Evening Star Newspaper, December 5, 1931, Page 20

B—4 % REAL ESTATE. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. "G, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1931. REAL ESTATE. PRIVATE BUILDING ABOVE 1580 TOTAL D. C. Inspector's Report Places Increase at $2,- 400,000 for 11 Months. private building ac- h period ended red nearly $2,400,00 the fact that t November was e same month last lding ope 1ths of the yea to $20.895.864 per ed Perm during in aluation follow- €TeCl | Mortenson, desig Nichcls avenue | wner and builder chitect; to brick-and-frame | 4920 F y-seventh street; to ard Oil Co. of New Jersey, own- gners and flders; to erect one rete gasoline sta- street; to cost 1 Lozupone, owner and builder; A. Brandt, architect; to tory tile-and-stucco dwelling, | treet southeast: to d garage, rear 5366 treet; to cost 83,000 Ruppert, owner; Maiatico tion Co., buiiders; to make r 643-645 New York avenue; to cc $5.000 Dr. James Harfleld Peters, architect; Teunis builder; to erect one tion, make irs Q street; to cost $2,500 Minna Gill, 1413 Massachusetts ave- | owner, designer and builder tory brick addition rd street; to cost $2,000. Carnegie Institution of Washington rers; Rust Engineering Co., design builders; to erect concrete chim y pton street; to $1,700 ouis Ludwig, owner and builder; to owner; F. Colli d alt and 8 Two Unusual Homes Beautiful Trinidad 18 Oates St. N.E h tile bat ) ) tractive, bei very 1 of paper patterns, Price and terms most reasonable. 1247 Owens St. N.E. Attrac and substant by & p R RRRAR) PR RS R LT RRARRR R _TELEPHONE 7/ ALEXANDRIA 3arg We have several very beautifully situated acre- ages fronting on the Mt. Vernon Blvd. and the Potomac River | Suitable for country es- | tates or high-class develop- || |, ments. | proverties are within 30 drive of the center of the Natlon's Capital. through ihe frst completed section ' of the " George Washington " Memorial Far ks Which will ullimaiely _extend 'from Mount Vernon 1o the Great Fatls the Potomac These tracts can mow be very aitractive prices ot believe will be possible after the | Sfcial opening of the Boulevard next | Forine. These minutes had » erect | i Walter 1 | ! Marietta Park House Bought Res Abner dence at 5816 Sixth stree r ly by William J Beit e The home is through E iilder, Harris Shaperc constructed « style MORTGAGES INCREASE SHARPLY IN OCTOBER olonial epresentative metropolitan districts, comprising more than half of the urban population of the country, covered in vey, showed a total of $170,007,- real estate mortgages filed r—a gain of nearly 13 per over the September total of $151 .8’ This is the second month in wh increase has been shown, as Septem was also slightly ahead of the August tosal | Out of the 34 reporting districts, 2 i d the October dollar volume ¢ ages ahead of September, and wed increases over October, 1930 Reports Covering More Than Half of Urban Population Show Total of $170,907,007 —_ f 1 4 Real estate mortgage the principal urban c try rose sharply gures for the p ding to the m Mcial reports icago llation of data was available reported a total vol- ume of $149,567,277 in mortgages for October this year, as against $222,304,- 605 in the same month & year ago hly compilation 1t & Co. reports from selected IF You are looking for a really fine home at a sacrifice price by all means see 1419 Spring Road Here is value, excellent nelghbor- hood, convenience, attractiveness and repairs, 1428 Church street; cost $1,800. Frank Crimi, owner and builder; to erect one brick addition, 4012 Georgia av $800. rone, owner to cost est possible Agur completely mode exposur & 1o see Ofen to 9 PM. Robert W. Savage 717 Union Trust Bldg. Nat. 6799 or your broker cost $500. Jacob Klibanoff, ow to erect one 2-story Shepherd street 111 Glenbrook Road Battery Park, Maryland Delightful Community to cost New all-brick, detached. Six large rooms. Two baths. Chromium fixtures. Solid brass electric fixtures colonial design. Finished attic. Insulated with Celotex and Gypsum board. Breakfast room with china closet. Large front porch. Elec. Refrig. Kitchen cabinets. Cellar. Garage. Lot 75 ft. front. Terms. Open Sunday until 9:00 P.M. Directions: Wisconsin Ave. to Bethesda. Turn left at traffic light. Follow car line five blocks to Glenbrook Rd. Turn left. Go half block to house. JOS. A. HERBERT & SONS Realtors 1013 15th St. N.W. “Gosh—It's Hot! .. “Why My Home Hew Do You Keep So Cool?” Is AIR-COOLED” AIR -COOLED HOMES BRICK AND CONCRETE Exhibit Home 304 MADISON ST., N. W. Facing Beautiful Government Park MAIN FLOOR SECOND FLOOR g~ s Master Bedroom la Tlosets Special Al r\(el ‘r'\ll\ll' Mirrored Doors t Light Private Bath Second Bedroom 10 11, 0 n. by 16 1¢. Large Closet Room for Twin Heds Rear Bedroom Two Windows Large Closet Special Ventilation TWO COMPLETE BATHS Shower in each bath. abinets. Buili-in towel bars. Paper hold Glass holders, Overhead ventila. tion. Black Room Kitchen Equipment Maj Refrigerator (G e p Cabinet uxt Fan e Range Npeeinl Cahinet (42 ft. of xhelf space) Rear Porch Clonet Space Table nd white 1i BASEMENT Storage room. Automatic storage water heater. Laundry tubs. Servanta’ toflet. Hart & Crouse Red Jacketed Furnace, Buil in garage with overhead doors, Open From 10 A. M. to 9 P. M. Sunday and Daily Built and For Sale by Wire Construction Ceo., Inc. C. RAYMOND WIRE, Pres. MARVIN M. WIRE, Treas. Address 3521 Rit(enhouse N.W. Cleveland 3620—Ad. 4501 The 31 cities for which comparative | | i i f | | | URGES BULDIG OF 3000 ONES Architect Says Research Bu- reau-Should Evolve Plan to Solve Housing Probiem. An “ideal” home, built to sell $3.000 and capable of being er & week, should be evolved by arct tural research to housing problem Wallace K, Harrison of th Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, Building is aln is under-prodi produced, he ness must look mdustry for an upturn “There were 300,000 houses buil 1929, at prices around $5,000—a bi dollar industry,” continues Mr. I son, who is an associate of Wiley Corbett, chairman of the tectural Commission of the C World's Fair in 1933 “There have been less than 100,000 built this year, at less than $5000-—or 30 per cent of the 1928 From there We had a boom from 1923 to 192 192 we had caught up the slack; from 1 to 1928 we were building surplus. Si 1928 we have been trying to digest this surplus “The people who work and live under field that constru | bad conditions have to go b y this means more homes. Wh provide these? The building or the great individual corpora “The latter have already made great | Commerce building would serve a small COMMERCE DEPARTMENT ’PHONE i throush the bunding bas SYSTEM WOULD SERVE SMALL CITY cables ranging in size from 3,636 w the largest cable manufactured, d to 52 wires serving a limited number of telephones in a small area Will Have 1,600 Units, and Wires Would APARTMENT OWNERSHIP Reach From Here to Omaha, Nebr. } FILE ADDS NEW SERVICE ik bl | | Building List Shows Complete Information Telephones and equipment now be- basis, but the switchboard will include Nt | four ' operators' positions for the han- ing masaiind In e ew Depkriment of | 0 O o e services | within the Commerce Department. For | public use about 100 coin hox tele- | phones have been inst d at various locations throughout the building The telephones, which will serve the occupants of the 1092,000 square feet of usable floor space, will require more than 6,800,000 feet of wire to connect them. This wire, if spliced end to end, would make a continuous line that would reach from i Omaha, Nebr. e Service to city central offices and other government bureaus will be sup- plied through underground _ cable containing 1,200 wires. The cable will | | terminate on a frame installed in the s 25 telephone room on the sixth floor of 732')0 the building. This room, which con- | tains 2,800 ‘square feet of floor space 2328 1st St. N.W. was especlally constructed for tele- | han phone purposes Il A close-in 1ocation Connecting the switchboard and tele- | || every convenience, [} Tech migh, Lang : ====== |l graded schools, parochial school 8t. Martin's Church and best transportation. The house h nine big rooms, tile by burner and is in good ec The price has been made very low for a quick sale. COME OUT TODAY. OPEN AND LIGHTED R M HOOKER Bldg. Met. Concerning Virtually Every Building of Over 10 Units. Completion of an apartment hou ownership file has added a new exclusive service by the Real Estate Board to M. Bowie This building, when occupied January 1, will contain 1,600 telephones operated from a combination dial and manual private brancn exchange switchboard When the switchboard is placed in service there will be 80 trunk lines to Washington central offices and 40 tie lines to other government departments. The ultimate capacity of this equip- ment is about 2,500 telephones and 240 trunk and tie lines, according to a statement made by John A. Remon, general manager of the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. Telephone service throughout the building_will_be operated on a_dial E ROOMS ALL BRICK strides, for they realize that the answer is a mass-produced house made | in a factory, s an auto is made: | ¢ advantage of a standard continuous production Winter and Summer, with a factory wage of $7 a day in place of & Job wege of $12 BUNGALOWS a day for the bulk of the work "o develop our work in this field we necd & research bureau, whose task arrangement enables it will be to study and produce & house i oAt ve. taD. ean_be said for 43,000 an yery |§ & W for §1,000 down, credits, permittir nents and pay & pr oof and s prod: . Geo at Sher an S G. W. Chase, 415 Cedar St. Takoma Park lern sold by , and able to pass Tower 2663 telephone board, reported today the file contains rather complete information concern- ing virtually every apartment house in the city containing 10 or more spart- ment u Thus members of the board, Mr. Bowle said, will have instantly available the name and address of the owner or rental agent of an apartment bullding, * of the structure, street ad- mber of the lot and square, the g classification and assessed [————— “Light and Sunshine” North, East and South Exposures! home with large front, rear lawn; built-in and modern in every ¥y 10 minutes to cen- 1 highly restricted all new homes. sportation, graded r high and Eastern This Lovely Home Priced for Immediate Sale At $10,500 Nominal Cash Payment Monthly Payments Like Rent Your Inspection Invited! 1717 D St. N.E. Straight out “D" St. N.E. t nn Possession with Deposit! Move in Before Xmas!! WAPLE & JAMES, INC. 1226 14th St. N.W. North 0962, This Gas-Convenience Home is at 5280 Nebraska Ave. in Chevy Chase. It contains four bedrooms, two baths and exceptionally large liv- ing room. Priced surpris ingly low. Modernized with gas as it is, this home has lasting value and salability. It will always command at tention and interest it will always because offer comfort and convenience. EATING, refrigeration, cooking, water heating—all can be automatically controlled in this house at 5230 Nebraska Avenue, because this is one of the new Gas-Convenience homes. G. L. Bennett planned this dwelling for comfortable, hospitable living. It has eight large rooms, a broad welcoming hallway, a pleasant porch, and beautiful decorating. Then, to make it complete, he added convenience—every modern improvement to save time, reduce care, and add to the art of successful living. Every one of these improvements operates by gas, the modern fuel:— —Bryant Automatic Gas Heating will keep every one of these eight rooms at summer warmth on the coldest days, yet no one will even have to go near the heating plant. —Electrolux, the gas refrigerator, will provide a lifetime of perfect, silent, trouble-free refrigeration at the lowest cost of any cold-making method. —The gas water heater will supply all the hot water that a houseful of people may need—always delivering it at just the temperature wanted, at the simple turn of a faucet. f —FEven cooking will be simplified here, for the new-type gas range has oven heat control, convenient table-top height, and every modern improvement which can be designed to save time and work in the kitchen, See this house, and you'll see what modern gas appliances can do to make life easier, more comfortable, and infinitely more convenient, WASHINGTON GAS LIGHT COMPANY Builders and Architects’ Division 419 Tenth St. N. W. NAtional 8280 In addition to G. L. Ben- nett, the following Washing- ton home builders install and recommend Automatic Gas Heat: L. E. Breuninger & Son Boss & Phelps Breuninger & Phifer Edson W. Briggs, Ine. Cafritz_Construction Co. Casey Engineering Company Columbia Construction Company Henry J. Connor Cooley Bros. D. J. Dunigan, Ine. Federal Construction Co, Thos. J. Fisher Co. J. F. Fox Wm. D. Goodman B. H. Gruver Hervard Terrace Development Co, Wm. A. Hill Co. Independent Investment Co. Jacobson Bros. Thos. A. Jameson Randolph L. Jennings Kennedy-Chamberlin Dey. Co, McKeever and Goss G. F. Mikkelson & Son W, : A. N. Miller Frederick B. Mills C. W. Morris & Son A. T. Newhbold Newbold. Canby Henry J. Fred Schnider Shapiro Construetion Co. Chas. L. Tankersley Waverly Taylor John B. Tiffey Triangle Realty Company Wanle & James Wakefield. Inec. M. & B. Warren C. M. Wilcox C. W. Williams Edward M. Willis P, H. Willis Realty Co. Young & Oppenheimer Earl Warren Walter Vaughn Molye Zitmore