Evening star., 1917-05-12
Newcomers Buying Homes.

| Newcomers buying nOIueS.
Much of this buying of small homes,
according to realty operators and broK-
ers. is due to the large influx of new
| comers brought about by the addition
| of thousands of clerks and other em-
ployes to the payrolis of the various
government departments and the or
| ganizations semi-governmental in char
acter. Since the declaration of a state
| of war between the United States and
Germany nearly 5000 clerks and other
employees have been added to these
rolls, the War Department. Navy De-
partment, State Department and Treas
ury absorbing the larger part of these.
About 400 men have been brought here
to work in the navy yard; the Navy
| Department has taken on about 600
| yeomen, 400 of whom come from other
places: of the approximately $500 men
| to be stationed at the training camp at
Fort Myer. about 1000 are to come
| from other parts of the country; the
| council of national defense includes on
it's payrolls about 100 men from other
cities, and other departments have en-
rolled additional employees In varying
numbers. AS soon as work Is started
on the printing the seven-biIlton-do11ar
bond issue the bureau Of printing and
engraving will require the services of
about 1000 additional employees. with
| 200 more at the Treasury. With the
reserve camp, these newcomers have
| been drawn through the civil service
commission, and as war preparations
extend in scope many hundreds more
! will be required.
| 1t is estimated the additional salaries
paid to the men and women already
added to the government payrolls will
total about $4,500.000.
| Scores of these new additions to the
Districts population have already ar
| ranged to buy homes here or are seek
| ing small residence properties. and
| healthy men believe that as the number
n14v tS1nr ha 6aSr Il
for such homes will grow in volume.
New Northeast Homes.
Several operations have already been
completed in the northeast section Of
the city, and many more are under
six rooms, few having seven rooms,
which seems to be the maximum de-
sired. One of the most attractive of
these completed operations is at the
corner of 18th and D streets north
east, where ten homes have been built.
six on d street and the other four on
18th street. The houses contain six
rooms, tiled bath. hardwood finish.
electric lights throughout, hot-water
heating system, bult-in china cabinets
and kitchen cabinets. and beautiful
colonial front porches. The construc-
tion is of reinforced steel and brick,
with tapestry brick fronts.
| Chevy Chase Homes Built.
Home building operations are not,
however, confined to the smaller type
Of houses. Two beautiful semi-detach-
ed homes just completed in the .54O0
block in 39th street. Chevy Chase. d.
c.. contain eight rooms each, the rooms
being especially spacious and we'll
lighted. These homes contain two
baths each and have frontage of
twenty-four feet. The fronts are of
Harvard brick. with natural stone
terror finish is mahogany and ivory on
Eastwood. Two sleeping porches are
provided on each house. The location
is just a block from Connecticut ave-
nue. extended.
/ Cleveland Park Home Sold.
A new home just completed at s512
Lowell street, Cleveland Park. by
Charles L. Taylor has been bought by
Harry B. Thompson. the sale being re-
ported by the office Of Boss & Phelps,
Inc. The home occupies a lot with 200
feet frontage by 1876 feet deep. It is of
frame construction. covered with
smooth white stucco, the roof being of
green tile and the foundation Of stone
The living room Is thirty feet long by
nineteen feet wide, with an immense
open fireplace: the dining room is 19a20
feet in dimensions. and the other rooms
are large in proportion. the house hav-
ing five baths A vapor heating system,
unique electric lighting fixtures, etc,
are other features. The price paid was
approximately $4,000. the house being
said to be one Of the most costly built
In Cleveland Park in recent years.