Show BUILDING SHOWS SHOW'S LARGE INCREASE Reports received by the tho United States geological survey suncy department of ot the interior from the building of officials officials ot- ot of IH of ot the larger arger cities In Inthe Inthe Inthe the country show that building o operations operations opera opera- r- r lons in 1919 1019 greatly cx exceeded eded those toso In 1918 b both th In number and cost cst The The number of ot permits permit issued or build build- buld- buld ings erected in these 14 cities in 1919 was O as compared with in 1918 an Increase of ot 16 or 78 per cent The cost of or tho the operations In 1919 was 1 as compared with in 1918 an increase of oC 76 or per cent cent If I the tho operations in lu the remaining cities from which the geological survey us us- us receives statistics of ot building operations show how a proportionate Increase in In- In crease tho number of or permits issued or buildings s erected in 1919 1913 was Issue about which would cost about 1 n.- so that the tho record for tor In 1919 was tho highest yet et reached In the building industries In these cities in both the number and tho the cost of oper oper- cst The Tho year ear of the next highest record was 1916 when I operations opera opera- tons were reported which cost per operation is the tho cities clUes which have so 50 far tar reported for 1919 was 2127 In 1918 I and In 1919 |