South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-09-26

are given herewith. Incomplete a.
the figures are they are the hes, that
have ever yet been assembled in
America Moreover they mark the
beginning OF consistent. continued
effort which ultimately viii give MS
complete and reliable data
Two lacks viii De noted. The data
deal only with new construction and
deal only with the year 1920.
Many Alterations Made.
Several OF our advisers wished 90
include questions dealing with cur
rent alterations 10 provide new hous-
ing accommodation in buildings
erected before 1890 There has been
a vast amount OF Alterations one
family dwellings converted into tene-
ment houses-and the economic and
social significance Of these aItera-
tons is OF first importance.
The extent Of such alterations IS
indicated by the fact that 1920 was
( the record year for sale OF bathroom
equipment despite the small amount
F.. OF new residence building But when
50 many cities have no records show
| ing even the amount and character
! OF new construction Il was hopeless
[ TO try 70 get definite Information on
alterations. The bureau Of labor sta
tistics therefore decided wisely in
combining It's first question sheet 90
new construction.
Seventy Per Cent i'm Houses
The figures herewith presented
( indicate that in 1920 40 per cent Of
the families provided for got one
family dwellings. II per cent two
! family dwellings and 10 per cent
apartments in a multi-family dwell
/ ing They also indicate that the pro-
portion of nulu-familv dwellings
/ that were provided in 1920 was larg-
! est in the small cities which have
not had as much experience with
this type of habitation than in the
! larger cities. At the same time they
show that there was more house
/ building in proportion TO population
( in the smaller than in the larger cit
/ les. T. e., the new acCOmmOda- Ons--
! house or apartment - provided in
cities of $4,000 10 100000 popula-
ton was one for every 25S inhabi-
tants. while in cities OF more than
million population il was one for
every SCI inhabitants, and the aver
age for all the cities listed was one
for every $50 inhabitants.
500 On Buildings.
1T is Of interest to know. however.
that Of the estimated one billion
forty-three million dollars spent on
buildings in 1920, in the cities re-
porting. over $500 (S3S2,3O7, O0O)
We're devoted to dwellings. Factories
and workshops came second with
1880, stores and mercantile build
inEs third, with 1897, while Office
buildings and garages tied for fourth
place with SEQ each. Schools. hos
pitfalls and charitable buildings to-
gether called for $40 or ST. 600.
Amusement places cost more than
churches. hospitals or public build
ings. SIS. 637. 600.
According TO United States
census report for 1920, there were
2SS cities having a population of
$4,000 or over Their total popula
ton was nearly So millions. OF
these. 131 cities with q population
$3.50 of the total have reported
their building permits which are hero
recorded. If the rate Of building IN
the non-reporting cities was the same
as in the $3.50 which reported. the
total number OF buildings in all
cities may be estimated at 1876, 600
at an estimated cost of S1,2SO.OOO,-
! 600. The number OF houses designed
for dwelling purposes may be esti-
mated at
| One-family dwellings ..S1,2S9 go
Two-family dwellings b.. 5,S54 10
/ Multi family dwellings 2,175 go
S9.2GS 1907
! Family accommoda-
lions ..... ia. O19
What has been done is only a