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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-11
Home and Building Section for Washington and Suburbs
BUILDING COST FOR WEEK
In D. C.. TOTALS $1,577,9OO
Permits for Private Construction Include an
Apartment Listed at s1,5OO,OOO, Exceeding
Outlay for Entire Month of November.

the District approved during the
cost of $1,577, 900. The figure Is
nth of November.
by issuance of a permit for the
at $500 Calvert street, near the
reek at Connecticut avenue. The
wner; j. Abel, designer, and Harry
It is to be of eight stories, of stone,
lit in the form of two crosses, with
IN of a third unit.
A. Dispense, owner and builder; H.
w. Gaines, architect; to erect one q
story brick addition and erect one con-
crete block garage, 4527 Forty-fourth
street dot %, square 164D; to cost
81, 800.
Edith P. Lapish, owner; D. M. Mar
thinson, builder; to make repairs, 3414
o street dot 814, square 1929; to cost
81 200.
Temporary Church Planned.
Church Extension Society of the
Methodist Protestant Church, owners
and builders; w. S. PLACER, architect; to
erect one 1-story frame temporary
church building, Kansas avenue and
Hamilton street dots Is to %, square
330D; to cost $1,000.
Estate of Elias Heidenheimer, own
ers; Clarence w. Gosnel, builder: to
make repairs, 903 E street Qot 801,
square 377); to cost 1000.
Leo Simmons, owner and builder; A.
G.. L. Toombs. designer; to erect porch,
1880 California street (lot 816, square
$500; to cost 81 900.
Guthrie g. williams, owners; Ward
Brown, architect: G. L. Williams, build
err; to erect addition and make repairs,
1875 and 1927 Thirty-third street Qots
211 and 212, square 1850; to cost 5000.
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statistics either as bonds issued, bids
called for or contracts awarded.
Despite the present lack of statisti--
cal indicators the Associated General
Contractors look for some increase in
activity in 1880 over the volume of
1929. 1t is conceded, however, that
this might not become evident during
the early months of the year.
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WORK ON AIRPORT
GETS UNDER WAY
20-PIane Hangar and New
Administration Building and
Station Contracted.

Improvement of the Washington Air
port, south end of the Highway Bridge,
was started this week, when Bahen &
Wright, local builders, were awarded a
contract for construction of a modern
20-plane hangar and a new admins
tration building and passenger station.
Ground was broken Immediately, and
both structures, the total cost of which
will be S85 900, will be completed within
80 days.
Plans for the hangar were drawn by
Lockwood, Green & Co. Holden, Scott
& Hutchinson designed the Office build
ing. Albert G. Ober, jr., executive vice
president of the Washington Air Termi-
mails Corporation, which owns the air.
port, will have general supervision over
the work. which is part of a $600,000
expansion program designed to provide
Washington with a model commercial
air traffic terminal.
Safety Equipment Planned.
Capt Thomas Carroll of this city, for
nine years chief test pilot of the Ma
tional Advisory Committee for Aero
nautics, will superintend the building
into the airport of latest safety equip
ment and flying routine. All plans have
been approved by the Fine Arts Com
mission as fitting into the general
scheme of Identification of the National
Capital and environs.
The hangar plans call for steel and
concrete structure 100 by 100 feet. with
50-foot concrete aprons at each end.
The building will be erected on the
eastern edge of the airport, near the
Alexandria road. Adjoining will be
machine shop and other servicing ia
cilities.
The administration building, which
will be placed in the corner of the fly
ing field nearest the bridgehead, will be
stucco and brick structure of modern
istic design and finish. On the first
floor will be Offices, passenger waiting
room, restaurant, baggage room and
other facilities. Upon the roof will be
glaSs-incloSed control room and a
decked-over space from which Specta-
tors may view operations on the field.
The whole will be set upon a erased
terrace.
Larger Flying Surface.
Pending the start of new construc-
ton. the work of expanding the flying
surface of the airport, which is the
most accessible in the neighborhood of
the city. recently has been pushed with
vigor. Hundreds of truckloads of ma
terial are being hauled to the 100-acre
tract daily, and that part of the field
suitable to flying has been tripled. The
old hangar has been removed to the
far end of the field, and across Military
road the amusement park structures of
Arlington Beach, which was purchased
by the airport company some time ago.
have been torn down.
Through arrangements with the cleo
trio power and telephone companies, the
wires on Military road are being low
cred into conduits, to give freer access
to the field for airplanes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-11
Windows in HARMONY,

To give esthetic satisfaction, win
dows must be in perfect harmony
with the building in which they oc-
cur because the relation of things to
each other is just as refined and sub
tie as the relationship between per-
sons. In order to reflect beauty, the
house must express fine balance of
its essential parts, which 1t cannot
do unless its windows are properly
designed and located.
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past week have a total estimated
larger than that for the whole me
The weeks total was Swelled
81, 100000 apartment development
Million dollar Bridge over Rock {
Calvert Street Corporation is the
M. Bralove, builder. The apartmel
brick and concrete construction, bl
provision for the future construct
Permits were issued during the past
week as follows:
The Calvert Street Corporation, own
ers; J. Abel, architect; Harry M. Bra
love, builder; to erect one 8-story brick,
concrete and stone apartment building,
$500 Calvert street Got 6, square 2138 !;
to cost 81 100000.
Robert E. Kline, jr., owner and build
err; George T. Santmyers, architect; to
erect nine 2-story brick dwellings, 17Ol
to TIT G street northeast Cots 81 TO
95 square 1093; to cost $4,000.
George I. Willis, owner and builder;
L. e. Harris, architect; to erect one
2-story brick and frame dwelling, 561S
Nebraska avenue Got 10, square 231D ;
to cost $4,000.
Kass Realty Co., owners and builders;
to erect one 1-story brick store, 1856
Wisconsin avenue 0ot 867, square
1900; to cost $4,000.
Brick Store Listed at $4,000.
DR.. r. Hotel, owner; George T. SAINT
myers, architect; E. A. Pessagno, build
err; to erect one 1-story brick store, 1922
Twelfth street northeast dot 81. square
3881); to cost $1,000.
Sarah E. Sonnemann, owner; Frank
Sonnemann, designer and builder; to
erect one 2-story frame dwelling, 2211
Perry street ortheast dots Is and rs,
square 4242): to cost $4,000.
Realty Investment & Securities Cor
poration, owners; to repair fire dam
ages, 1718 Corcoran street dots 212, 213
and 214, square 1850; to cost $4,000.
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MODERNISM IN HOME.
Durability and Convenience Not at
Odds With Architectural Trend.

Modernism in home architecture
does not imply bizarre or freakish ar
chitecture, for modernism Is essentially
a matter of utility, comfort and con-
venience and economy. There is no
reason why a small English cottage
type of house cannot be truly modern;
similarly, American Colonial architec-
ture may be utilized in a home that Is
as modern as next years motor car.
Modernism in a home means, first,
that from purely structural stand
point the house is built to stand hard
weather and to afford its occupants the
utmost comfort and security, no mat
ter what may be happening outdoors.
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CREDIT PROGRESS CALLED
BIG 1929 DEVELOPMENT
Official of Associated General Contractors Reports
Definite Improvement in Building Industry
Through Information Interchange Bureaus.

Progress sterilization credit practices in the
industry outstanding development of 1929 accord
Walbrdge
ciated General Contractors of America
tt credit OF
major detectives of the contractors organization in 1880
during the past will be reviewed at the
the association which in New Orleans
additional credit bureaus
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-02
DESIRABLE APARTMENTS
ALL SECTIONS OF THE CITY

2l2s CONNECTICUT AVENUE NV.
Near Million-Dollar Bridge, in Kalo-
rama Heights residential section; spa
cious apartments. large rooms, beautt-
fully finished. parquetry floors.
4 rooms & bath to rooms & baths,
$500 to $500 per month.
24-hour elevator service. Telephone
switchboard. Electric refrigeration.
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SHANNON & LUCHS
MANAGEMENT.

SHANNON & LUCHS
MANAGEMENT.
,no,.,I 1921 K ALI Am r ED w,
] Room and Bath
to Rooms and Baths,
Secretarial Telephone Service.
elevators Operator Controlledl.
Refrigeration on House Current.
Complete Service.
MANAGER on Premises.
PARK TOWERS.
2440 18th ST,
Rooms, Bath and Porch.
Rooms, Baths and Porch.
Complete. Service.
switchboard and Elevators.
Electric Refrigeration.
Manager on Premises.
400 10Th ST.
] Room, Kit. and Bath.
Rooms, Kit and Bath.
Some with Porches.
Refrigeration on House Current.
switchboard and Elevators.
Manager ON Premises.
7los ST. NV
Room, Kitchen and Bath.
Otning Alcnvs and In-a-DooT Bed.
$3.50 to s3s So
THE MAYFAIR.
2il5 9 ST NV. -
s Foom: XII ki; ana and 1 ssth ' e SO
Elevator Electric Refrigeration.
ManaRer on Premises.
THE GREENBRIER.
li07 10th st
Rooms. Pantry, Kitchen and Bath.
Elevator Electric Refrigeration.
Manager on Premises.
1885 18th ST .
Rooms. Bath and Porch $1,000
Electric Refrigeration.
THE RADNoR.
1901 18th st. NV
5 Rooms. Bath and Perch. $500
Rooms, Bath and Porch. $50. 1000
NEWTON HALL.
1877 Newton st. NV.
2 Rooms. Din; Ale. Kit; and Bath.
Elevator-Electric Refrigeration.
Manager on Premises.
MERIDIAN HILL.
2 Rooms. Kit. and Bath -. $4,000
Electric Refrigeration.
Manager on Premises.
1921 BELMONT ST. NV.
Room. Din. Above. Kit. and
Bath, In-a-door Bed ........ $4,000
ssa4 9Th ST.
CCor Longfellow ST.
Rooms, Kit. and bath. ...S47S0
4506 GA. AVE.
tCor. Allison ST.
Rooms, Kit and Bath. -. $500
Including Electric Refrigeration.
THE CRESCENT.
1855 Crescent Pl. NV.
Rooms, Kit and Bath. ...... $500
THE VICTOR.
1914 North Capitol st.
5 Rooms, Bath and Porch. -. $500
THE POWERS,
14tT Mass. Ava. S.R.
Rooms, Kit. and Bath. .......S40.00
1927 NJ ST. NV.
Room. Kit, Bath, Porch $3.50
Furnished II Desired. 5000.
THE POTOMAC,
1898 N st. NV.
Rooms, Kit. and Bath. 49,. .S30.0o
SHANNON. &.LUCHN
l43S K ST. NATIONAL asses.
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WENDELL MANSIONS
ol KEW GARDENS:
THE McREYNoLnS,

CORNER 18th AND 6 SIS. NV.
Most Conveniently Located Downtown
Apartment Hotel.
Modern appointments - Electrolux
retrtgeration-compl 24-hour serv-
building.
RATES:
! room, kit, and bath. .s37 so to s45
Furnished suites Of one and two
rooms with complete housekeeping
facilities available for long or short
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-02

TIA T ST. NE.
Practically new. modern building; eIe-
fevs anaTtments remain available in this
desirable building. Two rooms kitchen and
OS'ii' s's.'O CHAs. D. sAGER.
National 0036. s24 18TH st. NV.
LARGE DOWNTOWN APIS.
1909 10Th ST. NV.
Convenient Location, Only One Block From
Connecticut Ave.
EQUIPPED WITH FRIGIDAIRE.
ss75o-A Apartment consisting Of large LYING
ss2 sn Reautiful apartment, consistins AZ
living room, dining room. large ped
rooms kitchen and bath.
500 on-Iarre apartment consisting of s nm
usually large rooms and baths
Large Lobby-Elevator
Janitor Service.
Resident MANAGER on Premises.
CAFRTTz,
1904 X st. NV Dist 9osO
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DOWNTOWN-l4th & K NV.
QUALITY APIS, LOW RATES
FINEST marble. hreproof, elev bids: 2 to
S-rn, ants; marble bath; s45 up. See CHAM
pT am 1924 X. Most convenient In city
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-02

1901 WYOMING AVE, AT goth ST
The very best Is offered here in an
apartment home. The large suites in
this building have been remodeled into
smaller ones to meet the demand.
There are available at present apart
ments Of from rooms and bath to 6
rooms and 3 baths. open freplaces;
electric refrigeration, telephone switch
board, 24-hour elevator service.
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THE CECIL,
SOUTHWEST CORNER 18th AND
L NV
DOWNTOWN BUILDING.
walking distance Government Depts,
theaters and shopping section. All
rooms outside and large
24-HOUR ELEVATOR SERVICE,
TELEPHONE SWITCHBOARD
rooms and bath to rooms, kitchen
and bath
A45 to So5 Per Month
APPLY RESIDENT MANAGER.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-28
AUTOMOTIVE BRIEFS

It Is announced by James e. Callan.
president of the Callan Motors, Inc.
Cnat zach Brewer has been appointed
secretary and treasurer in addition to
MS connection with the sales depart
ment. Fred w. Lounsbury also has been
appointed to the sales force.
Elijah G. Poison, general sales man.
ager OF REQ, announces the appoint
ment of M. F. Sperry as regional man
ager OF the Midatlantic district for that
company. Sperry has been with REQ
since 1925 and previous to that was
with illys-Overland for several wears.
He is well known to the automotive
trade in this vicinity.
1t is announced by r. B. English.
Washington branch manager of the
Ford Motor Co., that the Saunders
Motor Co. has been appointed as au-
thorized Ford dealers. This Company
IS owned and operated by John M.
Saunders, who has been connected with
the automobile business in Georgetown
Tor years. Sales, service and general
ofilces will be maintained at 51l Four
and-a-half street southwest.
The Commercial Motor Sales, dealers
IN Ford commercial cars and trucks,
announce the removal of their head
quarters to larger and more convenient
quarters at 346-348 PENNSYLVANIA ave-
nue. northwest. Sales, service and
ofnces VIII be all under one roof In
the new building.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-28
WORK SPEEDED UP
IN PENNSYLVANIA
Construction of Keystone
Highways important to
$4,000 Workmen.

Realizing that delays in carrying
through public improvements are costly
to the public and contribute to unem-
ployment, the Pennsylvania Highway
Department this year pushed highway
construction so that by June 1 four
f1fthS of all 1880 road contracts were
awarded.
This action was of tremendous i'm
portance to the $4,000 men working for
the State and private contractors.
Where other States have permitted le-
galities, technicalities and indifference
to slow up letting of road contracts,
Pennsylvania has gone ahead and
started work Early completion of con-
tracts carries with it the benefit of
early highway usage, which in this age
of efficiency and applied economics is
highly desirable.
Users Saved Money.
If, for instance, a 50-mile stretch of
pavement is thrown open to traff1c six
months earlier than originally planned,
with a traffic volume of 1000 cars daily,
that highway will earn $500 to $1,000
daily for its users through lower car
operating costs
Through speeding up work Pennsyl-
vania will this year complete about
1000 miles of concrete pavements, and
may build as much as Iowa's expected
mileage of 1,025.
Pavement benefits are so manifold
that often important savings are over
looked by the public. For instance,
since 1911 Pennsylvania has through
paving projects shortened main high
ways by 305 miles through relocations.
This has resulted in annual savings of
SIS, $4,000 to motorists through I'M
necessary travel, according to careful
estimates. This year alone brought a
reduction of 29.5 miles in the State
system at an estimated car operation
saving of $l,150000.
Construction Speeded.
Not only is speed of letting contracts
a part of the Pennsylvania program, but
also speed of construction. BY August
81 els miles of concrete we're completed.
The week of August 20 two dozen de-
tours were removed, and the week of
September IA we're removed Con-
crete is being placed at the rate OF five
miles daily.
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failed to respond quickly enough were
said to be suffering from what is known
as mental lag" Because such tests
involve mental action they are apt to
be confused with the deeper phase of
psychology which many of the most
predetermined students of traffic
conditions believe are of far greater
significance.
Robbins B. Stocked, motor vehicle
commissioner of Connecticut, Is one to
state that as between the slow thinker
and the fast thinker the former is the
least dangerous. "A sloW-thinking man
does not make determination without
flrst considering practically all the pos
slbilities of any situation" he explains,
while fast thinker sometimes in
sufficiently takes in the problem which
confronts him."
Advocates of reaction time tests would
explain that when a driver is made
to understand that at sound of the
pistil shot ne must stop as quickly as
possible no elaboration is necessary,
and that if there is too much hardness
in reacting to the signal the applicant
Is deficient in his reflex mechanism. In
considering such a person for a drivers
permit, however, the State, in all fair
ness to the applicant, is faced with
the likelihood that this type of person
might not get into such tight jams,
compromising for his hardness with
more thoughtful handling of the car.
Slow Thinkers.
Commissioner Stoeckel recognizes
that the slow thinker is annoying to
others and that with the trend of the
times toward greater road speed any
type of driving that is out of step with
the average is a breeder of accidents.
That the slow thinker can be trained
to react more speedily without sacri-
flcing his good qualities. however. is
the creed of behavioristic psychology
and one of the brightest hopes on the
automotive horizon.
Many interesting tests have been de-
vised TO bring to light drivers weak
ness for eXcitability and his other lido
Syncrasies, one of the most advanced
being a method of distracting him
through ultraviolet rays which jab him
in the neck. Such tests represent ex-
tremes in the effort to predict drivers
experience at the Wheel but may prove
less helpful than a simple question
which brings an answer that uncovers
character and judgment, or lack of 1t.
The way matters stand it begins to
look as If the people who join the
ranks in the near future will be the
models to pattern after We may adj
mire the new driver quite as enthusi-
astically as we do the new car.
Copyright, 1880, by the Russell service)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-28
ASKS BUS OPERATORS
TO EXAMINE DRIVERS
Maryland Motor Vehicle Commits
sioner Urges Closer
Check-up.

Special Dispatch 10 The Star.
BALTIMORE, September 81. - Pas
senger and freight bus owners and OPP
orators in Maryland could protect
themselves from accidents involving
their equipment and passengers by a
more close check-up of persons apply
ing to them for positions as chauffeurs
according to z. Austin Baughman,
motor vehicle commissioner
The records which would give the
prospective employer a good sidelight
on the driving ability and highway
trustworthiness are on file at the ONCE
of the commissioner OF. motor vehicles,
Mr.. Baughman said.
THE point involved in this matter,
which / feel is of interest to all en-
ployers who are bus owners, is the fact
that on a recent special check-up of
buses, following fatal accident where
a big interurban bus was involved, dis
closed that five bus chauffeurs arrested
for speeding or other violations Of the
law were found to have records Of for
mer violations.
eat least one employer of bus chauf-
feurs expressed considerable surprise
upon learning that one of his chauf-
feurs had previous record.
This man had employed the driver
upon former employers Endorsements
but had taken no steps TO see If he had
ever been arrested for recklessness
speeding or any other violation.
There are large numbers of chauf-
feurs who have records, but many en-
ployers never have checked up on this
While they may be entirely reliable and
completely trustworthy in all other
ways, they are 'chance-takers.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-28
Early Statesmen
True Prophets
On Future Roads

Early American statesmen were vir-
tually prophets when it came to depict
ing the value of highways.
AS early as 1919 the brilliant Caro-
linian John G. Calhoun said "A jul
dicious system of roads, constructed for
the convenience of commerce and the
transportation of the mail would, by
consolidating our Union and increasing
our wealth and fiscal capacity, add
greatly to our resources"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-28
BALTIMORE TRAFFIC
DEATHS TOTAL 113
Figures for Year Ended Septem.
Der 6 Given by Safety
Council. r
Special Dispatch to The star.

opeClai GlSpaJCh 70 Inc star.
BALTIMORE, September a. One
hundred and thirteen persons were
killed in Baltimore during the year
ended September as the result of au-
tomobile accidents, according to a report
Of the statistical committee of the Bal
timore Safety Council These figures
compared with l36 persons for CORE
spending period ended September Z.
1929, decrease Of % deaths.
The death rate per 100000 population
in this city biased on the recent census
f1gures) for the 1880 period was 14I.
compared with Ill for 1929.
Baltimore ranked second in a list of
Is large cities of the country showing
a decrease in deaths over 1929.
Nine fatal automobile accidents oc-
CURED in Maryland during the past
week. Automobile Commissioner Baugh-
man reported. All of the fatalities
happened in the counties
The total number of traffic accidents
In Baltimore during the week was 289,
in which 141 persons were injured.
During the corresponding period of
1929 there were 298 accidents, resulting
in the death of 2 persons and injury to
1873 others.
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practically all automobile manufacture
ers will be represented there, the di-
rectors of the National Automobile
Chamber of Commerce voted to take
advantage of this and thereby save
members or their representatives an
extra trip to New York. The Chamber
of Commerce of the United States has
courteously extended the use of its
board room for the meeting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-28
N. A. C. C. TO MEET HERE
FIRST TIME IN HISTORY
Show Drawings Will Be Made
in Capital Instead
of New York.

For the first time in its history the
annual members meeting of the Ma
tional Automobile Chamber of Com
merce will be held this season in Wash
ington, D. C. Thursday. October 9, is
the date selected and the drawing for
exhibition space at the 1881 National
Automobile Shows in New York and
Chicago will take place at o'clock on
that day.
The reason for holding this drawing
at the Capital instead of New York is
that the International Road Congress
is scheduled for Washington the week
of october s. In view of the fact that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-28
No Novice.

From the Detroit Motor News.
The meek-looking woman with she'll
trimmed spectacles was applying for
drivers license.
How many miles have you driven"
asked the oficial
Fifty thousand miles-and nsver had
mold of the wheel!" interposed her hus-
band, stepping up.
She got the license.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-28
FATALITIES DROP

Deaths in Auto Accidents Decrease
in Four-Week Period.
The Department of Commerce an
nounces that during the four weeks
ending September 6, 1880, rs large cities
in the United States reported $50 deaths
from automobile accidents. This num-
Der compares with It's deaths during
the four weeks ending September Z,
1929. Most of these deaths were the
result of accidents which occurred with
in the corporate limits of the city, al
though some accidents occurred outside
of the city limits.
For comparison, the number of deaths
due to automobile accidents within city
limits is desirable. Such figures are
available for the four-week period end
ing September 6, 1880, and for the cor
responding four-week period of 1929
for all of the 78 cities, the four-week
figure in 1880 being 504, as contrasted
with SIS for the corresponding four
weeks in 1929.