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Construction in East for First Six Months ol 1951 Reaches All-time High

New York, Iuly l8-Another construction record was smashed when contracts awarded in the 37 states east of the Rockies for the first six months of 1951 reached an all-time high of $8,808,1@,000 it was stated today by F. W. Dodge Corporation, construction news and marketing specialists. , The new record figure for six months was 29 per cent greater than the nearest comparative total of $6,854,148,000 set during the first half of 1950.

This, despite a drop in June of. 45/o from May's all-time monthly record total of contracts awarded. The June figure was $1,408,932,000 compared with the monthly recordsmashing May total of over $2.5 billion. The June 1951 total was still high enough to be 5/o ahead of the total for June a year ago, according to Dodge.

Residential Class Shows Squeeze

The first six months of the current year showed all categories, non-residential, residential and public and private works and utilities, percentagewise out in front of 1950, but residential classifications began to show earmarks of defense-limited construction.

In the residential group for six months, hotel buildings were down 36/o conpared with the first half of 1950; dormitories were off 4/o. However, one-family owner:occupy dwellings at $80-t million were less than one per cent behind last year's $805 million, and one-family sale-or-rent buildings at $1.530 billion were almost neck and neck with last year's $1.631 billion.

Ne'iv apartment buildings tvere up 5 per cent for the sixrnonth period over the corresponding period 1950 and twofamily drvellings registered at 14 per cent gain over the comparative 1950 total.

The residential total for six months 1951 was $3,323,722,Offior 2o/o more than the corresponding 1950 figure.

Non-Residential Awards Up Sharply

With new manufacturing building leading the way, with awards for six months this year of over $2 billion, which was 306/o ahead of the comparative 1950 figure, the nonresidential group registered a 77/o increase for six months 1951 over 1950. The total was $4 billion plus, compared with $2 billion plus last year.

Individual classifications for six months showed cornrnercial building up 5 per cent over corresponding figures for 1950; educational awards were up 19 per cent; public buildings up 14 per cent; religious buildings up 11 per cent. Hospital building awards were down 4 per cent and social buildings were down 51 per cent.

'Public and private works and utilities for six months totaled $1,417,737,N0 or 70/o more than the corresponding figure for 1950.

In June, non-residential awards were $553,280,000 or 66 per cent less than May but 25 per cent more than June last year. Residential contracts at $545,152,000 were 18/o less than May and I3/o behind June 1950. Public and private works and utilities at $31O500,000 were I2/o more than May and l4/o greater than June a year ago.

Ioins Plyurood-Denver Co. Scrles StaII

Ralph Bishop, All-American basketball star and former coach of the Denver Nuggets, has joined the sales staff of the Plywood-Denver Co., division of Plywood, Inc., its manager Donald MacAlonan announced this week. Mr. Bishop is well known in Denver, having been with the Public Service Co. of Colorado since 1938.

While at the University of Washington, Mr. Bishop was selected to the All-Pacific Coast Conference basketball team, and to several of the All-American fives. Shortly afier his graduation in 1936, he was the only collegiate member of the American team which won the worlcl basketball championship at the Olympic Games in Berlin. He served in the Navy from 1942 to 1945, returning here after the war and entering sales work. He is a member of the Rocky Mountain Officials Association, and still officiates occasionally. During his years as a player, he was with Denver Safeways and the Nuggets, and he coached the latter team in 1948.

L. W. MacDonald, L. W. MacDonald Co., Los Angeles, left for New York on July '8. He will sail for Europe on August 4 with a party of friends and will visit paris, Switzerland, Italy and other European countries. He will be away about three months.

E. A. (Alex) Gordon Co., Berkeley, and his rveeks' vacation spent at of Gordon-MacBeath Hardwood wife returned July 23 from twcr Carmel.