Evening Star Newspaper, June 20, 1936, Page 29

REAL ESTATE. LOW-C0ST HOUSES HELD PRACTICABLE Income Possibilities Bank-Owned Land Are Cited. Much of the undeveloped land held by private financial institutions throughout the country may be con- verted into income-producing assets | by the construction of low-priced home subdivisions, Federal Housing Admin- istrator Stewart McDonald pointed out today. Banks and ‘other institutions in | scores of communities couid gain added revenues, McDonald said, if they would create such subdivisions in collaboration with competent builders and materials dealers. The Housing Administration, he added, would pro- vide as much co-operation and asisst- ance as possible. Such developments would aid in relieving the tax burden on such property and turn them into assets, An intimation of the existing mar- ket for low-priced homes in a price range of less than $3,000 was demon- strated by Nation-wide reaction to the | publication of the booklet, “Principles of Planning Small Houses.” Inquiries received in the Washington offices of | the Housing Administration exceeded 3,000 within less than three weeks. | Additional thousands of requests were | received in the 63 field offices, A definite market for a home within & price range of between $1,200 and $2,500 exists in most communities, and the Housing Administrator expressed the belief that development of tracts of land held by banks would be suc- cessful ventures when well planned and carefully developed. Through group building, it was pointed out, the low-priced home may be financed through private lending institutions and offered at a reasonable cost under terms of the insured mort- gage system. Co-operation of banks, local build- ers, and Housing Administration work- ers can create a new type of low- priced home subdivision, Mr.McDonald said, that would fill an ever-increasing demand. ENGINEERS TO TAKE PART IN CONVENTION Heating and Ventilating Session to Discuss Expansion Re- search Program. Washington engineers will play a prominent part in the Midsummer convention of the American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers, which will be held June 22-24 at Buck Hill Falls, Pa One of the chief topics for discus- sion at the meeting will be the ex- pansion of the research program, which celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. The American Society of | Heating and Ventilating Engineers is | distinctive as being the only profes- sional organization which maintains its own research laboratory for the development of the fundamentals be- hind engineering for human comfort, and a considerable broadening of the scope of activities is particularly es- sentfal at this time, due to the rise of air conditioning to a prominent posi- tion in the industrial world. A program for financing will be dis- cussed, in connection with which will be featured the publicizing, through the use of an appropriate emblem, the | fact that an individual or organiza- | tion is doing his or their part toward | getting the facts behind construction | and application of air conditioning end allied equipment and material The research program for this year s under the direction of Col. W. A. Danielson as chairman, assisted by ’r.J H. Urdahl, consulting engineer of Washington, and E. W. Goodwin, mechanical engineer of the procure- ment division, United States Treasury | Department, Washington, and C. E. | Lewis of Dayton, Ohio, and Prof. A. P. | Kratz of the University of Ilinois as | vice chairmen. Dr. A. C. Willard, | president of the University of Illinofs, | is technical adviser to the Committee on Research and F. C. Houghten is the director of the soclety’s laboratory | activities in Pittsburgh. The Research | Committee, in addition to the above, | is made up of 12 engineer members, who are prominent in the field of heating, ventilating and air condi- tioning. — FEWER FORECLOSURES | Conveyances under foreclosure in Manhattan during the first five months of 1936 totaled 820 on prop- erties having an aggregate assessed | valuation of $93,012,700, as compared with 915 such conveyances of prop- erty worth $118,033,100 in the same | period last year. During the five months 627 mort- | gage extensions totaling $83,688,490 | were tecorded in the principal borough | of New York City, against 476 exten- #ions involving $37,406,155 in the 1935 period, indicating that more institu- tions are willing to carry borrowers slong instead of demanding payment. P e S e S e of Never Again Home Modernization Hot Weather Puts Claim: Real BY LAWRENCE CROLIUS. . “Is it true what they say about air conditioning?” That is a question which is no doubt entering many peo- ple’s minds now that hot weather has descended upon us full force. We | have all heard a great deal about the great new industry which will in time | bring about great changes in our en- vironment, but most of us are a lit- tle vague about its possibilities at the present time. Our offices, stores, theaters and other every-day haunts are nearly all | equipped for Summer comfort, but as | yet there has been a relatively small | amount done in the direction of pro- viding the same comfort in our homes. Last week we discussed the business of installing air-circulator equipment in any size hom or apartment and gave a brief outline of the simplicity of installation and operation of this basic type of air conditioner. | Let’s look around a bit more and | see what else can be done to tide us | over those hot, sticky mid-Summer | days and nights. If you happen to live out in the $38 Per Month Buys a 5-Room Bungalow Has been completely and care- fully reconditioned throughout. Lot 50x150. Garage. Near public and parochial schools. $5,500.00 AFTER DOWN PAY- MENT. $38.00 PER MONTH PAYS INTER- EST, PRINCIPAL, TAXES AND INS ANCE. NO COMMTI SION OR RENEWALS. 3629 37th St. N.E. 1 Block From Bus and Car Line OQut Rhode Island Ave. N.E. to 37th St. Right 1 block to house. OPEN DAILY 10 to 9 HARRY WARDMAN, Inc. s of Air Conditioning to Test. country and have a nice cool well handy to your house you can install | an air-onditioning system which will do & wonderful job. You have to be sure first of all that the water is good and cold, 50 degress or less, and that there ic a pretty large quantity of it available. This being the case, pump is installed which will pump the water up to the house where the air conditioner will be located. The air conditioner to do this sort CLEVELA Homes in Devonshire Downs recently built and sold by W. C. and A. N. Miller. The top photo is a view of 4112 Thirty- seventh street, purchased by Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Melli- champe. Below is 3710 Van Ness street, acquired by Car- rington Foster. Both of the houses have siz rooms and two baths.—Star Staff Photo. & = — | of a job will contain a cooling coll or spray chamber through which the cool well water is circulated. It will also contain a motor-driven fan which pulls in hot air and drives it through the cooling section. A filter is also provided which will remove quantities of dust and dirt from the air as it is circulated by the conditioner. ’ You can either locate one large unit | |of this sort in the basement of the | house and circulate the cooled air| | through the warm-air ducts, if you happen to have that sort of a plant, {or you can have a so-called unit air- conditioner located in one or more '[ ~ | 4421 36th St. N.W. NEAR BU. OF STANDARDS Beautiful detached home in & set- ting of large trees. Three bed rooms. Two _complete baths. Paneled den and recreation room Finished attic. One-unit oll, heating and hot water system. 1 PRrICE, $12,750 | JOPEN SATURDAY & SUNDAY || Drive out Conn. Ave. to tramc tioht |l at aibemarte St turn lest to | firl‘t cross street, then left a few |§ et |§ FISCHER & COMPANY | 907 15th St. Met. 0045 or Col. 7260-J ND PARK 3514 QUEBEC ST. BEAUTIFUL LOT FRONTING 65 FT. + PRICE ONLY $10,750 OPEN SUNDAY 10 TO 6 From Connecticut_Ave. drive west on Macomb St. to 33th orth to Quebec St. and west to house. set Sev sun oil ond A REAL BARGAIN A delightful white Colonial, center-hall in ting of trees, shrubbery and flowers en rooms, including comfortable room; big automatic refrigerator and heat; maid’s room, 2-car garage; al! in good condition. Well located in quiet excellent neighborhood. Fully worth your inspectibn ot once and should sell at once. BOSS & PHELPS REALTORS 1512 K DI. 3830 D. C, SATURDAY, rooms, which will air condition the rooms individually. The units to do a job of that sort aren't expensive and usually are equipped with at- tractively decorated cabinets which are additions to the decoration of any room. In addition to cooling the air which is passed through these air condition- ers, & large quantity of moisture will be condensed on the coel colls, thereby lowering the relative humidity and making you much more camfortable, even though you don't lower the tem- perature to a very great extent. This same type of equipment may be used in connection with an ice- melting tank or bunker, the cold water circulated over the cakes of ice being utilized in either the central or unit coolers. A system of this sort is us- ually good for only very short-time occupancy. Some ingenious people have ob- tained a considerable amount of relief from the heat by running a small per- forated pipe down the ridge of the room and running ordinary tap water through it and down over the shingles. | The evaporating water will dissipate a great deal of heat which otherwise would have passed into the attic space and heated up the entire house. e DEVICE SAVES MONEY New Type Showerhead Conserves Water and Heat. A money-saving modernization idea | is the installation of the water-saving type of showerhead recently developed plumbing goods. The new showerhead is & midget only about 2 inches in diameter. It . LetYour Home . Pay for Itself! - A siugle home complete in it- ; self, but arranged for 2 FAMI- LIES, with complete privacy i for both. /'S! VETERA] f . Your bonus money will meet “7 this low initial payment . . . why not invest it in future ' happiness—an additional bonus in home ownership? Exhibit Home 328 18th St. N.E. Between C and D Sts.. 5 minutes from the U. §. Cavitol Only 5 Homes Left Out of 33 Built Act Quickly! Built under supervision of J. S, GRUVER, developer and builder for over @ quarter of & eentury. Excellent Investment WAPLE & JAMES, nc. Realtors 1224 14th St. NW. Dist. 3346 by & number of manufacturers of | JUNE 20, 1936. uses from 25 to 50 per cent less water than the old-fashioned large-diameter heads. The decreased consumption of water results in a corresponding de- crease in the cust of fuel for heating the water. Another important feature of the new head is that it is practically non- clogging. REAL ESTATE. C—5 HOMES COMPLETED Group of Seven Open on Westway | Drive. A group of seven attractive small homes has just been completed by Frank J. Wagner & Co,, in the 4800 block of Westway drive, just off West- ern avenue and East of Massachusetts avenue, The houses are detached and con=- siructed of brick. The living rooms are 17 feet long by 14 feet. The houses are insulated, and possess many modern appliances. The houses are bullt to sell for moderate prices. Now You Can Own a Modern AIR-CONDITIONED 2 BRICK In Beautiful EDGEWOOD The Woodland Section of Chevy Chase. D. C. Thanks to PAUL T. STONE, Inc. and Bryant Air-Conditioning ! ! Out of 12 homes built in this attractive sylvan woodland section of Chevy Chase in the past three months, only 4 are still available The reason for such quick selling is found in the careful construction, desirable features and moderate prices. Now you can Live in All-the-Year-Around COMFORT The famous Bryant Air-Conditioning equipment installed in these new homes not only cleans, warms, humidifies and circulates the air into every room during the cold Winter days and nights, bringing “the tang of golden Autumn continues to serve you during the dry, hot, humid days of Summer, as well to your home, but Morn- ing and evening, you may operate this system to draw in the cool, outside air, to freshen every room, with surprisingly lasting effects Inspect these homes NOW, at 6120-6124-6128 32nd Place N.W. Detached, Colonial type 6 and 7 exterior walls rooms with aluminum fo closet space; deta ft 2 ! “Let the Pup B?‘{ ; Your Furnace| | Man—and Weath- er Man, Too!” ) { § restful, decide TO INSPECT: Avenue t left side of street. lots with pl what you want. From Chevy Chase Rittenhouse Street, right t sive trees; quiet PAUL T. STONE, Inc. National 0856 927 15th St. N.W. Residence Phone Cleveland 7096 The Only House Left in a Group of Seven Just Completed by Jacobson Bros. For $9’750 Detached Brick Home ONLY ONE LEFT MODEL HOME SOLD_FIRST WEEK. 6319 13th Street N.JW. OU’LL find this last of a OF the center-hall type, en- 312,750 group of seven homes just tered from alarge concrete- eompleted (six already sold), floored living porch, the interior typical of the excellent construc- affords real livability in its room tion and conveniences in ALL arrangement. On first floor is 5405 NORTH CAPITOL ST. Out New Hamp. Ave. to Kennedy, turn - right on North Capitol to house. Very Attractive Terms Can Be Arranged Through F. H. A Jacobson-Built homes. It is de- living room with fireplace, din- 2 open fireplaces. features which go to make an find three commodious bed rooms Tecreation room. Id Place N.W. ideal home for every member of and two tiled baths with shower. e S This spacious Colonial home embodies all that is en...large play area. d . Second floor: Four bed d three baths. Ba: +-Recreation _room, Paid's. fopm and bath, lowsdry ond furmoes.Foom, lorge. SWoLEor s, The bt of con. OPEN DAILY AND SUNDAY TO 9 P.M. Open Daily to 9 P.M. to Linnean Avenue, turn left to Chesterfield Place and property. M. B. SWANSON Capital View Realty Co. 927 New York Ave. NAtional 9797 Owner Builder Emerson 6843 Bt hecroom . X0 o : s roof and embodies all the little breakfast room. Upstairs you’ll roof with rock- .. . de luxe electric health kitch- tached garage. Large lot. First floor comprises living room, dining room, electric kitchen, breakfast room, library and Drive out Connecticut Avenue to Albemarle Street, east on Albemarle 1616 K ST. N.W. DIstriet 2126 cidedly livable from basement to ing room, kitchen, lavatory and Iunl‘ed walls, slate the household. Automatic heat There’s a finished attic. De- :{1";,5,,:;};’ loca: beautiful and livable, in a setting second to none. on! struction and equipment. e JACOBSON BROS.