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Show NEW HIGH MARKS REACHED IN BUILDING RECORDS FOR JUNE . June building returns to Brn dsrre,-t Ipolnt to another sutkc foi-ward In this i Industry, the Kaln Indicated In that month over the corrected record total ifor May pointing to a new high record rec-ord having been rolled up in the sixth month of this year. Thus returns from 141 cities of the I'nited States for June show a total value of construction construc-tion permitted for rrt $218,674,449, as against $206.804 .015 at the Identical cities in May and $127,671,278 for the same cities In June a year ago. There Is here indicated a gain of 6.6 per cent over the May total and of 71.3 per Jcent over the June. 1921. total Heavy gains are shown by every group of i cities over June a year ago. while, as compared w uh Mav. small decreases are not. .) In t h ' western, northwestern northwest-ern und southwestern groups. which (are. however, more than offset by pronounced pro-nounced gains In the New England and middle Atlantic groups and smaller small-er Increases In the south and far west ; Following will he found the usual summary sum-mary by groups for June and May with percentaife.M of irnin or kiaa Middle $M.r.72,705 $12,61S,166 I 91 9 I 16.5 1 Swi 86,027.670 73.641.678 I 616 I 16.8 I 5"'e- 20.610.524 22. 153,656 I 23.4 D 6 9 Northwestern 38.268.396 40,694,913 I 128.0 D 6 9 Southwestern , 12.1 90.9-..6 i2.fiM.vs34 I 74 D 31 Vt lJl 22.376.400 21.090.777 1 77.6 I 6.0 Far-western 24.fi28.S69 23.921. loi I 79 0 I 2.9 Total U. S 218.674.449 206.804.015 I 71 3 1 Tii Cqnnfja 10.094.971 6.6S5.S36 I 7 8.5 D 9 9 |