Evening star., 1933-02-18

Gain Shown In 531 Places
Building permit figures In 531 cities
and towns of the United States last
month amounted to 3,701, ,343, figures
show, which represents an increase of
20.5 per cent over the December total
and 29.5 below the figure for January
OF last year.
Figures just issued by the Bureau of
Labor Statistics of the United States
Department of Labor show there was
decrease of 1875 per cent in indicated
expenditures for total building opera
tions, according to reports from 34s
cities having a population of $4,000 or
over, comparing December figures with
the month previous
A $4,000 house building project an
nounced by the Madison Building Co.
led list Of permits having a total
valuation of $109 800 issued by Col. John
,Oehmann, District building inspector,
during the past week.
List of Permits.
Permits issued include:
Madison Building Co. owner; Boss g.
Phelps, 1417 K street, builder; George
T. Santmeyers, Maryland Building,
architect; to erect six 2-story brick
dwellings,, oolo 10 0oZ0 ruSt StIeeG, 10
cost $4,000 each
william A. stuart, 1921 Forty-sixth
street, owner and builder; L. T.
Stephens, 1925 Forty-sixth street, de-
signer; to erect one 2-story brick and
tile dwelling, 3130 Rittenhouse street;
to cost $1,000.
j. Passin, 5215 Rock Creek Church
road, owner; Julius Wenig, architect;
Christensen Bros, 5522 First street
northeast, builders; to erect one 1-story
brick store building, / Kennedy street;
to cost $1,000.
Tolson, Kemp & Nix, Inc, 2314 Rhode
Island avenue northeast, owners and
builders; Alfred C. Tolson, 2314 Rhode
Island avenue northeast, designer; to
build one 2-story brick and tile dwelling,
4944 Brandywine street; to cost $6,500.
Thomas E. Clarke, 1881 Kansas ave-
nue., owner; w. Valentine, designer;
David VoIland, 445 Quincy street,
builder; to erect one 2-story brick fat
az rooms), 1910 Randolph street; to
cost $500.
Dwelling Planned.
E. r. zirkle, 6313 Seventh street,
owner and builder; Dillon & Abel. de-
sigpers; to erect one 2-story brick and
frame dwelling, 6O24 North Dakota
avenue; to cost $4,000.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph P. Quinn, Mount
Rainier, Md, owner; H. w. Cord Co.,
Inc, 1908 K street, builders; to erect
one 2-story brick dwelling, 1901 Thir-
teenth street northeast; to cost $500.
Ferer Vettori, owner; E. E. Ward &
Son, 1868 Eleventh street, builder; G.. A.
Brodie, 1909 Seventh street, designer;
to build one 1-story brick store, e31
Eighteenth street; to cost $4,000.
Regina c. Higdon, 2015 Douglas
street, owner; L. W.. Giles, architect;
builder; to remodel into stores and
apartments 2514 Twenty-fourth street
northeast; to cost $4,000.
o. T. & w. A. Carr, owners and
builders; R. B. Carr, Mills Building, de-
signer: to erect one 2-story brick and
tile dwelling, 46o6 Forty-seventh street;
to cost $4.750.
o. T. g. w. A. Carr, Mills Building,
owners and builders; H. S. Chandler,
designer; to erect one 112-story brick
and tile dwelling, 4801 Brandywine
street; to cost $4,000.
Carl A. and Prudence K. Bruffey,
owners; R. L. Werth, designer; Wood
ridge Realty Co., Inc, 2377 Rhode
Island avenue, builders; to erect one
2h-story concrete block and frame
dwelling, 1926 Randolph street north
east; to cost $4,500.
Brick Residence.
Y. 81. Risler, owner; J. N. Hughes.
huiYdef; Clifton B. White. 1929 Colum-
bla road, designer; to build one 1-story
brick residence. 19 Longfenow street;
30 cost $500.
King Construction Co.. 1908 Eleventh
street, owners and builders; w. Valen-
tine, designer; to erect one 1-story
brick dwelling, 1900 Taylor street
northeast; to cost $4,000
Edward A. Hyde, 1924 Lewis street
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