Evening Star Newspaper, January 7, 1933, Page 13

REAL ESTATE WASHINGTON, D. C, he 4 WITH SUNDAY MORKING EDITION vening Sfar, SATURDAY, JANU ARY Home-Owning and Building Section for Washington and Suburbs | D. C. REALTORS PREPARE FOR NATIONAL SESSION Members of Association From Scattered Sectior of U. Coming Here for Winter Meeting Late This Month. ASHINGTON realtors prepared this week to act as hosts to real estate men from scattered sections of the country, who will come here late this month to attend the annual Winter meeting of the National Association of Real Estate Boards. The convention will open Tuesday, January 24, with sessions of the executive groups of the national body, and ‘will close Saturday, January 28, with a general session of delegates. Division meetings for action cn technical problems will mark the conclave. The appointment of J. F. M. Bowie, former president of the local realtors, as general convertion chairman, was announced today by H. Clifford Bangs, president of the Washington Board. Serving with Mr. Bowie on the Execu- Fish tive Committee are Mr. Bangs and Nor- man C. Brown as vice cia:rmen, GR AI]U Al- UP'I'URN Other Committees. Other committees were announced as follows i Budget—Horace G. Smithy, chair- | man; Francis A. Murray, vice chairman; James P. Schick, Norman C. Brown, J. F. M. Bowie, H. Clifford Bangs, Lloyd R. Turner, T. C. Willis, L. E. Mean i Dinners, luncheons and banque Buildi d L L Milton F. Schwab, chairman; John an al Saul, vice chairman; R. Hooker (;\ ui Ing oan eague Calvert Bowie, L. T. Breuninger, 2 : Britton Browne, John F. Brawner, J.| Head Cites Increase in Edward Schwab, C. Heurich, jr.; J | £ 4 g N oo Ju; SsniH Deviden, Henty | Agsooiations’’ Reserves. Entertainment — H. Tudor Morsell, | chairman; Edward R. Carr, vice chair- man; J. Rupert Mohler, John F. Maury, | The outlook for the new year is for A. H. Borjes, A ‘é’ HO‘(’:"”I- J&h':]lkg gradual improvement in general e ey Chanier s Stome, Chatles | conditions, according to Ward B. Whit- C. Koones, James P. Schick, Leo A.|lock, Springfield, Ill, president of the | Walshe, Wilmer J. Waller. United States Building and Loan Golf-—C. H. "Hillegeist, chairman; | oo o James P. Schick, vice chairman; Lanier | €28ue. | P. McLachlen, Horace G. Smithy, H.| Convinced the work of the building | Glenn Phelps, John H. Brawner, C.|and loan associations will contribute | Ashmead Fuller, Roger J. Whiteford. H. | to the stability of the financial struc- a N 153 FOREAST PLANS FOR §418.815 BUILDING APPROVED | Total Dwellings at Estimated Cost of $298,600. Specifications for the erection in the District of 42 private dwellings having o total estimated cost of $298,600 were approved during the past month by Col John W. Oehm building inspector. The total for all classes of work was estimated at $418.815, which the volume for 1933 to a figure of $11 301,960. This total was slightly higher then the estimate carried in the unoffi cial computation published last week in The Star, in which the December vol- ume was estimated at $400,000. Permits issued in the last several days of the , not known when the December to- estimated, accounted for the of $18.815 $58, in Repair Work. Repair and modernization work dur- ing December accounted for $88,515 of the total for the month. The largest amount of the work was planned for the northwest section of the District, the cost of such work being imated at $28 of $2 e Were no per- for the approved during December 2 detached dwellings and houses e for row in Building 0. K.'d. having a total estimated construction cost $5 were ap- proved by the District during the past week. lowing Standard Oil Co. of New Jers y, OWn- ers and designers: Martin Bro , build- | Greater Washington Homes i | Includes 42 Private| brought STRAYER COLLEGE T0 MOVE MARCH 1 New Quarters Are Leased in Homer Building for 10-Year Period. Strayer Coll 11 years in i i for the past building at T719-723 Thirteenth street, has leased spacious new quarters in the Homer Building Thirteenth and F streets, which the in- stitution will cccupy March 1, it was announced for a period ‘ BUILDING INDUSTRY FIGHTS TO END FEDERAL DESIGNING Architeets Expect Other Branches of Construction Business to Unite to Get Legislation Against Office in Treasury. CONCERTED campaign to take the Government out of the work of designing public buildings will be waged during 1933 by the entire building industry, according to Louis La Beaume, St. Louis, chairman of the Public Works Committee of the American Institute of Architects. The institute and other elements of the construction industry, he declares, will unite in pressing for enactment of legislation this year to restrict the functions of the office of the supervising archi- tect of the Treasury Department to an administrative, fact-finding and supervisory body In the interest of better architecture and greater economy to Tudor Morsell, Homer Phillips, Arthur | H. Plant, jr. Carr Heads Hotel Group. Hotels—Arthur Carr, chairman; Wil- | liam R. Ellis, vice chairman; Martin | MclInerney, A. A. King, Theodore M Judd, A. G. Hughes, William J. Flather, jr.; Percy H. Russell, Bart J. Walshe, John M. Hudgins, James Morris Wood- ‘ward. 4 Ladies'’ Committee—Mrs. J. F. M Bowie, chairman. | Tocal Registration—John T. Meany, | chairman; Richard D. Stimson, vice| chairman; Ralph H. Bangs, Herry K.| Boss, Morgan Callahan, Morton J.| Luchs, George Y. Worthington. jr.. R. Marbury Stamp, James F. Salkeld, H.| ciations to the funds of the Federal | L. Rust, jr. 2 Meeting Rooms—Homer chairman; Josepk;{ }3 xslm'fig;ms } Henry K. Jawish, ;air‘nm:, L.e?’)Colbe{.’t, Claud Living- ston, sr.; George I. Borger. Publicity—William L. King, chair- man; Prank Bell, vice chairman; Terry B. Simms, James C. Wilkes, J. A. Mc- Carthy, Willlam J. Callanan, Thomas| B. Lawler. Reception Committee. el ception—Waverly ‘Taylor, chair- | maR:: ;chn F. Maury, vice chairman;| Robert Montgomery, J. Leo Kolb.| Thomas E. Jarrell, A. H. Lawson, H. L.| Rust, sr.; Ben T. Webster, Walter A.| Brown, E. Brooke Lee, John H. B. Gil-| liat, Alfred T. Newbold, Vernon Owen, Edward C. Baltz, Arthur Bishop, R. P. Hollingsworth, James J. Becker, James F. Shea, William L. Beale, William M. Beall, J. McKenney Berry, Cherles A. Ca Clarence F.| Donohoe, James E. Douglass, L. W. Groomes, George F. Hane, Randall H. Hagner, Lanier P. McLachlen. C. W. Simpson, E. Quincy Smith, J. P. Story jr.; Charles H. Tompkins, Joseph I Weller, A. N. Miller, John L. Weaver. William H. Walker, Horace H. West- cott, Charles P. Stone, A® Britton Browne, Morris Cafritz, M. P. Canby, R. Marbury Stamp, John F. Brawner, Harold E. Doyle. Registration - Information — A. C. Houghton, chairman; Herman Metcalf, | Vice chairman; L. T. Gravatte, Ralph Howenstein, B. H. Parker, Joseph A Herbert, jr.; DeVere R. Weedon, Fran- | cis A. Murray, Fred A. Smith, Paul J Frizzell, James McD. Shea. Transportation—F. Eliot Middleton, chairman; Lansing Valk, vice chir- man; Joseph D. Sullivan, F. L. Sancoz, H. Glenn Phelps, C. A. Metzler, A McKeever, George R. Thomas D. Lewis, Karl E. Jai Frank M. Doyle, J. Lee Donnelly, Morris Cafritz, J. Wesley Buchanan, Otho Barkley, Milburn J. Donohoe, A. G. Keyser, Carl G. Rosinski, Charles D. Sager, Edward N. Burns, Marshall J. Waple, Joseph M. Wise, R. A. Humphries, William P. , Jesse W. Rawlings, John | Scrivener, M. F. Calnan, R. E. Latimer, Edgar D. Turner, Walter Funderburk, Garfield 1. Kass. The principal mafter to come before the annual business meeting will be consideration of a concrete national tax rogram. P Sgr;‘rifxc proposals already have been formulated and will bz brought before the general meeting if supported mean while by member boerds of the asso: ciation. They have been indorsed by the board of directors of the assocl tion, the association Committee on Swate and Local Taxation and its Com- mittee on Federal Legislation Another matter of ness to come before the convention will be the ques- tion of Government subsidies for hous- ing vice | Tax Proposals Mailed. The tax proposals, Herbert U. Nelson, execut the request of the director ailed this week to every member re tate board in order that they may ex- ss themselves fully while 'th: posed program is in & formative s “A brief, simple and effective fighting platform for real estate in the field of taxation is the aim of tha proposed ac- the Chicago announcement de- eliness is the keynote of s as tentatively outlined on in practically every gnized as calling for h will lighten the present omes and farms. The on suggested is based P nt day economic | aims to advance govern- the provos squarely conditions. Center-Hall Brick 3608 Military Road (Chevy Chase, D. C.) rooms room, attic, sl garage, every mode fence. ' A real home convenient location most attractively Open and Heated Every Day 2 to ® P.M. and All Day Sunday Realty Associates, Inc. Realtors 1427 Eye St. Nat. 1438 ture and to improvement of residential real estate in 1933, Mr. Whitlock cited the following points: That reserves of the association have been increased during the last year, indicating increased safety, of interest to investors. Reserves as of November | 1 had an estimated total of $213.092,000 | as compared with $186,781,500 on Jan- uary 31, 1932, That the building and loan associa- tions of the country would continue to pay dividends to members during 1933 as they did during the last three years of the’depression. That there undoubtedly would be an | increase in the amount of mortgage loans because of the access of the asso- Home Loan Banks. That there was to be expected an ac- celerated inflow of new mcney from in- - | vestors in the associations, this predic- | | tion being based on reports of similar | _ | | increases during the last three months | Building and Loan Officials Voice by representative associations. Such increases in investment funds are not expected to take on the pro- | | portions of those in 1928 and 1929, but the outlook for increased employment in 1933 promises opportunity for in- creased saving of money by the average person, Mr. Whitlock declared. BUYS RENOVATED HOMES G| Realty Concern Has Contracts for More Than 200 Here. The Washington Housing Corpora- tion, a new real estate concern recently incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware, has contracts for the purchase of more than 200 reconditioned District dwelling properties, was an- cunced today by officers of the com- pany. The firm expects to take title to these properties in the next few days. The purchase price of the properties, it is stated, has been provided for by deeds of trust notes on which will be applied the entire net income of the properties of the new com- of reconditioned to families in the pany dwellings, rented lower income classifications . Fuller, Washington attorney, is president of the corporation; Herbe A. Simon, vice president, and Arline Richardson, secre real to be of ’ ons and e groups for presentation slatures, 44 of which are to in regular session during this year, most of them in January Follows Extensive Research. ‘The proposed action grows from cussion of the tax situation of real e: tate which has been a major concern of the association, of State real estate sociations and of local real estate boar for a number of years. It follows on at the Ur y of C at the inl g the 0, past pre ident of th d vice an of the b Evanston 1k system tgage and ation at xpected to go in! mc securities capital su| portant re of home ownership 9 ALREADY SOLD New Detached Homes Restricted Community Mass. Ave. Extended 8 ing room with an fireplace. ation with open fireplece, hen, Large separate and down open room gorgeous de luxe 2 colered tile bath cealed radiators. landscaped lots, paved street $11,950 ve |46TH AND DAVENPORT | Drive Out Massachusetts Avenue to | 46th Street, North to Froperty CAFRITZ ers; to erect one 1-story concrete, brick and steel public garage, 1001 South Capitol street; to cost $40.000. Mrs. G e O. Lowry, owner; Evan J. Conner, designer; Roebuck & Co., | builders; to erect cne tile dwelling, 1723 Thirty-fourth street; to cost $6,500. | Lilian TH Bien, ¢ brick Bun northeast: to cost $5.000. | Caldwell Hall, Catholic University of America, owners; R. P. Whitty Co. Inc., builders; to make repairs, Michigan | avenue northwest; to cost $: "RECOVERY FORESEEN | BY HOME FINANCIERS ott Armstrong, designer owner Armstrong t one 1-story nker Hill road v | Optimism in Parley With | President-Elect. | Officials of the building and loan bus iness of the o ference w dent-elect Roosevelt at Albany on the subject of home | financing, voiced confidence in general business recovery, according to word re- celved here from the United States Building and Loan Leagus The group also predicta ing high standard f living for the gen- eral public, declaring t such a devel- opment would place move and more emphasis on the solid satisfaction de- rived from families living in their own homes among conveniences now avail- able to but comparatively few The group included Ward B. Whit- k, Springfield, Iil, president of the s iedlander, Houston, Tex, e president and chairman of the Advisory Committee on Stat: islation; Peter Cantline, civic and attorney for a Newburgh, | building and loan association, and ton Bodfish, a member of the Fede | Home Loan Bank Board, who is | leave of absence from his post as e3 tive manager of the league. ENTERS BUILDING FIELD Consolidated Construction Co. to an increas- Specialize in Remodeling. Constructi , enters tr 1 specialize in remodeling and restoration of old resi- dences and other buildings, accordin, 1 announcement today by Willlam mith, managing director and head f the new company. Mr. Smith several years ago was man- of the modernization department the Sears, Roebuck & Co. home con- ruction division in Washington and signed from that post to organize the Consolidated Construction Co. = ated recently a ing field Inspect 204 OXFORD ST. ater hall brick with bi $11,950 Connecticut 1,-acre trees. Company, Inc. 1519 K Street N.W. Dist. 1015 A Beautiful Home in University Park, Md. *6,750 An unusually attractive de- tached home situated on a becautifully lands caped lot 50 x 160. Six rooms 117 Monroe Ave. Fifteen - Year Metropolitan Life Ins. 1st trust — assuring maximum econ- omy and pro- tection_ to the home buyer. t h r oughout. 2-car garage. Open today for inspec- tion. To Inspect—Drive out Bal Boulevard to_ Monroe Ave.. Univer sity Park, turn left to property. WERRRR D Dist. 9436 ic Col rojects for the | 500; | Permits were issued for the Io]-‘ The large residence has been purchased by M. Gibson, through the age nine rooms and t The prop of Willis y at 1429 Flor. str Gravette. It is of center-: IMPROVEMENT SEEN 1 plan nd Mrs. The lot . (upper), Judson C. Dickerson from The hous a frentage of about 120 feet eet (lower) has been purchased by George lam M. Throckmorton tory brick and | P. Barse from the Corcoran Fire Insurance Co. through the office of L. T. 10 TWO-STORY FLATS’ . IN OFFICE SITUATION BUILDING PLANS FILED |Head of Building Owners and Total Construction Cost of Work Managers’ Group Terms Contraction Ended | Belief that | conditions in the office building s | tion is held by William E alm, Cle |land, president of the ation space ers and Ma s, who finds in contraction course. He cites amount of new cless of building dur d has about the on the run Tim in past t in construction of m office building space is illustrated grap & { the rporation, n 2 that thy be: 3 The October survey of ren tions conducted by the ion of Buildin ag 1 co o1 though this is far from that the commercial has borne up we ber ilding indusf stries “Office building incom: promptly an_improv condition: such the amoun ture hould refl in gene e offset any dvise should n Why Pay Rent? NEW LOW PRICE 714 Roxboro Place y $5,500 & Today and ANl Day Sunday Realty Associates, Inc. Realtors 1427 e Nat. 1438 06600 EVERYTHING sssssrsssesasisasasessss 1933 will see improved ional Associ- n that office F. W. Dodge ng a period when have 0 per cent large farme Is Estimated at $60,000 by Firm. flats in the 1900 block of Se northeast led with the District Building Inspection Department this week by the Harvard Te ment Corporation. The total ¢ tion cost of the work was estimated at $€0,000 Permits were sought for the erection 2-story brick and concrete block ats at 1901-1911 Second street north- $6,000 cach, and for two others of similar type at 1909 to 1919 Second st northeast In addition to these, applications were filed for six othe v flats to be erected in the block, at a total estimated cost of $36,000. The Sha tion Co. is listed as the HOUSE PLANS FILED ond_street ve- an- its ted WO ew | ph- di- Plans for the erection of a two-story frame g Forty street have been filed with the Dis- trict government by L. T. Rouleau as owner and_ builder. eau this week dwellings at rth strect ost of the three ted hcuses was estimated to total ely $14,000. ect ral proje by | 8pproxin New Detached Brick 6621 Piney Branch Read N. W (Bet. Van Buren & Whit $8,950 Think of an all-brick home with slate roof, copper gutters, Tecreation room, porches, large lot with garage, attic, electrica refrigeration, six main roc bath—all for the price of a row house! The Tlocation is excellent—all conveni s close by—this is the ! f hest val er r Sts) ve Cpen All Day’ Sunday Phillips & Canby, Inc. Exclusively NA. 4600 Investment Bldg. A You Want in a Home 4th & EMERSON STS. High elevction, overlooking cverything in Petworth RECREATION ROOM room completely finishe in the basement with ornoments fireplace, textured walls heat, NS for a den 6 Spacious Rooms 3 Big Porches Step-down Living Room Gorgeous De Luxe Kitchzn Completely Equipped 2 Colored Tiled Baths . Concealed Radiators Builtin and Detached Garages Lots 142 Feet Deep Paved Street and Alley 50Q TERMS LESS THAN RENT CAFRITZ { windows, the blac fessssssss, HstaTanisassd d 1 e 3228 Cleve an inspection. If it then INVESTMENT BLDG. Plans for the erection of 10 two-story | Develop- Tuc- Offering this detached, modern brick residence in an unsurpassed home section (Mass. Ave. Hghts.) at a price to insure MAXIMUM VALUE. A cordial invitation is extended to you to make the matter of price and terms will be undoubtedly to your advantage. OPEN SUNDAY. F. ELIOT MIDDLETON Realtor 10 years t f of both of the Homer total of more t of space. The m S. Kann Sons the agency cof Carl The consideration a is to be used as a parking lof orted. The prop- | erty, owned by the Stilscn-Hutchins to be leased for a term of five 3 to an out-of-town organization through negotiations handled by Mr. Rosinski and Alexander C. Robescn, Charles H. Merillat and Thomas Morton Gittings, trustees for the owners, and Harvey A who repree nted the tenan rty is to be improved extensively g the laying of & cencrete covering The ccllege offices in the Homer | Building, according to present plans, | will be located on the Thirteenth street side of the third floor, and an zudi- torium with a seating capacity of 500 | is to be provided on the same floor. | . The college was_ established h: in | 1904 by Pinckney J. Harmon. The first location of the school was at Eleventh and F streets, where it remained until 1909 when larger quarters were provided in the old Masonic Temple at Ninth and | F streets. The institution moved to 721 Thirteenth street in 1921. | BUILDING MATERIALS OFF | Wholesale Cost Drops Slightly at | Close of 1932. | | The wholesale cost of building ma- | | terials dipped slightly as the year of {1932 came to a close, according to com- | putations by the United States Bureau | of Labor Statistics | The index for the week ended De- | ember 31 was 708, as compared with 709 for December 24, but was above the | ‘u»w:n for the three preceding weeks. | The index numbers are based on aver- | age prices of 1926 as 100 in the scale. The cost of house furnishing goods remained steady at 73.5 for the four weeks ended December 31, 1 per cent above the level of December 3. Detached In Chevy Chase, D.C. West “of Conn. Ave. $10,250 ge lot oil heat. electric refrig- n. ope 1} lars freplace rooms. large arge back porches this property and location property ub to $15,000. heated ted every day between 7 The above price—result of foreclosure. House like new. 20 Morrison Street N.W. Phone Nat. 4178, Evenings Met. 1765 Buy ANoow in FOXALL @ Higher prices are on the wa No longer is there intelligent e 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 Home at 4422 Volta Place, three short blocks south of Reservoir Road, and see_what FOXALL really offers. Open to 9.30 p. m. 4 WAVERLY TAYLOR Sz 1522 K Street Nat'l 1040 land Avenue meets your requirements, discussed, MET. 2827 | dividual, the taxpayer, Mr. La Beaume declared, organized architects through- out the country will urge a reform of the system employed by the buildings. Government in erection of public The campaign, conducted vigorously by the institute during the last year or two, also attacks the ethics of the gen- eral policy of Government competition with private business. Mr. La Beaume, a witness last Sum- mer before the Shanncn Committee of the House, asserted in his annual re- port, just made public, that this com- mittee had gathered a great mass of testimony indicating the Federal Gov- ernment is competing with private business and professional activity in many fields. Government competition cannot be justified under the present American idea of government, he declared. “If the Government of the future is to take over every function of the in- every activity of the profes- sional or business man, so that we all will be but cogs in the wheels of one | gigantic bureaucracy, that is another matter,” he said. “Meantime, however, we architects protest against the dis- crimination. “If it is proper for the Government to design its own Federal buildings, it is no less proper and logical for the Gov- ernment bure La Beaume lead inevitably mediocre, results nt for designing of Gov- dings by Government architects, Mr. La Beaume pointed out is that the cost of their service is somewhat less than the cost involved in employment of architects outside the bureau. He questions this “econ- omy,” declaring that the differential is not ' great, even using Government figures. Furthermore, he argues, Governmeng overhead costs are not so susceptible to change in the volume of the load, and “many Government employes are carried on the pay rolls through slack periods.” Also, he argues, “It is in the adoption of modern methods of specification, ma-~ terials and processes of construction that savings would accrue. Bureaus become rigid in their methods and can- not easily, nor are they obiiged to, take into consideration current building economies with which the private prac- titioner is forced to reckon.” 1s was denounced by Mr a cess which “‘must to sterectyped, if not ernment ernment to set up a huge construction | bureau to build them; and by the same | process of reasoning, to take over quar- | ries, mills and manufacturing plants for ‘the fabrication of building mate- | rials.” Design of Federal buildings by Gov- 4611 Asbury Place N.W. Just off Massachusetts Ave. in American University Park. New, all brick detached home contain- ing 7 rooms, 2 baths, garage, large lot. The best buy we have had in many years. Open Saturday and Sunday until 9 P.M. $4.175 10 84,575 Floyd E. Davis Company 733 12th St. N.W. Nat'l 0353 New Brick Bungalows Two-Story Homes £ ) 4606 Chestnut St. BETHESDA, MD. Situated six blocks north of Bethesda Bank via Rockville Pike, Sign at Chestnut Street. Six new homes—five SOLD. Every modern convenience. Lot 40x120; small cash payment—$40 per month. Open Daily Until Dark Capital Housing Corp. Call Nat. 5383 —Modern, G-room, detached brick; near 3N.W.REAL BUYS 57150 cars, schools, stores. 58,750_.222;‘ eautital $10,850 X St & b.; " eleetric refriger ation;” automatic. §as Beat. EXCEPTIONALLY EASY TERMS Brodie & Colbert, Inc. 1707 Eye St. N.W. New Colonial Stone Home 2919 43rd St. N.W. (Between Garfield and Hawthorne Sts.) Wesley Heights $29,500 On u beautiful wooded lot with 90 frohtage, this large center-hall home offers the last word in fine construction and craftsmanship. There are eight large, attractive rooms and two baths, st floor library and lavatory, open fireplace, electrical refrigeration, attic, servant's quarters and bath, two-car garage. Built entirely of stone, with heavy slate roof, copper gatters and downspouts, furred walls and special millwork, Truly a masterpiece! Open All Day Sunday Phillips & Canby, Inc. Exclusively Investment Bldg. *SEcoRn FLooR Pl $12,950 ALL STONE, slate roof, copper gutters, two baths, first floor lavoratery. All Electric Modern Kitchen Now Open for Inspection—to Be Finished February First Drive out Connecticut Ave,to Aspen St. (one block north of Leland St.), turn west, left, 1% blocks to property. 8 whrook A"Restricted Community &