The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-07-16

was surpassed,
The cost Of building operations in 81
cities that reported Tor al three years
was S046 ,05o, s55 in 1907, $500, les, 4O4 in
1908 and s77l, 9S7 1914 in 1900; an Increase
for 1909 over 1907 Of sl25 ,sT77Oo or
l0.4s per cent, and over zoos Of $685.
I72,I6O, or 1894 per cent. The estimated
cost Of building operations in these cities
in 1906 was s7OO,oo0.0oo, so that there
was an increase in 1909 over 1905 Of
more than 10 per cent.
Increases and Decreases Of Individual
Cities.
The increases and decreases for indi.
vidual cities in 1909 as compared with
1908 are not very significant because
1908 was not a normal year The larg-
est increase reported for 1908 was ST.
i4I,72O, or 1878 per cent, BY Chicago,
and the next largest was si446709, or
s92 per cent, BY New York; the in
ereases in 1909 by these two cities were,
respectively, s2s,oO3.5s0, or g.e5 per
cent, and s6s,22s,Oo5. or 57ol per cent.
Brooklyn. which had the largest de,
crease 1925, 427, 00l in 1908. showed the
third largest gain in le0o-sls, 402i06l.
Of the cities that showed decreases in
1909, San Francisco had the largest, S5,-
asa, 273, or 1892 per cent; Dayton was
next, with Si5ss7so. or 47.a2 per cent,
the largest proportional decrease and
Oakland was third with sl,O02,05l, Of
1888 per cent. The decreases in these
cities may be ascribed to local causes.
The significant decrease In San Francisco
indicates that the building activities Of
that city have probably reached nearly
normal condition after the abnormal con-
dtion following the great fire Of 1905.
The annual cost Of building operations
lin San Francisco for the last five years
has been a. follows l005, sls26s 75s;
1905, sS4 ,027 $780, 1907, s56b74sa4; zoos,
ssl ,68s,s4l; 1909. s26,lsa0ds.
Comparison Of Number Of Permits.
The number Of permits issued in these
5l cities increased from 1854 in 1908,
when there was decrease from 1907 Of
1881, to 2lS,49s IN 1909. a gain Of
ss,0O4, or 222s per cent. The number
of permits or buildings does not seem
to bear any definite relation to the cost
Of the operations, ~ several cities show
ing Increases in cost Of buildings showed
decreases in number II permits or build
ings, while some Of those showing de-
ereases in cost showed increases in mum.
Der Of permits or buildings
Average Cost Of Work per Permit.
The average cost Of operations under
the total permits issued in THESE 81 cit
les was sS0l6 in 1909, against 1929 in
1908. In New York the average cost per
building was s24,3s7 IN 1909, against
sle,305 in 1905; IN Chicago it was s4,s4l
In 1909, against s0,s27 in 1905 in Brook
lyn, s4672 III 1909 against s4.25a In
1906 IN Philadelphia, s2,4so IN 1909,
against s2,lo7 in 1908; in San Francisco,
1896 in 1909, against s4,7o6 In 1908.
Character Of Buildings.
For the first time an attempt was
made to collect statistics Of the build
ing operations by character Of buildings
and also by additions, alterations and
repairs to each class Of buildings Fig
ures reported from l2s cities gave details
showing the kinds Of buildings erected
and the additions, alterations and re.
pairs to each class Of buildings under
264 ,536 permits at cost Of s903 1884, 954,
the new buildings constituting 90.3 per
cent, Of the cost and the additions, al
terations and repairs OF per cent. Of
the cost Of these new buildings, 1924 per
cent was for fire-resistine buildings and
20.76 per cent. was for wooden buildings,
OF the total cost Of additions, altera-
lions and repairs, 65yKs per cent. was for
fre-resisting buildings and 34.45 per cent.
was for wooden buildings The average
cost in 1909 for new wooden buildings
was $2,209 for new brick buildings sa,.
522; for stone buildings. SLIGO; for
concrete buildings $4,000; and for mis-.
cellaneous hre.resistiug buildings. $685.
500,
Kinds Of Construction in Different Cities.
Seattle had the largest number Of new
wooden buildings, 1855, and Los An
geles was second, with 5,2s4 buildings.
Chicago was the leading city in cost Of
wooden buildings, with a total Of sls,.
5s2 $50; San Francisco was second, sl2-
257 1888; Seattle wac third, s9,84s, sO5
Reading was the only city that reported
no wooden buildings erected New York
reported the construction Of tire.resisting
buildings at a cost Of $751; ,9ls,s3Ti Chi
eago was second vita cost Of s7al05,
500; Brooklyn third s54.65s.72l; Phila-
dephia fourth. s42570.77o: st. Louis