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or: your automobile insurance.. EBERLýEl *NsWIANCg AGENCY 0.G.Eei 522 Gren1 858 1 at the general level estabi1shed. in March' and April, ýthe permîits -issued inj May .amnounting f0 $2,637,876, April, :$2,235,828 and March, $2,028,- 093. . A falling off in May is typical of the mnonth, This is merely seasonal -it is the falling off f rom last year that matters, when May had a volume of permlits amounting to $3,592,954. The' decline is 43 per cent. Somie satisf action may be found in the fact that this is not so great as the decline in April, which as compared with last year, was* 50 per cent, April having failed ftow v t he.*sea- sonal percentage of- increase over Match. IndusrilCuolap.e Tn Mav of 1937 a larg~e volume of Built by BIRGER GOT CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER Highland Park 2495 or WILmette 3937 WilI build and finance this home on your lot for $6,894 Vagir lot as doow >aymPent The number of nçw homles report- ced in May was 199 to cost an es- timated $1,46é,933. This compares favorably with. the 203 homes on which1 construction was 'begun in April, to cost $1,349,926. This is the third year in wbich the -building commissioners have been itemizing home construction for this survey, 50 that the amounit in any month may b e compared with the two preceding years. Such a comparison for May follows: May, 1938-199 homes to cost $1,460,922. May,' 1937-271 homes to cost 2,045.921 ýMay, 196-184 homieà to cost 1.328,276 May, 1936, was a month of extra- ordinary home building, in fact a month ýof great revilval of this iii- dustry. It is apparent f rom the above figures that we stand just about where we did then. The objective to-woMk for, i.s thrnt 0f. cover~y of last year's position. Home building is strikingly active in certain conimunities. In Arling- ton Heights, for examiple, Paul C. Taege, building commissioner, re- ports permits issued for eight homes to. cost $67,600. William Hànebuth, superintendent of buildings for Elm- hurst. reports seven bornes. for $55,- ýAS three, $23, ;vergreen urteen, $4.1 Glenview, ).oo. yearV ago," he- stated. ."We believe this to be a very encouraigiflg sign for real estate considering generalbuisi- ness conditions.150espécially silce tbe mon th ofMW ordinarily is one .of - the slowest months, of the year in the sale of property. Inquiry to date i in June bas been quite active. Con- siderable interest in larger* homes and larger incomne properties is% be- ing shown by buyers again. "In the suburban area there has beenquit.e a.pick-up in inquiry for vacant .p roperty. This leads us to believe we. may have a: mnuch more active summer*,selling season than we expected." Mr. and.Mrs. August J. L. Phren-' worth sold the 7-room residence at 889 Cherry street, Winnetlca, to Mr. Warner, r.presented by Ruth Cronk of the WInnetka office, wer.e the brokers. t<egal details were handled by H. L. Feigenholtz, 139 N. Clark street, Chicago, acting on behaîf of the sellers. Willîs Gale purchased the vacant south of 162 Chestnut street, Winnet- ka. Baird & Warner, represented by A. K. Smith of the Evanston office, cooperating with Cook and Jackson, NZorth Shore Real"Estate board will bGe helý,[d Monday, jupe 20, at the > eorg in hotel, Evanston, 'at 6:15. This will be a dinner, round table and speaker's meeting, combining the two monthly meetings in one gathering. The board of directors is sub- -mitting an ameridment to the con- stitution and by-laws of the Evans- S ton-North Shore board. to be voted JUST COMPLE TED!' 193*4 SeM #ij 6 room brick veneer home - Air conitiond- W.ather strpped