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November 3, 1928 WINNETKA TALK 71 BIG U. S. CITIES STILL IN A BUILDING DECLINE Reports Show September 10 Per- cent Behind Figures for the Same Month of a Year Ago A continuation of the downward trend of building activities throughout the country is indicated in the reports made to S. W. Straus and Co. of build- ing permits issued and plans filed in 533 leading cities and towns for the month of September. The total reached $267,261,008, compared with $296,607,719 in September of the pre- ceding year and with $311,936,476 in August, 1928. The loss from last Sep- tember was 10%. Unmistakably that portion of the construction industry devoted to the erection of buildings in the cities and towns of the country has entered an era of more restricted activities. These permit figures are not to be confused with contracts, which include such ma- jor projects as bridges, dams, high- ways, etc, but are to be accepted only as an index of building activities in in- corporated centers, Here's Three-Year Trend The figures show the trend of build- ing permit issues in the bulk of Amer- ican municipalities for the last three years and reveal that since the end of May, 1928, there has been a more con- sistent drift toward lower levels in ur- ban building than at any time during the period under review. The line of activities is now considerably lower than were those either of 1926 or 1927 at this season. It is to be noted also that the recovery of activities which made itself felt at the end of July both in 1926 and 1927 was absent this year and the decline which began at the end of May has continued without inter- ruption. In the early weeks of 1928 the line followed the same upward trend as those of its two immediate predeces- sors. It did not in the course of that seasonal development, however, reach the levels of the other two years. Permit Records Decline It is a feature of the present situa- tion that pending building operations, as foreshadowed by building permit records are declining quite uniformally throughout the country. New York City has been able to show improve- ment more or less constantly until the present time but the September rec- ords of building plans filed in the five boroughs revealed a 7% loss from Sep- tember, 1927. Chicago. Detroit, Ios Angeles, Philadelphia, St. Louis, San Francisco and Cleveland were among the other large cities showing trends toward lower levels. Figures for twentv-five cities follow: Sent.. 192% Kant, 1097 New York (P. F) $57549.387 862.175 357 Chicaeo .... .. 19.670.700 27.340.700 Petrojt uv. 05. 0... 10.567.879 15,087,288 Tos Angeles . 8.505.327 9.274.218 Baltimore ........ 6.605.500 2.263.100 Philadelphia ...... 6.255.770 12.291.340 Milwaukee ...... 4,071,925 3.019.052 Boston (P. F.) . 4,003.188 3.818.177 Washington, D. C... 3,967,155 1,774,220 Cincinnati ... 3,231,990 2,720,991 Newark Pou 3.174.535 2.899.911 Pittsburgh 3.024,349 2,146,312 St. Louis 2,911,732 3,849.203 ARTON 5 eves a 2,868,922 1,397,958 San Francisco ..... 2,442,080 3,109,832 Minneapolis ....... 2,234,985 1,405,260 New Orleans ...... 2,115,698 1,219,499 Atlanta . 2,097,427 1,237.434 Long Beach, Calif.. 2,041,460 775.190 Indianapolis ....... 2,041,038 1,445,084 Cleveland Fey 2,028,725 2,659,075 'White Plains 2,010,150 374,400 Houston ..... .. 1,904,054 1,402,437 Omaha .... .. 1,867,835 335,435 Hartford ~.o.. 5... 1,866,465 3,440,402 $159,058.276 $167,461,875 (P. F.) Indicates Plans Filed L. A. BOARD IN NEW BUILDING October 18 has been set as the ten- tative date for the formal opening of the new Los Angeles Realty Board building. The grounds surrounding the building are being elaborately land- scaped. Or 80,000 WILLIAMS LOMATIC HEATING Owners Can't Be Wrong! --and Now-- SMALL HOME OWNERS . . . welcome winter with the comfort and convenience of WILLIAMS Oil Heat 325 OW the owner of the small home, the cottage or bungalow can enjoy the comfort and convenience of genuine Wil- liams warmth! Completely Installed $50 down-- balance on easy terms thorough satisfaction in more than 80,000 homes, now offer Williams Dist-O-Matie, a quality oil burner, fully automatic, thor- oughly reliable, designed and priced for the small home and the modest home. The builders of the world famous Wil- liams Oil-O-Matic, which is giving such DISFOMAT] EATING Williams Dist-O-Matic gives any small home, whether it has hot water, steam or warm air furnace, the same dependable carefree comfort that has made Williams 0il-O-Matic so popular. Welcome the coming winter with Wil- liams Dist-O-Matic. Throw away your shovel, your poker, and unsightly ash can. Come in and let us show you this newest Williams product--and tell you how easily it may be yours. LLIAMS 4 VIC. J. KILLIAN, Inc. Plumbing Contractor 874 Center St. at Tower Road Phones: Winnetka 908-09 A --------------------------------_---- --------