Show Building Permits Show S. S L. L Ahead Of Coast Cities Increase in February 1925 Over Same Month Year Ago Per Cent Seattle Next That Sa Sat t Lake Lalee City City Is on the road to more thore prosperous times and that there is a general desire to help conditions among the populace populace populace lace is reflected in the tact net that building permits issued recently show that the city is building at ata ata ata a rate much greater than for fo- foa a considerable period According to the bulletin of a areal areal areal real estate concern which collects the statistics of many cities Salt Lake City exceeded several of the coast centers in the percentage in increase increase increase in- in crease in building which local enthusiasts enthusiasts en en- en say goes to show that the intermountain country is now more prosperous than the coast The survey conducted by the concern shows that Salt Lake City led Oakland San Francisco Los Angeles Portland Seattle San Diego Long Beach Sacramento and Spokane In the percentage percentage percentage per per- of Increase shown in buildIng building building build build- ing permits issued in February I 1923 over February 1922 In Salt i Lake the increase In February I 1925 over February 1922 was per cent as compared with an in increase increase in- in in-I in crease of only per cent in Oakland Oakland Oakland Oak Oak- land 36 per cent in San Francisco 45 per cent in Los Angeles per cent In Portland 97 per cent In San Diego per cent in Se Seattle Seattle Seattle Se- Se attle 30 per cent In Long Beach per cent in Sacramento and I per cent in Spokane During February 1925 Salt Lake City Issued permits for as compared with in February February February Feb Feb- 1924 This local enthusiasts enthusiasts enthusiasts claim is Isan an indication of the ther r rap pid id progress which has been made in Salt Lake in the past year Salt Lake also showed a marked I increase of building in February I over January While Oakland was I Increasing 27 per cent San Francisco Francisco Fran Fran- Fran I cisco 7 per cent Portland 19 per percent percent cent and Los Angeles was decreasing decreasing decreasing I ing 2 per cent Salt Lake Lalee was in increasing increasing increasing in- in creasing per cent The survey also shows that the building in February was also 87 per per cent greater than in last February and I per cent greater than in in February February February Feb Feb- 1923 I The survey shows that a grand tc-tal tc of In building permits permits permits per per- mits were issued during February in the six seventy-six n.-ajor n. cities of the seven far rn states |