Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-16
guiding ACTIVITY
SETS NEW RECORD.
June Construction East of
Rockies Is Greatest
p
Monthly Mark.

June construction contracts in the
/. territory east Of the Rocky Mountains
|, broke all previous monthly records,
/ y ccording to F. w. Dodge Corpora
ition. Building and engineering work
contracted for last month in the 81
.. Eastern States Including about 81
. per cent of the country's totaD
s mounted to $685. AIS. 900. There have
sheen only four previous months that
had as much as 5000. 100000 In con-
tracts; August, 1925; August, 1926;
. March. 1927, and April 1927. March
of this year held the previous high
record OF 620,7SS,2 200. The June in
GREASE over May was Is per cent; over
June, 1926, 16 per cent.
The June record brought the vol
.~ume OF construction started during
the first half Of the year up to
.S3.1S7,993 300, which is per cent
sahead of the first half Of 1926.
The June contract record included
the following important items: $685.
SI4,100. or 80 per cent OF all con-
struction. for residential buildings;
1851, $685. 500, or "a per cent. for public
works and utilities; sSS, 400. or IA
per cent. for commercial buildings:
$40 .121 500, or per cent. for educa-
tional buildings. and S3S.S79, 800, or
y per CSIl, 1tI
Il Contemplated Work Drops.
~ Contemplated new work reported
IN June amounted to S729, 17S,900,
which was IA per cent less than the
amount reported in May and 10 per
cent less than that reported in June
of last year.
Construction started in June in the
Middle Atlantic States eastern Penn
sylvania. southern New Jersey, Mary
land. Delaware, District of Columbia
and Virginia. amounted to 1884, 400.
This figure was the highest contract
total yet on record for any June. 1t
was 81 per cent ahead of May. 1927,
and 80 per cent ahead of June, 1926.
A theater and office building in Phia-
delphia to be built at a cost of s12,-
600, 900 helped to swell the months
total. The more important items in
the June building record were: $24..
T95. 500. or "a per cent of all construc-
ton. for residential buildings: $19.-
627 1900, or q per cent, for commercial
buildings: SS,104,900, or u per cent.
for public works and utilities, and
S6,612 400. or 9 per cent, for educa-
tional projects.
New construction started in this
district since the first of the year has
reached total of $37S, 1864, 900, being
an increase of 20 per cent over the
amount reported in the first six
months of 1926. Contemplated new
work reported in the Middle Atlantic
States in June amounted to $685.
$4,000. This figure showed a loss of
p per cent from May of this year.
However. there was an increase of
1S per cent over the June, 1926, figure.
Record i'm New York.
! The June total for building con-
tracts in New York State and north
,ern New Jersey. amounting to $17j,-
,09S.300, was the highest June figure
yet l. corded for this district. 1t was
20 per cent over the amount reported
in May, 1927, and 3S per cent over the
amount reported in June. 1926. In
cluded in last months construction
record were large contracts for road
work and subway construction.
New construction started in the dis.
trict during the first half Of this year
amounted to $S53,952 900, as compared
with $S95,979.600 for the correspond.
ing six months last year, the decrease
being per cent. Contemplated IJn-
struction projects were reported in
June to the amount OF $134, S42, 900. !
There were decreases OF IL per cent
from May of this year and Z per cent
from June of last year
June building and engineering con.
tracts IN New England amounted to
S35, 800. This was drop of IA per
cent from May, 1927, and of per cent
from June of last year. The first six
months construction total for the dis. |
trict was $204.256.700. which was q
decline of only per cent from the
corresponding period of 1926. Con- |
tempS..ted new work reported in New
England last month reached a total Of
$S9. 1871 800. There were DECREASES of |
per cent from the amount reported |
in May of this year and OF % per cent
from the amounted reported in June |
OF last year.
The total volume of contracts let |
in the Pittsburgh district western
Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio |
and Kentucky during June amounted
to S75,536.200 There were decreases
II per cent from June OF last year.
Near All-Time Peak.
The June total for building con.
tracts let in the Central West illinois, |
Indiana. Iowa, Wisconsin, southern
Michigan, Missouri. Kansas. Okla
homa and Nebraska amounting TO
$152 sos 800, was the highest June fg-
ure yet recorded for this district and
was only little over three million
dollars less than the amount reported
in August. 1926. which was t. largest
contract total recorded for any month.
Last months total was n per cent
ahead of the May, 1927, total and 81
per cent over the total for June, 1926.
The total volume OF construction
contracts let in the Northwest (Min.
nesota. the Dakotas and northern
Michigan) during June amounted to
$685. 500. There were decreases Of
per cent from May and Of 20 per cent
from June of last year.
Construction started in June in the
Southeastern States (the Carolinas,
Georgia. Florida, Tennessee, Alabama,
Mississippi, Arkansas and louisiana
reached a total of S50,725.300. This
figure was 9 per cent under May Of
this year and per cent under June
OF last year.
Texas had s2o,s6s,7o in contracts
To- new building and engineering work
last month. This figure showed a loss
OF per cent from May, as well as q