Evening Star Newspaper, April 6, 1935, Page 19

REAL ESTATE. CHEMIST TOTALK BULDINGADVANCE Plans to Speed Recovery Through Science to Be Made. through chemical science will be made | at a national symposium in New | York April 22 and 23 in connection with the week's celebration by the American Chemical Society of the 300th anniversary of the founding of the chemical industries in America, | it is announced by Prof. Arthur W.| Hixson of Columbia University, chair- man of the Tercentenary Committee. | “Fortified by creative chemistry, the | building industry is entering a period of expansion in which new materials, | the product of research, will bring | revolutionary improvements,” the an- | nouncement declares. Prof. James R. Withrow of Ohio| State University has been appointed chairman of the symposium, at which 50 papers and addresses will be pre- sented by representatives of the build- ing, chemical. steel, metal, electrical, rubber, ceramic, air conditioning, and | other industr Architecture, the | Federal Service, insurance, and in-| dustrial and educational laboratories will also be represented. “Materials of Construction in the Building In- dustry” will be the dominant theme. Untapped Resource. | Greater utilization of modern chem- | {cal science in developing future con- struction activity in this country will be urged. “Chemistry as a resource is as yet untapped.,” asserts Prof. ‘Withrow in a statement explaining the purposes of the symposium, the first of its kind to be held. “The building industry is turning upward. and its progress will be speeded by the new chemical industry, which in the last two decades has developed into a gigantic enterprise with an annual output running into the billions. The lull in business has given just the space needed for re- search, growth, and time experiments . —all essential to success in this field. Science and its application. which never stop for depressions, intensify business faith in recovery. Basic standard building materials will be far better and more intelligently used.” The building industry. and even chemical enginecrs, to say nothing of the public, are only remotely aware of the vast possibilities of the new chemical industry in reshaping the construction practice of the Nation, Prof. Withrow points out. Stainless Steel. | ‘The use of stainless steel and special alloys in prefabricated buildings was cited as one development which is destined to exercise a permanent and far-reaching influence. Another step forward is the production of synthetic organic chemicals which vield resins | from which whole sections of houses can be built Erection of Boulder Dam. according to Prof. Withrow, imparted new sig- nificance to the fundamental chemis- try of cement “Boulder Dam, one of the most impressive modern engi- neering achievements. has been built by the use of special coment developed to minimize the overheating which would have been produced within so huge a monolith by the setting of ordinary Portland cement,” he says. “The concrete block of Boulder Dam is so huge that serious over- | heating - would have occurred deep | within its mass if only common Port- land coment had been used as a binder in its construction. By reduc- | tion of the aluminate and increase of silicate in the cement the production of chemical heat. particularly at early dates, was sharply reduced. Such items as grouted contraction cracks, refrigeration, particle size and control of aggregate size have featured the studies leading to the final production of an extremely secure monolithic | block.” | The synthetic home has already been achieved through the use of vinyl resins, Prof. Withrow states. These resins are applicable to con- struction of small homes and offer a eolution, with further development. to this phase of the building industry's problems. Fresh Burst of Activity. ! “It was natural that the depression should be severely felt in the build- ing industry.” Prof. Withrow explains. “However, during the lag since 1929 the industry has been gathering ktrength for a fresh burst of activity, in which no source will be more im- | portant than new applications of chemistry. “The chemical engineer now builds libraries of cellulose, as he once made | the glass beads of the Pharaohs and | the enameled brick of Babylon. Chemi- cal engineering is one of the most virile of the engineering fields, with An ever-widening scope of usefulness, | which will be indicated in the sympo- sium. New Pressure Valve. A new drain-and-relief valve for domestic water heater tanks has an indicator handle which is set to relieve pressure at any desired point, turns full open to drain, can then be reset. HAVE YOU SEEN THE BIGGEST VALUE IN TOWN FOR 4517 RIDGE STREET CHEVY CHASE, MD. etween East and West Aves., gu block North of Bradley Lane . ALL BRICK SLATE ROOF FURRED WALLS SIX BIG ROOMS TWO TILE BATHS LOT 50x125 FINISHED ATTIC . BUILT BY 0. E. JONES J. Wesley Buchanan, Inc. | 916 15th St.~ Realtors Met. 1143 Apartments ° THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 1935. Planned for Arlington County Frank Lyon, attorney and real estate man, who developed Lyon Village and Lyon Park, is completing plans for building a group of 11 apartment buildings in Clarendon. A number of the buildings are shown in the above drawing. Arthur B. Heaton, prominent Washington architect, has drawn plans for the apartments. Permission has been obtained from the county commissioners, and it is expected that work will begin about May 1. The buildings will be sltuute& around a center court. Each structure will con- tain four units of three and four rooms. have been fixed at $40 and $50 each. the basement of the buildings for each apartment unit and a play room for each building. The buildings will Virginia and Lorton avenues, Washington and Taylor avenues. i Tentative rentals for the units There will be a large store room in be located in the block bounded by Washington Apartments Bear Names That Reflect Romance English and Scotch Characters and Places, Colleges, Cities Prominent in Group. BY JAMES WALDO FAWCETT. Londoners express the innate poetry of their souls in the names they give to their mansions and cottages, and Washingtonians apparently are simi- larly motivated in their choice of names for apariment houses. The 1935 edition of the District of Co- lumbia Directory provides evidence to the point. English and Scotch names com- monly are preferred for such use, it seems, for there are buildings labeled Albemarle, Cavendish, Cecil, Chatham, Cheltenham, Chesterfield, Clarendon, Devonshire, Dudley, Effingham, Essex, Fairfax, Haddington, Hampshire, Huntington. Kensington, Mansfield, Marlborough, Mayfair, Monmouth, Ncrthampton, Plymouth, Ravenswood, Rockingham, Shelburne, Somerset, trafford, Stratford, Traymore, Tudor, | Westchester, Wimbledon, ~Windsor, Worcester and York, not to mention Balfour, Bruce, Cameron, Douglass, Dumbarton, Ingleside, Montrose, Strathmore and Windermere. One even is Kew Gardens, a direct deriva- tive of a British breathing-spot made famous by the poet Alfred Noyes. But less obvious place names alien to America also are listed. There are apartments in the city denominated Algiers, Berlin, Bermuda, Bombay, Bordeaux, Bristol, Ceylon, Coblentz, Florence. Dresden. Geneva, Gibraltar, Granada. Hanover, Holland. Lombardy. London, Loraine, Lucerne, Maderia, Madrid, Monterey, Naples, Nether- lands, Panama. Savoy, Sorrento, To- ronto, Touraine and Turin. The World War is reflected in buildings marked Argonne, Chauteau Thierry and Marne. States Have Namesakes. Domestic names, however, likewise are popular and search of the Directory shows apartment houses representing about half the States of the Union: Alabama, California, Colorado, Con- necticut, Georgia, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York. Ohio. Rhode Island, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming. The resi- dences of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson are Artists, American | commemorated in buildings inscribed Mount Vernon, Monticello and The Hermitage. A “back home” feeling probably is responsible for the names Akron, Al- | ton, Augusta, Baltimore, Birmingham, Denver, Detroit, Hartford, Lexington, | Newport, Norfolk, Ogden, Pasadena, | Roanoke, Saranac and Saratoga; also | | Ottawa and Toronto—each of which is to be found in the apartment house roster of Washington. | | And loyalty to alma mater doubtless accounts for the presence of the names Ambherst, Cambridge, Columbia, Har- |vard and Princeton, while ties of | family affection may be detected in many “given” or “Christian” names, including: lotte, Cora, Elizabeth, Francis, Hen= | | rietta, Howard, Isabella, Jeannette, Louisa, Marguerite, Marietta, Mari- | lynn, Marion, Myrtle, Oliver, Orlando, Ramona, Raymond, Rhoda, Roland, Rosanne, Stanley and Victor. Historic Names and Places. Natural in the Nation's Capital, of | course, are buildings bearing presiden- | tial names like Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Taylor, Filimore, Buchanan, Lincoln, Grant, Garfield, McKinley, Wilson and Coolidge: and historical connotations certainly may be ine ferred in the cases of apartments knowns as Ponce de Leon, Coronado, | De Soto. Drake, Hudson, Marquette, La Salle, Frontenac, Vancouver, John Paul Jones, Decatur, Du Pont. Fulton, Maury, Morris, Marshall, Franklin, Revere, Hamilton, La Fayette, Roch- ambeau, Montgomery, Lawrence, Sherman, Seward, Stanton, Taney, Webster, Walter Reed, Pershing and | Lindbergh. One structure of multiple residen- | tial character keeps alive the fame of the Cardinal Richelieu; another | that of the well-beloved Queen Vic- toria. Philanthropists whose gifts | have aided the development of the cultural life of the city are remem- bered in buildings named for W, W. Corcoran and Henry Clay Folger. But the arts are more definitely recognized in apartments celebrating Mozart, Van Dyke, Francis Scott Key, Byron, Longfellow, Hawthorne, Eme; son, Irving, Lanier, Prescott, Spencer, Everett and Tennyson. The sciences Gentleman’s Suburban Residence 5121 EDGEMOOR LANE Edgemoor, Md. Exceptionally large li: Suitable for entertaining. two maids’ rooms with two baths. corner lot. ng room with library adjoining, Four bedrooms, two baths, Oil burner, large Open Saturday Afternoon and All Day Sunday Out Wisconsin Avenue to Bank of Bethesda, turn left through gates on Edgemoor Lane about 2 blocks to property EDW. H. JONES & CO., Inc. 5520 Conn. Ave. CL. 2300 Beautiful 120 Aspen St., Chevy Chase, Md. An all-brick Colonial, 4 bed rooms and 2 baths. Den and lavatory on first floor. Living room burning fireplace. This is an All-Electric Kitchen Health Home. automatic oil furnace and hot-water heat. Double rear screened porches. OPEN DAILY AND SUNDAY Out Conn. Ave. to Aspen St. (ome block morth to Leland) turn west 1% blocks to proverty. in Exclusive Meadowbrook 2 0 T New Home 14x28.6, with wood- Equipped with are represented in Newton and Fnr-l aday. Fictional creations surely | should be remembered, and indeed they are in the instances of Ivanhoe, Pendennis and Pickwick. Some Indian Names. The aboriginal inhabitants of the neighborhood are recalled by Seneca, Huron, Oneida, Onondaga and other Indian tribal names. For “grand and glorious” at- mosphere, however, owners and man- agers have had recourse to sonorous titles like: Imperial, Majestic, Royal, La Corona, Le Grande, La Reine, Princess, Prince, Regina, Le Marquis, | Earl, Baronet, Premier, Presidential, | gozen Chancellor, Commodore, Ambassador, | Embassy, Legation, Castle, Congress and Senate. Even more frank in ”'i piration has been the choice of Para- mount and Elite. But for sheer sub- tlety it would be hard to surpass the selection of Ritz, Tiffany, Tuxedo and Riviera. NEW YORK REALTY HITS 5-YEAR MARK Half Dozen Large Apartment:: and Office Buildings Sold During the Week. HOME BORROWERS OF WIDE RANGE Laborers and Executives on List, With Incomes From $600 to $10,000. People who have been getting home leans from savings, building and loan assoeiations since this time last year range in occupation all the way from day laborers to executive officials of big companies, and their annual in- come runs the gamut from $600 a year to $10,000 and upward. ‘This report of the widely diversified | scope of the associations’ financing rvices comes from the United States ullding and Loan League, which has made investigations to determine, dur- ing its survey of the associations mak- ing loans, what groups of ople, in what general means of livelihood, will make the best prospects for their Spring and Summer campaign for more loan applicants. Morton Bodfish, executive vice pres- ident of the league, as an indication that the laboring classes, the skilled tradesmen and the merchant and | storekeeper groups are doing the greater part of the borrowing, says that in this case the economic wis- dom formerly accorded largely to the people with high incomes is shown to be shifting. “Wherever one of these loans was for buying, building or repairing a home, the borrower was showing such sound economic sense by going into the market during the past year, while real estate values are com- paratively low, that he must be dis- tinctly applauded,” sald the league Real estate men of New York City | this week were jubilant over the “best | realty market in five years” as a half | large apartments and office buildings in the “high-value” area of | Fifth avenue were sold to investors. | Operators in the city declared “the | market is here” and offices that had | been in a dormant state for years | came to life. There was much can- | vassing of Fifth avenue, Madison ave- | e Creation of Wine Cellars. Repeal of the eighteenth amend- | of the week was regarded as a prelude nue and Park avenue, and the entire | East Side for the purpose of securing last-minute information on what the district offered. The buying activity ment and the general trend toward modernization of home space that | for years has been unused has re- | to even better markets to come. Some of the properties involved in the week's sales brought as much as sulted in widespread interest in the creation of basement the Federal Housing Administration Barbara, Beatrice, Char- | ;0 00" $4.500,000. The prices for which the properties sold, however, were said to be considerably under the terms that i prevailed prior to 1929. wine cellars, o L:‘ o | L L Bt Y — " v official. “Besides that, he was help- ing along with recovery to a very distinct degree, using private capital for the sound credit purposes for which it is intended.” ‘The average annual income of the borrowers from the associations dur- ing this period is $2.025. Laborers and unskilled tradesmen constitute 19.2 per cent of the group; skilled tradesmen, 16.5 per cent; merchants, New Slate Roofed Brick “Colonial” Home 2627 Otss St. N.E. Out R. I. Ave. to 24th St. N.E. North to Otis St. East to home. 3 Large Bed Rooms Luxury Tile Walled Baths c Stairway Real Fireplace in Big Living Room Lovely Dining Room Sanitas Walled Kitchen Frig nsulated Range Oxford Built-in Cabinets Floored Insulated Attic Recessed Radiation Through- out W alls—Copper Furred Screens Metal Weather Strips Light, Airy Basement Detached Brick Garage Large Landscaped Lot EUGENE H. PHIFER REAL ESTATE. B3 New Construction Shows Big Gain In Newport News By the Associated Press. NEWPORT NEWS, Va., April 6.—The value of new construc- tion work undertaken in Newport News during the first three months of this year exceeds the value of all new building work done in 1934, it was noted today in reports made public at the of- fice of the Municipal Department of Public Works. Sixty building permits for new structures were issued in the first quarter of 1935, having an aggre- gate value of $192,082, compared with a total of 127 permits with a value of $112,576 for all of 1934. 115 per cent. Clerks come next in order, accounting for 9.26 per cent of last year’s loans; salesmen got 734 per cent of the loans, while housewives and professional men re- ceived about equal percentages of the total, 5.7. Tin Production Gains. More than 241,000 tons of tin plate were produced in Germany in the last yea 'BUILDING IS ACTIVE IN FLORIDA CITIES |F. H. A. Reports $5,000,000 in Permits for Repairs, With List Only Partial. Figures just compiled by the State office of the Federal Housing Admin- | istration show that permits issued by the city building departments of the leading cities in Florida for re- pairs and modernization, since the inception of the national housing act, | has reached a total of $5,000.000. ‘The figure does not include permits | issued in several cities which as yet have not reported, and a great number of small towns, in which it is un- necessary for a home owner to obtain a permit for repairs and moderniza- tion. The figure, furthermore, does | not include installation of certain fa- | cilities, such as refrigeration, built-in | furniture and landscaping. _which | come within the terms of the national housing act, but for which no building permit is required, since structural changes are not a factor. A Revelation Awaits You Upon Inspection of Cooley Bros.” Newest Homes in Glover Park Lasting construction, combined with ultra modern features, makes these homes a real value at ‘8,950 Exhibit Home 2457 39th Place N.W. FURNISHED by P. J. NEE CO. MODERN GAS APPLIANCES THROUGH THE CO-OPERA- TION OF THE WASHINGTON GAS LIGHT COMPANY 7 rooms, one and two baths, beautiful recreation rooms, solariums or breakfast rooms, kitchens equipped with Oxford cabinets. Westinghouse refrigerators and Quality gas ranges. Some have first-floor lavatory. Kitchen and bath room wall coverings of Sanitas. Insulated with Rock Wool, caulked. weather-stripped and screened with stain- less aluminum wire screens. REASONABLE CASH PAYMENT TERMS LIKE RENT Open 9 AM. Drive out Wisconsin Ave. to Calvert s St. turn left to 39th Place and to 9 P.M. ho ooley Bros. "suiLoERS OF womEs™ Tower Building NAtional 9240 - $i k. s 2 811 TUCKERMAN ST. N.W $6,350 Just one block from car line. I " l Open Daily and Sunday, 9 to 9 HARRY WARDMAN, Inc. 1512 K St. N.W. DI. 3830 This brick-constructed home is in new - ho u s e condition. Six large rooms, bath, built-in garage. 2119 PLYMOUTH CIRCLE You are cordially invited to inspect this Authentic Colonial Dwelling HOME of charm—em- bodying the fine Early American qualities of com- fort, hospitality and beauty. A home- sturdily built, de- signed in the Colonial manner throughout— retaining the worthy, livable characteristics of its ancestors. Large, massive chimneys that hint of open fireplaces—broad windows that welcome the sunshine. All the comfort of old-fashioned planning—yet with every pres- ent-day living convenience. Modern gas appliances through co-operation of The Washington Gas Light Company flfl@’ofiia Wl Of Rock Creek Park Estates Dedicated entirely to the reproduction of historie Colonial homes and others true in character to the period of the Original Thirteen Colonies. Entrance, north end of Beach Drive thru the Park, or 16th Street, west at Kalmia Road THE COLONIAL VILLAGE, INC. EDSON W. BRIGGS, President OFFICE: 1603 KALMIA' ROAD N.W. PHONE GE. 9806 N ‘ 800—DE. 4897-R BUILDING ADVANCED HOMES FOR 30 YEARS 13 HOMES SOLD IN LESS THAN 8 WEEKS ANNOUNCEMENT Due to unavoidable delays in getting improvements completed, a delay of Two Weeks will be necessary in announcing to the general public one of the most EXTRAORDINARY HOME DEVELOPMENTS THE CITY HAS SEEN IN TWENTY YEARS, WE WILL MAINTAIN PRESENT PRICES FOR THAT PERIOD ONLY. In each of those 5 Big Developments that we have COMPLETED about Washington we have sold our first homes at what proved to be WAY UNDER MARKET VALUES. ® SATURDAY AND SUNDAY It would be advisable—if you are INTERESTED IN SAVING MONEY IN A NEW HOME TO COME TO OUR OFFICE, 150 LELAND STREET. CHEVY CHASE, MARYLAND Drive straight out Connecticut Ave. to Leland St. (Beyond the Chevy Chase Club), turn left 2 complete squares to our office. SEE THE RENDERINGS AND PLANS OF HOMES BEING SOLD. THEY ARE 6 ROOMS, 2 BATHS— 4 BED ROOMS AND 215 BATHS AND STUDIO HOMES SELLING NOW FROM $11,950 to $13,250. $12,950 to $14,250 $14,650 to $16,250. THRN VIEW THR HOMES D LOCATION: Note—we have but a limited number of representa- tives and they are not permitted to talk to you unless you desire information. They have valuable infor- mation for you if you wish it.