Evening Star Newspaper, April 20, 1935, Page 20

REAL ESTATE., 250000 HONES APPRASED N 154 Review Sees Need for Stressing Value of One- Family Dwellings. More than 2,500,000 American homes Were appraised for long-term mortgage loans during the past year, it 1s pointed out in the initial issue of the Residential Appraisers’ Review, just off the press, as the first attack of the | Society of Residential Appraisers upon the “disorganized state of existing knowledge about the value of one- family homes.” Eighteen thousand copies of the pub- lication were distributed this week to business men and financiers concerned with home valuation. Two hundred experienced appraisers who are char- ter members of the society and the 4,000 member building and loan asso- | ciations of the United States Building | and Loan League, sponsor of the society, were on the list, giving it Nation-wide circulation at the outset. Amoritization Over Long Period. A, D. Theobald. editor of the Review, estimates the importance of these appraisals in his editorial com- ment: “A large proportion of the mortgage loans made on the basis of the 2,500,- 000 appraisals last year will not be completely paid out until 1949 or even later. The safety of the billions of | dollars loaned on the basis of those appraisals is dependent upon the good judgment of the appraiser as to the future as well as to the present cir- cumstances surrounding the property. “Much has been done in recent years to advance the knowledge of apprais- ing other types of property, but most | appraisal publications have devoted | much more attention to so-called ‘income’ property than to appraising the home.” “The 200 charter members admitted | to the society since it began taking| applications six weeks ago demonstrate | the reception with which the idea of an organized group of qualified ap- praisers has met in this country,” said Edwin M. Einstein, Fresno, Calif,, president. “Many building and loan associa- tions have taken out memberships in | the society for the entire group of ap- | praisers who handle their home valua- | tions in the normal course of busi- ness. Besides a steadily increasing | group of bullding and loan association | appraisers, charter members include | those on the appraisal staff of the| Pederal Housing Administration both | in Washington, and in the regional offices, district managers of the Home | Owners' Loan Corp., officials of the | Federal Home Loan Banks, and ex- | perienced appraisers of small unit| residences for life insurance com- Ppanies and for mutual savings banks. Need of Data Stressed. “These appraisers, faced with the | constant necessity for more skillful | judgments in a fleld of increasing im- portance, have been hampered by lack | of organized avallable information. | You cannot have a profession where | there is no organized body of knowl- edge, and the Society of Residential Appraisers hopes to collect and dis- seminate that information which will enable its members to have the point | of view and the training of profes- sional men.” ‘This first issue of the Review trages the origins of the new group to the S8urveyors’ Institution in England, which had a total membership of 7,000 & few years ago when the pres- ent managing director of the Ameri- can society, Morton Bodfish, came inte contact with it upon a trip| abroad. “The ideas gained from that per- sonal contact in Great Britain ger- minated until something over a year ago when the necessity for llurlnyl millions of small home appraisals by | two Government _agencies—namely, the Home Owners' Loan Corp. and the Pederal Housing Administration— vividly brought out the service which an organized group of qualified ap- praisers could render,” the Review re- ealls. “Mr. Bodfish discussed the pos- sibility of an organization similar to the English professional society, with leaders among several types of insti- tutions doing most of the private home financing in this country, as well as with Government officials charged with the responsibility of res- idential appraisals. Each contributed practical suggestions and the results of those suggestions were incorporated in the by-laws of the society and in its general program. ARCHITECTS AWAIT ANNUAL MEETING | Federal Association Will Convene || _Wednesday Night—Officers to Be Elected. The Association of Federal Archi- tects will hold its annual dinner and meeting Wednesday night at Sholl's Cafe, 1219 G street. The Entertainment Committee ap- pointed by President Howard C. Sul- | livan has arranged a well-balanced | program for the entertainment of the | members and invited guests. | The dinner is to be preceded by a | tour of inspection, for members of tige association, through the recently completed House Office Building, ar- ranged through the courtesy of David Lynn, architect of the Capitol, and Horace Rouzer, assistant. and conducted by Gilbert Rodier of the Allied Architects, designer of the building. Pollowing the dinner a business meeting will be held for the election of officers and discussion of plans for the fourth annual exhibition to be held by the Association of Federa! Architects in July at the National Museum. Must Be Sold To Close Estate Corner Brick 4301-17th St.N.W. 138 Ft. Frentage 5 Bed Rooms—2 Two-Car Ga e O o R interior. commodious rogms, laree and _encl sleeping ardwood ioor s, acreens, oil lgllrner. ek abund- “::l -n:-tm shrubbery, ched garage. Open Sunday 2 to 6 L. T. GRAVATTE 729 15th St, Realter Ng, 0733 THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1935. An architect's drawing of the new home of Mr. and Mrs. Everett J. Boothby, which is being bullt on Ken- nedy drive, Kenwood, Md., on land acquired from the Kennedy-Chamberlin Development Co. This house is & simple adaptation of a Colonial prototype, examples of which may be found in nearby Virginia and Maryland. The Home Gardener Practical and Seasonal Hints for the Amateur for Beautifying the Sur- roundings of the Home. ANY a suburban gardener but not to the extent of drenching given up apple and pear the tree, is desirable. The higher the growing because of the cod- | pressure, the finer will be the spray dling moth, which is the parent of the worms found in mature apples and pears. As a matter of fact, the coddling moth is a problem for the most skillful com- mercial grower provided with the latest spraying equipment. There are, however, certain steps that the home gardener can take to decrease the ravages of this insect, One is to clean up all rubbish, such as prunings, from the vicinity of the | trees. Another worthwhile step is to | scrape the dead outer bark from the | | job with hand outfits. The addition trunks and main branches. Many garden stores carry in stock triangle | Of 8 pound of hydrated lime with the bladed scrapers designed for this pur- ose. . In Autumn, the worms enter available crevices in the rough bark, there to spend the Winter and to de- velop into the mature moths which in early Spring law their eggs near | to avoid danger of burning the tiny | fruits. | The Electric Hothed. ERE is a feature which is almost certain to gain the increasing | and the more efficlent its distribution. | One can do a reasonably successful | | arsenate of lead is a wise precaution | mixture of 17 parts Kentucky blue- grass, 2 parts redtop and 1 part white clover is very good for the general region which includes Washington. Suggesting that Fall is the best time to sow grass, the authors recommend that 2 parts of Italian rye grass be added to the Spring-sown mixture, replacing that much of the blue grass, Gladiolus varieties differ sharply in the number of days from planting to blooming. In a list of 39 varieties prepared by John T. Gable for Ta- | koma gardeners, the range is from 6! to 110 days. This means that if & home gardener is preparing for & cer- tain future show, he must know some- thing of the behavior of his varieties in order to have as many flowers as possible on that date. ‘To most home gardeners a price of 50 cents for & narcissus bulb is rather high, but there are a few local en- thusiasts who think little of paying $50 or more for a single bulb of choice new varieties desired for breeding pur- poses. As a result there are being de- veloped beautiful new varieties which MARYLAND BUILDING WILL BE MODERNIZED Tyler & Rutherford Assumes Management of Structure Built Shortly After Civil War. The real estate firm of Tyler & Rutherferd, Inc., announced today it had assumed the nt of the Maryland Building, 1410 H street, and 1s proceeding with plans to modernise the old landmaVk. . ‘The Maryland Bullding was erec shortly after the Civil War and is one of the oldest buildings still in exist- ence in the section in which it s located. The firm of Tyler & Rutherford, established in 1871 by two men who were officers in the Civil War, Maj. Richard W. Tyler and Col. Robert G. Rutherford, 1s one of the oldest in the city. It is now under the man- agement of Charles G. Warden, presi- dent; R, Bruce Warden, vice president and treasurer; William C. H. Hagger- man, secretary, and Walter M. Hebb, assistant treasurer. suburban vegetable garden but, as & rule, is not a success in local gar- dens. Despite its ability to survive Winters in the far North, rhubarb cannot endure too much Summer heat. The reason is that certain rota, known as crown rots, destroy the roots in Midsummer. Much progress is being made in isolating strains of rhubarb that resist these rots, offering promise for the future, Of recent years, the University of Marylend has made some very helpful steps to aid home gardeners. The extension service publishes regularly 8 set of ornamental gardening noles and early in April each year llie horticultural division has sponsorod a two or three day gardening schocl to which has been brought many of the country’s leading omamental | horticulturists, such as A, C. Hottes and Alex Laurie. Many local home | gardeners registered in this year's| | achool and were enthusiastic in praise of its value. Much may be sald in favor of planting more of the native materials, | such as holly and dogwood. These plants are almost certain to succeed ‘bouuu of their sge-long adaptaticn to the geaeral environment. Holly | trees do not all bear berries, as the | pollen producing and seed producing flowers are borne on different trees. To be certain, one should see the | fruits on the tree. Pink dogwood deserves wider plant- | ing and will undoubtedly nulve‘ greater consideration when the price | attains a lower level. Unlike the | white dogwood, the pink has to be| propagated by budding instesd of | simple seed production. Here and | there s pink form may be discovered | in the woods, but in exceeding rarity. | Both the holly and the dogwood thrive in the partial shade of larger | trees, such as oaks a aples. Norway maple is easily distin- | guished from the soft and red maples | | at this seascn by the yellow flowers. Later on, one may identify the tree by the milky sap exuding from a broker | spraying is a dificult task, because of | the flower buds. Another helpful measure is to place a band of cloth about the trunk. Here the worms will congregate and may be killed in good- iy numbers. Lately there have been developed chemically impregnated bands which kill the worms. With all these measures there must go spraying. In the home orchard limited equipment. The most im- portant single spray of the year is just | after the petals fall and before the calyx lobes close over the blossom end. At this time the tiny worms enter the fruit and, if there is a poisonous spray in the calyx cup, are killed in large part before they succeed in entering the fruit proper. Although much work is being done to develop poisons which will kill the worms and be fully attention of home nrdeneml More costly in construction than the | manure heated bed and probably more costly in operation, the electric bed offers decided advantages. It is more durable and, above all, it provides for automatic control of the heat. A | recent Farmers' Bulletin on Hotbeds and Cold Frames discusses the con- | struction of electrically heated beds | and usually the company supplying | the electricity for light and other pur- poses has free information. With such a bed, the home gardener could easily produce fine large annusl plants | for his flower and vegetable garden. Garden Notes. HICKWEED may become a serl- ous weed in lawns at this sea- son, often gaining a foothold in harmless to people, the chief reliance is still on arsenic sprays, notably arsenate of lead, 2 pounds in 50 gal- lons of water. In our locality, where rains are frequent, the residue hazard from early season sprays are at a minimum. This one spray. known as the calyx spray. can well be described as a | necessity even for the home orchard | consisting of only one or two apple | or pear trees. Thorough spraying, INSPECT THIS NEW HOME TODAY | LOCATION 802 Goddard Road, Battery Park, Md., away from traffic and | noise in this pretty home section CONSTRUCTION All brick, slate roof. FLOOR PLAN Center hall, six lovely rooms, living room with fireplace, epening on to screened poreh. | EQUIPMENT Automatic gas water heater. DIRECTIONS car line | grass. Wherever possible, the plants Modern electric kitchen, latest equipped bath with shower. bare spots left by last year's crab should be pulled from the soil and thrown in the compost pile to rot. Farmer’s Bulletin No. 1,677, “Planting | and Care of Lawns,” states that chick- | weed may be destroyed by dusting the | foliage when wet with ammonium sul- phate. This material is & good lawn fertilizer so that the gardener is ac- complishing a double object in its ap- plication. This same bulletin suggests that a Extra lavatory. Out Wisconsin Ave. to Bank of Bethesda. Left with to Battery Lane. Left to property. CYRUS KEISER, JR. | 5211 Wisconsin Ave. o 7 811 TUCKERMAN ST. N.W. This in new 6,350 HARRY 1512 K St. N.W, large rooms, bath, built-in garage. Just one block from car line. Open Daily and Sunday, 9 to 9 WARDMAN, Inc. CL. 5371 "y brick-constructed home is -house condition. Six DI. 3830 will give the Washington region an jeaf petiole. The Norway maple. be- enviable reputation such as it already | cause of its upright, sturdy growth, Mioids i ks hseciing is well adapted as a street trec for Rhubarb is a desirable plant in the | the suburbs. ustand Value IN HIGHLAND PARK, VA. We Invite 70ur Inspection $7,500—Convenient Terms In this better built home of all brick, S attractive rooms, tile bath, open fireplace, copper gutters, screens, built-in garage, club room, 2nd floor, or 2 additional rooms and bath. (1 mow completed) 8 homes to choose from of Cape Cod and English type on beautiful 1i-acre sites. City water, gas, and sewer. 2b 0 min. to city. These homes are complete in every To Reach: Motor over Key Bridge, out Lee High- way past trafic light to Robt. E. Lee School, third street beyond school (Berkshire Street), turn left then three blocks to sign and Highland Park. W. S. HOGE, Jr., Realtor District 6563 1627 K St. N.W, Eves. Clarendon 183-J-2 or Wal. 9158 Greevwich Forest A Restricted Home Development of 100 Beautifully Wooded Acres 7114 HAMPDEN LANE Greenwich Forest is a restricted community where each home is erected on a wide, deep lot, heavily wooded with giant white oaks and beautiful pink and white dogwood tzees, and is legally safeguarded, by covenants, from every element that might endanger your Mome or in- vestment. Here, amid the quiet charms of nature and besutiful homes, you may buy or build on easy, convenient terms. Greenwich Forest is but 25 motor minutes removed from Wash- ington’s downtown business section and is within walking distance schools, stores and churches. Drive out Sunday—or sny day, and see this beautiful section. Furnished Display House A (e wom Open Daily Until 9 P.M. HEALTH HOME Directions—Drive out to Bethesda, turn left on Gergetown Road to Wilson Lane, on Wilson Lane to Greenwich Forest. Greenwich Forest Corp. CAFRITZ CONSTRUCTION COMPANY , Phone Mr. Holmes or Mr. Smith, Bradley 654 Heads New Firm OWN LEINPETER STARTS REALTY COMPAN Hubert Kleinpeter, jr., who for five years was with Shannon & Luchs, has resigned from a position with Waverly Taylor, Inc., to en- ter business for himself. Widely known in Washington real estate ecircles, Mr. Kleinpeter served six years with the Taylor firm. During his long career here he has person- ally sold 300 dwellings valued at nearly $3,000,000. The new firm, bert Kleinpeter, Inc., will s cialize in bullding homes to Offices are located in the, Invi ment Bullding. ZINC COATING HELPS Galvanized roofing sheets are found to be more durable and less subject to deterioration or discoloration when the metal core is protected with a thick ginc coating, according to tech- nicians of the Federal Housing Ad- ministration. Zinc is impervious to rust and, because it is inexpensive, is widely used to rust-proof iron and steel. Research has revealed that the weather resistance of galvanized sheets is in direct relation to the weight of the protective coating. Many manufacturers of galvanized sheets now are using a standard of 2 ounces of zinc to the square foot of sheeting. Dunigan Built—Built Right 5108 5th St.N.W. A Remarkable Value 6 Rooms and Bath Deep Lot Screened Througout New House Condition Convenient to Car Lines and Bus Easy Terms Oven Daily and Sunday D. J. Dunigan Tower Blds. " Na. 1268 $17,500 MASS. AVE. PARK Beautiful Detached Brick Home, s quiet. well-shaded street. offering the finest - ent and where children ma ree from the danger of This property is also in brand-new house condition and includes every convenience for your comfort. We have grouped here four of value and location, i ready to offer for sale at prices tiom of each. REAL ESTATE. BUILDING UPSWEEP GAINS MOMENTUM Cities Report Four-Year| Records Set in Mark by Industry.. (Continued From Pirst Fage) against $45,258; West Hartford, Conn., 90,100, againast $32,370. The same general atory of a great upsweep in building activity is told by the reports to the Bureau of Labor Statistics of bullding permits for ad- ditions, alterations, repairs and in- stallation of equipment, the types of property improvement encouraged un- der the modernization phase of the better housing program. however, & few 6f the larger citles showed a greater volume of moderni- sation work for March, 1934, than for last month, New York City Leads. New York City was far in the lead with & total of $4,036,300 for last month, against $2,481,689 for March, 1934. Los Angeles was second, with $043,783, against $368,068, while Co- lumbus Ohio, leaped into third place In this lst, | with the surprising volume of $731,- | HARVARD PROFESSOR URGES CHANGES IN BUILDING METHODS —(Continued Prom Pirst Page) tions in the digection of saving in space, weight and cost. “I also feel that the typical build- ing code is unnecessarily severe in its requirement of fireproof roofs on so many different types of buildings. It is fatally easy to write into s bulld- ing code that floors and roofs shall all be fireproof. Many architects bulld fireproof roofs even when the law does mot require it, feeling, per- | haps, that they get greater durability [in that way. | “Buch roofs are particularly trouble- some and expensive in the case of sloping roofs with many gables and dormers. A fire in the roof is less | dangerous to the lives of the occu- | pants and less likely to be destructive |than a fire in the lower part of a | building.” Fire Resisting Shingles Aid. | Twenty-three per eent of all fires start on the roof, and all are pre- | ventable. Fire-resistant shingles eliminate danger from flying sparks | and chimney sparks. They can be applied right over the old roof. FINE DETACHED HOME 7 Rms., Bath, Garage all Washington. All are vacant, have be 301, against $40,815. Washingto: continued the tremendously acceler- | ated pace of the past several months | with $617,765, against 4. | Among the other cit! porting a | volume of more than $100,000 were Chicago, $420,990; Cincinnati, $360.- | 085; Milwaukee, $340,055; Detroit, | $328,246; Baltimore, $312,640; San | Prancisco, $297341; Boston, $272,635; | Philadelphis, $228329; Providence, | $200,610; San Antonio, $182,630; New- | | ark, $157.992; Pittsburgh, $154,077; 8t. | Louis, $147,186; Minneapolis. $136.- 690; Oakland, $135367; Cleveland, | $126,650; Jacksonville, $123.908; Port- | | land, Oreg., $110,085; Seattle, $111.- | 815; Atlanta, $110,712; New Orlea 1$110,022; Decatur, I, §109,825; | Memphis, Tenn., $111,410. 6704 4th St. N.W. Within 2 blocks of stores, and street cars, OPEN SUNDAY ;8,000 EASY TERMS SEE THIS FOR TODAY'S BEST BARGAN STROUP REALTY COMPANY 1427 Eye St N.W, Dist. 0368 | UNUSUAL BUNGALOW VALUE 4401 Brandywine St. $8,950 This home originally sold fer this figure. but sinee then the owner has installed oil burner. added screens and awni| 1pped the house througheut. Big corner lot. The home hi r hall well “proportioned rooms. large aide poreh. reereation room in basement. SEE THIS REAL BUY UNDAY—Drive out Ma: ve. to Wis. Ave. and north on s. Ave. to Brandywine and left te house. GOSS REALTY CO. J. 8. EATON, Sales OPEN DAILY AND S! Wi 1405 Eye St Na. 1333 2732 34th St. N.W. MASS. AVE. PARK A COLONIAL CENTER-HALL BRICK home of unusual charm and located in Washington's finest residential section. Is practically new and perfectly refin- ished threughout. Modern and complete in every detail including for your eom- fort sueh appointments sa: Oil heat, Prigidaire. fireplace, breakfast nook first-floor lavatery, four large bed rooms. two baths, attic, two sun porches, Qquar- ters for domestic help with another bath, nice, big lot with pretty shrubbery and & two-car brick garage. This property is worth much more than here quoted. but circumstances permit us to offer it for this low price and you will profit be- eause of this condition. SEE IT TODAY OR TOMORROW $24,500 UPPER léth ST. - A Large Corner Brick Home. fully denilysola new or & much ek Qetached and conveniently located m this Dnnullrh"c(lgnlh:oft\’("llgi! U . three ba! and represents unusual value. cleven rooms. (hree bath ire. Tonience. Is ideal for a dock v Tee family or the AR G R i Tatertaining friends. cause of its unusually large rooms. the better homes that we believe to be the most outstanding, both in Mass. Ave. Heights ently sold new for & much higher Gure, ‘now ‘perfecily’ reconditioned 1 ight fooms.” fst-loor tha, oil heat. Prigi looks the entire city from its high elevation. en done over like brand-wew and are morw We invite you to make a careful inspece that meet existing c onditions. Drive out to 2732 34th St. N.W., see this one and we will give you the location and all information on the others. Tower Building R W [N AU AR PR RM HOOKER Metropolitan 2663 4974 QUEBEC ST. New Exhibit Home Handsome, newly cone structed, Miller - built home featuring every modern building inno- vation. Overlooks beau- tiful Government Park. Home compri 11 rooms—S bedrooms and 3 baths on second floor, Modern Gas Convenie ences through coopera- tion of Washington Gas Light Co. Home open Daily and Sunday. See Spring Valley at : EAS’I‘ER Enjoy the beauty of Spring Valley, ecolored by the first blossoming hues of Spring. To see Exhibit Home— ' Prizs 88 Mas. Ave left on " to 4974 Quebes Si.