The evening world. Newspaper, December 29, 1920, Page 19

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“TEARS BUILDING N METROPOLITAN ZONE $303,790 00 Business Structures 9Monopo-| lize Work, Leaving Demand for Homes Acute. Metropolitan pullders have filed plans for outlays of $803,790,000 dur- ing the past year. + This is a new high record In spite of the credit stringency and conse- quent difficulty ‘im financing con- struction, Frem this viewpoint, the huge volume is regarded as remarka- Hle because it-represents almost solid investment operations with the smatl- est percentage of speculative projects ever recorded. Speculative builders, whose chief occupation normally 1 m crowded fldthouse districts, have heen foreed out of the market by thr impossibility of getting loans, ‘find their, inactivity, has been the main season for continuance of the housing crisis. Business builders able’ to f!- nance theirtwn ventures or willing to pay high interest rates for loans on account of the big returns assured | from thelr properties have dominated the year’s work i 0,000 in 191% and n the war stop Whsolutely necessary constr 17, It. was $11,000,000; in 1916, : in. 1925, $173,266, .000,000. $400,000,000 WORK WAITING FOR NEXT YEAR. Not more than 15 per cent. of the total was residential, ‘The normal should be twice that. ‘To make up for the loss during war years, including both the halt In normal building and the inebease of population now rapid ly under way from immigration, every" dollar of the year’s total outlay needed for homes alone. This more tui $250,000,000 residen- | tial work unde to be added to the | $150,000,000 a y rent demands. To fill the full housing void, builders would hayé to get $400,000,000 of projects under way dur- ing the coming years Throughout the country s milar conditions face builders. Statistical reports to the variées construction agencies show’ that engineering and building operations projected during the past year and held yp on a of financial congestion call for” 000,000, New plans for the coming year will awell the yolume on hand to $4,500,000,000, ‘This would geem to vlfer ‘a stupendous field for labor and wnaterials manufacturers. ‘Phere is no possibility of supplying the entire demands in one year—in fact, statis- tlcal experts estimate that there will be a full volume of work for at least a decade before the country ean get built up to a comfortable normal surplus, dential types, $140,800,000 FOR 000; MANHATTAN OPERATIONS. 1918, A, round 18,000 new bulldings ted against 21,000 during the year. tan shows the most striking its total being $140,800, 00,000 a year ago and $17,250,000 in 1918. And this big volume was almost entirely business construction. A notable feature was the alterations, taking $48,800,000 of the total. They \i- lustrate the struggle to supply rapidly growing requirements by remodelling old buildings foF more concentrated use, The $97,500,000 going into now work produced 770 additional struc- tures. The net results of the year's operations, however, reduced the num- ber of Manhattan buildings by over 1,000 because nearly 1,900 old ones were torn down, Brooklyn plans for is NONE SUC H MING PIE | PURE IBY TOURS GOVERNMENT WAR _OEPARTMEN tions, ‘There were 7,60) new bulld ngs. gage loan market, required for cur- | |] especially “in resi-g 00,000, 1% Of which $19,500,000 went for altern- This compares with 9,273 during 1919. when total outh . ‘The decrease of $22,000,000 in projects filed neomed to be due almost entirely to the continued halt in flat building on account of the famine in the mart- In 191% the outlays s were $93.7 were $17,250,000, Fronx work held close to its vol- nme of the preceding year, spring 6,006 and $8, =. 575,000 tn 1918. 1.010 new butldings at $18,500,000, Queens dropped back from the pre- ceding year, too, because flat bulldera could not function, The total was $24,290.000 against $46,500,000 the year before and $3,660,000 In fhe war year. Alterations took $890,000, the balance going Into 6.610 new bnild Inge’fn comparison with 8,620 1h 1919, Richmond “advanced to its highest record with a rodnd 86,000.900 against $4,250,000 In 1919 and 82.330,000 in 1918. Work on small homes was the feature the production pxcecd'n& 2, $00 In compariaon with 4,910 the vear before. Alterations took $1,400,000, In commuting zones outside the Greater City, the $30,500,000 outlays were 80 per cent. re@idential. They stand arninet $29,650,000 In 1919, and $11,960,000 In_ 1918. PURIFY TOWN, “HER “ORDER. Washington's Wolkae Gurnese Sthet« Her Civte Cleaning arty WASHINGTON, Pa.. Det 29.—Bure wean Lillian BR. Brownlee, Washington's women exeentive, and thé only womnr holding such a position In the State. has directed Chief of Police Liew- ean up’ the her fret efforts f gover rooms. “al gnmbling ¢ Infdrined Guaranteed 20 Yrs. wate i mt the ies wat Ing from 25 to 4 ‘Reubens ‘iieaiantp Dinmonds, Watches ‘and Jewelry, LEN a ee Lane, 3d Floor | G A New Resolution An Old Reputation “Eddys” Sauce Every Day in the Year. Itas been gaining friends and favor gradually, stead- J ily and . persist- ently for many seasons. MADE IN U.S. A. AtGrocers and Delicatessen Stores. E, Prite’ ard, 327 Spring for + the Toa tha eTs - Dealers ond BOBWHITE i} | cE E {4 | F REE Peete “Love's Old Sweet Song. Ln ine with our usual epdar ly given Free in pithin' 900 faction Guaranteed or M ILLIES COFFEE CO. CANNED MEATS TOILET PAPER. AFavrite || Entire Stock of Suits and Overcoats‘"> reduced without reserve W* have reduced the prices of all our Suits and Over- _ Coats from one-third to one-half. Our old prices were always one-third lower than any other stores’ because of our maker-to-wearer method of selling amd low-rent loca~ tion. So you are really getting an all-wool Suit or Overcoat from our regular stock at about half its real value! e 564 Suits were $50 356 Suits were $55 656 Suits were $60 371 Overcoats were $35 487 Overcoats were $50 : 2 543 Qvercoats were $40 321 Overcoats were $55 211 Owercoats were $45 593 Overcoats were $60 Men's Pants $ 500 "kigk/othes!” SALE! Values Up to $16.50 . 073 36 486 Suits were $35 . , 641 Suits were $40 275 Suits were $45 $ Now Overcoats (only) The best that money can buy— formerly priced up to $125.. Other Specials w1D-45 Every Subway or “Eltevated”’ from Brooklyn and New York tran fers direct to Ca: al St. Sta ion within sight of our store. Our Only Our Only Store Store 119-125 Walker Street Unrestricted Choice of .. any Suit in our Store 754 Suits were $65 # 533 Suits were $75 4 201 Suits were $85 (eu 801 Overcoats were $65 457 Overcoats were $75 196 Overcoats were $85 Open Daily eLevy& Son ' Saturdays Seneca rsa NE if wi € Until 7 Until 10

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