The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-27
|1l MILLION ! IN PERMITS
 THIS YEAR Operations For 1924 To
 Date Near Total Fig
 <, ures For 1923 20 MILLION TOTAL
 IS GOAL FOR YEAR Home Building Continues To Predominate Inspec-
 tors Books Show JULY SETS RECORD SPENCER DECLARES Renewed Activity Looked For
 As Fall Season Opens In 5, Industrial Circles
20 MILLION TOTAL
 IS GOAL FOR YEAR
JULY SETS RECORD
 SPENCER DECLARES

Building operations in the Magic City for the first seven months of 1924 will be near the $11, ,OO0, 900 mark when the July books are closed next Thursday, City Building Inspector J. B. Spencer said Saturday. This is within $1,SOOOOO of the grand total last year and gives Birmingham a commanding lead over all southern cities.
 Tt now is safe to say that we will easily pass the $20, ,0O0, 900 mark before the end of the year." Inspector Spencer said. Clint Allgood, his chief clerk, pre- diets total of $22. 100000 to 24,OOO,- 900. ar 4@
 | Home building continues to predomi- nate, Spencer's records show. The only class of construction to fall behind this month was apartment house building,
 Birmingham reached it's highest build ing mark in 1923 with total for, the year of approximately SIP 300, 900. That record will fall before the end of August, Spencer and Allgood predict. July Sets Record
 Evidence of the increased construc- ton activity is reflected in the July rec ord, as compared with this month last year. Last July permits valued at $649s- 630 were issued and Inspector SpenesE thought it was ar fairly good month"; This July, with four days yet to go, the permits aggregate g, 1,859S12, with yir- tual assurance that it will be, a $2,OOO,- 900, month before the books close. Rare ly ever in the past has Birmingham ex- ceeded the $65O, 900 mark in July.
 An analysis of Spencer's figures shows. that every month this year to date, except June, has shown building totals in excess of $1 900, 900, whereas in 1923 during the corresponding period this mark was passed but three times.
 Here are the comparative records
 1923 1924 January .......... $66O, ,663, $1 ,44O, ,312 February ....... $567 ,36O, $1 ,410, ,271 MarchE ........ $1,247, ,595, $2,O86, TAO April ........ $1, ,510, ,337, $1, ,134, ,745 May .......... $1,OO6, ,175, $1,640, ,49O June ........... $903, 1855, s 914,2 ,275 July .......... $645, ,539, $1 1858, ,312
 New Homes Lead
 New homes are going up with start ling rapidity in every section of the city, Inspector Spencer declared. Con BLEuCLIOn O1i muuSIElul uuAuAnSS dAeV is showing a big gain over previous months and years.
 "And all this," Spencer added, ''is in spite of the indications at the beginning of the year that it would be difficult to equal the 1923 record this year. If present conditions continue, Birming- ham seems assured of passing many eastern and western cities in the build ing field this year. We already lead the south by a comfortable margin.
 MT. Spencer expects the last five months of the year to lower still more building records. The usual summer lull which, however, has been lacking this year, will reach it's end in another month, and with the coming of fall, the inspector and his assistants look for renewed activity in every line of build ing.