Evening star., 1943-10-30
Building Permits Here
Amount 10 S70,850
For Last Week

Building permits for the weel
amounted to $70.850, according tt
records in the office of Robert H
Davis, District inspector. Amons
those pending are several which tol
this weeks total. Included are ap.
plications for buildings which ART
estimated to cost 100000. These
are masonry apartments to be bull
in Southeast
The largest permit issued thi.
week by the District was for $40, ,00(
to remodel the premises at 1926
Wisconsin avenue NV. for use a!
Offices Jansky g., Bailey, Nationa
Press Building, are listed as owners
with Raymond H. Burrows, 496(
Bethesda avenue, Bethesda, Md, a.
builder.
A monthly tabulation of permits
issued in the District shows signs OF
a small increase over September
Both months hit the million dollar
mark. Realtors predict November
will possibly 60 over the s2,O00,00O
mark. The expected increase, build
ers say, probably will be due to Gov
ernment building.
Report Is Issued.
Secretary of Labor Perkins today
issued report that the dollar valu-
alton of building construction
dropped 13 per cent last month, COM
pared with the previous month.
Washington held seventh position
with a total valuation of $18,375, 900
for the first nine months of the
year. OF this, she reported, $5,040,-
600 was for Federal construction
During the same period last year
the figures showed $72,004 900 was
spent for building. The large change
is attributed here to a tapering of
Of Government construction.
Federal contract awards declined
As per cent while private work in
creased about per cent" she
said. New residential construc-
ton decreased % per cent from
August to September and new non-
residential building IA per cent.
The dollar volume of additions, al
terations, and repairs rose 9 per
cent.
The September volume of work
started was 48 per cent less than
during September, 1912, due to an
83 per cent decline in the value of
Federal construction contracts
awarded Permit valuations for
other building construction de-
clined per cent over this period.
The dollar volume of new non-
residential buildings declined TO
per cent and of new residential
buildings. A per cent, while addi-
tions alterations and repairs in
creased % per cent from the totals
for September, 1912" she said.
d. c. Permits Listed.
Local permits issued by Mr.. Davis
of $500 or more include the follow
ing:
R. Robinson, 23O1 PENNSYLVANIA
avenue Sc, owner and builder;
Joe Beckman, 1901 PENNSYLVANIA
avenue Sc, architect, to build one
1-story masonry post Office build
ing. 1906 Prout street Sc; to cost
$500.
w. c. & A. N Miller Development
Co.. 1880 Massachusetts avenue
NV, owner and builder, to build
one 2-story brick, stone, frame
dwelling, 1920 Sedgwick street NV;
to cost $4,000
w. C. & A. N. Miller Development
Co.. 1880 Massachusetts, avenue
NV, owner and builder: G. E.
MacNeil, 1880 Massachusetts, ave-
nue. NV, to build one 2-story brick,
stone, frame dwelling, 1924 Univer-
sity avenue NV; to cost $4,000.
w. c. e. A. N. Miller Development
Co., 1880 Massachusetts, avenue
NV, owner and builder, to build
one 2-story brick and tile dwelling,
46l6 Sedgwick street NV; to cost
$4,000.
w. c. & A. N. Miller Development
Co, owner and builder, to build