Evening star., 1935-01-12
BUILDING PERMITS
ARE ISSUED FOR 81
HOMES THIS WEEK.
Period Exceeds Entire Month
of January Last
Year.
FIGURES BEAR OUT
GOOD YEAR PREDICTION
Ioosening of Credit Big Factor;
All Types of Construction for
z Days Touch $194,452.

Permits for the erection of 81
homes, more than were issued in the
entire month of January, 1884, were
granted this week by the Office Of
Building Inspector John w. Oehmann.
During January last year, Och
mann's reports show, permits to build
26 homes were issued. In addition,
the dollars and cents valuation of all
types of construction-$194, "a ,452-for
the week was far more than half the
valuation of last January'S total of
slightly more than S337,000.
With less than two weeks of the
first month past, actual figures have
so far borne out statements of real
estate me nthat 1885 will be the best
year, in so far as the construction
and real estate business is concerned,
since the beginning of the depres-
sion.
The great increase in home building
Is attributed directly to loosening
up of credit on the part of various
home financing institutions in the
District. A large number of such in
stitutions have started to advertise
money for home financing for the
first time in several years. Officials
of the various building and loan as
sociations stated that their organi-
cations are again furnishing money
to speculative builders. This type
OF loan was abandoned by the asso-
Citations when the depression first
set in.
Most Homes Small.
Nearly all of the homes for which
building permits were issued the past
week are to be small, a number of
them coming within the price range
of so-called low-coSt housing.
In addition to the construction fig
ures, members of the real estate busi-
ness state that house sales are NOV
ing much faster than they were a
year ago. Most of the Offices report
large number of prospects, most
Of whom have restored confidence in
Washington's economic future, a feel
ing that was lacking in the majority
OF cases year ago.
The. largest permit of the week
was issued to w. M. Ward, 9O7 Fiji
teenth street, for the erection of nine
2-story brick-and-tile dwellings in
the $500 block of Fairlawn avenue
southeast. George T. Santmyers was
named architect for the project,
which will be completed at an esti-
mated cost of $4,000.
Six Other Dwellings.
The D. c. Development Co., Inc,
1912 < street, was given a permit to
build six dwellings in the 500 block
of Quintana place, at an average
cost of $1,000 each. M. Mesrobian
was named architect.
The list of permits is as follows:
w. M. Ward. 907 Fifteenth street,
owner and builder; George T. SAINT
myers, architect; to erect nine 2-story
brick and tile dwellings, 2501 to 2517
Fairlawn avenue southeast; to cost
$4,000.
D. C. Developing Co., Inc, 1912 K
street, owners and builders; M.
Mesrobian, architect; to erect six 2
story and basement brick dwellings,
514, SIG, 518, $40, 522 and 600 Quin-
tana place; to cost $4,000 each.
William Gordon Buchanan, owner;
Frank J. Wagner Co., Westchester
Apt, builders; E. Burton Corning,
architect: to erect three brick dwell
lings, 511, 513 and SIS Franklin
street northeast; to cost $4,000.
Smith & Marshall, 1888 Twelfth
street, owners and builders; c. H.
Marshall, designer; to erect three q
story brick dwellings, 1904 Nevada
avenue and 5000 and 5904 Utah ave-
nue; to cost $500 each.
A. j. Dinger. 908 Sheridan street,
owner and builder; Dillon g. Abel,
designers; to erect one 2-story brick
and tile dwelling, 2119 Plymouth
street; to cost S14,500.
Wilcox Construction Co., Inc, 1912
Ninth street southeast, owners and
builders; J. o. Blair, designer; to
erect three 2-story brick dwellings,
l1l6, 1l20 and 1924 Forty-fourth
place; to cost $1,000.
Frank j Wagner Co., Westminster
Apt, owners and builders; E. Burton
Corning, 1901 Connecticut avenue,
architect; to erect two 2-story brick
dwellings. 511 and SIS Underwood
street; to cost $4,000 each.
Paul Stein, $40 New York avenue,
owner and builder; L. M. Runkle, 629
Otis place, designer; to erect one q
and-l story brick and concrete block
store, 1131 Ninth street; to cost $4,000.
Stuart & Stephens, 1921 Forty
sixth street, owners and builders; to
erect one 2-story brick dwelling, 1925
Thlrty-first street; to cost $1,000.
Blue Bell Realty Co., owners; Lee
=. Turner, 1866 Perry place, builder;
William Harold Pillsbury, designer;
% erect one 1-story brick restaurant,
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