SCHAT'ER BROS LUMBER & SHINGLE CO.

New Buildins Up 4O.1V6

Washington-New building in the first six months of 1947 totaled $5,356 million, an increase of 4O.l% over the $3,284 million total for the like period last year.

Figures released by construction division of the Commerce Department also show that building construction in June increased by lO.9% over May. This jump from $958 million to $1,062 million is more than a seasonal gain.

Private building in the first half of this year totaled $4,115 million. This is 31.9% over the $3,119 million figure for the same period last year. Of this year's total of private building, private residential building (exclusive of farms) gained 63.2/o-f.rom $1,154 million in the first half of last year to $1,883 million in the like period of 1947. Private non-residential building, on the other hand, gained only 2.8/o in two periods-from $1,475 million last year to $1.517 million in 1947.

Total new public construction in the first six months of 1947 amounted to $I,24I million-a jump of 76/o over the $705 million in the same period last year. Of this total, public residential construction amounted to $130 million, compared with $74 million in 1946-an increase ol 75.6/o. Public non-residential building rose e3% from $140 million in 1946 to $230 million this year.

Ole May, E. J. Stanton & Sons, Los Angeles, has been in the Northrvest for the past two weeks. He attended the Hoo-Hoo annual conventon at Spokane, September 8 to 10.

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