Evening star., 1940-01-14
81 States East
Of Rockies Gain
In Building
$3.50, 500, 900 Hike
Over 1888 Reported
By Dodge Corp.


day, and all types of building in
the Middle Atlantic States was in
creased by some $68 100000 during
the last year.
Last years contracts for mate.
rails and labor to be used in resi-
Dental work throughout Eastern
Pennsylvania, Southern New Jer-
sey, Delaware. Maryland, Virginia
and the District of Columbia
amounted to $1S2,911 900, as against
the 1888 level of sl36,8l9, 900 and the
1887 figure of $137, ,6O8,00O.
julie T. Little, district manager
of Dodge Reports, who made the
survey, emphasized that while
United States Housing Authority
projects contributed substantially to
the huge residential total, due
credit must be given to the vigorous
private efforts, which accounted for
the larger part Of the pickup in
residential work throughout the
Middle Atlantic States"
Large U. S. H. A. Projects.
Some of the large U. s. H. A
projects in the Middle Atlantic
States for which contracts were
signed last year were Hanover Acres
Allentown; James Weldon johnson
Homes, Philadelphia: the Taskel
street project. Philadelphia; Mayor
Donnely Homes. Trenton; Ridge
road project, Washington; Edgar
Allen Poe Homes, Baltimore; Glen.
side, Reading. and the William How
ard Day project, Harrisburg.
Other large residential projects no
included In the U. S. H. A. classifi.
cation were an apartment building
in Washington; Chelsea Village, At.
lantic City; Ogontz Manor Apart.
ments, Philadelphia; a new section
OF the Buckingham Apartments
Arlington. and the Wynnewood Park
apartment group, Wynnewood, Pa.
Heavy engineering construction
undertaken by the Federal, State
and local governments jumped tc
the higher contract valuation OF
$11l,877, 900 in 1899. In 1888 the
year-end total for this classification
was at $87 $4,000, and in 1887 it
was $85, 100000.
Large 1889 engineering projects
throughout the Middle Atlantic
States were water supply system
in Bethlehem, the Thomas Jeffer-
son Memorial, Washington: the
vehicular tunnel in Fulton County
Pa; the Blue Mountain Tunnel in
Franklin County, Pa; the highway
bridge at Havre de Grace; a water
supply system in Harrisburg: the
dam in Garrett County, Md; work
on the Rays Hill Tunnel in Cumber-
land and Bedford Counties, Pa.
A short decrease was entered in
the non-residential column of the
construction ledger for the Middle
Atlantic States. The 1899 total was
recorded as sl38.667 900. In 1888
1t was $l40, $50. 900, and in 1887 it
was $l54,951 ,000 Dodge Reports
points out that the decrease in this
section of the country is in line
with the records for most other Sec
tions and the average for all of the
81 States east of the Rocky Noun
tains.
Some of the large non-residential
contracts revealed in study of last
years news in Dodge Reports were
the State Industrial School for Bows
at White Hill, Pa; the National
Institute of Health Buildings,
Bethesda, Md; the Municipal Court
Building, Philadelphia; the nylon
plant of the E. I. du Pont de Ne
mours, Seaford, Del. the hospital
building OF the Medical College of
Virginia, at Richmond; two Gov
ernment buildings, the Lafayette
Once Building, an administration
group, the General Federal Office
Building, all in Washington: the
State Library Building, Richmond: !:
a hospital for crippled children in
Wilmington and a warehouse and
an aeronautical engineering labora-
tory building in Philadelphia.
The outlook for this year includes
a further rise in the valuation of
all construction throughout the 81
States east of the Rocky Noun
tains, Mr.. Little commented in clos
ing his summary. If this is real
lied the year will close with ap-
proximately $3.50, 100000 in the ST.
State area, compared with the 1888
total of $3.50 ,543, 900.
Residential contracts are expect
ed to move up IA per cent over 1899
non-residential building 8 per cent
and engineering construction / per
cent.