New Britain herald., 1925-02-24

projects listed with the city building department. That there will be many additions to the list tho com ing spring and summer is regard cd as certain.
 There have been several basic req sons for the increased building everywhere apparent, Chief among these are that capital has come out from hiding In relation i'd construc- ton work us a result of more moderate construction costs, in which q more reasonable price for building material is regarded by so- called building experts as prime reason. Building labor costs arc also not what they were during the late lamcntcd industrial boom period.
 It had been stated for several years prior to the great rush of build ing projects that it only needed a reasonable reduction ill costs to break the dam that was holding back needed construction work That some such thing has occurred i is evident from the reports of build l ing operations the country over dur | ing 1924. These figures show that | s2,O52,000,0OO were spent for the construction Of housing in 1924, mol including large apartment houses which would vastly increase tho total.
 Construction of many new apart mcnt houses in the cities have vast ly affected the housing situation But they have not discouraged tn
 construction of new residences single or double nor have the larg
 apartment houses exactly displace'
 tbc smaller 3-family tenement com
 mon in New England. Just as 1t
 q difference of opinion that mako
 horse races interesting, so it IS difference of opinion as to the 1u
 turc popularity of the various tEp' of living quarters. Some builder min their faith-backing It with thel
 monev-in the construction ot lare apartment houses; others go III lo the other forms of building actlNl'
 Some do both.
 If large apartments do not prov as nop,1lar in the future as In u
 rccent past. then the realty lndusl'
 naturally will shift with more II
 tcnsitv toward the development
 now subdivisions. So far as Ne " Britain is concerned, this pha
 has already shown considerable a
 tivity. Local conditions, Of courS are A determining factor, as the " S much unoccupied land in NC " Britain awaiting the enterprise
 the homeseeker, and enterprisi' mon will aid him. to find it. " The main thing is that the pull | ing boom is with us in dead earncS
 bome-seekers as well as the p'
 fessional provider of homes mankind are at it. There IS icsS 'S hniraing speculation and more
 supplying an existing demand
 conservative business lines N 70 Britain has felt the impetus or u u" ,,ovomcnt and likes it. There ca ". not he too many homes built III U .. r;ty for the reason that attract ,. bonsing conditions will dra" lai ,;os which gain their sustenance oc New Britain but live e'se""'
 Nothing will do this so eltec''NeY
 -,tsfactorv housing conditions 1T
 tbe tenants standpoint Since
 war this has not been the case in til recently ,, me Expansion of the city in hlthe ,ay neglected directions is also II, ion likely as the result of the de'e' ity, mcnt of the bus industry Ill hat quite recent past it was necessary of wait for street car eHtenS'ons' cr- this is no longer necessary lch course. general ownership ol al ted mobiles has also been f@c'oF' .te; is now possible to live near'y S less where in the city and not be 'h' in venicnccd by lack of transport" tO fnp piGtiCS