Show Wal Street Briefs NEW YORK TORK Feb 23 AP- AP Weekly totals ot of proposed new construction con con- announced since tile the first of the year disclose operations have not suffered suf- suf b from high none noney rates states McGraw hill HU Construction Daily Daly Activity In the heavy construction field feld promises to hold at a high level oVer the first half hal of the year Proposed Pro Pro- posed work announced last week throughout the countr totaled with wih public projects and railroad Improvements a again again gain over the preceding week A new method of heating homes electrically without use of coal bins or chimneys Is announced by Chester ClIes- ClIes ter I. I Hall Hal of a research research re- re search engineer for tile the General Electric company Tile The method employed employed em- em is heating large thermal storage tanks tank of water using electric elec- elec current only at night when It Itcan i can be obtained at the lowest cost from the utility and releasing this stored heat to the home Electrical equipment business placed since the first of the year points to a record quarter In the eastern district wj with most ot of tile the theother other sections ot of the country well wel up to the average of recent lecent years Electrical World reports The Phi Phi- Electric company has announced announced an- an a betterment program and the American Gas and Electric appropriation company an I ot of for a hydroelectric generating station staton on the New rIver near Radford Va I Unfilled softwood lumber orders rose to days days' production equivalent lent during the week ended February February ary 16 compared to 26 days the preceding week and 25 days a month ago reports from hard and soft wood mills mis to the National Lumber Manufacturers Manufacturers' association disclose New hardwood business is 4 per cent above production for the I year ear to date There was little change hange In production but shipments shipments ship ship- ments Increased I |