The evening world., 1910-12-03
Construction REPRESENTS 900
for Each Person Added to
Population.
Si2O,OOO,OOO IN HOMES.
Manhattan Business Places
Have C7lled for an Outlay
Above $50, 900, 900.

New York builders are spending t,et
10 house every person added &c metro.
aollian population.
Total building OUTLAWS FOR the year in
tho Greater city will reach $4,000, 600.
Tho a;noun; IN The entire metropolitan
district vol cross $4,000, 600. The In.
crease Of population during tho yeir
hns approxiinated ?iO.0Co.
Nearly $780, COO OF this total has been
involved already In plans filed during
tie eleven months OF the year. The
Greater City has taken close to sc5. :
100000. This embraces all projects for
new buildings md alterations.
For new structures alone. builders in
the Greater City have nled plans for
an outlay OF over $4,000 coo during the
wear TO date. Plans for altering old
buildings have made a total above
tis.oOo.ooo ana It will he 100000 by the
end OF the year.
500, 600, 900 in New Homes.
or the total $40. 10000. practically hal;
mas gone Into residential projects. The
other half has been divlde between
business operations and structures Of a
semi-public or institutional kind.
More than $780, cO.c 600 has gone into bIsi-
ness. operations In Manhattan. A large
part OF the s?D.Coo.Oo involved In the
ycar's alterations has been invested for
the purpose Of transforming old residen-
tial buildings for business uses.
Manhattan projects for the year to
date have called for a total outlay oil
sos. 000. OOo IN new structures and alter
atoms. the alterations alone exceeding
Na.s00.coo This Is IS. Wo.coo below the
total for the corresponding period last
year. The loss comes mainly from a
decrease In tho construction OF Hat
houses. business builders having spent
sl5,00O.Oo0 more this year than during
the 1899 period.
Bronx Ahead Of Brooklyn.
This shifting OF ~fat-house activity has
resulted In swelling Bronx operations
far above all previous high records.
making the Bronx total second to that
Of Manhattan. Bronx operations have
rpn ahead OF those Ia Brooklyn by fully
Slo.0O0.op 90 for the entire year. II places
the Bronx In a new position OF popula-
tlon prestige.
Brooklyn led tho Bronx last year by
more han III. 0c.oO In outlay for new
structures. This years work shows a
gain OF s2'.Vo.cD IN favor OF the north
side.
Bronx plans fled for new buildings
during the eleven months OF the year
bave called for an outlay Of N3.boO,Ooo
IL compares with $50. NJ go for the cor
responding period last year. Practically
all OF the years big Increase IN the
Bronx was in rat-house operations.
Plans for more than tlo.0oo.0oo OF such
buildings were filed during the three
weeks before the new building regula-
lions restricting street projections went
INTO effect on Nov. 10.
Rush For Bronx Flats.
While many OF the Bronx plans were
not intended for immediate execution
and were placed on record for the pur-
pose OF preserving all rights OF the
land uncer the old building regulations.
they revealed tho trend OF improve
ment throughout hat section. The
sagerness with which builders are hur-
rying along as many OF the operations
as they can finance proves that prac-
IDEALLY all Of the projected houses will
be built at no distant day. The rush
" plans forced the population issue
and there is little doubt but that the
execution Of tho projects will attract
much OF the population How which
might have gon into the east and west
suburbs.
Queens builders likewise held well up
10 their highest records. Their full
volume OF work In Il naturally reac-
tionary year was due to the demand
,or smaller dwellings OF the one-fam.ly
snd two-fsmily type.
queens building OUTLAWS FOR the en-
Tire year will csoss sl6,0s,Ov In new
work. and alterations. It is close TO
.l5.ooO.o00 for e.even montAs.
$4,000, 900 In Far Suburbs.
In the New Jersey suburbs to.al
hlildiag outlays for the year will run
he tween ,22,GOo,Q0 ana 100000, WhIio
p,any iats have been bIit N Jersey
Clty and Hoooken. tho sreat part oi
rhe total Is composed ot :amily dwell =
Irgs.
In Westclester there has beer a wide
20 build private DWELLING,
'rhe same has been true OF the Nassau
and Suffolk sections ot Long Island In
the express transit gone.
Total operations 81 all OF that out
side territory have crossed s5,ooO,Ooo for
40 eleven months. Practically all %.
has soAe INTO homes.
EIC.A1ld home bu!dlug win pas,
tip.lp,l sog the wear. Operations ter,
Lsyo "roa marked by "a wide curstrIo,
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