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THE WASHINGTON" TIMES, SATURDAY.' AUGUST 16, 1919, 9 33 HOME BUILDING ON INCREASE IN AND AROUND WASHINGTON OWN YOUR OWN HOME' BUY REAL ESTATE NOW SPLENDID BUILDING GAIN DURING MY Jjuly activity closely parallels June activity, aa Indicated by comparing boHding permit statistics for the two months. Report from 14J cities to the American Contractor -for,'' July give a total estimated valuation of $190,746,609, an average of approxi mately $000,000 per city. ' June totals from 153 cities indicated a $134,726,715 -valuation, or slightly less than $900, 000 per city (?85,270). Increases over June activity exist In relghty-three cities; recession In fifty eighcitles. - ome of the more important cities showing marked increase are 'Akron, (Atlantic City, Cincinnati. Cleveland, ' Dallas, Detroit, Minneapolis, Borough of Queens, Springfield, X1L, and St taul." , Decreases irom June activity obtain In all the boroughs of New York ex cept Queens; and in Baltimore, Chi cago, Kansas City. Philadelphia, Mil waukee, Seattle, and-Tulsa, Okla.. The .Chicago decrease is. very marked, a rop from f!1415,WK) for June, to $7, $14,700 for July. Labor disputes un- jdiubtedly have contributed to this slump. ' Jn 1S16 and in 1914 estimated Value fef 'permits per city slightly exceeded tHe $900,000 mark per city for the cur rent July. Allowing. for .the' depre ciated buying iower- of the present Hay dollar would make 'July figures look still less optimistic -when com pared to those of previous years. 'The average value of permits' for July Is 3,780 as compared to an aver age value of $3.375 'for JUne, $2,600 4n Mav. and S1.700 ln 'January. Thla jv'ohld indicate' that less of 'the July work Is for repairs. x Gain In activity over 1918 Is prac tically universal, only seven cities out ft 145 reporting less amount of esti mated value. Inew harm manager OF SAUNDERS CO. ALLEY HOUSING iS : KEOFCOU BpUffi 1roffWK"'Tte ' ' linHIr BBM HpBb,- N-ssBB E. H BKlNKIiBYV Superintendent - of the Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station for thjrty years, who has become associated with the well-known real eatatef firm of "William H. Saunders & Co. Mr. Brinkley is an expert, on eolls crops, lime, . fer tilizers, live, stock, agricultural machinery,: and Is Intimately ac- quainted with the farm lands of .Maryland and Virginia. His knojvledgev of surrounding farms .should . prove of great, benefit in hh new work. ERECTS TWELVE GARAGES ON Mf. PLEASANT SITE Over 15,000 people are living In the alleys of Washington, according to the latest estimates, and the problem of ' be"tterlng;$ihlsi,,hpnsing' -condition; is causing considerable worry to the tisirlct Commissioners; Such living conditions are admitted to be detri mental to civic welfare, and an early solution Is earnestly hoped for by the authorities. -- - ... .. .. "-. One of the STrggestfonsJsjnade'b'y William V. Msioffceyseetaif tHe Emergency aousiagCorporatbnlsto hulld a numlJejc of- hosesgflhe families removep, -wie tpen5ea ;9. do covered by Congressional, appropria tion. Another suggestion, .made by him, and a' plan' which meets the ap proval of the majority of- those inter ested In the question, is -for Congress to ; authorize a bond Issue in the Dis trict amounting to $6,000,-000, and -from the receipts to build 3,000 fire proof, modern structures,, to be . sold or rented at cost to the .families re-' saved from the alleys. The receipts would go into the Treasury, and within thirty or thirty five years the bonds could be recalled. The Alley Improvement Associa tion's suggestions is that the alley dwellers be housed in the temporary arracks at Seventeenth and B streets Southeast pending the erection of per manent homes. CHELTENHAM APARTMENTS SOLD tO LOCAL INVESTOR The Cheltenham Apartments . . at '1706 IT street were sold last week by Allan E. Walker & Co. to a local Investor for W. J. Pilling. The con sideration was withheld. The building contains six modern apartments and returns an annual cental of $2,520. The purchaser will' sold the property as an Investment. It la to yssr best laterest to pnt Tear liberty Bead Interest la W.' S. S. W. NV Beahm, contractor, has. Juct c6mpletei,tne erection of twelve new hollow-tile garages an a- wide alley in the rear oif Shcrrytn avenue 'just above Uenyon-street The " owner dntends to rent the garages to motorists In -the Mt Pleas ant section. They will be handled through the office of Francis S. Blun-don. rtfg5 k. faK Batkoom Now Comes Into Its Own In the Newer Dwelling Plans of -anfclent Rome so : ?.. .Jr .A room. Jarpasseajin importance the BoaSgbam J According,.t6?Bulia ingSge, hearponIsagara coming tofthe fore as oBe.of the most. "Important' rooms to Kg reckoned witn in planning the house. Noonger is the modern house provided with-one. bathroom, on ,the second floor and a maid's toilet ln the basement, (Jther and-more adequate accommodations are being provided. The better class of stx-room house today has s private bath for the master's bedroom and an other bath to serve the other two bedrooms. When these two bath rooms are placed side by side considerable economy of plumb ing can be effected. The eight or nine room house will not only have two bathrooms on the second floor, but a toilet and .-lavafory on the first floor, readily- accessible by guests. This tendency for. more bath rooms in a'house is merely the re flection of the tendency of hotels to provide each room with a pri vate bath. Hotels as well as houses that are planned with due regard for this tendency are suc cessful. And the extra cost is well worth the comfort obtained. PIGGLY1GGLY 10 OPEN STORES HERE Plans are being completed for the entry of the Plggly-Wiggly Corpora tion, operating a nation-wide chain of jrrocerv stores, into the Washington field. Representatives pf the company. whose headquarters are at aiempnis, Tenn. are here arranging for the lease 'of. store sites in various parts of the city.' It Is -understood to be the intention of the corporation to operate the Washington stores djrectly from the parent organization, instead of the plan formerly followed of leasing the rights In various communities. The Washington entry marks not alone the company's intention to exe cute direct control over their retail .tores, but their first jntry on a large scale into the Eaastern field. The PigglyWlggly store is a gro cery without clerks, being operated in the same manner as a cafeteria in the restaurant business. The buyer se lects his own goods and stops at the cashier's desk on his way out of the store to make payment. - SEES NO DROP IN : BUILDING COSTS VJIn my: opinion, building will cost more next year than now, and, -will not be substantially, leas for alx or seven yeara," said- G. Richard Davjs this week. "We must forget the costs of pre-war days and begin with courage to meet conditions as they are." Mr. Davis was assistant manager of the operating division of the United States' Housing Corporation, Tvhich; had the war lasted longer, would have been the official body to meet, the problems of housing congestion. As a .Manhattan ouiiaer accuoiomeu. io operations oo a big scale, he has pro nounced opinions, on the present situ ation, i "The principal difficulty at present Is that builders, lenders and. buyers are not sure that building costs will remain at their present high level," he said. "Builders are gradually coming to understand this, but the lenders among the big financial institutions are unconvinced. "Wages of those working In the mill, factory and mine and of workers who assemble materials at the build ing are up and are more apt to go higher than to decrease. Freight and transportation charges aro highar, and will not be less. How then can building costs drop,? , "If these Items, representing as they do 80?per cent ofc thfccost, remain' as theyare. what cian'cakfathfere for a substantial reducl&njyfc lf5T ma teriatspike lumberTsSagiementco-al and' pig1. iron go dctwxii'' 1&i "The wages ofhechanlcs In thirty seven building trades in this, city from 1914 to 1919 have Uteen Increased only 29 per cent as an average. This is not equal to the Increased cost of living, and is my chief reason for be lieving that building costs- will go higher. The lessened immigration has diminished the supply of unskilled la bor and forced an increase in wages among this class of from 55 to 80 per cent. The Increase among the skilled" workers has not been In pro portion. X. K. FOSTER. COMPANY REPORTS REALTY SALES Ready-Made Homes iBy RONALD S. O'NEILL "Ready-made? houses, cut and fitted at th& ifiill and as sembled on the: property, have1 been erected ifr Washington and in .the surrounding suburbs during the past summer in constant and increasing numbers. Reports from other communities, indk Icate that this type of homp has made ..the same advance- in popular favor everywhere. It is interesting to attempt to fathom the reason. fqr-. 'the present popularity of these houses. By their very najturd.thfiy make a certain appeal to the prospective home-owner They are convenient to buy and to-erect and. they have unquestionably outgrown their former "temp'orary" character. Such a house, well constructed ,should give service that measures very favorably with houses constructed entirely on the property. &ut all these afgvrrints in- favor of assembled houses ex isted long, before the present summer. What new reason is now inducing more and more propective home-owners to turn from the local builder to the foreign manufacturer for thir horrtes? It is not unreasonable to believe that ?one of the strbnzest reasons for the present popularity of manufactured houses is. centered in the question of home financing. " ", The makers of ready-made homes have capitalized the present short-sightedness of local banking mstitutions and are now reaping their reward. While- banks are refusing to lend money for building purposes in such amounts as "are fair when based on present-day costs, these makers have put. into effect financing systems that enable them to sell their housesn terms extending over a great many years. - - The ...situation is rapidly becoming v serious for the local builder. He is entitled to no protection, of course, from fair Competition from foreignfields. But lie should be protected by the financial institutions of his own community agarasV-mani-festly-.unf air competition. . And- the idle millions that are lying' in the vaults of almost every bank today and which are being withheld without good reason from prospective builders, or which are being reluctantly loaned on false cost standards, are rapidly creating ah atmos phere of unfair competition in the building industry. When a man can finahce the building: of his home 'through .his OWN bank he will be only too glad to employ Jiis LOCAL Tmilder. When a great corporation's financial interests UNDER BID his own bank-1 he -buys hishome'-'out- of town ;. and brings it in by freight J.'K. Foster Company sold for the Newlands Company to Margaret E. Cotter lot 47, square 1855, on'Jocelyn street. Chevy Chase Heights. The price was $2,000. The same company sold for the Newlands Company to William l. Wirth lot 1 and part of lot 12 of square 1872, on the northwest corner or Connecticut avenue and Jocelyn I street Chevy 'Chase Heights. The PTrontage on Connecticut 'avenue is 100 feet The depth of the land Is 137.30 feet. The price was in the neighborhood of $5,000. The pur chaser is preparing to build a residence. ALEXANDRIA SCENE OF BUILDING BOOM Alexandriajs the scene of consider able building activity at this time. tfew buildings are "going5 up, in vari ous parts of the city and many older structures are Dalng remodeled. Contractor D. E. Bayllss Is remodel ing for Joseph Hayman a building at 528. and 530 Kin? street, formerly, the property of John G. Cockey. The up per floors will be converted Into apartments and a club room. The club room will be used by the Bache lor Club. Mr. Bdyllss has Just completed re modeling the bid Washington Hall Building on tbe south side of King, between Washington and St. Asaph streets, lor William P. Smith. The tw6 upper floors contain . eighteen of fice, rooms, many of which already have been rented. Work of erecting a second story on the Richmond Bowling alley, on -the south side of Xing street between Columbus and Alfred streets, also has begun. This addition, will be 40 by '100 feet and this will be completed In-about sixty days, v. Four houses are being erected! by Contractor, Bayliss at Braddock tor H. J, Burch, Mrs. T. E. Ludwig, Ber nard Cllne, and Mrs. J. C Tutt. Hugo Serfurth, jr., has sold to Joe Sanders a house, and lot on tha west side of Royal, between Wolfe and Wilkes streets. Thomas M. Walker has sold to Hugd Herfurth."Jr.. house and lots 13 and 14, In section, George Washington Park. The Fletcher Motor Company Is building- an addition to their garage, at the northwestlcorner. of -Prince- and South Alfred streets, which, wik. ac commodate abouY thirty additional cars when completed. .' '' Joseph DeSilva, contractor, is re modeling 1103 King atreet. Which wUl be occupied by James Prolvolos with a confectionery and ice cream parlor. SAMUEL HANLEIN BUYS URGE TRACT OF UNO CHABXES W. FAIRFAX, president or me Washington Real Estate Brokers Association, is enjoying a two weeks vacation Jin Pennsylvania. LIEUT. H. T. U HOILE, who re cently returned from service overseas; has Joined the sales department of D. J. Dunlgan & Co. Shades of Dan Cupid!' Ye Real Es tate Ed. met both J. GILBERT DYER and ROBERT FLYNN.'of the real es tate firm of Stone & Fairfax, buying f urnlturef last week. . Can it be- that both of them oh. welL well seel CLAUDE LIVINGSTON, of "William. H. Saunders & Co., has returned from a vacation spent at Ocean City. Met; and is once more living In Takoma Park. W. GILBERT DENT, of the firm of Gardiner &. Dent, is enjoying a' two- weeks vacation. SHANNOf? Is busy growth of some fifty his 'firm is building HERBERT watching1 the homes that around" towxu FRANK P. SHEEHY 1 weU settled in his new real estate office at 1410 G street. 7,$V ' Property containing 7,000 square feet, located between Twelfth and Thirteenth, G and 1 streets was sold last week by J. "V. K. and T. R. Huyck to- Samuel Hanleln. The property for merly belonged to the William Red way estate. , ,i The -purchaser "plans to erect a building on the. property at once, to :be- useo?" lot "business purposes. The -consideration was' withheld. mCIOEDER HOST AT BANQUET L. G. Schroeder, one of Washing ton's prominent real estate Res. e tertalned, at dinner at the New Bsblti last evening In honor of his sew sale fore. Fully forty friends of M Schroeder, Including- the raenaeers ot his firm, representatives of the preec and business associates attended. t Tribute to &?t 5cfcie3a!erar sucsea In the local real e?e field was yK in a number -of impromptu talks fot. lowing the dinner. Those who speki Included Fulton R. Gordon. WillUn H. Landvoigt. Thomas P. Morgan, jr. of the Mutual Life Insurance Com pany; L. G, Kendrick. B. A. Neal. S. L Flynn, jr.. Murphy, Neuman Brows. O W. Bookhults. Miss M. Wooley. aa4 3 S. O'Neill. Mr. Schroeder characterized the &a ner as a "get-together affair." aa promised that they would be of rega lar monthly occurrence hereafter. ?EX,LS MAKYIAjrr FARM. Frederick A. Tschlffely. of thl dty has sold to Forrest Beall, of Kent ornery .county, Md.. the farm eoataia 'ng about 200 acres on the Galthers-jurg-QuUtce Orchard pike, a sheet listance from Quince Orchard. The price paid was $31,000. . . . ii in i Owners! Sell Now! Owners of desirable houses, who wish .to sell,' should not pass .up the presentractiye market , . t . A:: reasonable prfce'-and liberal errns wUrmake any home an attractive buy. 'We are "at your service" in assistingjyou to sell your: home. ... ' ; :' ' .' . Write, or telephone full 'particulars for we are: ready to produce' results. . "90 of the prospective buyers apply to us;?- : Stone & Fairfe 1 1342 New York Ave. J fi Howard & Hines (Incerporate3) , 734 15th St. N. W. $6,500 0 rooms and bath in good loca tion northwest Price reasonable even in these times. ' j $9,000 10 rooms and bath; good loca tion: Mt. Pleasant Unusually good buy. Franklin 5892. $12,500 8 rooms. 2 baths;- numbered street south of S; near Conn. Ave Immedfate possession." $7;ooo $9;500 $15,000 6 rooms and hath; hot water .heat; electricity. Detached home in the northwest Easy terms. Possession. 10 rooms and 2 baths; west of 14th streef; Mt Pleasant 3 rooms and bath apartment on 3rd floor. 0 rooms. 2 baths; hot water heat; electricity. Cathedral ave. 'west of . Conn. ave. One of the -best locations in Washington. $8,750 $11,000 $17,500 10 rooms and bath brick in good condition: - Mt Pleasant Garage; hot water heat; electricity. S rooms and 2 baths; modern home in best part of Mt Pleas ant. Hot water heat instan taneous water heater; "house screened. . Beautiful Country place of IVx acres in northwest suburb. Homo of 9 rooms and bath; hot water heat; electricity: wonderful land scape. Convenient to electric cars. $18,000 ft.75n .tii.nnn- . i.' .t. . i- ., ,. .t. ttt i Semi-detached home of 14 11 rooms and bath suburban 0 rooms and 2 baths; Washing- rooms and 2 baths: hot water home with garage and large lot ton Heights; hot water heat; heat:, electric lights; sleeping -South of Chevy Chase. Bargain. electricity; screens. porches. Elegant location. LflfW BwaB " tSj' 1 - .s ' iQ I Hill 1&A SSBBSESSS llllil I W '"W1"" iGii'''lTZ$m&&x:.J " - W.-:-.'1?'- .-"? urnM' J i if g I ', I ; Howard & Hines These beautiful modern homes built by L. E. Breuniger are roofed by Rosean indication of their honest construction through-. Ten Years of Stress, And Still Good 9 Roofs put on by Rose Bros, are made to serve to give many years of good, honest, satisfac tory service and Mr. Breuninger knows from his experience that our jobs do last, because they are made right right from the start. . &&& ROSE BR0 RQC3FlHG&XrERPBOOfIM6 ifflEBS tuwmN r 2I2Q-Z2 GE0RGIAAVENW. (incorporated) - 734 15th SL N. W. Franklin 5892. out. ROOFING SUPPLIES 16 v -... .-. t ..-., '. . --. ,