Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-18
BUILDING WORK
Being ENCOURAGED
With a Sufficient Quantity of Ma
terial Available 10 Meet
Current Needs.

Encouragement fcr builders appears ~
practically all the prchmnar, rcports that
are hcng received hN The DIVISION "l
Public Works and Construction Develop
mcnt. Jccrutl, organized ~ th, l'cpait
mcnt of Labor. "a Washington. Nthourh
there Is ~ surpu> supply oi hWlthng
materials on hand 'rom present iniich
tion-. thrir i. a eutlt9eut amount to It'll
present nccds ~ least and prices arc
not hiah, rs cnmp rrd With othei com
mod,tns. Moreover hber AZ alahlc ~"
and may not hr SIS months hcncc.
Labor. atntldo too 3 thoroughly
conrllrttor, and reasonable ecc, RIDING 10
all ,dvtcc> hat h3N, reached he De ar
ment ~ Labor Nomsanrr he, just come
o. hight ~ Ntbut cry where q -.
mn 0nn hot,l m3er constructiou
llr,tueal worker rmplo, 4 cle,,vhcr, m
Ntantlt t4r ver RECEIVING - cents
ma hour. hu' 'h rlte q paN in thc hotel
ss,s onl, - cent thr men irli that they
should rceeer lll, prey sihng Vas, and IN
Iarntcd -. ,omlant - tbii ouc,t Tor
tinr thu soufroN.r-l thrcafrnrd to halt
.,afb bG IS i,u tbt Hou understood tl4t
the sompaus had '4kcn III, contract
I..ti ap le# thuu - cents Am hour tn
,le.tt0al Vurk,l- rd Woul ln>c hr11l'
thel tteiet,d tr tho S. oni utr th,
raI u4Ibnee uttu.d ts ityu Iol ni
r.sd ~ .n.} - th, s.e,rt h9~i-
iun. td.N were nr.dri. Ns-ltlnt
Secretary 81 lahor law Fa-l N au
adlr, l,fHrr rrean~tuutl3r eari,h,ie,
n " Washington rr,tufk ie .llri 'ha'
labor 5. taNsnc mast u.f-anthi, 1ttltuir
n practically ID la l-, tnar.t {" Che
uotr.e u Il, departments.
B.. 8 ar
pr.eri ha,lur r3 hu~tu,s tuihnr ar-
,orial talufrru tu'n.W ia,h hs lradv
ra.h.l NV n,.lnn 81 rui Works.
.,nl aIr. ,v,r municipality tu Tho
tlute,l 81 .tJ. Dds suspended construction
.f .a.e II. tt -ru,r durng The
ptr Hut tg, .tat a' 'r~trl,
f + fsaI,I t.. L th, rcn,rd
gl.,.t.tt .r.rr irs..r,,> ucn tbat thc
ftti osd I,t...# ,#.t .hg Nm,r great
altraffuuflt~ f#. NN Sd turrlrn fri,
# fr. ,uatft +. llo to accept them
Hu.a, r..d. 4u ltlrcs I'D, a~ essential
.at.r,s ad Warehouses; tor the
,f.. .u' gar.a.t Industry tar ihr rro-
ratt,u pa,t ~ comfortably
.,a td u, L. communication
m f lrIall, Iur ihc country 5
pr.-r HaiiIre industry n The he
lI tl. oar rr4luc,3 mcjcrn tire
proof H#fitlt- zA.tII,t4lN designed 4t
I,e .u H.. Is, e.d .a~hrn,a sltt lHda-
iur aNtare l4a u ,ptr e HI, grtlu-
'l d,.fc4.al p.utf y tAr d,lIar
>spi oonou IS ro,r.
Itr n.parmcnt al NgrsuItro eetiu-
tt,e tbat $500 noo 600 viii i, sprrt dur
ng iE. ,umnu ,on - rnlss hs
amount 5 nof crrptlN u cNe,~- of normal
raud Expenditures although thrra i~ a
preat a,ai !. rpli hrliirr n arrrat- t> +,
result ut III, WI r,etu. tlors III work noi
having dltrrt hearing ou tie r1ndur' u
ia, var
Estimates i, tradc rul hcarons = The
building Sold indicate tha there Il 4
,herr e. - apprnUmafcly soo0n houses
Nmrrca III III, present iimc lhesc
trre N III L, thockcd M through .Gr
,ar, hg~ Fl tht DIVISION 81 Public NorkS
I#t fh,1 correspond '9rlN well with
.gavt~ gwen rr,,nfh 81 III. housing con
ouaee k.~fau vhor, WIS ~.ld that
tht uauua ttm, ln'ang ). hr rstsou IS
approximately ,1nmoh..~,> rtci N,ar
.s~.muc h>t persons t,,# hnl.r4u. hpar-
ma ~.n.i, eu II anuGa increase ii popu-
la1iou
nurulthcp,ne thcu,r hon,mull-
ire Va nrsr' aIis taniet. except
Ior th. u.tientl l.u~.f.e pro.e.f, s. sim
eafd> sHl munitions works lh,f,
.rqu,~ 6aaaai, therefore mad -
Il, fru.ltal e raetl.eIl, ai euI~ there
S Ial,ar power 4t#.tiai s. urt~tHf a.d
Iher, j. tt, l.,.,.~~Il for puff.ll far u..-
tiou Iufo ~htp, - tttf I'nat h, - pp.i
.i Z b, t,.' f, s,i.l, e3a ter s.iurcd d,y,l. -
mcrt>
iRHIare Iaru as~e.sfiaus Throughout
fheeaIn.r, hay. ttal.i.e>t, ~ uusi. n.ttr,>'
n the p3t. - tho II v~tu. 1t Puhhe
n ars> - a~sl>f hgmt-f0aIInL 81 tins
ure aud cp-,p,faf'n ~ national
-eaI, b.> p,Du suggested 81 conference h,-
tween d, puiauC Irt representative
and eH.laIs ~ The GINI>lar IErrg ar,
certain technical dlflell't~ n 'h Val 81
th, mt~f effective cn-1p, r.firu bu' i d
.nficIusfei fhsf those WH ehur'lN l,
cleared 1u or eroluV,nt-l aud thar
lnr builder. mass =, rcd a.d much
IA, Sam, WAY tha' .aru,r> 81, a>~lst,a. Is
th, iarm loan hanls
New ha, reached Nasiuucfo q mary
building PROJECTS Winch VIII nnf .niy c.v,
cuplo1 mont to 81 large number - r.fur..d
soldiers and enable The TRANSITION - ~
dI!~fr iron a war - ptaoo las q. tto
maa, with minimum ~ friefIof iut vl
al~e increase Tie wealth ~ The eour1r
.l.I ~ resources for 1ls toroCi trad, rtf4-
psg tIqf VII soou hegu The housing
ttrget'- l,eptg during vsr fIm' ~. lkcls
II. - .alueIsted wh.r, fhetr condition ~
pr,cr,~ leh a. ~ make d adVsahl,
aud vber 'he housing problem ls SUI
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