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Los Angeles Still Leods AII Western Building Permits

Building permits totaling $345,958,725 were recorded in January in the 465 jurisdictions surveyed by Western Building, light construction journal. This represents a I3/o drop from January 1959 totals. Dwelling-unit construction was off. slightly more, with an l8/o drop posted in the comparative totals. The $182,024,659 dwelling-unit figure was divided among 15,876 individual building permits.

The drop was nearly across the board throughout the West, although some of the larger cities showed heavier drops. San Diego reported a $7 million drop, with Seattle reporting a $13 million drop (largely caused by a heavierthan-normal report of a year ago). Bright spots were noted in Alaska, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming, where totals were all up for the month. States holding their own for the month include Hawaii, Montana and Oregon.

Los Angeles continued to lead all weslern jurisdictions. The Southern California boom area reported $44 million in construction in January as compared to $48 million a year ago. The County of Los Angeles, San Diego and San Diego County follow in order. King County, Washington, was the first non-California area among the leaders. In fifth place, King County reported $8,929,500, followed by Sacramento County, Honolulu and the city of Seattle.

Mullin Reports C. of C.Results

Wayne F. Mullin, president of. the Mullin Lumber Company yards, Los Angeles, and chairman of the L. A. Chamber of Commerce new member campaign, reports that 327 firms joiqed the Chamber in the 1959 campaign. The lumber dealer is a vice-president of the local chamber of commerce,

Col-Pcrcific Redwood in Socrqmento

Cal-Pacific Redwood Company, "Arcata, announces the opening of a new sales office in Sacramento, located at 2123 J Street, and managed by Bill Glover, who has returned to Cal-Pacific after being employed for a time by Sonoma Wood Products of Healdsburg, Calif. Glover and the new office will serve the Sacramento Vallev area.