Show IMMENSE ACTIViTY IN BUILDING SHOWN ALL OVER COUNTRY COTRY February Permits in 44 Cities Increase per perCent PerCent perCent Cent in Year CHICAGO March Building 6 operations operations opera opera- aro are now upon such ouch an m extensive c scale that they command attention because be because be- be cause of the tho lar large e Increasing volume 0 of money which Is finding Its way Int Into In Investments Investments In- In vestments In this class of security according ac according ac- ac cording to advance nd sheets of tho the Construction Construction Construction Con Con- News This Thia authority states that during tho the month of February permits permits per per- mits mRs were taken out In four forty-four leading cities of this country for tho the construction of buildings Involving against as buildings for the same sarno month montha a year ago aggregating In cost 2087 leal 93 an Increase this year 31 of 2873 buildups build logs ups s and or or per cent Thirty eight bt of ot tho the cities Included In Inthe Inthe inthe the list show Increases which culminate at i t 1696 per cent which Is IB the thc record at St. St Joseph fro Mo Io while the decreases wore confined to six cities clUes Including Stockton CaL which leads lead with 33 i p per r cent Tacoma Tacoma Taco- Taco ma Wash Bsh 22 per cent Minneapolis Minneapolis l 15 per per cent Davenport Da 9 I per cent Son San f G 5 per cent and Mobile 9 4 per cent Th The gains are aro phenomenal In New NewYork NewYork NewYork York during February permits were taken out for tor buildings Involving ln a total cost of ot as compared with 83 buildings buildings build build- ings which cost for tho the same month a a. year car ago the tho Increase being 1376 per cent |