Evening star., 1936-07-25
June BUILDING Up
81 PER CENT OVER
YEAR PREVIOUSLY
Secretary of Labor Reports
$71,O00,0 900 Increase in
Biggest Cities.
WASHINGTON SECOND
IN VALUATION TOTAL
New York Is Only City Ahead OF
Capital, as Engraving Bureau
Addition Swells Total.
BY JAMES Y. NEWTON.

BY JAMES Y. NEWTON.
The building picture continues to
be one of the brightest spots in the
national recovery movement, as sta
tistics released today by Secretary OF
Labor Frances Perkins showed that
June construction in the large cities
Of the Nation was ST. 100000, or 81
per cent greater than in June. 1885.
The survey reported by Miss Per-
kins was made under the direction Of
Commissioner Lubin Of the Bureau OF
Labor Statistics and covered 1852
cities in all parts of the country. The
report showed that building in June
was "a per cent greater than May of
this year, which is significant in view
Of the fact that in five of the past
seven years building permit valua-
ton has been lower in June than in
the preceding month.
d. C. Second to New York.
Washington was second only to New
York in valuation of June building,
the highest place the Capital has oc-
cupied for any month in more than a
year. The survey includes public
buildings as well as private. A per-
init for the new S5,o00,000 addition to
the Bureau of Engraving and Print
ing swelled the total valuation for this
city to s9,015,174. In New York City
the valuation of building for the
month was in excess of S39,000,000.
Los Angeles was in third place with
a total of s5,SS4,940, followed closely
by Detroit with s5,265,952.
During the first six months of 1886
permits were issued for s6l0,000,000
in all types of construction. This is
an increase of rs per cent over the
corresponding period of 1885. Over
the same period the value of new resi-
dental buildings increased 12l per
cent, the value of new non-residential
buildings advanced 50 per cent and
the value of additions, alterations and
repairs increased "a per cent.
The report showed that the increase
In June was widespread, eight of the
nine geographic divisions registering
gains. The increase in residential
building was especially pronounced.
Compared with May, the June per-
mits in the cities show an increase Of
Is per cent in the value of residen-
tial buildings, compared with Al per
cent in non-residential construction
and per cent in modernization work.
The increase in residential building
last month over the previous June
was s39,800,oo0, or 142 per cent.
Dwellings Increase 143 Per Cent.
There was an increase of lab per
cent in the number of family dwelling
units provided in these cities, compar-
ing June, 1886, with the corresponding
month Of the previous year.
The information collected by the
Bureau Of Labor Statistics included,
in addition to private construction, the
number and value Of buildings for
which contracts were awarded by
Federal and State governments in the
cities included in the report. For
June, 1896, the value of these public
buildings amounted to $40, ,O84 900; for
May, 1886, to $3.50 900, and for June,
1885, to $16,158,0 900.
Permits were issued during June for
the following important building prof.
ects: In New York City-in the Bor-
ough of the Bronx for apartment
houses to cost nearly $l9,000,000, in
the Borough of Manhattan for apart
ment houses to cost over $3,700,000
and for institutional buildings to cost
over $5,0o0,000, in the Borough of
Queens for apartment houses to cost
over $500 900; in East Hartford, Conn.,,
for factory buildings to cost S295 900;
in Buffalo, N. Y, for factory buildings
to cost $370,000; in Chicago, Ill, for
factory buildings to cost over 100000
and for store buildings to cost over
$500, 900; in Detroit, Mich. for factory
buildings to cost nearly 100000; in
Cincinnati, Ohio, for public utility
buildings to cost nearly $4,000, 900; in
Washington, D. c.. for apartment
houses to cost nearly $1,500,000; in
ST. Paul, Mimi, for factory buildings
to cost over $400, 1000; in Fort Worth,
Tex, for amusement and recreational
buildings to cost over 100000: in
Los Angeles, Calf, for school build
ings to cost over $1,000, 600; in Oak
land, Calf, for factory buildings to
cost over $3.50, 900, and in Pasadena.
Calf, for a school building to cost
nearly 100000.