Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-07-18
INDIANA SHOWS
BUILDING GAIN
OVER YEAR 1920
Larger Cities of State Report
Progress, indianapolis
Leading.

That the records Of the building inspec-
! ton departments Of Evansville, Fit wayne,
Gary, Hammond, Indianapolis. Richmond,
South Bend and Terre Haute, when to-
tailed, show that building construction in
| Indiana for the first six months CT 1927
! is far ahead of that of 1920 for the same
period, and that indianapolis gives prom
Use of surprising all previous records OF
! its building inspection department this
| year, are set forth in an article in tbs
current issue Of the Indiana Construction
Recorder. which is devoted to the inter-
ests of the Indiana construction and en-
cheering industry.
In addition to a table showing the num-
Der Of building permits issued and their
estimated valuations for the month Of
June this year and for June of 1920, for
the eight cities mentioned, it contains
also a table showing the number Of per-
mits issued and the estimated valuation
for the first six months of this year and
the corresponding period Of 1920. For
the first six months of 1921 the permits
issued and the estimated valuations were
! as follows: Evansville, 403 permits S207,-
228 estimated valuation; FIT Wayne. TIA
permits, $1.677. 7S5 estimated valuation;
Gary, SGT permits, S2,087,275 estimated
valuation; Hammond, 327 permits ST.
I
5,006 permits. $9.557,910 estimated valu-
alton; Richmond, 100 permits, s47e, 72O
estimated valuation; South Bend, 1,0Se
permits. 81 267 $50 estimated valuation;
J TeTre Haute, SO permits 81 ,226, 400 estl-
mated valuation, making total of 1928
permits and a total estimated valuation
Of S17, 810,95S
SIX MONTHS
RECORD IN 1920.
For the first six months of 1920 the
figures are shown in the table as fol-
lows: Evansville, 343 permits, $3.50, sos
estimated valuation; Fl. W1yae. go per-
mits, S1,790,617 estimated valuation:
Gary 38S permits, 81. So, 432 estimated
valuation; Hammond, I'd prints, 81 ,120,-
5O7 estimated valuation; indianapolis,
3,7I6 permits 81 sos, $50 estimated valua-
ton Richmond, 40 permits, 1924, 53T
estimated valuation; South Bend, 1889
permits, S2,051, 2S3 estimated valuations
Terre Haute, 1913 permits, S5O6,973 csti-
mated valuation, making a total Of 6,S25
permits. and a total estimated valuation
Of S15,5G8,847
The article. says
Taken all in all, the sum total Of
building construction activity in Indiana
during the month Of June was most en-
( couraging The returns made by the
building inspection departments of Indi-
sna's eight leading cities show that the
building record Tor June in the matter
q estimated valuations on the permits
issued overtOps the estimated valuations
recorded for April and May Of this year
and those Of June a year ago. The
June, 1921 valuations of $3917 ,05S ex-
ceeded the same figures for April and
May, 1921, by S642,620 and 1913 $50. re-
2 gFaar fs--s,4
were distaneed by the grand total of
1920 ~. As for the number of permits
| issued June, 1921, showed an increase of
$40 over the number turned out forsthe
corresponding period last year. How
ever, the June, 1921 total of 1872 was
$50 behind the April, 1921. total, and de-
Quoting Evansville's number of permits,
10, because no returns were sent in from
that city for May. there we're Just forty
more permits issued IN May in the seven
cities than were issued in June. 1921, in
the same territory.
Five Indiana cities showed gains in
the number of permits issued in June
OF this year when compared with the
figures for the same period in 1920 In
the matter of estimated valuations four
cities showed gains and four showed
losses rs against the June figures a year
IOFfn most
prominently in the current report with
gains in permits of 236 and 81. s82. 044 in
estimated valuations. Gary, Hammond
and Terre Haute also showed gains in
the amount Of money involved as repre-
sented by the permits issued"
MORE PERMITS ISSUED
GREATER VALUATION.
After setting forth the table relative
to the permits issued during June of
1921 and June of 1920 in Evansville. FIT.
Wayne, Gary, Hammond. Indianapolis,
Richmond, South Bend and Terre Haute,
the article continues;
Proceeding farther, the records Of the
building inspection departments of the
above named cities. when totaled. show
that building construction in Indiana
for the first six months of 1921 is far
head Of that OF 1920 for the same period.
According to the returns there were
2101 more permits issued during the
first six months Of this year than were
granted during the same period in 1920,
with an increase in total estimated val
ustion Of $2,302,111. Sizing up the stu
alton today as compared with that Of a
year ago, one is tempted, on the face Of
things to hazard a guess that the reduc-
tons in the price of building materials
has encouraged building. When one
stops to consider the delay that was oc-
Casioned by the numerous strikes of
the building crafts in all Indiana cities
through the month of May and into a
part of June this year, Indiana's build
ing record up to this time is well
worthy of mention.
Indianapolis gives promise of surpass-
ing all previous records Of her building
inspection department this year. To
date the total figures for 1921 are far In
excess of any previous ones for a cor
responding period. The figures for this
year show that the Indianapolis build
ing inspection department has issued
1890 more permits than for the same in
terval last season, while the estimated
valuations for the same are $1.9e9, $50
ahead Of last years figures. Gary has
issued permits for over $2.0S7,2T5 worth
of work from Jan. l to July 1, 1924
while Fit. Wayne, Hammond South
Bend and Terre Haute have gone owes
the million dollar mark"
s10O 600 FOR GANTJNG