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Show HEN HJ.S BIDING j BOOM IN PAST TEN MONTHS ' In the tm months ending October 3T. j I Ogden has had .in unprecedented loo:n i ' iti building, according to a report be n ' prepared by Building Inspector Thorns I H. Davis This report also ediows that In . October building activity In Ogden w:.s the greatest in the history of the city. J The number of permits issued for the ; j ten months was 223. with an estimate. 1 cost of J1.2S5.473 Compared with he total for last year, which Indicated bu ln permits, with an estimated cost of but $2ifi,fi33. this Is a icmarkablc rec- I ; ord. However, last year cannot be taken as a lair comparison, because of ths fact that the government had placed it i ' ban on building during the war and ' i therefore there was but a minimum amount of building coing on and that of ( a minor nature. The remarkable show- j Ing made this year i?- a good indication I of the progress being made in building j linos in the city and it is thought that I j with the opening1 of spring there will be I , even a better showing than is being made i at the present time, as it is known there nr.. several vt -iajive building operation, j being contemplated. The building permits issued for Octobn- ' ' amounted to $352,131, or about 40 pr t cent of the entire amount for thc tan months beginning on the first of the year. ' |