The Washington herald., 1921-05-08
BUILDING REVIVAL
SEES OPERATIONS
HEREONNCREASE
Construction Program
For Week Shows $780,
900 in Projects.
I ear
ID. C. r ANKS S HIG II
Figures for 4 Months Show
. Big Gain Over 1919
; Building.
d. C. RANKS HIG d

gently past the mediocre stage. and
wJth the advancement Of spring
business ventures are undertaken
with comparative rapidity.
The weekly construction program
exceeds 100000. including in II
plans for another apartment house
announced through the Issuance OF
. permit to L. Gibbons White. The
prejeet will occupy a site at 2sss
rventy-eighth street northwest. and
the cost 10 estimated at ss5,ooo. A
sse. 900 store and three large dwell
ings are included in the operations
to-be.
The store will 60 up at 1722 L
strett northwest. near Connecticut
avenue 1t will be built by Howard
Etchison-
Kennedy Brothers, Inc, were Civ
en- permission to begin the con-
strnction OF nine dwellings from
soGl to se17 Klingle road north
west. a. a cost of $4,000.
W. c. and A. N. Miller will erect
five residences on woodley road,
numbering 27O1 to 27os. with ga
RACES. The investment represents
;5sy0oo.
Five homes will be built by v. T.
H. sBien. Inc, en- Imbering l1ol to
| 416s Fourth street. The cost was
given as sI5.Ooo.
Many permits for individual
homes and garage projects were is
sued
Figures show Gains
The District of Columbia figured
heavily in the country's building
construction activities during the
! month of April. Along with other
| Middle Atlantic States, the total
amount invested was s27.246,000. a
slight increase over the month of
March being noted by the F. w.
Dodge Company.
The total construction contracts
| in this district for the first four
months of the year announced to
SS4. .ss9. 900. This figure Is less than
| the average for the same period in
the last five years, but it is IL
per cent greater than the total for
the first four months of 1919, when
economic conditions were most
nearly like those OF the present
year.
Included in the April total were
the following items: ss.995.oo0, or
36 per cent, for residential build
ings; S7.461,00O. or II per cent, for
public works and utilities; s2.244.-
600. or per cent, for business
buildings; s2.oss.. 900. or 8 per cent.
for industrial buildings.
Contemplated new work to the
amount of s55.s57.ooo was reported
for this district in April. This
figure was double the amount of
contracts awarded.
BY comparison, the section ,n
which the District of Columbia is
placed takes stand above the
New England section. which con-
tributed to new buildings approx
mately $4,000. 900; the Northwestern
section. which invested only $780,
boo. But New York State district
ranks higher, with an expenditure
of slightly over s5l,000.0Oo. also the
Pittsburgh district, with $4,000, 900.
The Central West being probably
khe largest section, leads with q to-
tai output of s75.GS6,ooO.
80. Central West Leads
Likewise, the Central West leads
In percentage increase, having a 55
per cent increase over the month of
March, with the same ratio applying
to the other building sections.
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greater, on the whole, than any 9TH
er month since last June.
Contracts awarded in the twenty
nve Northeastern States during
April amounted 10 s220,sS6.000 This
Apfi4 of any previous year exceut
hs2o. April. 1920. was the peak of
asst years boom
The April total was 34H per cent
greater than that for March. Dur
Ing the past i've years the average
Increase of April over March has
cen 14 per cent
Residential building maintained the
cad over all other classes in April
Fhis class amounted to S75,015, 900,
br "a per cent Of the total. Public
works and utilities took second
place. amounting to s4s,o43.o00. or
es per cent of the total. Business
buildings accounted for 13 per cent.
br S29,176,000; and educational
buildings, 10 per cent. or s22,b4O.-
boo.
Revival Gains
The building revival has acquired
considerable momentum in the past
tour months. At the end of january.
tctivity from the first of the-year
o. date was per cent behind the
verage for the preceding five
ears: at the end of February IL w2s
per cent behind: at the end of
March, per cen: behind: at the end
bf April 1t was 5 per cent ahead OF
he average for the first four
months Of each of the preceding
i've years. The total investment
Represented by building contracts
ct from January 1. 1891. to May l.
s31, has amounted to $5s7,47o,0oo.
The demand Cor new construction
It'll continues very strong. Con-
emplated new work was reported in
kprn to the amount of $392272 900,
bringing the total of contemplated
york reported from the first of The
ear up to s1.6s4.ss4,o00 nearly
hree times the amount Of contracts
warded N the same period,
The demand for rev construction
80 insistent that 1t seems likely
hat increased activity will prevail
uring the coming months. At the
resent time the one thing that
hreatens a setback Is the attitude