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Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1938-12-15

Levelet hozott a posta a |
messzi Rapid City-b6l, South |
Dakota allambol. Mar tobb
mint Is eve a messzi eszak-
nyugatra elk0ltoz0tt magyar
csalad Youngstownban sziile-
tett gyermekei irtak a levelet.
Szanto Zoltan es Juliska
kuldtek a dollarokat avval a
kerelemmel, hogy csatoljuk
AIT a Youngstown es kornyeki
Magyar a Magyarert' gyiij-
teShez.
Kell-e ennel szebb peldaja
a testver szeretetnek?
A Szanto gyermekek derek
szuleik hatasa a7att megma-
radtak magyar erzesueknek.
Szivikon viselik a magyar
haza, a magyar testver sorsat
csak ugy, mint mi oregek,
akiknek bolcsoje oft ringott
a magyar fold0n.
Hat te Youngstown es kor-
nyeki magyar testver megtet-
ted-e mar a k0telesSegedet.
OFT lesz-e a te neved is a
Szanto testverek neve mel
lett a Magyar Magyarert
mozgalomban.
Az "Esemenyek" rovatban
olvashatjatok, hogy mi tor
tenik odahaza a mi segitse-
giinkkel. Olvashatjatok, hogy
meg mindig NIT miivelnek a
gaz csehek es ukran bandi-
talk a meg mindig idegen iga
alatt szenved6 Ruszinf0ldon
Mi csak adomanyainkkal Sc.
| githetink a honukbol, min.
denukbol hforgatott magyar
testvereinken.
| A Nagybizottsag most pen.
teken este tart gyiilest a Ma
| gyar Hazban. Akkor tesznel
| jelentest az egyhazak az else
gyiijtesi eredmenyrol. A kol
lektorok szorgalmasan jartak
| De ITALIAN mem ertek meg e.
mindenhova?
/ Mint halljuk a. West Side.
on, ahol pedig a legtobb ma
gyar lakik meg sok magyar
hazban mem jartak kerni ma
gyar testvertol a magyar test,
yer javara.
i A Nagybizottsag AIT secret
ne, hogy mindenki adna te
hetsege szerint annyit ameny
nyit tud. Ha mem telik dollar
adjon centeket. A mi sorsunl
sem rozsas. De jut meg a m
szegenysegiinkbd azoknak is
akik a szegenyeknel is Siege
nyebbek.
! Sokan k0ziiletek tudjatol
hol van Hajdub0sz0rmeny
Mem nagy varos. Talar
Youngstown es k0rnyeken
t0bb magyar lakik, mint
B0sz0rmenyben. OFT sem gaz.
dag a nep, megis latjuk a ha.
zai jelentesekb6l, hogy Hajdu
bosz0rmeny k0z0nsege 1871
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1938-12-15
A W. S. Polgari Kor
Evi Gyulsse

A West Sidei Polgari Kor
most vasarnap delutan de-
cember 18-an tartja az evi
gyllest a Magyar Hazban.
Felhivjuk a polgartarsak fl
gyelmet ere a gyiilesre, inert
ekkor lesznek a jov6 evi tiszt-
visel6k megvalasztva. Exert
kerjiik, hogy teljes szamban
jelenjenek meg.
Tisztelettel
a TisstikGr.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1938-12-15

seq napr6l-1aapra 1angyobb less.
Egyes heIyeken mem lehet s6t,
cukrOt, kenyeret es k6olajat
kapni. Vdgyo'aos enberek per-
eek 1I1tt Ssdadl0n1rdq,aSIt6 kol-
dusok lettek, aAiknek egyetlen
biiniik az, hOgy magyGroE.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1938-12-15
Macy Tuz VOLT
A w. ) EFEN
~. or.
Leegett a e a.. =
SzazezeA

A magyarok altal neFt
Wickliffe-en a multi cs sort0-
.kon, december San a kora
ireggeli orakban tamAdt tiiz
lnagy kart okozott az, ottani
raktar eptiletekben es azo-
kat .teljesen elpusztitoSta a
.benne leraktarozott aryaggal
egyitt.
A tiiz az eddigi vizsgalat
alapjan rovidzarlat kovetkez=
teben keletkezett q Security
Construction Co, epiilet re
szeben, onn6t a 15-2O lab
magassagig felcsapott lang at
terjedt a WPA. raktar helyi-
segere, ahol 5 megye reszere
epitkezeshez szukseges anyag
volt elraktarozva.
Sok munkas, aki aznapra
lett behiva a WPA munkara,
egyel6re elveszitette az alkal-
mazasat. A munkasok szer-
szamai, valHrnint ertekes fa-
anyag teljesen bennegett,
Mivel a telefon huzal is
megegett, a tiizohdk azon-
nall kihivasa lehetetlen volt,
es csak a Dunlap Avei tiiz-
jelzo box hivasa volt az els6
amely a tiizoDo 6Etesitr
hette a tiizesetrol. Kozben q
tiiz feltartoztatlanul tovabt
terjedt a Schrader Bros ga.
zolin, olaf es alkoholt tartal
mazo raktarra, ahol bizto!
lett volna robbanas, de a rak
s tarhelyiseg alkalne zottjai
kortilsereglett nagyszamu fer
fiakkal egyiitt az olaf es ga
zolintartalyokat truckokho
csatolva, elvontatak, miel6tt
. lang odaig erhetett. A til
ugyancsak teljesen elpuszti
totta Wilson j. Walker Ma
chinery raktarat is,
: Az egesz epiiletcsoport eg,
7 szerre langba boritva, bevila
: gitotta az egesz West Side-ot
z fustbe burkolva az eges
kornyeket.
A varos tiizolto-allomass
mozgositva voltak, hogy a til
tovaterjed6set megakadalyoz
J Yak, amely elpusztitassal fe
nyegette a nagyon kozeli la
! kohazakat is, de kiilonosen
: Budapest Tavern" neven We
! zetett csardat, amelynek tu
lajdonosa Mrs. Pasztor, ma
gyar iizletasszony.
A tiiz altal okozott ka
meghaladja a 100 ezer dol
!. lart. de ennek egy resze biz
tositas utjan megterul.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1938-12-15
A NILESI KATHOLIKUS
MAGYAROK FIGYELMEBE!

Magyar gy6ntatas december
lien, szombaton delutan T.
ig Is este 8-kor. Gy6ntatasok a
nilesi SIT. Istvan allgol hitk0z-
segneI lesznek &s TT. Mundweil
Janos fogja vegezni q gy6nta-
tasOkat.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1938-12-15
NAGYBIZOTTSEGI GYULES
MOST PENTEKEN

A Youngstown Magyar Egy-
hazak 6s Egyletek Nagybizott-
saga most penteken, december
loan este 7:30-kor gyiilest
tart a West Sidei Magyar Haz-
ban.
G6ber JdnOs, titkdr.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1938-12-15
A SWEIcHARTEk
Macy CYASzA

uNAA~H
EEgyeb hirek Sharon 6 k0rnye-
Iker6I. A dohanyos latogatasa
| Sweighart Istvan es csalad-
| jat, a w. Middlesex- Pulaski
Roadon Iako koztiszteletnek
0rvend0 honfit&rsunkat nagy
csapas erte, aInikor a multi
penteken, december Gen, Ist-
van nevii 20 ewes fla hosszabb
lido ota tart6 gy6gyithatatlan
betegsege feletti elkeseredese-
ben sziven szurta naagat.
A beteg ifju sziileivel besz6k
getve, semmi jflet sem adta
a kesziil6 sotet tervenek.
Hirtelen tanaadt mozdulattal
a szomszed szobaba rohanva,
felkapta a. kenyerszel6 kest,
es miel6tt az edes apja meg
akadalyozhatta volna cSele-
kedete veghezviteleben, a kest
a szive tajekara szurta.
/ A sulyosan sebesiiltet a
sharoni Buhl- -korhazba szal-
litottak, de minden orvosi Sc
gitseg hiaba valonak bizo-
nyult.
Temetese hetfon, december
12-en volt Farrell, Pa. Rom.
; Kath. Magyar Egyhazt6l nagy
reszvet mellett. Gyaszoljak
! szlilei, testverei es kiterjedt
rokonsaga.
Id. Sweighart Istvan tev6-
keny munkat felt H az egyleti
eletben es mas magyar moz-
galomban. A szonnoru hir al
: talanos megdobbenest keltett
a Sharon-Farrelli magyarsag
{ kozott. Fogadiak reszvettin-
ket.
: A Farrelli Els6 Magyar Bs.
: Egylet most vasarnap, de-
= cember 18-an tartja a rendes
evi gytileset, arnikor is tiszt-
visel6valasztas lesz megejtve,
A gyiiles utan az egylet moi
y tagjai disznotoros vacsorat
' adnak a partolo tagok es
T. azok hozzatartozoi reszere.
a -E'orralli ElsG Manunr Re.
A - A~--A -+-~~ 4.-~-p, -.
Al tegsegelyzo Egylet es a Ma
IL gyar Haz mar a multakban Il
; reszt vett mindenfele iote.
= konysagi mozgalomban. A
/ mutt gyiilesi hatarozat folly.
a tan most szinten tanujelei
= adta az aldozatkeszsegenek
l. amikor a penztarbol so dol.
l. lart kuldott a mindeniikb6l
kifosztott visszacsatolt fertile.
If ten lako magyar testvereink.
/ mex a meginditott Magyar a
3 Magyarert" mozgalom javara
E mozgalombol a FarrellI
Magyar Ref. Egyhaz is kive-
= szi a reszet, az egyhaz lei.
kesze fel is sz6litotta q hiveit
hogy e siirg0s es nemes moz.
galomhoz mindenH jaruljon
!. hozza barmilyen csekely ado.
mannyal, ami szivesen lesz
!; fogadva es elk0nyvelve es
nyilvanosan nyugtazva.
1 PennSVlR Raniaban december
. : 31-en ejfeli IL 6rakor az ital-
! arusito helyeket lezarjak q
hozott t0rveny ertelmeben,
amely kimondja, hogyha ja-
nuar 1-eje vasarnapra esik, az
ital helyisegek el6z6 ejszaka
IL orakor kotelesek bezArni.
, A sharoni es videki magyar
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1938-12-15
Z S E MN Y TX

SOE0n ESTuCGzE OLD0SOS7LE 10
sdl, hogan miitodik a Ma
gyur a Magyarert naosgalona
a telDideken? Mi t0rtenik az
sal a penssel, amt mi innen
ciildInk?
Mi csak pelddnak iktatjuk
ide a "Pesti HirIap" non. 29-ik
ssdmdb6l az aldbbi hi,t, anaely
a kerdesekre::
magyar a MdgyarSrt'
Kassdn. A Magyar a Magyar
ert" mosgalona dr.. Bobuld Ida
t6naegbisott Desetesevel nadr a
cseh uralona alol t0rten6 sea-
badulds 'anpjdn n1egkesdte
Kassdn is dlddsos tevekenyse-
oct es az els6 napokb0a 1900
adag elelnisser ssetosstdsdUal
segitett a Ddros ssegSnyein. A
mosgalon, eddig t0bb mint
7aegyeser, a csehsslovdk hadse-
regb6l lesserelt, kiehesett ha-
tondt ldtott el elelenlnael, ral-
hanemiipel es utik0ltseggel. DR..
Bobula Ida vesetese n1eUett a
nault heten megindult a nloS-
galom elelnsisserjegyeiaek sset
osstGsa, Hetenkint 5000, hd-
rom peng6 erteka eleln1isser-
jegyet osstarak XII, amelyekert
a Eeresked6k ket kilogranana
lisstet, hetuen dekagranana ssa-
lonndt, husson0t dekagranana
zsirt, ugyanannyi cuArot es
harnai1ac dek1gr1nam S6t ssol-
gdltatnak ki.
Is hogy teljes legyen a be-
ssdn1olo, ide ikt1tjuk ugydn-
csak a "Pesti Hirlap" asnapi
ssdmdbol est a hirt is, bisonyd-
ro erdekelni fogja asokat a
youngstoaoni naagyaroEat, dlcik
a Russinf0ld0n ssiilettek es
1kiknek. roEOnai tGld1 eppep
asok k0st vanndk, akiket a
Magyar a Mdgydrert nosga-
lOm segit:
Beregssdss nov. 28. Nagyssol
l6sr6l, Husstrd, Kirdlyhdsdr6l
Tekehdsdr6l Godeayhdsdr6l es
Ssdssfalub6l a csehek t0naegs-
Del utasitjdE XII a magyar es
kdrpdtoross 6slakokat. A kiatta-
sitottak egg resser6l a ma.
gynr a Magyar6rt" naozgalon1
Ueset6sege gondoskodik.
A cseheE Eenysseritettek q
kiutasitottakat, hogy tis per
cen beldI h0gyjdk Ell otthonai
kat, ugyhogy sem lingo, SEN
ingatIan vagyonuAr6l nen1 gon
Hoskodhdttak. "A legtdbbnek
kijelentettek, hogy egyidejales
a cseh dllan1 nai1sdendket eI
kobosta. Akinek so Eorond7ad
t0bb pence volt, attol a cseK
csend6r0k elUettek es mem 0d
tax rola nyugtdt. Ha valak
DOnakod0tt eleget te7ani q pa
rancsnak, er6ssakkal taldltt
Ssemben naagdt. Sokdn van
max, akiket csupdn magyar er
sesIk midtt tol0ncoltGk ki
Van k0stdk IS eves betes
dny6ka, aki senanai dron sen
akarta elhagyai hdsdt, naajc
mikor a csend6r0k brutdlisan
leptek fel, AIT kerte, hogy l6j
jek inkdbb Ggyoa. OF perc n1ul
"a a b0rt0r, gyajt6helyen volt
tel6ra naulUa pedig magyar te
rIleten.
Vanndk a EiutnsitottaE k0
s0tt tis-tise7aket gyermeke!
cS1IGdOE is. AZ 1puGE riadt1n
besselik ell: dlig bolt anryi ide
jdk, hogy jdtss6 gyernekeike1
0sssessedjek a ssonssedsdgban
naelegebb rul,dbn Dal6 0lt0ste.
tesdlcre pedig gondoIni sem le-
hetett. Mem UOltdk teki1atettei
betegsegre, rokk0ntSdgra e.
k0rT1; S0t7aM csdE AIT 7aestek
h0gy sserfntdk XII "ssui,rya ma
gyar" (dtszn6 magyar Sirtak
q t1Iuk, Gnaik0r ldttdk, hogg
sSurO7ay0s csend6r0k r0h1nale-
~~koI. - k>7<>nr r~~1l~1. l..
Evening star., 1938-03-12

600; in Nashville, Tenn, for apart
ment houses, to cost $l,400,0O0; in
Houston, for factory buildings, to cost
$1,Soo,0oo; in Los Angeles, for store
and mercantile buildings, to cost more
than $1,600.000; in San Francisco, for
public utility buildings, to cost $780,
600, and in Bellingham, Wash, for
factory buildings, to cost over ST.
100000.
Contracts were awarded by the Pro-
curement Division of the United
States Treasury Department for the
Federal Post Office in the Borough of
Manhattan, to cost $2,400,O00; for
a Federal courthouse in Philadelphia,
to cost $500 900, and for a post office
and a Federal courthouse in Los An
geles, Calf, to cost $7,300,000.
Evening star., 1938-03-12

or % per cent, was approved for .
total Of $44,852,161. The remaining
18,031 were declined. Through Janu-
ary 8, last, $2s,255, $50 had been paid
on these loans, and the balance Of
$15.5s6, ,4e2 was being hquidated by
monthly payments. Total claims paid
by the F. H. A. to this bank through
January 8, 1898, were only $S78,34 or
1.o per cent OF all loans made.
Mr.. Stefan says that included In
this total was $l4,o44 resulting from
the operations OF an "out- and -out
fraud" group, three of whom received
prison sentences through the Joint ef-
forts OF the bank and the Government.
with the usual caution OF a credit
ohicer," Mr.. Stefan concludes, ut is
only fair to conclude by saying that
the above should not be taken as a
forecast Of what may happen to Title
l loans made under the new program.
No doubt many Of the factors will
operate much as they did from 1884 to
1887. Any effects Of changing busi-
ness conditions, changing employment
conditions and changing consumer
credit demand will have to be told
by figures ut later date"
Evening star., 1938-03-12
BUCHANAN DISCUSSES
SALES ORGANIZATION

The steps taken in building up 4
sales organization and the obligations
imposed upon salesmeen in their
transactions with the public were
discussed by J. Wesley Buchanan,
Washington realtor, before members
attending the second session of the
Real Estate Forum. sponsored by the
Washington Read Estate Board. Mr..
Buchanan made an interesting presen-
tation of the internal organization of
a real estate brokerage ofice, which
was followed by general discussion
under the direction of Joseph A.
Herbert, jr., chairman Of the Educa-
tional Committee Of the Real Estate
Board.
Sessions are held each Tuesday
night in the United States Chamber
OF Commerce Building at o'clock.
The third speaker in the forum will
be j. Garrett Beitzell, who will dis
cuss Selling Today's Homes"
Evening star., 1938-03-12

10000 population, while in the urban
area as a whole only sos families
were provided for per 10000 popula-
ton.
As in earlier years, the largest VOL
ume Of buildings for which permits
were issued was in New York City,
where the total was nearly $315,000,-
900. or about five times as great as in
Los Angeles, the second ranking city.
In addition to New York and Los An
geles, building permits in excess Of
s35,000,000 were reported in Detroit,
Washington, Chicago and Philadel-
phia.
Important Projects.
Permits were issued during 1897 for
the following important building pro-
jects: In Hartford, Conn, for store
and mercantile buildings, to cost over
$l,300,000: in New Haven, Conn, for
office buildings. to cost nearly 81
100000: in Boston, Mass, for apart
ment houses, to cost over $4,000 900:
for institutional buildings. to cost over
$2,500.000. and for public buildings,
to cost over $6,000.000; in New York
City, in the Borough Of the Bronx, for
apartment houses. to cost over $3l, =
100000, and for school buildings. to
cost over $5,000,000: in the Borough
OF Brooklyn. for apartment houses, to
cost over $22.000.000. and for school
buildings, to cost more than $4,000
600; in the Borough Of Manhattan
for apartment houses to cost nearly
$l7.000,000, and for school buildings,
to cost nearly $7000,000; in the Bor-
ough Of Queens. for apartment houses,
to cost more than $3S. .000. 900, and for
school buildings, to cost over $4,000
600; in Philadelphia. for school build
ings. to cost more than $7,000,00O; in
Chicago, for factory buildings, to cost
over $3,300,000; for store and mer-
camille buildings, to cost over $780,
900, and for school buildings, to cost
nearly S4,000.000; in Dearborn. Mich,
for factory buildings, to cost over
81, 100000; in Detroit, for apartment
houses, to cost nearly $7,000,0 900; for
factory buildings, to cost nearly S.
100000, and for ONCE buildings, to
cost $l,5oo,Ooo; in Toledo, Ohio, for
school buildings, to cost 81. .000, 900; in
Milwaukee, for school buildings, to cost
$l.500,00o; in Minneapolis. for apart
ment houses, to cost $2,400,000; in
Washington, for apartment houses, to
cost nearly $1,000, 900; in Fernandina.
Fla, for factory buildings, to cost
more than $4,000, 900; in Franklin, Va,
for factory buildings, to cost $780,
Evening star., 1938-03-12
NEW F. H. A. BUSINESS
TOUCHES RECORD HIGH
Mortgages Chosen for Appraisal
for Week Ending March 5
Total $17,529, ,eO2.

In response to many inquiries con-
corning the progress of the new Fed
eral Housing Administration program
since it became effective on February
Is. Administrator Stewart Mcdonald
issued the following statement today:
For the week ending March S, new
business entered upon our books sur
passed all previous records.
Mortgages selected for appraisal
reached total of $l7,529,6O2 during
the week ending March S. The pre-
vious all-time high in Federal Hous-
ing Administration records was
reached in the week ending March 90
1887, when the total of mortgages
selected for appraisal was Sl6,829,7lO.
The figures for the week ending
March S compare with s13.100. $50
for the previous week and with $13,-
6s3.500 for the corresponding week In
1887"
Evening star., 1938-03-12
j. S. LOSS SMALL
ON REPAIR LOANS
National City Bank Records
Show Modernization
Debts Paid Off.

A loss ratio Of less than u Of I
per cent per year Is disclosed by an
analysis Of the records Of the National
City Bank Of New York on Federal
Housing Administration insured prop
erty improvement loans which have
matured, according to Roger Stefan,
vice president and credit ofiicer OF
the bank, in the current issue OF the
Administrations offcial publication
the Insured Mortgage Portfolio.
This program was included in the
original National Housing Act. which
became operative August 10, 1884, but
was allowed to expire on April /, 1897.
1t was revived. in amended form, on
February 3, 1898.
Those loans we made in 1884 are
the first which have had their final
payments completed" Mr.. Stefan
writes. From the date Title / became
operative through December 81, 1894,
the National City Bank made $3.50
loans. The record Of these loans
shows the following:
81. Loans made in 1884 totaled 81
156,l22, and 98.7 per cent OF that
amount has been paid in full.
20. Claims on these particular loans
totaling $24,sl5, or LA per cent, have
been paid by the FEDERAL Housing Ad-
ministration.
Others Being Liquidated.
"3. The balance Of $3.50, or O.16 per
cent OF the total, remains outstanding
and is being liquidated monthly
through friendly arrangement between
the bank and the borrowers, with in
dication that this amount also will be
paid in full"
Mr.. Stefan points out that the
claims paid by the F. H. A. do not
necessarily represent that much loss
to the Government. "F. H. AS fig.
ures." he said, show that additional
collections are generally made after
claims are assigned to that agency.
But even were it assumed that the
entire LA per cent was a loss, that
would not mean LA per cent per
annum. These particular loans had
an average maturity of 20 months,
Therefore, the claims paid by F.. H. A.
were at the rate Of 0.47 Of l per cent
per year of loan"
Mr.. Stefan says loans made from
January to June 1885, are not quite
paid of. but had progressed far
enough for the bank to observe they
continue to be lust about as good"
as the 1884 loans.
107,411 Applications.
Noting his institution was the
largest single lender" under the
F. H. A. property improvement plan,
Mr.. Stefan said his bank had re-
ceived a total of lo7,4l1 applications
Tor Title loans. OF these, 1880,
Evening star., 1938-03-12
Dwelling
Continued From First Page J

13 by feet in size, much larger than
the average. Directly back Of the
entrance Is the attractive living room.
which Is 20 feet long and IA feet s
inches wide. Partial paneling and an
authentic Colonial fireplace and man.
tel make this room most comfortable.
The dining room, left of the entrance,
Is II by l3 feet in size. A bay win
dow overlooking the park area is a
feature of this room. A first-foor
study is IL by II feet. The kitchen
Is separated from the dining room by
. buffers pantry, equipped with an
unusual number of cabinets. The com.
pact kitchen has an exhaust fan to
expel cooking odors.
Bedrooms Are Large.
Second-floor bedrooms range in size
from II by IL feet to 13 by IL feet,
The masters room has private bath.
In addition to the four bedrooms on
this floor there is a room which could
be used either for dressing or as a
playroom for children. The third
f1oor Is finished in the style of the
second and the two large bedrooms
there adjoin complete bath.
approximately half Of the basement
space is used by clubroom, which is
~ feet long and IA feet wide. The
heater and laundry room is nicely
finished.
The home will be open to the public
under The Stars sponsorship for 30
days. Visiting hours are from 10 am
until 9 pm. 1t may be reached by
or1vng out Massachusetts, avenue to
Cathedral avenue. Then left on Ca
thedral through the main portion of
Wesley Heights to Foxhall road. Turn
LETT on Foxhall two blocks to Gar
held and right on Garfield street four
blocks to the home.
Evening star., 1938-03-12
Construction
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said. In these cities the reported
value of all building permits in 1897
was approximately $1,700,0OO, 900, Of
which nearly half was new residential
buildings, over one-thifd new non-resi.
dental construction, and about 20 per
cent additions. alterations and repairs
to existing structures.
Aggregate Up Per Cent.
THE aggregate value of new resi-
dences for which building permits
were issued In 1887 was 5 per cent
greater than in the previous year.
There was marked increase in ex-
penditures for one-family and two
family houses, amounting to about IL
per cent. Apartment-hous construc-
ton declined, however, approximately
II per cent.
The volume of new non-residential
building increased by IS per cent, but
continued at relatively low level in
comparison with the volume of build
ing of this type in the 1920s. Ex-
penditures for all types Of non-resi-
dental structures, except institutions
and public-utility buildings, was larger
in 1887 than in the year 1896. In
the l,728 reporting cities the largest
volume of permits was for store and
mercantile buildings, which amounted
to about $110,0o0.000. Permits issued
for schools and libraries were almost
equally large, and for factory build
ings slightly smaller, totaling $780,
100000
Expenditures for additions. altera-
tons and repairs in 1887 also showed
an increase OF about IS per cent over
1886 and amounted to about $375,-
100000"
Small Town Ratio High.
In relation to population, the larg-
est expenditures on new construction
and repairs were in the smaller towns.
Per capita expenditures for all types
of construction in the 1.72s cities dur
ing the year 1887 amounted to about
S28. In towns with population of
$500 to 5000, per capita expenditures
were in excess Of $44, while in cities
having a population of between 1oo,-
900 and 100000. they amounted to ap-
proximately $22.
The number Of dwelling units pro-
vided per 10000 population was also
much greater in the smaller cities
than in the larger cities. In cities
between 2,5O0 and 5000 population
54.6 families were provided for per