Evening star. [volume], May 09, 1925, Page 13, Image 13

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CAPITAL BUILDUSG BOOM
IN PACE WITH LEADERS
Washington Is Eighth Among Centers of
j Construction Activity in Country.
$6,334,344 Value of April Work.
"With a total value of construction in
sh« District of $6,334,344, last month
almost equaled July, 1924. the leading:
month in building activities of the
| fiscal year.
I The enormous building boom in the
V National Capital that has been evi
dent ever since the beginning of this
< ’ender year has kept Washington
continuously among the eight leading
cities of the country in construction
activities.
Practically every week since Janu
ary 1 the office of the building inspec
tor has granted permits that have
totaled over $1,000,000. and lately they
have been hovering around the $2,000,-
•too mark.-
The month of April with its total
of $6,334,344 exceeds that of March by
almost $1,000,000. Not only has the
», value of construction increased, but
April saw 212 more projects author
i'/.ed than-the previous month, l-ast
month i. 164 construction jobs were
authorized, as compared with 952 dur
ing the previous month.
Washington Eighth.
Washington now stands eighth
among the 25 leading cities of the
country in regard to building activi
ties. Every one of the cities that are
ah«ad of Washington are very much
larger, and are for the most jxirt great
industrial centers.
One of the outstanding features of
last month's building was the erection
of 26 apartment houses at a cost of
*2.088,000. This is a tremendous jump
in apartment construction when com-
IKtred with the six buildings erected
in March and the number erected in
previous months.
While ihe amount of money ex
pended in the construction of resi
dences in April was $2,590,200. or
slightly less than the outlay on this
type of construction in March, the
total value of the new housing units
erected in the city last month was far
ahead. In March the value of apart
ments and residences erected was
$3,222.00®, in April it was $4,678.20*'.
This increase of $1,456,200 is due to
the unusually large amount of apart
ment-house construction last month.
An analysis of building last month
shows that $5,983,225 of the grand
total was in new buildings and $351,-
119 was in repair work. As might
be expected the Northwest section
of the city proved the largest field for
building activities. This section of
the city absorbed $4,586,325 of the
total for the month. The Northeast
.an second with a total of $1,068,300.
. Southeast third with a total of
» $316,600, and Southwest fourth with
a total of $12,000. The repair work,
while considerably less in value, ran
in the same proportion in respect to
the various sections of the city.
Os the new buildings erected 362
were brick. 2 stone. 31 concrete, 16
tile, amt 105 frame. Twenty-four struc
tures were razed.
Analysis of Building.
An analysis of the building in the
city during the last month follows:
• HRIOK.
v Type. Number. Value.
Dwellings 270 $1*937.200
■Repairs 202 177.<28
Apartments 20 7.088.000
Stores 210.4014
offices •} 3.000
G .1 races 3-5 27,050
Gas stations 2 31.000
Public garage 1 75.000
Church t .10.000
Hotel J 205.000
Warehouse 1 „0.000
Hospital 1 200.000
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| Announces the Appointment of |
1 Randall H. Hagner & Company §
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| Mortgage Loan Correspondent |
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REAL ESIATE
STONE.
D\*Hhn*r- 5 74.310
Repairs * 35.000
rONCRETE.
Tlwellihr* 1- 11 fit3oo !
Repairs 3 -[-7 ]
Garajres 1* 1*2.775
Pit ... 1 400
Office building 1 400.000,
Sheds I 1.500
Retaining wall 1 10.000
Tll.E.
Dwellings It 82.800
Garages 5 2.100
Store I 2.000
MET Ah.
Garage* 215 35.103
Sheds 7 075
FRAME.
Dwellings 85 7180.500
Repair* 02 2H.080
Garages 45 12.737 I
Sheds 20 1.075 |
MACHINERY.
Motors 02 18.225
Elevators 5 24.000
Boilers 4 5.700
Totals 1.104 50.334.344
Heading Cities.
The following shows Washington 1
as compared with 25 of the leading
cities of the country in point of con
struction during April:
1. New York. P. K 5102.250.495
2. Chicago 44.404.000
3. Philadelphia ‘21.1 UMdo
4. Detroit 17.493.2276 |
5. Los Anjfeles ... 14.408.031 j
6. St. Louis 0.088. #BS
7. Cleveland 0.000.475 ■
8. Washington. D. C 0,334.344
0. San Francisco 0.1 0*7.731 ;
JO. Baltimore 6,72*0.000
11. Seattle * 5,503.82*0 |
12!. Boston. P. V 5.000.503
13. Pittsburgh 4.885,030
14. Louisville 4.7741.0 •»
15. Newark. N. J 4,450.148
id. St. Paul 4,300,008
17. Milwaukee 4.314,930
IS. Yonkers. N. Y 4.*2*24.*200
10. Cincinnati 3,810.155
2!0. Rochester 3,033.863
221. Minneapolis 3,435.405
*222. Portland. Ores 3.403.300
*23. Dallas 3.343.22822
*24. Kansas City. Mo 3,34*2.1 *0
225. Indianapolis 22.817,2231
Total $2295.210.027
J. L. WALLACE, REALTOR.
DIES IN JACKSONVILLE
.John 1,. Wallace of Jacksonville.
Fla., for a number of years secre
tary nf the Florida Association of
Real Estate Boards and chairman of
the secretaries' division of the Na
tional Association of Real Estate
Boards, died suddenly at Jacksonville
Ap.»il 30. Mr. Wallace died at a
meeting of the Jacksonville Real
Estate Board, of which he was secre
tary. He Ikul just finished reading a
report.
Mr. Wallace's work in the advance
men’ of the real estate business and
his labors for recognition and en
forcement of real estate ethical stand
ards nave for the past two years been
carried on under a handicap of severe
illness that threatened and finally
cost his life. During the week pre
ceding his death he had spent days
land nights in consultation with mem
! hers of the Florida legislature and
with representatives of Florida real
estate boards drafting a real estate
license bill designed greatly to
strengthen the present Florida real
estate license law. The hill, already
introduced in the Senate, contains
notably a clause designed to curb mis
leading advertising of real estate.
THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C M SATURDAY, MAY 9, 1925.
HOUSE PLANS FOR HOME PLANNERS
A Studio Plan for
An Artist’s Home
Shown Here on a Hillside
Lot, This Design Can Be j
Adapted to a Level
Site.
Stucco houses have come into great
popularity lately and there is reason
for this. In the first place, stucco is
inexpensive, it can be colored any de
sired shade, and it is. to a certain ex
tent, fire-resisting. Stucco can lie ap
plied to brick, stone, hollow tile, con
crete block or monolithic concrete
walls: also to frame structures on met
al lath or stucco board. The cost of
stucco is said to he about 3 tier cent
above the usual wood type of construc
tion. It is dignified and substantial
looking and its wearing qualities have
proved it deserving of recommenda
tion.
Almost any color can lie reproduced
by the use of dry mineral colors which
are on the market. The coloring mat
ter is mixed thoroughly with the sand
until a uniform color results: this is
then mixed with the cement, t’einent
houses can he finished in any color or
surface, such as smooth, stippled,
rough or with small pebbles—in the
manner known to the trade as pebble
dash. Then the roof of the house can
be stained in any tone to harmonize
with! the cement walls.
This house was designed to tie buih
on a side hill and to meet the require
ments of an artist who wished to live
in the country and desired a studio
übder the same r&of with his house.
Though the interior can easily lie re
arranged, of course, to fit the needs of
any one else. Because the house is
built on a hill the studio room can he
dropped four or five steps, thus giving
the high-vaulted ceiling so necessary
to an artist's workshop and attractive
in any house. If the room is not need
ed as a studio, however, the house ran
be built with the floor all on one level.
The room will then be the normal
height and can be used as a living
room. This would do away with the
five steps (shown in the plan) that lead
down to the studio, although such lit
tie irregularities add little to the ex
pense and very much to the charm of
either the studio or home. It is the
quaint little stairways up here and
down there, the unexpected passages,
the built-in cupboards in all sorts of
; odd places that make very old houses
so enchanting.
As the plan now stands, the living
and dining room have been thrown
into one. creating one spacious room
instead of two small ones.
If the studio as shown is not to he
used for this purpose, hut is desired as
a sitting room, then the room indicated
on the plan as the dining room and
living room could he used for dining
j purposes alone, as it is near the kitoh
j en. A door could lie cut through be
tween the dining room and living room
on tlie front side of the house if this
were done. The nook by the porch
serves as a convenient little reception
room. It would also make an excellent
den. or even serve as a child's play
room.
The nook at the end of the studio
was created for the storing of the art
ist's large canvases, hut this could be
thrown into the main studio by remov
ing the partitions.
| The kitchen is small in size, but is so
well arranged that it is complete.
There is a large pantry and dresser
for dishes on the wall nearest the din
ing room, so that no unnecessary steps
need l>e taken in setting the table or
clearing it away. A work table could
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u you aren’t an artist. don't yon fret- this house will serve your interests yet. Throw the nook and studio together,
a splendid living room results. Off the dining room. then, the other rujok becomes a reception room or den. Three
steps down to the living room, if you are building on a hill; or “on the level " it will do just as well.
go underneath the group of windows j
in tlie kitchen.
Fpstairs there tire two bedrooms, a j
hath and a large storage room. In
order to stive expense and not devote
too much useful space to the stairway, j
it was made as inconspicuous as (>ns
sible. A stairway can be made the
most interesting feature of the house;
but in this case it is not needed for
picturesque effect and, therefore, has
been made as unobtrusive as possible.
The planting could be made senti
formal around’this type of house, as
there is just a touch of dignity about I
the design which would lend itself to
a hit of formality. However,
shrubs and flowers should always lie
used. They grow better and are more
iat home in appearance.
Since the prices of material and la
hor vary so materially in different lo
calities we do not attempt to give an i
estimate as to cost, hut suggest that
you consult your local builder, who
can v give you detailed information as!
to the cost of your exact needs to be
installed in this design.
For information as to the procuring .
of the building plans of design No. 41
send a stamped, addressed envelope to
the Real Estate Editor of The Star,
i < opyriK’ht Gporire Maltha* Adam*.*
BUILDING AND LOAN
CONTROL IS URGED
I
D. C. Man Tells Baltimore Realtors
Needs for Supervision of
Associations.
j State supervision of buijding and j
loan associations and the passage of
sound laws governing such bodies was
advocated by <'. t’linton James of
Washington at the semi-monthly
luncheon of the Real Estate Board of
Baltimore at the Emerson Hotel last
Tuesday. More than .50 guests at
tended the luncheon, which was held
under the auspices of the building and
! loan section of the board. This sec
i tion includes about 135 of the more
than you associations in Baltimore
< 'itv .
; Mr. James spoke on the subject
I "How to Build tip and Operate a Ten
to Forty Million Dollar Building and |
Ixian Association." He gave them a
brief history of the larger building and
i loan associations in the I'nited Stales.
! the largest being the Railroadmen's
i Association, in Indianapolis. with as
j sets over $41,000,000; the Home of
j Omaha, with assets over $33,000,000:
! the Buckeye State of t'olumhus, Ohio.
! with assets over $29,000,000; the Horn*
Savings and i/ian •'<•.. of Youngstown
Ohio, with assets over $25,000,000: the
Railroad Cooperative Building and
Ijoan Association of New York, with
assets over $17,000,000. and many
i others over $10,000,000. including the
i Perpetual Building Association of
| Washington. He also spoke of the
benefits of a State league and affilia
i tion with the national organization.
I The State of Maryland has no Slate
i supervision or State league and is not
I affiliated with the national organiza
| tion. and. while Baltimore is known
. throughout the country as the city of
homes and building associations, the
largest of the 1.000 or more such
i bodies has less than *4.000,000 in
assets.
<»ne of the hobbies of Queen Marie
of Rumania is the collecting of per
fumery bottles, and it is said that the
| late Kmpress of Russia, who also in
! dulged in a similar fancy, presented
j her with a large assortment of the
! same articles, valued at $25,000.
REAL ESTATE.
U. S. BUILDING ACTIVITY
IN APRIL SETS RECORD
Contracts Show Gain Over Last Year in
Nearly All of 36 Eastern Slates
Studied in Survey.
The April volume of building con
tracts in the I'nited States was the;
largest monthly total on record. • ’on '
traf*** awarded last month in the .It'
Eastern States (which Include about j
seven-eighths of the total construe- j
tion volume of the country) amounted
to $546,970,700. This was an increase
of 14 per cent over March anti 13 per
cent over April of hist year, accord
ing to the F. W. 1 Judge survey.
Igist month's record included the
following important items: $256,414
300, or 47 per cent of all construction
for residential buildings; $95,432,400.
or 17 per cent, for public works and
utilities: 563.965.900. or 12 per cent, for
commercial buildings: $46,567,900. or 9
per cent, for industrial buildings, and
$33,154,600. or 6 per cent, for educa
tional builtlings.
Total Construction.
Total construction started during
the first four months of this year has
amounted to $1,623,540,000. compared
with $1,515,043,200 for the first four
months of last year. The gain is a
little over 7 per cent. Os the SIOB.-
000,000 increase to date this year,
$52,000,000 represents the gain in pub
lic works and utilities projects.
In addition to the big gains in ac
tual work started there'is also a big
gain in prospective work. Content
plated new projects reported in April
amounted to $760,657,600. an increase
of 25 per cent over the amount re
ported in April of last year.
New York Work.
April building contracts in New
York Btate and northern New Jersey
| amounted to $132,032,000. This was
• an increase of 57 per cent over March,
but it was 22 per cent under the total
for April of last year. East month’s
contracts brought the total of work
started during the first four months
of 1925 up to $390,442,800. a decrease
of 29 per cent from the corresponding
I period of 1924.
New England's building contracts
iin April amounted to $39,774,100. The
! increase over the preceding month
| was 14 per cent: over April of last
j year, 18 per cent. Total construction
Massachusetts
Washington’s most beautiful residential section of detached
homes. Containing seven million feet of forest-covered land,
with six miles of improved streets. Includes what remains of
The Triangle of Increasing Values
between Connecticut, Massachusetts and Cathedral avenues.
Over 200 homes from $15,000 to $200,000 built and under con
struction. Actual improvements and home values exceed
$8,000,000. Wooded villa sites, lots, central and side hall I
homes, with lots from 50 to 115 feet front. Park Office, 32d
St. and Cathedral Ave.
Middaugh & Shannon, Inc.
ESTABLISHED IHB9
Riggs-Semmes Bldg., Dupont Circle, Potomac 2200
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started in New England during the
past four months has amounted to
$123,201,900. which is an is per cent
increase over the corresponding period
of 1924.
Atlantic States.
Construction started last month (e
the Middle Atlantic States t easiest,
Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey.
Maryland, Delaware. District of Co
lumbia and Virginia) amounted to
$59,795,100. This was a drop of 8 par
cent from March and an increase ni
29 per cent over April of last year
During the first-four months of this
year new construction has been start
ed in this district to the amount of
$179,902,500, an increase of 25 per cent
over the first four months of 1924
Construction started last month in
the Sontheastern States (the Carh*
linas, Oeorgia, Florida. Tennessee.
Alabama. Mississippi. Arkansas anfj
Louisiana) amounted to $50,813.4*h*.
This was less than 1 per cent over
the preceding month and about 6 pti
cent under the total for April. 1924
Total new construction started in these
States during the first four months
of this year has amounted to *189.-
020,900. which is an /increase of 4
per cent over the first four months of
I last year.
.Midwest.
j The April total for building con-
I tracts in the Pittsburgh district (west
ern Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio
j and Kentucky) was $97,804,800. This
was 7 per cent below the very high
March figure, hut 68 per rent over
April of last year. Last month's build
ing volume brought the total of new
construction started from January 1 to
date up to $289,446,800. an increase of
70 per cent over the first four months
of 1924.
Construction started in April in the
i Central West (Illinois. Indiana. lowa,
j Wisconsin. Michigan. Missouri. Halt
i sas, Oklahoma and Nebraska) amount
j ed to $157,668,200. being the highest
I monthly total on record for the dig
j trict. The April contracts brought
j the total of new construction started
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