Evening star., 1920-07-10
BUILDING IN D. c.
FOR PAST MONTH
SHOWS DECLINE:
Is Reported With Nearby
States in To'al Showing
S22. 507 C0O Expended.

BurISlnc opar- tfo-fs in the month
Of Jure IN the District OF f>0'uT- hia.
eastern pernsy Iysrta, ST. thtrn NV
Jersey Maryland TeiR7va-- ano WI
s22507 600 This = = slight decline
from the figure for the previous
month. acce~diu- 50. ~+p irt T@-
pared by the T " Dodge COMPANY.
During the frs. half - tNe rfef
year building contracts IN these states
numbcref 4565 and rorre-en TED a
cost of sisS.S3s o00. ss cnrlpare,l V n
4o23 contracts let IN ~ fit half OF
1919 at cost Of s1s6 500 Gee
Industrial building led in rs ms
trict durins the first ~ ~ @ e,ls OF OF
this year. amounting ta F5F lSE-0oo. Or
30 per cent Of. the total oSA@r i'm
portant classes were: Residential
S567S10o or % per
business buildings, s32217,ooo, or 1S
per cent; public works ana utlie4es
s2s.s99.OGO or Is per cent
That building ACTIVITY has been
held up in this district by adverse cir
cunstances is shown by the fact that
although contracts awarded IN SIX
months amounted to nttle less tnah
5000. eOO. 900, contemplated Work re.
ported in the same psT1oo alnouniSu
to over s50O.o0o, 000
Country shows IncreHse-
Buiiling operations throughout the
country, however, In the month OF
cent over the previous month. Con-
tracts awarded during June In the
territory east of the Missouri ana
north of the Ohio rivers amounted
to s260,S34.0O0.
great increase in the volume OF
Industrial building. and a decline in
residential building have been the
principal features Of the building ac-
tyty of the first half of the current
year.
Contracts were let during the nrst
ak months of 1920 in the territory
east of the Missouri and north OF the
Ohio rivers, numbering 31.30S and
amounting to Sl542, 5000. compared
with 36524 contracts in the hrst haif
of 1919 amounting to $9sS,szo.ooo-
The decline in the number OF con
tracts, taken in connection with he
enormously increased amount OF
money involved is an indication or
the extent to which large scale oper-
atoms have predominated this year
OF the total for the first haH OF
for industrial buildings. whereas
during the year 1919. this class ac-
counted for but 20 per cent OF the
total About 22E per cent OF the
total for the first six months OF 1920,
or 34S.5S0.0O was for residential
buildings. whereas in 1919 this group
comprised 33 per cent of the total
Other important classes in the first
half of 1920 were public works and
utilities, amounting TO f324.74S.O0O
S269604.000-
Although contracts have been
awarded amounting to more than one
and one-half billion dollars, there is
still a vast amount of work held up
for more favorable conditions. Dur
or projected work of all tinds was
reported by the F. w. Dodge Com
pany. amounting to practically three
billion dollars.
New England Figures.
June building contracts in the New
600. which was somewhat less than
the May figure. although greater than
the April figure.
The total number of contracts
awarded during the first half of the
year was 5,440. and the amount in
volved was $17S,S54 900. as compared
with 5.070 contracts, amounting to $751;
1000, for the first half of 1919.
Industrial building led in this Sec
tion during the first half of the cur
rent year. amounting to s55.5S2, 900.
or 81 per cent of the total Other i'm
portant classes of buildings were as
follows: Residential, s49.035.000. or
27 per cent; business buildings. $37.-
4eS,000. or 21 per cent; public works
and utilities, $15,446,00o, or 9 per
cent.
Contemplated or projected work
was reported in this district from
January to July 1 amounting to over
three hundred and forty million. dol
lars. This large figure is an indica-
ton that the rate of activity which
prevailed before July 1 is likely to
continue through the year.
In New York state and northern
New Jersey the contracts let in June
1920, amounted to $50, 49, 200, an in