The Washington herald., 1922-10-21
DIXIE PROSPEROUS,
WITH INDUSTRY
GAINING STEADILY
$184, 900, 900 in Bonds for
Public Works Issued
In Six Months.
FLORIDA CLIMBING
Leads Entire South in Build
ing Per Capita of
Z Population.
FLORIDA CLIMBING

An exhaustive survey of building
In sixteen Southsrn States covering
the first six months OF, 1922 reveals
the fact that contracts awarded and
permits issued in 113 cities reachs ed
the remarkable total OF s255,7so.341
or several million dollars over a
quarter Of billion. In eighty-four
cities where comparative statistics
Are available. the percentage of
gain over the frst six months Of
1891 II 42.7 per cent.
Roads and bridges. vatsrworks
and similar improvements are not
included in these figures. An Idea
Of the investments being made In
State and municipal construction OF
this nature can bs gathered from
the amount OF bonds which have
been sold during the six months
period, which. according to the
Manufacturers Record, amount to
;1s4.2s1.50o. This would make ths
total construction work begun dur
Ing the first half year approximate
.44o. .0oo, 900.
The survey. which also attempted
to secure a conservative estimate
of building during the balance OF
the present year, produced suffi-
, Client definite information to war
rant the prediction that In almost
every large center, the permits for
tbs second half would be quite as
large as for the first half. with cer-
tain cities. especially in the South
west. anticipating an even greater
increase.
1t will not be surprising to ind.
therefore. when the records for the
South are closed on December 81.
that . half billion dollars has been
invested during the year in new
structures to care for the rapidly
expanding Industrial and CONNER
cial life OF the section.
Interesting Facts Revealed
A diagnosis of the great mass of
data which has been assembled dis
closes some interesting information
bearing directly upon the unusual
progress made by the South during
the past nve years, which is now
being accelerated. One OF the most
notable things Is the distinct ad-
vance being made in the types OF
buildings erected.
From Maryland to Texas the
great bulk of structures now being
erected are of the most modern
tpes- There are towering office
buildings of fireproof construction;
hotels and apartment houses rang
ing in cost from half a million to
two and three millions. equipped
with every imaginable convenience;
department stores and other COM
merciaI structures Of ample proper
tions and great architectural
beauty: public buildings in ever
increasing numbers. many OF them
memorials to the heroes of the
world war. which have been pro-
jected on a scale never before
known In the South: schools and
churches. theaters and all the va
riOus club houses and similar insti-
tutions that a modern civilization
demands.
All these bear witness to the fact
that the people are keenly awake
to the modern spirit, they are build
ing with the idea OF permanency.
and they are providing every neces-
sary facility for the proper func-
tioning Of their business and in
dustrial life.
The expansion of educational
facilities at this time demands cs-
pecial mention. Almost a hundred
million dollars arc being spent on
school buildings in process Of con-
Struction. begun OF announced dur
ing the period. In North Carolina
alone. 107 such buildings to cost
1000. 600. were announced. Per
hsps the most significant thing in
connection with the school program
is that a large proportion of build