Evening Star Newspaper, October 17, 1931, Page 20

REAL ESTATE. NEW HOMES in EDGEMOOR Come out Bunday and see the first and finest group of moderate priced homes ever offered in this beautiful suburb., Edgemoor s truly the com- munity bevond comparison for & Teal home section. The new homes of & spacious rooms, 3 modern baths. and ail other modern equipment. even to automatic heat and refrigeration, are without competition. Large lots. autiful interfors, artistic exteriors ... and best of all . . . MODERATE PRICES. Open Sunday 10 AM. Until Dark To Reach—Drive out Wisconsin Ave. to River Road, turn left 1 block to Middlesez Lane, then left to houses. 1713 A Street S.E. Newly Decorated and in Beautiful Condition ‘Throughout $6,450 Bix bright rooms, hot-water heat, tiled bath, hardwood floors, three big porches and situated on a very deep lot to wide alley. No- where else in this popular sec- tion will you find a value so great for this low price. Con- venient to Eastern High School, Navy Yard, stores and churches. WHILE OUT DRIVING STOP IN AND SEE THIS HOME. OPEN FOR INSPECTION TODAY AND SUNDAY RM HOOKER Tower Bldg. Met. 2663 3720 22nd St. N.E. Detached, $7,500 Woodridge Modern six-room house, three bed rooms, break- fast alcove, covered front porch, weatherstripped, hot-water heat, paved street and alley. Vacant. Easy Terms Open Saturday and All Day Sunday Graham & Ogden National 3689 313 Woodward Bldg. ’ | For Sale by Owner 4305 Brandywine St. N.W. $10,950 wly completed. A true Colonial all-brick home. Six unusually large rooms. Recre- ation room in cellar. Full attic with large storage cedar closet. Brick garage to match house. Lot with fifty foot frontage. Compare other houses of the same price with this. Two blocks from churches, schools, stores and car line. To reach fl'??fl'v drive out Wis. Brandy st Ave. 'to dyiwine west _on Brandywine St. two biock to prop- Easy Terms George E. Pruett Owner Phone Clev. 7651 to 8 Open Saturdas, 3 Sunday, 10 ‘(o 8 SR N N SRR S S A SR S S SR SR RN ZAATLTARELL SERALEE LR TR R RN TN EARRNNE b We Invite You to Inspect Another Charming New Home in Livingstone Heights Virginia and consider the accessibility and future ‘value of this property. The of 6 "large ’rooms. . first floor lava- open” fireplace; well appointed igeration. Con- win | tollet | te benttifuily Tand: autifully land- d s offered com e unday gritical inspection d. turn right to Grant Avenue, then left to house. ROBERT E. HEATER Colorado Bldg. DIs. 4820 URGED T0 ORGANIZE Truman S. Morgan Advises Greater Co-ordination at Kansas City. Co-ordination between the various factors of the building industry in the form of organized effort for construc- tive planning was emphasized as the best possibility for advancement by Truman 8. Morgan, president, F. W. Dodge Corporation, in a talk yesterday | before the Kansas City Real Estate Board. - Urges Building Congress. He urged the formation of a bullding congress in Kansas City, which, like those congresses in New York and other centers, would act as a common meet- ing ground for owner, realtor, architect, contractor, building trades worker, banker and material dealer. “Many glaring evils exist in the build- ing industry,” Mr. Morgan said. “Some are an inheritance from practices of previous generations, and others are as modern as the radio and airplane. Cer- tain communities have recognized the situation and taken constructive steps to correct it. Local organizations known as building congresses have been formed in a number of cities, in which practically all the factors enter- ing into building operations are brought together around a table, where problems common to the business are discussed. Home Ownership Costly. Home ownership has been retarded by prohibitive building, financing and maintenance costs, Mr. Morgan said. “If the building industry is to re- sume before incalculable damage is done, it must be on the basis of reduced pro- duction costs,” he said. “The cheapen- ing and broadening of the market is the logical answer to two of our most perplexing problems. If the price is brought within the range that the pub- lic can afford, consumption will be re- sumed. If the reduced price succeeds in broadening the market, re-employment on a large scale will be stimulated and with it will come in turn increased A-blmy to consume.” 19 CONSTRUCTION GROUPS AFFILIATE Billions in Capital Represented by League Under Direction of New Yorker. Plans for the affiliation of 10 groups of the construction industry in an or- ganization to be known as the Con- struction League, for the purpose of co-operative effort for the good of the industry as a whole, are proceeding under the direction of Robert D. Kohn of New York, chairman. Billions in capital are represented in the groups shortly to be affiliated under corporation charter to be applied for here. Mr. Kohn is president of the Ameri- can Institute of Architects, one of the co-operating bodes. The other groups to be included in the league, as announced today by the Institute of Architects, are: American Engineering Council, Ameri- can Federation of Labor, building de- partment; American Institute of Steel Construction, Associated General Con- tractors of America, Contracting Plas- terers’ International Association, Elec- trical Guild of America, Heating and Piping Contractors' National Associa- tion, International Cut Stone Contrac- tors and Quarrymen’s Association. International Society of Master Painters and Decorators, National As- sociation of Builders' Exchanges, Na- tional Association of Building Trades Employers, National Association of Marble Dealers, National Assoclation of Master Plumbers of the United States, National Association of Ornamental Iron and Bronze Manufacturers, Na- tional Association of Sheet Metal Con- tractors, National Committee of Build- ing Congresses, Producers’ Council and the United Association of Journeymen Plumbers and Steam Fitters. BULB PLANTING HAS VARIETY IN METHOD Narcissus Family Should Be Buried at Surface, but Layered Group Lower. BY ELLEN EDDY SHAW. Some of our layered bulbs such as hyacinths and tulips are planted one inch below the surface of the soil. A striking difference in method is shown by the treatment of the narcissus group. Common members well known to all of us are the paper whites, daffodils, jon- quils and poeticus. ‘The Chinese lily is never potted in sofl, but raised in stones and water. For most homes the paper white nar- cissus is much better to use in stone ;:\d water treatment than the Chinese ily. Let us assume that we have some daf- fodils—fine, big fellows—Von Sion, Em- peror and Empress are splendid. Some may be single bulbs with gne nose; others may have bulblets on the side. Each year a bulb tends to reproduce it- self by throwing off a bulblet, that is, by producing on its side a little bulb, which, after from two to four years, be- comes mature, and is ready for bloom- ing. The one thing to remember in the potting of these members of the nar- cissus group is to leave the noses just sticking out of the surface of the sofl. Then start as before, with flower pots or pans; put a plece of crock over the in with soil. perhaps a two-inch layer, tamping it down. Now hold your bulb at the bottom of the pot and see just where the soil should end when the bulb is placed upon it. Remember that from the rim of the hole in the bottom of the pot, and fill | THE EVENING S TAR, WASHINGTON, Semi-detached residence at 4401 Thirteenth place northeast, recently pur- chased by Harry G. Pfiffer from the buflder, J. B. Tiffey, through the agency of Beitzell & Hornlng. The house contains eight rooms and two baths and has a built-in gerage. Ten Years’ Cost Of Office Space Is $3,850,000,000 Increase in ‘White Collar’| Occupations a Factor in U. S. Conditions. Soclologic trends and population | changes have wielded an influence in office building activities, according to & study completed by L. Seth Schnit- man, chief statistician, F. W. Dodge | Corporation. He finds, for instance, that changes in volume of commerce and large in- creases in the professional and other “white-collar” occupations created de- mand for $3,850,000,000 of office space | in the 10 years, 1921-1930. “Using check payments as & yard- stick, it is found that the rise between the depression year, 1921, and the peak in 1929, disregarding the effects of price changes during the interval, ap- proximated 130 per cent. At the same | time the advances in new office build- ing expenditures approximated 600 per cent between 1921 and the peak of the cycle, in this instance, the year 1927,” he states in the Architectural Record. “The large increase in office building construction from 1921 to 1927, the writer continues, “came about fully as much because of genuine demand for space as because of any other single factor or combination of factors. This was the period of reconstruction after the war when virtually all building of this type had been at a standstill, these were the years of readjustment of earn- ing power to advancing land values and rising taxes. Then, too, the release of factory workers to non-industrial occu- pations, incident to technologic ad- vances, proceeded apace, and a large absorption of workers into commercial, filnancinl and professional pursuits took | place. “This was the perlod when our| schools and colleges released more ‘white-collar’ graduates than in any | similar period in our history. This| was the period when the dentist and the physician forsook the home as the place of his practice for the more con- veniently located office building.” Mr. Schnitman states that 53 per | cent of new office building construction during the decade was concentrated in | the 13 largest cities of the country. | For these same 13 centers, commercial transactions, as measured by the vol- ume of check payments over the dec- | ade, represented approximately 65 per cent of the entire money turnover of the country. CONTRACTS SHOW DROP $252,100,700 September Bullding East of Rockies. Oonstruction contracts awarded in September in the 37 States east of the Rocky Mountains totaled $252,109,700, as compared with $331,863,500 in the corresponding month of last year, a de- cline of 24 per cent, according to F. W. Dodge Corporation. The month represented an improve- ment of $19,003,600 over August, when contracts totaled $233,106,100, or 33 per cent below August, 1930. Of last month’s total, non-residential was the most important major construc- tion class, forming $112,417,500 of the entire total. Residential building amounted to $54,552,800 and public works and utilities to $85,139,400. Buy a Brick $500 Cash Front and rear Built-intob. B rdwood frim. [ Real Estate Construction IV / SEE / NORTHEAST’S /" BEST VALUE IN NEW HOMES 1800-1816 C St. N.E. Forced to Sell This Week A brand-new detached Colonial brick, three bed chambers. two baths, finished attic. club room In basement, two-car garage. landscaped lot with seventy-foot front. Circumstances to sell this $14.750 home A substantial cash pay- ment reauired. If you are waiting for s bargain come today and see this home. Drive to Bethesda, left on Edge- moor Lane to Beverly Road, then one block left to 5012 Hampden Lane. Open Saturday and Sunday. 2 SOLD Last Week Only One.Home Left $12,650 Chevy Chase English t; 2-story home near Chevy Chase Club. 6 corner rooms, tiled bath with shower, garage to match, Delightful sur- | roundings. Very reasonable { terms! 1324 ALLISON ST. N.E. An Added Feature Bryant Gas Heater SEMI-DETACHED A New Group of Homes IN D. C, DRAFTSMEN HELD TRADE BAROMETER New York Architect Believes Reports on Total at Work Would Serve as Index. A business barometer for the build- dicator could be created, he declares, by keeping a monthly check on the number of draftsmen employed by the architects of the country. “New York City will be faced with a housing shortage in two years,” says Mr. Litchfield, outlining his plan to the Architects’ Emergency Employ- ment Committee for the Region of New York. ‘“Although the city’s pop- ulation continues to increase, the build- ings are growing obsolete. In the build- ing industry, and I suppose it is the same in most indunr&, depressions cure themselves. “Today we are, perhaps, at the zero hour. eral increase in employment comes into the offices of the architects. “Now, if monthly reports can be obtained of the number of draftsmen employed by the architects, we will have the most sensitive possible bar- ometer of the attitude of the public mind. Such a barometer could be taken as an indicator for all industries in 80 far as the building industry re- flects the true nature of business con- ditions generally.” Congress took a definite step toward guarding against future enacting the Wagner Bil 4100 Georgia Ave. AD-0145 t the last With All And at this Unbelievable Price $60.00 a Month terest on Both Trusts) nd bath. GARAGE. Glas sleeping porch. *7,650 Mirror door. porches. Bath—colored tlle and showers. Boilt-in_wall safe. alker electric dish washer modern firepiace. t (oversize boller). Tloors Extra heavy tin roof. 20 poun Exhibit Home 1837 Bay St. S. E. Between 18th, 15th, B and C Sta. 8.E. Near Eastern High Steuart Brothers, Inc. School 138 12th St. N. E. | Beautiful Michigan Manor Homes of the Numerous Features: Priced $9,450 to $11,450 Take Brookland car. Get of at Michigan Avenue, walk right to Sorgent Road, then north to Allison “"ll.’ FREDERICK B. MILLS Phone Georgia 1123 e ———————— Street to houses. dll your heating plant should be equipped with a Sturtevant Coal Burning Blower BECAUSE— it cuts your coal bills at least 40%. BY— enabling you to burn cheap buck- wheat coal. IN— your present furnace, without new grates or any other equipment. ALSO— is assured—all SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, vance Return of confidence will be || indicated the moment a definite gen- || depressions in || 11 1931. session, according to Mr. Litchfleld. ‘This legislation contemplates the plan- ning of public works some years in ad- actual construction, so that if an emergency should arise public works activity could begin without delay, LIGHTING CONFERENCE ADDRESSED BY POWELL Contractors, Arckitects, Dealers| and Electrical Engineers Hear Specialist. A large group of contractors, archi- | tects, dealers and electrical engineers attended the ninth and last of the| serjes of lighting conferences held here | under auspices of the Electric League of Washington, concluded this week. A. L. Powell, illumination specialist, m’rme!pn speaker, declared designers of hting fixtures up until recent times have been bound by tradition and have been constantly copying classical forms and subjecting incandescent lamps to all the limitations imposed on flame {lluminants. | Prench artists, decorators and de- signers in 1924, he said, began to grasp | the use of incandescent lamps in radi- | cally new fashion, for decorative as well as practical purposes. 4 REAL ESTATE. SEMI-DETACHED HOME Near Lincoln Park 235 12th STREET N.E. Close to Stores, Schools and Transportation Priced to Sell s8 ’500 ! Boay'Termw 31 Ft. Front—97 Ft. Deep Large Rooms and Bath 4 Bed Rooms—Attic OPEN 2 TO 9 P.M. DAILY 14th & K cAFRITz Dist. 9080 TH a Two-toned Built-in “Ox- ford” Kitchen Cabinet arid Frigidaire and double drain- board 6-ft. Porcelain Sinl Inlaid Linoleum and Sanitas Wall Covering. Also Spacious Dinette But It Is Secondary to This Exceptional Value for 58 950 Convenient Terms { ] OPEN Daily and Sundays to 9 P.ML L‘ Securities Building _TVI;e kitchen Has Now;/ Becfime a Point of Beauty See Exhibit Home 5518 Fourth St. N.W. ON THE WEST SIDE OF 4th ST. ONE-HALF SQUARE FROM 14th ST. CARS Six Large Rooms, Tiled Bath, Tiled Lavatory with Master Bed Room — Detached Garage ENED sleeping and breakfast porches, concrete front porch with brick columns, iron halustrades, No. 1 grade white oak floors, beautifully finithed; chestnut trim, ash doors, Tontine washable window shades, colonial brass electric fixtures; automatie heater, laundry trays, servant's toilet, chromium- plated non-tarnishable plumbing fixtures; bath with built-in tub and shower, pedestal wash stand; cedar-lined closets, and house bronzed screened throughout. Beautiful Lawns and Shrubbery Paved street and alley. THERE IS MORE QUALITY, BETTER . IN FACT. THEY ARE SUPERIOR TO ANY HOMES EVER OFFERED BEFORE AT THE PRICE. T. Gravatte Realtor National 0753 WASHINGTON'S GREATEST HOME VALUE “The Talk of the Town” Delightfully Different are these Sensational 6 to 8 room homes In the Heart of Mt. Pleasant—Overlooking Rock Creek Park Just a Block from 16th and Columbia Road Ballrooms with One nsulated Console arge Built-in Frigi rgeous Hollywood I I G Baths in Beautiful Colors Real Woodburning places,French Tudor Design Heated Two-Car Garages Paved street. cu walk and alley Chamberlain Metal Weather stripping a n d Caulking Ideal Automatic ulation—enal to buy lots for less—passing these to yon—less profit houses sold. FEATURING: Bigger and More Spacious Fireplace or Two Baths Three or four Bedrooms De Luxe Kitchens in Colors Ranges per_house—but m MASS MERCHANDISIN HARVARD TERRACE PRICED FROM $9.950 TERMS AS LOW AS $1,000 Cash—$75 Monthly DRIVE OUT TODAY Exhibit Home 1739 HOBART ST. N. W. Open and Lighted Until 10 P. M. COME OUT 16th 8t turn left on Mt. Pl t, turn left on Hobart, the first street after Har- vard. Hostesses on hand to show you through. ires Tiled Fire- Heat Here’s How We Do It: Selling faster than construetion com- pletely eliminates all elements of spec- in_cariond savings on HOMES 100% combustion burnable matter ashes are left. BESIDES— The saving will soon more than pay for this inexpensive blower. 4515 RIDGE STREET Drive out Conn. Ave. to Bradley ane, turn left (west) 3 squares o East Ave., then morih one square to Ridge St. Phone Cleve. e You’re the Loser! « .. if you buy a home anywhere before seeing 1218 Oates St. N.E. A beautiful home of six large rooms, tile bath and bullt-in garage. There are front and rear porches and .a screened sleeping porch. You will ad- mire the new papering, the elec- tric fixtures and the general plan of the house. It is con- venlent to stores, schools and transportation. Sold on small initial cash pay- ment and reasonable monthly terms. See It Today! Robert W. Savage 717 Union Trust Bidg. Nat. 6799 Or Your Broker pot to the top surface of the soil should be one-half inch, and that on the sur- face of the soll you should see the noses of the narcissus I'u“ sticking up. You will have to decide for yourself just how much soil will be needed. Re- member, too, that beneath the bulb an eighth-inch layer of sharp (or builders’) sand is placed. Be sure that no two bulbs touch each other or touch the pot, but give them an inch of space. Fill in with the soil and press firmly down. AUGUST RECORDS DROP IN REALTY MORTGAGES Dropping back again from the Sum- mer peak reached in July, real éstate mortgages recorded in the principal urban districts of the country during August declined 16 per cent below the same month a vear ago, according to a monthly compilation by Nelson, Hunt | & Co. of Chicago. Figures from 35 leading metropolitan areas throughout the United States on which comparative data are available showed a total volume of $152,492465 for August, as compared with $219.- 492700 in July and $183,122915 in August, 1930. Seven cities, mordé!ndg to an analysis of the figures, repor increases over August, 1930. Four of these were in the Middle West, two in Connecticut ;ndk.one in the suburban area of New or) is used—fewer Distinguished Corner Residence in Chevy Chase, D. C. $18,500 33rd & Morrison Sts. Center-Hall Brick Lot 130 Ft. Front Large Shade Trees 8 rooms (4 bed rooms), 2 baths, lavatory on first floor. There is a 2-car brick garage. H.G.Smithy Co. NA. 5904 2837 Chesapeak (Forest Hills) 26,500 “The New Value for the American Dollar” IGHLY praised by those who have inspected it, and acknowledged by many in the profession as being the outstanding value in Washington. THIs is the procuct of craftsmanship—not just a speculative home! There are fur- red walls, copper downspouts ana gutters, handmade hardware and fixtures, im- ported tile and wall paper, concealed radiators, panelled dmigr room with fire- place, rubber floor in kitchen, electric reirigeratlon, insulated third floor, plastered cellar with two-car garage. A library and lavatory on first floor. Four bed rooms, two baths and porch on second floor. Two rooms and bath on third floor. Open All Day Sunday and Week Day Afternoons Drive out Conn. Ave. to Albemarle St. turn right io Linnean Ave. and North to Chesapeake St. Phillips & Canby, Inc. ar Realtor Together—With the Same Automatic Heat Control Provided with the Oil Burners and Gas Boilers Numerous Be sure the Blower you install is a STURTEVANT FRIES, BEALL & SHARP 734 10th St. N.W. 1418 Eye NAtional 1964 Inyestment Bldg,