Evening star., 1935-07-13
PRIVATE BUILDING
TOTAL, S15,378,338,
DUR|NGPAST YEAR
FIGURE Almost as Great as
That for Two Previous
Years Combined.
PEAK OF CONSTRUCTION
WAS IN MAY AND June
Boom Continued With $739, l23
of Permits Issued in Last
Seven-Day Period.
BY LANES Y. NEWTON.

Private construction in the Capital
totaled s15,378,338 during the fiscal
year just closed. almost as much as
the valuation for the two previous
years combined, according to unofficial
figures from the Office of Building In
Spector John w. Oehmann.
The valuation of the same class OF
building here in the fiscal year 1884
was S8,506,218, and $8,799,335 for the
year 1888. Most of the nearly 100 per
cent increase shown during the past
fiscal year over the two preceding pc
riods was piled up in the first six
months of 1895, when the Washington
building boom really got under way.
Col Oehmann's complete report for
the past year will be available later
in the month.
The figures show that private build
ing hit its peak for the year in May
and June, when this type of construc-
ton was valued at S2,6ll,585 and
s2,206o45 respectively. 1t Is believed
the figure for the current calendar
year will be much higher than that Of
the past fiscal year as building is ap-
parently still on the increase, when
the natural decline for the Summer
season is taken into consideration.
S739,123 Total Past Week.
The current boom continued during
the past week, when permits were
taken out at the District building forl
s739,123 in private construction. This
is one of the highest weekly totals of
the year. Permits for SIS one-family
dwellings. a large apartment addition,
and a number of smaller apartment
buildings were included in the weeks
list.
The largest permit of the week was
granted the Shoreham Hotel Corp. for
an eight-story brick-and- addition
to cost approximately 100000. Dillon
IL Abel have been named architects
for the project.
Brown Bros Corp, 2736 Cortland
place, obtained permit to build eight
dwellings in the 5100 block of Third
street, and the 200 block of Gallat1n
street, at an estimated cost of $1,000.
George T. Santmyers was named
architect.
Waple & James. 1925 Fourteenth
street, were granted a permit to build
five homes in the 1900 block of Sheri-
dan street at cost of $4,000, with
=. G.. Wilcox as designer, while the
District of Columbia Sanitary I'M
provement Co. was granted the right
to build three two-story brick apart
ments in the 300 block of Delafield
place, at cost of $4,000.
Weeks Important Permits.
More important permits of the week
are as follows:
Shoreham Hotel Corp, $500 Calvert
street, owners and builders; Dillon &
Abel, architects; to erect one 8-story
brick and tile addition, $500 Calvert
street; to cost $4,000.
Brown Bros. Corp. 2736 Cortland
place, owners and builders; George T.
Santmyers, architect; to erect eight
2-story brick dwellings, 5103-15 Third
street and 255 Gallatin street; to cost
$4,000.
Waple & James. 1926 Fourteenth
street, owners and builders; F. G. Will
cox. designer; to erect five 2-story
brick dwellings, 1311-19 Sheridan
street; to cost $35 900.
D. C. Sanitary Improvement Co,
Inc. Investment Building, owners and
builders: Joseph G. Herbert, architect;
to erect three 2-story brick apart
ments, 3l0, 3l4 and 318 Delafleld
place: to cost 100000.
Beckner & Bralove, 1885 Kalorama
road, owners and builders; Dillon &
Abel, designers: to erect two 2-story
brick apartments, 969 and 973 Ran
dolph street; to cost s12,500 each.
B. w. Doyle, 1919 I street. owner:
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