The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-08-13
FLORIDA SHOWS
HUGE AGGREGATE
JULY BUILDING
Jacksonville Led the State With
Miami Second and St. Peters
burg Third

Jacksonville, Aug 13.--Reports
from cities throughout the state on
the amount OF new building authoriz
ed and begun during the month OF
July Indicate that construction is
keeping up The pace set during the
first six months of the year when
Florida led nearly if not every state in
the union. Efforts to obtain the value
of building permits issued in the prin-
cipal cities and towns during July de
veloped that the municipal authori
ties in many places do not require
permits for new construction and con
sequuently had no records to show
what amount of new construction was
Planned.
Jacksonville led the state in July
with permits aggregating $497 ,405
while Miami was second with 100000
and st. Petersburg third with $685. 800.
Other cities reported as follows:
Tampa $215,260; West Palm Beach
S137 ,075; the Triple Cities (Daytona,
Daytona Beach, SeabreeZe) $l0S,775;
ST. Augustine $50,127 Clearwater $50,
goo and Gainesville $4,000.
Miamis total fer the year up to
August l was $3,142O00 with pros
poets for the biggest fall and winter
building program ever known. The
1 difficulty OF obtaining money has de-
iayed many projects planned to be-
| gin earlier, but the financing of these
is in process and some cases have been
completed. The new First National
Bank Building. to be 10 stories high
and to cost $750,000 is one of the big
projects 10 be started in the fall. Tine
! financing OF this building has been
completed and the contract let. 1t will
be Il steel structure.
ST. Petersburg permits during the
month included fIty-four residences
land six apartments which, with alter
ations OF houses already built will re-
suit in the addition of $50 to the total
in the city. Indications are that the
city Will experience during the re-
mainder of the year a building boom
never before witnessed here. Per-
mits during, the year up to August l
totalled S2667, 1872 while those for the
first six days of August alone amount
ed to $106,950.
The go permits issued in Tampa
during July included 81 dwellings
valued at S113,3J0, and one brick
apartment house. Permits issued dur
ing the first six months of the year
numbered III and were valued at 49,
500 ,646, and contractors and realty
men here believe the total for the last
half OF the year will exceed this
amount.
Daytona, Seabreeze and Daytona
Beach are keeping pace with other
cities in the state in proportion to
their size and realty men and con-
tractors believe they are just enter
ing upon building squirt which will
greatly exceed that of the last six
months. OF the total for July. $685.
us, Daytona Beach contributed $780,
$50; Daytona $44,325 and Seabreeze
$13,6O0
Construction authorized in st. Au-
gustine during July included II new
residences and the renodeling of
hotel while the Christian Science
church was under construction. Pros
poets for the building industry in that
place are brighter now than they have
been in many years, according to va
Tious authorities, who declare that
operations here during August will
boost the total for July and August to
@275,O00.
Sixteen permits were issued in
Clearwater during July While there,
are no large buildings included, con-
struction has been started under per-
mits issued during the last 60 days