The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-03

Y 'Build-Now" Slogan Gaining
 Recognition inS AU Sections

1 new cottages could be rented before sun | down if they were here to rent. and be- 1 fore the end of February twice that many more. And the price is no stumbling block
 some of them want one so bad that they will be willing to pay anything Not only are houses scarce in Clarks- dale but buil 3ings for commercial pur- poses are practically unobtainable and
 as result of 5his shortage the city at least loses several dozen merchants each year." says The Register of Clarksdale, Miss
 "A great deal more activity is in evil I dence in building lines, both in Fiber ton. Ga, and throughout the county, says The Star of Elberton, Ga. This was to be expected, however as for the past two years the government has dis couraged the erection of any new build inss for any purpose except where the necessity for them was urgent.
 Much more business is being done by local dealers in building material than was done F months ago and they report a steady increase in sales as the days go by
 The columns of the Industrial Index show the construction activity in the southeast An interesting illustration of the building activity in other sections of the country, demonstrating what is thought of the wisdom of building now, is given in the following list of build ing projects of a week compiled by the United States department of labor:
 New York City. A s1,75O,o00 apart ment is to be built on the corner of Fifth avenue and Seventy-second street Block & Stendler will build 30 bungalows at Coney Island A building to cost from s2, ,500,0OO to $3,0o0,0o0 is planned for Sew enth avenue and Thirty-ninth street Work is ordered begun on the Masonic Temple at Twenty third and the Park way The cost is to be s75o,000.
 Rochester, N. Y, is to have a s250, 900 kodak factory.
 In Cleveland O., the fourth year of construction activity on the 5, 2,500, 900 pub lie hall has begun by laying concrete walls extending from the foundation to the street level The director of parks and public works says the project will be completed this year. The Cleveland board of education is getting under way q $1 100000 building programme. The Mer- cantile Manufacturing company will con- struct a building at a cost of s20O,0OO. At Lakewood Ohio, market house will cost s200.000.
 Meridian, Miss, will at once build S10O,0Oc Y. M. c. A.
 Los Angeles. Cal, is to have a 1000 rooms hotel and apartment building to cost s1,O0, 900. Theodore Curtis of Min neapols. is behind the project. Build ing permits in Long Beach, in January amounted to $250,0O0.
 Chicago, H., is to have $1 100000 hotel built by the Morton corporation. The Ohio Match company is to build a $150,00O warehouse A $300000 apartment also is reported as in the bid-taking stage.
 Baltimore is to have an apartment ho- tel to cost $t 100000 built by the Knick- erbocker Realty company. The Standard oil company is to build a s20O,0O0 ware house.
 Louisville, Ky, is to have bank and office building to cost s600000. built by the Intersouthern Life Insurance com pany.
 Janesville, Wis, is to have tractor factory built by the General Motors com pany, at a cost of $250,000 aIn Madison a vocational and high school will cost S20G, 900.
 Elizabeth, N. J., is to have a s5oo,O0o general hospital.
 Public works of an exceptional nature ir rclude 8, POO 600 Improvements and exten- sions to the Toledo Railways and Light company. Toledo, O., $15,000,O00 to be spent on county home group by Erie county, Pennsylvania, $4,O00,O00 to be spent on roads and bridges by the state high way commission of Hartford, Conn.,, and s1. .OOO, GOO for waterworks in New Britain, Conn.