Evening star., 1925-07-27


ment which takes on almost the ap-
! pearance of a boom. yet the homes
| there are being taken by people for
! the most part from the National Cap
| ital. and people who are permanently
| located. The building is substantial
and life lasting, and is the beginning
| of what is to become the great metro
politan district of Washington. de
veloped along the lines of the sub
urbs of New York and Chicago ap-
/ pearing when entirely built up as d
part Of the city proper.
Building Operations.
For the two years ending July
of this year there was constructed in
the area east and west of the Rock
vile and Georgetown roads buildings
totaling in value S2.l64,33 These
are official figures compiled from the
records of the Rockville land Office.
and are conservative, II anything. for
they are taken from the building per
NIT records, where the builder gives
the estimated cost of construction.
and the permit system is maintained
| in order to give the assessors a basis
for their taxation charges. This sec
ton includes Chevy Chase, West
Chevy Chase, Chevy Chase Park,
Chevy Chase Terrace. Leland and
what is known as sections 2, 3, and
5 of Chevy Chase, Battery Park and
Edgemoor. In this area the value of
the construction from July l. 1923.
to July l, 1924, was $500, 800. and from
July /. 1924, to January /, 1925, S44l,
! 035. During the six months from
| January /, 1925, to July l, 1925, there
was a decided increase, the figures
showing 81 1892, ,449.
During the two-year period the area
under which has been grouped Chevy
| ~. Nt.,-,s 4
and s. lead with total construction
valued at S1,147.2S4 In this area
there We're built between July /. 1923.
and July !, 1924, nine houses valued
at S97 $50, the ma jority costing from
$40 900 to SIS. 900 each. From July l.
1924, to January I. 1925. there were
constructed 40 houses valued at $247,
5S5, most of them at $4,000, with
some running as high as $4,000,
while from the latter date until July
of this year there were constructed
36 houses showing the enormous total
in value, and q vast increase, of
$500 ,449. These prices ranged around
$40 900 each, but there was one apart
ment costing 100000.
Some Costly Houses.
Section 2, Chevy Chase. for the pc,
riod from July l, 1928, to July ], 1924,
showed eight houses at $1I0,S00 rang
ing in value from $4,000 to $4,000.
For the period from the latter date
until January of this year there were
constructed four houses costing
$4,000. and from January, 1925. to-
July / of the current year, 81 houses
were constructed, having a. total es
timated value of S269,500 or total
value for the 80 houses of s42s,300.
Section 8, Chevy Chase, for the year
ended July /. 1924, six houses were
constructed, having a total value of
s54,s00: for the six months subse
quent and till January ! last, II
houses at $40 700, and for the period
from then until July 1 last. II houses
having a value of S144,000.
In Chevy Chase proper, only one
permit was issued prior to July l,
1924, the house to cost S6 900, and for
the same period In Chevy Chase Park
three houses totaling S15,500. In West
Chevy Chase. two permits were issued
for houses costing a total of $1,000
for the year ended July !, 1924; six
houses costing $4,000 for the six
months between July. 1924. to Janu
ary. 1925, and three from that time
until July of this year, costing $500
Chevy Chase Terrace was the scene
of big growth during the latter half
of the fiscal year Just closed. From
January l. 1923s to July /. 1924, there
$4,000, no construction during the
following six months. and for the six
months period just closed there were
constructed 16 houses having a value
of S152 900.
In Chevy Chase Park for the year
ending July 1, 1924, there were con-
structed only two houses. totaling in
value s11.500, while during the fol-
| lowing six months six houses, val
J ued at S46,750, were built. and this
was followed In the subsequent six
| months by the construction of only
two houses, totali1g $4,000. -
Battery Park and Edgemoor.
Battery Park, Edgemoor. and Nor
wood Heights, taken as group, show
ed houses totaling in value of s914,-
ESQ. for the two-year period. Rapid
increases are being shown in this
group, as evidenced by the fact that
| for the year from July l. 1923, to July
| l, 1924, there was construction val.
ued at 1876, ,o00, whereas this was ex-
ceeded for the first six months from
| July. 1924 to January, 1925, by a
| total of S244 500. and a greater Jump
from that period to July l of this
year, when the figures showed $685.
| $50. Battery Park experienced the
greatest total in construction during
| the two-year period when the figures
showed 81 houses, costing $598,900. In
| this particular development, the first
year of the period covered by the fig
| ured showed the construction of %
houses with total value Of S286, 400