Evening star., 1935-12-21
DECEMBER RECORD
OF BUILDING HERE
IS BEST IN YEARS
Permits Are Issued for
$455,178 in New
Construction.
APARTMENTS IN CITY
SO PER CENT OCCUPIED
Acute Rental Situation Believed
Responsible for New-Home
Activity.
BY JAMES Y. NEWTON.

Private construction IN washington
showed the greatest December activity
in years during the last week when
building permits having dollars and
cents valuation of $455,178 were issued
by the Office of District Building In
spector John w. Oehmann.
The list for the week included per-
mits for the erection of Al one-family
dwellings and small apartments.
Valuation of building called for in
the permits was approximately $780,
600 greater than last week, when the
total was much higher than normal
for this season of the year. The VOL
ume of new building was as high as
the weekly average for early Fall,
which is one of the best seasons for
construction.
Real estate men attribute this build
ing activity to the unusually acute
rental situation in the Capital. Apart
ment space in the city is more than
90 per cent occupied, and housing
men are at loss to find space for
returning members of Congress and
their staffs.
1896 Boom Forecast
The unusually large amount of
building has lead experts to forecast
that 1886 will witness the construction
industry here to reach pre-depression
heights.
The largest permit of the week was
issued to J. B. Tiffey, 419 Ingraham
street, for the erection of six dwellings
in the $500 block of Second street, at
a cost OF $4,000 Dillon g. Abel were
named designers for the project.
Another large permit was granted
B. D. Friedman, 1916 Fourteenth
street, to build a large service station
at 1401 Rhode Island avenue north
east, to cost $35,000. Cooley Bros,
with Offices in the Tower Building,
obtained permit to build five houses
in the 5000 block of Benton street,
to cost $25,0OO, and Garfield Hos
pital was issued a permit to build a
two-story laundry at $500 Sherman
avenue, to cost $4,000.
List of Major Permits.
J. B. Tiffey, 419 Ingraham street,
owner and builder; Dillon g. Abel, de-
signers; to erect six 2-story brick and
tile dwellings, 4301-11 Second street;
to cost $4,000.
B. D. Friedman, 1915 Fourteenth
street, owner and builder; H. w.
Gaines, designer; to erect one 1-story
auto brick service gas station, 1401
Rhode Island avenue northeast; to
cost $35,000.
Cooley Bros, Tower Building, owners
and builders; George T. Santmyers,
architect; to erect five 2-story brick
dwellings, 3916-24 Benton street; to
cost $4,000.
Garfield Hospital, Eleventh and
Florida avenue. owners; Col P. M.
Anderson, architect: Essex Construc-
ton Co., Inc, Chandler Building,
and concrete laundry, $500 Sherman
avenue; to cost $25,000.
District of Columbia Developing Co.,
Inc, 1912 K street, owners and builders;
M. Mesrobian, architect; to erect four
2-story brick dwellings, 1929, 1888,
1887 and 1341 Hamilton street; to cost
$4,000 each.
Gilbert Seek, 4316 Third street,
owner and builder; Dillon & Abel,
designers: to erect three 2-story brick
and tile dwellings, 3618, 1922 and 1926
Twenty-eighth street northeast; to
cost $4,000.
jacobson Bros. Get Permit.
Jacobson Bros, 1916 K street, own
ers and builders; George S. White, de-
signer; to erect four 2-story brick
dwellings. $500 Piney Branch road and
1901, 1907 and 1911 Sheridan street;
to cost $4,000 each.
Frank j. Wagner, Westchester
Apartments, owner and builder; E. B.
Corning, architect; to erect four q
story brick and tile dwellings, 65lO.
6514, 6518 and 6522 Fifth street; to
cost $500 each.
Bishop P. Hill, 100 I street, owner
and builder; D. L. Stern, architect;
to erect three 2-story brick flats, 1913,
1917 and 1921 T street southeast; to
cost $4,000.
Capital Transit Co., Thirty-sixth
and M streets. owners and designers;
Samuel J. Prescott Co., Inc, 814
Thirteenth street, builders; to make
alterations, 1400 Fourth street south
west; to cost $4,000.
Biron Brothers, Inc, 1918 Ninth
street, owners and builders; George
T. Santmyers, architect; to erect two
2-story brick apartments, 14o0 and
1404 Longfellow street; to cost $20, 900.
Fritz Frager, Ills PENNSYLVANIA
avenue southeast, owner; Julius