New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 7, 1923, Page 16

Record Residential Construction F. W, Dodge Corporation’s Review of Building Activity | During the Month of March led in Mareh were greater than to 1, W, Dodge: Corporation, eastern States of the country total construection volume) sidential construction started 100, This class of construc- Residential construction contracts awa in any previous month on record, accordin Total residential contracts last month in the (Including about sey elghths of the country 0, This figure brought up 1o $41 during the tion has pr months of 19 Construction contracts let in these 86 states amounted to $371,447 ase over February was 832G, 1In 27 of these states the ince ch, 1922, was 14%. Residential construction in March represented 4765 of the total construc- tion started during the month, Other important items in the March record were: § 14¢ gs: $45,192,000, or 1305, for public works and utilitie , for industrial bulldings; and $26,966,000, or 70, for Tie total volume o has amounted to §895 than the rate for amounted o 460, of " as in residential struction, 1923 to date Contemplated new work reported from ed to $2,201,104,000, compared with 8§95, the same period, of construction in al buildings. onstruction started in the first quarter of this year a rate of activity 230, greater rsidential construction has In total construction hos broken all previous records. winuary 1 to April 1, has amount- 000 for contracts awarded in cor NEW ENGLAND Contracts awarded Juring March in the New England States amounted to 826 of 8174, over the preceding month, but a ds>rease rom March, 19 of 47 . "otal construction started during the first quarter of the year has shown rease of 80z over the first quarter of last year, Last month's record included: $11 6,000, or 459, for residential build- ings: $5,220,000, or 2167, for business buildings: §4, 000, or 186, for in- dustrial plants; and $1,801,000, or 79%, for public works and utilities, d during the first quarter of the year has Contemplat w work report amounted to §$15 0,000, compared with contracts awarded in the amount of $64,004,000 NEW YORK STATE AND NORTHERN NEW JERSEY Mareh building contracts in New York State and Northern New Jersey amounted to The i se over the previous month was 650%; over M\ 3 e ine e for the first quarter of this year over mounted to 1077, 4,577,000, or 67¢7, the rter 188! r has h figure wluded: The for residential build- ings; $11,856,000, or 120, for b buildings; $6,362,000, or 79, for in- dustial buildin nd $4,610,000, or 7, for educational buildings. Contemplated new work reported during the first three months of this year have amounted to $438,046,000, compared with work actually started amounting to $217,287,000 MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES Construction started during M h in the Middle Atlantic States (IEast- ern Pennsylva outhern New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, District of Col- umbia and Virgin amounted to $50,5637,000, This was 74% over February and 3205 over March, 1922, The first quarter of the year has run 36% over the corresponding period of last vear. The March record included: $21,345,000, or 429, for residential build- ings; $8,152,000, or 16 for husin: buildings; $6,806,000, or 137%, for pub- lic works and utilities; $5,438,000, 119, for industrial plants; and $4,- 286,000, or 8¢, for educational buildings. Contemplated new work reported from January 1 to April 1, amounted to $252,711,000, compared with $112, 000, for work started in that period. SOUTH Contracts awarded during M or N STATES h in the Southern States (the Carolinas, Georgia, Flo , Alabama, Mi ippi, Tennessee, Louisiana and Arkansas) amount to § 9,000, a decrease of 26¢, from February. Total construc- tion started during the first three months of this year has amounted to $114,535,000, The important items in the March record were: $11,438,000, or 307 for | residential buildings 87 000, or 196z, for business buildir $5,606,000, or| | | | A Sure Sign of Spring Down Arch Street At Number 73 Garden Seed (the best) Garden Tools (the finest) Steel Tray Wheel Don’t put it off. You have in mind a piece of property Barrows that you would like to own i # et and you fondly imagine that|||l] Green Painted Garden you play a waiting game Barrows ou’ll save money. Take a tip—buy now. Lawn Grass Seed and Fertilizer Poultry Netting Fence Wire HONE. BN 7790 THE LINCOLN REALIY (@ < ¥ Room 212 %, ™ q o oatl[;dgl HARDWARE C. A. 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Prop, It is milk at its full- ecreamed best—we want you to try it, ESEIBERT & SON “Your Milkman' PARK STRELT PHONE 1720 [ * We Have a Limited Amount of Second Mortgage Money to Loan HATCH City Hall {tempt to reach it in the submarine’s| |18 foot boat, and then Carlson, the ¢, two deaths investigated but could |turned In it to the submarine | Carlson, {then succeeded in reaching the shore|ma), against the wind and sea. jturned with a physician to | Winn. | ships of another flerce struggle in a|ond sergeant in 1912, [half swamped boat, in water froze almost as it came in when NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, 166, for public works and utilities; $4,760,000, or 139, for industrial plants; and $4,416,000, or 126, for educational bulldings, Contemplated new work reported during the first quarter of the year has amounted to $324,760,000, compared with $114,585,000 for work actually started, PITTSBURGH DISTRICT March building contracts in Western Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohlo, and Kentucky, amounted to $61,405,000, Tho increase over Webruary was 39¢: over March of last year, 780 Construction started during the first quarter of this year has shown an increase of 63¢¢ over the corresponding period of last year, The following important items appear in the March record: $24,734,000, or 400, for residential buildings; $11,768,000, or 109, for public works and utilities; $10,876,000, or 18%, for industrial plants; $6,711,000, or 117, for business buildings; and $4,965,000, or 8¢, for educational buildings, Contemplated new work reported during the first three months of the year have amounted to $235,979,000; work actually started, $132,851,000, THE CENTRAL WEST March building contracts in the Central West (Indiana, Tllinols, Towa, Wisconsin, Michigan, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma) amounted to $86,709,000, The increase over lebruary was 170; the decrease from March of iast year, 9%. The first quarter of this year has run 189, ahead of the first quarter of last year. Last month's figures included the following important items: $38,540,000, or 449, for residential buildings; $16,6560,000, or 19%, for public works and utilities; $10,485,000 or 12¢, for business buildings; $7,606,000 or 99 for industrial buildings, and $6,708,000, or 7% for educational bulidings, Contemplated new work reported during the first quarter of the year amounted to $833,703,000, compared with $228,7566,000 for contracts awarded in the same period. RECORD CONSTRUCTION IN THE NORTHWEST March building contracts in Minnesota, the Dakotas and Northern Michi- gan amounted to $12,927,000 the !argest monthly total on record for the dis- trict. The increase over lebruary was 24%; over March, 1922, 20%. On the work started during the first quarter of the year, this district has run 46% ahead of last year. Included in the March record were: $8,614,000, or 279, for residential buildings: $2,834,000, or 220, for public works and utilities; $2,199,000, or 17% for industrial buildings: $1,562,000, or 129, for educational buildings; and $1,480,000, or 119, for business buildings. Contemplated new work reported for this district during the first quarter of the year hag amounted to $50,027,000, compared with $26,340,000 for con- tracts awarded, SUBMARINE CREW HONORED |(2e7oto0% 3"t "o i FOR AIDING SICK SAILOR ™" ——— ELECTRIC WIRE KILLS POLICEMAN AND YOUTH | Norwich Bluecoat Runs Against Same | Washington, April 7.—The navy de-| partment has officially commended | Cable That Snuffed Out flve members of the crew of the sub- Boy’s Life. | marine 8-11 for exceptionally meri-| 5 torious conduct in connection with| Norwich, April 7.—Second Ser- efforts to bring medical aid to a sick|geant John H. Kane of the Norwich seaman, marooned on the hoatfl “‘3pol|ce department, 58. and Herbert Provincetown, harbor, Feb-| 2 Inkt ruary 15, last. | T. Spears, 15, were electrocuted las The men commended Emil| night about 7 o'clock when they| Carlson, chief boatswain's 4 touched a suspension cable on anj — i Five on S-11 Commended By Suwl Department for Meritorious Conduct, Mass,, are: mate, Donald T. McDonald, Chicago; Helo|in front of the home of Weston C. A. La Chappelle, gunner's mate, New- | Pullen. | SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 1023, Crocker street, New London, Conn.;|¢lectric light pole on Crescent street | g GET 28,000 PAYROLL IN EXCITING BOSTON HOLDUP ./Two Men Take Cash ¥From Telephone Company's Paymaster and Fs- cape in An Automobile, Boston, April 7.—Robbery of a pay- master of the New England 'Tele- phone anll” Telegraph company of $23,000 was reported to the police here yesterday, Peter A, Gaddls, the paymaster, driving in an automobile with pay- roll for tlie company's Brighton plant, sald he was overtaken at Massa- chusetts avenue and Lansdowne street, in the Roxbury district, by two men, who jumped on the running board. ‘The men pressed a pistol to his head, took the money bag, leaped to the ground and boarded another auto- mobile, in which they escaped. ANOTHER GHOST HOUSE Wishech, England—The elght- room home-of Joseph Scrimshaw, a fruit farmer ,near here, is under sur- veillance after he reported to au- thorities that furnituré had been flung about the rooms and $1,000 damage was done by unknown hands during the night. Scrimshaw lives there with his 82-year-old mother and 15-year-old’ daughter, New Britain Window Cleaning Co. 338 MAIN ST. We wish to amrnounce that this business is now again under the personal supervision of Mr. Jacob Winkle and we guarantee to give the same satisfac- tory service as in former years. Tel. 888 and let us prove it! port, R. I.; George A Sutton, en-| 'I‘h_e Spears boy hnd been play- fluemas, Cardien, N, 1, snd Hepmer ol 1 ooy aor - mia a Osgood, seaman, Moose Lake, Minn.| o 2 A The official report of the incldont)g:g“;}:’"‘mhal:"::’;‘::d'h“’ cable and ”"at ThehseargerC. iy At el S:rgennt Kane's deal‘h came when gineer was taken violently ill aboard| 4 t hed th B, Whah - went] the submarine a severc northwest/N" 100 e P i s storm, which held the craft in the’though before Xe. received the fatal]| TALhot el gL AN anoarontly, Im-| hock he had twice touched the pole possible task of reaching the !:hox-e,‘wmmut injury Hod S acdVate o8 mle digRiesen 10 T Super!;ltendent N. C. Pierce/ Two of the crew falled in an at- ,“tyo Norwich gas and electric de- | partment upon being notified of “strongest man on board,” took the|g. 4 nothing wrong. The circuit was kLoat alone and, succeeded in "“Ch"cluned pending an investigation. The 1184 BROONEY 00 YRR AP, I pole carried the wires of the Frank- | Borrowing a dory, Carlson re-|jin street are circuit with 4,000 volts| and | ang ground detectors at the power 08good | plant showed the circuit to be nor-| La Chappelle and in the dory after an hour’s struggle| Sergeant Kane is the first Nor- They re-|wich policeman to lose his life in attend | line of duty. He joined the force The men underwent the hard-|in 1890 as a regular and became tec- He leaves his widow and three daughters all of this| city. ” which the 2-family house on Winthrop street, newly painted. In Al shape. Single house on Wooster street. Small cash payments. Easy terms 2-family house on Stanley street. best part of Belvidere. If you are thinking of building this Spring, see us. | | Money to loan on first, and second Mortgages. PARKER & DEMING TEL. 2026 193 MAIN ST. EXIDE The Long-Life Battery For All Makes of Automobiles, Motorcycles, Radio and Farm Lighting $13.65% Exide Service Station 52 ELM ST. 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