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Evening star., 1928-12-15
Owning Building Page for Washington and Its Suburbs
$3.50 600 APARTMENT HOUSE
TOPS D. C. BUILDING PERMITS
Fiive-Story Brick and Tile to Be Erected
by Harry NJ. Bralove-Total Projects
for Week s664,8OO.

Plans for five-story brick and tile
apartment house, to be erected by
Harry M. Bralove at 4707 Connecticut
avenue, at an estimated construction
cost of $450,000, were approved this
week by Col. John ". Oehmann; build
ing inspector.
The apartment was the largest in the
new list of private building operations
here for which permits were issued dur
ing the past week. the total estimated
cost of all being 1864, 300.
Included in the list of new projects
were plans for II dwellings, both of the
row and detached type; a number of
small flats and numerous repair and
remodeling operations.
Permits Issued.
Permits were issued as follows:
Harry M. Bralove, owner and builder;
j. H. Abel. designer; to erect one 5-story
brick and tile apartment house, 4707
Connecticut avenue dots and BIT,
square 2037) to cost $450,0O0.
Cooley Bros, owners and builders;
George T. Santmyers architect; to erect
four 2-story brick dwellings, $40 to Sic
Jefferson street (lotS 101, 100, SO and
98, square 5000; to cost $4,000.
II. l.. Thornton, owner: Doran S.
Platt, architect; E. H. Davis Co., build
ers; to erect one 2-story brick and con-
crete block dwelling, 619 Whittier street
dots Is and Is, square 3169); to cost
$4,000.
Monroe Warren, owner, designer and
builder; to erect six 2-story brick and
tile dwellings, $685. to 3645 Warren
street dots 26 and 2 to 6, square
E-1892); to cost $4,000.
Lord Baltimore Filling Stations, Inc,
owner; T. j. O'Connell, engineer; to
erect one 1-story brick filling station,
81 New York avenue northeast Qot %,
square 67D; to cost $4,000.
H. P. Galentine, owner, designer and
builder; to erect one 3-story brick addi-
ton, $500 Georgia avenue Oot 800,
square 293T; to cost $4,000.
Louis P. Gatti. owner; John Piland
designer and builder; to make repairs,
1891 Fourteenth street Qot 81, square
283O; to cost $4,000.
Repairs to Be Made.
H. E. Huddleson, owner: H. L. Wal
ther, builder; to make repairs, 3149 and
Al Pennsylvania avenue northwest
QotS 810 and 811, square 74); to cost
$4,000.
M. B. Swanson, owner and builder:
George T. Santmyers, architect; to
erect one 2-story brick apartment, 1913
New jersey avenue (lot %, square SID;
to cost $500.
M. H. Swanson, owner and builder;
George T. Santmyers, architect; to
erect one 2-Story stone dwelling. 276l
Evening star., 1928-12-15
Dance Floor Roof
Made Soundproof
To Confine Music

To stop sounds of dance music
from penetrating the rooms of apart
ments on the floor above during
nightly supper dance programs
staged in the small ballroom of the
Wardman Park Hotel, three layers
of fiber and felt composition, topped
by ivory Italian plaster, have been
fixed to the ceiling of the room, it
was announced today.
This remodeling, it is said, thor
oughly soundproofs the bandstand
and will prevent confusion of the
orchestra strains and music from
tenants radios above. The new ar
rangement, 1t is reported win local
ize the music to the ballroom. The
improvements cost $2,500
Evening star., 1928-12-15
Total
Building and Loan
Assets Shown i'm us.

Total assets of building and loan
associations in this country now ap-
proximate $7,179,000,000, an increase
of $384, ,459,0 900 over last year, ac-
cording to the United States League
of Local Building and Loan Asso-
Citations.
Pennsylvania is the leading state
in total association assets with
figure of $1,246,0 6,000,0 900. Ohio is
second with 81 ,035 100000, New Jer-
sey third with 86,000,000, and
Massachusetts, fourth with $478,-
100000.
The assets of building and loan
associations in Illinois total $685.
000, 900, and New York $3.50, 900.
In Indiana they are $274 100000;
in California, $242. 900, 900; in Wis
consin, 100000, and in Mary
land, $2lo.000, 900.
Evening star., 1928-12-15
PLANS FOR NEW CIVIC CENTER
ARE TAKING DEFINITE SHAPE
Bill Has Been Drafted for Submission to
Congress Providing for Municipal
Government Unit.

which once was the original city hall
building, south of the Supreme Court
Building.
Advantages of the site and the plan
for consolidating the District activities
in one group of buildings were sum-
married this week by Municipal Archi-
tect Harris as follows: The comparative
low cost of the site, now having the
lowest assessed value of any of similar
size in downtown Washington; the
economy of consolidated operation and
maintenance of the group as contrasted
to separately maintained buildings for
departments; economy of building one
group of buildings; the convenience of
the location of the site, and centraliza-
ton OF the local government activities.
Maj. L. E. Atkins, assistant engineer
commissioner, pointed out today that
among the District departments and
agencies which could be provided for in
a new civic center and which now are
crowded out of the District Building
for lack Of space are: The Traffic Bu-
reau, Health Department clinics, Juve-
nile Court, Municipal Court, Police
Court and storage space for materials
dispensed by the Board of Public We'll
fare. Also, ne said, such a center
would make possible the establishment
of police and fire headquarters on an
adequate scale.
The city heads, it is understood, have
dropped from the plans for the center
the two triangles of land between Sixth
and Seventh streets, once included in
the proposed site.
Value S4,235,0O0.
The, assessed value of the remaining
site between Third and Sixth streets.
Pennsylvania avenue and Indiana and
Louisiana avenues, is approximately
$4,235,000 and it has been estimated
that the actual cost of acquisition will
approximate $6,400,00O.
Mr.. Harris points to the District Build
ing as an example of the rise in cost
of construction and sites here. 1t was
erected in 1908 at a cost of $1,968.877
and would cost to reproduce at present
prices about $4,435,735, he estimates.
This is computed at the rate of about
81 per cubic foot for its 4,435, 735 cubic
feet content. Building costs have risen
in the 20 years between two and two
and half times, he estimates.
The site of the building was purchas-
ed at cost of $550,000 Assuming its
present value at $50 per square foot
the figure would be approximately
81, ,381 $50. Computing the reproduction
cost of the present building conserva-
lively at the rate of twice the original
construction cost, or $3,e37,754. the
total value of the property would be
approximately $5.319.284.
Mr.. Harris estimates that the needs
of the following local government
agencies during the next 10 years will
amount to: Police Court, $4,000 square
feet of space; Municipal Court, $4,000
Vc nofs Trxxy tl1
and the Recorder of Deeds office. so 900.
The needs in so years, he estimates,
probably will be double the above fig
ures.
Evening star., 1928-12-15

Brandywine street dot 9, square 225S);
to cost 1900.
T. A. Jameson Co, owner and builder;
George T. Santmyers, architect; to
erect two 2-story brick flats, 210 and
212 Seventeenth street southeast dots
68 and SO, square 1098); to cost $4,000.
d. j. Dunigan. Inc, owner and
builder; George t. Santmyers, architect:
to inclose porches, 5O13 Fifth street
(lot 90, square 3254); to cost S400.
Roy l.. Neuhauser and Sol Lansburgh,
owners; r. L. Neuhauser, designed and
builder; to erect one 2-story brick addi-
tion, rear 1916 K street dot 28 and
part lot 20, square 1850: to cost $4,000.
Mrs c. G. Johnson, owner; c. West,
architect; C.. G.. johnson, builder: to
erect one 2-Story brick and tile dwell
ing, 3215 Rittenhouse street dot S,
square 2019); to cost $4,000.
Repairs to Cost $4,000.
Ordnance Building Co., owner; Porter
S5 Locke, architects; James Baird Co.,
builders; to make repairs. 1900 f street
(lot 806, square 144); to cost $2,500.
L. L. Buckheit and r. B. Swope,
owners; L. L. Buckheit, builder; r. B.
Swope, designer; to erect one 1-story
brick addition for welding shop. 1910
cost $4,000.
Edward H. Horton, owner and builder;
A. F. Thelander. designer; to erect one
2-story frame and brick dwelling, 4701
Reservoir road tparcel 1879, square
1879; to cost $9,500.
w. B. Hibbs Co.. owner: Davis. Wick,
Rosengarten Co.. Inc. builder; to make
repairs, 721 Fifteenth street (lot 10,
square 222); to cost $4,000.
w. l.. Houston, owner and builder:
A. B. Mullett & Co., architect; to erect
one 3-story brick addition and make
repairs, 1910 U street dot 81, square
237); to cost $4,000.
Patrick Dempsey. owner; L. w. Giles,
architect; Frank l.. Tanning, builder;
to erect two 2-story frame dwellings,
4517 and 1921 Gault street northeast
dots 40 and 81, square 5129); to cost
$4,000
Southern Diaries, Inc, owner: to erect
steel tower on roof of building, First
and M streets northeast Qot 800, square
672); to cost $4,000.
c. L. Fowler owner, designer and
builder: to erect one 2-story frame
dwelling, 1882 Otis street northeast dot
IL, square 4002); to cost $4,000.
$4,000 for Repairs.
Lewis Waxberg, owner, designer and
builder; to make repairs, 5018 Connecti-
cut avenue (lot -, square 1880; to cost
$4,000.
James H Washington. owner: c. r.
Continued on Sixteenth Page.)
Evening star., 1928-12-15
BY DON S. WARREN.

Plans for the new civic center oi
municipal government buildings, on the
proposed site north of Pennsylvania
avenue between Third and Sixth
streets. now are taking definite shape
A bill has been drafted for SUBJ
mission to Congress at an early date,
in the hope of obtaining action at this
session of Congress for authorization
of the new local government develop
ment which would provide for monu-
mental group of buildings where all
the major District activities could be
centered.
Warnings have been sounded by
Representative Underhill of MasSa-
chusettS. as well as by local officials,
including Municipal Architect A. L.
Harris, that unless the site is soon
taken over, its value will rise with the
continued Federal developments south
of the Avenue, boosting the ultimate
cost to the citizens of the District for
its acquisition.
1t is the hope of city officials that
Congress at this session will authorize
the acquisition of the site, which has
been approved by the District Com
miSsioners, so that details of the plan
may be developed.
viii Be Forced Out.
When the Federal Government even-
tually takes over all the property in
the great triangle south of the Avenue
the District government activities will
be forced out of the present District
Building, requiring the provision of new
quarters.
Looking to the future, District off,
cials have planned new civic center
development where all the major ac-
tivities may be consolidated and where
future expansion for at least so years
may be foreseen and provided for They
nave before them the experience with
the present "city hall" building, which
was completed and occupied just 20
years ago and which today is held to
be entirely inadequate to house all the
principal local government depart
ments.
They have before them also the ex-
perience of the District in attempting
TO acquire school sites and Fairgrounds
in the past year or two which were
not provided for in earlier years when
they could have been purchased at
prices considerably below what later
were asked or obtained
General architectural plans for the
new development already have been
drafted in the Office of the municipal
architect and have met with the ap-
proval of the National Capital Park
and Planning Commission and the Fine
Arts Commission experts. The plan
would bring into focus the District Su-
preme Court Building, regarded as one
of the finest examples of architecture
In District structures.
Touch of Sentiment.
There is also touch of historic SEN
timent in the plans in that the pro-
posed site includes the old building
Evening star., 1928-12-15
MASTER PLUMBERS HOLD
REGIONAL MEETING HERE
$50 Representatives of Allied
Trade Gather at X. of C.. Hall
for One-Day Session.

-Iaster plumbers, heating contractors.
manufacturers, wholesalers and their
representatives, numbering $50, held
regional meeting yesterday at the
knights of Columbus Hail. The meet
ing was sponsored by the National
Plumbing and Heating Industries Bu-
reau and the local trade.
'"The Value and Responsibilities of
the Trade Association" was presented
by Philip P. Gott, assistant manager,
trade association department, of the
Chamber of Commerce of the United
States.
Ernest L. Flentje, who during the past
year managed sales promotion, dealer
and market analysis campaign in Phila-
delphia in behalf of the plumbing and
heating industries, told of the results
of the Investigations.
Plans for 1929 was the subject of
William G. Bergner, secretary of the
Plumbing and Heating Industries Bu-
reau, Chicago.
Claude W. Owen served as chair
man of the meeting held in the after
noon.
Evening star., 1928-12-15
BUILDING PROGRESSES.
Construction Is at Record Level,
National Survey Shows.

Regardless of any decline in the
number of building contracts placed,
which may occur within the next few
months, the amount of construction
actually under way will continue around
record levels, the Brooknire Economic
Service, Inc, states. AS a result
heavy movement of materials, steady
employment, and high building wages
may be expected for some time to come.
Construction of public works and utili-
ties projects now is at record level.
and the same is true of industrial types.
On the other hand, residential activ-
ity is pursuing downward trend.
while commercial types continue rather
dull. 1t now appears certain that con-
tracts awarded for the entire year will
reach level never before equaled, the
economists say.
Evening star., 1928-12-15
Foxhall Village Copied.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, December 15-Plans
for the development of tract in the
northwest suburbs of Baltimore along
the lines of the Foxhall Village develop
ment in washington, were announced
this week The tract comprises five
acres
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-11

100000 common mud bricks for sale
J. s. Ford. Brownsville. H-164
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AN APARTMENT now vacant, living
room. bedroom. dining room, kitchen.
breakfast nook and bath. Completely
Furnished. A place where YOU will
be cool and comfortable. This IN one
Of the incest in the city. Will rent 60
particular people. Call ll73-W. LIZ
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Articles For Sale

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ing or wrapping. 2 lie per pound.
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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-11

SALESMAN WANTED: Valley dis
tributor has opening for salesman
that will work. Must have car and
able 20 finance self for two weeks.
Salary and commission. The Duro
Co.. 122 South First street. Harlin-
gen, Texas. 1876
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-11

IN PRIVATE HOME - Pleasant
rooms or apartments. arranged for
teachers; no children taken. Block
of high school. Phone It's. H-207
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-11

New stucco with six roms and bath;
corner lot. Price $4,000, including
light fixtures. Small cash payments.
balance like rent. This Is a real buy.
New five-room house with bath, hot
and cold water; built-in tub Best
buy in Victoria Heights; highest and
colest part Of Brownsville. Two-tone
textone finished walls. Beautiful
light fixtures. Inlaid linoIeum IN
kitchen and bath. $500. Small down
payment, balance like rent.
See Mrs. Florence Stafford. 1924 Car
field avenue, next TO Fourteenth
street. Victoria Heights. Phone
1296-M. I-52
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FOR RENT-Downstairs bedroom: in
modern home, 70 ~ or two gentle
men, phone al0M- LIS
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THREE-ROOM furnished apart
ment. suitable for couple. 443 St.
Charles street. I-79
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GENTRY DUPLEX apartment. 1872
Palm boulevard. Call 1922 Sun
days or after 4 y. m I-s2
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VERY COOL two-r0om apartment
on pavement. everything furnished
$500. Also three-room apartment,
$50. Phone 946-W. H-133
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LIVE s-TOCK-POULTRY

WILL SACRIFICE nv last German
police puppy. Mrs. Stafford. Phone
1296-M. H-93
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NEW APARTMENTS.

Duplex just completed. Hardwood
floors. All conveniences. 11l2 West
Elizabeth street. Carlos 6. Watson.
H-76
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NEBRASKA APARTMENTS = Fur
nished. every convenience. frigidaire
and gas ranges. Jefferso.. and Four
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cHEAP USED CARS

Every n Of these ears must be
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these over and make yourself a
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Better hurry to get your pick.
JESSE BENNETT. INC.
Used Car Market
Phone 90i 1919 Levee st.
w. A. Ross. Mgr.
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THE McCASKEY REGISTER company
has an opening in this vicinity for a
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RENTALS:
Apartment

FOUR-R00M apartment. with gas.
private bath Adams street and
Palm boulevard. Phone 764. Ill
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SOUTHsIDE FOUR-ROOM furnish
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yard Also, six-room modern house,
and three-room apartment with pri-
vate entrance. Near high school.
Phone IT'S. H-20S
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FURNISHED ~three-room apartment.
lights. telephone, water and garage.
$50. Phone Gil. las
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CASH IN ON YOUR RENT RE-
CEIPTSl We have a five-room
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rointment.
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TWO-RoOM apartment TO let. Con-
v~eniently furnished. 703 Madison
Street. Phone 1871. Liz
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UNFINISHED DUPLEX. Phcn.
35l. US
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-10
Two Dropped
by Big Ten
Prep Rulers
Emerson and South Bend
Declared Out; Clinton
Gets Trophy.

Representative at the Big Ten
high school conference, meeting
here Saturday afternoon, voted to
eject two schools from membership,
Emerson of Gary and South Bend.
Football teams of these schools
failed to play the required number
of conference games this year and
the schools were not represented at
Saturdays session.
Clinton was awarded the cham
pionship trophy for 1928 Paul Kelly,
coach, was present to receive the
award.
Officers were reelected as fol-
lows: Frank Allen, Muncie, presi-
dent; c. G. Robinson, Central,
Evansville, e-president; Fred
German, Technical, secretary-treas-
urer.
To fill the Emerson and South
Bend vacancies, invitations, in the
order named, will be sent Kokomo,
South Side of Fl. Wayne, Newcastle,
Wabash, to obtain a northern team,
and to Bicknell, Wiley of Terre
Haute, Garfield of Terre Haute and
Bloomington to obtain a southern
team. Grid schedules for 1929 will
be arranged later.
Clinton and Central of Evansville
announced they would try some
night games next fall.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-10
Irish Court
Squad Opens
Card Tonight
N. D. Faces Armour Tech;
Franklin Plays WiSCon-
sin at Madison.

Notre Danes 1928-29 basketball
combination will open it's campaign
tonight at South Bend against Ar
mour Tech of Chicago, usually a
tough, aggressive Zoe.
Franklin is all set for strenuous
action against Wisconsin at Madi-
son. Griz Wagner's Baptists long
have been an ardent rival of the
Badgers and a hot fracas is eX-
pected tonight.
De PAW and Earlham also are
scheduled TO battle this evening at
Greencestle, and the Tigers, touted
as having one Of the strongest
teams developed at the Methodist
school in several years, are favor
ties.
Oakland City and Vincennes will
meet at Oakland City tonight in
the only other college contest in
volving Indiana schools.
Wabash and Purdue will provide
the big entertainment Tuesday
night at Lafayette. The Cavemen
are groomed for the fray and eX-
pect to make a good showing against
piggy" Lambert's latest edition Of
the Murphy Harneson combination.
Wabash lost to Northwestern Satur-
day, 35 to 20.