Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-11-29
LIFTS BARS ON BUILD
ING; AIDS INDUSTRIES

! With hostilities ended, Bernard NJ
| Baruch, chairman of the war indus
| tries board, has announced the liftin,
of numerous restrictions placed upon
| construction and production durins
| the war
Building and construction projects
are largely released from the war re
strictions, while the curtailment O
manufacture of many articles, includ
ing passenger automobiles, is reduced
onezhalf.
1.-THE war industries board began to
day a modification of the American
industry in the interest of the nations
war program, Mr.. Baruch's state
ment said:
'.It will be the policy of the boarC
gradually to lift various restrictions
and curtailments with the view OF
bringing about as promptly as possible
a return to normal conditions.
.'In the modification of the curtail.
ments imposed on the manufacture OF
certain commodities the board has
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processes of the priorties committee
and there is announced today list OF
the commodities in respect to which the
curtailments are to be modified"
Under circular issued by the
priorties division of the war industries
board construction projects falling
within the following classifcations
are approved, and no permits or Ii
Censes will be required therefor from
the non-War construction section here
after:
1. Construction projects approved
in writing by the facilities division of
the war industries board.
g All farm and ranch buildings.
structures or Improvements.
3. All buildings structures, road
ways, plant facilities, or other con-
struction projects of every nature
whatsoever, undertaken by the United
States railroad administration or by
any rail or water transportation com
pany, organization, or utility (whether
or not under the direction of such adj
ministration,) or by the American
Railway Express company, or by the
owner of any telegraph or telephone
line.
The construction, maintenance, inn
provement or development, by fed
eral, state, OF municipal authorities, OF
highways. roads, boulevards, parks,
streets, bridges and Fairgrounds.
5. The construction extension, inn
provements, maintenance, or repair OF
any public utility, including water
supply systems, sewer systems light
and power facilities, and street and
interurban railways
6. The construction. extension, or
repairs of all irrigation and drainage
projects.
7. Construction projects connected
with the extension, expansion, or de-
yelopment of mines or connected with
the production and refining of min
eral oil and OF natural gas.
s. The construction, alterations
or extensions of, or repairs or addl-
tions to. plants engaged principally in
producing, milling, refining, preserve
ing, refrigerating or storing foods and
feeds
8. The construction of new, or the
alterations or extensions of existing
schoolhouses, churches, hospitals and
federal state, or municipal buildings,
involving cost not exceeding $4,000.
TO- The construction OF new build
ings not embraced in any of the fore
going classitications or repairs on
buildings involving a cost not exceed
ing $4,000.
IL. The construction Of new build
ings of the structures not embraced IN
any of the foregoing classifications,
or repairs or extension, involving a
cost not exceeding $25,000 when APP
proved in writing by the State Council
of Defense.
IL Buildings begun prior to Sept.
8. 1918, where a substantial portion OF
the building has already been con-
structed.
All limitations OH the production OF
building materials, including brick,
cement, lime. hollow tile, and lumber
are removed.