Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-10-15 | Page 16 | Home Building Totals Mount

HOME BUilDING TOTALS MOUNT Home building expenditures for forthe forthe forthe the first nine months of 1933 arc are i running well ahead of the correspondIng corresponding corresponding cor cor- i responding period of last year and far exceed the total for the entire year of 1936 Chief City Building Inspector William J. J Goodwin said Saturday One family homes built in the tho first nine months of 1937 cost 1 51 while the increased num nurn- number number ber and size of the tho 1933 1938 homes caused expenditure of Expenditures for alterations improvements improvements improvements im im- im- im and repairs in the nine- nine month period of 1937 were and jumped to in the first nine months of this year While there has been a generally Improving condition in most types of home building during all of 1933 It was pointed out Mr Goodwn said that a decided upswing began late in June with the trend gaining momentum each week In July Jub August and September of 1937 the expenditure for one one- r. r family homes was while the same aine three months of 1933 1033 I show how an expenditure of Also Aso during the three late summer sum sum- Iner mer months of 1938 more was spent on home improvements than during the corresponding three months of 1937 The spent on homo home improvements improvements improvements im im- im- im and alterations in September September September Sep Sep- 1938 more than doubled the tho expenditures of August 1938 and also more than doubled the amount expended for this purpose in September September Sep Sep- 1937 1