The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-08-26
A STORY OF SUCCESS

Building returns as printed below |
show that the largest increase in the |
value of building operations of any |
one city in the country for the last year
-1s09-was that of Chicago with an
increase of s2s,o0S,5So
A comparison of the figures for last
year will show. providing there is no
large increase in their returns for 1910,
that Gary stands high in the list
The following is the report of the
building of the country for last year:
The cost of building operations In 81
cities that reported to the U. S. Geo
logical Survey for the past three years
was 1916, 059.S55 in 1907. 1865, 404 in
1908 and s771.937 ,564 in 1909; in
creas for 1909 over 1907 of s125.S77.709,
or 1913 per cent, and over 1908 of
$205, $50, or 1884 per cent. The es-
timated cost of building operations in
these cities in 1906 was $4,000 900, so
that there was an increase in 1909 over
1906 of more than 10 per cent.
The increases and decreases for in
dividual cities in 1909 as compared with
1908 not very significant because
1908 was not a normal year. The larg
est increase reported for 1908 was S.
141.720, or 1873 per cent, by Chicago,
1892 per cent, by New York: the in
creases in 1909 by these two cities were.
respectively, $2S.003.5S0. or 41.65 per
cent and $6S,22S,095, or 57.91 per cent.
Brooklyn, which had the largest de-
| crease ($25,4 500 in 1908, showed the
third largest gain in 1909-$1S, AGA. O61
OF the cities that showed decreases in
1909 San Francisco had the largest,
| s5,4S4,273 or 1892 per cent. The signi-
/ ficant decrease in San Francisco indi-
Gates that the building activities of that
! city have probably reached a nearly
normal condition after the abnormal
condition following the great fire OF
| 1906. The annual cost of building OPP
| erations in San Francisco for the last
five years have been as follows: 1908.
s1s.26S.753; 1906, s34,927.ss6; 1907 $685.
| 574,S44; 1908. $31, S,341; 1909, $685.
1884, 06S.
Report for 1909 Only.
For the first time attempt was
made to collect statistics of the build
ing operations by character of build
ings and also by additions. alterations
and repairs to each class of buildings
Figures reported from 12s cities gave
details showing the kinds of buildings
erected and the additions, alterations
under 264, 536 permits at a cost of $685.
3s5.954, the new buildings constituting
903 per cent of the cost and the addi-
| tions alterations and repairs 81 pei
cent OF the cost of these new build
ings. 1924 per cent was for fre-resist
ing buildings and 2676 per cent wa:
for wooden buildings. OF the total cos
of additions, alterations and repairs
; $3.50 per cent was for fire-resistins
buildings and 34.45 per cent was 70
wooden buildings. The average cost ii
1909 for new wooden buildings wa
s2,269: for new brick buildings. s9.522
for stone buildings. $11,679; for con
crete buildings, $1,000; and for mis-
| cellaneous fre-resisting buildings, seq,
| $50.
Seattle had the largest number o
new wooden building. 1856. and Lo
| | Angeles was second with 5.2S4 build
| ings Chicago was the leading city il
| cost of wooden buildings, with a tota
| ! of s13532ss0; San Francisco was sec
ond. 12,257. $685. Seattle was third, SO.
S43SO5 New York reported the con
| struction of fre-resisting buildings at
cost of s79105,5 $50; Brooklyn, third, s54
65s.721; Philadelphia fourth. s42.570,
ITO; St. Louis fifth. s22.422.929, and Sa
II Francisco sixth s13.124,9S7.
Out of the 12S cities considered 7
erected new concrete buildings, 1871 |
number. which shows the widesprea
II use of this material.