Show BUILDING activities ANU THE PRICE borill 1111 ani ill stocks nut not in vor for I 1 0 er cr a year spring is coming aud and tile tho season gives a strong impetus to building activities there ire arc people who consider to postpone their plans regarding building for a little while loping hoping that prices or of builders materials will como come down soon its all wrong and whosoever ought to build ought to do it just as well now giov is as a little later for according to i i by the federal reserve bank of 0 san sail francisco there toioi c is no hope of lower prices for more than a year the report wo we ale aio speaking of was kindly given to the reaper by J 11 II baker president and general manager of the citizens lumber co and is as follows s lumber stocks are arc so depleted in the pacific northwest that it is probable that a normal volume of mill stocks will not be attained tor for more than a year although plants are arc running to capacity and are arc accepting only about 50 pc per r cent of tho the business iness offered A slight improvement in the car situation has been noticed during tho the past few weeks the movement of cars during tile week ending march 6 decreasing unfilled rail orders from 1201 to 1227 cars it is anticipated however that there will ho be no relief aiom car shortage ag for several months during the five weeks ending march G an all average of mills reported a cut of 40 feet 62 ga per cent below Inor i normal nial and orders of feet 35 per cent below production during the five weeks ending march 6 an average of 0 thirteen california redwood mills reported a cut of 31 84 feet and orders received of feet as compared with a cut of feet and orders of feet during the preceding tivo five weeks building permits in IS principal cities of tho district aggregated 12 during february as compared with during january and during february 1915 1919 it is estimated that at the present tate rate of building it will take five years to overcome tile tho existing shortage of housing facilities in the larger cities of the district |