Evening Star Newspaper, December 15, 1934, Page 18

B—4 REA BUILDING PERMITS SHOW BIG: GAIN $338,848 Represents $68,- 000 Increase in Private Construction. (Continued From First Page.) 2-story brick dwelling, 4912 Van Ness street; to cost $8,500. Two-Story Dwelling. W. C. & A. N. Miller, 1119 Seven- teenth street, owners and builders; Louis R. Moss, architect; to erect one 2-story orick dwelling. 4110 Forty- ninth_street; to cost $8,000. Adelaide A. Brown, 2404 Sixth street, owner; L. W. Giles, architect; H. Poretsky, Inc, 52i Irving street, builders; to erect one 2-story brick dwelling. 1222 Kearney street north- east; to cost $7,000. Charles Sturbitts, street, owner and builder; 3900 McKinley Dillon & Abel, designers: to erect one 2-story | brick and tile frame dwelling, 6109 Twenty-ninth street; to cost $7,500. Albert E. Wright, 4720 Forty-sev- enth street, owner and builder; Wil- liam Harris, designer: to erect one 2-story “rick and 6109 Thirty-second street: $5.500. J. C. Price, 1245 Neal street north- cast. owner and builder; Dana B. Jo- hannes, jr, designer; to erect one 1';-story brick and tile dwelling, 617 Underwcod strect: to cost $5,000. to cost 06 Davenport street, | ; Herbert Korzendorfer, design- Joseph Hopkinson, 4501 Wisconsin aenue, builder; to crect one two-story brick d tile dw:lling, 4706 Forty- scventh strcet; to cost $5,500. Silgar Construction Co., Inc., 3900 Nichols avenue southeast, owner and builder; David A. Sill:, designer; to erect one one-story brick and tile Gwelling, 3022 Nichols avenue south- | tion Co., Inc. i to crect one one- <ddition, 1148 Fo! feurth place scuthcast; to cost $4,000. Silger Construction Co., Inc., 3900 Nicholas aven> couthcast, owners and I David A. Sills, designer; to c onc-story brick and tile dwelling, 3901 First street scuthwesi; to cost 54.000. Kane Trans’er Co., 2116 Fifth streat ncrtheast, own Bahen & Wr Inc,, 916 Rhode 1 avenus nor cast, builders: to ercct one one-story brick, concrete and 2110 Fifth stret northeast; to cost $4,000. M. O. Bull, cwner and builder; Geerge T. Sant mycrs, architsct story brick gas station and addition, 2106 Rhode Island avenue northeas frame dwelling, : 1212 owaer and builder; | | Queens Chapel road, L ESTAT stezl warehouse, | ano DINING to erect one one- | t | Silas Love, 4820 Mcade street north- east, owner and builder; L. W. Gil architect; to erect one ona-siory brick , dwelling, 1224 Forty-ninth = street northeast; st $2,000 nt Co., owner: L. ct; A. L. Satterwhite, s'rect, builder: to tory brick additien, ath street; to cost 1918 Fourteenth crect ons two 1918'. Fourte $2.000. Ernest Winficld, 1412 New Jersey avenue, owncr and builder; R. C. Archer, jr., architect; to erect one two- story brick additicn, 1412 New Jersey avenue; to cost $1,600. E. J. Read, 112 Wilmington place southeast, owner; Maurice Joyce, 3633 theast, designer and tory brick ! dition, lterations, 3014 Nichols avenuz southeast; to cost §1.,000. Gustayo Grifoni, 4395 Brandywine street, owner and builder; H. W. Gaines, designer; to crect one one- story brick addition, 4218 Fessenden strect and 4938 Wisconsin avenue; to cost £935. Adelaide A. Brown, 2464 Sixth street, owner; H. Poret:ky, 521 Irving street, builder; to erect brick garage, 1218 Kearney street northeast; to cost $500. William H. Saunders Co., Inc., 1519 K street, owner; Paul T. Stone, 918 Yifteenth street, builder; to erect brick and tile garage, 5723 Nebraska avenue; Lo cost $500. Hairy W. and Jennie Jenkins, own- ers; L. R. Moss, architect; Stanley & Carrington, 4100 Hunt place north- cast. builders; (o erect one one-story frame addition, 2223 Perry street northeast; to cost 3500. \ William F. Meggers, 2004 Brandy- wine street, owner; J. E. Thompson, ' builder: to erect brick garage, 2904 Drandywine street; to cost $350. $300 Repairs Permitted. Louis Roscnbarg, 4209 Sixteenth streel, own-r: R. C. Archer, jr., archi- tect; J. Levin, 429 Eighth street goutheast, builder; to make repairs, 4209 Sixteenth street: to cost $300. Jett Wayland, 4706 Davenport £trect, owner: Joscph Hopkinson, 4501 Wisconsin avenue, builder; to erect | frame cgarage, 4706 Forty-seventh #treet: to cost $3°0. Raymond W. Beebe, 2716 Chesa- pcake street, owner: to erect stone retaining wall, 2716 Chesapeake street; to cest $300. Charles E. Carter, 1301 Rock Creek Church road, owner; to make repairs, 1304 Fort Drive; to cost $250. Marion F. Frye, 901 B street north- east, owner; R. M. Briscoe, designer; F. K. Van Ness, 1323 Maryland ave- nue northeast, builder; to erect one two-story brick and frame addition for garage and porch, 901 B street north- east; to cost $225. Richard T. Bennett, 2316 Chester street southeast, owner, designer and builder; to inclose porch, 2316 Chester | street southeast: to cost $200. Charles Sturbitts, 3900 McKinley street, owner and builder; to erect brick garage, 6109 Twenty-ninth street; to cost $200. | Francis V. Di Misa, 5500 Nebraska avenue, owner and builder; to erect concrete block garage, 5500 Nebraska | avenue; to cost $200. George L. Darling, 5423 Eighth street, owner, designer and builder; to erect frame addition, 5423 Eighth street; to cost $200. N %918 North Caro- # > lina Ave. S.E. ! g' Near Navy Yard E’ |RST Floo structure. lot. RN S SECOND FLOOR——— The elevation is fashioned after an old Fredericksburg, Va., house. somewhat larger than the average breakfast nook, so that it may be used for dining room for a small family. The rear end of the large living room is planned to provide space for a dining table. wiil have gocd light, while the corner closets add charm to the upper floor landing. The cellar has ample light for use as a recreation room, as it is half above grade. The above home was designed for The Star by J. Himmelheber along the lines of the Colonial brick Planned for a small family, it measures 34 feet in front and can be placed effectively on a 50-foot The breakfast room is proportioned The stair and upper hall 'PLYWOOD PANELS { BECOME POPULAR Production of Wide Range of Types Is Made Possible by Modern Machinery. Plywood panels are becoming in- creasingly popular in homes, stores land other types of buildings. They make inexpensive paneling where util- ity or insulation are requisites. Modern machinery, large-scale pro- duction and the development of water- resisting glues and gluing technique have made it possible to produce pan- els of practically any size, kind of wood, degree of beauty or utility and price. The popularity of plywood panels has been increased because they are not likely to shrink and warp. Their ability to stay in place and hold their shape results from plywood being made of three or more layers, always an odd number, with the grain of each layer 1unning at right angles to the grain of the adjoining layers or plies. Each layer in the plywood is of cor- | rect thickness so that shrinking and warping is counteracted. As a result there is little danger of the wood checking and ruining highly glossed or enamel finishes. Plywood panels are highly resistant to the transmission of heat and cold which cuts down the fuel bill in Win- ter and reduces interior temperatures in Summer. They are easy to cut to any shape or size desired, take nails and screws easily and in large sizes can be installed quickly and cheaply. They may be painted, covered with wallpaper or given a natural or stained finish that will permil the beautiful, individual patterns made by the tex- ture and grain of the wood to be visible, Fi beautiful rooms, with garage, fireplace, electrie kitchen, refrigerator, range, clock. Beautifully appeinted *5,500 Spacious row brick house in nearly new-house condition. 6 and modern in every respect. 53x180. te Government Park and stone’s throw beyond D. C. line. Brick and frame SEPARATE FLUES URGED | Use of Only One for Several Heat- ing Units Is Condemned. A separate flue in the chimney for heating unit is required for the best standards of construction practice, building authorities point out. When one flue is used for two or more heat- ing units, each acts as a damper on the other and the draft in the chimney flue is reduced in its effectiveness. PRIVATE BUILDING BLAMED BY ICKES FOR U. S. ACTIVITIES (Continued From First Page.) ing program underway, Mr. Ickes says what we do to be so creditably done that no one in the United States can doubt that it is not only possible but desirable to clean out our reeking slums . . . The housing program is moving inexorably forward and con- struction will be well under way on at least 15 projects by next Spring The housing division of P. W. A. . . . is just clear of its pioneering stages and is ready for a truly great housing program.” “Housing under the administra- tion’s program is designed to be self- liquidating,” the Secretary of the Interior points out. “With the excep- tion of the 30 per cent grant, au- thorized by Congress for certain P. ‘W. A. projects, the money used in be returned to the Treasury through the collection of rents. The United States Congress has not authorized an era of Vienna housing, capital costs of which would be paid by the taxpayer, leaving rents to be based on opera- tion and maintenance alone.” . U i 1 i | Il il L. of each furnace, fireplace, stove, or other | of the housing division: “We want ' 'REAL ESTATE TAX RELIEF LAW URGED Maryland Levies Should Be Lim- ited to State Debt Needs, Board's View. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, December 15.—The Real Estate Board will sponsor a meas- ure, either by petition and referendum or by action of the General Assembly at its 1935 session; to exempt all real estate in Maryland from tax levies by the State except such levies as are necessary to liquidate the now out- | standing State debt. Commenting on this move C. Philip Pitt, secretary of the board, said: “Passage of such a measure would mean that the present 22 cents State levy would be gradually eliminated and that other State revenues would have | to be pledged for any future bond issues. “Another reason for eliminating this levy is the generally admitted fact that long experience has proven that it is utterly impossible for the State to levy & uniform tax on real estate without gross injustice to the taxpayers in sec- tions where property is assessed at full value and more, because it is a notorious fact that the assessors in many sec- tions have continued to ignore the law calling for assessments at fair market financing this low-cost housing will | val “And this lack of uniformity in as- sessments is not limited to the differ- ence in assessments in the counties and Baltimore city. In many in- corporated towns and in some counties assessments-have been far above those in other towns and counti — the Better Class Moderately. Priced! This imposing residence offers an unusual epportunity INTERESTS IS SEEN Greatest Opportunity Banking History, Savs Howard E. Blood. in The present movement of renewed interest in “home and fireside” is creating the greatest opportunity in banking and business history, Howard {E. Blood, president of the Norge Corp,, asserts in the December issue of Rand- McNally Bankers' Monthly. “People who ‘doubled up,’” he said, “are now going back to housekeeping. Others forced by hardship to lean on each other, have discovered a new family comradeship. Home life has become far more enjoyable than the jaze pleasures of hectic prosperity. Family Interests Gathered. “While sociological' forces of the 19208 operated to scatter family in- terests outside the home, contrary forces are now working just as im- pressively to gather family interests within the home.” Reasoning that this condition will be one of the chief causes of business improvement during the next year, particularly among those merchants who deal in products that contribute to home pleasures and comforts, Mr. Blood lists several other factorsethat will contribute to the trend and will call for increased credit facilities from local banks: | “l, The average bank customer, with the gradual stabilization of em- | ployment and wages, is showing new interest in purchases. “2. The present psychology of wage earners is to be ‘long’ on goods and | ‘short’ on cash. ‘If I ever get money again, "T'll invest it in home comforts I can enjoy,’ is a statement frequent- :ly heard nowad: Vast Need for Repairs. “3. The inability, during the de- pression, to replace worn-out home | conveniences or to keep the home in | repair, has created a vast need for modernization, replacement and the | addition of new home comforts. “4. The Federal Government is| fostering a tremendous buying wave | on all manner of products for home This increased activity in home merchandise, President Blood says, | will cause dealers to sell more ag-| gressively, thus increasing the demand for credit. The bank's loan risk, therefore, can be spread over more borrowers. Pinancial balance will be bettered by distributing commitments more widely throughout the year. The cost of distributing consumer credit will be decreased, making it possible | to release vast sums for added buying | power. | A ANTIQUE COLORS FOUND Original Hues of Walls Discov- ered After Years. Considerable research is often nec- essary to discover the original color scheme of old houses being restored. In the recently-opened Day mansion at Preakness Valley Park, N. J., fa- mous as a Revolutionary headquarters of Gen. Washington, the architect in charge found the original hue of the walls only after scraping off many coats of paint. At last traces of a beautiful brownish pink were discov- ered, which gave the clue to an au- thentic reproduction of the original color scheme of Washington's bed room, E R Black and White Reads Easily. | Recent tests in Pennsylvania dem- onstrate that a black and white | painted sign is more easily read than | any other combination. Following | this disclosure, New York State will| gradually repaint all her signs in| black and white, says David Noonan, | deputy commissioner of the Division | of Highways. Inspect THESE $11,950 * $11,950 This lovely home tary Road. right tion to Military Road. - — * kitchen Powhatan $6,450 * 1519 K St. N.W. 5726 1st S8 | ever, will allow the blower to run until |the heat is exhausted from the air 5421 30th Place N.W. is reached by driving out Connecticut Avenue to Mili- 626 Powhatan St. N.W. A real buy in a semi-detached home. complete with all modern improvements ineluding an _electric Drive out th Street to homes ot corner of Street, 5132 8th Street N.W. This Jow price makes this reconditioned home an in- teresting value worthy of your inspection. OPEN DAILY—10 AM. TO 9 P.M. . WM. H. SAUNDERS CO., INC. Conditioning System Is Simple and In- expensive for Home Owners. BY LAWRENCE TUCKER. “Alr conditioning is certainly wonderful thing, but I don't 1t is possible ‘or me to install it house, it costs too much and complicated for me to operate.” Home owners have been making such statements since the adven air conditioning for comfort & years ago, but only a few realize the time has come when they can stall this type of equipment véry pensively and operate it as any automatically controlled system. There are literally. hundreds of mestic air conditioners on the market at the present time that can be in- talled for only a fraction more than s g E §;§'. %5?252 § § & equipment available. Last Saturday the direct-fired ma- with oil, gas or coal burning equip- ment and supply heat directly to the circulated air by means of & heat transfer shell or housing. This shell is heated to a proper temperature by the combustion of the fuel inside, the air is circulated over it, heated, then forced up into the house by the elec- trically driven blower. Coil Is Used. ‘The indirect-fired conditioners are exactly the same in principle so far as the heating, humidifying, filtering and circulation of the air is concerned, but differ in that the heat from the burn- ing fuel is not directly applied to the air stream. Instead, the fuel is burned in a boiler, connected to the air conditioner by means of suitable piping. The steam or hot water that is generated is circulated through a heat transfer coil of the extended sur- face typ- in the conditioner. This coil is of the same design as a concealed radiator elemeni d is of such capac- ity that it is really a gathering to- gether of all the radiators in the house into one central unit. In other words, instead of placing radiators in individual rooms and con- necting them to a boller with piping, the same amoun of radiation is cen- trally located, nected to the boiler with short lengths of pipe, and the heated air is forced through the house. It is obvious that the supply of heat can be obtained very quickly with a compact unit of this sort, as well as simplifying tHe controlling mechan- ism to a great extent. The air-conditioning machines of this type are very simple in design and occupy only a small amount of space in addition to that taken up by the boiler. The heating element, the mo- tor-driven blower, the humidifying de- vice and the filter are all housed in an attractive sheet steel casing, with only the piping and electrical connections showing. making it possible to place the machinery in a decorated game room without marring the finished effect. The electric control mechanism is essentially the same for both the direct and indirect fired air conditioners. A thermostat to control temperature is placed on the first floor in a central location, and is usually directly con- nected to the oil or gas burner, or to the dampers, stoker qr blower on a coal-fired installation. On a direct fired machine when heat is required, the thermos turns on the burner, heat is generated in the casing, and when the proper temperature is reached a heat-controlled switch called | a furnacestat turns on the molor-i driven blower. This forces heated air up into the house, which in turn sat- isfies the thermostat, turning off the fuel burner. The furnacestat, how- conditioner. It then shuts off the blower when the temperature drops below a certain point, allowing the sys- tem to lie idle until the thermostat calls for heat again and the cycle is repeated. In the indirect system when the thermostat calls for heat the fuel burner heats the water to a prede- termined temperature or raises steam to a certain pressure, then an aqua- HOMES Today is furnished for your inspection and to J0th Place. 5509 30th Place N.W. An attractive Chevy Chase home. furnished for inspsc- and reached by driving out Connecticut Avenue riziit to 30th Place. 5014 Kansas Ave. N.W. Thoroughly renovized f-room and bs home. heated sun parior. built-in ath semi-detached garage. heaith District 1015 treet N.W. A Completely Furnished Exhibition House OPEN U Daily and Sund 10 ;... l.”.;’. its must see this Georgian Colonial ‘EEEE§ L and closes a water supply line, desired, by means of an electric umidifiers. motor-driven portable it will distribute mois- spray into the air, the relative humid- also portable machines that will steam off moisture either from the radiators already installed or from small elec- trically heated mechanisms. ‘While these devices are not as satis- factory as the built-in control plants, they will provide for the humidity re- quirements which are such an impor- tant part of any good air conditioning system. ‘The use of hot air for heating 1is not as widespread in Washington as it is in other citles, where it consti- tues nearly 30 per cent of the heating equipment, but the owners of that type of plant will probably want to know how they can convert their present outfits into air conditioners. There are avaflable a number of | blowers, fliter and humidifier units, compactly built and efficiently de- signed that will enable the owner to bring his present system up to date. All that is necessary is to attach the air-conditioning unit to his present hot-air furnace; cut a hole in the | floor and connect up a return air| duct;r earrange the sheet metal duct | work a slight amount for forced air | operation and connect up the piping | and electrical controls. Instead of depending upon high heat and gravity for circulation the electric blower will pull the cold air out of the house, filter the dirt out of it, wash it if & spray humidifier is used, add the proper amount of| moisture, heat it by means of the old | hot-air heating furnace and force it | up into the house through the n)dl duct work and registers. Although this is rather cool weather | to discuss equipment for Summer | cooling and air conditioning, next week the machinery available for this stat in the hot water system or a phase of air conditioning will be de- | scribed. | (Mr. Tucker will be glad to answer | any questions readers may want to ask relative to air-conditioning, heat- | ing or ventilating.) | DRAWS 233 PLANS Each Design Presented In Competition Is Within Rules of F. H. A. ‘There are at least 233 practical ways to remodel the same kitchen, a Nation- wide competition among architects discloses. The prize-winning design, sclentifi- cally planned to simplify operations in the preparation of food, has been named “The Kitchen That Baves & ‘Thousand Steps.” It is the work of two New Yorkers, Martin Elkind and Joseph Roberto, who collaborated. Every plan submitted came well withini the financing rule of the Fed- eral Housing Administration, & eost limit of $1,500 having been set under the conditions laid down by Architect- ural Forum, which sponsored the com- petition. First Phase of Program. This is merely the first phase of the program. The plan is to go right through the house, taking room after room. As in the first instance, the contest will be open to all architects. ‘The general excellence of the de- signs submitted appears to have highly pleased the judges. “These remodeled kitchen designs should be an inspiration to women,” they said. “They show in striking fashion just what can be done in the day of modernization at a reasonable cost. Some of the best plans sub- | mitted would represent the expendi- ture of only a few hundred dollars.” Kitchen Interest Grows. Julian M. Gerard, New York State director of the Federal Housing Ad- ministration, who attended the judg- ing, said: “There is everywhere & sharply growing intefest in kitchen improve- ments. In fact, the kitchen is rapidly | returning to its former importance as the hub about which the ordinary fam- ily activities revolve. If it is made bright, cheerful and an attractive place to work in, its influence on the family life will be important.” Since all the work necessary can be done indoors, the remodeling of kitchens fits perfectly into the plan to keep the modernization movement in full operation throughout the Winter. Winter Wife's Opportunity. In the Spring the husband doubt- less will want to repair the exterior of the house and attend to any structural weaknesses he may discover, but Win- ter offers the wife her chance to get done the interior remodeling she has had in mind. 1t is natural she should begin with the kitchen, since this is her own par- ticular province. 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There are six large rooms, two modern baths, also servant's room and bath. Hom¢ equipped with the most -ofirn conveniences throughout. Inspect this fine dwelling, .lun its low cost, and how exactly it suits your family needs. OPEN DAILY AND SUNDAY - W.C, & A.N. MILLER 1119 17th" Street District 4464 To Inspect—Drive out 13th ~nesr St fo Kamtas Ave, out churches. See it today without Biresss 4% o Nouses,”. The price will surprise you. WAPLE & JAMES, Inc. Realtors, Owners & Builders 1226 14th St. N.W. . Dlstrict 3346 SRR R SRS SRR SRR S Sl A