The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-12-04
SLOGAN, OWN YOUR
OWN HOME, TAKEN
JPBY RESIDENTS
Bright Future for District
In Realty Profession,
Expert Predicts.
PROSPECTS BETTER
Declares Cement Blocks Are
More Profitable Than
% Brick or Tile.

building operations in Washing
eon this fall are far from being
dead in comparison with other
cities" said Samuel r. Edmonds.
president OF the Edmonds Contract
ing Company, and one of the best
known builders and contractors In
discussing the building situation
here-u Usually there is a very
noticeable slump in building in the
fail but so far this year we have
been working to full capacity ana
then some" he added.
Edmonds is president of the
largest cement block and artificial
stone manufacturing company east
Of Pittsburgh. He has been inti-
mately connected with contract
work here for the past twenty
years and his opinion as to WASH
ington's real estate and building
condition is well worth studying.
Located at Twenty-sixth and
Evarts streets northeast, on a sid
ing of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad, the Edmonds company IL
In the field for a countrywide
business land In line with this is
conducting a series OF advertising
displays. With the assertion that
we can make anything in cement
that an architect can draw on pa
per- the company is putting out a
varied assortment OF articles that
run from tombstones and flower
pots to imitation granite gateways
arc-ences
Continuing, Mr.. Edmonds said
that he had never seen the time
when Washington real estate had
sILSh a bright outlook. More ana
more are families adopting that
slogan of own your own home"
and as a result both real estate
ana building operations are at fe-
vsriI heat. he declared.
Especially is it true that Wash
t1gtonians are adopting the more
modern method of building, name
lyLwith cement blocks, which are
nauih cheaper and more durable
than brick or tile. They also are
better fifty years after they
have been made than they are when
sopd AS an instance of the proof
ofWthis statement I can say that
oarI business has increased more
than so per cent during the past
five years and we are getting to the
point where we are finding 1t hard
to keep with the work. A new
stosy has been added to our plant
ana we uope by this to increase
Dug daily output considerably"
rive have built more homes and
garages in the past year than ever
before. Many builders fear that a
slurnp Is due but we are going
ahead with greater energy because
washington real estate has an as
surEd future" said Mr.. Edmonds.
i1he Edmonds plant is equipped
with the most up-to-date machinery
known. Electric power lamps and
mixing machines put out completed
ARTICLES without the necessity of a
human hand touching them. The
bfdcks, while still wet, are placed
inrstsam kilns and subjected to a
seerming process which hardens
them and does away with chipping.
A full line Of builders supplies
has recently been put in by the
company. Everything that build
er needs in constructing a house,
except lumber, is kept in stock.
With their trackage facilities and
with a fleet Of motor trucks. the
company can deliver almost on an
instant's notice any amount of ma
terials called for.