Evening star., 1921-06-11
NAVY YARD MEN
BEGIN new HOMES
Hope to Erect 400 Resi-.
dences Under Novel Plan
of Cooperation.

Probably the irst extensive move
ment in this city to relieve the hous'
ing shortage through a plan OF CO.
| operative building was initiated thf.
week, when the Overlook Develop
ment Company. organised by employ
es of the navy yard and fe~
| others. began the construction OF
number Of dwellings on the old Have
meyer tract Of 1SS acres lying jus,
across the Anacostia parkway. or
Pennsylvania avenue southeast.
The Overlook organization is an
nounced as q mobilization OF Wash
ington people, working In . co-opera-
tive way to secure homes for them
selves" Not to be beaten by increased
costs Of lumber and building ms
tefials and poor freight service, the
company has established Its own ma
terial plant. This plant, named the
Silver Hill Sand and Cement Product
to be one of the most valuable and
largest deposits Of pure silica sand to
be found anywhere. The plant VIII
manufacture this silica sand into tiles
of sand and cement composition Tor
use in erecting the 400 houses planned
on the Overlook property.
An Up-to-Date Plant.
The sand and cement tile manufac-
turing plant established on the state
District line. in Maryland. is said to
be one of the most modern cement
tile manufacturing plants In the east
The Overlook company has interested
some business men OF the united
States navy yard who are prominent
= Nt " n
terests of Washington in the en-
terprise to put into practical use the
cooperative home plan for producing
homes at the lowest possible cost to
the buyer.
The exact location Of this plant is
ply of sand on this property is de-
clared to be inexhaustible and ana
lyxes over 9S per cent Of pure silica.
The color of the sand deposit ranges
from light brown to pure white. For
number of months the Overlook
president of the Boystone company.
with a corps of engineers. engaged In
perfecting machinery to make ce-
ment tile with hydraulic pressure un-
der a secret steam process by which
hard tile can be made from this spe-
cial silica content Of sand. The per-
fected tile hardens almost instantly
and can be readily handled and used
in constructing building walls in q
very short time after it leaves the
plant.
$500 Tiles Per Day.
The initial plant. now completed.
will turn out about $500 tiles per day
The standard size tiles are twelve
inches long. Ave inches thick and
eight inches wide, the size Of Six
ordinary building bricks. The daily
capacity Of the plant is about the
same as 10000 ordinary bricks Per
day. It is the intention of the Over
look company to put in other unita
to finally increase the daily capacity
Of this plant up to about the same ~
a plant producing 10000 bricks per
day. The supply Of raw materials Will
probably last the company hundred
years on the maximum basis OF out
put, it is estimated. In addition to the
tiles the plant now turns out door
sills and window stills and stops The
company has under consideration In
staliAtion of tile roofing plant of the
latest scientific design, to use the gpe-
ciai grade Of sand found on the prop
erty Of the company.
the tile made BY the company. II
hollow, having . double circulating
air chamber and Is not to be con.
founded with the ordinary cement