Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-12
MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES SHOW
BIG INCREASE IN BUILDING
$53,443, 500 New Contracts in Those
Sections Last Month-Exceed Record
for Last December and January.

Total construction contracts award
ed during January in the 81 states
East of the Rocky Mountains amount
ed to 1884 .4o5 400, according to +. w.
Dodge Corporation. These states IN
clude about 81 per cent of the total
construction volume of the country.
This was the second largest January
total on record although Is per cent
under the maximum January. which
was last year. The entire decrease
Of last month Is accounted~~for in
drop in New York Citys contract
volume, and two-thirds of the decrease
Is accounted for in the fact that Janu-
airy, 1926. had a single fifty million
dollar power-plant job for New York
City, which was not duplicated in last
months record. Comparing last
months total with that of December.
1926, shows a decrease of IS per cent.
1t should be noted that this is again a
comparison with an abnormally high
month. the December total having
been swelled by large subway and
other public works projects.
The more important items in last
months building and engineering
record were: $l67 ,S66,300. or Al per
cent of all construction, for residential
buildings; $50, 115.700. or 81 per cent,
for commercial buildings; $5S .954 700.
or Is per cent, for public works and
utilities; SGT 1916 300, or per cent, for
industrial buildings; $17,012 500, or 4
per cent, for educational buildings:
$40. All 200, or per cent, for social and
recreational projects. and S9.i57 900,
or 2 per cent. for religious and memo
rial buildings.
Contemplated construction projects
were reported for these 81 states to
the amount of $755. 1852 500 during Jan
uary. This was a II per cent decline
from tho amount reported in Deem
Der and an II per cent decrease from
the amount. reported in January of
last year.
Middle Atlantic States.
The Middle Atlantic States least
ern Pennsylvania, southern New Jer-
sey. Maryland Delaware, District of
Columbia and Virginia) had 500 .443. 500
worth of contracts for new building
and engineering work last month.
The above figure exceeded December
by Is per cent and January, 1926. by 81
per cent. Included In the January con
struction record weres S17,180.900, or
80 per cent Of all construction, for
residential buildings; $12 ,093, 500. or 90
| per cent, for commercial buildings:
| SIS. 949 900. or II per cent, for Industrial
buildings: $685. 500. or II per cent, for
public works and utilities: 3.460, 800,
or s per cent, for educational build
ings: SCOT, 800, or per cent for SO
cial and recreational projects, and ST.
sos 900. or per cent, for hospitals and
institutions.
Contemplated construction projects
were reported for the Middle Atlantic
States in January to the amount of
SLIT ,089 900. There were increases of
% per cent over December and 16 per
per cent under the record of January
New York and Northern New Jersey.
The total volume of construction
contracts let in New York State and
northern New Jersey during January
amounted to S11S,736, 400. This was
the second highest January total on
record for this district, although 80
percent under the record of January