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Before starting his own company, Keith Swaner gained valuable experience working for E. L. Bruce Co. and the now-defunct Angelus Hardwood. "Chuck" Jordan had also worked for Angelus as had John Kirby who had been credit manager at Angelus and at E. L. Bruce for 20 years.

With the tremendous Open House to celelirate the open. ing of their Burbank Iacility last month, Swaner Hardwood saluted its past accomplishments and began the first step for continued ftrture growth.

Construction Contrqcts Up

New construction contracts throughout the nation posted another gain in August, maintaining the upward trend of the Dodge Index;. it is reported by F. W. Dodge div., McGraw-Hill Information Systems Co.

A total of $7,711,530,000 in contracts {or future construction in August raised the seasonally-adjusted Dodge Index to I53 from July's l5l. It reflected a substantial improvement over the depressed conditions of a year ago, when the Index registered 135.

o'The rate of growth of construction contracting slowed during the past few months, after a period of especially rapid expansion which began in the summer oI 1920,,, points out George A. Christie, vp..and chief economist of F. ![. Dodge.

"Housing and electric utilities, the two categories which have been running strongest all through 1921, still dominated construction statistics in August," he said. Nonresidential building, however, which has been gradually recovering from its sharp decline during last year,s recession, suffered a setback in Aueust.

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