Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-26
GIANT APARTMENT
| FOR CAPITAL SEEN
Bowie Tells U. S. Realtors OF
| Plans for 9 1000, 600 Cubic
r Feet Building. z
By DON S. WARREN.
staff Correspondent of The star.

STAFF Correspondent of The star.
BOSTON, Mass, June 26--washing-
ton exceeds any other city OF its size
in the country In apartments, and In
recent years no other city has built so
many apartment houses. with the ex-
ception of New York and Chicago, the
property management division OF the
National Association of Real Estate
Boards, in convention here, was told
today by Pleasanton G. Bowie of the
H L. Rust Co. of Washington.
/ Furthermore. Washington may soon
see the naturalization of new idea
in apartment development with the
construction of mammoth suburban
apartment which will constitute a veri-
/ table community in itself. with all its
special features, Mr.. Bowie added.
! Plans are being drawn, it was said, for
an enormous apartment building on a
! site, as yet unannounced, containing
80 acres and the building itself Is to
contain about 100000 cubic feet.
Cost Would BE Large.
The proposed building would have
an adjoining swimming pool, tennis
courts, golf putting course and the
apartments own community stores The
cost would run into a large figure.
Mr.. Bowie, the first of the Washing
ton delegation to take the speakers
the course of an address on details
of property management work.
Discussing Office buildings Mr.. Bowie
declared that it Is becoming more and
more apparent that such structures
must provide auto parking space for
Its tenants and that the day is coming
when buildings without such provisions
win not bring maximum rentals.
Many Subjects Studied.
Following the opening general ses-
noon the realtors convened in divisional
meetings for serious consideration Of a
wide range of realty subjects.
James s. Taylor, acting chief OF the
division of building and housing, De-
partment of Commerce, will discuss
new trends In home design before the
home builders and subdiyiders' division
of the Realty Association this after
noon. W. C. Miller of Washington,
vice chairman of this division of the
national body. will preside at another
meeting Of the section Friday morning.
Morris Cafritz, convention chairman
for washington, Is to be host to other
members of the District delegation at
a dinner party this evening. Among
those to speak are Mr.. Miller. who is
national delegate for washington: Ben
Il
ton board: John A. Petty, secretary;
Clarence F. Donohoe, Earl z. Goss, j. B.
Shapiro, Mr.. Cafritz and Joseph A.
Herbert, jr.
License Law Discussed.
The present tendency in real estate
license law legislation, now in effect in
25 States, is toward requiring some
kind of examination to establish the
II AHA o. t.Als
license to act as real estate broker or
salesman, Gen. William Nathan Mac
Chesney told members of the States
council and presidents and secretaries
of realty boards. Gen. MacChesney,
general counsel of the National As
ISOLATION, is author Of the model
license law.
THE real estate license law move
ment," he said. began with the effort
to regulate the personnel of the
brokers and statesmen engaged in the
business. There is now noted q tend
ency not only to regulate the personnel
of the business but to qualify the conn
modify in which the broker deals.
California Legislation Cited.
'The Legislature Of California has
provided this year, with respect to
agricultural acreage, subdivisions Of
fered for sale for colonization and other
purposes that the commissioner may
require certain information as to such
lands and may make an examination
of them by means of expert and tech
meal assistants, who shall be employed
at the expense of the subdiyider.
In addition TO the IS States already
having the model license law, 8 other
states and the District of Columbia are
seeking enactment of such legislation.
Gen. MacChesney said. and 9 States
having such laws amended them this
year to make them more stringent.
This shows" he said, that they are
sufficiently interested in the movement
to make the effort to improve the
workability and effectiveness of these
laws. Several States amended their
laws to provide competency tests for
license applicants. Such requirements
can be written into the laws only by
the exercise of police power. However.
IL already has been well established
that it is within the province OF the
police power to require integrity IN
order to protect the public against
fraudulent conduct and misrepresenta-
ton"
Subdivision Policies Outlined.
Four policies for the building up OF
a higfl-class residential subdivision were
OuLllleQ DcIOIC opCClnilSto IA hOhiS
building and subdividing today by Guy
r. O. Hollyday of Baltimore, sales man
ager of the Roland Park Co.
The standards and restrictions which
a subdivider sets for the district he
Is developing must be applied not only
In the original selling Of the lots. but
in any later resales of houses built
upon them, and these standards must
be impressed upon real estate brokers
who cooperate with the subdividing
firm in resales, Mr.. Hollyday said.
Here are some of the restrictions en-
phasized as keeping typical high
grade subdivision UP to its own highest
sales condition:
Architectural control, restrictions
against sale to undesirable residents and
encouragement of sale Of lots for spec
ulative purposes.
strict architectural control is car
rted out in such detail in the Roland
Park district that no resident can even
repaint his shutters without first sub
hitting a sample Of the color to the
company for approval. The signifl-
cant element in the matter Of architec-
turaI control in the district is that
approval is given by board Of archi-