Perth Amboy evening news., 1916-12-30
S1,15O,OOO IN BUILDING
WORK HERE DURING YEAR

The annual report of Building In
spector William j. Murtagh is now in
process of preparation. The approx
innate estimate of the building work
here in the last twelve months Will
reach $1,150,O0O. The report for the
first eleven months of the year Is
complete, and the report for the
month OF November is expected to
reach $4,000. The fees from the to-
tai of building work to the inspector
will amount to about $3.50.
This amount, it is thought will far
exceed the amounts Of building work
In any previous year, and attests 10
the large development of building In
this city, and the growth of the en-
tire municipality.
In the report is included all work
on buildings of all sizes in this city.
The work is that on frame houses, al
terations and additions to frame bulld
ings, brick buildings, and brick alter
ations and additions, hollow tile, con-
crete and steel structures and cement
block buildings.
there have been several hundred dol
lars worth Of electric signs raised IN
the past year. They are also under
the jurisdiction of the building IN
epector, and fees are collected Ior
them as well as for the buildings.
The banner month for amount OF
work falls in May. The amount OF
work permitted in that month was
1888. 500. The nearest amount to
that was in September when permits
were granted amounting to $16S,000.
August was the third largest month,
with permits aggregating $l26,0Gu oe-
ing granted.
IN March came slump in building
operations, the permits granted then
amounting to only $24,511.
Large additions to factories in the
city. new factories, hotels, theatres:
banks, residences and all manner OF
structures were built mere TINS pas ;,'
( year, some of them still being IN
course of construction. In January
the Roessler and Hasslacher Chemical
Company received permits Tor theif
plants aggregating about $14,000.
store and residence structure was
erected at cost of $4,000 and there
were many other smaller jobs.
A slump was evident In fepruary
and March, but in April the opera
Nnns extended to a high mark. This
Included large buildings for the Cable
Works, building for F. Bulls ana
many smaller buildings.
In Nav, as has been stated, there
were many more buildings permitted
The work continued through june
and in July as well. -.
In August there were several pig
contracts signed, the WORK III s.a .na'
month jumping to a high marx. sep
tember's big sum was caused by large
building operations by the Roesslef
and Hasslacher Company, large
building for Joseph Honcurek IN
Huntington street, costing $4,000,
alterations to Mailer and fuckers
building at State and Fayette streets
at, q cost of $4,000, rooming house
for Samuel Rottenberg at cost OF
$4,000. an apartment and store
structure at a cost of $29,5S5 fof
Samuel Mandel, and numerous resi-
dences at costs averaging $4,000.
The new mortuary and residence for
Mayor Ferd Garretson at a cost oil
314,620 and an apartment house ror
4. Pavlovsky at a cost Of $12,60O, were
other large jobs.
each costing $1,000, a new building
for the Barber Asphalt Paving Com
pany costing $4,000, and building
Tor the A. s. G. r. Co. at cost OF
$4,000 were the bulk of the work
granted permits in October.
Alterations to the Perth Amboy
Trust Company costing $12,OO0 ano
$4,000 worth of buildings for the
Raritan Copper Works, as well as
numerous apartment and residence
structures sent the total for Novem-
ber to q high figure.
A $4,000 building for the Maple
Realty Company. and number OF
new jobs will send the amount for
! this month up to the $75, 200 mark, 1t
is estimated by the building inspector:
The table by months of the value of
work passed by the inspector for the
mast twelve months follows:
january, $42,10O; February, $24,-
$50: March, $24.511: April. $77,S04;
May. s26s,soo: June; 10S,1eS: ooS. S:nts,n 3a1y'
her. S168,230; October, $91,92S; No
yember, $1oe,200: December (App.),
$4,000; total for year. .$1,149,972.