Evening Star Newspaper, November 9, 1935, Page 21

REAL 'BALTIMORE AGAIN CUTS ASSESSMENT 1936 Slash Will Be Only $10,921,984 Less Than 1935 Figure. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, November 9.—Al- though it follows a four-year down- ward trend, the city’s assessable basis for 1936 taxes will be but $10,921,984 | less than the prevailing figure, it was announced this week by the assessor’s office. Next year's basis was set at $1,818,959.994. This announcement was received by city hall officials as a | definite sign that the downward move- ment is reaching its stopping point. | The 1935 figure is $29.249,442 lower | than the 1934 basis, which in turn | was $29,803,024 less than the 1933 one. | The downward curve began following | an all-time basis peak of $2,225,091,- 796 in 1931 Between 1931 and 1932 assessment figures dropped $97,849,862 and be- | tween 1932 and 1933 a shrinkage 01; $238.307,490 was registered. i “Figured at the prevailing tax rate,” | an official said, “the 1936 shrinkage | in the basis is equivalent to a loss in | revenue of $227,297.95. The nuwmstici increases in the suburhan, rural and new-addition rates, however, will pro- duce an increase in revenue of $201,- | 624.77, providing the present full rates | prevail next year. “This means that the city will lose but $24,673.18 next year through the | 810,921,984 shrinkage, if the full tax tates for 1935 are carried in 1936.” Building (Continued From First Efnge) ton builders apparently have left the | small-home construction field, which | has boomed this year, and are now | erecting and investing in small apart- | ments or multi-family structures. Real estate experts look for contin- ued increase in construction of apart- ments, but they do not anticipate any | further improvement in small-home building until next Spring. The largest permit of the week was | issued to Taylor & Korman, Denrike Building, for erection of three 2-story apartments in the 5000 block of Ninth street and the 900 block of Gallatin | street, at a total cost of $135,000. J. G. Herbert and Fred Schneider were | named architect and builder, respec- tively. Eugene H. Phifer, 3814 Twentieth | street northeast, was granted the right | to build eight brick flats in the 2200 block of Fortieth street aud the 2200 block of Forty-first place, at a cost of | +$64,000. Boss & Phelps, 1417 K street, | was issued a permit to build five 2- | story apartments in the 5300 block of Fourth street, to cost $54,000. Harvey | P. Baxter was named architect. More important permits of the week are as follow. Taylor & Korman, Denrike Building, | owners and builders; J. G. Herbert, architect; Fred Schneider, 1448 New | York avenue, build to erect three | 2-story brick and concrete apart- ments, 5024 Ninth street and 906 and 912 Gallatin street; to cost $135,000. Eugene H. Phifer, 3814 Twentieth street northeast, owner and builder; T. M. Medford, architect; to erect eight 2-story brick flats, 2224, 2228, | 2232, 2236 Fortieth street, and 2225, 2229, 2233, 2237 Forty-first place; to cost $64,000. Boss & Phelps, 1417 K street, own- ers and builders; Harvey P. Baxter, architect; to erect five 2-story brick | apartments, 5300, 5304, 5308, 5312, 6316 Fourth street; to cost $53,500. Henry K. Jawish, Investment Build- ing. owner and builder; L. T. Rouleau, | architect; to erect one 3-story brick | partment. 930 Randolph street; to cost $50,000. Cafritz Construction Co., 1404 K street, owners and builders; George T. | Bantmyers, architect; to erect seven | 2-story brick apartments, 1713 to 1725 | Capitol avenue northeast; to cost $47,000. | Schwinn, Inc., 3931 Legation street, owners and builders; George T. Sant- myers, architect; to erect three 2- , story brick apartments, 532,23, 5327 and 5331 Fourth street; to cost $24,000. Eugene H. Phifer, 3814 Twentieth | street northeast, owner and builder; T. M. Medford, architect; to erect two 2-story brick flats, 316 anc 320 De- catur street; to cost $16,000. Eugene H. Phifer, 3814 Twentieth street northeast, owner and builder; T. M. Medford, architect; to erect two 2-story brick flats, 317 and 321 Crit- tenden street; to cost $16,000. A. S. Lord, 4019 South Dakota ave- | fue northeast, owner and builder; C. B. White, designer; to erect one 1%- *story brick and stone dwelling, 4021 Nineteenth street northeast; to cost $11,000. Meadowbrook, Inc., Chevy Chase, Md., owners and builders; Harvey P. Baxter, architect; to erect four 2-story Nats, 4913, 4917, 4921, 4925 First strest; to cost $10,000 each. W. C. & A. N. Miller, 1119 Seven- teenth street, owners and builders; G. E. MacNell, architect; to erect one 2- story brick, tile and frame dwelling, 4813 Woodway lane; to cost $10,200. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Abel, 3903 Warren street, owners and builders; Dillon & Abel, designers; to erect one 2-story brick and tile dwelling, 4843 Albemarle street; to cost $10,500. J. Sakolsky, owner; Walter Valen- tine, architect; Harry Poretsky, 6§21 Irving street, builder; to erect one 2- story brick store and apartment, 129 Kennedy street; to cost $10,000. Charles Sturbitts, 3900 McKinley street, owner and builder Dillon & Abel, designers; to erect one 2-story 5617 and 5625 New Hampshire Ave. New, Ultra-Modern Detached Brick Homes Large rooms Two baths WAPLE & JAMES, INC. 1226 14th St NW., DL 3347 ESTATE A oo _ s T This dwelling, at 1815 Varnum street, Argyle Park, was recently purchased by Mr. and Mrs, Herman W. Walther through the office of Cuvier A. Metzler, The house contains nine yooms and two baths. —Star Staff Photo. brick dwelling, 4533 River road; to cost $9,500. Samuel Perry, 3100 Wisconsin ave- nue, owner and builder; F. L. Koenig, designer; to erect one 2-story brick, stone and concrete block dwelling, 4808 Sixteenth street; to cost $8,500. Stephen J. Maroney, owner; V. T. H. | Bien, designer; Guy B. Stephenson, Chevy Chase, Md., builder; to erect one 2-story brick dwelling, 5717 Potomac avenue; to cost $8,000. Osbert E. Jones, 4901 Forty-third street, owner and builder; H. J. Kor- zendorfer, designer; to erect one 2- story brick and .tile dwelling, 6120 | Thirtieth street; to cost $6,000. L. J. Simmons, 1232 Thirteenth street, owner and designer; F. A. Sim- mons, 3715 T street, builder; to erect one 2-story brick dwelling, 5523 Thirtieth place; to cost $6,500. A. S. Lord, 927 Fifteenth street, owner and builder; M. S. May, archi- tect; to erect one 2-story brick dwe! ing, 4030 Nineteenth street northeast: to cost $6,500. Meadowbrook, Inc, Chevy Chase, Md., owners and builders; Harvey P. Baxter, architect; to erect one 2-story brick dwelling, 4436 Yuma street; to cost $6,000. Meadowbrook, Inc., Chevy Chase, Md., owners and builders; Harvey P. Baxter, architect; to erect one 2-story brick dwelling, 4440 Yuma street; to cost $6,000. Cecil I. and Florence E. Short, 2870 Perry street northeast, owners; Michael A. Cardo, architect; the Odrac Corp., Twelfth and Brentwood road north- east, builders; to erect one 2!;-story brick dwelling, 408 Quackenbos street; to cost $5,500. Gertrude Wildman, 4103 Third street, owner; Louis de Laudurantaye, de- signer; A. B. Jeffery, 1608 Kearney street northeast, builder; to erect one 2-story brick and concrete block dwel- ling, 5916 Second place; to cost $5,000. Ella Talbert, 3215 Nichols avenue southeast, owner and builder; L. W. | Giles, architect; to erect one 2-story brick flat, 3219 Nichols avenue south- | east; to cost $5,000. Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Hausler, 4212 Thirteenth street northeast, It‘’s a Real Pleasure to Offer 8408 Woodside Parkway Silver Spring, Md. A Detached Home! $5,950 The opportunity to offer such a genuine value does not often present This is an attractive six-room home with exceptionally large ; a real brick fireplace, hardwood tloors, hot-water heat and covered porch. itself. living room and master bedroom Vacant. ONLY $950 CASH AND $50 A MONTH OPEN TODAY AND SUNDAY UNTIL 9 P.M. To Reach: 1505 H St. N.W. NEW . EXHIBIT HOME 3001 Legation St. N.W. $14,950 Adjacent to Rock Creek Park A HOME VALUE Today’s Buyer Will Appreciate! Amony easing feature: TBE, theumany, Pleasing festure home a: 1 Places, Home Purnished by Nelson Furniture of Open Sunday—10 AM. to 9 P.M. Open Week Days—2 to 9 P.M. Drive out Conn. Ave., turn right DIRECTIONS: Georgia Ave. to Bonifant St., aight two squares to Houston Ave., bear left on #Mouston to Woodside Parkway and left to the home. |SHANNorg-&-LUCHS| 2 extra lavatories, streamlined owner; J. B. Nutter, designer; Wood- ridge Realty Co., Inc, 2377 Rhode Island avenue northeast, builders; to erect one 2-story concrete block and brick dwelling, 2200 Upshur street northeast: to cost $4.000. D. W. Rosen, 6415 Sixth street, owner and builder; George T. Sant- | myers, architect; to erect one 2-story | brick dwelling, 6514 Seventh street; to cost $4,000. Howard University of Washington, D. C, owners; J. A. Cook. designer; | W. E. Mooney Co., Inc., 2539 Pennsyl- vania avenue, builders; to make re~ pairs, 2503-37 Georgia avenue; to cost $3.000. National Savings & Trust Co, owners; Russell Kluge, architect; Essex Construction Co., Inc., Chandler Building, builders; to erect one 1-story brick addition, 825 Fourteenth street; to cost $3,200. S. R. Edmonds, 2701 Seventeenth | street northeast, owner and builder; A. 8. J. Atkinson, architect; to erect | one 2-story concrete block and frame | addition, 2701 Seventeenth street | northeast; to cost $2.250. Potomac Freight Terminals, owners: | to erect platform and shed, 1215 E | | street southwest: to cost $2,000. Nathan Wenick, 626 Fourth street northeast, owner and builder; Marcus Hallett, designer; to erect one 2-story brick addition. 626 Fourth street northeast; to cost $1,750. Guy V. Lucas, 1129 Eighth street northeast, owner and builder; L. W. Giles, architect; to erect second story addition and make repairs, 221 H street northeast; to cost $1,000. Julius Stockes, owner and builder; S. B. Miles, designer; to erect one i l-story frame dwelling, 5125 Bass place southeast; to cost $1,500. Julian Bruce, 1745 Alabama avenue southeast, owner and builder; R. C. | Archer, architect; to erect one 2-story | frame dwelling (3 rooms), 648 Atlantic | street southeast; to cost $1,000. | Rev. Joseph V. Buckley, 2800 Penn- | sylvania avenue southeast, owner; C. J. Cassidy Co. 1507 Eleventh street, | builders; to erect brick garage, 2806 | mgrs‘ylvnmn avenue southeast; to cost In splendid condition. NA. 2345 = u‘ll'M. fire- = Wlag e rn__insulation, '.“-3: mul. at Nebraska Ave., to 30th St. and right to homes. BRADLEY, BEALL & HOWARD, Inc. Insurance—Real Estate—Loans Southern Building EXHIBIT HOME OPEN Eight New Dwellings Completed on Rittenhouse Street. A group of eight Normandy-Eng- lish homes are nearing completion on Rittenhouse street between Thir- teenth and Rourteenth streets, it was announced today by the Modern Home Construction Co., builders. The firm of Bradley, Beall & Howard, agents for the homes, stated that an exhibit home has been fur- nished at 1329 Rittenhouse street and is open to the public. The house was furnished by Hutchison's, Inc., while draperies were supplied by John F. Ligon. LIQUIDATION PLAN IN JERSEY STUDIED Other States Interested in Orderly Absorption of Bank Property. New Jersey’s plan for conserving the real estate of closed banks, insur- ance companies or other financial institutions in the process of liquida- tion or rehabilitation, which is now bei-~ instituted by the State bonking and insurance commissioner, is al- ready under study by officials of other States and by groups concerned with the proplem of orderly absorption of such properties into normal use and normal ownership. The plan, which was recently an- nounced by Carl K. Withers, New Jer- scy commissioner of banking and in- surance, applies nationally recognized properties in lquidation. Withers described the plan at the recent con- vention of the National Association of Real Estate Boards in Atlantic City. He called upon other multiple Pproperty holders, such as insurance and title companies, building and loan ussociations and banks, and the va- rious Federal agencies which have be- come large factors with great hold- ings in real estate, to “unite in de- termination upon able and responsible management according to uniform standards, and agsinst the hasty and ll-advised sacrifice of properties to the inevitable detriment of the entire progress of recovery.” Real estate assets and other assets of more than 50 New Jersey institu- tions in various stages of possession and liquidation (25 banking institu- tions, 4 insurance companies, 27 build- ing and loan associations and mort- gage and title guarantee companies operating under trusteeship or spe- cial statute) come under the Withers plan, which involves the creation of a “division of conservation” within the department. The task involves the management and ultimate sale of some 3,000-odd pieces of property of every conceivable kind and scattered through most of the counties of the State. Elastic Paint Film. ‘The paint you want on your house should give a tough, highly weather- resistant coating and should retain its good appearance over a long period. As wood contracts and expands due to atmospheric changes it is important that the paint film should remain elastic. Wakefield The historic birthplace of George Washington is now being reproduced, in modified form, in OF ROCK CREEK PARK ESTATES The “Village” is dedicated entirely to the reproduction of historic Colowial homes and others true in character to the period of the Original Thirteem Colomies. HIS splendid example of Colonial architecture, together with four other dwellings embodying the grace of line and sturdy construction of pre-Revolu- tionary design, are now viewable under construction. Designed to give estate-dignity and refinement . . . ap- parently planned on lavish lines . . . yet dimensioned modestly to suit the economic and living desires of modern American home owners. 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. PHONES: GE. 9806-9626 Presenting Another Group of New Homes in GRASS LANDS Furnished Exhibit Home, 4223 Yuma St. N.W. Grasslands is a community planned for the discriminating purchaser of moderate means, to whom environment is an all-important fac- tor in the choice of a home. Homes in Grasslands Range From $9,950 Up Federal Housing Financing Open for Your Inspection Daily and Sun. day from 10 AM. until 9 PM. HEALTH HOME consin Ave. ‘to (Im- Semi- Built by MONROE WARREN Earle M. Dawson, Sales REAL EST Home Modernization fabricated Construction May Be Used to Advan tage in Renovizing a Dwelling Already Occupied BY LAWRENCE CROLIUS. ‘We have all heard and read s lot about prefabricated houses and how they some day will make it possible for all to live in mechanized comfort. On the other hand, little has been sald about the possibilities of pre- fabricated construction in the reno- vizing of an already occupied home. It is obvious that certain things can be made more cheaply in a factory than anywhere else, and if you are contemplating making any changes in your home you should first investi- gate the money saving, as well as the decorative, advantages of prefabricated products. By using a series of pre-formed fac- tory-made panels it is now an easy matter to transform your antiquated bath room into & modern, smartly decorated one almost as luxurious ar the famed baths of Hollywood movie queens. ‘These panels may be used sepa- rately or may be joined together to make an entire wall or part of a room. It is not necessary to tear out pipes and generally upset the entire Louse as the fixtures are built right into the panels. Quite the opposite, it is merely necessary to erect the entire urit as it comes from the factory. A bath room unit which has re- cently been introduced combines seven conveniences in one compact cabinet. In other words, instead of having to shop around and buy & number of totally unrelated products you can install a prefabricated steel panel which includes not only the lavatory, but a built-in medicine cabinet, towel or dirty clothes ham- Owner Leaving City Offers Direct Her Bungalow Home 6605 S5th Street NNW. Situated in one of the mos attractive sections in Takoma . D C. The r. newly painted. sereened and Jesiber-atripped. The lot is 50 by 148 to alley, and is improved by shade trees. shrubs. ernamental stone wall across front. The back yard is inclosed by ornamentsl iron fence. Two - ecar garage. Near sehools, and playsrounds. Price, $8,250.00 Very Easy Terms. WELL WORTH YOUR INSPECTION See OWNER ON PREMISES or H. L. Thornton Office, 6900 4th St. Opposite Takoma Theater Office Phone, Ge. 2291 Home, Ge. 2811 'wo stores per, a storage cabinet, towel bar, in- direct shaving light and a conveniently located glass shelf. The panel is finished in baked enamel and the manufacturers are offering it in a large variety of at- tractive colors. Because of the com- pactness of this unit, and the com- plete covering of all piping, it is pos- sible to place it in a guest or powder room and not interfere with the deco- rative scheme. Possibly one of the most attractive features of this unit is the fact that space is provided inside the unit it- self for the running of piping. It ATE. may, therefore, be used agalnst solid walls or partitions which are too thin for piping—without having a mass of Pipes exposed to view. Another prefabricated panel which was recently brought out enables you to install an enameled steel wall around your bath tub which is abso- lutely waterproof and gets away from lalling plaster, rotting woodwork and other difficuities involved in trying to erect a shower bath, using your prese ent tub. Where the panel meets the top edge of the tub you can install & metal moulding, thereby sealing the most vulnerable spot against water leakage. ‘The piping for the shower bath may be run up behind one of the panels, leaving only the various valves and controls exposed. A removable panel facilitates the repair of piping by climinating the necessity of having to tear out a part of the wall For further information concerning the products described in this column send a stamped self-addressed en- velope to the Home Modernization Editor—Evening Star Building. B. H. GRUVER built Homes. .. 3925 Benton St. OPEN TODAY AND DAILY TO 9 P.M. Drive out Wisconsin Ave. to Calvert St.. left (westy on Calvert to 39th, left to Benton St., right to ez- hibit home, est cabi linole cedar closet with mirror doc dresser. Other large bedroo: with bullt-in ned, he Glover Park gt Unusually large living rooms; port! modern ki ioned dining room: sun r tchen o Westinghouse _refrigeration floor. Master bedroom inet; Corner. semi-detached in a variety of sizes and pri requirements of your family, ome B. H. Investment Bldg. ices to GRUVER s« Natjonal 1737 AMAZING VALUES IN NEW HOMES 6 Large Rooms ® 2 Tiled Baths ® Spacious Recre- ation Room ® Gas Heat ® Ultra-Modern Kitchen ® Built-In Garage Exhibit Home, 5111 Third Street N.W. Don’t fail to see these SENSATIONAL values ...A LOT OF HOME at a LOW ‘price made possible through MASS PRODUCTION and buying materials when costs were low. The homes are screened, weather-stripped, caulked and have furred walls. Finished like far more expensive homes. The wallpaper is the finest money can buy. cellence. Every detail of refinement reflects the highest standards of structural ex- High elevation. Close to transpor- to tation, schools, stores and churches. WM M REALTOR ROCKMORTON 57,950 Open Today and Daily Until 9 P.M. Drive out Kansas or Georgia Ave. Gallatin St., turn east to 3rd St. > and houses. Built By Brown Bros. Investment Building