The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-07-23
MORE BUILDING.

the country, as lHulCdtcu Wy 'h0
volume of permits issued and
MANS filed. begin the second half
of the year on about the same
basis as last year. In the 457 Cit
les reported in the building sur
yey of S. w. Straus & Co, per-
mits of s2,212,614,49S were issued
for the six months period, loss
o. per cent. as compared with
the first half of 1925.
There were indications, howev-
err. at the end of the half-year pc
Rod of an upward movement. The
457 cities reported permits OF
s412,770,125 for June this year, as
compared with $3S3,S51, 634 for
June a year ago, gain of 77a per
cent.
Florida continues to be one OF
the chief centres of activity Whlle
several points in New Jersey also
attract attention, because OF the
volume.
| If Florida real estate activities
promoted interest in real estate
in this section and elsewhere in
the north, it follows that only re-
ports of Florida real estate mac
tivities would have their hurtful
influence.
Discussing existing conditions
in Florida, r. H. Brush and J.
Frank Seller of the Alfred II.
Wagg Organization, Palm Beach,
report that in proportion to popu-
lation, no State in the Union can
approach Florida in the amount
of new building construction dur
ing the last two years and still IN
progress. This construction in
cIudes shops and warehouses Tor
various industries, commercial es-
Establishments, office buildings, 10
tells, apartment houses and homes
Building construction in Florida
in 1928 aggregated $76,036,60O in
value: in 1924 it aggregated sll5,-
925.S0O and in 1925 it reached
s25O 00o 600 For the first four
months this year building permits
aggregated $112,604,60o, almost
canal TO the entire year OF 1924.
when we stop to consider"
saw Messrs. Brush and Seller, the
fact that Florida has in reality
only recently been discovered by
the~American people, the progress
that it has made is astounding
and especially so in view of the
double handicap of seriously NAM
pered transportation facilities as
we'll as an admitted poorly adjust
ed system of building finance.
These handicaps, however, are
fast being remedied and the fu-
ture of Florida has no limits"
In it's building activity Florida
now has reached a state IN us
development which is the proof
of substantially When land sell
ing is followed by home building
and other building operations
which are coincident with home
and town building, all uncertainty
over the outcome of investments
In lots passes away
! Following Florida, we may eX-
pect building operations will re-
suit in this section, which is mnch
nearer the centers of population
and sought by greater numbers
| for longer periods Of the year.
/ If she's a perfect 36, it's east
er to make the jury forgive her
for using a .3S -- Los Angeles
Times
in these days Of multiplying
expense a good many marriages
! so on the rocks for lack of them,
Virginia Pilot.
-Friend: did you get the
Smitson estate settled up" Law
yer. Eyes, but the heirs almost
got part of it. '-Pathfinder.
Observations of Oldest lnhab-
liant: The modern girl can't see
why the old-fashioned grandma
should have been considered such
a wiz because she was such a
WOW at knitting when she never
danced the Charleston. = Cincin-
natl Enquirer.
what kind of liquor is this?"
Its known as Infant Prodigy"
answered Uncle Bill Bottletop.
ut lacks refinement, but at the
age of a month it delivers more
kick than the pre-war product. -
Washington Star.
Time was when the question
of the day was, as my dress but
toned in the back?" but all of that
is changed now and the burning
issue is, Does anything show be-
low my skirt?" - New Orleans
States.
| Lady of the House (interview-