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Show 53 Homes Valued fit $546,684 Built During 1951 Fifty-three new dwelling units valued at $456,684 were built in Cedar City in 1951, according to a report released this week by Warren M. Cox, city building in-pector. in-pector. The number shows a drop of 28 from the 1950 figure of 81. Total valuation of all construction construc-tion in Cedar City for the year, including dwellings, commercial buildings, alterations and repairs, re-pairs, was $632,750, compared to the 1950 total $958,676, the report showed. The drop in both the number of homes built and the value of all buildings completed was due primarily to federal credit restrictions, restrictions on building materials and the difficulty dif-ficulty met by veterans in obtaining ob-taining GI loans, although completion com-pletion of the new west-side housing project this year without any additional projects being undertaken un-dertaken undoubtedly is a factor, fac-tor, Mr. Cox said in an interview. "Actually the 1951 figures indi-cate indi-cate a substantial and steady civic ci-vic growth. Our percentage of homes built this year compares very favorably with that of any other city In the western United States," he declared. Cash turned over to the city treasurer for building, electrical and plumbing permits amounted to $2,437.85 in 1951, compared to a corresponding figure of $2,643.. 63 last year, the reported indi-cated. indi-cated. Permits for building and building build-ing alterations, in addition to those issued for new residences, totaled 81 for the first six months of the year and 66 in the last, for a grand total for the year of 137. Permits for electrical wiring numbered 85 in the first half of the year and 85 in the second. Plumbing permits issued totaled 88 for the year, 45 in the first six months and 43 in the second. 1 In dollar valuation non-residential building totaled $53,710, with $44,700 occurring in the first half of te year and only $8,910 between June and December. Val. uation of all additions, alterations altera-tions and repairs amounted to1 $122,986 for the year, activity being be-ing greater in the second half of the year with $63,305, first half expenditures running $60,681. |
