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REDS BEAT sEMI-PRos.

HARRISBURG, Pa, Aug. REHABILITATION
BasebalD In an exhibition game here
to-day the Cincinnati Nationals defeated
the Klein Chocolate Company's nine of
Elizabethtown by the score OF 4 TO 8,
The score by innings:
r. II. r.
Cincinnati. u o o Ia ~
KlAin....... 90 o o o s-s
Observation-Disclosures and Rariden; Allen,
Harmed and Trout
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READING OVERWHELMED.
Five Run Lead Is Overcome by
HustIers, who Win, Is to s.

ROCHESTER, Aug. 29-(International) .
Reading ran UP a five run lead on
Rochester here to-day. but poor playing
by the Marines enabled the locals to
score thirteen runs and take the game,
IS to 8. The score:
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.Battea for wilt,e in the ninth inning

fSTisfI CITY 49,. 49,: ~
Two base acknowledgements. Hudgins
Bauman, Denoville. Three bsse hits-pe-
novi1e = Zitman ?, wigglesworh. Sacrifice
hits-Berrigan. Hudgins. Ftzsimmons, zitmsn.
Sacrifice flies - Denoville. WigElesworth,
Hudgins Left on bases-Buffalo. 7; Jersey
City, T. Bases on balls-Od Ryan. I: of
Marshall. !. Hits-Oh Ryan. in 42-9 In
nings OF Marshall. u IN AIS innings, Hit
by pitcher-By Ryan, /. Struck out-By
Ryan, 2; by Schacht, 6: by Marshall. /.
Losing pitcher-Ryan.
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Totals: IS se27ls 8

Totals. ;. IS 90 u Is ST
sBatted for Kaun in the seventh inning.
New York........... 0 0 0 0 o %
Brookiyn...,.,........ OOi 0 . o oil
Two base hits-Chase, Neht. Three base
hE.Ioaans.oosa s st nShsesThGnetchy, XII
New York. 4; Brooklyn, 6. First base on
srrors-,Brooklyp. 2; Bases on bslls-on
Struck out-By Nehf. 4 CGrifith, 2; r.
Wheat, Kopetshy); By smith ,I Ckauit 2;
6Sns Smith Sss N.S aaTesd
KLEIN (plate) and Emslie Cbases). Time Of
EAme-l hour and 81 minutes.
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BOSTON GAY

Two base hits-BurTus Kinney Three base
hit-shannon. Stolen bases-Hooper. Shan
play-vitt, shannon and McInnis. Left on
bases-Philadelphia. s; Boston, 8. Bases on
pitcher-By Kinney. Cwalters). Struck out
BY Kinney. 6: by Russell. 6.
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o
Brouh and OF
all
Connie Mack old timer who will say So Says Mack $500
and
those old timers could hit with hands,
the a
Ruth
than they uncanny
he hits them"
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AMERICAN LEAGUE.

,.xv York, 4; Washington ! (hrst Eame(.
New York. 81 washington l 'Second camel
Detroit. 81 St. Louis, g..
Chieago, 81 Cleveland, z.
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PITTSBURG N1
for Clemens in seventh inning.

nIWu JOSE HIE,doathcote, ShuItE, McHenry.
Barbara. Three base hit-Cutshaw. Sacrifice
Hornsby. Clemens, Terry. Double piays-
Sherdel. J. Miller and Leslie; McHenry and
Dilhoefer: +. Miller and Whitfield Left on
bases-St. Louis. 4; Pittsburg. g. Bases on
balls-on sherdel. g.; off Miller .. Struck
out-By sherdel, 4; by Miller. l. Winning
pitcher-Ailler. Losing pitcher-Sherdel
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Two base hits-Cueto. Hoffman, Cook.
Three base hit-Brower. Stolen bases-Kost,
Cueto, Brewer Sacrifice hit-Cueto sacri.
fee hy-Hummel. Double play-Hsgle Rodri.
guez and Kost. Left on bases-Rochester,
5; Reading. First base on errors-Roches.
ter, /; Reading. l, Bases on balls-on
Acosta /; off Barries, /; on wslnert q;
of snyder, !, Hits-oh Barries. s in I IN.
nings; of WeineTt In innings: of SNYDER
In l inning. Struck out-By Acosts, &:
by Barrtes, /: by Weinert, Wild pitch
Wenert, Passed ball-Cook. ?. Losing pitcher
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RED SOX EVEN SERIES.
Barrow's Men Defeat Athletics by
n Score of to L.

Boston, Aug. 29.-(American)- Bos-
ton evened the series with Philadelphia
to-day by winning, 7 TO 1. The Athletics
gave Kinney poor support. Ruth famed
twice. Wits play was brilliant. The
score:
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TEAM BATTING RECORDS.

stolen oases-olson 20, Johnston L. Baird
~, Myers II. 2. Wheat H. Konetchy II. Grif.
nth s. kilduf 3, Kruger :, Crimes l. Miller
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TORONTO, Aug. 2s.-(InternationaD-
Toronto made 1t two straight over New
ark here to-day by taking the second
game of a four games series by to S.
Purtell, the locals third baseman. was
responsible for his teams victory. With
inning Purtell hit out a long clean to
centre field which sent across the win
ming run
Lyons started the game for Newark
but was soon replaced by Shea. Stryker
finished the game for the Jerseyites. The
ScOre
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Binghamt on ..,....,. q ] "
Two base hits-Shannon. Shields ? stol,n
ba ses-Hsrper. Riley, Shields Sacrifice hits
-Boley. shannon, Hartman Left on bases
Bingh smton. o; Baltimore, :. First base on
error-BinEha anton. Bases on bslls-on Psrn-
h"m. 4: of Harner, /. Hit by ptcher-By
ham, 4; by Harper, 4.
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STANDING OF THE CLUBS.

PHILADELPHIA In New York.
Washington In Boston.
Detroit In 81. Louis.
Chicago In Cleveland.
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FIRST GAME.
Totals. - 1893 q 0 ~

two base hits-Mann. Holke, bancroft. cal
lshan' Paulette. Sacrifice hitsIhlaekoarnI me :,
tfsai,ini+a Iuderus, williams. Double play
paIeI Gowdy and Boeckel. Left on bases
Boston II; Philadelphia, Bases on os ani-
of Fiiingim, 81 off smith J. SviuSS R,,ch
By Fllingim, 4; by G. smith, l. "i'u 'i'I
rs.II TN
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Yanks Win Opener I'm Fifth.

The Yankees won the first game in
the nth frame. when they scored their
four runs all In one bunch. Ruel walked
with one out, and he fitted to second on
a passed ball and to third on a wild
pitch Quinn raped a single 70 right,
sending home his catcher.
But more runs were 10 follow. Few
ster singled to left, and q pass to Peck
ihpaugh filled the bases With this set
ting Baker dropped a fly just inside the
left field foul line. AS Menosky was
playing well over toward centre field
Quinn. Fewster and Peck scored and
Frank got a double.
The stray Washington run came In
the ninth. Milan drew Quinn's only pa %
and was forced by Rice Same stole
second unmolested and also was proceed
ing to purloin third as Leonard tapped
a bounder to the inheld. Leonard beat
Pratt's toss to first and Rice scored.
The Senators got on to a temporary
lead in the second game, the two WASH
iiIgton inflelders moulding the run. FL
lerbe singled and took third on Harris's
Gharrity's sacrifice fly.
New York tied In the fourth. Pratt
singled to right. and on the hit ana
run play Lewis cleverly drove the ball
through the territory vacated by FL
lerbe. Pratt taking third. Bodie lifted
him over with a sacrifice fly.
Pipp got triple in the sixth on the
play in which Milan and Rice took the
double fiiphop. wallie came in on
Lewis's out.
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ED FOR TO-DAY.

New York I'm Brooklyn
Boston In Philadelphia 1.-TWO Ramesl
st. Louis In Chicago.
Cincinnati In PittsburE.
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Ghmes Scheduled Tor To-day.
Jersey City in Buffalo.
Newark in Toronto Cwo gameO.
Baltimore in Bnghamton.
Reading In Rochester.
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fbatteu lUI hooo III iIhth ihHlhs'
Detroit. ,........,..... 3 q o[
St Louis............. o 0 0 o o.
Two base hits-Tobin, Vesch. Home run
Jones. Sacrifice hits-Gedeon, Ainsmith
Double play-Jones Young and Heilman.
Left ON 6ases-D5tFoi;, {; 81. I.ou.s, 2 Bases
on balls-On Dsuss, 4; off Shocker 2; off
Roob, /. Hts-Oh Shocker, in innings.
Struck out-By Dauss, 8; by Shocker. I.
Losing pitcher-Shocker.
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ROBINS.

stolen bases-Burns 81. Young a. Chase is
! Kauf is, Doyle H. Frisch 10. Zimmerman g
| Fletcher 3, Gonzales I Snyder O. McCarty 4
! Smith |, Baird !. Kelly l.
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RECORDS EQUALLED.
BY LII PRINCETON
Trots Mile in 2;02-Mignola
Wins Ninth Consecutive
Victory in Grand Circuit.

BosToN, Aug. 29.-Lu Princeton made
the fastest mile of the season, equalling
his record of 2:02. In winning an exhibit
ton trot from Mabel Trask, also from
the Cox Stable, at the Grand Circuit
races at the Readville track to-day.
Mignola won his second race of this
meeting and his ninth consecutive VIC
tory this year. when he captured the
President Stake. Cox took Mignola into
the lead at the word in each heat and
held command for the entire mile. In
the last two heats Geers was only a neck
back, with Don De Lopez. which was
the same distance in front Of Echo Di-
rect. The times were 2:o6h, 2:05%
and 2:07h.
The two-year-old trotting division OF
the American Horse Breeder Futurity
went to Dadette, the property of Frank
@. Jones of Memphis, Tenn. In both
heats Geers laid the flly within hailing
distance of the leaders to the home
stretch and had the speed to win by a
| close margin from the great Miss Nor
ris in 2:11K and 2:10A respectively.
The summarizes:
AMERICAN HORSE BREEDER -TTTURTTY-
PURSE 5000.
nudette, br. f., by Etwah CGeerS 1
p pas GJeat br Miss Is 9oT5i' oh. T. White'
Lady Mozart b Crsiiims;nr;;' ..,.,,....,..
Time-2 :1lt, 2:1ok.
THE PRBsIDENT-2 % ~ ASS TRoTTING;
PURSE 5000.
Mlgnola, ch. h., by Allerton Ccox)...... I |;
Don de Lopez, blk. g. (Geersl.. ........s 2
Echo Echo Direct, hr. g; q; Brusie)........ 2
Leonard C., Dr. (McDonald). ........t g.
Time-2 :o6h. 2:o5x, 2:7h.
2:7 CLAss-PACINa; PURSE S1,oos
Prince Pepper blk g., by Prince lingo
ri mar 'Hydeo III
Flashing, blk. 6. Tallman). ............2
Prtncelyne blk. h. (Coakley). AS.
Time-2 :l2%, :09A, 20S%.
2:H CLASS TR0TTING-PURSE 1000.
DR.. Nick, blk h., by DR.. Igo Murphy / 3
Baron Gigantic, b. g. lMcDonald)......
Frank Watts, b. g. (Gillis) ..............5 4
Arris, blk m. (Crossman). ...............3 s
Barbara Lee, b. m. (Cox). 3
Helgar Anna Maloney and st. Frosquin also
started.
Time-2 :o7%, :o7I, 2:O7I5.
SPECIAL EXHIBITION TRoTTING.
Lu Princeton, b. h.. by San Francisco (Cox)
Mabel Trask, oh. m. Horau) ..................2
Time-2:02.
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Poor Throwing by Senators.

ing in the seventh. Hannah walked and
Thor liah;sn sacrificed. Foster threw
into right field. trying for a play on
Herb at first, and Truck ambled all
around the bases and scored. Harris
recovered the ball and threw wild to
third to get Thormahlen. That permitted
the Jersey boy to come home.
Pipp added fifth run In the eighth.
He doubled 10 left centre. took third on
Pratt's infield out and scored on Lewis s
sacrifice fly to Shanks. The score:
FIpqrr nANn
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American and National League Records.
RESULTS or YESTERDAYS GAMES.
NATIONAL LEAGUE

N"HHONHT LEAUUh
New York, 81 Brooklyn, 1.
Philadelphia, d Boston. 8 (twoIye inp,nS.
first camel. nss
Boston. 81 philadelphia, 4 (seoond sam.,.
Pittsburg, 81 st. L0 us, 8. no''
, TIE crime
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PURTELL'S LONG HIT
DEFEATS NEWARK
Causes Downfall of Bears in
Ninth-TOrOnto Wins
by 6 to 5 Score.

INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE.
Results Of Yesterdays Games.
Jersey City, IS: Buffalo. 0.
Toronto, 9; Newark. 6.
Binghamton. &: Baltimore. o.
Rochester, 10: Reading, s.
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both Ellerbe and Harris, the Interna-
tional League recruits. show a lot OF
promise.
Nick Altrock, the Washington clown,
rather overdid his act yesterday. Nick
tied himself into knot between games
and couldn't unravel himself It was
observed that the usually effervescent
fellow walked rather silently back to
the Washington bench. Soon after he
tainted on the bench from pain. In do
ing his contortions he pulled a shoulder
muscle out of place. boo Woods, the
Yankee trainer. helped pull the cords
back in place. But Altrock had little
spirit for comedy the rest of the after
noon.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-21

The Studebakers of South Bend.
Ind. are planning to build 1000
houses.
New York reports q shortage of
$4,000 dwellings. Philadelphia needs
10000 new homes. Birmingham
Pittsburg, Boston-every city awaits
the builder.
The Dodge Brothers contemplate
spending 100000 0 on homes for
their employees at Niles. Mich.
State and nation will expend half a
billion on good roads with the next
twelve months.
East. west, north and south the
story is the same. Everywhere there
is need of more homes, more factor
les. more structures of every kind
and character.
And yet there are men who hesi-
tate because they expect prices of
wages or of materials or both. to
come down. They punish the pub
lie by their procrastination or timidty.
Prices may come down a little, but
THEY CANNOT COME DOWN
MUCH. The costs of many materials
and probably of labor are likely to
advance with the very large measure
of activity natural and necessary to
catch up with the shortage OCCASION
ed by the three or foul yea In
which, owing to the war. there was
little or no construction work.
A nation is but a group of indi-
viduals.
Nation Cramped for Housing
No one a work freely or well in
cramped quarters.
The nation is cramped today In
home, in hotel, in mill. in shop, in
office structure. in roads, in trans
p~ortation lines.
BUILD.
But build well when you do build.
The average house built for the
American family Is not what it should
be.
The man who puts up a shoddy
house is not a citizen of whom 10 be
proud.
The man who builds a factory
without plenty of light and afr for
those who work within Injuries him
self. his workers and the community.
A bad plumber Is a bad citizen.
A dishonest contractor robs not
only the man whit whom he makes
the contract. but all who have to
what he builds.
A house, a factory. a road should
an enduring monument to its ar
chitect, Its builder and its owner.
One way to make the world " a bet
ter place to live in" Is to build better
homes.
A good house is conducive to good
citizenship.
BUILD NOW
1t will cost more to build later than
1t costs now.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-21

The man who means to build
would do well to build now. He who
hesitates Is not likely to profit.
II is an axiom of Wall street that
persons who determine to buy at the
bottom always miss the market. rush
in and buy when everybody Is buy
Ing and, by bidding against each
other. put prices up on themselves,
nnd have to pay moro thar III they
Dad not been so wise and cautious.
The law of supply and demand is
fnexorable. There is a tremendous
shortage of buildings in America to-
day. The demand must be met. The
sooner 1t Is the better.
There never was a better opportu-
nifty for h builder. The nation Is
hungry for homes. for factories. for
hotels. for every kind and character
Of structure. Every city Is over
crowded. Every industrial center is
congested.
The man who h~esitates to build be-
pause of what he considers high
prices Is out of touch with the times.
Everything Is on a higher level. Ma
terials, wages. all commodities never
will get back to what they were.
Wages Up to Stay
II is Just as well to appreciate his
fact today as tomorrow. The persons
who are straining their eyes for evil
~ Va u " ASA vi - ~
Signs of material prices reaching bot
tom are likely to have experiences
like the would-be bargain hunters of
the stock market.
BUILD, BUILD NOW.
Ten or twenty years from now
prices will be higher than today and
what we consider dear today will ap-
pear cheap then.
1t has been so from the beginning
OF time. 1t will be so to the end.
This summer and fall will see a
building boom greater probably than
the nation ever has had. From all
sections of the country come plans
Or reports of contracts closed for
warehouses, store buildings. schools.
hospitals. sanitariums. railway sta
lions, banks. churches. apartment
houses. theatres, court houses. dwell |
tngs. wood working plants. water
works. textile mills. s~hipbuilding
plants road inc street work, factor
les. mine buildings. metal working
plants, iron n steel mills, ice and
bold storage plants. gas and oil mills.
Electric light plans, fertilizer factor ,
les. machinery establishments, hydro
Electric plants. irrigation systems. !
plants. alrplane stations. concrete
and cement plants. cotton congresses
aud .gins~bridges. viaducts and a
muTf1fude of other enterprises.
One Project $4,000, 900
One man in Baltimore has started
on the construction of 2.400 dwell
penditure of 100000.
4
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-21

Throughout the country building
seems TO be coming into its own. But
as the reports are received 1t Is seen
that in various sections or n coun-
try. the class of building that is go
ing on varies to a great extent. In
some sections, theatres are being
built to a large extent, while in other
sections 1t | presidential buildings n
garages which are prominent. In TINS
city, although the cry Is for residen-
tial buildings and apartment houses,
garages have been prominent as well
as brick and frame alterations.
Various contractors throughout the
city. and architects have been going
over plans, figuring out the cost OF
proposed buildings only to have their
work come to naught. as n contrac-
tor stated today. Although everyone
Connected with the building line, says
that there will be no reduction IN the
cost of labor and material within the
next five or six years, many people
who contemplate building are holding
off until the price drops, but this Is so
far distant that the question arises,
concerning what is going to happen
to those who need homes before the
drop takes place.
Co-operation won the war, the CO.
operation of the American people
saved Europe during the great 1000
situation there. 1t stopped the use or
gasolinen on Sunday. 1t saved millions
of tons of coal and through co-opera-
ton the housing and building situa-
ton can be saved. At the present
time, although nothing could be
learned today concerning the propo-
sition, 1t ds understood that q con-
Germ Is being formed in this city to
aid home seekers to obtain homes.
This company will build homes Tor
those desiring them and will be paid
off on the installment plan. the pur-
chaser, however. paying down a pcr-
ton of the cost of the house. when II
is started. This Is similar to the
building loan Idea, where q person
can obtain money at a small rate of
interest, build their homes and pay
back the money borrowed at so much
per month, the complete loan run
ming out within eleven or twelve
years.
The building of a two-story. six
room, sixteen foot house which can
be constructed for $500 or $4,000
similar to those built by the shipping
Board in Philadelphia hav been ad-
vocated throughout various sections
of the country and these would not
only stimulate the building here, but
would aid greatly in the housing sit
uation which is still occupying the
attention of many of the people of
this city and is a problem to them.
During the past week several new
buildings have been started and 9TH
ers which have been in course OF con-
struction are either nearing compile
ton or are now occupied by the own
ers. The building permits, although
not as many as might be expected,
show that this city can not be listed
with those who r builder slackers.
and points plainly to the fact that
the people here will do their part in
stimulating building. which in turn
will stimulate business throughout,
and Perth Amboy can be listed with
those who are working to bring about
a great wave of prosperity through
out the country.
New House i'm Market Street
This week the Perth Amboy Con-
struction Company of which, Leon
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-21
IMPROVEMENT
FOR BUILDINGS
Experts See Good Prospects OF
a General Speeding Up in
Construction Work

Declaring hat inasmuch as the In
dustries Board has failed in its at
tempt to stabilize the price Of steel.
and that In all probability there will
be no further effort by the Govern
ment to fx the price on other build
Ing materials, architects and builders
last week expressed the opinion that
with a return to an open" market
and the revival of the law of supply
and demand construction is now ready
to be speeded up with an impetus the
like of which has not been seen In
years. says the American Architect.
They feel that this indicates that
manufacturers must get what they
may for their commodities. Whether
purchasers will have to pay higher
prices than they would If the govern
ment's effort in fixing a temporary
schedule of values had been success
ful remains to be seen.
II Is generally believed in archi-
tectural and building circles that in
a large percentage of materials prices
cannot recede without a reduction In
wages 1t is not probable that lead
ers in Industry will consent to a wage
cut at the present time. In the steel
market. where factories are working
at approximately so per cent. of capa'
city. the railroad administrations call
IOF DfuS On GVUpUVU TONS OF rails u
supply approximately 10 per cent.
of an estimated demand 10 the first
indication of large orders that are to
follow. The building industry Is
closely watching developments in this
phase of the situation and what an
''open" market. with the renewal OF
Federal restraint, will accomplish. II
Is expected 1t viii make q very &C
tive construction market.
=. AlA. - NBA kxttAln1 -
teria1 Industries conditions during the
week have developed a marked I'm
provement. All clay products. as wei
as manufactured goods in metals. are
In better demand with wholesalers
and dealers busy with orders for I'M
mediate delivery. Lumber Is moving
from the yards to the contractors in
exceptionally large volume.
A feature of the market Is In the
announcement of building permits is
sued during the week.. The permits
show the contemplative builders are
becoming more and more convinced
of ultimate sterilization of prices and
are going ahead with speculative pro.
5ects.
Churches. theatres and apartment.
took the lead in the new construction
work reported from the ofices OF ar.
chitects this week.
There Is a tendency downward or
neat cement, lime and hollow tile
prices. All common brick remains
frm at SIS per thousand wholesale,
with some grades at a slightly higher
level. Leading building brick distri-
buters have at last come forward in.
to b market at current prices.
There have been sharp advances on
italian marble. this product bringing
s 3 foot for seconds. Black and gold
italian marble cannot be had, but
there il q liberal supply Of domestic
marble in these grades. Lumber
prices are not likely To dror FOR a
long time to come. Mills in every
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-21
REFUSE To WAIT
LOWER PRICES
Build Now is Winning Slogan
and Results Are Already
Being Shown
BY A. e.

WASHINGTON, May 21.-Are you
waiting for lower prices on labor and
building materials before o build
that house2
If so. take heed of these facts:
Private contractors and concerns to
the number of 1884 had deferred
building projects on hand at the time
the armistice was signed on Nov. IL.
OF these. fifty per cent. have de-
termined to 60 ahead with their con-
struction. without waiting for a drop
in the cost of labor or building ma
terials.
There were ASA public building
projects when the armistice was
signed. OF these rs were federal. 279
state. SOS county and 1892 munich
pal contracts.
More than fifty per cent. of these
projects are now under way.
The total contract cost Of these
private and public improvements is
ST. 92 ,275.000, according to o survey
made by the Department Of Labor.
The contracts let in March showed a
decided increase over those of Janu-
airy and February.
These projects are not related to
the governments plans for public i'm
provements to tide over the recon-
~struction period. All the government
plans fell by the wayside when con-
gress adjourned March 4.