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Show BUILDING DROPS AT U. UCTION Effect of withdrawal f federal fundi la Mn In the slump In en-glneerlng en-glneerlng comtructlon contract In UUh and th 11 far western tte during September. Tha Watrn Conttructlon Nawi Id San Francisco computed that Utah'c.onitrucUoncontract to; taled $205,020 In September, compared com-pared with $774,813 in August and $1,117,163 in September. 1W8. Construction contract in tha 11 states totaled U6.86H.9M In September, Sep-tember, compared with $24,071,151 in August and $26,727,117 In September Sep-tember a year ago. Mark Tuttle.. secretary of the In-termountain In-termountain branch of the Associated Associat-ed General Contractors of America, attributed the drop to the rutting off of federal appropriations for highways and other large projects. |