Evening Star Newspaper, January 20, 1927, Page 13

BUILDING OUTLOOK STILL HELD BRIGHT Straus, However, Sounds Warning Against Overcon- struction in Some Cities. BY J. C. ROYLE. Special Dispateh to The Star. NEW YORK and “must” are | dominate opposing v f the build- Ing situation at present. The applica- tions for building permits throughout the larger cities of the country have fallen off about b per cent as com pared with January, 1926. These ap plications represent the projects that may be undertaken at some time in the future, but a granted permit may aiso lie idle for months or years. The actual contracts let since the fisst of the year, on the other hand, compare most favorably with those of the corresponding period of 1926, These are the ‘“must” programs, scheduled to be started and completed at a definite time, often with a penalty for delay. The bullding experts who depend on permits for a guide declare the | latest figures from , 472 cities and | towns show an unmistakable trend | toward a slackening of building. They base the total expended for building in 1926 at §6,200,000,000, On the other hand, those who depend on actual con- tracts let, say that $5,800,000,000 was spent in the last year and there is no indication of a slackening | ch | Straus Sounds Warning. S. W. Straus, banker, whose firm | does a large volume of business in | mortgage bonds, sounded a warning | today and urged that construction he checked on office buildings, apart- ments and hotels in the larger cities to avoid danger of overproduction. A number of financiers took the same view. The United States Department of Labor makes no predictions, but says that while weather conditions at the moment have affected em- ?loymam adversely in some localities is gratifying that the decrease which affected construction work has been so small. The outlook for this month, the department adds, indi- cates that conditions should show improvement. The labor leader unionized building less conservativ William J. Tracy, secretary-treasurer of the building trades department of the American Federation of Labor, says: ‘Authentic information indicates that the present prosperity in the building industry will continue and increase during '1927. The industry is enjoving the greatest prosperity in ‘its histor: When it is con- sidered that construction is one of the greatest factors of our national wealth it behooves all the various ele. in the strongly trades are far| |DARKEN GRAY HAIR ments to use every honorable means to promote its influence and pros- perity Sees Another Great Year, The employers as represented by A. W. Dickson, executive secretary of the National Association of Build- ing Trades. Employers, state that “an other great year of bullding activity is_in prospec Bullding material prices are remark- ably well stabilized. Wage scales seem little likely to fluctuate appreci- ably one way or the other. There i8 Tittle to warrant delay by financial interests in construction in the hope of lower costs. Tracy asserts, in fact, that “construction costs probably will never fall below their present level.” Some economists hoid that the drop in rents in some of the larger eitles has spurred rather than checked new construction. They point out that there seemingly Is lways a rush of tenants to new buildings. In New York, for example, a building becomes obsolete rents fall, but the value of real estate on which bulld. ings stand is so great that owners find it profitable to raze old bufldings and erect new structures. The life of the metropolitan huil ing used in public or semi-public ser ice now seldom exceeds 20 vears, and more often is limited to 15. What this replacement mea ) other in- dustries may he gathered from the fact that over $2,000,000 worth of furniture will go into the new court. house which is just being completed here. KEROSENE IS REDUCED. NEW YORK, January 20 (®).—The Standard Oll Co. of New York has re- duced the tank wagon price of kero- sene 1 cent a gallon in New York and New England, to 17 cents. ' BY USING ING SAGE TEA| When you ((urkr-n vour hair with Sage Tea and Sulphur, no one can tell, ‘because it's | done so natural- ly, so evenly. Preparing this| mixture, though, | at home is mussy a nd trouble- some. For only | 75 cents you can | buy at any drug| store the read o-use prepar improved by the additlon of ingredients called “Wyeth's| and Sulphur Compound.” ph G -~ - | tion other | 8age You just dampen a sponge or soft | brush with it and draw through | your hair, taking one small strand lat a time, By morning all gray | hair disappears, and, after another | | application or two, vour hair b comes beautifully darkened, glossy | nd Iuxuriant. ¢ faded hair, though no dis- gn of old age, and as all desire a youthful and attrac. | tive appearance, get busy at once | with Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur, Compound Z tfll I)eepef ark-Downs! ORI GINALLY $6 to $8.50—then reduced to $3.95 and $5.75 THE EVENING S8 MARYLAND STRAWBERRY ACREAGE IS INCREASED Special Dispatch to The BALTIMORE, January 20.—A pre: liminary estimate of the area to be picked for strawberries in Maryland the coming season points to 12570 acres, according to John 8. Dennee, Federal agricultural statistician for Maryland. This is an |ncrease of about 2,300 acres over the average acreage picked during the past four years. Maryland growers report that the strawberry patches never looked better at this time of year. Unless something untoward happens, a big crop will be harvested, For the country as a whole there is an Indicated acreage increase of | about 22 per cent over 1926 acrcage, | the report says, the heaviest increases | being reported from Louisiana, Ar-| kansas, Tennessee, Maryland and Mis- | | souri. | BRIDGE TRAFFIC HEAVY. | AN FRANCISCO, January 20 (Spe- Programs for extensiv e | struction in the East Bay district and the San Joaquin Valley are being pre- pared as a result of the volume of traffic now flowing over the Dumbar- ton Highway Bridge, the first bridge rOss n Francisco Bay, which con nects Menlo Park with Centerville. The bridge, which has been opened, is 6,305 feet in length and ® |mon stock of record at the close of TAR, WASHINGTON, PARLEYS RESUMED. e Rail Egecutives in Northwest Merger Meet in New York. NEW YORK, January 20 UP).—Con- ferences between raflway executives interested in the proposed consolida. tion of the Great Northern and North- ern Pacific systems were resumed here today. A general meetngi' in which President Ralph Budd of the Great Northern, President Charles Donnelly of the Northern Pacific and bankers will participate, will be held this afterncon. A public statemen revealing further details of the merge, is expected after th? meeting. PACKARD DIVIDEND. DETROIT, January 20 (®).—A reg- ular monthly dividend of 2 per cent lon the common capital stook of the ! 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