Show I I i Construction Nears Record rz E 1 AVERAGE MONTHLY J F J AsON N C J f JIA 5 N D J iF F MA I J iQ D to I 2 1 I o c no nom m nom m zw sc o 90 co 80 MO C r A 20 S 5 o no 1913 AVER GE I SO C v I 80 PH I I I I I I I I I I rI I I SO 70 ZI 21 72 22 23 24 25 1 6 27 1926 1927 I 1928 I Contracts Awarded va During October Highest I j- j on R Record cord fb for That fl af Month I WASHINGTON Dec 22 Moving 22 2 roving Moving steadily to ard toward establishment s or ora of 1928 as a record breaking ecord- ecord construction tion year Car building operations last month held a pace never before equaled In November according to D. D A. A Garb Gather Garber r general m manager of i ithe the h e Associated General enel C Contractors Contractors- lAm America S of il ca Statistics covering all all' all t types pes of ot construction sho show the volume plume of construction activities during the first eleven months of this year to tobe tobe tobe be more more than 4 per cent cerit g greater than the total for the corresponding period of 1927 Mr Garber Carber declared in a a statement st. issued here t today da The figures are based upon pon actual shipments of basic construction mat materials materials ma- ma t rial t r Expectations that that- a new a new l record cord will be set sec set this year ar ar are arc bolstered fed bythe bythe by bythe the fact that the volume volum of contracts con- con tracts awarded durin during October was the highest ever registered red rd for that month of the year eal Much fuch of tho thc work to bo ho done under the October contracts will wili actually actually- be un under r rw w g days o of the year year earthe the statement declares November ember activities held virtually th the he same sam plane occupied by operations operations operations opera opera- during the peak midsummer months months' of f three and four ye years veara rs a ago aero o. o Y Only three thi months m 1926 1026 and 1927 r established higher records A A scale which places es the 1913 average at as as Its ts basis shows show I I th the following index numbers cov covering coy coy- 1 ering the volume of construction 1 during months of ot this year January January January Janu Janu- 5 ary February March April I 1 May June Jun July August A 39 September September September Sep Sep- October and November No No- vemb vember r i- |