The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-01-23
REALTY MEN REPLY
. TO CRITICISMS Of
DR.. HARVEY WILEY
Deny That Houses Are Built
Without Regard to Light
and Air.

TeSent
today the criticisms Of DR.. Harvey w.
Wiley. before the Secular League. that
builders construct houses without re-
inernberinr that man is q breathing ami
mai. AMI fail to provide proper air
space for modern homes.
They point out that the tendency of
home building in washington in recent
years has been toward providing all
the Air space possible to houses in q
row. and further marked tendency to
build detached houses.
In the latter respect It is ghown that
the building Of detached houses in the
suburbs and near-suburbs. has been
ana Is still going on at rapid rate.
A. examples OF the detached houses,
the entire building UP Of Saul's Addi-
tion within a period Of Ave years, is
pointed out. and the phenomenal
growth OF the Chevy Chase section,
Cleveland and Richmond parks, Wis
consin avenue park, Potomac Heights,
Takona park, upper Sixteenth street,
Woodley, and many ether sections.
Houses In A Row.
Where houses in row have been
built the endeavor has been to provide
q maximum of light and air. Inside
houses, of course, are shut out on two
sides, but the arrangement of front and
back has been such as to provide few,
II any, dsrk corners In the house. The
necessity of building houses In a row is
clearly explained by the builders and
real estate men by pointing to the price
of ground. A detached house takes at
least twice as much ground as a house
In a row. and costs from 10 to 30 per
cent more to build.
Where there is one homeseeker who
can AFFORD to buy detached house
there are twenty-five or more, 1t is
said, who are limited to the house in a
row, simply and entirely on account Of
the cost. At that, the realty men say.
the homeseeker who buys modern
small house In row gets all the air
end light necessary to health and COM
fort. The only difference is that he has
an outlook only in two directions, where
the detached home owner may look out
A marked tendency toward extreme
detachment Is pointed to in the opening
OF such new suburban subdivisions as
Edgewood and Bradley Hills. where
any one house.
Large Transfer Made.
William A. Mearns today took title
to the Mckee residence property, at the
northeast corner OF Connecticut and
Ituooe lSldHu dNcHucS. ADOut %iIo,VVV
was paid for the property, Mr.. Mearns
Will transfer it again in a few days to
out-of-town investors. for whom he IL
acting The residence was purchased
for converting it into business property.
Buys School Building.
T. H. Pickford has purchased from
St. Roses Technical School the old
building previously occupied by the in
stitution. at 202l G street northwest.
The property contains 1900 square feet
and the building is four-story and
basement structure. Mr.. Pickford has
not completed his plans for its recon-
struction. The sale was made through
the office Of Allen e. Walker & Com
pany.
Reports Large Sales.
William Fl. Walker has closed several
large residence sales. He has sold to
Major Leroy Lyon, U. S. A., the resi-
dence at the southwest corner Of Lenox
ntreet and Brookville road. Chevy Chase.
The house contains ten rooms and two
baths, and is one of the most attractive
residences of the section. The lot has
a frontage Of more than 100 feet, and
the house is surrounded by large oaks
For William Hitz. Mr.. Walker has
sold lot fronting 200 feet on Bradley
lane, at the southwest corner Of Brook
VILE road.
For William I. Deming he has sold
the three-story residence erected for
Wood, Dom & Deming, at 2117 Con-
necticut avenue. for $4,000. The house
other sale is that OF, twenty acres Of
ground adjoining the Letter property,
on the Virginia bank Of the Potomac,
opposite Glen Echo.