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The OREGON STATESMAN. Salem Oregon, Sunday Morning, January 2, 1930
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Grow With Salem. Helpful Information of Importance to Prospective Builders
of Homes; News. Reports of Building Activities in the Salem District.
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Building' Activities Are
Down 12 Nation Over Is
Finding of Straus Firm
"It lis now apparent with reports for the final month of
1929 in from the mass of United States cities and towns that
we have not yet reached the point of improved conditions
in the building industry," according to the S. W. Straus com
pany which issued a nation-wide survey during the week.
Official figures received bytheO-
company show that in 3S8 cities I have adopted the same schedule.
and towns; December permits
showed a loss of 39 per cent com
pared with the same month a
year ago aad a loss of 19 per cent
compared with November 1928.
The lass for the entire year, how
ever, was ion ly 12 per cent from
1929 and 13 per cent from 1927
The total jpermits issued in these
588 placed in December 1929, was
154,957,C53 and for the 12
months' period the totals were
$3,379,977,311.
,The report continues:
While (these reports may seem
disturbing to those who have
been looking for an immediate
upturn in building activities, they
are not out of line with conserva
tive expectations. The period of
bigh money, extending back over
two years or more, followed by
the spectacular crash in Wall
Street in October and November
have affected adversely generil
building progress throughout the
country; Although we have now
run Inte a period of cheap money,
which ay be regarded as a fort
uitous I circumstance from the
builders' point of view, the effects
of the .stock market debacle can
not be quickly dissipated. The
decline in building, it would ap
pear, must still go further.
The slower pace which has ex-
Istcd ,in the industry since the
r peak .year of 1&25 has undobted
Iy taken up much of the building
lack. Surpluses have been great
ly curtailed and the fundamentals
0 the situation are sund. With
a favorable money niarfeet and
the efforts being put forth by in
. iustrial leaders throughout the
Ration to keep general business
fn the go. it may reasonably be
Expected that a turn for the bet
ter in building operations will be
forthcoming by mid-year or pos-
flby earlier.
y Surpluses Kmttljr CiirtnH'l
because of the sharp decline in
building activitiy. employment in
the building crafts shows much
more than the seasonal decrease.
Xlie united efforts of building in
terests to stabilize the industry,
fke accumulated slack on certain
types of buildings In numerous
localities and the favorable build
fBg market, are factors, however,
that lend color to the belief that
a. gradual recovery of employment
tor building craftsmen is in pros
pect. Meanwhile the five-day week
fa the building industry is grad-
ally gaining headway. On Jan
Wry 1 the short week schedule
. went into effect for the union
trades of San Francisco, affecting
approximately 33,000 men direct
ly or indirectly; shop workers are
tot included in the new plan. The
Btovement is. bow under discus
fion for early adoption in north-
' era California. In southern Cal
Ifornia, Santa Barbara county
tradee are on the five-day basis
and some trades in Los Angeles
The year has seen great progress
in this movement as an estimate
in the fan indicated that between
20 and 25 percent of the organ
ized tradesmen in this country
were then on this short schedule.
Material Market Stable
.Building material prices were
not much different at the close of
tbe'year than at the beginning
though weakness or a slightly de
clining tendency reflected the decrease-in
building activity. Al
though changes were reported
throughout the year in various
commodities, these fluctuations
were usually of a local nature
Structure steel awards and
prices were surprisingly firm in a
declining building market. Hand
to mouth buying intended to keep
up the prices of pine lumber, but
fir items showed a decline. Ce
ment and common brick prices
werej comparatively weak during
tbV year. During the summer ce
ment prices began to decline, but
the closing of a number of ce
ment Plants towards the close of
tljeyear tended to curtail supply
and this, coupled with the im
proved outlook for this material
during 193, has recently
brought an increase in the price
of cement. Other materials show
ed, little change.
UN
RATES NOT
WANTED
PORTLAND, Ore.. Jan 25.
(AP) Protest against any at
tempt of the Oregon public ser
vice commission to rush the city
and the Portland Electric Power
company in the hearing on street
car fares was voiced today by City
Commissioner John M. Mann. De
clared it ''will not be the fault of
the city council, myself or any
one connected with the city if the
public service commission should
issue an order raising street car
fares in the city of Portland."
The commission previously had
directed that the city and the
street car company complete their
cases and pTesent their final ex
hibits by March 3. The commis
sion promised that an order one
way or another would be entered
at that time.
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IN BUILDINGS
1928.
Cities Are Compared
Cities in Oregon and their build
ing permits for 1929 and 1928 are
as follows:
City 1929 1028
Albany .. 209,655 201.706
Astoria 93,153 162,900
Baker .... 192.34C
Eugene .. 571,722
Klamath F. 1,759,810
Murshfleld 165.455
Medford .. 50,576
Portland. 15,493,310
Salem ... 2,063,792
Totals 21.199.819
394,747!
1,276,684
955,04
119,305
553.997
21,275,970
1,602,443
26.542.80S
Permits Here Largest
Oregon for Last Year,
Expect Portland
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Save for Portland. Salem led
every city in Oregon in building
permits in 19 29 according to fig
ures just released by the S. W.
Straus company, Salem's total for
the year was 52,063,792, com
pared to a figure of 51. 602. 443 in
U2S.
The permits for December.
9, slumped materially, being
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onyl $23,801 compared to $119,
000 of the preious December.
Building permits issaed
througliout the state generally
were fewer in size than in 1928,
the totals for 1929 being $21,199,
819, compared to 820.542,802 for
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