Evening Star Newspaper, July 25, 1931, Page 16

REA SILVER STARHOMES ONVIEW TOMORROW Sixteen Volta Place Homes Will Be Opened to Public From 9 A.M. to 10 P.M. (Continued From First Page) problem which arises when unsightly poles and wires disfigure the roofs. The lower threc steps of the oak stairway rising from between the living room and the dining room open into the living room and are adorned by a graceful iron railing. Master’'s Room Across Front. ‘The dining room has a special note of appeal in the chair rail and double | glass casement doors opening onto the | screened rear living porch. ‘The | kitchen, adjoining the dining room at the rear of the house, is designed with an eye to efficlent operation and fis equipped with modern type fixtures. On the second floor of the house is & master's bed room extending across the front of the house, with two other bed Tooms at the rear. The full size bath is located at the end of the second floor hall, between the front and rear bed rooms. In the three-story houses in the group, there are two additional rooms in the top story, one of which may be used as a sitting room or den, and the other as a bed room, which has a private bath. Maid’s Room in Basement. | In the basement, which is light and airy, is a late type heating plant, an automatic hot-water storage heater, an ash receiver for the fireplace above, a maid's room with servant’s toilet and two laundry trays. The Silver Star Homes program is under direction of a committee of spe- cialists, including James S. Taylor, chief of the division of building and housing, Bureau of Standards; Dr. Louise Stanley, chief of Bureau of Home Economics, Department of Agri- culture; Gilbert Rodier, past president ‘Washington Chapter American Insti- tute of Architects: John H. Small, 3d, Jandscape architect; Miss Harlean James, executive secretary American Civie Association; Arthur Carr, presi- dent Washington Real Estate Board: ‘Waverly Taylor, architect and oper- ative builder, and Rufus S. Lusk, realty statistician and veteran model home demonstrations official. LOW BUILDING COSTS MAY FAIL TO LINGER Realty Association Urges Work of Construction in Cities That Need Structures. Construction costs are down for all types of buildings, but these low levels ma ciation of Real Estate Boards declared this week in urging building in com- not continue, the National Asso- | L. ESTATE., THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, |Bro|.. builders; to Arabesque Store Planned Islam will b2 brought to Con-, cticut avenue through the | uction of a new three- | story building at 1214 Connecti- cut avenue, according to plans an- nounced today by Nejib Hekimian, | owner, dealer in Eastern fabrics, who has been in business here for 30 years. | ‘The site for the new structure, which has_been designed by M. Mesroblan, local architect, who designod the Hotel Carlton and the Hay-Adams House, has been cleared by the Charles Tompkins Co. Construction of the new building | will be started at once. The facade of the new gallery is to be of arabesque style, except where the demands of present day city archites: ture dictate modernistic concessions, the builder explain: BUILDING DECLINES June Total for Country Off 19.2 Per Cent Compared to May. Building operations over the country showed a slump in June from the totals for May, this year, according to cost estimates contained in permits issued |in 344 identical cities having a popula- tion_of 24.000 or more and compiled Iunities that can tensbt new struc- |y tne Buresu of Labor Statistics, De- | tures. A Department of Labor report made Jast week of June shows a de- of 195 per cent in estimated costs of structures covered by building permits issued in 342 of the larger citles of the country, as compared with i Residential building 0sts dropped 18 per cent and non-residen- tial costs dropped 20.9 per cent from the April totals. The Engineering News Record, re- porting on an extensive survey com- pleted last month on building trades wage scales, shows a 14 to 27 per coent decline below scale throughout the country. The survey indicates that | average actual wages received are 17 per cent below scale for carpenters and bricklayers, 16 per cent for plasterers, 14 per cent for iron workers and 27 per_cent for common laborers. Thus family heads who have received wage reductions in many cases can build homes today just as though they had not suffered demotion, says the assoclation. CONTRIBUTIONS AT PEAK New Record Set by New Life Mem"} bers of Building Institute. June established a record for con- tributions to ihe permanent endow-| ment of building and loan_education. it is announced by H. C. Horton, New | Yerk City, chairman of the Life Mr‘m-i bership Committee of the American Savings, Bullding and Loan Institute. Six life members added their support last month to the institute’s plan for training building and loan workers. ‘The Institute is affiliated with the United States Building and Loan League and has 1,000 students attend- ing its night school classes. The new contributors bring the total to 25 life members. NOTICE ?'l'his Home Can Be Bought | For a Little More Than | $1.50 Per Day FIVE ROOM BUNGALOW LOCATED IN WOODRIDGE 1427 Jackson St. N.E. Can Be Purchased on .1” | Low Cash Payment and | Small Monthly Alowances /| $6,750 «« o+ It Contains . .. Hot water heat, newly decorated. new electric fixtures, garage, large lot, with plenty of trees and flowers, .« . Visit Sat. Afternoon or Sunday Any R. 1. Ave. car, get off at 14th 8t. N. E, go north to Jackson or take bus at 10th & D, off at Monroe & 14th N E. and walk south to Jackson St. N E Owned and Built hy M. & R. B. Warren « 3900 Conn. Av partment of Labor The June total was 192 per_cent lower than in May this year. There was a decrease of 16.1 per centsin the estimated cost of new residential build- ing and a decrease of 28.7 per cent | {in the estimated cost of new non-resi- dential construction. Comparing permits issued in 207 identical cities in June, 1931, and June, 1930, there was a cecrease of 359 per cent in total construction; a decrease of 253 per cent in the cost of new residential building, and a decrease of 46 per cent in the cost of new non- residential building. | Will Build Five Homes. Construction of five dwellings in the 300 block of Madison street and in the 5600 block of Third street, having a total building cost estimated at $25,000, is planned by the Wire Construction Co., according to specifications filed with the District brick 2-story building_inspector. | SEE OUR NEW SEMI-DETACHED BRICKS! Sample Now Open 305 Longfellow St. N.W. Out any street morth to Longfellow—east to houses. You will see our sign. 8 Rooms—2 Baths Roomy kitchen with breakfast nook, electric refrigeration, latest type ‘all-enameled gas range with heat control, Sanitas on kitchen walls and ceiling, linoleum on floor, house trimmed with natural wood throughout, colonial cement front porch, built-in _garage. Strests and alley paved. Nice front, side and rear lawn, rustic stone retaining wall; houses fully scteened. Ideal Location—Near All Conveniences Price and Terms Reasonable WAPLE & JAMES, Inc. Owners and Builders 1226 14th St. North 0962 Top of the BUILDING DUE FOR CONNECTICUT AVENUE. TOUCH of the architecture of Above the large glass windows of the first floor will be triple mosque-type TWO BIG PROJECTS FILED FOR PERMITS Standard 0il Co. and Society Submit Applications to Build New Structures. (Continued From Pirst Page.) George T. Santmyers, architect; to erect | one 1-story brick warehouse, 1112 Mary- land avenue southwest, to cost $6,000. J. Henry Brown, owner, designer and builder; to erect five 1-story frame dwellings, 4425 to 4433 A street south- east, to cost $6,000, J. G, Nevins, owner; Sears, Roebuck & Co., designers; O. F. Smith, builder; to erect one 2-story frame dwelling, 5614 North Capitol street, to cost $5,000. Henry Tait Rodler, owner, designer and builder; to make repairs, 717 Sixth street, to cost $4,000. Henry Latrobe Roosevelt, owner; E. W. Syme, designer; Davis, Wick, Rosen- garter Co., Inc., builders; to erect three 2-story brick additions and make re- pairs and alterations, 3023 Q street, to cost $6,000. Storage Building 0. K'd. North American Cement Corporation, owners and bullders; Blaw-Knox Co., designer; to erect one 1-story steel, concrete storage building, to cost $4,000. Hot Shoppe Properties, Inc., owners; M. A. Hutsler, builder; to erect one 1-story tile, brick and concrete store, 1240 Fourth street northeast, to cost $3,000. Commarist of the Holy Land, owners; Metropolitan Green House Manufactur- ing Corp., bullders; to erect one 1-story concrste, stone and glass green house, Fourteenth*and Quincy streets north- | east, to cost $3,500. Dr. Charles 8. Godden, owner and builder: George A. Ferguson, architect: | to erect one 2-story brick addition and | make repairs, 1724 Oregon avenue, to | cost $2,500. Richard W. Henderson, owner; Jaff D. C, SATURDAY, make repairs, 1109 F street, to cost $1,500. ‘Walter A. Wells, owner; H. S. Ward, designer; E. E. Ward & Son, builders; to erect one 1-story brick addition, 1606 Twentieth street, to cost $1,500. Peter Clecas, owner; to make repairs, 7635 Georgla avenue, to cost $1,000. HEADS NEW REALTY FIRM Earl E. Goss Founds Company Here, With Son Associated. Earl E. Goss, former vice president and one of the organizers of the real estate firm of McKeever & Goss, Inc., has established a real estate company of his own in quarters at 1405 I street, to engage in general realty business, under the name of the Goss Realty Co. Associated with Mr. Goss are his son, Dunbar Goss, who was with the firm of McKeever & Goss for some time, and other employes. Mr. Goss has been in real estate business here since 1920, when the firm of McKeever & Goss was or- ganized by R. L. McKeever and Mr. Goss. Mr. Goss was born in Matteawan, Mich, and has been in busines here since 1800, engaging in other lines of business prior to taking up real estate work in 1920. i CUP OFFERED SPEAKER Second Prize Announced for Build- ing and Loan Session. ‘The runner-up in the public-speak- ing contest at the convention of the! United States Building and Loan League in Philadelphia, August 11-14, will re- ceive a silver loving cup. Miss Ann E.| Rae, Niagara Falls, N. Y. past presi-| - ey s, N sy bast, Presi-| vention will be addressed by Dr. Simeon ond prize. The winner's trophy in the cup con- | test, as it has been known for six con- secutive years, is a silver cup donated by the American Savings, Building and Loan Institute, educational unit of the industry. It remains a year with each successive champion, JULY - 25, 1931. LOAN ASSOCIATIONS | PLAN ANNIVERSARY | Hundredth Birthday of Co-opera- tive Home Financing to Be Ob- served at Philadelphia. A business owned by more than 12,- 000,000 American citizens will _cele- brate 100th anniversary in Phila- delphia_this August when the United States Building and Loan League holds its _convention there. The virtues of co-operative finance from soclety’s point of view will be explained by James M. Beck of Philadelphia, Pa., in one of the lead- ing addresses of the convention. Repre- sentative Beck, a constitutional lawyer, author and a member of Congress since 1927, will speak in a program which promises to cover not only the history of building and lean, but every impor- tant phase of the business in 1931. “What we decide about the home- owners’ taxes, the possible elimination of depressions, the future course of co-operative financing, and the in- stilling of our ideas in the generation just growing up, will be in reality the decision of 12,000,000 people,” says the league president, R. Holtby Myers, “The benefits of bullding and loan assoclations properly and conservatively managed must be brought to an addi- tional 12,000,000 people in the com- ing century. The more owners this business has, the more it can be de- pended upon to preserve the place of the home in our soclal system and to foster individual enterprise.” Besides ReYl’esfntat)ve Beck and some score of building and loan executives who are on the speakers’ list, the con- E. Leland, University of Chicago ex- pert on taxation; Rome C. Stephenson, South Bend, Ind., president of the American_Bankers’ Association; Marc A. Rose, New York City, editor of Bu- siness Week, and Dr. Willis A. Sutton, Atlanta, Ga., president of the National Educational "Association of the United States. Open Saturday and Sunday windows with tile spandrels and above | this, a third-story single-arch window. | The materials for the facade include polished black granite and bronze for the first story, limestone, marble and | specially-designed tile in Oriental colors and patterns for the two upper storie: The interior will be finished along | similar _architectural lines, with the ide walls broken by arched tabernacles. Practically the entire second floor will be devoted to a lecture room. The third floor is planned for storage purposes. | The building will have a frontage of 24 feet and a depth of 124 feet. y BUNGALOWS Sample Open to 9 P.M. 22 Madison St. N.W. 7 rooms. bath and lavatory. lot—2-car brick garage. 1226 14th St. N.W. North 0062 MARIETTA PARK 323 Longfellow St. N.W. Drive out 16th St. or Georgia Ave. to Longfellow St. East to House *8,950 All brick, fully screened, Southern exposure, six big rooms, tiled bath with shower, concrete front porch, screened double rear porches, cedar-lined closets, electric refrigeration, Sanitas on kitchen and bath, Armstrong linoleum on kitchen fioor, double drainboard sink, built-in garage. OPEN DAILY and SUNDAY UNTIL 9 P.M. H.G.Smithy Co Zye St. 6609 5th St. N.W. Between Van Buren and Whittier S Five large rooms and screened sleeping porch: on large lot. 50x148. The living room is exceptionally large and has a lovely fireplace. The dining room is large enough for & big family and the kitchen is modern in every respect. The two bed rooms are large and well arranged, with lovely bath between. The rear bed room opens onto tha sleepinz porch. There are oak floors throughout and the attic 18 so large that 2 bed rooms can be put there. This is the best bungalow value we have ever offered—8$9,150, on easy terms. Phillips & Canby, Inc. 4 Exclusively—Realtors NAt. 4600 Investment Bld, i R e e e e J On ANOTHER WARREN DEVELOPMENT Town Sk — i and EMERSON STS. N.W. $8,750 to $12,250 6 rooms and bath--8 rooms and 2 baths We Take Pride in Establishing Such Substantial, Wonderful Equipment Most complete kitchen in Petworth. Beautifully equi) baths—General —Westinghouse elscitle fan in kitchen. standing features. Faces heautiful prociaim the most outstanding value in Peiworth, See more house in & betier location for To reach Street one biog property—Drive out 1o houses, Tower Building SAMUEL C. SPRUCE in Moderate Priced Homes Electric refrigerator and clock ge—numerous other out- Sunday. See what others less money. New Mampshire Avenue to Emerson Street, turn left on Emerson National %419 Copper_screens - Hampshire Gardens. Come out Saturday or Deen WAPLE & JAMES, INC. - Now $33,500 5413 16th St. N.W. A DISTINCTIVE RESIDENCE in Washington's better section—has just been refinished and beautifully decorated throughout and is now ready for inspection. The following gives a fair idea of the modern ap- pointments in this home for your comfort: DETACHED—Very large lot with fruit trees and pretty shrubbery. Seven bed rooms, 3 baths, music room. dining room. club room, completely equipped kitchen, butler's pantry and that convenient lavatory on first fioor—electric vacuum cleaning sys- tem throughout house—ancther bath and servants’ quarters in basement— Dumerous porches—three-car heated garage and now priced for quick sale. Drive Out and Let Us Show You Through Today RM HOOKER Tower Bldg. Realtor Met. 2663 @athedral 2800 Bellevue Terrace N.W. Corner of Fulton St., 2 blocks west of Wisconsin Avenue 3 Bed Rooms—2 Baths—2-Car Garage $16,500 W. C, & A, N, MILLER 1119 17th St. N'W. Decatur 0610 First Showing Semi-Detached A New Group of Homes In Beautiful Michigan Manor Sample Housg, 1316 Allison Street N.E. + These beautiful homes range in size from six rooms and bath to seven rooms and 2 colored tile baths. Finished in natural trim, large rooms, open fireplace, cedar closets, perfectly appointed kitchen, having two toned Sanitas walls, Armstrong inlaid linoleum, console gas range, out- side pantry with Frigidaire, cement front porch width of house, shrubbed and completely sodded, large garage, house bronze-screened throughout, Price $9.450 to $11,450 Tahe Brookland Car. Get off at Michigan Avenue, walk vight to Sargent Road, then north to Allisen Street to houses. FREDERICK B. MILLS Phone Georgia 1123 2 2277727 WY REAL ESTATE, Certain conditions make it possible to offer this pre- tentious new home at many thousands of dollars less than the original price. You can now afford to own the home you want at less than you expected to pay. Brick and stone construction with slate roof, English design and center-hall plan with rooms of more than gen- erous size. Beautifully colored bath, oil burner, maid’s apartment. Huge fireplace framed by elaborate book- cases; sun parlor; in fact everything you would want in a home. DQN’T FAIL TO SEE THIS BEFORE BUYING Facing Rock Creek Park 470s COLORADO AVE. N.W, Drive out 16th St. to Colorado Ave., west to houses Open Saturday and Sunday 1216 Glen Ross Road North Woodside, Md. An opporruniry' to secure the best buy in the Washington Area, located in one of its finest and exclusive suburbs. Price, $9,950 Convenient Terms Open for Inspection Until Sold Among the many features of this beautiful home are in- cluded the following: New ALL-BRICK CONSTRUCTION, 6 spacious rooms with pantry and large closets, front and rear orches, tiled bath and shower, hot-water heat, hardwood oors throughout, detached garage and massive landscaped grounds. To reach North Woodside—Drive via Alaska Ave., thence through the u the stone gate posts of North Woodside on the left. into 1216 Glen Ross Road. 16th St. to Georgia Ave., pass a_short 113 miles 1o Turn 2%, blocks Woodside Construction Co. Phone Silver Spring 109 o - 1A COUNT LB P \g«gfi Y3 o || Drive out Connecticut Ave. to Columbia Country Club, turn left on West Cypress St. iwo blocks to property. Wis- consin 2764. ENGL]SH-TYPE home at 202 West Cypress 2"nt: Six rooms, two baths, covered side porch, built-in garage, screens and electric refrig 13’950 eration, Open duily unti! 9 fom. Monroe and Ben S. Warren, Ovmern cnd Doviloh