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Construction in June Sets New Building Record

Washington-Construction work done during June is estimated at a new record of $1,605 million, ll/o over May and slightly more than the usual seasonal advance, the Commerce Department retriorted.

The figure represents dollar value of construction work actually put-in-place during the month, whether projects included were completed or not. It is 38/o above the amount of .work done in June last year, and more than $100 million above previous record levels reached in July, 1942, ahd October, 1947.

Private home building totaled $625 million, up 9/o over May and 54/o above June last year. Industrial building was the only category of privately financed construction to show a decrease. It totaled $110 million,Z/o under May and down 27/o f.rom last year.

Public construction totaled $387 million in,June, about l4/o higher than May and Mo over June, 1942. This category includes such work as sewer, highway construction and hospitals, educational and other public buildings.

Building Under FHA Programs

, A total of 131,346 new dwelling units financed and built under the various programs of the Federal Housing Administration was placed under construction during the first five months of this year, FHA Commissioner Franklin D. Richards announced. This is almost two-and-aquarter times the 58,8fl units started under FHA inspection during the first five months of L947, Richards said.

Included in the five-month volume of starts for 1948 were 14,952 dwellings in one-to-four-family structures financed under the permanent provisions of the National Housing Act (Section 203, Title II) ; 75,794 units in one-to-fourfamily structures financed under the veterans, emergency provisions of the Act (Section 6O3, Title VI), and 40,600 units in rental housing projects financed under the emergency provisions (Section 608, Title VI).

This record volume of starts includes only those properties financed under Titles II and VI, for which first compliance inspections by the local FHA office are required. It does not include new homes financed with Title I Class 3 loans of $3000 or less, in which cases the lending institutions ordinarily make the inspections.

Installs Dry Kilns

J. W. Wrightson, president of Wrightson Lumber Corp., North Hollywood, has just brrilt and put into operation three lumber drying kilns specifically designed for Redwood.

The kilns, operating under the name of Dry Wood products, 11937 Vose Street, North Hollywood, have a capacity of a carload each.

The yard is set up to handle drying, bundling, end trimming, and.carloading, and is located on an S. p. siding having in transit privileges.