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latter part of January The February
decline was expected. Due to this the
total building for the entire country
showed a decrease last month of a.
per cent.
Washington Second.
washington climbed to second place
among the large cities of the country
in volume of February building. the
report showed. This was due to large
Federal Government projects here, as
4, private building was not very active.
The valuation of all types of building
In the Capital during the first two
months of the year was placed at sl4,-
218,132, an increase of nearly s3,O00,-
600 over the comparable period of 1887.
New York City led the country with
. total of $ll4,82G,789 a figure nearly
three times as great as last year. Trail
ing Washington were such large cities
as Los Angeles, Detroit and Baltimore.
New residential building permits in
2,o30 cities, exclusive of New York,
showed gain of 26 per cent from
January. This expansion of building
operations was widespread and was
noted in all geographic divisions of
the country except the Middle Atlantic
States, IN which New York is included,
and the Pacific Coast States. When
reports for New York are Included
the value of permits for residences was
81 per cent smaller than in January.
"a Per Cent Increase.
There was an increase of "a per
cent in the value of new nonresi-
Dental construction. excluding New
York, and gain of 20 per cent in ad-
ditions. alterations and repairs to ex-
listing structures. For the country as
q whole, including New York, permits
for new nonresidential construction
showed decline of 20 per cent, while
additions, alterations and repairs were
In about the same volume as in Janu-
ary.
Compared with the corresponding
month Of 1887, the value of residential
buildings for which permits were issued
IN cities including New York, declined
80 per cent. There was also a decline
IN the value of additions, altera tions
and repairs, amounting to 10 per
cent. However, the value of new non
residential buildings increased IS per
cent. Excluding the figures for New
York City, the comparisons are as
follows: New residential buildings de-
creased q per cent, new nonresident
tial buildings increased Is per cent and
additions, alterations and repairs de-
creased IA per cent
There were 9,6l7 family-dwelling
units provided in the new housekeep-
ing dwellings for which permits were
issued during February. The 2O3o
cities, exclusive of New York, ac-
counted for 1926 of these, a gain of
~ per cent, compared with January.
With New York included there was
q decrease of 68 per cent.
Family-DwelIing Units.
Compared with February. 1897. a
decrease of AZ per cent was shown in
the number of family dwelling units
provided
The data collected by the Bureau of
Labor Statistics show, 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 February, 1898, the
value Of these public buildings
amounted to $9,858,O 900; for January,
1898, to $2,115,O00, and for February,
1887. to $14,e37, 900.
PERMITS were issued in February for
tne 1oiiowing important building prof.
ects: In Auburn, N Y, for a State
prison to cost s7e7 900; in Glen Cove
n Y, for school building to cost
$500,000; in New York Citv-in the
borough Of Brooklyn, for public build
ings to cost over $1,000. 600. in Won.