| Show BUILDING CONDITIONS Many Projected Houses Given Up Because of High Prices of Labor and Material Because of the high prices of buildIng build-Ing material the constant Increase In the wages of building laborers and the unsettled condition of labor considerable consider-able building that was projected for this spring has been given up according accord-ing to architects nnd contractors The charge Is made that both material and labor arc hard to get and contractors are unwilling to figure on large Jobs until matters arc in better shape A cast In point is thin t of Judge Blercr who although I he had plans already al-ready drawn for a new house has given up the Idea and has purchased a furnished house on Third street whero he will reside for the present 1 found upon Investigation said Judge Blercr yesterday that the house which I had expected to pay 6000 for wis going to cost me SSOUO The contractors all said the same thing that prices of material of all kinds had advanced and they had to pay more for workmen etc If the prices bad been the same as they were six months ago I should have gone ahead with the building A prominent architect who did not wish to be quoted said that he had practically given up trying to get business busi-ness until things were more settled ns there was no money In It I under present pres-ent conditions Between the combinations combina-tions of manufacturers on the one hand and the combinations of labor on the other he said the architect and contractor con-tractor had very little chance to do anything There Isnt an article on the building build-ing list except plate glass said the architect that Is not considerably higher tbaa It was a year ago Lumber Lum-ber brick and stone hardware etc I are all higher and not only that but they are hard to get You place an I order for Iron and steel and it may be I six months before you get your jna terlal It is just the same with other things and your building I drags ott until there Is no profit In It at anA an-A representative of an Investment company said yesterday that his firm had received orders from a client to build two bonnes fOI rent and they had Icfu ed to execute the order because thoy t knew the trouble that would follow fol-low an attempt to build The client was persuaded to wait until a more favorable fa-vorable time Many other Instances of similar character could be cited |
