Show CITY ENTERS GREATER ERA OP OF BUILDING I Continued From Page One members and Increased club facil itch facilIties facilities Including lounging rooms room bil- bil bil billiard hard liard and card looms looma etc When completed the Ogden Elk Elks will have one of the tho finest homes In the west NATIONAL OUTLOOK Carl Gent city building Inspector tor said In regard to the national outlook I When we think of total figures for building construction today wo we have to think In billions of ot dollars no no easy job There was wae a 0 time when we used to think In millions and most of us looked upon that figure as I big for the sum eum total of ofa ofa ofa a year s 0 work In the construction When then we think In billions we ore must think of ot the enormous dif difference lIf- lIf ference terence one billion dollars makes moke This years year's total figures from cities officially r reported to the American contractor are 3 In thas these came ume cities the total valuation of the permits In 1922 was only mily 2674 2574 lars dul-lars The enormous Increase In lul lars expended for building con con- construction con construction exhibits Itself Itsel particularly forcibly when ve ue e study the b bild- bild Ing Ing permits granted In twenty cities whose records record have been traced back a as far tar as ao 1914 YEARLY RI COIPo Ol The record In these cities for forthe forthe forthe the tot tot-il years and for has hae been as follows folio a Value for Tear Year Entire Year Yel 1914 1014 S S 1916 1016 Obi riOt l JI 1916 1016 s t 1917 1918 1919 l 03 1920 86 1931 1321 1922 1022 1638 03 1923 2 3 The Tho total 1923 1922 valuation Is 10 o four times the money value valne of ot 1914 In 1921 1931 the e of ot one billion O for tor early valuation was thought of remarkable This vear year for the time In history Is the two billion dollar mark passed for th the I enty cities BUILDING G MATERIAL Movements In the building ms- ms ma I market In December osero ero somewhat Irregular A few corn com corn In some sonie elites cities showed fur fur- further further fur ther ther declines decline for tor Instance cement In New York City finishing ma- ma materials ma materials I In New York City starting materials In Chicago and some grades of lumber On the tho other I hand common brick and an en starting materials In the tho th cast have havo tended upward Structural steel shapes still remain firm at the tho level reached some months montha ago On the clinic hole while the tho general Gen level may o h e tended downward ard the tho decline is 10 undoubtedly less than the usual seasonal moo mo mo ement ement 00 oo Co |