Evening star., 1920-07-10
rease of s5 per cent over the May

crease of 25 per cent over the May
figure.
Contracts let during the first six
months Of the year numbered 1924
and amounted to sS65.34sooo. During
the first half last year 6.459 con-
tracts amounting to s176.014.000, were
let
The most important classes of build
ing in the first half Of this year were;
Public works and utilities amounting
total industrial buildings. ss0,5es,-
GOO or % per cent: business build
,ngs S75.670.00 or 81 per Cent; resi- :
Dental buildings, s73.22S,000, or 20
per cent
Contemplated work reported from
amouHtcd 70 100000, 0te
ID. c. Operations IHc}nJet.
June building contracts lei II. eas.-
ern Pennsylvania, southern N-u Jer-
ssy. Maryland Della SaTs. the DiStTi CT
q Columb!& ana VlrslHia amounted
70 $22,5GI.uto. sligh- decline from
the Nay figure
June building contracts in western
!Tennsy iy2nia- Wcs, FlJs Ma and Ohi5
rtou.,t,d 70 $i4,326, eco which waG
practically the same as the NSy fig
During the first ssx months Of the
jres"nL year ASS contracts were let.
mounting 10 $279,s14. uGo as aEsins;
1>56t contracts In the urst half o.
tgIl. amounting to $141.25+0Q0
IN this region industs ai building
~2s in the lead. This class accounted
SIl,322. 800. or * pc >en- OF tho
al; public works and utilities
,moaIted to S70,2s1. Goo or . per
cent. residential bu.loi ngs, s63.31I. oe0,
- % per cent; has ness buildin gs
.37I52.No0, or Is per cent
tont:mplated work was reported Il
chis district from jam 2ry l to July
/ amounting 20 i34s.Se0,00o-
Building contracts IL the central west
comprising jiinois- Indiana Iowa, Wis
,onsin. Michigan and portions Of Mis-
souri,. eastern Kansas and Nebraska) In
June amounted to sS4,5l0.00o, an in
crease Of 10 per cent over the May
figure.
F During the first half of 1920 contracts
resented an expenditure of $465. SOC, 900,
compared with 1909 contracts IN the
first SIX months of 1919, amounting to
1892, 9S3. .00G.
The. important classes OF building ac-
tivity during the first half Of 1920 were:
Industrial plants, s121, IFS, 600. or 26 per
cent of the total; public works and utili-
ties Sill. $50 900, or "a per cent; resi-
Dental $50, ,S34 900, or 19 per cent: busi-
ness buildings, $50. .o70. 900. or II per cent
seaboard- much work has been held
up. Although contracts let have
amounted to nearly half billion dol
lars this year. yet contemplated work
has been reported to the amount of
over a billion
In Northwest Area.
=. June building contracts in Mime
sofa and North and South Dakota
amounted to s7,21s, 900, which was
somewhat of a decline from the May
figure.
The total for the first half of the
present year amounted to s54.324.000
representing 1887 contracts In the
first half of 1919 there were 1883
contracts. amounting to $22,579,000.
In this district residential building
has been in the lead this year.
amounting to $15.350,0o0. or % per
cent Of the total Educational build
ings and public works and utilities
tie for second places, amounting to
s1o.7S5,000 and s1o,7s6.oO0. respec-
lively, or 20 per cent of the total.
business buildings amounted to S6.427.O o
600. or IL per cent of the total.
Contemplated work reported from
January 1 to July amounted to
ninety-f1ve million dollars AS this
is nearly double the figure for con-
tracts let in the same period, it indi-
Gates that in this district consider
able volume OF work has been held up.