Show 1 Activity in l. l S Salt at 1 Lake L aJ L f for r 1919 9 Establishes Record EsPITE ESPITE the continued rise in tn the cost of ot building materials and labor I the valuation of ot permits Issued In 1919 by the city building Inspector inspector- I for tor the construction or alteration of ot homes factories and office e i buildings in Salt Lake was a a total valuation greater thanin than thanIn I in In any year In the last l t. t decade with the exception of 1912 The Tha valuation I j for 1912 however does not form a a. fair basis for tor comparison as the permit I s for o the construction n of ot the state slate capitol the se second nd most costly building in in Salt Lake was Included in the list for fo fol that year f The figures In th the office of oC the Uie building Inspector form form an Int Interesting resting i commentary on the p prosperity o pe ity and solid oUd bus business ness conditions In Salt Lake I Although the war shook industry and aria particularly the building industry to G its very foundations Salt Lake weathered ed the e shock with only a slight falling off oCt In 1917 of the total value r of new buildings and alterations In 1916 the valuation of the p permits X was tras 2861 and In 1917 the valuation valuation Uon was a decrease of p. p slightly more than There was wasa a 0 further decrease In 1918 of matey but when the fact tact is C taken into taken Into consideration that the w war I priorities committee was at this time i refusing to relea release steel te il anti a and I oth other r rP building materials for I P lutefy V essential buildings h I aid in the winning o of the war the the falling off Is negligible J 1 I. I I idU d' PHENOMENAL PHENOMENAL SPURT The The year 1919 howey r was des destined destined tined to see a phenomenal spurt In building activity There Thet e w were re 1089 V V permits Issued an Increase Q of more ethan 80 per cent over the ye year 1 1918 t and an an Increase of ot 75 76 per cent In the valuation Situation of the construction o str work MIX l The number of ot t permits permits issued s. s Issued w Sj et 1115 and has been 0 t In the last ten years years I That year at year year was t. t 1916 1915 but the permits w Were r re for tor much smaller work as the t total tal talI I 4 I q valuation for that year 19 Js approximately Jess Jes than In- In 1 19 f c ui NEW RECORD R. R n I 01 DI II t i That 1920 will o ot tp 1919 In InK liT K building activity Is a the thep prophecy he Y now r r. r ri being made In real estate i i iVI the prophecy Is la buttressed by the building permit figures figures' for for the first four months of this this' year Permits already have havES been granted for tor brick I structures of ot an aggregate value of ot I and for frame structures of I I av Ithe the value of Th The ler permits for e alterations In briNe brick building bunding total I li 96 and nd for or frame U i 18 2 lJ 04 The total valuation b J t permits for January Februarys i Much March Marchand and and April are V I QUALITY RAISED The l Inspectors Inspector's s ec r figures also are re a a I. I 1 1 good b barometer rometer to the kinds of or strut strut- structures tures which Salt- Salt Lake builders are aso putting lIp up up There has been a marked tendency in the last four or five I years away from frame buildings In 1915 the aggregate value of the frame bUU buildings constructed was In 1918 the low water mark was reached with only expended on on new new frame structures In 1919 however the activity in frame buildings took an enormous spurt the value of ot the I permits bel being S' S I 1 |