Show CITY BUILDING HITS More than building construction construction con con- value worth of new residences residences residences resi resi- dences were built buit in Salt Lake City in 1937 Added to that was wa an expenditure expendi expendi- ture of for remodeling and lite ring dwellings already constructed construct construct- ed making a otal of spent on residential construction work last year in Salt Lake City Building Inspector W. W J. J Goodwin Goodwin Goodwin Good Good- win reported those tose statistics Saturday Saturday Saturday Sat Sat- as he rounded out and brought to completion his 1937 re report report report re- re port for submission to the city com corn mission Total building permit value of construction work carried on last year is about Repairs s Boost Total Besides the expenditures on residences residences residences resi resi- dences the total figure includes spent for new work al alterations alterations al- al and repairs to nonresidential nonresidential nonresidential property the inspector said The 1937 figure tops 1936 statistics statistics stati- stati statis statis- tics by and is higher than the depression low year construction expenditure in 1932 Despite the favorable showing made on recovery of building construction construction con con- last year the total figure is nearly a million dollars short of contractors' contractors estimates early eary in 1937 The slump came in the last six months of the year statistics show i Slump Takes Toll ToU During the first six months of 1937 total construction amounted to o That rate which was expected to maintain throughout the year slumped to the extent that only was spent during the thelast thelast last lat half hal of the year More than tan one family one residences residences residences resi resi- dences costing were started and most of them completed Mr Goodwin reported Other types of residential construction construction construction con con- included 32 two family dwellings which permits permit show cost and eight new multiple structures designed to house more than two families The Te latter cost to construct |