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Show COMPANY REPORTS ! ITS COMPlSOi . 1 1 Comparative figures of the business I done duriDS 101o show that 1914 was 1 1 the better year for the Bettilvon Home I Builders company, although 'in some ! instances a heavy gain was made, j "The comparative figures,"' snid V. ! A. Bettilyon. president of the company, represent three tif our main dopm't-nicnts; dopm't-nicnts; in the others it was nip and tuvk. a loss here and a gain there. However, the two past years were not our best ones. - Tu insurance we rau : 1U per cent, ahea-rf and in rentals 50 'per cent. In 5!H5 our building con-' con-' tracts . amounted to 36,3,'I4.0;", as against ."!i.541-.50 in f14. This shows ; a I'ajling oil" of about 3fKu. But in i , real ffstate sales we marie splendid 1 headwav.f the gain approximating $14,- ' 000. f he- sales in 191." amounted to tSH.OST. while in 1014 they ran inf,. J 090.- Tt was iu our department which i we call '"biisiucss oppurtiinftiy " ' that I we were hi.' the hardest. n iql.T this department enjoyed a luisis..vss of ' Cfir.pn. whereas the vear before showed 1 , a total of 37,193.7.. -. " r I ' ' Resumption of prosTi,rity never r does show in the first vear "in real r estate 1 1 ansactions. For this reason we r feel certain that the new vear will lie J considerably better than the two from which our comparative figures tire. taken."' |