Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-27
HOUSES WELL BUILT
High Standard in Substan-
liability Is Maintained.
AHEAD OF OTHER CITIES
influence on the Market for Sale Of
Buildings.
HOME BUYERS ARE NUMEROUS
Regulations Here Are More Strin-
gent Than Elsewhere and Higher
Level Is Reached.
HOME BUYERS ARE NUMEROUS

1.-THE recent partial collapse of a build
ing in course Of erection in this city and
the accruing results tend to present a
misleading inference in some quarters
as to the character and substantially of
structures erected and in course of cree
ton here which should be corrected" a
leading realty operator says.
Whatever future amendments may be
made to the building regulations at pres
ent in force in the capital il should be
understood that the public and private
buildings of Washington are as an en-
tirety constructed in the most substantial
and solid manner. as compared with
those in other municipalities.
This Is well illustrated in many ways
and especially by the fact that builders
and spectators from other cities who
come to the capital with the intention of
erecting buildings for speculative pur-
poses along the lines to which they have
been accustomed in their own homes find
that our building regulations are much
more stiff and rigorous than their own
Their views as to the feasibility OF rush
ing up lot OF cheap houses here and
selling them, as they have done else
where. undergo a change
While this may mean in one sense that
buildings here cost more relatively than
In some places. 1t also means that our
structures are better. are worth more
money and are more substantially built
than the same class of buildings in many
cities. AS We are building for all time
and not for expectancy and quick sale
this is one result which We desire to
attain
A Superior Glass Of Homes.
I'm substantiation of this fact the ex-
perience of large building operator may
be cited with advantage. Having erected
in the District over 600 houses of the
moderate priced home class he made a
tour through the principal cities for the
express object of comparing the opera
tons in which he and other Washington
firms are engaged. as against those
to be found elsewhere. giving to him.
self a needed vacation at the same time
His observations and inspections were
such that he was enabled to declare un-
equivocally that class for class and price
for price. the particular line of structures
in which he and his associates were in
te-ested in this city was much more
substantial and superior to those he
had met with in the cities he visited.
And 1t may be stated with equal posi-
tiveness that this mans conclusion as to
the superior construction of our mod
erate-priced home structures apply with
equal force to all our buildings The COL
lapse Of building under course of con-
structior. in this city is such a rarity
that the single instance in question nat
urally causes unusual comment
While there is no disposition on the
part of realty operators or others to ex-
cuse this instance or to attempt to mini
mize the deeply-to- be deplored results
following this unfortunate case 1t is a
fact nevertheless that this city has been
remarkably free rom such distressing in
stances, and they are, as is well known
and the press reports show, of frequent
occurrence elsewhere
Substantial Construction.
"The fact that our homes are we'll built
is one of several principal reasons why
they are in such demand and most Of
them are sold substantially upon COM
pletion and in very many instances be-
fore they are rooted. The population Of
the capital may be said to be perma-
nent one, as contradistinguished from a
place where by reason OF shifting COM
nercial or manufacturing reasons there is
more or less change In the tenancy and
occupation Of buildings. and such being
the case the buildings we erect are more
substan
There are a. present in all quarters
of the city, and particularly in the north
west. hundreds of these attractive and
built homes. recently COM
plete6 and in course of construction The
fact that they are promptly sold and i'm
occupied, as well as bespoken
for in advance. Is one of the most graft
ing phases Of the realty market of the
year. 1t Is not here as in many cities a
ants. but rather one of finding the build
ings the rapidly augmenting colony Of
home owners of the capital demands.
Another reason why our buildings are