Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-24
BUILDING LABOR SURVEY SHOWS
WORKERS GENERALLY EMPLOYED
Conditions Mainly Tranquil as Construction Holds
Up Nearly TO 1925 Figure-Some Pay Raises
Are Being Granted.

! recently Increased 1914 cents an hour,
! Boston builders report that cement
| finishers are asking for an increase or
| 1919 cents an hour on September l.
| Builders in st. Paul report that
open shop prevails there in the build
| ing industry. with the supply of labor
equal to the demand. No wage in
creases are in prospect for Fail. ST.
Paul bricklayers get $l.25 an hour,
labor is As to 50 cents an hour, and
carpenters ST1a to IS cents an hour,
Builders report basic employment for
residential building trades workers in
Minneapolis, where wage rates are
about the same as those in st. Paul.
Labor conditions in Florida are on
sound basis. In spite of a decided
decrease in purely speculative real es
tate development, building IS continu-
ing in substantial volume. There is
now in Florida ample employment of
the. resident building trades. The
boomer artisan has left. with the re.
suit that strictly resident building
tradeSmen are both well aud proftably
employed at wages commensurate with
steady demand.
Tranquil i'm South.
Practically all Southern cities report
tranquil labor conditions in residence
DullulUS HI AliilbsiB NI't''
the ornamental ironworkers' and
steamfitters' wage rates We're raised
from 81 to Sl25 an hour. New Or.
leans builders. as well as those q
Houston, Tex, report all resident
building workers well employed. Build
ing programs in these cities for this
year continue unabated. In houston
the plumbers and eamtitterS We're re-
Gently granted an increase from Sll
to $l2 a day. In Savannah, Ga, mar
besetters We're recently granted an in
crease of 81 to Sl.25 an hour and cleo
tricians from 20 cents to 81 an hour.
There is a prospective shortage OF
Omaha brcklayers, who have wage
increase of 121a cents an hour pend
ing. Decline in Omaha of about 80
per cent of residence building recorded
this year over last years volume.
Building labor in Omaha is paid from
40 to so cents an hour bricklayers
S1.25 an hour and plumbers from 20
cents to 81 an hour.
In Cleveland this years constructive
program is tagging behind that of last
year. The builders say there is no
shortage Of mechanics, with the re.
verse being true in practically all
other trades. Lathers and plasterers
are paid $1S day; other trades get
from $l25 to $3.50 an hour.
Cincinnati Has Decline.
There is a reported surplus of work
ers In Cincinnati, although building
volume is good, but less than year
ago, There is unlikely to be de-
mand for increases in wages this Fall.
Plasterers receive S1.50; bricklayers,
$I.621a: carpenters. fathers, structural
ironworkers, hoisting engineers and
.,.CofaYa &1 Al ID an hour
Detroit, Grand Rapids and other
Michigan cities report tranquil labor
conditions The supply Of mechanics
is adequate to the demand.
This wears building program on the
Pacific Coast is about Keeping pace
with that of last year, based on re.
ports from San Francisco, Seattle ana
Los Angeles. San Francisco builders
yer that the carpenter strike has Gre
ated a surplus of mechanics in other
trades. San Francisco plasterers' pay
is st2 a day, carpenters IS day and
labor Is SIS day.
Kansas Conditions Normal.
Topeka and other cities in Kansas
report basic building program for
Summer and early Fall months. The
supply of building mechanics is ade-
olIate to the demand in all trades.
Carpenters receive Is cents TO 81 an
hour and common labor 40 TO so cents
an hour. Bricklayers in Topeka re-
ceived ST a day increase last April.
Builders there report % per cent
greater volume in building this year
than was erected in last years pro-
gram.
Builders in Washington recently
granted the hoisting engineers raise
from $f.25 to S1.371a an hour. Build
ers in the Capital City report no short
age of mechanics.
Similar conditions are reported from
Baltimore and Pittsburgh. In the
former city the ornamental ironwork-
ers wage rate was raised from $l.10
to Sl25 an hour.