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representauives ormte Bavings, builci- Ing and ban associations affiliated with the. Bank. Mr. Gardner, indicated that. the Chicago Bank's assets of $44,910,245 continue to top the ýother eleven'in the system, as they have for the past tbree years, constituting now about a sixth of the consolidated resourses of al twelve regional banks. Other items i which the Chicago Bank stood ftrst were: volume of. deposits fromn member savings, building and loan associations, $4,ý, 675,607 out of a total of $21,900,000i; loans outstanding to, associations, $31,803,704 out of $198,842,000; gross ticone ti 1938 of $1,217,497 out of a netka, and Glencoe,,showed an in- crease of 50 percent ti the number of permits for new residences, over January, 1938, and -better than 23: percent increase ti'the cost thereof. Nine residences, costing $117,000 were authorized; with three each in Wilmette, Winnetka and Glencoe. Five ateration jobs costing $3,450 were started, and one permit for a private garage, costing $500, was. taken out. Little activity developed in Feb- ruary up.to the middle of the month, but every.indication points to a. de- clded, upturn, particula rly in, the field of residenceconstruction, abouti Who, Luncheon y, who dally goes t126 Bertling lane, office in Chica go. timer" real estatel n. amed a. member of the zoning:and planning commit- tee, according. to appointments an- iounced this week by George Schnei- der, Jr., of Rock Island, state presi- dent. One of the principal under- Alder Tlghe s t ate. association this year will be sponsoring of Real Estate week Octo- ber, 1 to 7. During that week realtors will join in calling special attention (through newspaper advertising) to real estate investmentqs and fnthe. taken out (or, nearly three times as many homies in the , irst month of this year as ti the2 samre. montho last, according to the survey ofnew' building ti the Chicago suburban region completed this,- week by Greenebaum Investment., company. In January 1939 permits were èîssued for 151 homes .to cost anestimated $1,028,648 and in Jantuary 1938 for only 57 homes to cost $486,965. The January figures of this year are roughly the same as those of March of last year ti whichpermits were issued> for 169 homes valued' at $1,19à,445. This is a better start too thân was had i 1937-a good year for homne builders-when per- mits were issued in January for 102 homes to cost $924,662. Normal becline .The 3aâhûary -192W toiàI for al types of construction, inéluding homes, apartmnents, stores, publie and industrial. buildings, is $1,697,- 392. This represents not only the regular seasonal decline from fal building activity but.also a deérease in comparison with January 1938, for which the total was $2,039,871. The seasonal decline was normal. The fafling off for the month as Sericeo DAY AND NIGHT homne is in ch as one of the ,y een in bus- $1,000,0 cyears. The the Jai v on its staff', be seer P. Kenny of reaily d J. Kenny, crease igo. The bat- Build tests at Mon- ban rei ich, Alvah (C. in the c :inds ti the subur- ary exceeded that Telephosie RAnkin 68M0 Dearbra, Mnroe and Clark Siret ed recreation room make -tii -a A residenc e alteration job at 1136 home which iteior decorators and Lake avenue, Wlmette, was author- architects visit i great numbers to ized i a building permit is8ued to learri of the latest developnWents i P. T. Green the past week.. The home, lighting and wii.ing. cost *of the improvement ls $1,000. iswo are con- and, from con- to build for the 1Veteran Realtor is