Real Estate Men Plan "Own Your Own Home*' Campaign to Relieve the Situation WAR HAS EFFECT , ON BUILDING Harrisburg Leads List of Na tion's Cities Because of School Work Because of the permit issued last month for the addition to the Camp Ourtln school building, Harrisburg went into the lead for percentage increase of building work started in February, 1918, as compared with the same month last year, according to a report issued by the American Contractor. Harrisburg's Increase was 1,569 per cent, topping a list of 110 cities, i he majority of them reporting a de- On North 16th St. Several very desirable semi-detached houses for sale. Stucco on brick construction—B rooms, bath, laundry, 2 stairways, open fire-place, hardwood floors, etc. —AT 28th AND GREENWOOD STREETS, OLD ORCHARD. frame detached cottage style home—B rooms, bath, lavatory on first floor, corneu property; lot 60x90 feet. Southern exposure. SEVERAL VERY CHOICE BUILDING LOTS AND OTHER HOMES FOR SALE Burton Va 904 North Sixteenth Street Member Harrisburg Real Estate Board tMWWIMWMIIWWMWWWWWVWWWMMWWWWWWMW Here's Your Opportunity to Get Just the Bungalow That You Have in Mind . On Very Reasonable Terms Very desirably located east of Penbrook. Has seven rooms, spacious porches front and rear; on high ground affording excellent drainage and has 1 Vt acres—enabling owner to garden, truck, have chickens —in fact an ideal place in every way. Convenient to city with healthful country surroundings. Don't fail to look into this. Ask M. R. ALLEMAN 145 FRONT ST.. STEELTOX, TA. Member Harrisburg Real Estate Board Bell Phone—Steelton 74 l)ial 9502 * S jj II 1 I k No. 718 N. Eighteenth Street , •■•--11 1,, Member llttß. Heal Estate Board j| W4W*ww*ww*wiwwwww%w%m%iww%mwwWMww%w*ww%w%H j Suburban and City Properties For Sale Too late to insure nlien your fifteen Garden Plots for sale, property has burned. Do It now. $lO cash and SI per week. In- Bergner Building Harrisburg, Pa. >*• ~ . Lest ye forget—Do it now. 1 SATURDAY EVENING. , gXRRISBtTRG TELEGRAPH MARCH 0. 1018. rease ranging from 9 to 100 per cent. Superior. Wis., shows an in crease of 1,408 per cent., standing second. Of the reports from all over the United States, 10,951 permits were issued last month for work totaling $29,074,332.- while in 1917 there were 14,54 4 permits issued tor buildings erected at a cost of $52,- 739,254. The American Contractor in dis cussing the building situation says: War Has Effect "With the vast government con struction activities omitted from the tabulation of building permits issued in the principal cities of the country and with present work running strongly towards war necessities, the showing fnade by the cities becomes necessarily unfavorable. The statis tics of building permits issued now present only a partial view of the current work, whereas a year ago they represented an overwhelming percentage of it. And the volume of government work is still increasing. Ordinary building operations —that Is, private building—have shrunk to less than Half the normal amount, when theMncreased cost of construe, tlon la taken Into consideration. In estimated cost it Is something more than 50 per cent. "It Is quite evident that the cur rent amount of normal construction is considerably less than the actual requirements. Householders are 'doubling up' all over the land; busi ness structures are not kept strtctly up in repairs. The construction of ueeded buildings of all kinds Is being deferred to more propitious times. But the crowding of necessary work makes a very fair showing, .all things considered."' The total decrease in work during February, was 4 4 per cent, and it is pointed out that cities showing large increases report the issuance of per mits for large structures. This is true of Harrisburg. Many Permits For New Buildings Are Issued Permits were issued dufing the week at the city building inspec tor's office for construction work costing $76,745, of which the larg est was for a $75,000 shop at the Harrisburg Pipe ami Pipe Bending Works plant whlcn has been com pleted. The other permits were for the following: One-story frame gar age, 2053 Swatara street, SSO; re modeling 435 Harris street, $200; one-story frame garage, Twenty fifth and Derry streets, $150; re modeling hotel, 143-45 South Third street, $715; one-story <rame gar age, 640 Woodbine street, S6O; re modeling 621 North Second street, S6OO. Owing to an error in the esti mate submitted to the inspector's department, it was ne&essary to change the cost figures on the per mit for the new Junior High school at Nineteenth and Chestnut streets from $292,000 to $384,000. For Sale fj AT A SACRIFICE APARTMENT HOUSE 257 Forster Street WITH GARAGE IX HEAR APPLY TO S.FRIEDMAN REAL ESTATE KINKKI, Bill. DING Or 217 PEKFER "STREET For Sale . 1840 Dorry Street 2 apartments and 2 small houses in rear on Berryhill street. Price . . *4700 2I X. l.ltli Street 9 looms and bath $4500 US Ilroutl Street—Two and a half story frame —7 rooms .... *2700 The" following brick proper ties have all improvements and can be bought on easy terms: IIS Horner Street f210O i:US S. t4th Street—lo room*. 2043 Smitnra Street—7 rooms *2.',00 704 S. 24th Street—S roonm 99000 For terms and conditions Inquire of ERVIN JOHNSON 2111 Swatara Street Bell Pbene 1807-J. NOTES AND NEWS OF THE REALTY WORLD The renting of properties has oc cupied'considerable attention in the offices of the local real estate inen. This is especially true of the tirm of Miller Brothers & Co., who during the last ten days in addition to the usual volume of business, have leas ed the beautiful home of the "Rev. James F. Bullitt in Bellevue Park to Major William B. Gruy; the com modious home of Alex S. Miller at Eighteenth and State streets to James Black; a furnished house at 1716 State street to Captain Lewis E. Moore; the tine home at 2005 North Third street to F. H. Belk nap. The second and third floors of 329 Market street, have been leased to J. W. Koshon for a photograph stu dio. Tftese rooms were formerly occupied by Professor Garner's Busi ness College, and prior to that time Mr. Koshon's Jfather conducted a photograph gallery in the same rooms. . A suite of offices in the Franklin Building, Locust and Court streets, have ben leased to Major William B. Gray, engineer U. S. A., con structing quartermaster. Major Gray has associated with him Captain Lewis E. Moore, in charge of prop erty, and Lieutenant Avery. Offices in the Franklin Building have been leased by the James Black Masonry and Construction Company of St. Louis. Wharfage privileges have been granted to the United Ice and Coal Company at Front ahd Division streets. CITY'S HOUSING PROBLEM IS A HARD Next to war the one vital topic 1 of discussion in Harrisburg to-day is the amazing opportunity the city would have to immediately be come a greater city if there were enough houses to accommodate the increasing population. Not in the memory of anybody living here has there been such a demand for homes, such an influx of outsiders seeking permanent locations. The fact of the matter is that Harris burg, like Chester and a hundred other cities, has the opportunity for a tremendous building campaign and thus a substantial foundation for unheard of progress. But there are no houses. A canvass to-dax, of many impor tant real estate dealers disclosed the situation in all its baldness and brought forth myriad suggestions from businessmen who are alive to the chance which the city has longed hoped for and is now unable to em brace. Many of the men interviewed urged that the local Chamber of Commerce get busy instantly with some system whereby we may take advantage of this uncommon open ing. The fact that the Government has decided to put part of its huge plant in New Cumberland and part at Middletown is not taken as any mishap. The carfare .to Cumberland is only five cents and hundreds of men working there will want to live in Harrisburg with their families where they may have metropolitan advantages of a great city. Demand Near a Panic The demand for homes has now j approached'the suggestion of a ■•panic. j Thirty and forty answers rush in J to every advertisement of a house; to rent. Not dozens, but hundreds j of outsiders are tramping the streets j in vain search of quarters, prospec- 1 tive to making their future homes here. Happily for the renters a raise in rent is not universal as yet. although it may come. Some owners! are asking S2O for an $lB house but many have made no change. How- I ever, if the demand keeps up as at! present rents are sure to increase. | The situation began to develop some months ago when thousands j of families,* enriched with warl wages, turned to get themselves more expensive lodgings. Hundreds who had been occupying one house with another family now felt them selves able to get away and live to themselves. The tearing down of Capitol Park and other spots also helped to swell the movers. But the incoming hordes of people drawn here by the approaching activity are greater than all. A Ba<l Blunder "The city has made a terrible blunder," explained a real estate man to-day. "We used to provide ahead. Then war came and Schwab in addition, with the result that this whole Commonwealth has been gal vanized as it never was before. The cost of labor and lack of materials, at the same time, practically stopped building, and so here we are help less to grow just at the moment when prosperity is handed to us. With plenty of money people want to better their living conditions. "What is the solution? Well, the Chamber of Commerce if it is gen uinely serious about developing Har risburg should take hold right now. It was slow getting interested in the Middletown project. It should make up for lost time. Certainly our Chamber of Commerce is Just as much interested in this as real es tate men. It is too big a thing for the real estate companies to handle. Secretary McAdoo has advised that ; building operations be, suspended 1 owing to the Government's need of men and materials, but isn't it pos , sible that our Chamber of Commerce ! could lay this situation before him ! and get relief? One method which is being discussed is the creating of a syndicate which would erect ready made houses. Other cities are doing this successfully. They would be no disgrace to a boom city and would pave the way for permanent build ing. It might be that the Govern ment could spare us a force of car penters to get the project started. The population is ready to come in, ; tifty families a month, jf some I housing is provided. As it is the I surrounding towns are reaping the i lU. S. Bars Addresses From Casualty Lists Washington, March 9.—Under or- I ders issued yesterday by the chief of I staff, hereafter no addresses or i names of next of kin will be given | by the War Department In announc ; ing casualties among the expedltlon j ary forces. i It Is understood that the purpose I is to prevent disclosing the Identity ' of units on the firing line. i Other Real Estate Sows on Page 14 ! The store room at 1007 and 1009 North Third street, has been leas •ed by the Excelsior Cycle Company for a motorcycle showroom and re pair shop. E. J. Hockenbury. of 1849 Park street, will occupy about April 1 his new home at Twenty-second nnd Chestnut streets, Bellevue Park. This property was sold to Mr. Hocken bury by Miller Brothers & Co., for John T. Shirley who has removed to Pittsburgh. Among the sales of this firm during the past week has been: The business room and dwelling at 266 Broad street, owned by S. R". Deppen, of Lebanon, to Jacob J. Gentslider, who will occupy the en tire building, also, a three-story brick dwelling at 1727 State street, owned by A. L. Hall, to David A. Downin. Other recent sales by Miller J3ro. & Co., are a one-and-a-half story frame bungalow at Twelfth and Bridge streets. New Cumberland, owned by Mrs. Perrlgo, to John Berkheimer of Lepioyne; the three story brick dwelling house at 2010 North Third street, to Charles Aa ronson; the brick house at the north west corner of Sixteenth and Liberty streets, owned by George O. R. Ber gengren to W. Scott Hess, of Camp Hill; a fine three-story brick and stucco dwelling house at Stl North Seventeenth street, owned by A. G. Ueberroth to John T. Olmsted. Mr. Ueberroth will remove to Bethle hem; the C. H. McCreary farm of forty-six acres In Carroll township, York county, to William R. Cock lin. benefit, Carlisle especially being alive to the chance." Other real estate men suggested that the banks and trust companies be a little more lenient in lending money on building operations. Some criticised severely At present build- ' ers must go to a trust company and show a marvellously clean bill of health to get 60 per cent. Traffic is another subject which is associated with the crisis. "In other boom towns," said one, "the street car people are out ahead of the real es tate men, with the hand out to shake that of the pioneer. Columbus, Ohio, has built up the most wonder ful suburban population by its effi ciency and fine cars. A good inter urban car system is the prime fea ture in building a greater city." FOR SALE G:!6-C3B Geary St.. 3 story brick. 8.">4 S. Cameron St.. 3 story frame, story frame dwelling, State Road, Enola. LOT 2033 N. Second St., 50x163 ft. PROGRESS 10 lots. Redwood and Ash Sts., 225x135 ft. Bargain to quick pur chaser. H. M. Bird Union Trust Hide. Member Harrisburg Real Estate Board \( For Sale A Nice 2121 N. Second Street $7150 —For the three story brick i property, 11 rooms, bath, gas, elec- 1 tricity and hot water heat. CHASrADLER Heal Estate and Insurance 1002 N. Third Street Member IlbK. Real Estate Board Thisls 1017 Green St. IT'S FOR SALE | 9 rooms, bath, hot and cold water, furnace, side entrance. Lot 21x92 feet. Rents at $40.00 per month. Price $5500. - Can be seen by appoin£- • i ment. M. A. Fought •j (Owner.) , 272 North Street ItEAI.TY SAI.ES REPORTED BY BACKEXSTOSS BIIOTHERS The sale of the property at 1810 North Fifth street from Mrs. lillllan Kauffman to William E. Orr has been reported by Backenstoss Bros.' The building is a three-story frame resi dence and wiU bo remodeled and probably be offered for sale soon. The dealers also report the sale of 718-20 North Nineteenth street from Jesse Crist to Lewis H. Lickel. Annual statements of water rents are being sent out by the water de partment to all owners or houses which arc receiving their supply without having it metered, About 2,50<\ statements are being prepared and are dated April 1. Trial of the suits brought by the city against owenrs of property on the east side of Front street in the Hardscrabble district will begin on Monday. The Jury which served at FOR SALE An Elegant High-Class Modern Residence Cost $6,000.00 to build now; selling price $4,600.00; No, 1210 North Fifteenth Street. Apply S. Friedman KUNKEL BUILDING or 217 PEFFER STREET New Houses For Sale . • ♦- : *\ , 816-818 North Eighteenth street —near corner of Eighteenth and Forster —new three-story brick houses —never occupied. All improvements. 8 rooms and bath, with living room—chestnut finish— electric and gas lights—open stairway—side entrance —cement cellar —concrete front porch—concrete walks and steps—grass plots—slate roof—back porch—steam heat. Just finished in up-to-date style. Sold on easy terms.. Charles Barnliart, TT77/|C=ASILES 1 . [ ill fe t^lc casua l passerby it may be I \ \ ' / I ; onl y a bungalow but to you and \ * \ lj / /i # I ' y° urs it's a castle, grander tha ever J ' / I sheltered king and queen. For it's I i\ \ \ | I , your home; dear reader mine! It's J \'\ * ■j.'iO f ie treasure ball y° ur happi- I \\\ \ m ■ ness. It's the place where you take J 111 \ \ \ lajfir your troubles and they melt away ,k | \ \ * \ \ { before love's magic wand. \\ \ \ Jp> You lilce comfort -— yes. and beautiful i J \ \ \ \ ! I and service-giving furnishings in that j "I \ \ \ ' J home. Fortune has blessed you in these \\ ;. <•- i ' prosperc the February special common pleas court will report again on Monday. The city in bringing tliu suits wilt ask for § a verdict against the own ers becaUse of benelits It is claimed will accrue to them as a result of ihe Hardscrabble improvements. A number of real estate experts will probably be called to testify in the cases. Bellevue Quintet Club Now Open for Membership An easy way to. own a who win be the Bellevue Park Lot. members of the first HOW? QUIN - J° IN THE BELLEVUE QUINTET CLUB! We'll tell you how. The invest- Who? ment means a small Who? amount at a time. Who? What advantage is it to Who? you ? J We'll tell you. Ask us. MILLER BROTHERS & CO. MEMBER HARRISBURG REAL ESTATE BOARD Real Estate and Insurance. Ixx'ust and Court Sts. j FOR SALE—* 18TH STKKKT : NO. 33. IF YOU | want an up-to-date dwelling in the i best section of the Hill at a j |S I jAUGHTEKED PKICIC inspect (his and phone tis AT ONCE. Own. er ft'ft City. Steam liciit. paved j street. Possession soon. A rare bar* i gain. BnckriiMtONN Brim., Runs Blritc. Member Hbg. Ileal Estate Board 1 _________ 13
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