Evening Star Newspaper, March 11, 1933, Page 13

REAL ESTATE | Home-Owning and Building Section for Washington ts Weekly Series 2 T4 fi REAL ESTATE LEGISLATION} HOPEFUL IN NEW SESSION Bill to Regulate Foreclosures and One Requiring Licensing of Brokers Expected to Have Re- newed Senate Support. BY VINCENT S third Congress. Some of these measures, shuffled aside in the legislative con- gestion that attended the declining days of the old Congress, and automatically killed as the session posals vitally affecting virtually every phase of the realty field. What might be considered the morcO- — important, of this legisiation was sum- | marized in the voluminous report of the Senate Rent Investigating Subcom- gnittee, headed by Senator Capper URepublican) of Kanss. which was | submitted to the Senate District Com- | Mnittee just before the S:venty-second | Fongress adjourned | ‘The report of the subccmmittee under | Benator Capper, who was then chair- | men of the Senate District Committee, was concurred in by Senator King, Democrat of Utah, who has since been mamed Capper's successor at the helm of this important committee. For this ason, those interested in the bills be- eve they will have influential backing W the new Congress. Two Affect Real Estate. ! Two bills which passed the Senate, but failed to be enacted into law, are mong measures which the rent inves- igating group felt would go a long way foward correcting defects in the local #ousing situation. They are a bill to regulate foreclosure of mortgages and seeds of trust in the District, and a neasure requiring the licensing of real ®state brokers and salesmen, and cre- eting a real estate commission in the eity. The first of these bills would require Bhat a decree must issue from the Dis- trict Supreme Court in a foreclosure | fproceeding before any sale of real es-| te to satisfy a mortgage or deed of | Tust. The bill also provides a reason- | :ble period of redemption which does ot now obtain in the District. i The proposed licensing law contains rovisions which would outlaw so- lled existing frauds in connection with real estate sales and executions | of mortgages and deeds of trust. It would provide for the licensing of ‘brokers and salesmen through a real estate commission appointed by the District Commissioners, with power to deny and revoke licenses in cases of fmproper practices. Among measures which Senator Cap- per’s subcommittee felt should be fa- verably recommended by the District Committee were the Copeland bill for creation of a housing board and au- thorizing the incorporation of limited dividend housing corporations in the District, and the King bill amending the District code with respect to usury. Other Bills Recommended. In addition to these bills, the sub- ecmmi‘tee recommended the considera- ticn of various other forms of legisla- ti-n. and it is believed some action ray b> taken along the lines suggested die the present Congress. ng other things, proposals ad- ced included consideration of legis- n designed to limit evictions of nts “when conditions are such as to merit the intervention of the Gov- ent in their behalf”; provision r a moratorium not exceeding two years on the foreclosure of mortgages | and deeds of trust on homes, and the vesting of the District Commissioners with authority to take action to pro-| tect temants in cases of extreme emergency. The drastic recommendations of the | C:pper group included a call for a| special investigation by the Attorney General pf the United States into the gharge tgxt real estate transactions in the District had been stified. Rigid enforcement of existing laws affecting public health, comfort, and safety in eonnection with rented property, and enactment of a law requiring the fur- mishing of heat in rented living quar- gers in the District—a move long ad- ocated by the District health officer— 1so were asked. In order that the Congress, Wash- Engmn's governing body, might keep 1 formed on such matters, the report so urged that the District Commis- icners be required to furnish the Sen- te with annual reports affecting ntals and values of apartment houses. hese proposals, however, never took he form of bills introduced, although is highly likely that they may do so the near future. Alley Dwellings Measure. A measure which has long been ad- ted by leading civic and trade groups of the community—the bill to @bolish alley dwellings in the Capital— snet with approval of the Senate Dis- #rict Committee at the last meeting of that group in the old session. Due to a lack of funds to meet the appro- priation necessary to carry out the | provisions of the act, it was not pressed, however. The bill, contemplating the replat- Ming and development of squares con- taining inhabited alleys, is one which s advocated more in the interest of | public health, comfort, morals, safety @nd welfare, than for any other reason. | Tt would eliminate what has lcng been | pegarded as a disgraceful situation. { Another bill still waiting to be en-| scted into law is the proposed act to | provide for recording of deeds of trust | ®and mortgages secured on real estate | in the District, and also for their re- Jeasing. This measure passed the Sen- ate, but failed to be acted on in thei House. At least four mnoteworthy measures | affecting Washington real estate were | ssed by the last session of Congress. ey included the law permitting «quarterly payment of taxes and assess- | ments on family dwelling houses in| the District upon application to the collector of taxes; the act authorizing Have You Confidence in your Capital? ‘When true value is offered in a home and you have the means with which to buy same, what safer security is there? Inspect over the week-end 1332 Jefferson St. N.W. 14th St. Heights Attractively Priced A detached home with seven rooms, bath and extra lavatory, attic, ol burner, Frigidaire, open fireplace, beautifully landscaped lot 41x129, two-car garage. Phillips & Canby, Inc. Realtors. EVERAL forms of District real estate legislation which failed of enactment during the last session of Congress, are destined to come up again for action during the newly-convened Seventy- TUTCHING. | 1 ended a week ago, embrace pro- REALTY SESSINS TOBEJONE 1217 Two Days Executive Confer- | ences to Precede Opening | at Chicago. Details are already being completed | for the coming annual convention of | the National Association of Real Estate Boards, which will be held in Chicago. | ‘The meeting will cover the entire week of June 12 to 17, inclusive. The Stevens Hotel will be convention head- quarters. The tentative schedule of convention | sessions, already worked out, includes two days cf executive conferences be-} fore the opening of the convention proper, a meeting of the Executive | Committee of the association and of| important _ divisional committees on| Monday, June 12; a meeting of the| board of directors of the association | and simultanecus meetings of Exec-| utive Committees of its various divi- sions on Tuesday, June 13. General sessions of the convention will open Wednesday morning. June| 14, with sessions of the full member- | ship of the eight specialized divisions of the associaton on the afternoon of the same day. These include meet- mngs of the association’s brokers’ divi- sion, mortgage and finance division, property management division, farm | lands and country estates division, in- dustrial property division, American In- stitute of Real Estate Apprasers, realtor | secretaries’ division, property owners' | division and States council. General sessions will continue dur- ing the mornings of June 15 and 16 Divisional meetings through the aft- ernoon of June 15. A visit to a Century of Progress| Exposition, which will be in progress in Chicago at the time of the con- | vention, is scheduled for three half| days of the convention week. The Chicago Real Estate Board will | be host to the conventiocn. J. Soule Warterfield, its immediate past presi- dent, has been named chairman of the host board’s General Convention Com: gflt:ee by Henry G. Zander, jr, presi- ent. ICE CREAM PLANT SITE IS ACQUIRED First and Q Streets Northeast Lo- cation for Melvern Dairies, Inc., Project. Premises at First and Q streets north- east recently were acquired by Melvern Dairies, Inc., for the opening of & new ice cream plant. The newly occupied quarters formerly housed a milk plant and have been remodeled into a modern, sanitary ice cream factory. M. K. Heartfield, formerly assoclated with Southern Dairies as vice president, | is the president of the new company and M. A. Gleason, who was sales man- | ager for Southern' Dairies, is the vice | president of Melvern Dairies. B. A. Sides has become affiliated with the new company in the capacity of production manager. A department for the making of fancy ice cream forms will be a feature of the plant. —_— the District Commissioners close un- necessary streets and alleys; the law giving the controller of the currency greater power over building and loan associations, and the act amending the District code relating to the con- demnation of land for public use. THREE WORTHWHILE HOMES 1370 Scmerset Place $9.500 Just one square east of 16th St. and south of Walter Reed Hospital. New detached, all brick, 6 rooms, large living room, model kitchen, electric refrig- eration, attic, brick garage. To reach—Out 16th St. to Sheridan, turn right ‘one square, left half_sauare. Open Every Day 5355 29th St. (Chevy Chase, D. C.) $11,950 Just south of Military road. Brand new det. brick, con- taining 6 rooms, 2 baths, fin- ished attic, deep lot, beauti- ful forest just across the street. Open Today and Sunday 6216 32nd Place (Chevy Chase, D. C.) Only $8,950 Just 1!, squares north of Rittenhouse St. and the Purple Iris Tea House. This de- tached brick ard frame home, open fireplace, attic, roof, copper gutters, metal weatherstrips, large concrete front porch, garage, deep rear yard. Convenient to transpor- tation and new public school. Open Today and All Day Sunday. Realty Associates, Inc. Realtors. 1427 Eye St. Nat. 1438 WASFINGTON, D. C., | slates and graduate to thinner slates iniscent of Seventeenth Century Period. ARCHITECTS JOIN ‘IN PRESENTING PLAN Sketches or Photos of Homes, With Floor Plans, to Be Chosen for Public. A of the seventeenth century pe- riod, is the basis for the first of ‘a series of home designs to be pre- sented in this section each week by The Star, in collaboration with the Wash- ington Chapter of the American Insti- tute cf Architects. The series, which will include sketches or photographs of homes of various styles, together with floor plans, represents the selection of a commit- tee of judges appointed by Francis P. Sullivan, president of the local chapter cof the institute. Members of the chap- ter are co-operating in the preparation of the plans. The design presented today was pre- pared by Philip Hubert Frchman of Frohmen, Robb & Little, Washington and Boston architects. A home of this style was bullt for Canon Joseph Fletcher, librarian of the Washington Cathedral, and is located in the Cathe- dral close, on the west side of Thirty- fourth street. In the planning of this residence, due thought was given to providing dignity and charm, while at the same time cre- ating a small home meeting the actual living requirements of the owner. The principle that convenience and beauty of interior design should not be sacri- | | ficed for exterior effect was followed by the architect in its planning. | Style for Neighborhood. The style of the dwelling blends with | the fifteenth century English collegiate Gothic buildings planned for the neigh- berhood, as well as with the fourteenth century English Gothic architecture of the Cathedral itself. The architect ex- plains that the house may have been influenced by English, Irish, Scotch, French and early American traditions, | rather than strictly English, and prefers to refer to it as a simple modern American home, “without any attempt | at architectural style.” | The house was built of local stone, and the masonry is laid in a manner after the style of old houses, with the | largest stones near the ground, and gradually diminishing the size of the stones as the walls progress upward. The roof is covered with variegated green and purple slates. These also can begin at the eaves as large, thick MODERN American home of simple design, reminiscent in a measure of an English cottage at the ridge of the roof. The windows are casement sashes, opening out and are set in the simple form of solid wood mullioned frames of the type frequently found in old English cottages. The casements tend to give a feeling of more size to the small rooms. The architect explains that the simple rectangular plan, as il- lustrated in this home, represents an economical method, with the rooms kept as small as their practical use will permit. The ceilings are low, in line with the style of old English or early American Colonial cottages, giv- | ing a feeling of greater roominess than the plans indicate. Substantial Interior. The thick stone walls, with window | frames set close to the outside of the wall, make it possible to have deeply splayed interior jambs, which add much to the substantial character of the in- terior. The stairs, which express Elizabethan influence with heavy turned balusters, are of cak. The doors and the paneled chimney breast of the liv- ing room and other interior trim, are of white-painted pine. cak construction. Storage space and provision for serv- ants’ quarters are in the cellar, while B:l;xlple space also is available in the attic. ‘The dwelling, it is estimated, might be built in Washington at a cost be- tween $8,000 and $12,000, on the basis of present labor and material prices. ‘The architect explains that at a slight increase in cost the rooms could be in- creased in size to advantage. The home could be of stone, frame or other construction. With wide clapboards on Floors are of | | FHomes af Comorrow in FOXALL @ Double fronts, six and eight rooms, with one, two and three baths . . . double screened porches ... open fireplace . . . electric refrigeration . . . gas heat . . . insulation . . . garage . . . out- standing value at $11,350 ta $14,950, with monthly pay- ments less than rental value. Visit our Budget-Balancing Home at 4410 Volta Place, three short blocks south of Reservoir Road. Open 9:30 A. M. to 9:30 P. M. WAVERLY. TAYLOR e 1522 K STREET NAT'L 1040 HIGHLAND VIEW O T wovse. Na. 4600 Investment Bldg. DRIVE OUT SUNDAY Style Modern, but Rem-|. | dows with small square panes and wide | | as early Southern Colonial, | PICTURESQUE BRICK HOME Cape Cod Colonial Design, with 2 Full Tiled Baths, 2 Concrete Electric Refrigeration Slate Roof 70-Foot Landscaped Site Othe: Moss & Robinson I]B ?fikfliflg %iaf. | BATURDAY, MARCH 11, 1033, BUILDING NEWS |p—1 WITR SUNDAY MORNING EBITION . . N M i the exterior. the effect would be satis- | fymg and quite in keeping with the | windows and their details. With slight changes, including double hung win- Muntins, it could be transformed into | an early American Colonial cottage. | With similar changes in details and with end chimneys in place of the center chimney, it ccuid be designated — S A truck containing nearly seven tons of hams caught fire near Daventry, Eng- land, recently, and the burning fat de- stroyed the road surface for 150 feet. 508 Ingraham St. N.W. Open Sunday A Home —and an investment— that in later years you will pride your- self that you did buy a home at this time and especially this one. Semi-detached brick with living room, dining room, sun or break- fast room, kitchen and pantry. 2nd floor—4 bed rooms and bath. This home has been recondi- tioned throughout and is like new. Lot 158 ft. long with garage. Terms to suit your con- venience. The price is down to today's market. L Brmamingers Soms Investment Bldg. Na. 2040 of SLIGO PARK Only 20 Minutes’ Drive from the Treasury via 16th Street Attached Garage Porches o 58,7501 rem New Brick Homes at Pri Based on .Tod-y'- Low Costs. Riggs Bank Building 14th and Park Road COlumbia 7571-8433 Evenings, SHepherd 1871-3471 The Best Buy -.NEW HOMES 37)650 Terms If Desired Six large. bright rooms. modern bath. a Kitchen that is different and will appeal to the home buyer. Built- in garage. The location is high-class. Near all conveniences. Sample Open to 9 P.M. Daily 5615 3rd St. N.W. (Just Above Lonsfellow St.) -WAPLE & JAMES, Inc. 1226 14th Bt. N.W. Dist. 3347 Architects’ rendering of a home ex- emplifying English characteristics, being the first in & series of home ideas pre- sented by this newspaper in collabora- tion with the Washington Chapter of the American Instituie of Architects. Below are shown the floor plans. The dwelling was designed by Philip Hubert a!‘rohmn. CONTEST RULES ISSUED Trade Board Puts Out Copies on Architectural Event. ‘The Municipal Art Committee of the | Washington Board of Trade this week | made available several hundred copies | of the rules governing the architectural contest sponsored every two years by the trade body. In addition to the sev. eral score being sent out, the com. mittee announced through T. A. Mul- litt, chairman, that additional copies are available at the Board of Trade offices in The Star Building. | The contest, which will culminate in | the awarding of engraved certificates to | owners and architects of building of | especially meritorious design in all classes, will conclude March 31. A committee of judges already has been ing entries. FORM BUILDING AND LOAN Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, March 11.—The An- napolis Building & Loan Association, | Inc., Riverdale, Md., has been incor- | porated under the State laws of Mary- land to conduct a homestead and build- ing association. The capital stock con- | sists of 300,000 shares, of which 200,000 | shares, par value $100 each, are class | A and B stock, and 100,000 shares, no | par value, are class C stock. Ralph 8. | Scott, Cabin John, Md.; Willlam K. | Singleton of Kensington, Md., and Rob- | ert Peddicord of Hyattsville, Md., are | the incorporators. Mt. Pleasant Home 20 Ft. Wide are seldom for sale. 1855 Ingleside Terrace Greatly Reduced o Terms Like Rent o Open S-nl.ny and Daily to Wm M. Tfiockmorlon 208 Investment Bldg. Dist. 6092 BUILD IN BEECHWOOD FOREST TREES ON EVERY LOT Pictured above is one of the numerous designs available Four-Bedroom' HOMES AS LOW ASY $13,900 TO REACH, drive out Connecticut Ave. to Thornapple St., - turn left 2 dlocks to Beechwood Drive and left again to houses. Visit the MODEL HOME - 6307 Hillcrest Place G. F. Mikkelson & Son 200 WEST THORNAPPLE ST, Wisc. 4255 CHEVY CHASE, MD. Res., Wisc, 2323 named by the board to select outstand- | IS T ing to the Manufacturers Record. Contracts dustrial plants generally, filling sta-| tions, garages, bus and truck terminals, | ed to $9,019,000. The biggzst single | project was a $2,000,000 cil pipe line | in Oklahoma. $1,279,000 February Contracts. General building for such projects | as apartment houses, hotels, bank and office buildings, churches, dwellings and | stores entafled contracts valued at| $1,279,000 in February as compared | with $1,215,000 in January. Dredging rivers, inland waterways and harbors on the Atlantic coast and the gulf coast called for contracts| totaling $2,679,000. February’s rcad and street paving contracts amounted to $8,750,000, de- spite the fact the building programs | | of many States have been held in abey- | ance pending legislative action. A marked gain was shown in public | building awards. Last month they amounted to $8,341,000 as compared | with $5.804,000 in January. \ | Washington building during February totaled $515095 as compared with $392,080 for January. Permits issued in the District dur- ing the past week for building con- struction represented a total valuation of $125,156, slightly below the figure for the preceding week. Included in the total were two public school pro- jects, having a total value of $72,200. ’ Permits for the Week. | The list of permits approved in- | cludes the following: District of Columbia, owners: to erect one 1-story masonry gymnasium, M Street Junior High School, M street between Pirst and Second streets; to cest $43,000. District of Columbia, owners; to | erect one 1-story masonry assembly | hall, Douglas-Simmons Addition School, Pierce street, between Pirst and Second sireets; to cost $29.200. A. W. Bookoff and Joseph Klein, 501 | Rennedy street, owners; H. W. Gaines, designer; Morrison Bros, Bethesda, Md., builders; to erect three 2-story brick stores and flats, 439 to 443 Ken- nedy street: to cost $15,000. Caroline Nehrlich Blasjar, 2525 Min- | nesota avenue southeast, owner and | builder: A. F. Blasfar, designer: to | erect cne 2-story stone, tile and cinder block dwelling, 1701 Poplar lane; to cost $15,000. Tolson, Kemp & Nix, Inc, 2314 Rhode Island avenue northeast, own- ers and builders; A. C. Tolson, de- signer; to erect one 2-story brick and frame dwelling, 3605 Twenty-sixth street northeast; to cost $5.000. J. E. Shortell, owner; Sears, Roebuck & Co., 1106 Connecticut avenue, de- signers and builders; to erect one 1-story brick and frame dwelling. 2506 Naylor road southeast; to cost $5,000. 1004 Vermont The be: 6 Rooms and 2 Baths Genera] Electric Refrigerators New Public Schools Breakfast Rooms Drive out Bunker Hill Ave, N.E. to 20th H.R.How levees, sewers and waterworks amount- | fin Bros,, designers: to erect onc and Suburbs | {BUILDING INCREASE HERE REFLECTED IN SOUTH Group of States Gain 40 Per Cent in Construction Contracts During February Over January and 55 Per Cent Over Last Year Peric-. HE increase in building activity recorded in the District last month was reflected throughout the South, statistical informa- tion on the first two months of this year reveals. The figures show a 40 per cent increase in construction contracts in Southern States during February as compared with January, and a 55 per cent gain over February of last year, accord- The total value of contracts since the first of the year was sful,:gg,ooo as colmpared with $35, 2 y o , representing a gain of approximately 30 per cent, accordin to the figures compiled by the Record. ¥ b & let last month for in-0@- 891,000 for the first two months R. L. Willis, owner and builder; Grif- 2-story brick and frame dwelling, 4645 Chesa- peake street; to cost $4,800. Perpetual Building Association. Elev- enth and E street A. B. Hea- ton, architect; & Garrett, 1719 T street, builders; to make repairs, Eleventh and E streets: to cost $3.000. Phi¥ip Goldblatt. 1923 Pe: avenue, owner; Julius Wenig, a M. Cladny Construction C sas avenue, builders: to m: 1923-1927 Pennsylvania cest $2,000. Caroline Nehrlich Bl nesota avenue south builder; lane, owner; G. E. MacNei Willlam C. & A. N. Miller, 1 enteenth street. build: pairs, 2914 Fo cost $856. Mary Junta, 1324 Fo street “southwest, wne rles Me- renda, builder; to make repairs, 115 D street; to cost $300. Joseph Lavezzo, 2807 M street, o and builder; J. J. Albe erect one y brick rear addition, 2807 and 2809 M street; to ccst $300. A PERFECT SMALL HOME $6,95 Located in that perfect section— “Burleith,” clese to the Western High School and convenient to the downtown. English architectur beautifully finishe cellar, GAS HEAT (oversized for economy). elec. refrigerator redecorated #nd in perfect cond: n. Garage on oot alle; Laige v L nearby grade schools—per: dren. No. 3627 S St. N.W. Open This Afternoon and Sunday from 10 to 6 [SHANNON & LuCHS)] : Exitusice Avents 1505 H St. N.W. six rooms nd plastered 1724 35th St. A gem of a little corner home conveniently located intown; in new house condition and priced in line with the exceptional values offered today. $7,950 Inspection Invited National Mortgage & Inv. Corp. Na. 5833 Corner 20th & Shepherd Sts. N.E. Biggest Bargains Ever in This Section all-brick, detached, 2-bath, built-in garage homes. Open and lighted until 9 o’clock. Come out today. ---Price Only $8,950--- Lots 45x100 Big Front-entrance Garage Big Side Porches Linoleum in Kitchens TWO BUS LINES RUN TO THE DOOR Rd. NE. to 20th St and turn % square south, or out Rhode Island St., thence morth to house. NSTEIN "+ INCORPORATED