The Washington herald., 1922-07-16
during Jun. amounted to ssoi.sss.-

eurihs June amounted to $S0l.o5s.-
900.
June building contracts in the
Middle Atlantic States eastern
Pennsyivania. Southern New Jersey.
Delaware. Maryland. District Of
columbia, Virginia and the Caro-
iinas) amounted to 356.s7s.ooo. an
increase of per cent over the pre-
cedins month and of rs per cent
over the corresponding month last
year.
Total construction started during
the hrst half of this year has
amounted to s265,sIl.ooo. an in
crease Of 50 per cent over the first
half Of 1921. On the record Of the
first half Of the year. residential
construction. amounting to 3114,-
$4,000 has run to double the vol
uine OF last year; public works and
utilities, s45.4o1.00o, are Is per cent
ahead of last year: mercantile con-
struction. s34.s54.ooo, is 81 per cent
ahead; educational buildings. $780,
$4,000, are SO per cent ahead; and
industrial plants, s16.5o7.0o0. are IL
per cent ahead.
Pittsburgh District.
Contracts awarded during June
in Western Pennsylvania, West vir-
ginia. Ohio, Kentucky and Tennes-
see amouted to $54,454, 900. Although
this was decline of rs per cent
from fha Aa
cent ahead of June. 1921.
During the first half Of the year
construction has been started In
this district to the amount of $751;
$4,000. an increase of 22 per cent
over the corresponding period of
last year. The six months record
shows: Total residential construc-
tion. ss6,5S4.ooo. which 10 50 per cent
ahead of last year: mercantile con-
struction. $os,166.00o, or 11s per
cent ahead Of last year: public
works and utilities. S4s.551,ooo. or
2s per cent under last year: indus
trial plants, S25.76o.o .o0e, or IS per
cent ahead of last year; and educa-
tional buildings. s25.43s.o00. which
Is 1s per cent ahead of last years
six-month record.
Contemplated new work reported
during June amounted to s77.572,-
600.
The Central West.
June building contracts in the
Central West Comprising Illinois,
Indiana. Iowa, Wisconsin, Michi-
gan, Missouri and portions Of East
ern Kansas and Nebraska. amount
ed to S104,412, 1000. This total Il per
cent over the previous month and
~ per cent over June. 1s21) Is the
largest monthly figure for this dis
trict since October. 1919.
From January / to July the
amount of construction started in
this district was s47l,o1s, 900. which
is 45 per cent greater than the work
started in the first six months Of
last year. The record for the nrst
half of 1922 shows: Residential
construction, s147,4s7,ooo. more than
double the amount for the first six
months of last year: public works
and utilities, sl11.25s,0oo, or rs per
cent ahead of last year: business
buildings. s65.171. 900. which is rs
per cent ahead of last year: bust
ness buildings, s65,171.ooo, which is
2S per cent ahead of last year: edu-
cational buildings. $54.50o.0 900. or II
per cent ahead of last year: and in
dustrial plants. amounting to $40,-
756. 900. being Sc ahead of last year.
Contemplated new work reported
in June amounted to S164.sS3.ooo.
The Northwest.
June building contracts in Min
nesota, the Dakotas and Northern
Michigan amounted to 31o.51S.0o0.
Although this was a decline OF 4
per cent from May. It was "a per
cent over the figure for June, 1921.
During the first half OF this year
construction contracts have totalled
s47.425.000, an increase Of % per
cent over the corresponding period
of last year. In the six-months'
record are the following items:
Residential buildings, S13,664.000.
an increase of 46 per cent over the
first half of 1921: public works and
utilities, 1885,. 900. an increase Of
IS per cent; educational buildings,
1891, 900, an increase Of % per
cent; business buildings, $5,551,oo0,
an increase of 1oS per cent, and In
dustrial buildings, s1.774,ooo an in
crease of 140 per cent.
Contemplated new work reported
in June amounted to $S.7s3.o0o.