Salt Lake Telegram | 1941-02-12 | Page 13 | S. L. Building Gains in 1940

S SI S. L LI l. BUILDING GAINS IN 1940 Building permit valuations in Salt Lake City during 1940 were higher than in 1939 and the nation as a whole showed a 23 per cent gain over 1939 according according according ac ac- ac- ac cording to a federal report issued Wednesday Total building b construction In Salt Lake City in 1940 amounted to compared to in 1939 In Detroit Mich permits in 1940 totaled compared to and andIn andin andin in Los Angeles they jumped from 1939 in to ij oj i e i AH AU j. j ro 7 LU V oj V i vv ij oj i e i AH AU j. j ro 7 LU V oj V i vv in 1940 Probably the greatest increase in building permit valuations was In San Diego Cal due to the national national national na na- na- na defense program In 1940 they totaled compared compared com corn pared to only in 1939 Permit valuations for additions alterations and repairs in the country were 2 per cent lower than thanin in the preceding year the report shows December 1940 permit valuations exceeded those for the corresponding month of 1939 by 86 per cent Indicated expenditures expenditures expenditures expendi expendi- tures for new nonresidential building building building build build- ing in December 1940 were more than per cent greater than in December 1939