Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1923-11-25 | Page 5 | Building Work Showing Gains

BUILDING WORK SHOWING GAINS New Homes Still Going Up In All Parts o of Ogden two Thirty permits tor for the erection erection I tion of ot buildings have already dy been procured from the tho of office rice of ot the tho city engineer thu th this month for tor build build- buildIngs buildIngs buildings ings to cost according I to toC toC toC C C Gartt Garff city building Inspector This hIn Is a Rain gain of ot or 63 3 2 per cent over October Mr Gart Garf said that a n number ot of buildings In the down downtown to town tOn n district are aro being recon reconstructed or enlarged and that a new lew floor five reinforced concrete building tor the tho Utah Ice Stor Stor- Stor Storage ego age company Is 19 being erected on Vall Vali avenue between Twenty sec ond and nd third street Despite the lateness latness of ot the sea sea- season sea season son the erection ot of o new homes still continues In practically all ot of the city Scores of ot houses erect erect- erected erected ed by building companies this summer have bren sold Mr G Gart rt said that there Is ia Il a demand tor for mechanics In th the va various a- a arlous a rious lines and miny n m calls call tor for out out- town out town ot-town wor work cannot bo be tilled filled In hi his study of ot building condi condi- conditions ondi- ondi tione throughout tho the country Mr Gartt Garff said Quoting from the national Monthly Survey by S S W Co a n greater lumc ot of building permits Yo u a wis Issued In the th country at nt largo large than In any any- pre pre pre- pre lous Ious lous October or any month of ot the cUrrent year since A April Yo was the second cond highest ot or the ten month of the tho present icar ear The cities reported In this sury surey show a 0 total ot of o which figure when hen compared with reported J b by y the eanie ntO number of or cities In hi May the month In which tho the tho building cur cur- cur curtailment agitation was ens at ot Its height seems to Indicate that buildinG activity will be ba very Intense duro dur- dur during ing hg the tho next nut few tew months Among the cites reporting In October had a 0 total of ot comparable With In September this year yet and 19 In O October ber 1922 This Thu was wai 0 again In th these se con com comparable parable cities ot Of 25 percent over September this year and 29 per per- percent percent per cent cent over October 1922 1923