. “When one sees a man on the fortieth or fiftieth story of a steel frame build- ing laying brick exactly in the manner that the Egyptians did 6,000 years be- fore Christ one wonders how much the lld!'(:l'llul:tu!ll world has advanced in its eas. “A building is the most complicated machine manufactured by man. The automobile or the printing press does not begin to equal the complications of a great modern structure as it is erected in our cities today.” Stone Tombs Unearthed. MERSEBURG, Germany (#).—Twelve stone tombs, believed to date from about 1800 B.C., have been unearthed at the village of Obermoellern, near here. The which had collapsed into the ves. Objects in the tombs included bronze needles and bodkins and an amulet with strange ornamentatiol DO NOT WAIT! See What We Are Offering T AL TTLRA TR AR TR RN AR N = “IN MOUNT PLEASANT SECTION” (Adjoining Rock Creek Park) 6 and 7 rooms, modern to the minute. Sample Open to 9 P.M. 1855 INGLESIDE TERRACE N.W. Out_Park Road or Newton St. to 18th St., morth to houses. Will Consider Small House in Exchange Price and Terms Reasonable Waple & James, Inc. 1226 14th St. N.W. North 0962 ALALRLELRRRAE B AEREEERES The First Showing HAVE YOU SEEN THE CAFRITZ NEW LIFETIME HOME OPERATION AT Kansas Ave. & Farragut St.N. W. INSPECT THEM TODAY Open & Lighted Daily and Sunday Until 9 P. M. CAFRITZ 14th & K Sts. N.W. Chairman of 1933 World Fair | sepulchers were covered with stone lids, | % DWELLINGS GET ARCHITECT'S 0. Large Apartment Building| Also Given Approval for Construction Here. Designs for 25 dwellings and a large | apartment building, to be erected at va- rious sites in Washington, have been ap- | proved by the Architects’ Advisory Council as “meeting the standards which should be maintained for private build- ings in the neighborhood.” 'he council, & jury of architects spon- sored by the local chapter of the Amer- ican Institute of Architects, approved plans for the following: Dwelling for 1324 Jonquil street, H. L. Breuninger, owner and architect; dwell- ing for 5821 Thirty-second street, de- signed by F. G. Wilcox for P. W. Hor- ton: dwelling for 3900 Twenty-fourth street, M. F. Landis. owner and de- signer; dwelling for 2232°'Quincy street, M. F. Landis, owner and designer; dwelling for 5423 Thirty-second street, designed by Charles E. Dillon for A. J. Dinger. Five dwellings for the 1800 block of | Ingleside terrace, designed by George T. Santmyers for W. H. Hoffman: dwell- ing for 5518 Broad Branch road, de- signed by Charles E. Dillon for F. P. Williams; dwelling for 2818 Forty-fourth street, designed by G. E. MacNeil for | W. C. & A. N. Miller; two dwellings for 7609 Morningside drive and 1320 Jon- | quil street, designed by H. L. Breun- inger for L. E. Breuninger & Sons. Dwelling for 1440 Holly street, de- signed by Proctor & Falcon for G. S. Seek; nine dwellings for the 1700 biock of D street northeast, designed by George T. S8antmyers for Hugh A. Thrift | as_owner; two dwellings for 6518 and | 6522 Seventh street, designed by Charles | E. Dillon for P. 8. Grady, and apart- | ment and stores building for 2150 | Pennsylvania avenue, designed by Rob- | ert O, Scholz for Baer & Scholz, build- | ers and owners. Shuler Commissioned. Carroll R. Shuler, 2219 Minnesota | avenue southeast, this city, has been | commissioned by the War Department | a /first, lieutenant of Engineers in the | Reserve Corps of the Army. this year, the National Real Estate Boards repo survey of efforts being made for relief of owners of real property from “bur- densome” taxation. 4! stantial revision of taxation, TAX ADIUSTMENTS Executives of 29 States Say Change Is of Major Im- portance This Year. ‘The Governors of 20 States of this country recently declared publicly that tax adjustment was of major impor tance in the work to be done duri ociation o today in & estate, America’s ‘y live to see sub- present forms of the association reports, de- claring that practically every State in the Union has pending some measurs that seeks to help the owner of real property. Many Proposals Made. The appointment of commissions to investigate the State tax commissions, ‘The owner of re? biggest taxpayer, m: the creation of State tax commissions, the investigation of present expendi- tures, a proposal that intangibles be taxed directly, the reduction of assessed values and other measures are being pushed throughout the country by leg- islators, the national realtor body re- Tts. po“whau\'!r can be done under the existing Constitution to secure greater equality of assessment, and at least some degree of justice in the distribu- tion of the tax burden, so that intangi- ble property will pay a larger share, should be undertaken,” said Gov. Louis L. Emmerson of Illinois in a special message to the Legislature. In Indiana, where bills are up to stop sherifl's sales of “delinquent” property and to directly tax intangibles, Gov. | Harry G. Leslie calls the present tax system “unfair” and points out that since the tax laws were enacted “many new classes of property have been cre- ated that entirely escape taxation. The tax rate could be “substantially lowered if all taxable prcperty was placed on the tax rolls,” says Gov. Harry H. Woodring of Kansas. In Nevada, Gov. Fred B. Balzar re- cently recommended that provision be made for a State-wide survey to study the possibility of raising revenues from the people other than owners of real operty. . Duplication of local governments has been scored by Gov. O. Max Gardner of North Carolina, and Gov. George F. Shafer of North Dakota wants a com- mission named to study this question. LONG WAN—TS PAY ‘RAISE Louisiana’s Senator-Elect Plans to Practice Law Here. BATON ROUGE, La., March 14 (®). —Gov. Huey P. Long of Louisiana is in favor of a raise in pay for United States Senators. Dr. Long is a Sena- tor-elect. In a statement Thursday he said he would “not _be afraid to vote for a sal- ary that a Senator could make out on.” Meantime the Senator-elect believes he will need more money “to meet ex- penses” in Washington than a Sena- tor gets, he said, so he will try to es- tubll.';lh a law practice to help make ends meet, UNION WESLEY A. M. E. Members to Worship With Mount Zion M. E. Church. Unlon Wesley A. M. E. Zion Church worships with Mount Zion M. E. Church, Twenty-ninth street between Dumbarton avenue and O street, tomor- row at 3:30 p.m. Sermon by the pastor, Dr. Prank W. Al.u';’)l’k. Brotherhood, 7 p.m. % ; SECOND TRUST NOTES We will buy Monthly Payment Deferred Purchase Money 2nd Trust Notes secured on owner-occupied . C. property. UNION FINANCE CO. 916 Woodward Blde. Nat’l 7936 St hsatetadedetethtiittatethtateditatetetitatetateteditetitedstithae et Out Connecticut bine Street Columbia Country 5520 Conn. Ave. Moppdhine A Beautiful Section of Chevy Chase, Md. Homes of Individual Charm and Distinction $15.250 to $18,750 (just Edw. H. Jones & Co., Inc. Chevy Chase Properties Ave. to Wood- south of the Club), turn right. Clev. 2300 These homes combine 10 large rooms, high Open Sunday 1 1415 K St. N.W. SALE OR LEASE 6605 16th St. N.W. Smart, Distinctive New House in Exclusive Section splendid construction and unusual finish and equipment. 3 baths, 1st floor lavatory; 2-car brick garage. Priced Far Below Reproduction Cost MSKEEVER £ GOSS 7. beautiful architecture, ceilinged living room, P.M. till Dark NA. 4750 ! Arts Commission and of the Board of G BOBUT 7 L \G/LARL ETAAEATATATHTTTLRLAT AN LA N N RN R NN RN HONORS NEW YORKER William Adams Delano Elected Corresponding Member of Acad- emie des Beaux Arts. William Adams Delano of New York has been elected a corresponding mem-= ber of the Academie des Beaux Arts, I stitute of France, according to word re- ceived here. Mr. Delano, a fellow of the Amerjcan Institute of Architects, re- ceived his diploma from the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris, in 1903, He is a member of the National Fine Architectural Consultants for the de- velopment of the Federal Triangle area here and a past president of the New ork chlp'f‘l' of the American Institute identified, are designing the new United Stal Forel Service Bullding in | Paris, the executive building for the Post Office Department and the Jap- anese embassy in Washington. NIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY BY PLANES IS TRIED Blinding Flashes Frighten Long/| Island Residents—Perfecting Is Expected Soon. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, March 14.—A new, se- | cret process of night photography from airplanes ¥as tried out for the first time Thursday at Mitchell Feld and thousands of Long Island citizens were excited, While wide, blinding flashes made | the night white and lowli explosions | rent the air, telephones at police sta- tions were busy with -calls from people wanting to know what had happened. Although the process is strictly se- cret, Lieut. Arthur Merriwether, in charge of experiments, said it was one that had been sought for some time by several of the world military powers | llnd it would be perfected here before long. All observers could see were the flashes of bombs dropped from planes | exploding a short distance above the | ground and illuminating a wide area. Negatives produced in tonight's trials are to be sentjto Washington to the chief of the Army Air Corps, Lieut: Merriwether w | Study Value! INSPECT 1403 Ridge Pl. S.E. This is one of the most attractive homes in Southeast Washington. It as six la; rooms, nu closets, tiled bath with 'shower, and t in. struction is of the very terior decorations and fixtures of lat- est patterns. Price and terms are reasonable. Open until 9 P.M. The Thrift Building Co. Woodward Building Or Your Broker Directions: Turn left at end of 1th St. S.E. bridge, go two squares and turn’ iejt again to Ridoe Pl Furnished by . B. Moses & Sons 8 rooms—stone and brick con- struction — overlooking Rock Creek Park, and thin[ the prettiest front elevation of any group homes in the city. Seldom can you find such unusuil value in a location so fine. Walnut bor- dered -oak floors, built-in bath, shower, extra lavatory to master bedroom, copper screens, Fri aire, and every modern dppoint- ment, a garage included. The home has never been occupied, and you will be agreeably sur- prised to see how much your dollar will buy here. Drive out today. R.M.HOOKER Tower Bldg. Met. 2663 3317 NEWARK First Floor.—Center hall plan, also unfinished attic. single cars. Front and rear porches. it is adaptable for two families. Phone Mr. Conner or 39,450 Exhiblg Home 5223 Kansas Ave. Open Every Day Until 9 P.M. * Cellar under entire house—hot-water heat, oil burner, Garages—two This property fronts on Newark Street and Highland Place. 'The rear of the house is unusually attractive. This property is worthy of your inspection. Cleveland 0861 LA EEEEELLEELLLAFLEEA LSRR LR AENARAERCENRRARNNE Unequaled Value! New 7-Room, 4-Bed-Room Homes on Beautiful Kansas Ave. N.W. GIVEN REALTOR National Association Clinic Here Emphasizes Up-to- Date Salesmanship. Washington realtors were advised to consider themselves more as merchants and to make their “goods” more salable for continued success in the business by two councilors who conducted a clinie at the Willard Hotel yesterday under auspices of the National Association ot Real Estate Boards and the local board. Paul E. Stark, Madison, Wis., tealtor, and Guy W. Ellis, former president of the Detroit board, addressed 200 per- sons in sessions in the afternoon and ight. Stark classified four essentials for suc- cessful sale of real property as: Fair prices, quality of the goods to be sold, beauty and attractiveness and service. These, he sald, were absolutely neces- sary if the realtor is to compete on anywhere near even terms with other industries and businesses. Must Be Up-to-Date. real estate business, he said, itself up to present-day ‘The must bring methods and must release itself from | some of the sales methods and mis- conceptions entertained by many real- tors today in regard to the home. Stark said that in his brief stay in Washington, less than 24 hours, he had seen some of the best real estate adver- tising of any in his country-wide tour. Advertising a plece of property, he said, Is not so important for the sale of the particular property as it is to get pros- pects for future sales. Making of Sales. Ellis, choosing the topic “The Dol- lars You Are Missing Down the Street,” told the realtors that sales were made Distinctive Homes Near Eastern High School 1717 C St. N.E. Open Until 9 P.M. On the New 160-Foot Boulevard Seven large rooms, with tiled bath and shower. Closets in . every room. Built-in garage. A beauti- ful white kitchen, with in- laid linoleum floors and Frigidatre. Large porch, artistic fixtures, paneled ‘walls, oak floors. Substan- tial construction. Low Price Very Easy Terms R. E. Kline, Jr. Owner-Bullder Union Trust Bldg., Na. 6799 IRVING ST. N.W. OPEN FOR SALE By Estate STREET N.W. Cleveland Park Lot 37, Square 2075 Price $23,500% unusually large living room, with open fireplace; dining room, with open flreglnce: kitchen and butler's pantry, breakfast room and library, with open Second Floor,—Four large bed rooms and two baths; two small rooms. Third Floor.—Two finished rooms (maid’s bath in the basement), replace. The house is so planned that at District 8141 or A A A N S s s All-brick construction, 7 large rooms (4 bed rooms), variegated tile bath, garage, cedar closets, front and breakfast porches, hardwood floors and trim throughout, deep lots, electric refrigera- tion, kitchen is finished in 2- tone Sanitas, console model gas range, inlaid linoleum, etc. Paved street and alley. Be sure to see this superior value SUNDAY. Built by ... C. W. WILLIAMS FOR SALE BY A. H. PARKER — — — — — Col. 1790 There was a tild outbreak of cholers in Shanghai last Summer and what might have been a serious epidemic successfully checked by modern ods. The th authorities of the performed a record numben of cholera inoculations, the number amounting to 538,034. with the real d place. tive secons ; instances, can show the buyer arrange his af purchase of his Ellis told preciat at the ht ses- sion, with Stark stressing ifi‘h': house” as a valuable factor in selling of homes, 27 TAKEN IN RAIDS BY U. S. DRY AGENTS 40 Warrants Issued in Charlotte, N. C., When 20 Federal Hen Act on Information. By the Associated Press. CHARLOTTE, N. C, March 14.— Federal prohibition agents arrested 27 persons on charges of liquor law viok tions in a series of raids here yesterday. J. E. Kanipe, deputy administrator cf prohibition for Western North Carolin: holzded a force of 20 officers making the raids. Kanipe sald he held 40 warrants, based on evidence secured by under- cover agents, but did not expect to serve them all today. Seven of those arrested were colored, {including three women. One white woman was arrested. Mrs. Bertie Scott, operator of “Scot- tie's Place,” a night club, and Don An- derson, one of her assoclates, were among those arrested. All were to be carried before a United States commissioner for hearings. Mt. Pleasant---$9,950 Vzry Much Under the Market Price ‘Open ANl Day Sunday This beautiful home on paved street and alley with southern exposure is in perfect condition and consists of nine large rooms (six bedrooms) and bat}\, with hot-water heat, electricity and new gas range. We invite your inspection of this won- derful value. 1749 Kilbourne Place NW Biblusivac Aysuts Investment Bldg. New All-Brick Colonial $13.750 Chevy Chase, D. C. Fully detached, unusually attrae- tive all-brick colonial—just eom- pleted — with latest decorations and fixtures, including a new type space-saving American Radiator. i Large Lot Detached Garage Open Fireplace Two Full Tile Baths Large Covered Porch Finished Attic Electric Refrigeration—Sereens 3322 Military Road east Road from Comm. Ave. om Drive Milttary to house end our sion. Ward & Hays 1427 Eye St. Nat'l 1324 Nat. 4600 2937 28th Street A BETTER HOME A BETTER LOCATION 513,850 Just North of Cathedral and West of Conn. Aves. A most desirable home admirably located and built within the last few years, hence containing all modern appointments. On t'.e first floor is a reception hall, large living room witk open fireplace, attractive dining room, generous kitchen with rubber tile flooring. On second floor are three cheerful bed rooms and two tiled baths; ample closet space. Basement has laundry; two-car built-in garage, and maid’s bath. The walls are decorated throughout with Sanitas with cornice mold. Screens and awn- ings and instantaneous water heater. INSPECT SUNDAY Before 9 P.M. Nat'l Mort‘g. & Inv. Corp. National 5833 1004 Vermont Ave. £, ’ OVERLOOKING ROCK CREEK PARK 47 0 9' s Of superior construction and pleasing architecture this spacious center hall Colorado Ave. home is an outstanding OPEN ALL DAY value. The first floor has ] SUNDAY spacious living room with stone open fireplace, l-rfi. sun room off living room, beautiful dining and break- fast rooms, kitchen and DRIVE OUT 16TH ST. first floor lavatory. Second TO COLORADO AVE. Hoos Tusikeda Sk WEST TO HOUSE ¢ B wE 2 tiled baths and large ) closets. Bedroom, bath and Surprisingly storage i i tiltloar; Oil heat, electric refriger- Low Price ation, 2-car built-in garage. G.Smi thy Co. ESSOR TO BUSINESS .Sansbury COMPANY INCe Iy S