B-2
BUG DECLINE
BARS OVERSUPPLY
Survey Notes Reduction in
Construction of Homes
in Capital.
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including Georgetown (section B), show
a greet decline in population. The
1930 census enumerates 33,757 fewer
inhabitants in this settled area, where
the overcrowded condition of 1920 has
heed relieved. There has, however,
bean considerable new construction,
<wi«<pHng principally of apartment
houses and hotels, to take care of a
transient population not shown in the
rftdsus figures. A comparison, there
for*, of population and housing, which
settled conditions, may not be
fair in this section. Also a demolition
of rid dwellings has taken place here to
a Alt greater extent than in the other
sections.
' Anacostia Gains 3,316.
•This decline of 33,757 in the down
town section means that the outlying
residential districts have increased by
55.563. Os these 7,316 are found in
tn.wi.ti.. The large distances in this
sparsely populated section present
housing problems so different from the
districts west of the Anacostia River
that the 2,600 dwellings and 94 apart
ments may not be an excessive increase.
"The remainder of the residential
portion of the District has, therefore,
seen an increase of 78,547 in popula
tion. The new construction has a
capacity of housing 33.000 family unit*
and In consequence would have a quota
Os 3.4 persons per unit.
“There Is no doubt but that part
of the residential sections were over
populated In 1920 and that a surplus
sought homes in the new buildings; but
the comparison of population and
houalng shows that an average tenacy
of 3.4 per family unit points to an
undue percentage of vacancies and to
overbuilding.
“If census districts with the ssme
boundaries In 1920 and 1930 were
shown on a map. and the changes in
population and housing graphed, a good
picture of the present situation would
“8m" map would show that the sec
tion between Rock Creek Park, Massa
chusetts avenue and Wisconsin ave
nue (section C) has seen a balanced
relation of population and housing tn
♦ creases If a normal amount of va
cancies be msintained.
"The section between Massachusetts
avenue, the Potomac River and George
town (section D) shows an excess of
building, or one home unit per 2.1
persons.
"In the districts along Eastern ave
nue from Rock Creek Park to the Ana
coetia River and north of Concord
avenue, Rock Creek Church road, the
Soldiers’ Home. Lincoln road, Florida
avenue and Bennlng road (sections C
and F) the balance of housing to pop
ulation shows a surplus of housing such
as may bt expected in a growing com
munity.
Section Records Big Increase.
“Continuing south of Bennlng road
between Twelfth street, Pennsylvania
avenue and the Anacostia River is a
section (section G) that has recorded
a great Increase in building—l,9oo
bsttat, nearly all dwellings. The in
creese la population baa only been
3,433, or 1J persons per home unit, but
ae this mease* to construction has a
tost total eonul&tion (31.038) to ab
tapb It ties resulting vacancies may be
sign"— than would be the case when
the Increase in population constitutes
a large percentage of the total.
“Between this section and the North
and
Dwellings, notwithstanding, have been
erected to the number of 600 and
apartment units 900; the total popula
tion. 63,607, is, however, so large that
this seeming excess building is un
doubtedly absorbed.
"The narrow section north of Florida
avenue, between Rock Creek Park and
Soldiers' Home and south of Concord
avenue, presents a puzzling picture.
The southwest part (section 1), bounded
bp Florida avenue. Rock Creek, Colum
bia road and Fourteenth street, has
aided 200 dwellings to the 1,700 exist
ing in 1920 and 3,000 apartment units
9B the 3,600 existing at that date.
Meanwhile the population Increased by
XJ43, or 10 per cent of the 1930 total
(18,792), which gives one home unit to
each 2.2 of the residents, or one to every
six-tenths of tne population Increase.
Obviously this overbuilding causes va
cancies among old and new buildings
and the competition between very re
eent and "antiquated" (many less than
10 yean old) apartments may have
drawn off the tenants to districts which
offer bum generous yard warn and
parking facilities.
“This suspicion is strengthened if one
looks at the district east of Fourteenth
street (section K). where 680 apart
ment units were provided while the
Peculation decreased by 987.
"The district north of these and south
at Concord avenue (district L) built
3JOO apartment units and 5,100 dwell
»p. The population Increased by
118 (36 per cent of the total), which
provided one home unit for each 3.8 of
the Increase, which, in face of the large
number of new dwellings, shows an
owsupply of the latter.
Data la gamma ry Form.
“A summary of the foregoing data
win show;
•*l. A large exodus from the central,
Oleaely built-up section of the District
‘*3. The presence here of many apart
ment heuees and hotels to care for a
transient as well as resident popula
tion. Demolition of old dwellings has
heat confined almost exclusively to the
debntewn section.
"8. An apparent excess of new hous
mp construction in the populous dis
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COLONIAL HOME PURCHASED
Residence of Stephen T. Early, at 7704 MomingsMe drive, purchased this
week from Alfred T. Newbold, builder, through the office of H. G. Smithy Co.,
realtors. The home, of Colonial design, contains nine rooms and three baths.
The garage, of two-car capacity, abuts the main building, with a library built
over it. The house la of center hall jilan, brick construction.
tricts bounded by Florida and Concord
avenues, Rock Creek Park and North
Capitol streets. The excess of new
housing when compared to the popu
lation increase may, however, not be
significant in the districts where the
population in 1920 was large.
“4. An apparent excess of new hous
ing between the Potomac River and
Massachusetts avenue, west of George
town.
“5. A considerable excess of housing
east of Twelfth street to the Anacostia
River and between Pennsylvania avenue
and Bennlng road.
“6. A balance, slightly favoring hous
ing. in the section north 'of Georgetown
and between Massachusetts avenua and
Rock Creek Park, and In the sections
bordering on Eastern avenue.
“7. The attraction of the new apart
ment houses along Connecticut avenue
as a portable cause for the desertion of
older ones In the densely populated
centers.
"8. A warning to builders to allow
the population to catch up with present
housing accommodations.’*
WINDOW SAFEtTuRGED
New York Would Have Sills Wide
and on Level.
Architects should act to eliminate
the dangers dally encountered by thou
sands of window cleaners In New York
State, Frances Perkins, industrial com
missioner, declared In a letter to Sam
uel -R. Bishop, chairman of the Com
mittee on Health and Safety of the
American Institute of Architects.
Sloping, narrow sills should go, as
serted Miss Perkins, urging architects
to provide a sill of standard width and
design. The conditions against which
she complains apply nationally, accord
ing to Mr. Bishop, whose committee
has recently framed a safety code.
“One of the really dangerous occu
pations la New York,” Miss Perkins
said, “Is that of window cleaner, and
at least 14 human beings were dashed
to death last year la that occupation.”
The Railway Clerks’ Association of
Britain has asked for a 88-hour week.
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These and miny other features In this
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THE EVENING STAR, WASHINQTON, P. C., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1930.
TIME DECLARED RIPE
FOR BUILDING WORK
Architect Committee Says From 15
to 30 Per Cent Can Be Saved
on Investment.
“New buildings are on the bargain
counter,” It is declared In a statement
Issued by the Architects’ Emergency
Employment Committee of the Region of
New York, formed, with Julian Clarence
Levi, fellow of the American Inctlute of
Architects, as chairman, to relieve the
Immediate and serious problem of un
employment among architects and archi
tectural draftsmen.
“Any person needing a building of
any type now or within the next two
years can save from 15 to 30 per cent
cn his investment by starting the proj
ect at once,” says the statement.
"Architects can study their Job more
carefully than is possible during a rush
period, contractors will figure closely
because of their desire to keep their or
ganizations together, materials are much
cheaper on the average than they were
a year or two ago and labor is much
more efficient than it was during the
peak of the building boom.
"Many of the Incompetent and Inex
perienced men have been weeded out
of the building Industry, which means
that the contractors have the pick of
the masons, carpenters, painters and
others whose sendees are required.”
CLOSET STYLES CHANGE
Even styles In elosets change. Al
ways an item of first importance in the
•yea of the thoughtful housewife, clos
ets are now being designed fer specific
purposes. For example, there Is today a
variety of efficiently planned linen cab
inets. These modern cabinets, with
their neatly arranged drawers and
shelves, utilize every foot of space.
W BUILDING
PERMITS ISSUED
Private Projects Headed by
New $270,000 Metropoli
tan Methodist Home.
(Continued From First Page.)
Oeorge S. White, architect; to erect one
2-story brick and frame dwelling, 1328
Kennedy street (lot 807, square 2802);
to •cost 810,000.
Rev. P. E. Conroy, owner; Charles J.
Cassidy Co., builders; to make repairs,
St. Anthony’s Chapel, Twelfth and Law
rence streets northeast (lot 1, square
3880); to cost $9,000.
A. A. Strauss, owner and designer; F.
A. Crump, builder ; to erect two 1-story
brick dwellings, 4014 and 4016 Grant
street northeast (lots part 115, square
5077); to cost SB,OOO.
M. Edith and Anne R. Robinson, own
ers; Edgar M. Shaw, designer; N. E.
Robinson, builder; to erect one 2-story
brick and frame dwelling, 1415 Nichol
son street (parcel 87/431, square 2734);
to cost $6,500.
W. A. Stuart, owner, architect and
builder: to erect one 2-story brick and
frame dwelling. 4604 Forty-ninth street
(lots 47 and 48, square 1488); to cost
$5,000.
Ella Stevens, owner; N. R. Grimm,
architect; O. D. Ellsworth, Jr., builder;
to erect one # l-story brick post office
substation, 17* Florida avenue northeast
(lots 86 and 87, square 668); to cost
86,000.
Gulf Refining Co., owners, designers
and builders: to erect frame runway and
wharf, 1724 South Capitol street (lot 4,
square S-708); to cost SB,OOO.
Accessory Store Projected.
Annie Stearman, owner; Standard Oil
Co., builders; to erect one 1-story brick
and concrete accessory store, 2501
Champlain street (lot 20, square 2564);
to cost $3,000.
District Automotive Supply Co., Inc.,
owners; R. F. Beresford, builder; to
erect one 1-story brick canopy, 2100
Pennsylvania avenue (lots 840, 800 and
801, square 75); to cost $3,000.
Harry Naiman, owner; Julius Wenig,
architect; M. Cladny Construction Co.,
builders; to erect two 1-story brick gas
stations and service stores, 93$ Third
street (lots 11 and IS, square 527); to
cost $3,000.
Helen V. Hare, owner: to erect one
1- frame dwelling, 3015 K street
southeast (lots 5 and 6, square 5503);
to cost $2,000.
Leroy A. McDonnell, owner and build
er; to make repairs, 503 Quincy street
(lot 69, square 3233); to cost SI,OOO.
McKeever & Goss, owners; W. Pres
ton, builder ; to erect two brick private
garages, 6609 and 6611 Sixteenth street
(lots 72 and 73, square 2732); to coat
$1,200.
C. H. Small & Co , owners and build
ers; George T. Santmyers, architect; to
♦Convert two stores into one, 1605 and
1607 Montello avenue northeast (lots
165 and 166, square 4057); to coat
SI,OOO.
Robert S. Penn, owner and builder;
L. W. Giles, architect; to erect one
2- frame addition, 2700 Bheridan
road southeast (lot 83$, square 5873);
to cost SSOO.
CALIFORNIA BUNGALOWS, Sheridan Park
6203 Piney Branch Read—at Rittenhoui# St.
Thaaa bunaalowi combine modem attraction*, variety of floor plans and
architecture, convenient arrangement, with the Important advantage cf having
all rooau on one floor, a feature IndiapgngaWo to the health of the houscvlTe.
*eeh bungalew gold this month moans work for 6 men all Winter.
PRICE. $9,500; OTHERS FOR LESS
Brivt oat Hth St. to Sheridan, tarn right I Moekt,
or drive oat Oeerglg Am. to Sheridan, tarn Uft.
415 Ced.r St. N.W. G. W. CHASE Phon.s-G*ss*
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Sells for $25.00 Per Square Foot
LOCATION Is the Answer!
This new semi-detached house b located: 1. 3 Meeks
frem Western High School. 3. 1 block from Georgetown
Medical and Dental School. 3. Vi block from bus transport
tation. 4. 10 minutes’ ride to White House. 5. Joins a private
estate and U. S. Government Park. 6. Overlooks the Potomac
River and the Virginia Hills. This house has 8 rooms (S bad
rooms), 2 baths, maid’s room with lavatory, 2-car brick garage,
eehtex insulation, Frigidaire, real open fireplace, cedar-lined
closet and every other desired convenience. Immensely deep
lot (175 ft.) b bounded by stone retaining wall. We sincerely
believe this home to be nriced at least SI,OOO lower than com
parable offerings on tadey’s market. Don’t foil to see it—
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nomical construction of this house.
It would look equally well In either
red brick or stucco, and a lot about 80
by 100 feet would be most suitable as a
setting.
One principal feature of the plan Is
provision for a living room that reaches
the entire height of the gable with win
dows on either side. In addition to the
fireplace, there Is a balcony from which
a drapery may be hung.
Besides the dining room and kitchen
on the first floor, there Is a bed room
WILL REVIEW OUTLOOK
Convention Will Examine Factors
Relating to Real Eatata.
Present economic factors bearing on
the position of real estate as an invest
ment over the country as a whole will
be put under examination as the cen
tral topic of the annual Midwinter
meeting of the National Association of
Real Estate Boards, to be held at St
Petersburg, 11a., January 15, 16 and 17.
The outlook for the general business
situation In 1931 and its relation to real
estate activity will be reviewed at the
opening of the meeting.
Specific factors which point toward
increased real estate activity In 1931 are
the present availability of money for
real estate development and the need
for normal residential construction In
leading cities throughout the United
States. Existing money supply available
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and bath. Upstairs there are two bed
rooms, a bath and sewing room.
The front of the house preferably
should faee south so the dining room
and living room get the morning sun. A
garden is perhaps most appropriately
located off the living room axis, with
a perennial garden of roses off the din
ing room.
All rooms are provided with cross
ventilation.
Wood gable ends are of oak, stained in
a weathered gray. Windows are metal
sash, to open out.
for real estate development will be dis
cussed by financial authorities not con
nected with the real estate business.
The supply of residential property in 60
leading cities will be reported and will
be Interpreted by economic observers.
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An Incomparable Value—sl7,9so
6900 Connecticut Avenue, Chevy Chase, Md.
This new tapestry brick residence, located at tke corner of West Woodbine
St., and with a frontage of 120 feet on Connecticut Ave., midway between the Chevy
Chase and Columbia'Country Clubs, is, in our opinion, one of the greatest values
ever offered in Chevy Cjhase.
The rooms are unusually spacious, the two colored tile baths and the Ist floor
lavatory are beautifully equipped. There is a breakfast alcove, and the large attic
is of sufficient size to provide epace far two additional rooms, General Electric
refrigerator. Metal weather-stripped throughout. Built-in garage. Many shade
trees and flowering shrubs.
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REAL ESTATE*
OWNERS OF REALTY
BONDS AREWARNED
Advised Against Sale to Ex
ploiters at Low Rate Be
cause of Rumors.
(Continued prom Find Fate.) +
prals*l upon which a bond issue was
sold did not fairly represent the Income
producing value of the security; where
because of inexperience a bond Issue was
made without due retard to changes
that might come in the general business
situation, and hence In the earning
power of projected building, or where
real estate securities have become In
volved because of losses sustained by the
Issuing house in other Investment or
business operations, real estate bonds
have gone Into default
"The times are helping us to weed oot
the unfit operator. But In the mean
time we must take action or the public
will permanently confuse the defaulted
bdnds with bonds based on needed proj
ects and en conservative valuations.
"We have hid and still have a sit
uation in which owners of real estate
who have no knowledge or experience
In the management of properties are
undertaking the management of $400,000
or $500,000 properties, while at the same
time these very owners would not invest
$40,000 In any ordinary business unless
they were assured that some one who
was recognized as able In that particu
lar field would be In charge of the man
agement of the business. j
"But within recent years we have con
currently developed the business el prop
erty management as a highly special
ised business, and we as realtors can
now say to the world that there Is no
other Investment which offers so great
an element of security as does real es
tate where the project b developed after
accurate survey of the market demand,
protected against Inflation by sound ap
praisal, and given that skilled direction
that we take far granted is needed *
•very other major expenditure of capi
tal. the advantage mid gilds nee of ex
perienced and competent property man
agement-
RATES TO FLORIDA CUT
Hare Seduction Is Moat Favorable
Ever Given Realtors.
The most favorable railroad rates
ever given a national realtor meeting
have been secured for those attending
the Bt. Petersburg, Fla.. sessions, the
National Association of Real Estate
Boards announces.
Full details of railroad rate reduc
tions are being sent from national
headquarters to all real estate board
secretaries. A low excursion rate of
one fare plus 25 cents for round-trip
tickets purchased and used on Januapf *
12 is granted from Washington. D. <Xs
Norfolk and Richmond, Va.. and otheei
points. . r
Important
Read This
Don't miu a word,
for it may be the home
you have been looking
for. J
Colonial tapestry brick; 7
rooms, 2 complete baths,
tile kitchen, pantry, electric -
refrige rat or . fireplace,
gafrage. 215-ft. lot.
Only $9,950
318 Paabody St. N.W.
Marietta Park
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