Evening Star Newspaper, May 6, 1933, Page 14

B—2 BULDING PERMITS (VALUEDATS440115 ‘Forty-four 1-Family Dwell- ings Were Erected Here in April i Building operations undertaken in i the District of Columbia during April % represented a total valuation of $440,- 15, according to an official tabulation made public yesterday by the District # bullding inspector, Col. John Oehmann. 3 The $731,000 power plant of the Po- {tomac Electric Power Co. was included :in the totals made public, but since jthis permit actually was granted dur- fing March it was included in the 1 March totals published in The Star a $month ago. The amount of construction under- {taken during April included $113,000 in repair work, indicating that several sproperty owners undertook moderniza- $tion and improvement work during that month. Forty-four one-family dwell- <ings were erected, having a total value iof_$257,500. i Building permits issued during the ylast week had a total valuation. .of $8121,955, and included a large number fof repair projects. They included: i Potomac Electric Power Co., own- ters; Stone & Webster Engineering i Corp, Boston, Mass., designers and ?builders; to erect steel and concrete “eval handling plant, 1 V street south- west, to cost $25,000. Fv-Jacobs Transfer Co., Inc., 113 Florida #gvenue northeast, owners; Warren £Spencer, 1350 Jonquil street, builder 3and designer; to erect one 1-story #Brick and concrete addition, 66 L street $2ortheast, to cost $20,000. 3 8. Lord, 927 Fifteenth street, owner sand builder; Clifton B. White, design- jer; to erect three 2-story brick dwell- fings, 4M-13-15 Longfellow street, to Sgost” $15,000. 7. A. Cohen & Co, Inc., 1122 Florida fgvenue northeast, owners and build- jers; H. W. Gaines, designer; to erect 4ane 1-story brick and concrete storage rage, rear 1122-1124 Florida avenue inortheast, to cost $8,000. 3 ' Helenor C. and Clara B. Wilder, 2900 SConnecticut avenue, owners; Edwin L. §Taylor, Chevy Chase, Md., designer and “builder; to erect one 2-story brick and ;ule dwelling, 4435 Klingle street, to cost $7.000. " Louis E. Sullivan, 3001 Otis strect $northeast, owner; C. N. Morton, archi- Stect; Alfred T. Newbold, 5711 Wiscon- isin avenue, builder; to erect one 2-story shrick dwelling, 7700 Fourteenth street, to_cost $7,000. i Henry Herbert, 1530 Kearney street Mortheast, owner and builder; Dillon & zAbel, designers; to erect one 2-story fbrick dwelling, 3701 South Dakota ave- nue northeast, to cost $6.000. 3 Thomas Mason, jr, 4722 Forty-sixth jstreet, owner; Dillon & Abel, design- lers; H. E. Davis, 4722 Forty-sixth istreet, builder; to erect one 2-story ibrick’ dwelling, 4718 Forty-sixth Zstreet, to_cost $6,000. i Mrs. Jane McKenzie, 6946 Piney *Branch road, owner; Lester Harris, *designer; Alex~McKenzie, 6946 Piney :Branch road, builder; to erect one 2- {story brick and concrete block dwell- Yng, 715 Highland avenue, to cost 1$5,000. i Adella E. Smalley, owner; R. Good- ‘man, 1114 Ninth street, designer and builder; to erect one 2-story brick flat, 1806 Howard road southeast, to cost f“'gggt'hn M. Acton, 2301 Pennsylvania avenue southeast, owner; Marcus Hal- ett, designer; L. G. Leigh, 16 Todd place northeast, builder; to erect one a tory btrtck db“ilihs‘(fi) 3130 V place utheast, to cost $4,000. 5 Sun Oil Co. 1608 Walnut street, ‘owners and bullders; W. A. Courtenay, ijr., designer; to erect one 1-story brick and cement block gas station, 1803 iRhode Island avenue northeast, to cost 1.500. ki Gertrude Offutt and Dr. J. F. O'Brien, owners; to make ;gguhs, 2413-15-1 H street; to cost $1.500. ‘Mrs. Mabel W. Willebrandt, 301 Dumbarton avenue, owner; Rossell E. Mitchell, architect; C. H. Brooks and J. E. Thompson, Woodward Bldg., build- ers; to make repnlrgb 3018 Dumbarton svenue; to cost $1,000. 1 Mrs. Levi Cooke, owner and designer iC. Wohigemuth, jr., McLachlen Bldg. ‘builder; to ertectt one 1€mssoo brick office, 2001 M street; to cos! . L. C. Oeser, 1206 E street southeast., owner; Empire Construction Co., 4410 ‘Fourteenth street, builders; to make re- pairs, 1206 E street southeast; to cost $500. E”John G. Statz, 308 Tennessee avenue, mortheast, owner; J. T. Kenyon, 827 Fourteenth street, builder; to erect brick garage, 308 Tennessee avenue ‘mortheast; to cost $600. i Capital Materials Co., 2 B street ‘sbuthwest, owner; builder and designer; ito erect concrete retaining wall, 2 S| $street southwest; to cost $750. 17C. L. Kjellberg, 734 Fifth street, ‘awner and builder; to erect brick gar- iage, 734 Fifth street; to cost $600. i:Dr. John Paul Earnest, jr, 3213 fHorty-sixth street, owner; J. A. Cobb, i3801 Connecticut avenue, architect and fuilder; to make repairs, 3213 Forty- h street; to cost $500. i Helenor C. and Clara B. Wilder, 2900 iConnecticut avenue, owners; Edwin L. fTaylor, Chevy Chase, Md., designer and Ituilder; to erect brick and tile garage, 14435 Klingle street; to cost $300. ¥ Rene Dupre, 4804 Brandywine street, jowner and builder; to erect gar- ‘age, 4804 Brandywine strcet; to cost 35, ‘Ward W. Griffin, 1319 G street, owner $end builder; to erect metal garage, 713 #Hheridan street; to cost $120. + Norman French, 1441 Twenty-second iskreet southeast, owner; to erect stone Sptaining _wall, 1441 ~ Twenty-second *istreet southeast: to cost $100. 41 Alfred H. Bellman, 736 Fifth street, jawner and builder; to erect frame gar- mge, 2509 Bunker Hill road northeast; cost $300. i 1 Casualty Hospital, Eighth and Massa- ichusetts avenue northeast, owners; A. B. {Mullett & Co., architect; to erect one ‘fiistory brick addition for corridor, Eighth and Massachusetts avenue; to t $300. iws}!arry B. Sperling, 807 Eighth street inortheast, owner; Joe High, 5029 Sev- fenth place, builder; to make repairs, [;4‘50»52 Nichols avenue southeast; to st $500. i Mrs. Louise Mazza, 3500 Connecticut wenue, owner; E. A. Pessagno, 1517 H isireet, builder; to remodel basement, ‘505 Connecticut avenue; to cost $350. 1 Mrs. Louise Mazza, 3500 Connecticut enue, owner; E. A. Pessagno, 1517 H reet, builder; to remodel basement, {8512 Connecticut avenue; to cost $400. _———————— ‘New Six-Room All-Brick Home $8,950.00 | 5414 Carolina Place N.W. Potomac Heights Section y 3 furred wall =P et T : Ell IH'B‘. with large pantry. i This house is located in Potomse nrt:-ueu--ndubfllfv'hs Open Daily 9 A M. to 9 P. M. Drive out Conduit Road to Cathe- ‘Avenue, north two blocks to Caro- Place, one-half dlock to property. GEORGE E. PRUETT, Owner 5411 Carolina Place N.W. Emerson 2923 or Cleveland 7651 REAL ESTATE. Modern English-fype home of Miss Elizabeth Robertson Phillips, at 109 Shepherd street, University Park, Md., builder. Miss Phillips is instructor of University of Maryland. acquired recently from Michael Bosma, physical education for women at the HOUSING DEMAND 10 BE MEASURED Home Construction Groups Will Convene Next Week at Chicago. (Continued From First Page.) meet coming needs, strengthening the| structure of real estate boards on which | Test the responsibility for directing the whole movement for real estate advance and sales methods to help each client find his own peculiar real estate needs. Finance Reshaping Central Topic, Reshaping of real estate finance in accordance with any action affecting the mortgage structure that may be taken by the present Congress is to be central convention topic. Current de- velopments of the Federal legislative program will necessarily guide the for- mulation of this part of the program. ‘The association’s proposal for en- larging the gresent Home Loan Bank system, advanced as the most feasible plan for securing permanent stabiliza- tion of the flow of mortgage funds, will | form the background of the discussion. New home building methods have been developing during the depression period, | and the construction industry has, searched for ways to lower the cost of | — home ownership. New trends of most | practical value to the 1933 home builder | will be placed before the convention in | its general sessions. ‘The housing exhibit to be a part of a | Century of Progress Exposition will be outlined as to its significant features. ‘The ideas behind the architecture of the main buildings of the exposition may be expected to hava an effect on the future of private construction. The realtors will examine the engineering ideas employed and weigh their adapta- bility to general use. Works on Rebuilding Problem. A practical attack for the problem of rebuilding the blighted districts of | American cities is expected to be a part | of the convention’s discussions. The | association has been at work on the problem for some time, making its ap- proach through proposed co-operation s“detion” Sale HOMESandHOME SITES “HOMEWOOD” AURORA HILLS, VA, The nearest complete- ly improved home community to Wash- ington and new Gov- ernment buildings. 8 Bus Lines—10c Fare DISCOUNT Bl FOR CASH AND BUILD ® NOW AND No Taxes for One Year. Free—Title Policy .. ... Deferred Payment Plan Four Years to Pay . . . . ALSO Lower property taxes than the District or Maryland. WITH el A T i veur own home. Come—See—Get the FACTS How to acquire your own home at cost, eliminating specula- tive profits and fees. Send for Illustrated Booklet IT IS FREE of the property owners in th ric s P.py e districts The road to tax relief for real estate is this year actually being surveyed and mrked out, so State legislative programs clearly indicate. Experience of the States which have gone farthest toward actual permanent redistribution of State as part of the general convention pro- gram. Plans are under way to organize a representative Washington delegation to attend the national convention. Clarence F. Donohce is chairman of the Chicago Convention Committee of the Washington Real Estate Board, which is making plans for the Capital’s par- ticipation. He is being assisted by M. P. Canby, vice chairman. Willlam C. Miller of the realtor firm of W. C. & A, N. Miller, president of the National AsSociation of Real Estate Boards, will lead the Washington delegation. PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE TO BE HELD Members of Real Estate Board In- vited to Hear Address by M. X. Wilberding. All members of the Washington Real Estate Board interested in property vited to attend a “property manage- ment conference” Monday night at 1417 K street. M. X. Wilberding, who is looked upon as an authority in engineering and maintenance problems in the District, will be the principal speaker. J. F. M. Bowie, chairman of the Property Man- agement Committee of the board, will preside, $6,750—Semi-Denclled Owner Leaving City 4410 Kansas Ave. Just Redecorated A most _convenient and livable home at a real bargain price. ‘Within thres blocks of . Parochial, public grade. Macfarland Junior High and velt High i Grant les, Lot -;(yoxn]zlfl» dB”“”fg large !hlfi; ll.l'!?! and rear. Six T reception. all it Open Sunday After 11 AM. Fischer & Company 1427 Eye Street. Dist. 0566 5 nice rooms, sleeping porch, shade trees, all street improvements condition. Lot 50 by 130 to allcy. bargain. Easy terms. Lot 48 by 122. Large shade trees, easy terms. with given careful consideration. hall plan, ten and kitchen on first floor. Mai and local tax burdens will be presented | |w | New Trade Exceeds Totals for All but Two Weeks of Last Year. New business booked at the lumber mills during the week ended April 29 was not only heavier than any previous week of 1933, but was greater than for any week of 1932, except two in Sep- tember, according t otelegraphic reports to the National Lumber Manufacturers’ Association here from regional asso- clations covering the operations cf 647 leading softwood and hardwood mills. Lumber shipments were the highest of any 1933 week, and softwood pro- duction also exceeded its previous 1933 record. Al production totaled 117,337,- 000 feet; orders, 186,487,000 feet; ship- ments, 163,678,000 feet. All Regions Included. All regions showed excess of orders over output, softwood orders being 54 per cent above cut and hardwood orders more than twice the cutput. For the year to date, orders are 31 per cent above production and only 11 p;rmc:;znt below those of similar period o 3 During the week ended April 29 soft- wood orders were 40 per“cent above those of the corresponding week of last year and total lumber orders were 38 | per cent above. All regions, except | Northern hardwoods, showed new busi- | ness greater than in similar week of | last year, Southern pine mills report- ing orders 57 per cent above; West | Coast mills, 40 per cent above; Western pine mills, 24 per cent above; Southern hardwoods, 45 per cent above. Orders Are Double. The Northern pine and Northern hemlock mills recorded orders more than twice those cf last year. Com- pared with last year, production was 6 per cent below and shipments 10 per cent above. Northern pine mills, closed since last November, again reported production. New business at Southern pine mills wes 67 per cent of capacity; at Western pine mills, 33 per cent; at Southern hardwood mills, 40 per cent, compared with 46, 21 and 30 per cent, respectively, for the previcus week. Forest products carloadings during | the week ended April 22 were 16,041 cars, the highest week but one of 1933, but lower by 2,865 cars than the same k of 1932, —_— DUPLICATE THIS . .. for | %7,950 See the Furnished New Home 5212 4th Street N.W. A row house with a detached- home floor plan. 7 rooms—2 baths—2 open fireplaces, recre- ation room. management problems have been in- | Open Today and Sunday . ‘Wm. H. Saunders Co., Inc. 1519 K St. N.W. Dist. 1015 Closing Out Sale See Houses—THEN SEE Me After 23 years in the real estate and building business in I have decided to discontinue my building operat] sale at GREATLY REDUCED PRICES the following attracti date bungalows and two-story homes, all in perfect condition. No. 317 Aspen Street N.W., $6,500 , tiled Takoma Park, jons and now offer for ve u] bath, large attic, concrete cellar, paid for. Small cash payment, easy No. 6611 5th Street N.W., $8,500 5 large , sleepi h and bath. Now bel t in perfect ot 50" by 130 0" alle M Garage to :;tcnwm" nfl [ No. 6707 4th Street N.W., $8,750 8 large rooms and tiled bath, hot-water heat, large attic and cellar. 2-car garage. cash payment. ALSO WANT OFFERS ON Nos. 409 and 413 Van Buren Street N.W. These new brick houses have 6 and 7 showers, concrete porches, large attios dry cellars, built-in fix- tures. Lots 50 by 145 to alley. Fine shade trees. and will be sold at bargain prices and on easy terms to close same out. All of the above have beautiful oak These are floors. Any reasonable offer OPEN ALL DAY SUNDAY All in Takoma Park, D. C. H. L. THORNTON, Owner Office—6900 4th Street N.W.—Opposite Takoma Theatre Office Phone, Georgia 2291—Home, Georgia 2811. 6703 Connecticut Ave., Chevy Chase, Md. WILL CONSIDER AN EXCHANGE Built by owner for his home of the best materials obtainable. Center ms, three baths; four bedrooms and two baths on second floor. Huge living room, library, sun parlor, dining room, breakfast room 's room, bath, storage room, attic; oil burner; 120 ft. frontage on Conn. Ave. IF YOU WANT REAL VALUE FOR YOUR MONEY — SEE THIS HOME! . Open Saturday afternoon and all dsy Sunday. William M. Throcknrorton 208 INVESTMENT BUILDING DISTRICT 6082 “The development of the park space within the city itself is perhaps as im- portant a feature of the nsion of the city and of the general trend of its improvements as anything of a public pature that is now going on, says an article in the real estate sec- tion of The Star of May 9, 1908. “In one way the main work is oo ment and beyond with vistas of foliage and glimpses of grassy stretches, and threaded with driveways, consti- lic places the country. “All that large section which in early years was under water is now known as Potomac Park officially, but to thou- sands of people as a delightful place where one can get close to the water and enjoy freshness of the air which passes over the Potomac, and also watch the movements of the water, which has always such a fascination for the average person. s “One of the great advantages which kt‘l:i‘: improvement of the river front is to make it possible for the first time in history of the city to get to the edge of the river without going beyond the city limits. A new building paper consists of creped paper which is asphalt-cemented to a heavy plain sheet. It is said ta npecim ally adapted to conditioning con- crete. 5206 Colorado ht to the people of the city |, used be |old Capitol - Building HOUSE BUILDING NEAR COMPLETION New Office Structure to Be Formally Accepted by U. S. Soon. (Continued Prom First Page.) proximately two feet above the floor of the room. Although differing slightly in each room is characterized by the same architectural treatment. At the B street entrance the main|north lobby is architecturally an unusual of the Ionic and Doric e LT es United States were used as motifs in the decoration of the frieze of the en- ing ing conventionally the various indus- tries and arts of the country. An _interesting feature of ing from an architectural standpoint is the treatment of the four stairways, located at the four corners of the build- 8. stalrways are constructed of Alabama limestone, with railings of sluminum and bronze. The stonework of the -mrnu is entirely self-sup- porting, there being no steel or rein- forced concrete used in their construc- tion. This principle of construction is in some of the stalrways of the and in the old Patent Office. An assembly room, sufficiently large 9 large rooms 3 baths, lavatery on 1st floor, 2-car garage, unsurpassed lo- Avenue N.W. cation. Dot fail tosee it. OPEN 801 H. E. BROCKSON Real Estate Wis. 4832 This beautiful corner home contains 7 rooms and 2 baths. Attractively decorated Skigo Ave. Financed by the Metro- politan Life Ims. Co. for 15 years, sssuring maximum economy and protection to the heme buyer. Washington WEAV_ER_BB Distriet Bailding REALTORS i i : ] ; ; | j | E 1 : Exhibit Home . ,. Drive out Mass. Ave. So Wisconsin west (right) to %onc-hd‘u Open daily and Tovestment Blds. I &k and modernized. Lovely cor- ner yard with a profusion of evergreens and shrubbery. Garage. $8,850 Drive out Georgla Ave. or 16th St. to Silver Spring. first astreet other side of R. R. Turn right om dridge 3 blocks to Rouse. 9486 2 7 eidl i 242 3%th St. N.W. Ave., south to Calvert St., square south to exhidit home. nday wntil 9 PM. B. H. GRUVER, Builder 3 to seat House, room has 70 square feet. with a raised platform at c the room. Tis architectural is d.m&l: but effective. In telephone eatures ment plans include lockers and lavatories for the mainte- four motor genera- tors which convert the 6,600-volt alter- nating current produced at the Capitol power plant into 125-volt t cur- rent for the new building. The old and nected by two sey avenue. One of end of the new buildings are con- tunnels under New Jer- these is at the ding, near B plants and models came from . Approximate- 1y 10 per cent of the money paid out emained in the Capital, one statisti- FIVE-ROOM HOUSE SOLD The house at 118 Madison street was sold recently to Otto D. Voigt and Wil- baths, with a recreation room in the basement. Of brick constru it is in a row house development.m 623 Nicholson St. N.W. $9,750—In Marietta Park Never ‘before has such 2 value in a BRAND NEW HOME been offered in this beautiful and convenient suburb. A fully detached all brick home of seven unusually large rocms, two perfect baths, big pantry with Frigidalre, newest type kitchen equipment with Oxford Cabinets, console range, and etc. Pretty fireplace, wide concrete porch, the entire house screened, weather stripped and ready to occupy. priced to sell at first inspection as you will agree when you see it. This home has been High elevation, beautiful surroundings, large fenced-in lot with a garage, pretty shrubbery and extremely handy to every home requirement. SEE IT TODAY SURE. OPEN TO INSPECT Drive Out 7th St. to Nicholson— Three Squares Tower At the RM HOOKER Realtor above Kennedy Metrop. 2663 Top of Chevy Chase 5470 31st St (Near the intersection of Nebraska Ave.) Only A sunshine home with real $8,450 appeal. Seven rooms, including & 20-ft. sun parlor and a huge kitchen. From the 2nd floor deck porch is afforded a wonderful view of the entire neighborhood. Property beautifully decorated. The large lot fronts on two Very Easy Terms TO REACH—Out Comnecticut Avenue to Nebraska, turn right about four squares to top of hill, turn right on 31st Street. Open Every Day 2 to 9 P.M. and All Day Sunday Realty Associates, Inc. REALTORS 6 Rooms, 2 Baths, Center Hall ARTICULAR and dis- criminating persons interested in ultra modern living and this in a guarded and protected locality will find much to interest them in this new home...CHEVY CHASE... (west of Connecticut Ave.) . . . ‘Here also you can see several other very different new homes including a very new version of a very Modern Studio Living Room Type « « » Prices from $10,750 to $14,50C . .« Remember you are without annoyance. invited to look here DON'T REGRET — INVESTIGATE To inspect—Drive straight out Con- smecticut Ave. to Leland St. (our left two squares to homes.