Evening Star Newspaper, April 24, 1937, Page 33

REAL ESTATE. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY APRIL 24, 1937. - US.LOSS BY FIRE SEEN INCREASING Sharpest Upturn Since 1920 Reported by Insurarnce Company. Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, N. Y., April 24—In- dication that the Nation's fire losses may have taken the sharpest upturn last year since 1920 was the basis for & suggestion today by the Continental Insurance Co. for increased vigilance on the part of property owners regard- ing all factors bearing upon fire hazard end fire prevention. “Preliminary estimates by the Na- tional Board of Fire Underwriters put the 1936 fire loss 17 per cent above the final loss estimates for 1935, said Curtis W. Pierce, vice president. “Unless the 1936 loss figure is re- vised downward in the final adjusted estimates, it will show the greatest percentage of increase in 16 y-ars “Indications are that the 1936 loss will be the greatest of any year since 1932. Moreover, it was the first year in which there was an increase over the preceding vear since 1032, It marked the reversal of a five-year downward trend in losses. “There are a number of possible ex- Wanations for the rise in the loss last year, though it is doubtful that any ¥xplanation could actually justify so great an increase. “Expanding employment and indus- trial activity was undoubtedly a fac- tor. Rising values of all types of buildings and stocks of goods are an- cther cause for the higher figure.” Discussing the rise in values, Pierce #dvises property owners to consider carefully the probable replacement costs in today's markets of property | which might be destroyed by fire. In | many instances, he noted, insurance would be inadequate, if based on values fixed at depression levels. In the actual work of fire preven- | tion, he asserted, higher values and increasing industrial and commercial activities should occasion increased interest. Study of the National Fire Protection Association’s analysis of 43 fires, each of which caused loss in excess of $250,000 during 1936, showed inferior construction, excessive areas, etc., as contributing factors in 23 in- stances. cted vertical open- | ings alded ad of 8 of the blazes. Delays in giving the alarms were partly responsible in 20 cases Thirteen of the fires involved highly | combustible materials, or excessive | amounts of burnable stocks within the | buildings. Four involved flammable | liquids. Flood waters hindered the fire fighting at three of the blazes. | In six instances, there were inadequate water supplies or poor hydrant dis- tribution. 1In three cases, the large loss was due to the spread of forest fires, along a wide front. TWO HOMES OPEN Two attractive homes are open to the public today and tomorrow at 8514 and 3518 Twenty-fourth street, | Klingle Gardens, John D. Rhodes, owner, announced. The houses were uilt for him by Edson W. Briggs. The dwelling at 3514 Twenty-fourth street has been completely furnished by Hutchison's, Inc. Draperies were designed by John F. Ligon. Both of | the homes, situated near Rock Creek | Park at the foot of Porter street, con- talo nine rooms. Each has three fire- laces, located in the living room, second-floor den and recreation room. Both houses have servants’ rooms | with baths. Wm. H. Saunders Co., Inc. To Visit.... 314 Gallatin St. N. W. 25-foot lot, living room snd mes- ter bedroom across front. * 219 Ingraham St. N. W. 7 rooms—2 baths. * 215 Gallatin St. N. W. 2-feature house with income. * 5138 Kingle Rd. N. W. Detached corner home, lot 64x185. * Beautiful homes at rea- sonable prices and terms Wm. H. Saunders Co. 1519 K St. N. W. DL 1015 | your body ready and waiting at any Ii spot that you might choose to go to ||| Naval Physician Buys Grasslands Home Dr. John Harper, U. S. N., has purchased this dwelling at 4204 Yuma from Monroe Warren, builder. BY LAWRENCE CROLIUS. AVE you ever thought how | | | nice 1t would be if you could | arrange to be in two places at once? It sounds like a fanciful idea, but it would neverthe- less be a definite time and labor | saver, wouldn't it? Some clever inventor has recently | decided that it would not only be a ||| convenient condition to find one's self in, but has gone ahead and invented a device which makes it practical, || Of course, you can't expect to have at the moment, but still you can di- rect your voice to any part of your | home regardless of whether you have a telephone there or mnot, and you don’t have to shout to do it either. The little machine that does this remarkable job is about the same size | || as one of the new miniature radios and looks a great deal like one. It has & compact little decorative casing in which is housed a small loud-speak- er and a switching arrangement. A handle located on the top side makes it easy to carry its less than 8 pounds’ street, Grasslands, —Star Staff Photo. GARDEN SCHOOL CLOSES Two-Day Session at U. of M. Hears Several Speakers. The two-day session of the fifth annual University of Maryand Garden School closed yesterday at College | Park. It was held under auspices | of the College of Agriculture and BRICK BUNGALOW 3311 11th Place S.E. $6,750 re's REAL value: practically new . Five large rooms. open fire- screened front porch, full attic, electric refrigera- tor, ol burner. F. H. A. I small payment. omn or call Nat'l 1439, oan with Substantial cash required il day Sunday, REALTY ASSOCIATES, Inc. l | | | | ‘ basement ARGAIN ‘at Onee This Beautiful Modern BUuNGALOW 23 Mississippi St. S.E. at 1st St. S. E. 8 rooms, tiled bath, modern kitchen, hot-water heat, fine yard and garage. DRIVE OUT NOW! Cross 11th St. Bridge, out Nich- ols Ave. to First St. S.E., and left to home. 1515 K St. N.W. DI 3100 1 or 12 Aere Sites in Nearby Maryland In a modern but moderately priced and restricted country homes community of 85 acres at Meadowood—on Colesville Pike, 5 miles beyond Silver Spring traffic light, and 25 minutes’ drive from downtown Washington. Attractive sites of 1 or !, acre ,wooded or clear avail- able. Tarvia and bluestone drives throughout property: schools nearby. Eleven homes completed and sold or underway. Will finance and build or sell sites outright with reasonable building restrictions. Meadowood is within the beautiful area known as the Garden Spot of Maryland. 2 completed homes open for inspection. Representatives on property daily and Sunday 11 AM. to Sundown Meadowood Development Co. SILVER SPRING, MD. GEO. 8114 Ashton 176-F23 $8,250 A New Stone Home 200 E. Glenbrook Road QT THE popular Cape Ood Cottage deslgn. but finished in enduring stone, this truly charming NEW home in Bethesda, Maryland, will appeal to you the more you study it. It has a large living room with fireplace. dining room. modern kitchen. two lovely bed rooms, tiled bath. automatic heat, slate roof, furred walls, insulation: detached garage. Built by 8. T. Robertson; equipped with ‘carefree” gas appliances. Drive out Wisconsin Avenue to Bank of Betheada, left on Georgetown Road, to Glen- drook Road, right one block to house. J. Wesley Buchanan, Inc. 916 15th Street Realtor MEtro. 1144 Lururyfifqr onl S | was under the direction of A. .| (See MODERNIZATION, Page C-10.) | Thurston, professor of floriculture, AIR CONDITIONING HAS MANY SERVICES Ruling on Functions Equipment Should Carry Out Is Reaffirmed. Rules for the guidance of the man who is about to install air conditioning equipment, as adopted by the United States Department of Commerce and the National Better Business Bureau, have just been reaffirmed by the Fed- eral Trade Commission in a decision against a Chicago manufacturer, William B. Henderson, executive vice president of the Air Conditioning Manufacturers’ Association, nounced here today. For the -store, office, factory or home, the investor, to obtain true air conditioning, must get at least these services, the authorities declare: For Summer, the air muat be vooled, dehumidified and circulated. For Winter, it must be heated, humidified and circulated. Throughout the year, in addition, the air should be cleansed. £ny equipment performing less than these minimums is net true air con- ditioning. Homes and business estabiishments are adopting approved air condition- ing installations in new record vol- ume, according to Henderson. In- stalled value of equipment sold by the association members this year is running far ahead of the same months in 1936, an- T e I Picture Yourself Happy In This ) Comfortable and Brick Bungalow i oot oW 1005 Flower Ave., Takoma Park, Md. Of all the neighborhoods in this beautiful suburb, Flower Avenue stands out os the best in the natural environment and the character of homes. Here’s what you will find when you inspect this pretty bungalow: Five large rooms, with big attic. Slate roof. 55-foot lot. Covered concrete porch. Furred walls, Oak Floors. Tile bath and shower. Labor-saving kitchen. Console-type gas range. Frigidaire. Screened throughout. Metal weatherstripping. Daylighted basement. Built-in garage. Price, 57’3 50—lnteresfing Terms Open all day Saturday and Sunday; other days 5 to 8 DRIVE OUT EA¥ ey Branch R Georgia Avenue €0 up Sliso Avenue, then OR From Takoma Parl Avenue to Flower A to the 1000 Llock MOS REALTY COMPANY Realtor Tower Bldg. MEt. 1776 Evenings and Sundays, SH. 4517 = Farm Hou e attic and attached garage 9521 Georgia Ave. 1805 Parkside Drive N.W. 906 COLUMBIA BLVD. In Woodside Village Open for Inspection Daily to 9 P.M. | be truly delighted with this 6 room and bath brick home—on a wide landscaped lot. Carefree comfort with modern gas appliances The home has finished t is offered at a very moderate price. Harry Poretsky, Builder and Developer To Reach : Out Georgia Ave. past traffic light in Silver Spring, to the 9500 block, right to home. WAPLE & JAMES, Inc. SHep. 4455 Individually Designed . . . Custom Built Bordering on Rock Creek Park REAL ESTATE. c—9 Sheba’s Trail Discovered. A French expedition in Southern Arabia has discovered an old caravan trail said to have been used by the Queen of Bheba when she visited King Bolomon in Jerusalem. Road Building in Peru. The government of Peru has pure chased nearly $300,000 worth of Amer- ican Toad-building equipment to bs used in its $12,500,000 highway con= struction and pair program. ROLLINGWOOD The community that has everything—beauty of terrain—Virgin trees—master planned and built homes—Environment—AND PRICE. 3 bedrooms and 2 baths to 4 bedrooms and 3 baths. Big living rooms, first or second floor libraries. Servants’ quarters. General Electric heat. And your neighbors are the kind of folks you want to know. Treat yourself to a visit to 612 Leland St. 604 Pickwick Lane and Drive through Beach Drive in Rock Creek Park to Leland St, and turn left, or out Conn. Ave. to Wood- bine St.—turn right and follow our arrows to property. M Open Daily Phones: Wis. 5252 or Na. 2345 The MOST for the LEAST in COUNTRY CLUB VIEW Seven Similar Homes Sold Before Completion S$4,750 DAy d D HUNDREDS OF people, in- OUNTRY CLUB VIEW is a cluding builders, real es- section that should be in- tate men and home seckers spected by every prospective have voiced their unqualified home owne Situated be- approval of this low-cost tween India Spring Golf home. It has large living Club and A room, 2 large bed rooms, bath amid with shower, completely mod- countryside. ern kitchen, dining alcove, tages found onl basement, autematic heat, priced communities modern gas appliances 20 minutes from downtown throughout and well-land- while schools and transporta- scaped lot. tion are nearby. LESS THAN $32.25 Open Daily to 6 P.M. From traflc light on Georgia Avenue at Silver Spring, comtinue eas rille Pike ‘miles to our sign at Forest Glen Road, opposite I Country Drit ft_three “blocks CROWDER CONSTRUCTION CO., Owners Architects Builders P?lER 13 PER MONTH on Coles- an_Spring o proverty. Inc. WOODWARD & LOTHROP O™IM™F s G STReETS Prowx DIstricr $300 $8,450 7901 BLAIR COURT—SILVER SPRING, MD. Where Can You Match This Home Value in Style or Quality? Six rooms—attached garage with overhead doors—cheery living room with open fireplace and bookcases—Ilarge closets—beautiful bath and kitchen. Well planned, well constructed, with furred walls, weather-stripped, ceulked screened, insulated. Lot, T4 feet front. Easy walking distance to one-fare bus and cars, stores, schools. Quiet neighborhood of eight lovely homes. To Inspect: North on Georgia one block from D. C. line, right om Falkland ome bdlock to Philadelphia Avenue, left half bdlock fo Blalr Cowrt on right. CHAS. W. HOPKINS 7903 Blatr Court Silver Sprins, Md. Shep. 3336 Overlooking Rock Creek Park and 16th St. Large luzurious living room; bright dining room; completely modern kitchen with breakfast mook; big panelled recreation room with outside windows; spacious master bed- room with dressing alcove and private bath. Two other large bedrooms and bath. Convenient to schools, transportation and the shopping and theater center of upper Georgia Ave. MODEL HOME 1384 Rittenhouse St. Beautifully furnished by HUTCHISON, INC. T LAST, better living at lower cost—in the finest built, most complete homes ever offered at the price. Choose your home TODAY! DRIVE OUT 13th _Street N.W. to Rittenhouse Street and left to homes, [BETZELL] 1515 K St. N.W. DI. 3100 A most unusual floor plan; 8 rooms, 4 bed rooms and every room exceptionally large. 3 baths. First-floor den with lavatory, large recreation room. G. E. electric all-steel kitchen, breakfast room, air conditioned, built-in 2-car garage, maid’s quarters. In con- construction, finish, equipment, decoration and price, it is impos- sible to find the equal of this home. Located on a high, wide, deep lot (Southern exposure) with an unrestricted view of Rock Creek Park, surrounded by new homes of architectural harmony, this home offers more dollar for dollar value than anything the present miarket affords. 4 other homes now open for inspection. Convince yourself by an inspection. Open Daily Until 9 P.M. Wide, deep, wooded; restricted home sites available : out 16th St. N.W. to Kalmia Road: left on R Road i Beach Drive: Ieft on Beaoh Hrive, Bast Plymouth St. to Parkside. Rock Creek stream borders @arkside Drive. PAUL T. STONE, Inc. Developers—Architects—Builders Randolph 1744 NA, 0856 Add an Outdoor Room to Your Home This Summer Screen Porch Enclosures Live in the cool comfort of your porch this Summer—protected from unpleasant Summer insects with a custom-made screen porch en- closure by Woodward & Lothrop. It will be an unusually inexpensive proposition and will bring you a rich return in comfort and health. We will design it to conform to the architecture of your house and add to its value. A call will bring one of our Estimator-Designers to talk with you. Place your order now to have the porch ready when you want it. Telephone Dlstrict 5300 for further information MANUFACTURING DIVISION OFFIOE, SEVENTH FLOOR.