Evening Star Newspaper, March 18, 1933, Page 15

REAL ESTATE pIUILDlNG PROGRAM HERE ! WAITS ROOSEVELT PLAN m of Going Ahead With Triangle Develop- Expected to Be Settled When Congress ¥akes Up Extension of Public Works, BY VINCENT TUTCHING. HE future of the Federal Government’s ambitious public build- ’ ings program in the Capital is a question which is expected to be taken up by the new administration as soon as the maze ! of important national affairs now confronting it has been‘ ealt with. Lack of congressional authorization has prevented continuation g the gigantic triangle development south of Pennsylvania avenue tween the White House and the Capitol, beyond the point already eontracted for. completion of less than two-thirds In 1928, Projects now under way in this area provide for of the plan approved by Congress ‘This plan called for the concentra- © of & group of much needed public , designed to house various ernment departments, in the area en occupied by a number of ram- shackle buildings. The plan favored the ultimate expenditure of $150,000,- 000 on this and a similar project on the opposite side of the White House % accommodate the War and Navy PDepartments, Saving Made on Contracts. Now, with $100,000,000 of this fund Biready appropriafed and a large por- tion of the program under way, the question of going ahead with the re- mainder comes up. In the letting of contracts for the projects now in the course of construction, a considerable saving has been made by the Treasury below the amount appropriated, but leg- islation prevents use of this accumula- tion for any other buildings. The question of going ahead with the triangle plan probably will come up when Congress, in response to Presi- dent Roosevelt’s announcement of yes- terday, takes up that phase of the ad- ministration’s legislative program deal- ing with the extension of public works, 'The President has expressed himself ®s iavoring a public building program as a stimulant to employment, as well as to satisfy Government department Bousing needs. Unless appropriations are authorized for the continuation of work in the tri- angle, the old Post Office Department Building will remain as it is after this department is housed in the new struc- ture now nearing completion just west of it, and the old building probably will be used to accommodate other Gov- ernment units now located in _either Tented or temporary quarters. to remove the structure also will halt progress on the circular plaza develop- ment on Twelfth street. With the old Post Office Building Wwill remain also, awaiting further ap- propriation for their displacement, the group of antiquated buildings between Tenth and Eleventh streets on the south side of the Avenue. This site, together with that of the Post Office, ‘was set aside for a building designed to run the entire two blocks and to form an integral part of the whole plan. Three other important points in the triangle plan also will remain unde- veloped until Congress acts. These are the buildings to occupy the sites mow used by the old Southern Railway Building and the District Building, and the land at Sixth street and Pennsyl- vania avenue, which forms the apex of the triangle, Hesitates to Press Action. Washington has been hesitant akout ;umg for action on these projects. f, however, a public buildings program is approved by the present Congress, it 15 expected that the city’s trade and civic organizations will ask that work already begun in the Capital be com- pieted. On this subject the adminis- tration is represented as having an *open mind.” Y It is pointed out that the public buildings erected in Washington, while they provide a measure of employment 10 people of the District, create a large proportion of work which goes out- side the Capital, besides inducing an influx of laborers from other parts of the country. On so small a project as the addition to the Library of Con- gress, now in the course of construction, there are represented no less than 76 contracting concerns from 28 different cities. For this reason, it is not felt that the community itself is being un- fairly favored from a labor standpoint when work is authorized heye. The development of Washington Municipal Center, for which land has diready been acquired on the north iide of Pennsylvania avenue between [Third and Sixth streets, hinges on the butcome of what disposition the Fed- eral Government makes of the District Bullding. The District government had hoped to realize about $5,000,000 from the sale of this property to the United States. Plans for refacing the State, War and ——————s e T Warand FHomes af Comorrow in FOXALL @ Double fronts, six and eight rooms, with one, two and three baths . . . double screened porches « « o 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 Z, Failure | BUILDING-LOAN ACT WINS INDORSEMENT Better Business Bureau Di- rector Commends Law of Last Congress. ‘The bill passed by the last session of | Congress and signed by Mr. Hoover on March 4, which gives to the controller of the currency greater regulatory power over building and loan associ- ations, as well as other financial insti- tutions, was commended today by Louis Rothschild, director of the Better Busi- ness Bureau. “The bureau,” said Mr. Rothschild, “like other business organizitions in the community, is highly gratified that one of the last acts of the recently ad- Journed Congress was to pass a bill regulating new building and loan asso- ciations in the District of Columbia. “The section of the act in which the | bureau is particularly interested is that requiring the approval and consent of | the controiler of the currency before a | new organization can begin business. | The law, however, does not apply to organizations of this kind already es- tablished here. “Similar laws have been passed in a number of States, particularly Virginia, Illinois and Ohio, and the purpose of these acts has been to prevent promo- tional organizations from being formed, especially to prevent too many so-called | ‘Dayton’ type building and loan asso- ciations—which charge a premium for the privilege of saving—from being formed. “For several years,” Mr. Rothschild commented, “this legislation has been recommended for the District of Co- lumbia, as Washington has been threat- ened with an influx of professional pro- moters or organizations of this type and this legislation will undoubtedly protect the community from such threats in the future.” The Better Business Bureau has con- sistently advocated study of building and loan investments and a full under- standing by the prospect before con- tracts are signed. The bureau has co- operated with several new associations in educational programs relative to their respective methods. —_— Navy Building, often described as the city’s “architectural monstrosity,” also have been held up indefinitely due to lack of funds. Meanwhile hundreds of Government employes continue to occupy inade- quate quarters in temporary buildings, such as the sprawling Navy and Muni- tions Building on Constitution avenue west of Seventeenth street, built dur- ing a war-time emergency and still oc- cupied. The Government is expending money, too, for the rental of quar- ters in various buildings throughout the city, and at the same time those properties which have been taken over for future development have not con- tinued to be tax producing. Washington which waited years for long delayed physical improvements to which it was entitled at the National Capital of the United States is now Dpatiently looking forward to material- ization of a plan authorized for it in principal under the Coolidge adminis- tration, started in the Hoover regime and now left to country’s present lead- ers for completion. WASHINGTON, D. Second Home Design . @he Foening Ssfar. Shows Simple Colonial Style : SATURDAW, MARCH 18, 1933, B Home-Owning and Building Section for Washington and Suburbs | INCLOSING WALLS AND FENCES FEATURE PLAN oml;n BY LOCAL ARCHITECTS. g SMALL home of simple Colonial style, designed for a lot of ap- preximately 60-foot frontage is the second selection of the Washington Chapter of the American Institute of Architects for presentation in the series of home de- signs sponsored by the institute in col- laboration with The Star. This dwelling, estimated to cost be- tween $10,000 and $12,000, embraces & feature found often in English and European settings—inclosing walls and fences. This form of planning which lends much charm to the home, is fre- quently not_consistent with the open, park-like effect desired by developers of modern suburbs, and as a Tesult many American houses stand baldly detached from their surroundings. The architect of this home, B. C. Flournoy of this city, feels that therc has been an increasing evidence of a desire for privacy manifested in the inclosure of gardens and service yards at the rear or on one or both sides of the house. This desire has largely been an outgrowth of the garden movement, he says. In the case of the house illustrated here, the gates, with brick plers t&h?h: on_the building line, serve to Chevy Chase, D. C. First Offering Completely Weatherstripped — Model Kitchen—All-Brick Detached For $ oniy 99,950 Never before offered at such a low price, on a deep lot, with de- tached garage. Model kitchen, large living room with a real fire- place, and three good bed rooms. Fine workmanship. Near Lafay- ette School, transportation and in fine home section. SEE TODAY. Open and Lighted 5618 32nd Street onn. Ave. to McKinley St., 32nd’St., left 3a block to THE NORTH WEST REALTY CO. 3508 Conn. Ave. Clev. 0936 _out ¢ right to ‘houze. 1322 K STREET NAT'L 1040, g MARVELOUS VALUE]| 110 Leland Street c""n‘,“d‘"' Md. ignified sec- tion of Old Chevy Chase. rooms . Ol heat, spacious porches. Lot 75x128, well shaded and tastefully landscaped. Two thou- sand dollars just = spent putting it in perfect con- dition. Originally sold for $30,- ), pflced’ for quick sale 1615 Juniper St. at a reduced price This most attractive home of stone and brick overlooks Rock Creek Park. Just 36 square west of 16th St. in the wooded section. Center hall, 1st-floor lavatory, natural wood trim, 5 bed reoms and 3 baths on 2nd floor. Recreation house in exchange. Buy Real Estate! ® The wise investor has learned much in the last few years. ® If you had a home clear hat would you have to feal Inspect Over This Week End 1332 Jefferson St. N.W. $11,950 Detached seven room home, one bath and extra lavatory, attic, oil burner, Fi open fireplace, metal strips, screens, be landscaped lot 41x129, two- car garage. Phillips & Canby, Inc. Realtors Na. 4600 Investment Bldg. 6621 Piney Branch Rd. N.W. (Bet. Van Buren and Whittler Sts.) $8,450 ® All-brick, slate roof, copper gut- ters, large lot with garage. attie, Architect's rendering and floor plans of the second home design offered with this newspaper for the benefit of 1«5 readers. B. C. Flournoy is the i H i ' FIRST FLOOR : ! i : 0 e rPets s s P onsrar e SECOND FLOOR house in with the landscape and by extending the facade, give dignity to what is in reality a building of simple and unassuming character. They also serve a practical purpose. Of center-hall plan, the first floor ar- rangement of the house is not particu- larly unusual with the possible excep- tion of the location of the stairway. This follows an example set by some old Colonial houses and lends itself to a ’zumu and convenient secqpd floor plan. In the average single stairway house, the architect exph!nx. the entrance hall is rather contracted due to the take-off of the stairway uncomfortably close to the front door. Aside from the cramped effect resulting from this ar- rangement, Mr. Flournoy says, it has practical disadvantages, including the necessity of passing through the living or dining room or almost to the front door in order to pass from the kitchen to_the upstairs. The space_gained by such - Western Ave. (Chevy Chase, D. C.) Open all day Sundays, and 2 to 9 P.M. week days. Realty Associates, Inc. Realtors 1427 Eye St. Nat. 1438 %,950 An English Brick Home Located in that beautiful and High School, and grade schools. Only a short ride to the down- 3627 rangement is usually at the expense of comfort and convenience, the designer says. The hall in the home illustrated today runs the entire length of the dwelling, giving a pleasant vista from the front door through the back porch to the garden beyond. The stalrway, with its curving balus- trade, is visible to advantage through the archway by which the front hall opens into the stair hall, exemp a feature embodied in many old Colo- nial houses. A spacious effect result- ing from this arrangement is apparent at once. The exterior of this house would include red brick of Colonial type, with gray slate for the main roof. Artificial stone is recommended by the architect for the exterior steps, caps and finials of gate piers. The iron THE BEST BUY IN SHEPHERD PARK 1423 IRIS STREET DETACHED BRICK 7 Rooms, Ofl Heat, B.-I. Garage 95° Frontage—Beautiful Shrubbery Only $13,950 Terms OPEN SUNDAY Phone Ge. 5292 Open Daily HIGHLAND VIEW W by the Washington Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, in co-operation . railing of the front steps and the win- dow shutters look best painted dark green. All other exterior woodwork should be of ivory white. The structure is designed to have a total cubic content of 28,600 feet. Wonderful Opportunity! 3034 Tennyson St. (Chevy Chase, D. C.) Reduced to $9,950 New det. stone front: 6 ms. 2 baths. open fireplace, porches, attic, slate roof. deep yard. ga- Tage, shade trees. An ideal place nols, FLprle 4t Bl to 31st St.. right about 2 s to Tennyson. Open every day, 2 to O p.m. and all day Sunday Realty Associates, Inc. Restters 1427 Bye St. NAt. 1438 2358 Massachusetts Ave. N.W. 12 Rooms, 4 Baths, 2.Car Garage Suitable for ‘ LEGATION, HIGH GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL OR DOCTOR Redecorated Throughout The Location Is Ideal and the Price Is Right Inspect Today SEE YOUR BROKER of SLIGO PARK Overlooking the Indian Spring Golf Course and Beautiful Surroundings DRIVE OUT SUNDAY Several Picturesque Brick Homes .—Each Distinctively Different— Now Ready for Inspection. $7,850 to $9,250 Prices Based on Todsy's Low Costs— Terms to Meet Reduced Budsets {BUILDING PERMITS JUMP. TO $746,668 PAST WEEK Largest Amount for Seven-day Period This Year. New Plant of Potomac Electric Power Com- pany Is Among Projects Approved. A PERMIT issued to the Potomac Electric Power Co. for the con- struction of its new power plant in Southwest Washington, estimated to cost $731,000, brought the total value of permits granted during the past week to a new high weekly figure for the year. Private projects authorized by Col. John Oehmann, District build- ing lns?ectot. during the week reached a total of $746,668—an amount in itsel this year. greater than the monthly totals for January and February of The Pepco_project, now well underg way, having been started on a tem Residential building operations in the South Atlantic region, which includes the District of Columbia, showed a de- crease as compared with the g month, Government statistics reveal. The total value of all building work auf in this region, however, showed a substantial gain. Other permits issued by the District building inspector during the week now ending, included: Potomac Electric Power Co., Tenth and E streets, owner; Stone & Web- ster Engineering Corporation, archi- tect; one 1-story steel and concrete power station, First and V streets southwest; to cost $731,000. William Roy Lynn, 521 Thirteenth street northeast, owner; George E. Locknane, designer; A. C. Minnix, 1416 P street, builder; to erect one 2-story brick dwelling, 5008 Eskridge Terrace; to cost $6,200. Domenico Tramarchi, owner, 3022 Bladensburg road northeast; F. G. Wil- cox, designer; Custom Construction Co., 907 Fifteenth street, builder; to erect one 2-story brick and frame dwelling, 3014 Earle place northeast; to _cost $5,500. Martha C. Childs, 815 Fifteenth street, owner; L. W. Giles, architect; 4618 Morgan Drive New all-brick detached rick Bouse. Price has been reduced to— $8,950 Pretty lot, built-in garage, side porch, slate roof, weatherstripped and screened. . Open Sat. afternoon and all day Sunday Wisconsin Ave., opposite Chevy Chase Golf Course, GOSS REALTY CO. 3. 8. EATON, Sales Dept. 1405 Eye St. Na. 1353 Only $10,750 (Including "Landscs; COMPLETE construction. of Leland St.), turn west, Empire Construction Co., 1200 U street, I B ped Lot) BUILT TO ORDER Seven new custom-built homes (sold) are now in the various Better look them over and get our prices Drive out Comnecticut Ave. to Aspen St. (ome b builders; to erect one 2-story brick flat, 3322 Sherman avenue; to cost $5,000. Ruth A. Davis, care 815 Fifteenth street, owner; L. W. Giles, architect; Empire Construction Co., 1200 U street, builders; to erect one 2-story brick flat, 3322 Sherman avenue; to cost $5,000. John Herath, 2305 R street southeast, owner and builder; H. G. Herath, de- signer; to erect one 2-story brick and tile dwelling, 1629 Twenty-seccnd street southeast; to cost $4,500. Columbia Building Association, own- jer; L. W. Giles, architect; Superior Construction Co., 1331 G street, buiki- ers; to make repairs, 5838-5840 Conduit road; to cost $1,000. Bricklayers, Masons, Hcisterers’ In- ternational Union of America, 1417 K street, owner; Willlam A. O'Dea, de- signer; Davis, Wick, Rosengarten Co., National Metropolitan Bank Building. builder; to make repairs, 215 Fifteenth street; to cost $1,000. Mrs. Hattie Morgan, 1421 Twenty- eighth street, owner and builder; | George A. Ferguson, architect; to erect (Continued on Second Page.) LY 78%i] ® O Early American Reproductions A delightfully different home tastefully finished in quaint Early American Style. Six large rooms and two baths. Double rear porches. Fireplace in master’'s bed room. Random width floors downstairs. Best of con- struction throughout. A home that anyone would be proud to own. 3315 Quesada St. Chevy Chase, D. C. $13,950 J. Wesley Buchanan, Inc. Realtors Among many unusual designs we can build for you— THE COLONIAL COTTAGE stages of before you buy. lock north. left 1% biocks to property. A Restricted Community Wisconsin 4299 S~ 1200 Juniper St. N.W. IN SHEPHERD PARK brice 13,950 Open Daily. for Inspection Drive out 16th St. to Alaska Ave. to Juniper and west one-half block. WM. H. SAUNDERS CO., INC. 1519 “K” St. N.-W. Phone DIst. 1015 The Safest Investment—Your Money in @ Home f * e Phillips & Canby, Inc. [Exclusively NA. 4600 Investment Bldg. trical Open This Afternoon Open every day 2 to 9 Sunday from 10 to 6 P.M. and dll day Sanday Realty Associates, Inc. Realtors 1427 Eye Nat. 1438 Moss & Robinson Riggs Bank Bullding 14th and Park Road Celumbis 7571 and 8433 m?‘ml-ufl at $16,950 J. WESLEY BUCHANAN INC. Realtors location and am ex-