Evening Star Newspaper, July 24, 1937, Page 26

C—4 REA U.5. CONSTRUCTION, CONTINUES (P Rising Material and Labor Costs Prove No Barrier to Building. Despite rising material and labor costs, Nation-wide building activities continue on their upward trend, ac- cording to E. M. Craig, secretary of the National Association of Building Trades Employers. The midyear construction survey as complied by Robert D. Steele, the association statistician, reveals no vis- ible signs of a letdown. A moderate upturn is indicated for 1937 over the comparable six months of 1936, Dollar valuation for the first six months of 1937 for 44 States was $1,558,619.517 against $1,345,768,953 for the like 1936 period, a 15 per cent upswing. The 1935 midyear showed $758,748,922. Comparing the 1935 and 1936 midyears, there was an 85 per cent increase in 1936 over 1935 Some scattered cities, selected ac- cording to rank, are quoted giving the status of the first six-month periods of 1936 and 1937. City c New York s Los Angeles Permits Grow. A total of 843858 permits were {ssued in 35 cities for the first half egainst 72,218 in the same 1936 period. Permit valuation was $358,- 707,222 for the 1937 half year against $269,990.431 for the 1938 half year. With the exceptions of Cincinnatti, Bt. Paul, Nashville, Atlanta, Ham- mond, Reading and Peoria, all other cities show increases over their 1936 half year. New York City maintains foremost in the national construction derby and leads the 35 cities for dollar valuation. America’s premier city also continues to outrun all cities on residential units with an estimated number or 20,680 for the first half year. This latter figure includes homes and apartments. Los Angeles is the next star performer | for valuation and new homes with $31,260,348 in valuation and 4219/ new homes for the first 1937 half. Chicago’s contribution the first half of 1937 was 624 homes against 352 | new homes for the 1936 half vear. A year ago Chicago held ninth position emong the major cities for building | volume. Chicago now holds fifth | place in the construction picture, having dislodged Philadelphia, Balti- | more, Cincinnatti and Cleveland. | A total of 35,528 new homes with a value of $155,139,724 were completed or under way in 32 of the 35 cities during the first half of 1937. In the 1936 half year there were 26,551 new homes with a value of $119,687,457. These new home statistics do not in- clude the suburban home building activities of communities adjacent to end not a part of the major cities. Home and apartment building is the pacemaker among private construction types. They account for over 40 per cent of the permit valuation of the 32 cities. Most of these homes range in value from $4000 to $8,000. In the Middle West a surprising volume of industrial expansion work is pro- eeeding. Home Shortages Cited. Cincinnatt! complains of & very serious home shortage. Boston reports an estimated deficiency of 32,413 family units. Gary, Ind., says there is a marked shortage of both homes &nd apartments. Due to the activities of duel national fabor groups securing collective bar- L ESTATE. New Dwelling This attractive new home at 212 Fairfield drive, Glenbrook Village, has been purchased by Miss Mary Norton of the In- ternal Revenue Bureau from the Newbold Development Co., builders. THE EVENI in Glenbrook BY LAWRENCE CROLIUS. | HEN you go away for your vacation it will more than likely be your idea to “get | away from it all” as com- pletely as possible, and relax in the coolness of a mountain retreat or a cottage by the seashore. However, we will wager that after the novelty of the new surroundings wears off, par- ticularly if you plan to spend the entire Summer away, you will begin to wish for many of the city’s con- veniences before very long. ‘Take the business of keeping your food in good condition during the hot weather when ice seems to be one of life's greatest necessities. If vou are used to the convenience of an auto- matic refrigerator in your home you will certainly realize very soon what a difficult problem it is to try to get along without one. Then, of course, there are many homes in the country where the housewife has had to do without the automatic refrigerator because the power or gas mains do not run by the old homestead. An entirely self-supporting refrig- erator is now on the market which is so equipped that it gets along very nicely without the help of any elec- trical or gas connections of any sort. It has one of those perplexing gas heat refrigerating units in its top, but ine stea® of the small flame which oper- ates the ordinary machine this one has an oil-burning device to generate heat, which, strange as it seems, makes large quantities of ice cubes and keeps 8 large volume of storage space cool. A feature of the machine which will appeal to the person who is in charge of keeping the ofl tank filled, is the —_— HOMES fact that only two hours of economical burner operation results in 24 hours of refrigeration. A constant flame is not required to maintain ideal conditions for the food stored inside, nor is it | necessary to have a supply of running water to help in the cooling process. | With a refrigerator of this type in-| stalled in vour Summer cottage, or | country home, vou will really be able | to relax and take it easy without the | bother of reicing, or worrying whether | or not the next thunderstorm is going to sour the milk. THE quaint-looking peddler in the little sketch is slightly put out, or rather kept out, by a clever little combination door bell. This door bell isn't & combination of anything, but operates on the principle of a safe. Only your friends and the selected few who know your initial will be able to ring the bell, and it should be pretty obvious to everybody that a large number of salesmen and other types of bell ringers will be kept outside with silent bells mocking them. ‘The device has a small dial on it which announces to the prospective guest that it will first be necessary to place the pointer on the last in- itial, or first, it you really want to make it hard, before the bell can be rung. This little bell guarder will prove to be a boon to people who live in apartments which require a sizable trip to get to the front door, as well as those ill-fated folk who are im- mediately called to the front door by a wandering salesman the mo- ment they climb into a bathtub or lie down for a slight nap. Of course, the really industrious salesman will probably go to the bother of trying the bell at each of the initials which are on the dial, and will finally hit yours providing it is somewhere between A and Z. On the other hand, if he is very in- dustrious he will more than likely went to make another call next door rather than make a tour through the entire alphabet. This guard is de- signed to keep that type of person away anyway, and besides, if the caller is anxious enough to see you to go through the involved process of dialing you hit-or-miss, he might be worth while meeting at that, Survéy (Continued From First Page.) ects in Detroit to cost over $6,600,000 and for one in Minneapolis to cost nearly $2,500,000. Total Showed Gain. “The rate of building activity in June was somewhat larger than in May. The value of total building con- Struction for which permits were issued in June showed & gain of 4 per cent over May and the value of new Owner Leaving City Will Sacrifice Modern 7-Room Brick Home In Chevy Chase, Md. 4620 Morgan Drive All large rooms, 3 bed rooms, 2'2 baths, large closets, slate roof, in- sulated, steel casements, all electric kitchen, Quiet May oil furnace. Will sell with or without furnishings. our-flfths ine, furn Wisc. 5754, Drive out Wisconsin Ave., of a mile beyond District left on Morgan Drive. 42 Leland Street Bethesda, Md. A new Colonial center hall type home, 6 unusual residential buildings an increase of 6 per cent, There was a decrease of 4 per cent in the value of new non- residential buildings, and a gain of 8 per cent in indicated expenditures for additions, alterations and repairs to existing structures. “For the first six months of 1937 the aggregate value of all classes of building construction for which per- mits were issued in cities having a population of 2,500 or over which re- ported to the Bureau of Labor Sta- tistics, amounted to $870,632,000, an increase of 26 per cent over the cor- responding period of 1936. Gains were shown for each type of con- struction, the most important increase being in the value of residential con- struction which showed a pick-up of 41 per cent. During the first six months of 1937 dwelling units were provided in these cities for 101,233 families, an increase of 40 per cent over the first half of 1936.” The data collected by the Bureau of Labor Statistics show, in addition to private construction, the number and value of buildings for which con- tracts were awarded by Federal and State governments in the cities in- cluded in the report. For June, 1937, the value of these public buildings amounted to $13,620,000; for May, 1937, to $5,457,000, and for June, 1936, $10,762,000. Other Big Projects. Permits were issued during June for the following important building \G_STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY, JULY 24, 1937. projects: In Buffalo, for store build- ings to cost over $600,000; in New York City, in the Borough of Brook- lyn for multi-family dwellings to cost nearly $700,000; in the Borough of Manhattan for an apartment house to cost $700,000; in Rochester, N. Y., for a factory building to cost $350,~ 000; in Yonkers, N. Y., for a factory building to cost $440,000; in Elkhart, Ind, a factory building to cost $325,000; in Detroit, Mich., for fac- tory buildings to cost over $2,000,- 000: in Flint, Mich, for factory buildings to cest over $1,000,000; in Cleveland for a theater building to cost $750,000 and for store and mer- cantile buildings to cost over $600,000; in Milwaukee for a school building to cost $1,500,000; in Washington, for apartment houses to cost over $650,~ 000; in Inglewood, Calif., for amuse- ment buildings to cost $425,000; in Los Angeles for store and mercantile buildings to cost $660,000; in Pasa- dena, Calif., for a school building to cost $350,000, and in Chicago for fac- tory buildings to cost $460,000 and | for stores and warehouses to cost over $700,000. Contracts were awarded by the low- cost housing division of the Public Works Administration for housing projects in Lackawanna, N. Y., to cost $1,329,000; for an additional unit in the Jane Addams housing project in | Chicago, to cost over $750,000; for the Lincoln Gardens housing project in Evansville, Ind., to cost over $550,- GARRETT PARK. MD Restricted Home Community on Connecticut Avenue Bus Line. A 16 Monlrse A'nue Almost new, 6 rooms, built to owner’s rigid specifications, after design by N. P. Thompson, Architect. Insulated built-in garage. Located on half acre. Priced $2,000 below cost of duplication, Beautiful trees, shrubbery, terrace. Open Saturday and Sunday. G. E. Keeler, Investment Bldg., NAtional 6734 and Kensington 37-R EASY TO OWN A GRUVER-BUILT HOME Reasonable cash payment and only $62.17 per month including taxes and insurance “in GLOVER PARK REAL ESTATE. 000; for the Brewster housing project in Detroit, to cost $3,060,000; for the Parkside housing project in the same city, to cost over $3,600,000, and for the SBumner Field housing project in Minneapolis, to cost over $2,400,000, SLIGO PARK BUILDING “Integrated Dwellings” Shown by Modern Housing, Inc. Prime examples of “integrated dwellings,” which heve been designed to the last nail before construction, have been completed by Modern Hous- ing of Washington, Inc, and are now open for inspection Hilltop, in Bligo Park Village, near Silver Spring, Md. Gas-fired air-condition- ing equipment is a feature of each home, and the houses range in size from four rooms and one bath to seven rooms and two baths. The price range is from $6,500 to $9,950. Twenty-six houses eomprise the group %0 far, and the organization plans to build 1,100 in various sections of the country. Fir Fiber in Shades. Pacific Northwest fir flore insuiae tion board 15 now being marketed in smart cafe-au-lait shades for interior trim in play rooms and informal nooks in the hor HIGHWOOD Chevy Chase,D.C. = A Community of Fine Detached Homes Reflect- ing the Quality of Mikkelson's Corstruction. OPEN DA REALTORS G MILTON F. It ter-hall, Colonial Somethirg different, | ~'ghted with the many From Chevy Chase Circle. turn right on Wester; < “A Thing of Beauty Is a Joy Forever”’ is tr ue of this delightful cen- brick home you visit our exhipit You will be simp new features you buy? BIT HO! 3330 Stephenson N.W. Furnished by Hutchison— Drapes by John Ligon, Inc. Other Mikkelson Homes $14,450 Up ¢ AND SU Is an Electr NDAY UNTIL 8.30 P M Kitchen Heqitn Home Ave. four squares to Broad Branch Rd., turn right 1 square, then left to. property. F, MikkelSOI’] (j Son BUILDERS = SCHWAB, Sales ) Curtis Miliwork and Lumber by W. T. Galiiher & Bro. Exclusive Home in Country Club Béauhf Hills, Virginia 3239 Albemarle Street A quality home with lovely large living room and adjoining | concrete side porch, beoutiful dining room, library with built-in book cases. The kitchen is equipped with the latest type Quality ©as range, Westinghouse refrigerator and spacious cabinets. lovely large bedrooms and two baths. Upstairs are four Each room has a large sloset ond is finished with unusually fine taste. The basement is equipped with a lavatory and laundry troys and heat has been provided for a recreation room or maid’s room. The house has been built of the finest materials obtainable by skilled craftsmen. It has copper water rooms, attached garage. Only 2 blocks from all conveniences. (Carefree comfort with Modern Gas Appliances.) Open and Lighted Daily and Sunday GEORGE A. SACKS, Inc., Developer GOSS REALTY CO. 1405 Bye St. 6600 Wisconsin Ave. NA. 1353 Wis. 2553 pipes throughout, the most efficient radiators and oil-burning heating plant obtainable, ond automatic hot water. There is a large, spacious attic which is fully insulated with rock wool and of course the house is screened, weatherstripped, and coulked, and has a slate roof end copper gutters and spouting. Really o Fine, Quality Home Built by W. H. Saunders Co. Open Evenings and Sunday For Sale by W. S. HOGE, Jr. 3815 Lee Highway, Arlington, Va. Walnut 7940 Bedrooms 39in Sample House is tastefully furnished i 1 il TO REACH: Drite out Lee H: to Glebe Road. t ht t rot Open Today & Daily by Hilda M. Miller BRGSO 1o CLRe Rpat o rght b0, 0ne frnt srast $2nd Street for one bloc. ien lejt into Albemarle Street to house. B. H. GRUVER 816 Investment Bldg. Owner and Builder Na. 1737 Think of it Financed on the ¥ H. 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