The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-01

Hartford, May 3ls-Bunineeg
 nbnditions for the month of April
 d8ntinued to ahow substantial in-
 6feaseB over the corresponding
 month cs . year ago, although
 Whon compared with the previous
 month, decreases were noted In
 some of the significant factors 70.
 ported on in the regular monthly
 survey compiled, in cooperation
 with local chambers of commerce
 and other business organizations
 throughout the state, by the con-
 uecticut Chamber of Commerce. < Payrolls in 10 reporting regions
 were 4D.s per cent higher in April
 ee this year than they were In April
 last year but were b.S per cent ur'
 der the figure for March In the
 aanne regions. The total payrolIle
 March, s1s.329,see; April, 1883.
 norted for 277 plants for April were
 33 .9si,l67 and for March i2,1s3,. .0ee, q decrease of 7.3 per cent. For ~fhe two months previous to April, @eavings on deposit showed Q slight eupward trend for the current year, and for April were per cent high.
 hr than q year ago but 8 DOT cent
 lewer than March, the totals for skhe is reporting cities being: April, %9zDe,4o3,776; March, S4e4,4t2,227; eAprii . year ago, s4s7,bes,73o.
 Building On Increase
 Building permits increased 7o.4 per cent in number and 77.b per cent ia dollar value in AprI. com. Dared with March there being soc { permits Issued in April with q val. snation of Sl,176,ie2 as compared with 473 permits in March valued mt t662,94i. The number of permits
 2esued in April q year ago were S32 ~Wish c total valuation of se74,0eS. mErhe number of active telephone stations reported in IS cities for sApril totalled 2t6,2b2; March, 2i4,. 1888; and April 1888, 2i3,b70--an
 Increase of .4 DOT cent In April over
 March and . per cent over April 70 year ago.
 v Bank c.earings and bank deblts
 bach showed an increase for April < both over tho previous month and the corresponding month of last Tyear. Bank clearings for the TO. porting cities in April totallod $82,- d02.307: March, $e9,367,444; April ~1e33, $63,004,b04--an increaso of Mze.B per cent and 2s.3 per cont. { Bank debits in Q reporting cities for
 April were $30s,3e0, ,00s; March,
 e2Di, ,767,362; April of q year ago, \ e230, ,760, ,b67--an increase of AZ ' per cent and 33.2 per cont.
 "A Car Loadings Gain
 In the l6 reporting cities there ' were 74,20i,640 k. W. h. of elee- tricity consumed in April, n drop ' of 2.7 per cent compared with tho March consumption of 76,30s,961 k. ". h. but an Increase of 25.4 per cent over the consumption of < year ago of 60,000,S79 :. W. h. The total gas consumed in i5 reporting communities for April was 70s,- ' 74s,0bb GU. 1t. which represents q gain Of 3.6 per cent compared with 8 year ago and A decrease of 3.2 ' per cent from the March total of ! 32,Ss3,441 GU. 1t.
 ( Car loadingB in t4 cities totaled s,e44 in April, se0s in March, and
 7,67b in April 1888. Postal re- ceiptg in 1b cities for April [ amounted to $6s8,940, an increase < of 2.7 Der cent when compared < with tho figure of the corresponding I month of last year of $b73,460 and decrease of 4.9 per cent com ' pared with the March figure of $610,661. Life insurance sales showed m increase Of 16.7 per cont in April of this year over April a year ago and the slight decrease of s.2 per cent compared with March, the sales totaling in April, $t1,30s,- 900; March, $1i,336,000; April z 1888, Se,es6.00o.
 M Bankruptcies Decline
 sf There was q substantial decrease in the number of bankruptcies In April compared with March but an s1ncrease in total liabilities. The snumber of bankruptcies for April
 were 50 with liabilities of $l,l2i,-
 836; March, 75 with liabilities of