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SUNDAY, APRIL 27
Make the Dream Come True. Own Your Own Home in Augusta!
BUILDING GREATLY
INCREASES IN MARCH
Careful study of conditions during
March made by the V S. Department
of Labor through the,.division of pub
lic works and construction develop
ment, information and education ser.
vice, shows a gain in building of 80
per cent more than the actual average
for the month of March for the pre
ceding eight years. It ‘represents an
increase of more than 30 per cent, es
timating projects represented at the
present cost of building.
During the first week of March, from
the 22nd to the 28th inclusive, build
ing and engineering contracts were
awarded in districts adjacent to five
principal cities of the United States
as follows:
district No. Amount
Boston .. 3TO $2,880,000
New York lii9 8,206,524
Philadelphia 381 5,641,008
Pittsburg 274 7,177,630
Chicago 1,077 19,685,163
Total 2,267 $43,590,325
The record for four complete weeks
in the month of March, as shown by
the weekly reports, is as follows:
Week ending Mch. 7, 1919* $27,751,076
Weekending Mch. 14, 1919 ..29,851,407
Week ending Mch. 21, 1919 ..39,017,308
Weekending Mch. 28, 1919* .43,590,325
Total $140,210,116
•Minneapolis district not included.
The weekly reports represent four
weeks of six business days each, or
twenty-four business days. Two bus
iness days, viz. Saturday the 29th and
Monday the 31st, are not counted. It
seems fair, particularly since the
amount of contracts is steadily in
creasing, to add as the estimated fig
ure for these two days on'e-twelfth
of the total for the twenty-four days
for which actual amounts are availa
ble. This brings the amount for the
month up to $151,894,292.
These figures show, in the steady in
crease from week to week, that there
is a progressive movement to resumo
building.
Figures for the month of March for
eight years, to the neqrst million dol
lars. are as follows:
1911 $69,000,000
1912 73,000,000
1913 64,000,000
,1914 "iH,000,000
1915 70,000,000
1916 95,000,000
1917 133,000,000
1518 116,000,000
The average for the eight years in
$85,625,000.
it thus appears that the amount for
the present March is greater than any
.corresponding rriopth, at least for eight
years back, nr SO per cent larger than
ihe average for these .years. It is to be
remembered, however, that costs are
higher and that the amount of con
struction of one of the earlier years
would now, in common parlance “run
into more money.”
Index figures have been compiled,
as carefully as the nature of the case
would permit, for the general cost of
construction for the years from 1913
on, and the figures for these years
have been ronverted into the cost in
1918, or at the present tim* The re
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Contractors for Plumbing and Heating.
1250 BROAD. PHONE 3222.
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suits, in round numbers, appear be.
low:
1913 $94,000,000
1914 89,000,000
1915 ; 118,000,000
1916 132 000,000
1917 153,000,000
1918 116,000,000
Total $702,000,000
The average for the six years is
$117,000,000.
From this it appears that, even with
the proper allowance made for increas
ing cost. March, 1919, is almost 30 per
cent above the average for the last six
years. March, 1917, Is the only month
which probably slightly exceeds in
present value the past month. Govern
ment contracts are included In these
figures and undoubtedly during March,
1918, they represented a considerable
percentage of the amount, since for
the entire year of 1918 they constituted
82 per cent. The only month on record
in which the permits equalled or ex
ceeded $52,000,000 were during the
years 1917 and 1918, after the United
States had entered the war, when, as
just noted, Government work consti
tuted quite an appreciable portion.
Taking round numbers, i. e„ the near
est millions, the amounts for such
months are:
1917 May $158,000,000
June 207,000,000
July 159 000,000
August 166,000,000
October 154,000,000
October 154,000,000
1918 January 152,000,000
June , 248,000,000
July 153,000,000
October 166,000,000
The large cities have not yet resum
ed building In the same fashion as the
smaller places. When they do, it is be
lieved that the industry will enjoy a
prosperity greater than at any previous
time.
Federal Government Will Spend
$305,369,464 on Public Im
provements and Buildings.
Despite the failure of the last con
gress to pass important appropriation
measures, the federal government is
getting under way a vast amount of
building and constrruction work. The
department of labor calls attention to
the fact that by the end of the fiscal
year 1921 there will be available for
federal aid for state road building
more than $266 000,000. Congress pass
ed the appropriation for $9,050,000 for
new hospitals and improvements to
old ones needed by the public health
service and this building activity is
being rushed and will he under way
by the end of the year. Some of these
projects will be under construction by
mid-summer. More than $30,000,000
are involved in the maintenance and
construction work set out in the riv
ers and harbors appropriation bill
passed by the last congress.
The harbors and rivers luprovement
work takes in almost every section of
the country, mucli of it being planned
for the southeast, the Atlantic coast
and the Pacific states. More than a
million dollars will be spent along the
Mississippi River, approximately $3 -
‘he Ohio River, and about
1500,000 along the Missouri River This
w.ork, it is understood, will go ahead
regardless of current material and la
bor costs and should (-rove an impor
tant factor in making business good in
the hundreds of localities where such
Wm. F. BOWE, Jr.
CONTRACTOR.
Cement Work and Products a
Specialty
541 Bro.d St. Phon* 1577-J
C. B. HOLLEY
General Contractor.
Get our Estimates.
1810 Walton Way.
Phone 1119-J.
WHITNEY-M’NEIL
ELECTRICAL CO.
Electrical Contract
ing and Supplies.
1033 Broad.
Phone 1316.
work Is undertaken by the govern
ment.
The building program of the public
health service, to meet the require
ments of soldiers and sailors availing
of their privileges under the War Risk
service, calls for remodeling and addi
tions to hospital properties at Camp
Cody. N. Mex.; Camp Hancock, Ga.;
CampMosepli E. Johnston, Fla.; Camp
Beauregard, La,: Camp Bogan, Tex.;
Camp Fremont, Colif. and the nitrate
plant at Ferryville, MM. For these
necessary changes and additions $750,-
000 are ayallable. The hospital pro
ject in Cook County, Illinois, most of
which is completed, carries an appro
priation of $3,000,000.
There is a appropriation of $1,500,-
000 for the building of a sanatorium at
Dawson Springs, Ky., the «urvey is
being made and for the site and hospi
tal plant at Norfolk, Virginia, $900,000
has been appropriated. An appropria
tion of $550,000 was made to take care
of the hospital project in the District
of Columbia and $190,000 were voted
for improvements in the Marine Hos
pital of Stapleton, Staten Island, N. Y.
For most of tfiese projects plans now
are being prepared and it is safe to suy
work on all of them will begin within
the year.
Failure of the last Congress to ap
propriate money to take care of,the
building program in the Treasury de
partment has held up about 150 pro
jects, for the most part postoffice
buildings. Almost every State in the
Union is represented in this list of de
ferred projects which involves the ex
penditure, on present construction
prices, of more than $23,000.(in0,
Many of these projects were contem
plated before the war and money ap
propriated to cover the construction
costs on the then prevailing prices.
Estimates at that time showed these
buildings would cost approximately
sixteen and a half millions. The pres
ent estimates are about six millions
more and before the work can lie un
dertaken Congress must appropriate
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MANUFACTURERS AND CONTRACTORS
MOBILE ALABAMA
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
enough money to takie euro of this in
crease in building costs. There is lit
tle doubt that the next congress will
take care of this.
The spending of $266,000,000 appro
priated for federal aid for road build
ing depends upon the several states.
Some are hastening to avail of this op
portunity to enjoy Federal assistance
in building star?. roads; other states
appear to be slow to take advantage
of the opportunity. However, the mon
ey is. or will be available and the fed
eral government is anxious that states
make the most of their opportunities
during the current year as road build
ing will do much to stimulate business
and to provide buffer employment for
labor until th'e industrial transition
from war to peace has boon effected.
HIGH PRICES TO
STAY, DECLARES
YALE ECONOMIST
Irving Fisher Explains How
New Level Has Been Fixed.
BY OSCAR E. HEWITT.
living Fisher, professor of political
economy, at Yale University, asserts
the high price level has come to stay.
It Is permanent, iri his judgment. lie
thinks it may go down a trifle in a
year, perhaps, hut then will continue
on a. plane far above the pre-war level.
His views are being distributed by
the Department of Commerce In the
hope of stimulating private business.
Oh whether the general level of
prices is bending downward, he says
“it is not going to fait much, if at
all.” Continuing, l.e declatYs; "We
are on a permanently high price level
and the sooner the business men of the
country take this view and adjust
themsielves to It, the sooner will they
save themselves and the nation from
the misfortune which will come, if we
persist in our present false hope.”
Thu professor Jumps down Into eco
nomics and brings up this fundamen
tal reason for high price. :
SURPLUS GOLD
RAISES PRICES.
"The general level of prices is de
pendent upon the volume and rapidity
of turnover of the circulating medium
in relation to the business to be trans-
1 thereby. If the number of dol
lars circulated by rash and by cheek
doubles, while the number of goods
and services exchanged thereby re
main constant, prices will about
double."
The Vale authority says that “over
$1,000,000,000 iu gold has come Into
tills country from abroad since 1914.”
This gold is going to remain, in his
opinion, lie asserts the risio In prices
in Kurope has been higher than in this
country since the war began, and hie
thinks that prices there will continue
on a high level. —Chicago Tribune.
Color Sense.
"It says here that blind people can
be taught to distinguish colors by the
sense of touch," said the Fat Man.
"Well, that isn’t surprising." replied
the Thin Man. “A fellow always knows
when ho feels blue, doesn’t he?*'—Cin
cinnati Knqulrer.
Join the ‘‘Own Your
Own Home’’ campaign
for Augusta. Augusta
needs more homes for
new citizens.
F. P. BRANCH
General Contractor.
331 Walker Street.
Phone 2811.
PALMER-SPIVEY
CONSTRUCTION CO.
General Contractors.
Estimates furnished on all
kinds of Building Contracts.
Office Campbell Building.
Phone 826.
STOUGHTON’S
MANUFACTURING
AGENCY
BOILERS and ENGINES
Figures on all sorts of
machinery and Build
ing Castings.
Gas Engines and
Pumps
Blue Printing, Drawing
and Estimating Done.
521 Leonard Building.
A. H. M’DANIEL
All Kindt* Of
Builders’ Supplies
434 Eighth St., l’hone 16.
Lombard Iron Works
and Supply Co.
All Kinds of Supplies for
Builders and iContractors.
631 Eleventh Street.
Phone 26.
F. M. BARRETT
Plumbing and Heating
Contractor.
584 Broad St. Phone 881.
T. 0. Brown & Son
Inc.
General Contractors and
Builders.
All Work Given our
Personal Attention.
Telephones 8580-W and
29.'5-J. P. O. Box 818.
T. G.
BRITTINGHAM
CONTRACTOR.
Plumbing, Heating and
Drainage.
No. 651 Broad Street.
Augusta, Georgia.
Construction Costs Reduced
20 Per Cent
Five Hamas hullt for tlie price of Four. No two hornon need ba
alike or i van along alrnllar lines. fly our method of competitive
bide on .ill propositions, btiyl ok uII material* In rarload lota,
standardising structural details, aucli an door frame, window
frames, min work, ate., and having one contractor to build all
homes, thereby eliminating tin- expense of n aeparate foreman on
each building, the Interests of client* are Haft-guarded and a saving
of 20 per cent to each Individual Ih effected.
VVr can finance llw proposition If you own the lot. Tour home
I* built to suit your tastes.
This plan is applicable to the smaller towns, wtere It would be
Impracticable for u contractor to undertake u single building.
).«t us explain the plan In detail. Call or write,
WILLIS IRVIN
Telephone 3311, ARCHITECT. 1403-4 Lamar Bldg.
NINE
Just arrived and is on display some
of the prettiest electrical fixtures
ALFRED L. BRILL ELECTRIC
COMPANY
It would pay you to call and see
these fixtures at the
412 JACKSON STREET.
Opposite the First Baptist Church,
W. B. TOOLE
WARM AIR I JRNACES.
SHEET MFTAL WORK.
Tul. 764 934 Broad St.
Youngblood Roofing
& Mantel Co.
Metal and Composition
Roofings, Mantels, Tiling,
Grates, Lime, Cement and
Plaster. Builders’ Hard
ware.
We Can Help You Beat the
“HIGH COST OF
BUILDING”
Lawrence Construction
Company
AUGUSTA.
E. J. Doris
Real Estate,
Loans,
Fire Insurance.
Room 204
Union Savings Bank
Building.
Phone 276.
J. A.
LAROQUE
LIME, CEMENT,
STONE
24 Campbell Building
Phone 951
Philander P. Scroggs
ARCHITECT
1212 Lamar Building.
Phone 3281.