Evening star., 1927-10-08
DECREASE NOTED
IN PRODUCTION
Contracts Drop 6 Per Cent in
81 States During
September.

Sontembcr construction contracts IN
tho n States east of the Rocky Noun
/ tains amounted to $521 GIL, 900. ac'
cordnc to +. w. Dodge Corporation.
! This amount was s per cent under
| August and per cent below the totai
| for September of last year. Construc'
! ton in these 81 States includes about
| 81 per cent OF the total In the United
| States.
The most important items in the
! September record were $202 .2uu, or
| 80 per cent Of all construction. for
residential buildings; $l26,229.ooo, or
! "a per cent. for public works and utiii-
ties: S59,617 400. or IL per cent. FOR
commercial buildings: $4S.545,S0 or 3
pcr cent. for industrial construction:
Soq,243, 200, or 8 per cent. for educa-
t;nnal buildings, and S2l 10000, or I
per cent. for social and recreational
projects.
Construction contracts awarded in
the Middle Atlantic States eastern
PENNSYLVANIA, southern New Jersey.
Maryland. Delaware. District of Co
lumhia and Virginia. reached total
of S77,39S, 900 during the month Of Sep
tember. This figure is the largest ever
recon ded in september, and Is the third
highest monthly total yet reached.
only March of this year and March OF
1926 exceeding it. The September to-
tai represented an increase of II per
cent over August of this year ana OF
- per cent over September, 1926.
Among the important classes of con-
struction for which contracts were
awarded last month were residential
buildings, $24.309. 100. or 81 per cent
of all construction; public works and
utilities, $16,S70.9 900, or - per cent:
industrial plants, $16.4S4.S0 or Il per
cent. and commercial buildings. S6.S59,.
600, or . per cent. New construction
started during the first nine months
of the present year in this district
amounted to $579.324.000, an increase
of II per cent over the same period OF
last year.
The total value Of construction con-
tracts awarded in New York State and
northern New Jersey in September
amounted to $105.S14, 400. This sum
represents a decrease of 25 per cent
from August of this year and of % per
cent from September of last year.
Construction contracts awarded dur
ing September in the New England
States amounted to $34 ,496, 100. This
figure represents declines of II per
cent from the August, 1927. total and
of % per cent from September of last
year.
Building and engineering contracts
to the amount of 1854, ,166,300 were
awarded in September in the Central
West illinois, Indiana, Iowa. Wiscon-
sin. Michigan Missouri. Kansas. Okla
homa and Nebraska). This figure
shows a slight increase over August
this year and a decrease of per cent
from September, 1926.
The total volume of construction
contracts let in the Northwest (Alinne.
sofa. the Dakotas and northern Michi-
gam during September amounted to
$5,472.700. This figure represents a
decline of "A per cent from August and
of 40 per cent from September. 1926.
Building and engineering contracts
awarded in September in the South.
eastern States tthe Carolinas, Georgia.
Florida, Tennessee, Alabama. Missis-
sippi, Arkansas and Louisiana)
amounted to s57.127.500. This total
was 20 per cent higher than that of
August. and also showed a gain of
about one-half of / per cent over the
figure for September, 1926.
Texas had s1o,Ts0,S00 in contracts
for new buildings and engineering
work in September This total repre-
sents decrease of II per cent both
from August of this year and Septem-
ber, 1926.