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Conslruction Acliviry Sets New High for September

Construction activity in Los Angeles County of $130,066,100 was the highest September on record, according to figures released Oct. 18 by the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce. President J. E. Fishburn, Jr., citing statistics compiled by the Chamber's Research department, reported

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o Douglo: Fir o Ponderoro ond Sugor Pine o Rcdwood o Plyrrood o Shir€lcr ond lolh that the September '59 total surpassed the previous September high of $93,061,000 in 1954 by aO%.Building permits were issued to the Los Angeles International Airport for approximately $32,400,000 expansion.

All construction activity was up over September of last year, the report shows,. with residential valuation at $51,300,800, a 28.4% increase over the '58 figure of $39,948,100.

Total units involved in September valuation numbered 4,694 or 23.5% over the 3,801 a year ago. Single units were up 28.5/o from last year's 1,822 to a '59 total of 2,341. Multiple units recorded during September were up 18.9/o to 2,353 from 1,979 a year ago.

Totals for the nine-month January-September period show residential valuation at $494,608,600, an increase of 5.6/o over the $468,377,200 recorded for a similar period of 1958.

Total units for the nine-month compilation show a rise of. 3.8/o to 50,388 from the 1958 figure of 48,525. Single units recorded numbered 23,915 or 23.2Vo above the 19,405 during the first nine months of '58.

Multiples for the January-September period show a 9/o decline from last year's 29,120 to a current figure of 26,473.

legion lumbermen's Posl 4O9 Active

The fine old Legion Lumbermen's Post 409, Los Angeles, after a brief period of inactivity, is going "over the top" again and held a reactivation meeting, October 20, at the Mona Lisa restaurant with a grand turnout of the faithful. The war veterans now building materials men will meet again this month, at the same spot, on November 10, a Tuesday evening, for dinner, bull sessions and hearing of formerly top-secret stuff from War Department archives as part of the entertainment program, reports Adjutant Paul A. Queen of United Wholesale Lumber Co., Los Angeles.

New Showroom for Porlier lumber

P. E. "Earl" Ruth, owner of Parlier (Calif.) Lumber Company, has just finished a complete remodeling of his store and showroom, including a sizable expansion of his hardrvare, paint and store inventory. In addition to the Parlier yard, Dealer Ruth also operates Reedley Lumber Company.