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rareee ] @he Fpen 30 PCT. SIGNING UP IN MODERNIZATION CAMPAIGN N D. C. €676 Now Have Pledged Themselves to Improve Their Properties. MORE WORKERS NEEDED TO SPEED CANVASS HERE 200 Men Are Desired, Only 70 Now Active—2,209 Interviews Made to Date. ‘Workers engaged in the Washing-| ton modernization convass reported| today that 676 property owners have | signed pledges, approximately double | the number announced last week. Although an unusually high per- | centage of the property holders who | were interviewed actually pledged themselves to have renovize work done this Spring, the campaign had pro- gressed a very little way toward its| $6.000,000 goal, and officials were re- | newing their efforts to obtain more canvassers. | Joseph Karl Gilchrist, director of Federal Housing Administration in the District, stated that approximately 70 | men were working on the project dur- | ing the past week, and said he hoped | to increase this . number to 200 within | the next few weeks. He expressed | gratification with the progress of the | drive so far. | 30 Per Cent Sign Up. ‘The report on the campaign showed that the workers have made 2,209 in- terviews with home and commercial | property owners, of whom nearly 30 per cent have signed pledg ‘4 out some type of moder: The valuation of work rel the pledges is about figure last week, which included about 10 days' activity, was $128,000. The workers said that the average valuation of pledges has been run- ning higher in the last week than | in the earlier days of the campaign. One home owner pledged himself to carry out $3,500 in modernization, while there were a number of cases in the $1,000 to $2,000 class Capital housing officials launched their radio campaign during the week with a broadcast by Mrs. John S. Bennett, president of the Women's City Club and head of the women's division of the local campaign. Tonight at 6:15 over WOL Mr. Gilchrist will give a talk. Prominent speakers will g0 on the air twice weekly during the campaign to explain modernization and the easily obtained modernization loans insured by the F. H. A. Febru- | ary 28 J. R. Stanton, local F. H. A.| field man, will address a meeting of the Probus Club at the Hay-Adams House at 12:15 p.m In regard to operations under Title II of the housing act, the mutual mortgage insurance phase, Director Gilchrist stated that insurance com- mitments representing $46.000 in mortgages were issued during the past week. This figure brought the total amount of mortgages covered by F. H. A. insurance here to $248,830, of which $77.000 represented mort- gages on new construction. Construction Retarded. Private building experts and offi- cials of the housing administration both agree that the delay in forming the huge national mortgage associa- tions, under Title III of the housing act, has greatly retarded the construction revival which it was anticipated the insured mortgage idea would start throughout the country. Mortgage bankers point out that these associations are depended upon as a market for the insured mortgage; they are to be designed to furnish liquidity for ‘he new-type mortgage. Since these associations have not been | established and consequently the liquidity to a large degree is lacking, financial institutions have been re- luctant to make new construction loans. Under the terms of the housing act the associations to be formed with private funds under Federal super- vision would have a minimum capi- talization of $5.000,000. This high capitalization has made it impossible for officials to start the badly needed associations. Included in the changes to the housing act proposed to the Senate and House two weeks ago is one that would reduce the minimum capitalization from five to two millions each. Another important change would permit the associations to issue debentures up to fifteen times the aggregate par value of outstanding capital stock instead of up to ten times the value, as the act in its present form authorizes. Congress Indorsement Needed. F. H. A. officials believe it will be possible to secure the necessary private backing to establish the mortgage associations providing Congress in- dorses the proposed changes. Estab- lishment of the associations will en- courage lending institutions the country over to pour millions of idle provision for which is made | WASHI. ® WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION NGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23 23, ng Staf o= 1935. Building News PAGE B—1 Attractive New Homes Recently Purchased by Capital Residents PAC OF BULDING NI HOLDSLP |88 Permits Make Total Valuation of $189,585 for Week. The rapid pace set by private con- struction in Washington during the last few weeks was continued this week when building permits having valuation of $189,585 were issued by District Building Inspector John W. Oehmann. This figure was within a thousand dollars of last week’s total. and the number of homes, 21, was the same. The lecal construction awakening has been apparent especially in the field of home building, and the number of | country as a whole is 1049 per cent, | permits for single-family dwellings | continued in number about 100 per | cent over last year’s figures. There | | were 88 permits for new construction | | and modernization issued duiing the | week, the largest number for several | months. A number of these were for small modernization jobs. No Large Projects. i \ The week's permit list was excep- | }Uonal in that no large permits were | | included. The largest in valuation | was issued to Mohler Construction Co., 1624 I street, for erectivn of a brick and concrete block dwelling at 3245 Ellicott street, at & cost of $17.- 000. Donald S. Johnson was named | architect. A. G. Herrmann, 3201 Ellicott street. was granted a permit to build two brick apartments in the 900 | block of Tenth street southeast, to | cost $16,000. A.B. Heaton was named architect and Skinker & Garrett builders for the project. Emma 8. | Zimmerman, 1915 H street northeast, | was granted a permit to build three i dwellings in the 500 block of* New- | comb street southeast, at a cost of | $15,000. | List of Permits. The largest of the permits are as | follows: | Mohler Construction Co., 1624 I | street, owners and builde; Doneld S. Johnson, architect; to erect one 2-story brick and concrete block dwelling, 3245 Ellicott street, to cost $17,000. A. G. Herrmann, 3201 Ellicott street, owner; A. B. Heaton, archi- tect; Skinker & Garrett, 1719 I street. builders; to erect two 2-story brick | southeast, to cost $16,000. Emma S. Zimmerman, 1915 H street northeast, owner; J. O. Blair, architect; Empire Construction Co., People’s Life Insurance Building, builders; to erect three 1-story brick dwellings, 513, 517 and 521 Newcomb street southeast. to cost $15,000. Mrs. Rossie S. Weil, owner; E. B. Corning, architect; Clarence W. Gos- nell, Inc., 1414 Monroe street, build- ers; to erect one 1-story brick store, 1526 L street, to cost $8,000. H. G. Smithy Co., 811 Fifteenth street. owners and builders; Clifton B. White, designer; to erect one 1%5- story brick and tile dwelling, 6500 Barnaby street, to cost $8,000. H. G. Smithy Co., 811 Fifteenth street, owners and builders; Clifton B. White, designer; to erect one 2- story brick and tile dwelling, 6436 Barnaby street; to cost $8,000. Claude G. Johnson, 416 Shepherd street, owner and builder; Harvey P. Baxter, architect; to erect one 2-story brick dwelling, 6431 Barnaby street; to cost $7,000. Capital View Realty Co., 927 New York avenue, owners and builders; ‘W. Valentine, designer; to erect two “(Continued on Page 2, Column 1) TODAY ... See This New TIFFEY HOME A DETACHED CENTER- HALL PLAN HOME that will delight you with its many’superior features of construction and detail . . . in an exceptionally desirable location. Six beautiful rooms ... two colorful tiled baths . . . large living room and dining room . . . modern kitchen . . . fine recreation room . . . modern oil heat . .. large finished attic . . . big landscaped lot . . . de- tached garage. DRIVE OUT NOW! Drive out Connecticut Ave. N.W. Chevy Chase Circle, right “on Wesi 3 t &rn Ave. to Tennyson Street to home. oA (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) 336 TENNYSON ST. N.W. CHEVY CHASE, D. C. BEITZELL Tower Bldg. DI. 3100 | apartments, 901-903 Tenth street | CAPTAL THRD N NEW HOVES Topped Only by New York and Los Angeles in Resi- dential Construction. Washington occupied third place among the cities of the country in | the amount of new residential con- struction during January, and sub- stantial gains were recorded through- out the Nation for this type of build- ing, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported to the Federal Housing Ad- ministration today. Comparing January with the same month last year, the report shows the | | increase in dollar volume for the | | while additions, alterations and re- | pairs gained 159 per cent. The Dis- trict was exceeded only by Los An- geles and New York in the volume of | new residential construction. Permits for new residential con- struction of all types reported to the | Bureau of Labor Statistics, Depart- ment of Labor, by 776 cities total $9,- 113,295 for last month, against $4,- 448,236 for the same month last year. Distribution of this residential building activity is shown by the sec- tional gains of last month over Jan- | uary, 1934, as follows: West South | Central, 227.3 per cent; Mountain, | 201.6 per cent; East South Central, 157.9 per cent; Middle Atlantic, 135.7 | per cent; East North Central, 123 per | cent; South Atlantic, 86.6 per cent; | Pacific, 844 per cent; West North Central, 74.2 per cent. Only New i England reported a loss, with 7.5 per cent less than for January, 1934. | Sixteen cities reported permits total- | ing $90,000 and more for one-family and two-family dwellings, which are | eligible for mortgage insurance by the | Federal Housing Administration. Fig- ures for three-family and four-family | dwellings, which also are eligible, are | not separated from those for apart- ment houses. Totals by Cities. These cities, with the totals for January, 1935, and January, 1934, are | as follows: City. Los Angeles. ...... New York City Washington, D. € Houston, Tex Miami. Fla_ .. Detroit. Mich Cincinnati. Ol Austin, _Tex Tyler, ' Tex Brookline, St._Louis. Dallas. Tex San Francisco Oakland Denver. Colo 10 E El Paso. Tex 90.000 8000 | Permits for additions, alterations | and repairs, of the type that can be financed under the modernization credit plan of the Federal Housing Administration, totaled $12,255,000 month, against $10,578,000 for the same month last year, a gain of 15.9 per cent. New York City led in this classifi- cation with $2,093,279, Los Angeles coming second with $891720 and Washington third with $70 ) 1000 Charming New Price, OPEN DAILY 721 10th . C. St. COM EstBblished Suburban Office, 8955 Georgia A | his profession as architectural drafts- | 22 Fairview Road To Inspect—Out Sizteenth or Georgia Avenue fo irafle light, Silver Spring. Out Colesville Pike to signs on left. REALTORS TAX LIST PUBLISHED | Baltimore Property Assessments Available in Book Form. | Special Dispatch to The Star. | BALTIMORE, February 23.—For the first time in the history of the Balduwin Retires as Secretary Of Institute of Architects Charles T. Ingham of Ptmburgh}ror the splendid contribution which has been elected national secretary of | he has made so unselfishly and so ably ; the American Institute of Architects |to the ideals for which architects | °ity the assessment of each piece of to succeed Frank C, Baldwin of Wash- | strive,” Russell declared. | property is now available in book ington, it was announced here today | “This announcement would not be| form. The compiling of the volumes by Ernest J. Russell, president of the | complete if it did not record the great| (. = - £ the B institute. | obligation of all of the members for | no a"n‘foun "( ‘;‘"."5 oF Hio. von Baldwin, one of the most widely | what Mr. Baldwin has done, and if it | EState Board of Baltimore, known architects in the United States, | did not express the concern of the |, o 1€ “d“;'mc o0 e ween b retires after more than 37 years of | institute that, for the time being at | have the rolls published several years activity in the affairs of the institute. | least, he is to retire from an official | 28% Ma:orhdac on finally agreed He became a member and fellow in | part in the management of institute | 1St Fall to have the city contribute 1897, and has been director and vice | affairs. g‘;l.rm‘,he SxpeIe it notiuiore S president as well as secretary since | “During the past eight years he has S 1926. | given his dmlypancmmn to the work | _ What the actual cost of the venture Ingham, a member of the firm | of the institute at the Octagon, in | Will be has not been determined. The Ingham & Boyd since 1911, was re- | Washington, its national headquarters, | DOOKS are being sold for $10 a volume, gional director of the institute from | His contribution of thought, good‘b“‘ are. available for_(emp?rnry use 1929 to 1932, and is & past president | judgment, and enthusiasm can never | at Public libraries, this service being of the Pittsburgh Chapter. He became | be repaid except by the affectionate | fFe€ & member of the institute in 1913, and | regard and high esteem of the entire | was n;’ad‘e Iell?w 1; 19:;2 for “notable | membership, and these he has without | contributions to the advancement of | reservation.” the profession.” He served on the LIVE IN e Pennsylvania State Board of Exam- iners of Architects from 1927 to 1934. | UXMANOR Started in Boston. 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The Guaranty | nounced today leases during are as follows: Property at 2507 Champ! to Benjamin Malamud, as a laundry 3162 Mount Pleasant street to George | S. Alcorn, for a drug store; 331 H i street northeast to G. H. Racine, for a drug store, and 3602 Georgia ave- nue, leased to S. Rubin to be used as a liquor store. | Realty, Inc., the closing of the past an | Guaranty Realty, Inc., Announces four week. They BUILDING ANDLOAN SESSION T0 BRING IMANY CHIEFS HERE Moffett and Fahey Among Speakers on Govern- ment Activities. THREE-DAY MEETINGS WILL BEGIN MONDAY Association’s Affiliation With F. H. A. in Operation of Title IT May Be Major Issue. For three days, beginning Monday, | building and loan association officials | of Washington will be hosts to what |is probably the largest and most im- portant gathering of building and loan executives and managers ever embled in this city | _ The Executive Committee of the | United States Building and Loan League, which meets Monday at the Mayflos Hotel, will bring to the | Capital the officers and directors of tional organization and leaders e field of thrift and home financing from every State in the | Union. ‘ The Southeastern Group Confer- | ence, which includes 13 Southern and | Eastern States and the District, will |open its two-day session Tuesday | morning, with practically all the offi- | cers of the various State leagues, as { well as the active building and loan | directors and managers from the area, in attendance _ An impressive list of speakers has (Continued on Page 4, Column 5.) | as (€ 7603 12th St. N.W. 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