Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-14
BUILDING OPERATIONS
SHOW LARGE INCREASE
Richmond Is Among Fifty-Two OF
Seventy-Three Cities to Pro-
duce Gains.
FUTURE PROSPECTS BRIGHT
Inspector Butler Gratified mt Show
ing Made In This City-Prosperity
in Construction Work Throughout
Country, According to Reports.

Building operations for October
over the entire country make decided
ly the best showing of the year. OIL
cipal cities of the country show build
Ing permits, issued during the month
to the extent OF s62.93S.777 as compared
with si+.227,293 for the same month
OF last year. showing an increase or
Il per cent.
There was a gain of 30 per cent in
September and II per cent in Au-
gust, the comparative reports for
months earlier In the year all show
ing losses as compared with 1914. The
increase last month, according TO the
American Contractor. was SO large that
1t seems to mark :; full return to the
normal amount of construction work
The Improvement is general through
out the country, fifty-two of the seven
ty-thrce cities showing gains.
RICHMOND OPERATIONS
GAIN As PER CENT,
The influence of the splendid show
ing of the past three menths," says
the American Contractor, has practi-
cally onset tho reverse of the first
seven months of the year, the total
returns for the ten months reaching
T.
3l6,oi9 for the corresponding months
OF 1914 decrease of only l per cent"
Building operations in Richmond
during the month OF October aggregat-
ed SlSl,2O3, as compared with Sl22,620
Tor the same month OF last year, show :
ing an Increase OF As per cent. This
city, for the past several months, has
been among those of the country show
ing substantial increases as compared
with 1914, and even slight increases
were made when many of the cities
were experiencing heavy declines.
The. prospects for building In the
spring are extremely bright" said
| Building Inspector Butler yesterday
'an9 from Indications many new struc-
lures Will be under way after January
I. have been told that Il new apart
mcnt house will be erected at the
southeast corner Of Fifth and Franklin
Streets that will cost "A nice figure
| hardly expect work will be started
on this building until the early spring,
but there is much building in sight just
now. y new cold storage warehouse
will be erected on North Eighteenth
street, and work on this building will
be started, | understand. just as soon
as some slight hitch over the property
transfer is Strengthened out"
PRESENT MONTH
WILL SHOW GAIN
: Richmond last month compared
I! with other cities Of the country. Mr.
Butler said that the record made by
| this city was most gratifying when IL
was considered that no really large
! building had been started There is
he said. Il great volume OF dwellings
! being erected In NIL parts of the city,
| but other than the new school build
| !ngs of the city there have been no
large structures authorized
Richmond Will show Il substantial
gain also for the month Of November.
! Mr.. Butler said yesterday, permits is
| sued so far this month nearly aygre-
| gate the same figure as the whole of
last November.
Among the cities of the country
! showing large gains We're tho fol-
lowing: Akron. ..99 per cent: Albany,
| la5 Baltimore, 10; Boston. 100: Day
ton, TO-: Harrisburg, 1915: Washing
/ ton, 80; Memphis, 56, and Nashville.
! 10.