Evening star., 1942-09-19
Permits for BuiIdinq
Reach $315,280
Here During Week
Increase Attributed
To Number Of Group
Housing Projects

Building permits issued this weel
amounted to $685. as compared
with q little over 5000, 900 averag,
during recent weeks. The increase
in permit valuation was attributed
to . number Of group housing prof.
ecIs.
Largest Of the permits was TO,
$50, 1000 issued to M. a. p. Builder,
Co., 2olS West Virginia avenue NE.
owners and builders. George SAINT.
myers. 1410 H street NV, is the
designer Of the two-story brick and
cinder fats Of four units each To-
Gated In the 100 block Of Forester
street.
Meanwhile, new construction
throughout the Nation continued
at a high level. Total building and
engineering contracts awarded last
month in the 81 Eastern States
amounted to 1921 ,o2s, 900. This was
the fourth largest monthly total
on record, having been exceeded
only In August OF last year and June
and July OF this year. The decrease
from August. 194l. was per cent; !;
from July, 1912, a per cent.
AS compared with August Of last
year. non-residential building con-
tracts last month increased ~ per
cent in dollar volume; residential
building declined 81 per cent, public
works and utilities Oheavy engineer
ing projects) declined II per cent.
As compared with July Of this year,
privately financed residential build
Ing contracts showed in August an
increase Of nearly II per cent,
whereas publicly financed residen-
tial building decreased 50 per cent.
Stearns- Mishkin Construction Co.,
e27 Fifteenth street NV, owner and
builder; George T. Santmyers, de-
signer; to erect seven 2-story brick
and cinder block flats -four units
each), 1310-1314-131S 1922 1926 =
133o-l334 Downing place NE; to
cost $63 200.
Phillips Construction, 927 FIJI
teenth street NV, owners and
builders; George T. Santmyers, 14l0
1410 H street NV, designer: to
erect six 2-story brick and cinder
block fats -four units each), 35-37-
4i-43-47-4s Forester street; to cost
$4,000.
l.. E. Breuinger h Sons, Inc,
1880 X street NV, owners and
builders; George T. santmyers, 141o
n street NV. designer; to erect
four 2-story brick and concrete
fats four units each), 1872 1856 ls0-
1874 Chesapeake street S.W.; to cost
81, 100.
L. G. & A. Corp, 2525 Thirty
second street Sc, owner and build
ers; Sam Novak, sos Quackenbos
street NV, designer; to erect one
S-story brick and cinder block
apartment I'll units. 1884 G. street
Sc. dots 1928, square $3.50 to cost
$4,000.
Stearns- Mishkin Construction Co.,
S27 Fifteenth street NV, owner and
builder; George T. Santmyers, de-
signer; to erect three 2-story brick
and cinder block fiats (four units
each), 1315-l319-l323 Downing place
NE; to cost $27 900.
Arthur Jordan Foundation. 1905
Delaware avenue, owner; Planta
Corp, 3571 e. stanhope road, build
er; to make repairs, 1880 q street
NV: to cost 81, 900.
Edward A. jackson, 81 Quincy
place NE, owner and builder: L. W..
Giles, designer; to erect one 1-story
brick nat (two units, 4e01 Blaine
street NE: to cost 5000.
National City Development Co.,
Inc, s28 10th st. NV, owner and
builders; George T. Santmyers, 141o
H st. NV, designer; to erect two
2-story brick and cinder block
dwellings, 42o-422 Brandywine st.
Sc; to cost 5000.
L. E. Breuninger Il Sons, 1880 K
st. NV. owner and builder; J. H
Abel, designer; to erect three 2
story brick and tile fats az units)
1424-1428-1432 l. st. Sc; to cost
5000.
william c. Rosenbusch, 1886 P st
NV. owner and builder; J. Whine,
Smith, designer; to make repairs
lS32-1534 Wisconsin ave. NV; tt
cost $1,000.
Hyman Goldman, 81 I st. NE.