Evening star., 1933-04-29
CAPITAL SECOND
IN 1892 BUILDING.
City, Reporting $50, 1927, 1902
Volume Authorized, Led by
New York Alone.

With s59e27. 1902 worth of construc-
ton undertaken in the District of Co
lumbia during 1882, Washington is
placed second only to New York in the
volume of building authorized here
last year, according to the Bureau OF
Labor statistics of the Department of
Labor
During 1882, according to the Month
1y Labor Review of the bureau made
public this week. the five cities leading
in total expenditures for building opera
tions were New York. Washington, Phil
adelphia, Los Angeles and San Fran
cisco, in the order named. 1t is the
first time Washington has been listed
second, although it has been included
in the first five for the past three years.
Gain Over 1881 Recorded.
The Capital is one of a few OF the
$50 cities covered in the bureaus re-
port which registered a gain in volume
of construction over 1881. The gain,
aided by the Federal buildings program
here, was chiefly in non-residential
buildings. Residential structures built
here dropped from $40, ,626, ,489 in 1881
to S6502 900 in 1882
The region of South Atlantic States
which embraces Washington, registered
a decline Of 16 per cent in volume of
building undertaken last year as COM
pared with the previous year. which
is substantially less than the drop suf
fered in other sections of the country
some of which suffered declines of more
than 10 per cent.
Permits for repair work led the
number of building permits issued by
the District building inspector during
the last week. The total value of all
o,t&1 20.
issued included:
One story Brick Stores.
Mrs. Mabel Simon. Woodley Park
Towers. owner; David L. Stern Con-
struction Co.. builders. 1412 I street;
to erect 1-story brick stores. 2608-10-12
Connecticut avenue; to cost sl0,500.
c. w. McKendrie. 1888 Hobart street,
owner and builder; G. S. White, de-
signer to erect one 2-story brick dwell
ing, 1920 Holly street; to cost $4,000.
l.. E. Breuninger g. Sons, Investment
Building. owners and builders; H. L.
Breuninger, architect; to erect two q
story brick and tile dwellings, 1740 and
1744 Taylor street; to cost $500 each.
Jett Wayland. 47l6 Davenport street,
owner and builder; William Harris, de-
signer: to erect one 2-story brick dwell
ing. 4706 Forty-ninth street; to cost
$4,000.
Smith Bro. & Co.. 1920 New York
avenue. owners; G. H. Woolfall, archi-
tect; j. w. jenkins, 1857 South Caro-
lima avenue southeast builder; to erect
one 2-story brick and frame dwelling,
1919 Ashby place; to cost $500.
j. A. Yeager, 200 Raleigh street south
street southeast. builder and designer;
to erect one 2-story brick. frame and
stucco dwelling, 3348 Brothers place
southeast; to cost $4,000.
H. Frontaine. 1927 Alabama avenue
southeast, owner: D. A. Sills. designer,
Silger Construction Co., 1927 Alabama
avenue southeast, builder; to erect one
2-story brick and tile dwelling 21l4
Thirty first street southeast; to cost
$4,000
H. A. Thrift, Woodward Building,
owner and builder; George T. SAINT
myers, architect; to erect one 2-story
cost $4,000.
Mrs Andrew Anselmo. 1925 Water
street, owner; D. F. Callahan, designer;
Martin Bros. 1341 Connecticut avenue,
builders; to erect one 3-story brick ad
dition. make repairs. 2817 Connecticut
avenue; to cost $500
George A. Ricks, COG street, owner
and builder; to make repairs, sos
street: to cost $4,000.
Glendale Baptist Church, 221 r
street. owners and builders; J. A. Melby.
architect; to erect one 1-story frame
church building. 4504 Gault place north
east: to cost $2,400.
Daughters Of the American Revolu-
ton Eighteenth and D streets, owners;
S. j. Prescott Co., Inc, 8l4 Thirteenth
street. builders; to make repairs,
Eighteenth and D streets; to cost 81, 900.
Hecht Co.. Seventh and F streets,
owners; H. e. Rawlett, designer; ]. L.
Parsons, jr., 1927 Eye street. builder;
to make repairs, Gil street; to cost
$1,000.
]. w. Marriott, 1000 Cathedral ave-
nue., owner and builder; Leroy II. Har-