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The Washington times., 1930-12-06
BUILDING PERMITS

Building permits issued for the
past week amounted to $237, ,020
and were issued as follows:
Cafritz Construction Co., $780,
900 to erect nine ,2-story brick
dwellings at 400 to 425 Farragut
st. N. W.: lot 1880; 50. 1888.
H. r. Lowenstein Co., $4,000
to erect five 2-story frame dwell
ings at 6403-11 Third st. N. W.:
lots 1913 to 1872; So. 3344.
w. c. & A. N. Miller, $4,000
to- erect one 3-story brick and
frame dwelling at 1880 Forest
Lane N. w.
Jacobson Bros, $4,000 to erect
one 2.story brick and frame dwell
ing at 1928 Kennedy st. N. W.;
lot 807; 50. 2802.
L. E. Breuninger & Sons, $4,000
to erect one 212-Story brick and
frame dwelling at 1905 Morning
side Drive N. w.
Schwab, Walk & Candy, $500
to erect one 2-story and attic resi-
dence at 45O9 Lowell St.; lot SIS;
50. 1905.
Warren & Marthinson, $4,000
to erect one 212-story brick and
tile dwelling at 3615 Cumberland
st. N, w.
Warren & Marthinson, $4,000
to erect one 21a-story brick, stone
and frame dwelling at 1909 Cum
berland st. N. W.; lot IL: 50. 1879.
Jacobson Bros, $4,000 to erect
one 2-story brick and frame dwell
ing at 3131 Military Rd.; lot 80l:
50. 2293. -"
Penn Realty Co., $4,000 to erect
one 2-story brick store and flat
at 1880 Morse st. N, W.; lot
22-64-65; 50. 4072.
Frank A. Peters, $1,000 to erect
one 2-story frame dwelling at 1922
Lawrence st. N. E.; lot 80; SO.
4246.
The Elite Laundry Co., $4,000
to erect one 2-story brick and con-
crete laundry at rear 2117 Four
teenth st. N. w.
Mrs. Elizabeth Leahy, $500 to
erect one 2-story frame and stucco
The Washington times., 1930-12-06

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The Washington times., 1930-12-06
INCREASE SEEN
IN BUILDING
IN D. c.
Permits Issued Show More
Work for November Than
For Same Period Last Year

Private building operations in
the District Of Columbia FOR No.
vember amounted to $1,477, ,22O,
and according to reports avail.
able at the District Building
Inspectors office, showed an in.
crease Of nearly a half million
dollars over the SAME month Of
1920.
This new figure brings the
value Of 1880 construction now
in process to sac. 04,442 and al
though the figure represents a
loss when compared with the
same period of 1929, there is O
new upward trend In both ma.
tional and local construction
markets.
Prices Low
Present material. prices are at
the lowest point they are likely to
reach. and, representing as
material prices do, about so per
cent Of the cost of construction
the opportunity now exists for
building to go ahead more
economically than If deferred I'M
til construction has resumed its
full normal swing and demand
Tor materials, forces the prices up.
The realization of this important
factor is responsible for the new
upward trend in Washington con-
Struction which is already marked
With an increased amount of re.
pair work, usually regarded as
the forerunner Of increased
activity in the larger construc-
ton field. I,
A visit to many prominent
architects offices reveals consider
able activity on their part and
although the majority Of their
projected buildings have been
conceived on a sound formula,
which win permit and warrant
their erection, their actual con-
Struction Is being held UP until
spring when the building crews
VIII have full swing in setting
their plans in operation.
Permits Listed.
The following breakdown of
building permits issued In the
District during the past month
shows continued increase IN
home. constructor with permits
issued for a new dwellings
valued at approximately $377. .306.
The Washington times., 1930-12-06
open
!. SAMPLE HOME
To PUBLIC I
Moderate Price Development
win Have 80 Houses, Each
With Latest Improvements

The opening Of q sample house
today at 1925 Bay st. 8. T., marks
the beginning Of a new moderate
price home development to be
undertaken by Steuart Brother,
Inc, and according to officials
Of the organization, the new
operatiCn when completed viii
embrace 30 row houses valued at
approximately $750, 900.
Located in a rapidly growing
southeast section. the homes will
be Immediately accessible to the
parkway system from Benning
to Anacostia and convenient to
public and parochial schools,
stores, churches and traflSporta-
ton. The homes are priced from
81, $50 up and are built Of brick
with detached garages at rear Of
lots.
Similar to Sample
Each home when completed
viii be similar to the sample
house which contains six rooms
and bath, with il1closed plastered
sleeping porch and front and rear
first floor porches. The bath
room is complete with modern
colored fixtures and shower, while
a combination safe for valuable
papers has been installed In the
wall Of the master bedroom. One
large cedar-lined closet Is ideally
located IN the hall on the second
floor while each room has SUI.
ficient closet space.
The kitchen, done In the most
acceptable household colors, con-
tainS q built-in ironing board,
Frigidaire, electric clock on the
wall, Walker electric dishwaSher
and other conveniences for the
housewife.
Basement Light, Airy
A large light and airy basement
under the entire house contains
added convenienceS which include
q Hardinge oil burner and hot
water storage tank.
Hardwood floors and trim as
well as modern electrical equip
ment and hardware has been
used throughout the entire house.
The sample house is open daily
and Sunday for inspection from
a. m. to Q p. m.
The Washington times., 1930-12-06
TAX CONDITIONS
To Be TOPIC
At PARLEY
Real Estate Group to Hear
Plan for undermining Tax
and Government Systems

Abolition Of the township as
unit Of government which has
long since outlived its function
win be advocated in the coming
midwinter meeting Of the Ma
tional Association Of Real Estate
Boards by Judge Arthur J. Lacy,
Detroit, chairman Of the national
associations property owners di,
vision, who win address a gen.
eral session at the realtors meet
ing in st. Petersburg, Fla, Jan
uary Is, 16 and II.
Cost Stressed
Judge Lacy views the lnoderni.
Zation Of government machinery
as the most feasible step in re-
ducing, unnecessary expenses in
government. Through actual ex.
ample Of expenditures and func-
tions Of the township system of
government as it now obtains in
the State Of Michigan, Judge
Lacy will show how great is the
cost Of township government.
how needless it's existence and
decreases posSible in property
taxes through diScardi1g this
unit Of government.
DR.. Simeon Z. Leland, Of the
University Of Chicago, tax con-
sultant for the National ASsocia
ton Of Real Estate, Boards, will
report on the research he is now
conducting at the University Of
Chicago on taxation as it affects
real eState. This research is
seeking out the most practical
and workable plan for shifting
some part of the present dispro-
portionate tax burden from real
estate to other sources Of revenue.
Income Tax Scanned
Four subjects are included In
the investigation, in which DR..
Leland has the help Of five re-
search specialists: State income
tax, both personal and corporate;
sales tax; constitutional and
statutory limitations on tax and
public indebtedness, and maxi
mum city revenue. The investiga.
ton into State income tax, on
which a report will be made at
the st. Petersburg meeting, is
seeking to determine whether or
not real estate taxes have been
reduced In States which have
adopted income tax or whether
the proceeds from the income
tax have been used for the i'm
provement Of Government SER
vices or the extension Of Govern.
ment functions and have in no
way tended to lessen the tax on
property: whether State income
taxes reach those not hitherto
taxpayers or merely add to the
burden already borne by payers
Of revenue on real estate. and
factors to be avoided in income
tax legislation and factors which
have made State income taxes
successful.
The Washington times., 1930-12-06
Improvements

Improvements
The following summary shows
the distribution Of improvements
among the respective sections of
the District Of Columbia and the
values of same:
NEW BUILDING REPAIRS
Northeast. $319. 9.O00l Northeast. $2s,455
Southeast 109,050l Southeast. 42,5s5
Northwest. I'll, ,050l Northwest. 114265
Southwest. 46,00OI Southwest. 46,s15
$1.245,100
232,120I
The Washington times., 1930-12-06
BIC APARTMENT
TO Be BUILT

Application for a permit to
erect asfive-Story apartment build.
ing at 1920 Fuller st. N. W., op-
posite the italian chancery and
designed along conforming lines,
was filed yesterday with the Dis
trict Building Inspectors office,
by the Ell and Kay Building and
Investment Company.
Estimated to cost 5000, 600, and
designed by Louis T. Rouleau, the
proposed structure will contain 10
apartment units or approximately
220 rooms. It is understood con-
struction win start as soon as the
plans have been approved by the
District engineers.
The Washington times., 1930-12-06
Board COnUelsti0Ia
PicIEa RnZ7 7alnnr.

May 27 20, and 81 have
been NAMED IS the dates Dr. the
twenty-fouftE1 annual convention
Of the National Association Of
Real Estate Boards.
The convention is to be held
in Baltimore. The asSociation's
board Of directors will. meet on
May 26, the day preceding the
opening Of the convention sessions.
The Washington times., 1930-12-06
Shanghai to Build
IT, Story Office,
China's First

The dragon has awakened.
For the first time in its history
China is going to have a IT.
story office building, located in
the heart Of downtown Shang-
hal.
The success Of the structure
will have q marked influence
on the future Of high office
buildings and apartment struc.
lures in this Far East land.
Most Of the buildings in
China are no higher than six
stories and these are located
for the most part, in the for
eign sections Of the larger
cities.
The Washington times., 1930-12-06

save hours Of needless shopping
worry by locating the gifts you want
to buy In the 'Christmas Gift Sugges-
fi0ns'' listed In tOday's Classified Ads.
The Washington times., 1930-12-06
BUILDERS USING
MORE BRICK

Small homes Of brick construc.
tion, of the average mans
home" type, which can be sold at
less than $4,000, are being built
in increasing numbers of late in
and around Cleveland, according
to Building Economy.
Most Of them are adaptations
Of plans which were submitted in
a recent architectural contest con-
Quoted by the Cleveland Clay
League in It's effort to develop q
$1,000 common brick house.
They are well designed for
both appearance and convent
ence. The quoted sale price in
cludes the lot.
Brick and Tile
The walls of the two-story and
basement seven-room houses re.
ferred to by Building Economy
were OF common brick with a hol-
low tile back-up. ALI of the
pipes were wrought iron. The
plumbing fixtures were of nick
eled steel. The bath room was
tiled and the kitchen had a tiled
IN sink with tiled recesses for re-
1r1gerator and range, and, of
course, the usual cupboards.
The interior finish was Of hard.
wood with hardwood floors. All
OF the windows were equipped
with steel sash. The lower floor
rooms were finished in ANTIQUE
plaster, the upper ones papered.
an exceptionally fine quality Of
paper being used. In the base.
ment was a finished recreation
room with fireplace and the attic
was finished. The actual con,
struction costs:
The Washington times., 1930-12-06

dwelling at 1911 Irving st. N. E.:
lot 1862; SO. 4207.
Church Of Jesus Christ Of Lat.
ter Day Saints, $4,000 to excavate
for church building at southeast
corner Of Columbia Road, Har.
ward and Sixteenth SITS. N. w.
Mrs. Margaret Aldridge, $4,000
to erect one 1-Story concrete pub
lie garage at 90 H st. N. E.; lot
IS; so. 676.
The Washington times., 1930-12-06
l,l11-llll-all''ll
&1,477.23oI
$232.12O
PIANIST TO PLAY

Miss Villa Semple, Canadian
pianist, win play at the regular
monthly dinner Of the Washing
ton Canadian Club at Lee House
Tuesday evening. She will be as
sisted by william Rodier, violinist.
DR.. Edwin N. C. Barnes, director
Of music in the public schools,
is president Of the club.
The Washington times., 1930-12-06
WILL TALK ON REDS

Representative Carl C.. Bach
mann, Of West Virginia, win talk
on findings Of the Fish Commit
tee that is investigating Com
munist activities in the United
States, Of which he is a member.
over Station WJSV at $3.50 to-
night,
The Washington times., 1930-12-06
8 Out of 10 Want
Insulated Houses

That the general public now
considers building insulation
against heat and cold a standard
requirement for the wellconstruct-
ed home, is shown by a recent
nationwide survey. Nine out OF
every ten snf the thousands OF
home owners questioned express
ed q preference for insulated
homes, and eight Of every ten de-
cIared themselves willing to add
$25 room to construction costs
in return for the benefits Of In
Sulation.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-07-24
Chained to the Wheel.
Manchester Guardian.l

It is interesting but melancholy to notice the steady progress of foolish fashions. Against all mon sense and convenience, and in flat contradic- ton to the expressed preference of most women the skirt after all, longer fluffer and less easy to manage. At first these difficulties were admitted and excused on the ground that the change applied only to evening wear but the fashions for Ascot have been inconvenient as anything that could be arranged for the ballroom. Snobs and simpletons praise them-as they would praise any, thing that has been ordained as correct for Ascot even though it elastic-sided boots and we'll blacked face. On Wednesday commentators on the Ascot spectacle praising the quaint the beautifully flowing draperies" that had van quished the long straight line' and finished at the angles in foamy mass" It matters little that year two ago the same sort of writer would have been exuding superlatves the chaste and distinguished simplicity of the short skirt; inconsistent fashions demand inconsistent followers at matter of routine There was how
 foamy masses" had not yet learnt to walk grace fully in them they were, in short justly hampered by their absurd garments, but when "a slow, dig nfied mode of progress has been attained the 1930 dress pageant will approach the ideal" To put the case more brutally, when the chain-gang has forgotten what it like to be free their letters will make better line in the picture It so hap most notable warning against the folly of fet- ters; when the deluge came down the wearers of them could not move fast enough to shelter and their soaked and clinging draperes loaned in fact well fancy. This ought to be an object lesson against senseless return to quaint Edward ian touches" When the idlers of a public spectacle be caught by the anwisdom of their own attire what folly it will be if such fashions lean be foisted off women who have working place in the worlds affairs.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-07-24
Rival Claims in Antarctica.
(New York World.) )

There is certainly nothing premature in the resolution of Senator Tydngs authorizing and di- rectng the President to lay claim to all areas in the Antarctic which have been discovered ex- lplored by American citizens Two sectors of An tarctica are now regarded by Great Britain part lof her empire: the Ross Dependency, administered by New Zealand, and the Falkland Islands Depend lency, administered by the Government of the Falk
 lands The territorial waters of Antarctica have an immediate value for whaling and the mineral lands have potential value. Any nation possessing Antarctic claims is justified in maintaining them On the basis of exporation-and there is no other basis, for country has tried to occupy any part of Antarctica-a number of governments can file claims. The intrepid Captain Cook was
 the first explorer of Antarcca waters but he found mo land The honor of doing so belongs to the Russian Bellingshausen, who sighted Alexander IT, Land in 1919. year later American seaer, IN. B. Palmer, discovered and landed on Palmer Land In 1888 came the far more remarkable wock Iof the Engishman Ross who discovered South Victoria Land explored long strip of coast named Mount Erebus and first described the Ice Barrier. In 1840 French expedition under d'Urville founi and named Adele Land. In the same year the American Wilkes was on the scene None of these men really did than follow the coast The
 history of continental exploration may be said to begin with the work of the British ship Discovery
 under Commander Scott in 1901 Since then as
 the whole world knows, British, Norewgians and Americans have carried it forward with great energy and with little assistance from other coun- tries
 Fortunately for international relations coun- try muster the slightest excitement regarding
 Antarctca If these bleak lands have any great
 value it is not for generation. The problem 1 of sovereignty and doubtless will be ap-
 preached with all the eoolness which befits the
 chilly subject.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-07-24
Superlatives in Building.
Cincinnati Enquirer.)

The ChrySler Building in New York is now en- toying its momentary glory the talest of all earthly structures Beside its l030-foot spire the Woolworth Building and the Eiffel Tower are dis tinctly second rate. The Chrysler Building also boasts other superlatve features-the worlds high est restaurant-athoughs we have no data as ye. to tell us whether prices in proportion-the worlds highest cubrooms and so forth.
 The irony of this competition for record neigh. is the fact that the Chryser stucture opens its doors the shadow of Al Smiths taller great edifice, the Empire Building, begins to cloud the brilliance of the Chryser title. It to be a case of "he who laughs last" and the last IS not yet in sight.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-07-24
WEATHER MAN EXPLAINS
 "CYCLONE."

cyclone" in the science of meteorology is not a violent and destructive twisting windstorm or "twister' greatly dreaded in parts of the United States That sort of storm is properly called tornado. A cyclone, weather forecasters explain is extensive system of winds of low atmospheric pressure measured by the barom- eter. It is represented the synoptic charts pub lshed by the Weather Bureau of the Department of Agriculture by arrows showing the wind drec- tions and aseries of waving lines resembling the contour lines map. These lines pass through points having equal barometrc pressure at the time indicated by the chart. Other similar sets of lines represent of high pressure regions of "anticyclones cyclone may several States and as rule moves in easterly direc- tion the country.
 'The reason why cyclones and anticyclones or the lows and highs of the weather chart have such an important bearing weather forecast ing" says Alfred Judson Henry, of the Weather Bureau "is because of the pronounced contrast in the weather associated with each. If it is known that cyclone is advancing upon region, it is assured within slight variations, depending on the season that the winds will be stronger than the average the sky will be cloudy and there will be rain or snow according to the time of year and
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-07-24

Alaska would like to sell some of her rains to those sun-baked sections that sweltering under 100 degrees plus, of heat for what they would probably willingly pay for them if there were a way to make delivery. However, we would not exchange seasons with them
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-07-24

Earthquakes in Italy, heat in the East, accidents lin Germany and everywhere and American gum men doing what they to hold down popu- lation gains.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-07-24

President Hoover it is said, has just about de- cided not to take his proposed vacation trip through the West this year. Maybe we've been underestimat ing the Presidents shrewdness.-(New York World
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-07-24

America is paying s73oo0000 in capital and interest to Germany for ships seized during the war. It grows more and difficult to decide just who whipped who-(Cincinnati Enquirer)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-07-24

One would think those gunmen who are every where busy would lay low and let the heat-wave have a chance to make man-klling record With both elements in action people are likely to get stirred up and see what they might do to stop the growing list of fatalities. If the gunmen must beware, for nothing can be done with the heat-wave.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-07-24
NOTICE OF APPLICATION
 FOR PATENT
SERIAL NO. O7546

SERIAL NO. 07546 W In the United States Land Office for the Juneau Land District at
 Anchorage, Alaska.
 In the Matter of the Application of CHICHAGOFF POWER COM PANY, a corporation organized under the laws of Alaska, for patent to the AURUM NO. B lode mining claim, emt-. sed in U. s. Mineral Survey No. 1875, situated on Chichagoff Island, in Chichagoff Mining District, Sitka Recording Precinct, First Judicial Division, Alaska.
 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN That the Chichagoff Power Com- pany, corporation organized und : ar the laws of Alaska, whose post cffice address is 424 Goldsteia Building, Juneau, Alaska, has filei it's application in the U. s. Land Office at Anchorage, Alaska, for patent for the Aurum No. IS lode mining claim and included within U. S. Mineral Survey No 1875, sit- uated in the Chichagoff Mining District, Territory of Alaska, Sitka 'Recording Precinct, First Judicial Division at Chichagoff Post Office on Chichagoff Island, Alaska, and more particularly described. as fol : lows:
 AURUM NO. 13 LODE
 Beginning at corner No. l,
 identical with location corner
 and with corner No. l of Pa
 cific Lode, survey No. 1045,
 whence U. s. L. M. No. bears
 S. 55 deg. 13' E. 133.O1 it.
 Thence N 65 deg. 19' w. 34350
 it. to corner No. 2. Thence N. 47 deg. 58' w. 1007.50 it. to
 corner No. 3. Thence s. 6 deg.
 03' w. 565.10 it. to corner No.
 4 Thence s. 55 deg. 13' E.
 1901 it. to corner No 5. Thence
 N. 6 deg. 03' E. 488.8 it. to
 corner No. l, the place of be-
 ginning Containing an area of
 12616 acres. Total area in
 conflict with Pacific Lode, sur
 vey No. 1045 owned by appli-
 cant. Entire area in conflict
 claimed by applicant.
 United States Location Monu ment No. T, to which this survey is tied, consists of a cross on ex- posed out-crop of bedrock 1Ox8xs it. on the shore of Klag Bay, Chi chagoff Island and chiseled U. S. L. M. No. ' in latitude 57 deg 39' 40" N. and longitude 136 deg O5' 45" W. Magnetic variation 30 deg. 30' E.
 The names of the owners of con- flicting claims are not known to the applicant except as hereinabovo set forth. The total area embraced in the survey and claimed by the applicant is 126l6 acres.
 Any and all persons claiming ad- versely any of the above described veins, lodes or premises are re- quired to file notice of their ad- verse claims with the Register of the United States Land Office at Anchorage, Alaska, within the per- iod of publication, or eight months thereafter, or they will be barred by virtue of the provisions of the statutes.
 J. LINDLEY GREEN,
 Register. First publication, July 12, 1880. Last publication, Sept. "A, 1880.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-07-24

the temperature will be higher than usual. After the cyclone has passed and the antcyclone has come on, precipitation of rain snow ceases, the sky, as a rule clears, the winds shift to northeast ery or westerly quarter and the temperature falls The northerly component of the wind continues for several days and then shifts to eastery or southerly quarter thus indicating the approach of another cyclone"