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REAL ESTATE
PERMITS TOTAL
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Building permits reached a total
,®f $709,014 for the past week.
New building operations total $636,-
200 and a substantial list’ of per
mits for repairs, additions and
■undry operations totals $72,814.
Boretsky A Silver are to erect a
brick apartment . hotel on Georgia
Avenue to cost $225,000. The next
large item is a garage to be con
structed by the Washington Gaa
Light Company to cost • $185,000.
Connecticut Avenue is to have
three new store buildings erected
by V. Stuart Davis to cost $90,000.
A list ot the permits follow:
Boretsky & Silver, $225.000 —To
erect one <ive-story brick apartment
hotel at 7019 Georgia Ave. N. W.
Washington Gas Light Company,
$165.000—T0 erect one five-storv
'brick garage at 1100 Twenty-eighth
St. N AV
V. Stuart Davis, s9o,ooo—To erect
three two-story brick stores and
dwellings at 1343, 1345 and 3347
Connecticut Ave. N. W.
William A. Hill Company. $48,-
000—To erect one three-story brick
and tile dwelling at 2829 Woodland
Drive.
Arthur B. Heaton, $20,875—T0
-erect one two-story brick dwelling
at 4861 Indian Lane N. W.
John H. Timke, $7,600—T0 erect
one two-story brick dwelling at
2,000 Evarts St. N. E.
Carroll A. Saunders. $5,000 —To
erect one frame dwelling at 4615
Bolk St. N. E.
A, M. Kremkau, $14,000 —To erect
one two-story brick and frame
dwelling at 1316 Floral St. N. W.
Hose Anna Jaffee. SB,OO0 —To
erect one three-story brick building
and make repairs to existing build
ing at 911 Fifteenth St. N. W.
B. H. Willis, sl6,ooo—To erect two
two-story brick dwellings at 4311
and 4315 Reno Rd. N. W.
W. C. and A. .N. Miller. $12,126
To erect one two-story brick dwell
ing at 4516 Garfield St; N. W.
Elanorah Rosenfieid, $1,500 —To
erect a warehouse, rear of 2610
Tenth St. N. E.
Joseph B. Frisco, $4,500 —To erect
one concrete block . dwelling at
$639 Scotland Rd. N. E.
E. Brooke Lee. $3,600—T0 erect
one temporary frame stucco sales
information office at 7801 Sixteenth
St. N. W.
Warren C. Benjamin, $7,000 —To
erect one two-story frame dwelling
at 6127 Thirty-first St. N. W.
F. A. Meatyard, $8,500 —To erect
one two-story frame dwelling at
5487 Chevy Chase Barkway N. W.
PLfNILEGW
DISPLAY
I The electrical phases of home
construction and equipment will be
i featured in the Ideal Home Exposi
tion to be held, by the Washington
‘Real Estate Board in October, ac
cording to Waverly Taylor, chair
man of the general committee. He
stated arrangements have been
made with the Electric League of
Washington which insures the close
co-operation of local electrical inter
ests in developing a complete and
comprehensive electrical section in
the exposition.
A. F. E. Horn, president of the
Electric League, has been appointed
a member of the general exposition
committee Mr. Taylor stated, end
together with a group of his as
sociates will assemble the various
exhibits dealing with electrical con
struction, equipment and radios. All
of this work will be coordinated
with the general plan of the expo
sition in order to present an ideal
arrangement, demonstrating the
out-standing features of home con
struction and equipment, as well as
home ownership.
In commenting on the Ideal Home
Exposition Mr. Horn said that the
importance of electricity in the
modern home was not generally re
alized and he felt that the oppor
tunity for educational demonstration
of electricity in thia exposition
would create considerable interest
and tend to increase the recognition
of electricity as an economic factor
in home life.
Standing Committees
Named by Credit Men
Appointment of standing commit
tees of the Washington Association
of Credit Men wax yesterday an- i
hounced by- Uster T. Watts, presi- i
dent. The committee memberships ;
are:
Welfare, F. R. Madigan, chairman:
A. C. Walling, vice chairman, and E.
H. Ruark, .John N. Auth and C. Vin
cent Griffin: educational. W. F.
Simpson, chairman: J. Francis Hill
yard, vice chairman, and Rayrqond
D. Lewis, Willliam Gordon Buchanan
and Mrs. E. J. Hess: fraud and bank
ruptcy, Joshua Evans, jr., chairman,
and E. B. D. Hathaway, vice chair
man; membership, Charles W. Clay
ton. chairman; E. A. Brown, vice
chairman, and A. S. Cudmore. P. F.
McDermott, Harry Taylor and H.
F. McCall; interchange. W. J. Tastet,
chairman, and John A. Matos, vice
chairman; hanking and currency.
Harry V. Haynes, chairman, and
Harry E. Stringer, vice chairman.
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A view of the work proceeding under the United States Government’s $50,000,000
building program at Twelfth and B Sts. N. W., the site for the new structure to house
the Department of Internal Revenue.
NEW NLML WILL
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A prize of 8100 has been offered
by Ruby Lee Minar, Inc., for a
name for the new subdivision which
the firm is about to open in Ar
lington county. At the close of the
contest a committee of five judges
will select the name which they
regard as the most suitable and
the SIOO award will be made at th*
property.
The conditions of the contest are
simple, Mrs. Minar said. One has
only to inspect the new home site
section, decide on a name which U
at once appropriate and attractive,
and submit it to the contest com-,
mittee at 1405 New Yqrk Ave. on
blanks provided for that purpose.
No person may submit more than
one name and no salesman or other
employe of Ruby Lee Minar, Inc.,
may participate. If more than one
person submits the winning name
the selection first to arrive at 1405
New York Ave. will receive the
prize. |
The new property lies on the
Wilson Boulevard west of Claren
don and Ballston. It is expected
also that the subdivision will have
access over a 100-foot street to the
new Lee Boulevard, a 200-foot
super highway, whose designated
route is just to the south of the
subdivision. It will be the first
subdivision to be opened on or near
the Lee Boulevard.
More than a thousand persons
submitted names for Greenway
Downs, which was opened last
year by Mrs. Minar. The winner
was Miss Sarah A. Howlett. 2009
Bark Rd., who took the name from
Greenway Court, the manor house
of Lord Fairfax at White Post, Va.
The present contest will close
Thursday night, August 16.
What! No car? There is no excuse
when some of the best used cars in the
eity are listed in the used cars for sale
columns of today’s Times and Herald
classified ads.
Beautiful Homes
in a
Beautiful Spot
See these exceptional semi-detached brick homes,
containing 9 rooms and 2 baths, with two-car
garage to match. Situated in the delightful park
section, where enhancing values are established
and ideal residential conditions prevail.
1636 and 1638 Nicholson St. N.W. *
These lovely homes are
situated just north of the
Sixteenth Street reservoir,
adjoining Rock Creek Park.
This location is one of the
to highest points in the Dis-
trict, presenting a wonder
tfh *1 v * ew ~® v «r Rock Creek
I Park, offering an unusual
’ environment in a section
that cannot be duplicated.
Open All Day Sunday
These homes were originally offered at $21,000,
.and neighboring residences were purchased at
that price. This is an exceptional opportunity
to take advantage of the substantial savings
offered to ready purchasers, presenting an un
usual home investment.
H. L. Rust Company
1001 15th St. N.W. . Main 8100
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A. F.'E. HORN
Mr. Horn, president of the
Electric League, has been ap
pointed » member of the Ideal
Home Exhibit committee to ar
range various exhibits in home
electrical equipment for the Fall
exposition.
AUGUST 4, 1928
wn SERVICE
IMPROVED
. During the past week the head
quarters offices of the Washington
Real Estate Board have been re
organized and a special service
section created, according to John
A. Betty, executive secretary. The
accumulation of records, files and
information used in furnishing tech
nical service has been expanding,
for a number of years. Betty
stated, and the new arrangement
will greatly facilitate handling the
increasing demands.
By assembling all the records and
equipment in special offices under
the supervision of * clerical staff
detailed to operate the service sec
tion, the various phases of this
work are co-ordinatAd and addi
tional space is released for execu
tive administration fond committee
meetings. ■
Members of the board, it was
pointed out, now have Instant ac
cess to matters vitally affecting
real estate transactions, such as
zoning, assessments, subdivisions,
ownership, etc. These records are
kept up to date by a system of
daily checking, which insures the
maximum of accuracy.
SEATTLE REALTOR DIES
George W. Wilson, president of
the Seattle Real Estate Board, died
in Seattle Sunday, July 22.
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▼ Monthly Payments X
♦f 1206 Hemlock St. N.W. £
*♦* Drive Out 16th St., Paet Walter Reed Hospital,
and Turn to Right
X 3502 18th Street N. E. X
Ride Out R. I. Ave. to 18th St. and Turn North to <s>
& Monros St.
f 18 Evarts Street N. E. 1
Drive Out R. I. Aus. to 17th and Go North to Monroe
t 1018 3rd Street N. E. t
X Drive Out K St. to 3d St. N.E. and Walk North a X
Few Steps ijF
I: 3rd and T Streets N. E. |
t! Drive Out R. I. Ave to T St. and Go East to 4th St.
I 317 You Street N. E. j
* Drive Out 4th and T St. N.E.
X 6 and 7 Rooms and Bath—Hot-Water Heat— X
Electric Lights—Big Porches—Built-in Garages
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UFO REILTY
BUSINESS
A new organization has enterec
the locfci real estate field with tht
organization of Waverly Taylor
Inc., headed by Waverly Taylor
formerly Vice President of Shannon
« Luchs, Inc., and vice president
general manager and architect ol
Shannon & Luchs Construction Com
pany, with which organization Tay
lor has been associated for 14 years
The new organization will open of
flees next week in the new buildins
at 1»22 K St. N. W., where it hai
leased the second floor for execu
tive offices and architectural aht
engineering departments.
Associated with Taylor in the nev
organization are William N. Wood
formerly of Charlottesville, Va.. ai
vice president, and W. Leroy Saun
ders, C. E., formerly assistant secte
tary and engineer of the Shannon J
Luchs Construction Company ai
secretary-treasurer. All three mem
bers of this organization served h
the world war in aviation.
Having been identified with loca
building and real estate developraon
for many years Taylor brings to hii
new organization a wide experience
and training in’ architectural ant
engineering fields. He was the ©rig
Inal designer of the group hous<
type or architecture first applied t<
row houses in Washington in th<
development of Bur lei th. The orig
Inality of the architectual trdatmen
of this type of constriction gainec
considerable prominence naturally
In addition to being vice presi
dent of the Operative Builders Assc
elation, Taylor is a member ©f th<
Washington Chapter of the Ameri
can Institute of Architects and i
member of the Washington Re*
Estate Board and chairman of it
Ideal Home Exposition committee
It was stated that the new organ!
zation has acquired a tract of lam
for its first development which wil
get under way early In September.
HOW HUES
■NEO
Various kinds of hollow walls are
being used in home construction
apart from the frame wall, which is
always hollow. The others are of
hollow tile, of brick masonry, and
occasionally of concrete units. The
advantages that are claimed in each
case have mostly to do, witji increased
warmth In winter and added coolness
in summer.
Probably none of these surpass in
anv feature the ideal types of hoUow
wails of brick. United States Bu
reau of Standards tests have shown
these walls to be the strongest, the
most fire resistent, and to resist to
the highest degree the strain of
lateral thrusts. Experience has
proved them to be savers of labor,
brick and mortar, and the cheapest
of them all.
These walls are laid with all or
part of the bricks on edge.
Realtyßureau issues
Second Certificate
The consultation bureau, recently established by the Na
tional Association of Real Estate Boards to pass upon the
general soundness of co-operative building projects, hss issued
its second certificate of approval.
Ths work nf th* htirwnn Is a— —.—■
type of service by a business asso
ciation. It has been created to
protect the comparatively new field
of co-operative apartment develop
ment against mistakes on the part
of novice developers and exploita
tion by unscrupulous operators.
The complexity of the legal struc
ture upon which ownership of a co
operative apartment unit depends,
and the Importance of the financing
plan in effecting the success of the
enterprise, in particular, make it
desirable to set up some machinery
which would enable the prospective
buyer of a co-operative apartment
unit to know that the project into
which be is buying has been soundly
conceived and carried out, officers
of the division point out.
Complete Approval
Through the new bureau individ
ual real estate projects, if they meet
Ln all respects the standards set up
by the association, will be certi
fied to the general public as sound
by the official group representing
the entire business of real estate
in that particular field.
A committee from the division's
list of approved consultants, all
nationally recognized as successful
specialists in the co-operative apart
ment field, will go over the entire
set-up of any project submitted to
the bureau, and give the developing
company the benefit of their advice
as to any changes that would be
advisable either to add to the ef
ficiency of the structure or to the
buyer's protection.
The committee advises on loca
tion, achitectural plan, financial
structure. legal structure, Including
by-laws of the corporation to' be
established, and stock certificate,
operating plan and selling plan.
Sitting with the consulting commit
tee are an architect familiar with
the peculiar possibilities of tenant
owned apart nent structures and an
attorney familiar with the legal
forms upon which tenant ownership
depends.
Things Certified
The certificate, which the de
veloper is permitted to use in all of
his advertising, but which if he uses
he must reproduce in full, attests
that the plan and specifications for
the structure are well conceived in
view of the location and the type
of accommodations they are de
signed to afford; that the distribu
tion of stock among the various
apartments is fair and equitable;
that the mortgage financing, includ
ing the principal payments thereon,
is sound and Workable. If carried for
ward as described: that the proposed
plan of operating the building wh»n
It shall have been, completely sold
is one which can" be used success
fully. and thht the by-laws and other
legal forms employed meet in gen
eral with the standards indicated
by the forms prepared under the di
rection of the co-operative a part
r.ent dlvlsl n of the National Asso
ciation of Rcal ERt ate Boards.
The certificate is further signed
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<! RUBY LEE MINAR, Inc.
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d Washington, D. C.
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by R. Bates War.-an, Washington,
D. C-, chairman of the division N
athan Will.am MacChesney. of Chi
cago. general counsel of the associ
ation, consulting attorney to the
committee: McNally and Quinn,
Chicago, by F. M. McNally, con
sulting architects to the committee,
and H. Morton Bodfish, Chicago,
Secretary of the consultation bu
reau.
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The new Hudson River Bridge
now being constructed at Fort Leej,
towers high as the Binger BuUdiftf
and each of its 36-indh cables weigh-
Even now, when the foundation
of the towers are hardly finished',
plans are being made to prevent
the weather in years to come from
rusting and making worthless the
iU.000.000 engineering marvel. The
girders are being manufactured id
Pottstown. Pa., and by the ligii
they have been finished and put I#
their places they will have beep
coated with more than 26.000 gal
lons of red-lead and white-lead paint
to keep them strong and free from
rust.