Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-10-05
BUILDING TOUCHES
GREATEST MONTH
WITH $3,045,265
Private Construction in Dis
trict 400 Per Cent Over
F September, 1894.
1888 SINGLE-FAMILY
DWELLINGS STARTED
More Than $2,20o,000 in New
Structures and Modernization
Concentrated in NV. Area.
BY JAMES Y. NEWTON.


Valuation of private construction in
Washington reached the highest level
of the current boom" during Septem-
Der, when building permits were issued
for 3,045 ,265 in new construction and
modernization work, an increase OF
more than 400 per cent over the cor
responding month Of 1884.
a The monthly report of Building In
spector John w. Oehmann revealed
that the September total was raised
considerably by the inclusion of a
permit for erection of the new Acacia
Mutual Life Insurance Building now
under construction near the Capitol,
but every type of construction with
exception of moderniZation work
showed increase over May, which
previously was the peak month of the
wear. The Acacia building will cost
approximately 100000. Permits for
s2.61l,585 in construction were issued
in May.
Just how far construction in Wash
ington has gone toward recovery is
we'll illustrated in the fact that the
total September valuation is more than
half the valuation for the entire year
OF 1898, and approximately third
of the total construction for all of
1894, when the industry locally
first showed signs of emerging from
depression.
Homes Show Big Increase.
Residential construction showed the
most marked increase over last year,
Col. Oehmann's report showed. Per-
mits were issued last month for 1873
single-family dwellings, valued at
s1,l06,s and SO multi family struc-
lures having a total capacity of 255
families and valued at slightly less
than a half-million dollars during
September. In September of 1884 per-
mits were issued for So single-fanily
dwellings, while no multi-family resi-
dences were included in the list of
permits for that month.
Strangely enough the valuation Of
modernization work, which comprises
repairs, additions and alterations to
existing structures, showed decrease
last month over year ago. The valu-
alton Of this type of construction was
s305,180 in September this year as
compared with a valuation of $685.
OILS for the corresponding period last
year. This, however, may be account
ed for by the fact that the drive of
the Federal Housing Administration
for hoyoa rono " opd iy,,provar,apt mo c
in full swing during the latter part of
1884 and the first part of this year.
100000 in Northwest.
The Northwest section OF the city
led by wide margin all other sec
tions in both new building and mod
ernization work. New building in the
Northwest section totaled $2,054, 735
last month, as compared with $3.50, $50
IN the Southeast section, $290,070 in
Northeast Washington and SCI, 900 in
Southwest. OF the modernization work,
Sl98,780 was confined to Northwest
Washington, $73,945 in Northeast,
$30,670 in Southeast and only $1,785
in Southwest.
Almost all of the new structures
for which permits were issued last
month were to be built of brick. OF
the PAT new buildings given approval
by the building inspector 240 were to
be of brick construction. with six
of frame and one stone. Fifteen old
structures were ordered RACED last
month.
Permits were issued In the past
week for $356,623 in private construc-
ton, about the same figure as the
previous week. The list for the week
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