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REAL ESTATE' NEWS October 25, 1934 WILMETTE LIFE 5 Suburban Records Smart and Golee, Ine., Indicate Strong Report Residence Sales The sale of five bouses aggregating Turn or B ttr $,,0,.O, is reported by Smart and T1'he largest suburban building total Golee, mIc., of Evanstonl. since July. , 1931 - $1,.436,609 - is, the The list of the new transactions,, striking result o>f the September survev aIl in Evanston, follows: the sale by of new building ini the Chicago region Arthur H. Schulze of his 1-room made by Straus Securities corporation. Georgian brick colonial residence at The September total is more than 2123 Cýentral Park avenue, to Robbins three times that of September of last' L. Pierce, first vice president of the year. $456,383, the gain being 215 per Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea corn- cent. It is also more than four tinies pany. William A. Salder was the that of the month of August of this salesman; P. M. Tuttle was the co- vcear wlîich wvas.$355.107. the gain of operating broker in the deal. S1eptember cover August being 305 per Arthur S. Johnson purchased from cent. Chapin L. Weed the six-roomn stucco The last timie that new suburban hbouse at 2615 Eastwood avenue. Rob- building excecded $1.000,000 ini any ert E. Goss and WV. A. Sadler were nionth wvas I)ccember. 1931. when the the salesmen. total was $1,165,000. After that carne The eight-room residence at 1136 the great slump vvith the figures rarely i Oak avenue wvas sold to William J. exceeding haîf a million dollars anid1 Shea, manager of the Michigan Ohio (ften running down tii $200.000 per !building ini Chicago. H., L. Hultman month and in one instance less. The was the salesman. total for March. 1933. Nvas $198,000, Kenneth E. Armstrong, an officiaI thie lowest ever recorded in this survey with the Merchandise Mart, sold bis Shore Shares in Gain white colonial homne at 2000 Lincoln Calumet City, of which E. S. O'Brien street to Marie K. Benjamin. W. A. is the building commissionier reportinig Sadler as the salesman. t(» this survev. is chiefly responsible for Albert J. Davidson purchased the the extraor(linary gain in September, eight-roomn two-bath, brick and stucco with permits îssued to the amounit of residence dt 711 Judson avenue. $o96,000. But this community is flot W. A. Sadler was the salesman, and alone ini makin g an excellent showing Ray L. Dowvdall was the co-operating' for September, for Lake Forest reports broker. $204,000, Mavyvood $71,000 and Aurora $02,000. In the neighiborhood of $30,- Who mentions a tavern for $28,000: 000 to $35.000- are Cicero. .Evanston, Robert L. Anderson of Winnetka, whose Gary-, Highland Park, Hînsdale, Kenil- permits include one residence for wortli, Nules Center and Winnetka. For $11.000 and another for $20.000, and manv moniths past a total of $35,000 R. S. Hopkins of Hinsdale who reports ini any community would have excited a P\VA project for $27,000. comment. Mr. O'Brien of Calumet City explains Strong Turu for Better his total of $696,000 by noting that it In spite of the fact that September represents a permit for $570,000 for was by far and awvay the best month the e~vhouto Fratioal ownh-p for newv building in over three years, Highi school about to be built at 154tîi that is siîîce July, 1931, there are maîîý street near Burnham avenue, replacing communities wherethe building situa- the school which.has burned down, and tion still leaves everything to bc de- also a new postoffice for $120,000, either sired- for, truth to tell, they have no one aý project of prime importance. Mr. building whatever, or practically nonec. O'Brien also mentions that $170,000 of Of the fifty-four communities report- the cost of the new high school repre- ing, fourteen fal mto this class with sents money advanced by the govern- building of $1,000 or less. On the ment, leaving $400,000 for the comn- other hand, there do es not seemn to bc munity to provide. any geographical division in which it can be said that building is better than The long heralded commencement of in other sections.. Some months ago work on the home of Mrs. J. Ogden new building preponderantly favored Armour, for whicb a permit was issued the north shore. This is no longer by William O. Paape, building com- true. The north shore enjoys its share missioner of Lake forest, takes care but so do the western and. souther:i of $190,000 of the grand total of suburban cities. The conclusion must $204,410 -of that commu nity. naturally follow that' building, is taking Projocts Are Varie<d The striking amount at Maywood, $71,395, represents, according to John A. Benson,, building commissioncr. $68,595 for a new 3,000,000 gallon reservoir.. Aurora's fine total of $62,- 197 includes a permit for. a new public school 'on the west side of. the river, the property being bounded by Walnut, Grand, Oak and Spruce, streets. The amount of this permit is $43,500, says Mr. J. J. Grommes, building inspector, and the balance represents permits for a new store, a public garage, a number of private garages and some remodel- ing. Other building commissioners who ex- plain their totals for September are miss olive Langfeld of Niles Center, a strong turn' for the better through- out the entire region, in spite of thc fact that thus far it is showing itself chiefly in f avored localities. In conclusion this survey calîs a tten- tion to a fact worth remembeiing. The tremendous 'gain in Septeiier was not due entirely to the Calumet City and several other large. projects. Eliminate Calumet City's $696,000 and Lake For- est's $204,000, or $900,000 in aIl, and there is left a total of $536,000Ù for Septemnber which is a gain of 51 per cent over the $355,000 of, August and, a gain of 18 per cent over the $456,000 of September, 1933. In brief, leaving unusual projects out of consideration entirely, there is stili a substantial ini- provetnent in suburban building. Additions Lead in. Winnetka Permits Seven permits. for building improve- ments costing $10,025 were issued in Winnetka during the past tbirty days. Additions are being made to four residences; two private garages are being enlarged, and the other permit was for a new four-car garage which William Blow is erecting at 1004 Elm street, at a cost of $1.000. Edwin P. Snyder is building an ad- dition to bis residence at 939 Tower road, at a cost of $700. .A permit wvas issued to Dr. Jay M. Garner, for an addition to bis residence at 804 Prospect avenue, costing $4.500. Richard Y. Hoffman took out a permit for an addition to bis resi- dence at 921 Pine street, and a garage, at a total cost of $1,400. F. O. Mason is building an addition to bis residence at 857 Asb street, at a cost of $1.700. A permit was issued to E. C. Roess- ter for an addition to his garage at 474 Oak street, costing $500, and C. B. Cook is spending $225 in making similar improvements at 637 Garland avenue. White House WiII Hear iAbout Rodin]Rrndcasts Approval of the White House bas been given to John C. Metcalfe, (irector of pul)licity for the Chicago Real Estate board, in Producing and presenting "Sky Uines", a. new idea in radio, which bas taken to the air over station WCFI.. of the Chicago Federation of Labor. at 10:45 o'clock each Monday. Wednesdav. and Fri- dav evening. SThe' program features on "Open Letter" addressed to President Roosevelt. which is mailed directly to the White House immediately af- ter each broadcast. The letter deals with plans and programs of the federal government and is made up of the best tbought of the listening public., .Mr. Metcalfe is also associate edi- ton of the magazine Real Estate and president of the Associated Comi- munity Newspapers of Chicago. As a new saper man he has interviewed and writiten many special articles about famous penson.s, including former President Herbert Hoover, Marie Mayer, jack Demipsey, Edith Mason, Clarence Darrow, and Cor- inelia Otis Skinner. .' In a letten to Mr. Metcalfe, Presi- dent - Roosevelt bas expressed bis "deep appreciation" of the. effort thatis being made to make available to tbe Wbite House current tbouizbt ýon govennmental1 affairs in the Mid- dle West. The Mecalfe "Open Letter" is featured on the Monday program. The program Wednesday presents an open forum with public figures. On the Friday program, there is a unique !'Legal Question Box." Remodeling Jobs Figure Tein -Glencoe Activities Teonly building permits issued in Glencoe during the past thirty days i were for two remodeling jobs cost- ing $1,4e. Fred Ebert is building a two-stony frame addition, inchading a Realty Convention Workers Discover Awakened Interest That the north shore is undergoing a distinct revival in real property is hest evidenced by the lively interest now being taken in real estate matters by brokers and sales people ail over the north shore, according to V. J. :Mc- Donneli of Winnetka, chairman of the North Shore Convention committee. Commenting on this aspect of the business, Mr. McDonnell said: 'Last minute reports frorn the various com- munity chairmen indicated a keen en- thusiasm for the convention of the Illinois Association of 'Real Estate boards in -session Wednesday and Thursday of this week at the Evanston Country club." "This new enthusiasm- augurs wve1l for the success of the convention as well as the immediate future of real estate. Too much credit cannot be given to the local chairmen, who have spared neither time nor effort in arous- ing enthusiasin in their separate com- munities." The local chairmen comprised the following group: Wilmette and Kenil- worth, R M. Johnston; Winnetka, E. Sawyer Smith; Glencoe, John New- hall; Highwood. and Highland Park, Howard H. Brown; Glenview and Northfield, Robert L. Wyatt; Deerfield and Northbrook, Harold R. Vant; com- mittee secretary, Arthur. C. F. Gedge, Winnetka. Continuing, Mr., McDonnell stated: "I have visited each north shore chair- man in the past few days, and ail of them report a decided change in the market since Labor Day. House sales are now being made, and, strange to relate, inquiries are coming into the various 'offices for good vacant buys, mostly for prospective home building." Wilmette Permits Show Alterations In the month ending Tuesday, Oc- tober 23, only four, building. permits were issued in Wilmette. They au- thorized building éonrtucti on esti- mated to cost a total'of $3,156. This is in contrast to the record for thc previous month when twelve permits were issued for building work total- ing $14,060. The four. permits taken out in the past month wére as follows: .ShelI Petroleum. corporation for a steel building to be used for greasing cars, 405 Main street. Esti- mated. cost, $1,500.00. 1 H. J. Finnigan, porch addition at bhis. residence, 1724 Elmwood avenue. Estim.ated. cost, $500.00. O. E.. Lovgren, alteration and ad- dition, 909. Greenleaf avenue. Esti- ,mated cost, $875.00. A. B. Hussander, private garage alteration at 22 Linden avenue. Esti- mated cost, $275.00. sun porch and a sleeping porch, to bis residence at 529 Green Bay road, at a cost of $600. The other permit was issued to the Lake Shore Country club for a frame pump house-which is beingýerected on County line road< east of the bridge, at a cost of $828