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Show NEW BUILDINGS SHOW PROSPERITY REIGNS "While so many people are crying ali-out the deprension In business, particularly par-ticularly in the building trades industry." indus-try." said State Kngineer George F. McGonagle, today, "look at this statement state-ment printed in the Knglneering and ! Mining Kecord : " Latt week ?9 cntraete throughout i the country were let for industrial buildings totaling lis. 274.000, while a year ago 34 contracts were awarded I for ii a. ooo. ''Last week proposals asked on large nnnindustrisl building projects num-, num-, be red 42 agatnMt 31 a year agK . "This would not indicate that the - country waa in bad shape." concluded I i Mr. McGonagle, "nor that the pessi-I mistic prophecies were materializing."! |