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Rellgious Buildings Set New Censlruction Recordg

Contract awards for construction of new churches and other religious buildings set new high records last year and the outlook is for even greater activity in the field this year, it rvas stated by Dr. George Cline Smith, economist for F. W. Dodge Corporation, construction news and marketing specialists.

"As in any high level construction rate of activity," Dr. Smith said, "the question of overbuilding is sometimes raised. We are certainly not overbuilding our churches. Since church .building follows demand, and speculation is not a factor. it is doubtful whether we could ever have an

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TltlBERS . RAILROAD TES AND INDUSTRIAL CUTTINGS street when he looked up just in time'to see a small boy fall out of a third floor window. Mays made a sensational rush for the spot, got there'in time, and caught the kid unharmed before he hit the ground. overbuilt church situation even in the most materialistic sense of the word." He disclosed that construction contract awards for religious buildings and related construction in the Dodge Reports for the first nine months of 1954 set a new all-time high in that category for any first nine months in Dodge's 63-year history.

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He predicted that the nine-month total of $362,000,000 was so great as to virtually assure that the 1954 total would set a new high yearly reeord, above the $384,000,000 total for 1953. "Ever since the end of World War II. with the exception of a minor dip in the Korean War, religious buildings have'tended to occupy a more important place in the construction picture," Dr. Smith said.