The New York herald., 1922-07-16

amount Of $22.60l, ,0o0. 10 n pr osnt.
ahead Of the first half Of 1871.
Contemplated new work repoetsd DUR
ing June amounted to $aol .se3,ooo. s
June building contracts in the MiddIs
Atlantic EtateD (eastern Pennsylvania,
southern New ye.sy, Delaware. Mary
land. District of Columbia. Virginia
and the CaroAnaa> amounted to $5s. .373.-
900, an increase OF 8 per cent over tho
preceding month and Of 76 per cent over
the corresponding month Of last year.
Total construction started during the
first half of this year has amounted to
$265, ,s44. 900, an increase OF 50 per cent.
over the first half OF 1ec1. On tho record
of the first half Of the year. residential
construction. amounting to N14, ,16s, 900.
has run to double tho volume OF last
year: public works and utilities, $a5,-
'401, 900. are Is per cent ahead Of last
year; mercantile construction. $34.964 600.
is "a Per cent ahead; educational build
ings. 900. are IS per cent. ahead;
and Industrial plants. Qs,5U.0o are u
per cent. ahead.
. Contemplated new work reported In
June amounted TO 81. .66 600
Contracts awarded during June In
western Pennsylvania, West Virginia.
Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee amount
ed to S64,154,0 600 Although this was
decline of Is per cent from the May fig
urs. 1t was 10 per cent. ahead Of June,
1891.
june Plans Need @se,B77. 900.
During the first half Of the year con-
,struction has been started in this dis
trict to the amount Of $261 .57s 900. aft
increase of 20 per cent over the corre-
spending period Of last year. The six
months record shows: Total residen-
tial construction, $50, 6,5s4,O00 which Is 70
per cent. ahead of-iast year; mercantile
construction, $4S,16e.o0o. or 1ls per cent.
ahead Of last year; public works and
utilities, &9,651, 900. or 20 per cent. under
last year, industrial plants. s2s.7so,coo.
or 2s per cent. ahead Of last year; and
educational buildings. $6, ,439. 900. which
is 10 per cent. ahead Of last years SIX
month record. -is.
Contemplated new work reported DUR
ing June amounted to $77.572,00o.
June building contracts in the central
West comprising Illinois, Indiana
Iowa. Wisconsin, Michigan, Missouri and
portions OF eastern Kansas and Ne-
braska), amounted to $104,412.000., This
total q per cent. over the previous
81 the largest monthly figure for this dis
trict since October. 1919. "
From January to July the amount
Of construction started In this district
was SAT-, ,01S, 1000, which is As per cent
greater than the work started in the first
six months of last year. The record
for the first half Of 1922 shows: Resi-
Dental construction, $147, ,497, 900. more
than double the amount for the first siA
months OF last year; public works ana
utilities. $111.25s.0o0, or % per cent.
ahead Of last year; business buildings
$66,171, 900 which Is 2S per cent. ahead
of last year educational buildings, $54,-
year. and industrial plants, amounting to
s40.756,000, being 56 per cent. ahead OF
last year.
Contemplated new work reported Ia
Juno amounted to$164.sss.oo0. to
June building contracts In Minnesota,
the Dalsotas- and northern Michigan
amounted to s10.51s.00o. Although this
was a decline Of per cent. from May.
it was "a per cent. over the figure for
June, 1921.
During the first half Of this year con-
'struction contracts have totaled A7,.
425, 900, an increase OF % per cent. over
the corresponding period OF last year. In
the six months record are the following
items: Residential buildings. $1S,664..
900, an increase OF 4e per cent. over the
first half OF 1921; public works and
utilities, $13,s51 900. an increase Of IS
per cent. educational buildings, $9.Se1,-
900, an Increase OF 20 per cent. business
buildings. $5, 551 900, an increase Of 100
per cent, and Industrial buildings.
$1.774.000. an increase of 140 per cent
Contemplated new work reported In
June amounted to SS,7S3,000.