Evening star., 1933-07-29
BUILDING ACTIVITY
FOUND ON UPGRADE
Notable Increase in June Over
Same Period in 1882
Reported.

Recent improvement In construction
activity was sizably broadened during
June, the Architectural Record reports
in its monthly building survey, which
shows % States out of 81 east of the
Rocky Mountains where June building
contracts. measured by floor space to-
tails. were larger than in June, 1882.
Commenting on the report, L. Seth
F. w. Dodge Corporation, said:
More significant even than this Is
the fact that, almost without important
exceptions. the June survey showed a
continuous belt Of improvement from
the Atlantic seaboard, from Maine to
Florida and westward to the Rockies.
In May there were only 81 States in
this territory where contracts for
building we're larger than in May,
1892 Out of a total of the 81 States
and the District Of Columbia. 80 regis
tered improvement in either May or
June, with Is of them showing con-
secutive gains for both May and June"
Contract Totals Compared.
Residential building contracts award
ed in the first half of July in the 81
Eastern States totaled $12,070 100.
This, Mr.. Schnitman said would indi-
cate. that July was running at a rate
only slightly lower than the June rate,
but was at level indicating a gain
for the full month of more than Is
per cent over July. 1882. Normally
July produces a residential contract
total about 11l2 per cent smaller than
in June, but for the first half OF July
the decline customary at this time was
only about 10 per cent.
C0p1yyNnnfin0 residential r..
look. Mr. Schnitman observed that in
dications at present point to residen-
tial contract total for the final half
of 1893 larger than the volume OF
of $1i3.208,700 reported in the 81
Eastern States for the first half OF the
year. 1T appears probable. too, that
the total for the final half Of the cur
rent year should exceed the volume
for the corresponding period OF 1882
by at least IS per cent" he asserted.
Weeks Building Permits.
Building permits issued by Col. John
Oehmann, District building inspector,
during the last week, which totaled
sl46.49S in value, included the follow
ing:
Young Women's Christian Home. 235
Second street northeast, owners; Por-
ter g. Locke, architects: Davis, Wick,
Rosengarten Co., National Press Bldg,
builders; to erect one 4-story brick and
steel addition. 235 Second street north
east. to cost $4,000
jacobson Bros, 1916 K street. own
ers and builders; Edwin jacobson, de-
signer; to erect two 2-story brick dwell
ings 1875 and 1879 Somerset place. to
cost $4,000.
jacobson Bros. 1915 K street, own
ers and builders; E. Jacobson, designer;
to erect two 2-story brick dwellings,
1866 and 1862 Somerset place, to cost
$4,000.
w. C. and A. N. Miller. 1119 Seven
teenth street, owners and builders: G..
E. MacNeil, architect; to erect one 2la-
story brick dwelling and garage, 4434
Garfield street, to cost $4,000.
o. L. Helslev. 5729 Potomac avenue,
owner and builder; G. E. MacNeil. ar
chitect; to erect one 2-story stone
dwelling, 5195 Fulton street, to cost
$4,000.
$1,000 Home Planned.
William A. Stuart, 1921 Forty-sixth
street, owner and builder: Leroy Harris,
designer: to erect one 2-story brick
dwelling. 1920 Chesapeake street. to
cost $4,000.
Fox Bros. Ali Madison street, owners
and builders; William G. Fox. design
er: to erect one l l2-story brick and tile
dwelling, 627 Underwood street, to cost
s4.250.
johnson McFetridge, 1914 T street
southeast, owner and designer; Harry
Poretsky, Inc, 513 Insurance Bldg.
builder; to erect one History brick
and tile dwelling, 1919 w street south
west, to cost 81 300