Evening Star Newspaper, November 19, 1932, Page 15

WASHINGTON, D. C, he FEpenin M SUNDAY MORNING EDITION g %taf SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1932. . BUILDING NEWS |B—1 D. C I}PILDING AND_LO[}N PI.ANS APPRUVEU | ASSETS ARE $85,765,598 p: T ~ FOR D DWELLINGS Qctober 31 Sets Recerd for Wash, '» g 'i y [ ingion—2~34 New Loans Are Made by Institu-' | parmits _ Are [ssucd Thisi tions in Month—Tetal Is 81,484,527, | Weok for Bioiec s Valion at $97,400. P e for I SSETS of the building and loan associations of the Dis 65093 on Ocicber 21 last, esiablishin® renorted today by William S. ding As: recard for Wal Cons + T r th znd had an aggregate vaiu? 10 years loans totalinz acproximate During t : financing the p 800.000 were of homes heze, a current survey shows. BU'LDING MATERIALS INDEX SLISHTLY OFF : Whelesale F;iccs Arcfli{'u October 15 Level, How- ever, Says Report. the ner and builder to erect two 4419 a of dwell- eving the growi business d: The p:rceniage of occu homes in the country incr 446 to 46.8 s between 192! 1930. The =2 increase Tomes di g the period was 3.1 Building and loan associations financed approximately 4,346,000 hom:s during the same period, Mr. Quinter siates. The greatest increase in as. ets of this class of home finance institutions like- Wise was recorded in the past decade. he points out. The ascets of the \N_ash: ington associations rose from $30.125,125 in 1920 to $75.404,000 in 1930. and had Teached the level of $85765,598 at the ¢close of the past month. The assets of the associations of the country as a whole amounted to $2.- 519,914,971 at the end of 1920 and had increased to $8,828,611,925 at the end of 1930. Funds invested in home ownership, he declares, go to create the kind of wealth which develops permanent roots of civic pride and community advances in education and culture. ‘Will Aid Employment. | Use of funds loaned by the Federal Home Loan Banks for the moderniza- Tion of dwellings will open up & large field for employment, it was predicted today by the United States League of Building and Loan Associations. From a quarter to a half billion of dollars could be employed in this pnase of home improvement, the league esti- mates, on the basis of a finding that 75 per cent of the homes of the coun- | try are in need of modernization of some kind. ‘Executives of building and loan asso- clations of the country, which are eli- gible for membership in the Federal Home Loan Banks, were found to be favorable to the pian for émployment of loan funds for modernization work. the league reports. Campaigns to reduce unemployment by encouraging home improvement have been successful in the past year and a P21f wherever funds were available, Ward | 2- : Ward | 1741 and 1743 Upshur street, having & o g pringfield, Il Dresden | total estimated construction cost of Bank funds will provide facilities to | $12,000. start modernization on a large scale. he believes. 75 Per Cent Out of Date. S0 little modernization has been pos- sible in the past three years that 75| per cent is a conservative estimate | for the number of homes now out of | date, the league president said. State conventions of building and builders; rect one 1- ion, 2014 Ben- Sgence, d. i Loty | builder Runnymeade The building mate! - price index fell off s'ightly but still wes fractionally thz level cf October 15, according to the current repart of the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics The Index for the group 706 for November 12, as ccmoare 70.7 for November 5 and with 70.5 for October 15. The index numbe based on average prices of 1926 as 100 in_the index scale. The wholesale cost of house furnish- ing goods remained steady at 72.5, the level that prevailed in the preceding three weeks, which was slightly higher than on October 15. The building materie] index for the past month was slightly higher than that for September of this year but below the level for October of last year. | WILL BUILD TEN HOMES Inc., owners archi- rick 2nd "hirteenth street; and build tect: to frame dwellin; to_cost $2.000. Everett A. R builder; L. erect one 2-st Utah avenue 2s H er; to - brick dwelling, 6111 to cost $8.500 rs, o nd builder: i: to erect 8 Ingraham George T. Sa one 2-story b street; to cost $7.000. ‘W. A. Sanford, owner designer and bui story brick dwel street southeast H. C. Grimmel, May. architect; | builder; to erect dwelling, 6113 | $5,500 | * Capital Bus Terminals. Inc Louis T. Rouleau, | Housing Corporation | one 1-story brick offic to cost $5,500. 2-Story Brick House. James C. Dunn Smith Bow- man, jr., designer. Roebuck & Co., builders; to ere 2-story brick dwelling, 35 Observatory Circle; to cost $4.,000. Washington Gas Light Co. owners and builders; to make repairs near N street, between Twelfth and Thirteenth streets southeast: to cost $3,000 George E. Miller, owner and builder; W. B. Honey, architect; to erect one 2- story frame dwelling, 4404 Bowen road southeast; to cost $3.200 Morris Simon, owner: N. F. Baessell, | builder: to erect e 1-story brick store | b0 T e e e | and stock room, rear 1209 to 1213 Eye | street; to cost $2.200 | TAX RATE IS REDUCED Dr. 'Sidney S. Jaffe, owner; V. T. H | e Bien, designer and builder; to make | repairs 1314 Eighteenth street; to cost Baltimore County Adopts $1.50 | 31500 8 F. W. Woolworth Co. owners and Basis for Next Year. builders’ to make repairs 900 Seventh Special Dispatch to The Star. | street: to cost $1.5 BALTIMORE, November 19.—A cut ‘West End Laund Co. of 25 cents from the tax rate for the |erect one l-story brick addition, next year was announced this week by Pennsylvania avenue; ice Joyce, one 2- Eleventh r; to er ng. 3310 to cost $6,00 owner; M Edward L one 1 h avenue; ice S, mpson frame to cost owners Capital to Construct Two- to erect D. C. Gruver to ders: to erect Story Brick Dwellings. D. C. Gruver, as owner and builder has filed plans with the District buil | ing inspector calling for the construc- | tion of ten 2-story brick dwellings at 2434 to 2444 Thirty-ninth street. | J. Charles Shapiro, Inc. owners and buiiders, revealed plans this week for | | the erection of a- 2-story brick and | frame dweiling, to cost $7.500, at 1745 | Upshur street. The same corporation | filed plans with the District govern- | ment providing for the erection of two 2-story brick and frame houses at | owners; to 1721 to cost $900. loan associations in different sections of the country during the past month ook the position that reloaning their ‘Home Loan Bank borrowings for mod- ernization projects would serve as a real contribution toward recovery. Sec- retaries of individual associations, re- lying to & league query, show a sim- Eu— trend of thought. It has been estimated that the work- men receive half the money expended for such home %emi:fim pr:[z:cfli re-roofing, painting, improvement of "mfinx nidp ventilation facilities, changing of architectural design and exterior arrangements of houses, in- stallation of insulation devices and gen- eral repairs to dwellings. “Seventy-seven cities of large and moderate size have put on modernizing campaigns, with a subsequent reduction of the percentage of their unemployed anywhere from 30 to 50 per cent,” says Mr. Whitlock. “The United States De- ment of Commerce has directed ac- tivities in encouragement of these en- terprises. It has run against one ma- Jor difficulty, lack of financing on the Part of thousends of home owners who Treally want to improve the value of their property by modernizing. The Home Loan Bank funds supply the the commissioners of Baltimore County. The new rate will be $1.50 per hundred dollars. The reduction was made possible, it is | stated, by the existence of a surplus of | $165,000 from 1932 appropriations. The saving was effected chiefly in road funds and in the costs of the fire and | police departments. | ernizing work. The manufacturer of lumber, shingles, masonry materials, | plumbing fixtures, electric apparatus, paint and other requisites for making | homes more comfortable and attrac- tive will need more men to work for | him to fill the orders which pile up. When men have gone back to work | again they will be able to buy again, | and so the cycle starts on the upgrade | with the stimujus it has needed all along, the resumption of employment. “By using the major part of ll\nr‘ Home Loan Bank borrowings for such | loans to home-owners, the associations | will play their part in making the new | system a real contributor to recovery, | but along the lines of sound economics | rather than along the carelessly thought | out lines of direct loans to impoverished | | families who could not be expected to Plans Brick Dwelling. A two-story brick dwelling is to be erected at 6225 Thirtieth sireet by S M. Burgess, owner and builder, accord- ing to plans filed with the District building inspector. The construction cost is computed to be $6,000. Buy Now in FOXALL @ Higher prices are on the way. No longer is there intelligent ex- cuse for DELAY. Your family deserves a home of its OWN . . . you know that economies can be effected by the purchase of the RIGHT one in the RIGHT place at the RIGHT time. FOXALL is the place and the time is NOW, before real estate values once more follow the general procession UP- WARD. ® Visit our Model Volta P ks south of see_what Open to ) WAVERLY TAYLOR %z 1522 K Street Nart'l 1040 answer. | carry additional credit.” | Ydeal Time for Repair. “Low cost of building materials makes the present the iceal time for all families to go about improving their homes in appearance and comforts, and therefore in value. Repairs which cost betweer: $500 and $2.500 in 1928 may be made for $350 to $2,000 today. “The gain in employment which will result from this financing goes beyond the group of workingmen who would be hired to do the actual repair and mod- Home at ace. three short Reservoir Road, FOXALL real 9.30 p. m b and offers 4203 New Hampshire Avenue V; Sq. South of Grant Circle Absolutely —a PICK - UP! Semi- Detached Brick in perfect condition. 4 REAL BEDROOMS and modern bath See this EARLY today ! $7,500 FOR RENT 5527 First St. N.W. ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A GOCD HOME REDUCED SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS IN PRICE? the Home all-brick. Seven . two baths, finished attic, detached garage Phone Adams 0546 ed, Convenient Terms Open Today J. Wesley Buchanan, Inc. N.W. Met. 1144 Eve St. Beautiful New DETACHED HOMES Restricted Community Mass. Ave. Extended Situated in splendid new residential colony— varied in size and design— +hese homes will appeal to families who want “some- thing better,” at prices within modest means. 7 and 8 rooms, step- down living room, Tecrea- tion room, gorgeous de luxe kitchen, 2 colored tile baths, concealed radia- tors. Large landscaped lots, separate garage, paved street and alley. $11,950 v —_— 46TH AND DAVENPORT| Artistic—Unique 3311 Military Road (Chevy Chase, D. C.) Price $13,250 Different — Appealing — 8 rooms, 2 baths, 1st-floor lava- tory, finished attic, large rec- reation room, casement win- dows, breakfast room, Elec. Refrigeration, Gas Heat, cop- per gutters; lot 150 ft. deep to paved alley; 2-car garage Beautiful street, just 3 blocks east of Conn. ave. A home you will enjoy seeing. Open, heated and lighted every day 2 to 9 pm. and all day Sunday. 3722WindomPLN.W. Now Only $10,500 English colonial, semi-detached: six -rooms; glasssinclose Ereakfast and sleeping porches; nice yard; garage; select, re- stricted residential section. OPEN SUNDAY AND DAILY to 9 P.M. Drive out Conn. Ave. and up by Bureau of Standards to Van Ness St North three blocks to Windom and and east two or out Wisconsin Ave. blocks to house. Wm.M.Throckmorton 208 Invest. Bldg. Dist. 6093 Drive Out Massachusetts Avenue to 46th Street, North to Property CAFRITZ 1 Realty Associates, Inc. Realtors 1427 Eye St. Nat. 1438 Dignity and Comfort Seen DESIGN HELD SUITABLE FOR THIS AREA. LTHOUGH quite at home in part of the United States, design harmonizes best. prob- ably, with the New England or Middle Atlantic topography One notes at the front door a fe of convenience for the housewife or maid; the kitchen communicates directly with the cntry. There is a living room of good a nicely proportioned dining room and a bedroom and bath on the first floor If proferred this bedroom ma made a_library, game rcom or -den one might even turn the space into the living room and have one of those oddly shaped rooms now highly popuiar. A disappearing bed could be pu the closet marked “C.” and thus a g Toom for emergencies might be sec LEASE NEW OFFICE SPACE Two Firms and Wet Organization Take National Press Suites. Cffice space in the National Press Building has been leased by the Supe- rior Metal Window Corporation, it was announced this week. Abel & Co. Inc., which has been en- gaged in photography, photostating and blueprinting business here since 1918 has leased a suite of rocms in the Press Building. The Association Against the Prohibi- tion Amendment, headed by Jouett Shouse, recently leased additional space in the Press Building to accom- | modate the national headquarters of the organization. be into Dwelling Plans Filed. J. A Shafer, as owner and builder, has’filed plans with the District build- ing inspector, calling for the erection of a brick and tile dwelling of one and | a half stories at 0412 Thirty-first street. The construction cost is es- timated at $6,500. Meadowbrook Chevy Chase, Md. $13,950 7109 Chatham Rd. New stone, brick and frame center hall Colonial. 6 rooms, 2 baths Open for out Conn turn left 1 Inspection to Aspen Ave st. block to Chat- ham Edw. H. Jones & Co., 5520 Conn. Ave. VALUE! 720 Whittier St. N.W. Y, Square East of Piney Branch Road Inc. Large corner lof with $11,450 EEEi v detached. kitchen. ond_floor are rooms and bath (can be made into com- plete apartment if desired). Targe recre- on_room rnd - carage. Comven- + {0 publie <chools, Stores and transpor- tation, J. Wesley Buchanan, Inc. Realtors Eve St OPEN TODAY 13 MEL. 1111 Built by Dunigan, Built Right All-Electric HOMES With Modern Electric Kitchens $9,250 AND TERMS Built With the Co-operation of the Potomac Electric Power Co. and General Electric Company EXHIBIT HOME 5416 Kansas Ave. N.W. On a Beautiful Boulevard Open Every Night Till 9 P.M. D. J. Dunigan, Inc. Tower Building msiairs convenience is further en- 4 with a dining alcove in the base- stair hail Ups-airs there may be three bed rooms as in the plan, or the cwnar’s room may be made into two s er cles The unucual dressing room and bath should cted ‘The ¢ rior may be excellent or com- monplace, Gepending on the advice of the arc! ct Beams and hi weathered natura ha ment timbers should be wcods, hand hewn or s> nd-blast f &s should the rough clavhcards at the geble ends. Hand- split shingles ave best for the roof, laid very irregularly. A northwest front is re and a lot at least 75 bv required, one with trees if poscible. REALTORS ARE LISTED and commended Names of Subdivision Home Building Specialists Compiled. ors of the United States who «pecialize_in home buiiding and sub- dividing have been listed for the first time in a compilation which has been published by the National Assoclation of Real Estate Boards The compilation nemes and addresses furnished for each erea by the secretaries of local real estate boards. ‘The publication has been sont to members of the home builders' division of the national body. vas made from Dwelling to Cost $8,000. J. M. Stanley, owner and builder plans to erect a two-story brick dwell- ing at 6011 Thirty-third street, costing $8,000 to build, it is revealed in plans on file with the District government Opposite Reservoir BIG BARGAIN 19 Franklin St. N.E. ooms, bath and built-in garage. Just like a brand-new home. Can buy on reasonable REg Open Sunday L. E. Breuninger & Sons Na. 2040 Investment Bldg. PRIVATE BUILDING - EXPERIENGES HOPE Readjustments Place Indus- try in Better Position, Survey Discloses. The private building business nation- continues at a low level, but read- justments are beginning to put the in- dustry in a far beiter position to go ahead than was the case & year ago, according to an analysis by Bradstreet’s The cost of construction, after a long decline, appears to be becoming sta- !bilized, according to the indices of the Federal Recerve system and the Engi- neering News-Record. New Projects Possible, Both wages and coct of materials have been lowered substantialiy, but now appear to be scttled enough to en- courage new cts, providing, of | nd makes such he statement points out. all-important tor depends | largely on_the course of general busi- permit values for the first s of this year show a drop of er cont below the level for the sponding period of last year, the Bradstreet study show New Code Adopted. of a new building code in City is exp-ctod to stimulate ng there. Further alds to the in- Custry mav come frem, the proposals for the removal of slums. through lozns of the Reconstruction Finance Corpo- Adopt v there wi 1 little possibility ad other br esses in the 1921 depression. except as iy mey be provided for in a publc works prcgram,” the Bradstreet atexent concludes. Liberalizes Home Loan Laws. Pennsivania has new legislation per- mitting its bilding and loan associa- tions to join Home Loan Bank tem. ‘The Minne: League of and ings Associa- mendment to will permit State ribe to stock of the upward, as i UNUSUAL New 8-Room Home On a high el ion in a restricied 16th Street community 1423 Upshur St. N.W. Recreation Room with Fireplace Gorgeous De Luxe Kitchen Completely Equipped 2 Colored Tile Baths Concealed Radiators 2.Car Detached Garage Lot 142 Feet Deep $11,950 TERMS LESS THAN RENT [ ] CAFRIT 46011 . . Morgan Drive Chevy Chase OPEN SUNDAY North on Wisc. Ave. from District line to Chevy Chase olf grounds: turn left at Moroan Drive to prons LOVELY residence, containing many advantages found c in higher-priced homes, in Convenient to transportation and schools, a neighborhood second to none. Large, attractive living Toom, stone fireplace; three spacious bed rooms and two im- maculate tiled baths. and slate rocf. A sound V. District Large cedar closets in each bed room. Atiic ue and a protecied investment such as this is seldom offered to the buyin THOS. L. g public. PEYTON Eve St N.W. A GEM OF A HOME 616 Sligo Rd $5,950 Easy Terms Open Saturday Afternoon and *11 Day Sunday o Siler pring, Md. AN attractive resi ence of § rooms and bath. In ex- cellent condition. Adjoining the entrance to Sligo Valley Park, con- venient to schools, churches, trans- portation. Lot 65x187. Two-car garage. AN UNUSUAL VALUE. Life Ins. um econ- me buyer. Fifteen-vear Metropolita Co. Ist trust—assuring ma; omy and protection to the To inspect—Drive out Ga. Ave. to railrogd W Washington Bldg. via . right on Sligo Ave. o property. EAVER BR! REA I'J’i‘FlTsoS uct, turn GOOD HOU ON CHILDREN IS STRESSED Jr. Ray Lyman Wilbur Cit in Fore- word to Guide Book—Discusses Objectives of 1933 Camp: 'n by Better Homes Association. opment of children, Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur, Secretary of the Interior, declared this week in discussing objectives of the 1933 better homes campaign now being formulated by nation- ally organized civic groups. . Emphasis on the importance of housing from a social point of view is given by Secretary Wilbur in a foreword to a guide book issued by Better Homes in America, which is directing the movement. he home of each growing child.” he | all parents and all citizens to take the writes, “should be free from cond next step 1n the Hmprovement of thelr which' injure health own homes. This task, so significant to should b> free from sources of irrita- | our mational welfare, will not be accom- tion and ill will, and should instead | plished until all homes have reached provide the inspiration which attractive the minimum standards set forth abcve. surrounding: and wholesome co-opera- | _“This probiem is the concern of every ive family life may offer.” SBR e Dr. Wilbur is president of the body Oouianec o SenE Tegn] a nen-proft organization dedicated to improvement of home life. The guide book is to be used by thousands of com- mittee members throughout the coun- try in the twelith annual better homes program. More than 9,000 communities participated in the campaign this year “The care of children is the chief responsibility and privilege of parents.” Dr. Wilbur writes, “One of the major means to this end lies in the provision | for all children of homes that are safe, sanitary and convenient. But beyond this lies the necessity of providing for beauty in the surroundings of the child for privacy, for wholesomeness in fam- ily life and for co-operation in family zctivities and family aspiration through which may be developed qualities of vision, nobility and service. “The ideals of the growing child are fashioned primarily by daily influences If those influences are unwholesome it is difficult for the victorious spirit to emerge and preduce a fine life regard- less of circumstances. The home of each growing child shoull, therefore, be iree from conditions which injure health cr impair safety, should be frec from sources of irritation and ill will, and should instead provide the incpira- tion which attractive surroundings and who'esome co-operative family life may afford. PROPER housing has a vital influence in the welfare and devel- r impair safety $6,950 Burleith 3612 S St. Nowhere can you find a more attractive home at so low a price—plus convenience of location —desirability of en- vironment. Liberal Terms Vacant ay and All nday . oR cALL Alfred T. Newbold CLev. 8000 1 Wis. Ave, Open Saturd Da Aids Home Betterment. _ “Better Homes in America was estab- shed to mect these . . . because these New Semi - Detachied Brick LEFT! Homes proved a sensa-- tion...at DON'T MISS THIS .. . last opportunity to obtain a won- derful semi-detached brick home . ultra-modern 6 big, cheerful rooms bath . . . a modern kitchen latest built-in feat and trim room. [ throughout hes and house . garage DRIVE OUT SUNDAY! Tower Bldz. DIs. 0853 . . big Tot. Will accept trade on a small house, with with th: . cak floor: . & new type basement ball Wonder Kitchens creation Room Three Porches screene-d Oven Evers D: Evening Until 9 P.M. Sample House 6310 8th St. N.W. roia_Ave. n right st and to Tucker- two blocks to home ELLSWORTH HOME of the Week No. 10 Built comiplete on your lot for as little as per month For further information write your name and address on this ad and mail to: HOME CONSTRUCTION DIVISION SEAR ROEBUCK and CO. 1106 Conn: Ave, DL 3900 )