Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-09-11
Permits Are Issued
For 1BDweHing Units

IIllS week TO COlOn0aQe Apartments,
Inc, Peoples Life Insurance Build
ing, owner, for construction Of 1913
dwelling Units on the grounds about
South Capitol and Forester streets.
The various units are to be con-
structed Of brick, based on designs
by E. Burton Corning and Raymond
G. Moore, 1925 Connecticut avenue,
architects. The units will be two
and three stories in height. The
Standard Construction Co. will be
builder of the four projects, accord
ing to the permits issued, =.
The total valuation of construc-
ton in Eastern Pennsylvania,
southern New Jersey, Delaware,
Maryland, Virginia and the District
during July was s16,339 900 over the
June total, according to a statement
by ]. T. Little, district manager Of
Dodge Reports, the daily news serv-
ice on construction activity issued
today.
Pointing out that the figures are
based not on building permits but on
actual contracts awarded, as report
ed by the Dodge field staff in this
area, Mr.. Little stated that the July
total for this area was $42, SAB 900, as
compared with the June total of
SIC, 204 900.
Gains were registered in all fields
Of construction. Residential build
ing jumped from Sill ,164 900 in June
to $l6,804,0o0 in July. Included in
this category are barracks and
housing for war workers. Non-resi-
dental construction, when includes
war plants, increased from $500 900
to $18,400,0O0. Public works and
utilities at ST ,339 900 in July, showed
a moderate gain over the June total,
Of $6,650,0O0. vssasgaasssssss m
Building permits of $500 or more.
issued this week in the Washington
area, include the following:
j. A. Taylor, AL Colorado build
ing, owner and builder; w. w. john
son, 421 Colorado building, designer;
to erect one 3-story brick and
cinder block apartment Give units),
SOL Lebaum street Sc; to cost
$4,000. '-,-'
Teresa DeFrancesci, 1910 Twenty
first street NV, owner; Benson g.
Vest, 1911 South Glebe road, Ar
lington, Va, builders; Charles w.
Koch, designer; to make repairs.
1888 Euclid street NV; to cost
$4,000.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. D. Keadle, TIP
Fourteenth street NV, owners;
Clifton B. White, 1925 Orchid street
NV, designer: to erect one l.
story brick addition to dwelling, i7l2
Fourteenth street NV; to cost
81 500.
Franklin Apartment House Co.,
1911 Franklin street NE, owner and
builder; J. Marcus Hallett, designer;
to make repairs, 1911 Franklin
street NE; to cost $2,700.
Martin Wiegand, Inc. SOB South
Capitol street, owner and designer;
Prescott Construction Co., Inc, 1907
w street NV, builder; to erect one
l-story brick addition for use as
storage and boiler room, SOB South
Capitol street; to cost $500.
MIA, Fourteenth and Pennsyl-
vania avenue NV, owner; Jaffe
Dove Construction, Inc, Oil Thir-
tenth street NV, builder; Harvey
P. Baxter, designer; to make re-
pairs, 1349 Park road NV, to cost
$1,000. .-.-
William ]. Green, $3.50 Call place
Sc, owner and builder; L. w. Giles,
4428 Hunt place NE, architect: to
erect one 1-story frame dwelling
1854 Call place Sc, to cost $500.
Theodore Crepe, care of 1912
Fourteenth street NV, owner; H.
Berenter, 1872 Fourteenth street
NV, builder; to make repairs, 2909
Forty-fourth street NV, to cost
$1,000.
Julius and Eva Gilman, 22O8
Nichols avenue NV, owner, L. w.
Giles, designer; to make repairs,
22O8 Nichols avenue Sc, to cost
$500.
Benjamin and Annie G. Fletcher,
1882 Fifteenth street NV, owners;
L. w. Giles, designer; to make re-
pairs. 80 Patterson street NE, to
cost $500.