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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
JAMES J. DAVIS, Secretary
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
ETHELBERT STEWART, Commissioner
BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES \
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BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS/ • • • • JNOe
MISCELLANEOUS
SERIES
BUILDING PERMITS IN THE
PRINCIPAL CITIES OF THE
UNITED STATES IN 1929
OCTOBER, 1930
UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON : 1930
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CONTENTS
Page
Introduction and summary__________________________________________
Families provided for___________________________________________
Building trend, 1928 and 1929___________________________________
Per capita expenditure for buildings_____________________________
Expenditures for building operations in representative cities, 1921 to 1929.
Average estimated cost of dwellings per family____________________
Apartment-house living in American cities, 1929______________________
Comparison of conditions in cities of over 500,000_________________
Comparison of conditions in cities of under 500,000_______________
General table______________________________________________________
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BULLETIN OF THE
U. S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
No. 524
WASHINGTON
OCTOBER, 1930
BUILDING PERMITS IN THE PRINCIPAL CITIES OF THE
UNITED STATES IN 19291
Introduction and Summary
U ILDING permit reports covering the year 1929 were obtained
by the Bureau of Labor Statistics from 311 of the 319 cities in
the United States having a population of 25,000 or over. This
is the tenth annual report of the bureau on this subject. It was
necessary to send agents of the bureau to only eight of the cities to
compile reports, all of the other cities having replied to questionnaires
sent by mail. In collecting the reports for 1922 agents of the bureau
had to visit about one-third of the cities to compile the data from
local records. This proportion was reduced to 7% per cent of the
cities in 1927, to 6.1 per cent in 1928, and to 2.6 per cent in 1929.
Thus, it will be seen that the local building officials, fully alive to
the value of these figures, are lending their hearty assistance to the
bureau. The States of Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New
York, and Pennsylvania, through their departments of labor, are also
cooperating with the Bureau of Labor Statistics in the collection of
these statistics.
Beginning^ with September, 1929, the bureau has been collecting
and publishing monthly information on building permits issued in
cities of the United States having a population of 25,000 or over.
These data are published each month in the Labor Review and in
pamphlet form.
In studying the following tables it should be borne in mind that
the costs shown refer to the cost of the building only. No land costs
are included. The costs are estimated by the builder at the time of
applying for his permit to build and are recorded on the application.
Table 1 shows the total number of new buildings and the estimated
cost of each of the different kinds of new buildings for which per
mits were issued in the 311 cities from which reports were received
for the year 1929, the per cent that each kind forms of the total
number, the per cent that the cost of each kind forms of the total
cost, and the average cost per building.
B
i Earlier reports concerning building permits issued in the United States are published in Bulletins Nos.
295, 318, 347, 368, 397, 424, 449, 469, and 500.
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2
BUILDING PERMITS IN THE PRINCIPAL CITIES
T a b le
1.— Number and cost of new buildings as stated by permits issued in 311
cities during calendar year 1929, by kind of building
New buildings for which permits were issued
Number Per cent
of build of grand
total
ings
Kind of building
RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
1-family dwellings n
E-family <iwpsllings_
Estimated cost
Amount
Per cent Average
of grand
per
total
building
34.1
4.2
$516,296,221
98,998,741
19.4
3.7
$4,927
7,621
.5
2.2
.2
.1
(0
0)
41.3
14,354,773
490,957,201
34,826,808
284,604,413
428,569
37,011,151
1,477,477,877
.5
18.4
1.3
10.7
(0
1.4
55.4
9,525
73,695
62,302
1,034,925
18,633
268,197
11,638
748
Amusement buildings___________________ . . .
855
Churches__________________________________
3,927
Factories and workshops____________________
4,071
Public garages_____________________________
135,637
Private garages____________________________
4,207
Service stations____________________________
274
Institutions________________________________
1,136
Office buildings___________________________ 327
Public buildings__________________________ _
629
Public works and utilities___________________
753
Schools and libraries_________ _____________ _
10,649
Sheds_____________________________________
324
Stables and barns__________________________
12,038
Stores and warehouses______________________
4,535
All other__________________________________
Total.......................................................... j 180,110
0.2
.3
1.3
1.3
4.2
1.4
.1
.4
.1
.2
.2
3.5
.1
3.9
1.5
58.7
43,215,396
40,881,577
141,620,127
49,198,147
48,637,185
19,928,471
75,702,762
240,950,145
87,553,812
45,443,758
128,897,346
4,456,039
968,941
254,102,850
9,124,061
1,190,680,617
1.6
1.5
5.3
1.8
1.8
.7
2.8
9.0
3.3
1.7
4.8
.2
9.6
.3
44.6
57,775
47,815
36,063
12,085
359
4,737
276,287
21,210
26,775
72,248
171,178
418
2,991
21,108
2,012
6,611
Grand total................................................ J 307,062
100.0
2,668,158,494
100.0
8,689
_ _
1-family and 2-family dwellings with stores
combined________________________________
Multifamily dwellings___________ __________
Multifamily dwellings with stores combined...
Hotels_________ . . . ________________________
Lodging houses__ __ _______________________
All others_____ _________________ __________
___
104,798
12,990
1,507
6,662
559
275
23
138
126,952 !
NONRESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
0
* Less than one-tenth of 1 per cent.
Permits were issued in these 311 cities for 307,062 new buildings
at an estimated cost of $2,668,158,494. Of the total number of build
ings 126,952, or 41.3 per cent, were residential buildings and 180,110,
or 58.7 per cent, nonresidential buildings.
Among the residential buildings 1-family dwellings were the most
numerous. These single-family dwellings in 1929 comprised 34.1 per
cent of the total number of new buildings for which permits were
issued during 1929 in these 311 cities. Permits were issued, however,
for more private garages than for 1-family dwellings, the 135,637
buildings to be used for the housing of automobiles being 44.2 per
cent of the total number of new buildings. Stores and warehouses
were the next most numerous class of nonresidential buildings.
There were 855 churches and 748 amusement buildings among the
new buildings for which permits were issued.
Residential buildings accounted for 55.4 per cent of the total esti
mated cost of the new buildings for which permits were issued in
these 311 cities, and nonresidential buildings, 44.6 per cent. Permits
issued in 310 cities in 1928 showed 61.8 per cent of the estimated
expenditures for residential buildings and 38.2 per cent for nonresi
dential buildings.
The two classes of apartment houses accounted for 19.7 per cent
of the total expenditure for new buildings in 1929, while 1-family
dwellings accounted for 19.4 per cent. Hotels, which made up
only one-tenth of 1 per cent of the number of new buildings, accounted
for 10.7 per cent of the estimated costs.
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INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY
Among nonresidential buildings the largest expenditure was foi
stores and warehouses, which made up 9.6 per cent of the estimated
cost of all new buildings. Office buildings accounted for 9 per cent
of the total estimated expenditure for all new buildings. The esti
mated cost of all the church buildings for which permits were issued
in these cities was $40,881,577, compared with $43,215,396 for
amusement buildings.
Institutional buildings, schools and libraries, public buildings,
public works and utilities are built for the most part from public
funds. These classes of buildings accounted for an expenditure of
$337,597,678 during 1929. This was 12.6 per cent of the total ex
penditures during the year.
The average cost of all new buildings for which permits were issued
during 1929 was $8,689. The average cost of the residential buildings
was $11,638. One-family dwellings averaged $4,927, compared with
$4,922 in the 310 cities reporting for 1928. The 275 hotels for which
permits were issued in the 311 cities reporting for 1929 averaged
$1,034,925 each. This was by far the most expensive class of build
ing. The high average cost of hotels was largely accounted for by
the costly hotels in New York. Plans were filed for 125 hotels in New
York City at a cost of $251,495,000, an average cost of over $2,000,000
per building. Apartment houses averaged $73,695 per building.
The average cost of the nonresidential buildings for which permits
were issued in these 311 cities during 1929 was $6,611. However,
if we deduct the private garages and sheds from the total the average
cost of the remaining nonresidential buildings was $33,633. The
average cost per building in the nonresidential group ranged from
$359 in the case of private garages to $276,287 in the case of institu
tional buildings. #Schools and libraries were the only other class of
nonresidential buildings to average over $100,000.
Families Provided For
T able 2 shows the number and per cent of families provided for
by each of the different kinds of dwellings for which permits were
issued in 309 identical cities during the calendar years 1928 and 1929.
2.— Number and per cent of f amilies to be housed in new dwellings for which
permits were issued in 309 identical cities during the calendar years 1928 and
19-29^by kind of dwelling
T a b le
Kind of dwelling
Number of new
buildings for which
permits were issued
Families provided
Number
Per cent
1928
1929
1928
1929
1-family dwellings_________________________
2-family dwellings.................. ...........................
1-family and 2-family dwellings with stores
combined....................................................... .
Multifamily dwellings.....................................
Multifamily dwellings with stores combined..
145,262
19,963
104,237
12,985
145,262
39,926
104,237
25,970
36.4
ia o
41.3
10.3
2,624
12,070
1,528
1,499
6,657
559
4,282
190,346
19,780
2,340
111,845
7,727
1.1
47.6
4.9
.9
44.4
3.1
Total.........................................................
181,447
125,937
399,596
252,119
100.0
100.0
1928
1929
In the 309 cities from which reports were received for both 1928
and 1929 dwelling places were provided for 252,119 families in 1929,
compared with 399,596 during 1928. This is a decrease of 147,477, or
37 per cent, in the family accommodations provided by permits issued
during 1929 as compared with 1928.
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BUILDING PERMITS IN THE PRINCIPAL CITIES
One-family dwellings provided for 145,262 families, or 36.4 per cent
of the total number provided with dwelling accommodations under
permits issued during 1928. During 1929, permits were issued for
104,237 one-family dwellings, which provided for 41.3 per cent of the
total number of families cared for. Multifamily dwellings and multifamily dwellings with stores provided for 52.5 per cent of the total
number of families accommodated in the new buildings for which
permits were issued during 1928, but only 47.5 per cent of the total
number of families during 1929. The percentage of families housed
in 2-family dwellings rose from 10 per cent during 1928 to 10.3 per
cent during 1929.
The apartment houses for which permits were issued during 1928 had
accommodations for 15.5 families per building, while those for which
permits were issued during 1929 provided for 16.6 families per building.
Table 3 shows the number and percentage distribution of families
provided for in the different kinds of dwellings in the 257 identical
cities from which reports were received each year from 1921 to 1929,
inclusive.
T
able
3 . — Number
and per cent of families provided for in the different kinds of
dwellings in 257 identical cities, 1921 to 1929, inclusive
Number of families provided for in—
Year
1921................ .....
1922......................
1923.......................
1924.......................
1925.....................
1926......................
1927......................
1928......................
1929......................
1-family
dwellings
130,873
179,364
207,632
210,818
226,159
188,074
155,512
136,907
98,202
Multi
All classes
2-family
family
of dwell
dwellings1 dwellings
*
ings
38,858
80,252
96,344
95,019
86,145
64,298
54,320
43,098
27,372
54,814
117,689
149, 697
137,082
178,918
209,842
196,263
208,673
118,623
224,545
377,305
453,673
442,919
491,222
462,214
406,095
388,678
244,197
Per cent of families provided for in—
Multi
1-family
2-family
family
dwellings dwellings 1
dwellings *
58.3
47.5
45.8
47.6
46.0
40.7
38.3
35.2
40.2
17.3
21.3
21.2
21.5
17.5
13.9
13.4
11.1
11.2
24.4
31.2
33.0
30.9
36.4
45.4
48.3
53.7
48.6
*Includes 1-family and 2-family dwellings with stores combined.
*Includes multifamily dwellings with stores combined.
For the first time since 1924 the percentage of families housed in
multifamily dwellings is less than during the previous year, according
to permits issued in 257 identical cities. During 1928, 53.7 per cent
of the families provided for in the new dwellings for which permits were
issued that year were in apartment houses, while in 1929 the percentage
planned for in apartment houses fell to 48.6. This percentage is still
higher, however, than for any other year except 1928. In 1921 the
percentage of families provided for m apartment houses was 24.4.
There has been an increase in this percentage each year over the previ
ous year except for 1924 and 1929.
In contrast, 1-family dwellings showed an increase in percentage of
total families provided for— the first time since 1924. In 1921, 58.3
per cent of the new family dwelling units for which permits were issued
that year were in 1-family dwellings. This percentage decreased in
1922 and 1923, rose slightly in 1924, and then decreased each year
until a low point of 35.2 per cent was reached in 1928. During 1929
the permits issued in these 257 cities show that 40.2 per cent of the
new family housing units are in 1-family dwellings.
Two-family dwellings provided for 11.2 per cent of the new dwelling
units in 1929. This compares with 17.3 per cent in 1921, and with a
high of 21.5 per cent in 1924, and a low of 11.1 per cent in 1928.
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INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY
Although the percentage of families provided for in 1-family
dwellings increased appreciably in comparison with 1928, the actual
number of families provided for in this class of dwelling was less
than for any year since the compilation of these records. Only
98,202 families were provided with dwelling places during 1929,
while during 1925, the peak year, 226,159 families were provided for
in new 1-family dwellings.
There were fewer families provided for in 2-family dwellings during
1929 than during any year from 1921 to 1928.
The 118,623 families provided for in apartment houses is the lowest
number of families provided for in this class of dwelling in these 257
cities since 1922. In 1926 dwelling units were provided in apartment
houses for 209,842 families.
Only 244,197 families were provided for in all classes of dwellings
during 1929. This is the lowest number provided for in any year
since 1921. In 1921 dwelling places were provided in new buildings
for 224,545 families. During 1925 there were 491,222 housing units
provided in these 257 cities.
Building Trend 1928 and 1929
T able 4 shows the number and cost of the different kinds of build
ings for the 309 identical cities from which reports were received in
1928 and 1929, and the per cent of increase or decrease in the number
and in the cost in 1929 as compared with 1928.
4.—Number and cost of new buildings for which permits were issued in 309
identical cities during the calendar year 1928 and 1929, by kind of building
T a b le
New buildings for which permits were issued
Kind of building
1928
Number
1929
Per cent of in
crease (+ ) or
decrease (—) in
1929 compared
with 1928
Cost
Number
Cost
Number
$715,134,047
153,157,386
104,237
12,985
$514,856,514
98,983,741
-2 8.2
-3 5.0
—2$.0
-35.4
26,701,412
776,520,458
1,499
6,657
14,335,473
490,919,701
-42.9
-4 4.8
-46.3
-36.8
90,754,524
114,928,650
780,576
35,557,169
1,913,534,222
559
274
23
138
126,372
34,826,808
284,204,413
428,569
37,011,151
1,475,566,370
-6 3.4
+16.6
-3 7.8
-33.7
-30.5
-61.6
+147.3
-45.1
+4.1
-22.9
84,684,800
746
948
42,714,596
Amusement buildings.......................
49,059,444
852
1,009
40,852,077
Churches. ..........................................
3,924
152,617,634
3,965
141,599,827
Factories and workshops...................
70,690,699
4,063
3,839
49,170,962
Public garages............................. .
55,120,904 135,177
Private garages............................ .
156,306
48,599,686
14,888,382
4,187
4,511
19,886,265
Service stations..................................
272
65,080,263
304
75,652,762
Institutions____ _____ - .....................
1,130
256,101,159
240,644,732
1,353
Office buildings..................................
325
29,378,349
87,518,812
243
Public buildings................................
38,690,950
44,843,758
626
517
Public works and utilities.................
739
143,032,876
847
127,872,046
Schools and libraries..........................
4,891,477
10,621
11,718
4,447,784
Sheds..................................................
582,703
319
Stables and barns............ .................
359
968,141
211,875,365
11,993
253,896,940
Stores and warehouses..................... 13,098
7,706,629
4,524
9,123,090
All other.............................................
4,137
Total nonresidential build
ings........................................ 203,154 1,184,401,634 179,498 1,187,791,478
Grand total.............................. 385,081 3,097,935,856 305,870 2,663,357,848
-21.3
-15.6
-1 .0
+5.8
-13.5
-7 .2
-10.5
-16.5
+33.7
+21.1
-12.8
-9 .4
-1 1.2
-8 .4
+9.4
-49.6
-16.7
-7 .2
-30.4
-11.8
+33.6
+16.2
-6 .0
+179.9
+15.9
-10.6
-9 .1
+66.1
+19.8
+18.4
-11.6
+0.3
-14.5
Cost
RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
1-family dwellings............................. 145,262
2-family dwellings. ........................... 19,963
1-family and 2-family dwellings
2,624
with stores combined.....................
Multifamily dwellings..................... 12,070
Multifamily dwellings with stores
1,528
combined........................................
235
H otels................... ...........................
37
Lodging houses..................................
208
All other.............................................
Total residential buildings___ 181,927
NONRESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
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BUILDING PERMITS IN THE PRINCIPAL CITIES
In the 309 cities reporting for both 1928 and 1929 there was a
decrease of 14.5 per cent in the estimated cost of new buildings and
a decrease of 20.6 per cent in the number of new buildings for which
permits were issued in 1929, compared with those issued in 1928.
The decrease in estimated expenditures was caused by the large
decrease in contemplated expenditures for residential buildings, as
there was a slight increase in expenditures for nonresidential buildings.
Residential buildings decreased 30.5 per cent in number and 22.9
per cent in estimated costs. All classes of residential buildings
except hotels showed a decrease in the number of buildings. There
was an increase of 16.6 per cent in the number of hotel buildings for
which permits were issued in 1929 compared with 1928. The
decreases in the number of residential buildings ranged from 28.2 for
1-family dwellings to 63.4 for apartment houses with stores combined.
There was an increase in estimated expenditure for “ other resi
dential buildings” (which includes clubs and association buildings
with bedrooms) and for hotels. The increase for “ other residential”
was 4.1 per cent and for hotels 147.3 per cent.
While there was a decrease of 11.6 per cent in the number of non
residential buildings for which permits were issued, there was an
increase of three-tenths of 1 per cent in the estimated expenditures
for this class of building.
Eleven lands of nonresidential buildings showed a decrease in the
number of buildings and four showed an increase, comparing 1929
permits with 1928 permits. The increases ranged from 5.8 per cent
in the case of public garages to 33.7 per cent in the case of public
buildings. The decreases ranged from 1 per cent for factories and
workshops to 21.3 per cent for amusement buildings.
In estimated expenditures for the different classes of nonresidential
buildings there was an increase in seven cases and a decrease in eight
cases. The increases ranged from 15.9 per cent in expenditures for
public works and utilities to 179.9 per cent in expenditures for public
buildings.
This great increase in estimated expenditures for public buildings
illustrates how public funds may be used to stimulate building in
times when appropriations for other classes of buildings are decreasing.
Per Capita Expenditure for Building
T able 5 shows the total and the per capita expenditures for new
buildings, new housekeeping dwellings, repairs and additions, and for
all kinds of buildings in each of the 311 cities for which reports were
received for the calendar year 1929; the total number of families
provided for and the ratio of families provided for to each 10,000 of
population in these 311 cities; and the total expenditure for all classes
of buildings for 309 cities in 1928.
In the 311 cities from which reports as to per capita expenditure
were received for 1929 there was an expenditure of $3,035,681,481
for building operations of all kinds, compared with $3,423,584,461
in the 309 cities reporting for 1928. Of the total amount for which
permits were issued in 1929, repairs and alterations accounted for
$367,522,987.
The population of the 311 cities which reported for 1929 was
44,940,049, according to the estimate of the Bureau of the Census as
INTRODUCTION AND STJMMARY
of July 1, 1928. This is the latest estimate made. The per capita
expenditure for all building operations in these 311 cities was $67.55,
made up of $59.37 for new buildings and $8.18 for repairs. Of the
amount spent for new buildings, $25.71 was for housekeeping
dwellings.
The five leading cities in per capita expenditure were White Plains,
N. Y ., $250.70; Houston, Tex., $176.61; Yonkers, N. Y ., $176.14;
Long Beach, Calif., $173.17; and Evanston, 111., $172.19. All of
these cities except Houston are medium-sized suburban cities.
Following is a list of the five leading cities in total estimated costs
for the years 1920 to 1929, inclusive. In the 10 years for which
data are shown only six cities have appeared in this yearly list of the
five leading cities. New York, Chicago, Detroit, and Los Angeles
have been among the leading five each year. Philadelphia has
appeared in the list each year except in 1920 and 1921, when it was
displaced by Cleveland.
. New York is the only city among the leading five where the 1929
estimated costs were greater than the 1928 estimated costs.
List of the jive leading cities in total expenditure, 1920 to 1929, inclusive
1920
New York____________ $277,695,337
Chicago______________
84, 602, 650
Detroit_______________
77, 737, 215
64, 198, 600
Cleveland____________
Los Angeles__________
60, 023, 600
1925
New York.................. $1, 020, 604, 713
Chicago____________
373, 803, 571
Detroit______ ______
180, 132, 528
171, 034, 280
Philadelphia________
Los Angeles...............
152, 646, 4$6
1926
1921
New York__
Chicago____
Cleveland. _.
Los Angeles.
Detroit____
442, 285, 248
133, 027, 910
86, 680, 023
82, 761, 386
58, 086, 053
New Y ork ...
Chicago____
Detroit_____
Philadelphia.
Los Angeles..
645, 176, 481
229, 853, 125
121, 206, 787
114, 190, 525
93, 614, 593
New York__
Chicago____
Detroit_____
Los Angeles..
Philadelphia-
789, 265, 335
334, 164, 404
200, 133,181
129, 719, 831
128, 227, 405
New York__
Chicago____
Detroit_____
Philadelphia.
Los Angeles..
836, 043, 604
308, 911, 159
160, 547, 723
150, 147, 516
141, 402, 655
New York__
Chicago____
Philadelphia.
Detroit_____
Los Angeles..
1927
1922
New York__
Chicago____
Los Angeles..
Philadelphia.
Detroit__ _
1924
New York__
Chicago____
Detroit_____
Los Angeles..
Philadelphia.
880, 333, 455
365, 065, 042
145, 555, 647
123, 027, 139
117, 590, 650
1928
1923
New York__
Chicago____
Los Angeles..
Detroit_____
Philadelphia.
1, 039, 670, 572
376, 808, 480
183, 721, 443
140, 093, 075
123, 006, 215
916, 671, 855
323, 509, 048
129, 260, 285
112, 225, 865
101, 678, 768
1929
942, 297, 219
210, 797, 640
104, 405, 545
100, 567, 497
93, 020,160
During 1929 permits issued for new dwellings showed that homes
were to be provided for 252,726 families, which is at the rate of 56.2
to each 10,000 of population.
Following is a list of the five leading home-building cities in pro
portion to population for each of the years 1921 to 1929, inclusive.
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BUILDING PERMITS IN THE PRINCIPAL CITIES
The figures show the number of families provided for per 10,000 of
population according to the latest estimates available each year, as
prepared by the Bureau of the Census. Long Beach is the only city
included in the 1928 list which is also in the 1929 list.
It will be noted that Irvington, N. J., which was the last of the five
in 1928, provided for more homes in proportion to its population
than any of the five leading cities in 1929 except Long Beach.
1921
Long Beach, Calif__________
Los Angeles, Calif_______ _
Pasadena, Calif....... ............ Shreveport, La_____________
Lakewood, Ohio____________
631. 9
320. 9
251. 7
249. 8
191. 3
1922
Long Beach, Calif__________ 1, 081. 0
441. 6
Los Angeles, Calif__________
Lakewood, Ohio____________
358. 9
Miami, Fla________________
268. 1
267. 6
East Cleveland, Ohio....... .....
1925
Miami, Fla.1_______________ 1, 342. 0
San Diego, Calif____________
392. 0
Tampa, Fla________________
379. 3
Irvington, N. J_____________
374. 6
331. 0
Los Angeles, Calif.2_________
1926
St. Petersburg, Fla_________
Mount Vernon, N. Y _______
Irvington, N. J_____________
White Plains, N. Y _________
San Diego, Calif___________
700.
644.
398.
367.
339.
3
7
6
2
5
1923
1927 '
Long Beach, Calif__________ 1, 038. 1 Irvington, N. J_____________
Los Angeles, Calif__________
657. 4 White Plains, N. Y _________
Miami, Fla________________
611. 1 Mount Yernon, N. Y _______
Irvington, N. J_____________
432. 1 Yonkers, N. Y _____________
Lakewood, Ohio____________
381. 5 East Orange, N. J__________
740. 5
419. 5
414. 8
349. 0
338. 1
1924
1928
Miami, Fla.1_______________ 2, 248. 9 Yonkers, N. Y _____________
Irvington, N. J____________
501. 2 Mount Vernon, N. Y _______
Los Angeles, Calif.2_________
448. 3 White Plains, N. Y _________
San Diego, Calif___________
378. 0 Long Beach, Calif__________
Long Beach, Calif__________
347. 6 Irvington, N. J_____________
347. 6
299. 1
298. 3
297. 4
295. 4
1929
Long Beach, Calif__________ __ 306.
Phoenix, Ariz______________ __ 236.
Houston, Tex______________ __ 211.
Pontiac, Mich_____________ __ 208.
Wichita, Kans.............................159.
9
3
6
8
1
i The ratio of families provided for in Miami in 1924 was based on the population as estimated by the
Census Bureau for that year. In the light of the actual census taken by State enumeration in 1925, it would
seem that the estimate for 1924 was below the actual population for that year, hence the ratio here shown
for 1924 is probably higher than the actual population in that year would warrant,
a Population not estimated in 1924 or 1925; 1923 estimate used.
10
BUILDING PERMITS IN THE PRINCIPAL CITIES
T
able
5 . — Total
and per capita expenditures for new buildings and for
Total expenditures
City and State
Expenditure Expenditure
for repairs
for new build and
additions
ings 1929
1929
1929
1928
Expenditure
for new house
keeping dwelings only,
1929
Akron, Ohio............................
Alameda, Calif........................
Albany, N. Y ..........................
Allentown, Pa......................—
Alton, 111.................................
Altoona, Pa.............................
Amsterdam, N. Y ...................
Anderson, Ind.........................
Asheville, N. C.......................
Ashtabula, Ohio......................
Atlanta, Ga.............................
Atlantic City, N. J.................
Auburn, N. Y ....................
Augusta, Ga............................
Aurora, 111.......... .....................
Austin, Tex.............................
$20,776,927
1,281,220
7,120,678
4,082,265
653,120
1.625,638
955,032
1,392,084
1,970,916
571,559
9,304,051
6,371,149
1,164, 654
836,307
1,844,436
4,343,261
$862,716
123,196
1,914,312
427,389
265,776
358,277
96,400
348,214
265,372
79,200
3,259,804
1,111,989
325,773
300,354
392,885
133,852
$21,639,643
1,404,416
9,034,990
4,509,654
918,896
1,983,915
1,051,432
1,740,298
2,236,288
650,759
12,563,855
7,483,138
1,490,427
1,136,661
2,237,321
4,477,113
$19,485,096
2,131,396
14,893,525
5,935,040
1,044,455
3,360,907
683,675
2,452,833
3,095,110
513,872
27,394,779
7,410,842
515,596
1,550,944
2,950,472
(<)
$10,092,658
1,120,335
3,584,100
2,300,200
411,928
869,435
408,182
677,400
428,650
77,650
4,355,853
346,726
263,670
555,532
991,172
1,272,610
Baltimore, M d........................
Bangor, M e................... .........
Baton Rouge, La....................
Battle Creek, Mich.................
Bay City, Mich.....................
Bayonne, N. J.........................
Beaumont, Tex.................... —
Belleville, 111...........................
Bellingham, Wash..................
Berkeley, Calif........................
Bethlehem, Pa........................
Binghamton, N. Y .................
Birmingham, Ala__________ Bloomfield, N. J-----------------Bloomington, HI............... ......
Boston, Mass........ ..............—
Bridgeport, Conn....................
Brockton, Mass................... —
Brookline, Mass...................—
Buffalo, N. Y _ ........................
Burlington, Iowa....................
Butler, Pa................................
Butte, Mont_______________
24,954,100
566,875
457.385
2,880,975
618,126
917,445
1,798,514
985,520
1,583,050
5,703,939
2,104,052
2,936,297
7,115,130
3,329,187
1,032,300
43,222,865
3,832,183
1,186,953
4,265,990
22,802,515
360,705
419,375
338,292
8,220,800
30,890
125,171
121,160
690,845
189,685
783,132
7,325
194,268
665,161
801,140
1,051, 612
1,118,795
369,360
86,000
10,611,606
410,139
279,881
755,613
1,324,985
210, 592
40,320
109,180
33,174,900
597,765
582,556
3,002,135
1,308,971
1,107,130
2,581,646
992,845
1,777,318
6,369,100
2,905,192
3,987,909
8,233,925
3,698,547
1,118,300
53,834,471
4,242,322
1,466,834
5,021,603
24,127,500
571,297
459,695
447,472
33,945,350
625,610
(<)
2,871,312
1,844,896
1,995,365
4,326,769
1,021,621
1,872,318
6,076,626
3,843,006
3,456,393
14,224,577
4,540,600
1,382,800
55,698,557
3,526,622
1,725,858
6,291,422
24,401,983
443,771
388,836
366,440
12,937,200
173,300
238,897
674,950
256,700
163,500
1,235,734
610,633
298,475
2,051,300
1 188,775
725,000
1,750,750
2,496,700
823,000
14,629,712
2,267,610
513,200
3,676,480
6,290,920
164,800
169,600
Cambridge, Mass....................
Camden, N. J...................... —
Canton, Ohio..........................
Cedar Rapids, Iowa................
Central Falls, R. I-------- -----Charleston, S. C......................
Charleston, W. Va__.........—
Charlotte, N. C ................... .
Chattanooga, Tenn..... ......... .
Chelsea, Mass.........................
Chester, Pa..............................
Chicago, 111_____ __________
Chicopee, Mass.......................
Cicero, 111................................
Cincinnati, O h io ...................
Clarksburg, W. Va............
Cleveland, Ohio......................
Clifton, N. J............................
Colorado Springs, Colo...........
Columbia, S. C.......................
Columbus, Ga.........................
Columbus, Ohio.....................
Council Bluffs, Iowa..............
Covington, K y ........................
Cranston, R. I.........................
Cumberland, M d....................
10,430,640
5,436,033
3,127,957
2,328,837
674,475
449,877
1,711,131
3, 111, 267
1,473,719
683,065
809,060
203,681,325
1,321,475
3,248,097
28,306,405
441,905
27,982,125
2,379,570
755,802
1,060,490
750,619
9,148,100
469,750
1,248,400
2,566,818
462,758
1,735,200
727,758
328,240
577,132
51,922
220,927
529,855
617,578
787,147
119,156
290,350
7,116,315
120,350
361,321
2,730,660
56,050
9,800,375
85,895
274,224
194,215
204,392
1,464,950
204,300
231,025
82,490
87, 742
12,165,840
6,163,791
3,456,197
2,905,969
726,397
670,804
2,240.986
3,728,845
2,260,866
802,221
1,099,410
210,797,640
1,441,825
3,609,418
31,037,065
497,955
37,782,500
2,465,465
1,030,026
1,254,705
955,011
10,613,050
674,050
1,479,425
2,649,308
550,500
8,083,723
7,428,055
3,662,318
2,438,230
303,345
560,635
2,873,180
7,458,264
4,703,486
1,163,715
1,746,542
323,509,048
1,275,565
3,860,080
35,458,730
1,189,385
56,158,525
3,542,055
812,495
1,609,775
1,154,002
16,237,250
810,250
1,591,750
3,710,249
999,548
3,698,100
1,034,800
1,764,465
580,664
202,900
266,900
788,935
1,964,486
702,827
163,000
435,450
87,004,750
310,850
2,022,200
12,898,160
229,700
11,628,800
1,710,600
345,875
687,575
575,060
6,058,650
247,000
446,500
2,147,000
312,482
Dallas, Tex..............................
Danville, 111........................ .
Davenport, Iowa—____ _____
Dayton, Ohio_____ _________
Decatur, 111..............................
7,461,643
775,457
1,967,703
4,476,327
3,647,465
2,198,017
354,519
374,053
1,866, 348
242, 750
9,659,660
1,129,976
2,341,756
6,342,675
3,890,215
8,088,999
915,348
1,349,741
10,358,378
4,169,345
1Not estimated by Census Bureau.
1 Estimated as of July 1, 1926.
2,753,798
439,250
767,651
947,677
1,127,950
8 State census Jan. 1, 1925.
INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY
u
repairs, and families provided for in 811 cities in the calendar year 1929
Families provided
for
City and State
population
July 1,1928
For
per new
Number Ratio
10,000
build
ings
Akron, Ohio______________
Alameda, Calif.....................
Albany, N. Y ........................
Allentown, Pa____________
Alton, 111...............................
Altoona, Pa...........................
Amsterdam, N. Y -------------Anderson, Ind____________
Asheville, N. C___................
Ashtabula, Ohio...... .............
Atlanta, Ga...........................
Atlantic City, N. J...............
Auburn, N. Y ...... ................
Augusta, Ga______________
Aurora, 111....... .....................
Austin, Tex...........................
(0
*32,400
120,400
99,400
•26,797
69,100
36,200
* 34,600
*32,000
* 25,500
255,100
54,700
335,677
56,700
47,100
•45,133
2,171
404
385
397
105
191
52
215
120
16
1,389
52
50
207
192
545
Baltimore, M d....... ..............
Bangor, Me...........................
Baton Rouge, La..................
Battle Creek, M ich________
Bay City, Mich....................
Bayonne, N. J......................
Beaumont, T e x ...............
Belleville, HI.........................
Bellingham, Wash................
Berkeley, Calif.....................
Bethlehem, Pa__...................
Binghamton, N. Y ________
Birmingham, A la ...............
Bloomfield, N. J__________
Bloomington, HI...................
Boston, M ass......................
Bridgeport, Conn.................
Brockton, Mass....................
Brookline, Mass.^................
Buffalo, N. Y ........................
Burlington, Iowa..................
Butler, Pa...... ......................
Butte, Mont.........................
830,400
*26,800
•27,832
47,200
49,600
95,300
56,300
* 26,969
* 26,300
71,000
67,600
74,800
222,400
0)
* 30,700
799,200
8143,535
•65,343
45,700
555,800
* 27,100
#25,230
43,600
Cambridge, Mass.................
Camden, N. J.......................
Canton, O h io ......................
Cedar Rapids, Iowa.............
Central Falls, R. I ._ ............
Charleston, S. C __________
Charleston. W. Va...............
Charlotte, N. C....................
Chattanooga, Tenn..............
Chelsea, Mass.......................
Chester, Pa...........................
Chicago, 111.—......................
Chicopee, Mass....................
Cicero, 111..............................
Cincinnati, Ohio...................
Clarksburg, W. Va..... .........
Cleveland, Ohio....................
Clifton, N. J..........................
Colorado Springs, Colo____
Columbia, S. C .....................
Columbus, Ga......................
Columbus, Ohio...................
Council Bluffs, Iowa............
Covington, K y......................
Cranston, R. I ......................
Cumberland, M d .................
Dallas, Tex...........................
Danville, 111..........................
Davenport, Iowa..................
Dayton, Ohio_____________
Decatur, 111...........................
« Data not collected.
Per capita expenditure 1929
For re
pairs
and ad
ditions
Total
Per capita
expendi
ture for
house
Rank keeping
of dwellings
City only, 1929 •
124.7
32.0
39.9
39.2
27.6
14.4
62.1
37.5
6.3
54.4
9.5
14.0
36.5
40.8
120.8
$39.54
59.14
41.07
24.37
23.53
26.38
40.23
61.59
22.41
36.47
116.47
32.65
14.75
39.16
96.23
$3.80
15.90
4.30
9.92
5.18
2.66
10.06
8.29
3.11
12.78
20.33
9.13
5.30
8.34
2.97
$43.35
75.04
45.37
34.29
28.71
29.05
50.30
69.88
25.52
49.25
136.80
41.78
20.05
47.50
99.20
125
42
114
178
204
203
102
49
222
104
8
134
245
107
25
$34.58
29.77
23.14
15.37
12.58
11.28
19.58
13.40
3.05
17.08
63.39
7.39
9.80
21.04
28.20
3,022
36
62
169
63
58
437
127
126
587
201
169
686
476
114
3,327
541
97
362
1,769
52
31
0
36.4
• 13.4
22.3
35.8
12.7
6.1
77.6
47.1
47.9
82.7
29.7
22.6
30.8
30.05
21.15
16.43
61.03
12.46
9.63
31.95
36.54
60.19
80.34
31.13
39.26
31.99
9.90
1.15
4.50
2.57
13.93
1.99
13.91
0.27
7.39
9.37
11.85
14.06
5.03
39.95
22.30
20.93
63.60
26.39
11.62
45.86
36.81
67.58
89.71
42.98
53.31
37.02
146
233
239
67
218
276
111
159
58
35
127
90
158
15.58
6.47
8.58
14.30
5.18
1.72
21.95
22.64
11.35
28.89
17.59
9.69
7.87
37.1
41.6
37.7
14.8
79.2
31.8
19.2
12.3
0
33.63
54.08
26.70
18.16
93.35
41.03
13.31
16.62
7.76
2.80
13.28
2.86
4.28
16.5$
2.38
7.77
1.60
2.50
36.43
67.36
29.56
22.45
109.88
43.41
21.08
18.22
10.26
164
59
198
232
17
124
238
250
281
26.81
18.31
15.80
7.85
80.45
11.32
6.08
6.72
0
125,800
135,400
116,800
58,200
*25,700
75,900
55,200
82,100
73,500
49,800
74,200
3,157,400
45,400
71,600
413,700
*30,900
1,010,300
* 36,200
0)
50,600
46,600
299,000
42,300
59,000
37,500
*34,400
788
320
331
113
60
97
262
500
324
36
98
18,837
80
328
2,077
66
2,143
359
65
230
276
1,211
79
159
448
63
62.6
23.6
28.3
19.4
23.3
12.8
47.5
60.9
44.1
7.2
13.2
59.7
17.6
45.8
50.2
21.4
21.2
99.2
82.91
40.15
26.78
40.01
26.24
5.93
31.00
37.90
20.05
13.72
10.90
64.51
29.11
45.36
68.42
14.30
27.70
65.73
13.79
5.37
2.81
9.92
2.02
2.91
9.60
7.52
10.71
2.39
3.91
2.25
2.65
5.05
6.60
1.81
9.70
2.37
96.71
45.52
29.59
49.93
28.26
8.84
40.60
45.42
30.76
16.11
14.82
66.76
31.76
50.41
75.02
16.12
37.40
68.11
. 29
112
197
103
205
284
142
113
193
258
264
62
190
101
43
257
155
54
29.40
7.64
15.11
9.98
7.89
3.52
14.29
23.93
9.56
3.27
5.87
27.56
6.85
28.24
31.18
7.43
11.51
47. 25
45.5
69.2
40.5
18.7
26.9
119.5
18.3
20.96
16.11
30.60
11.11
21.16
68.45
13.45
3.84
4.39
4.90
4.83
3.92
2.20
2.55
24.80
20.49
35.50
15.93
25.07
70.65
16.00
225
242
169
260
223
48
259
13.79
12.34
20.26
5.84
7.57
57.25
9.08
217,800
38,800
•52,469
184,500
57,100
1,145
115
166
212
212
52.6
29.6
31.6
11.5
37.1
34.26
19.99
37.50
24.26
63.88
118
202
117
174
53
12.64
11.32
14.63
5.14
19.75
• Special census.
10.09 44.35
9.14
29.12
7.13
44.63
10.12 34.38
68.13
4.25
•Estimate of July 1,
1925.
12
BUILDING PERMITS IN THE PRINCIPAL CITIES
T
able
5* — Total
and per capita expenditures for new buildings and for repairs,
Total expenditures
City and State
Expenditure Expenditure
for repairs
for new build and
additions
ings 1929
1929
1929
1928
Expenditure
for new house
keeping dwell
ings only,
1929
$14,636,100
3.254.476
85,028,309
740,142
2,879,746
1,618,399
$1,940,150
827,152
15,539,188
93, 568
805,983
244, 614
$16,576,250
4,081, 628
100,567,497
833,710
3, 685,729
1,863,013
$16,770,750
4,509,980
129,260,285
877,386
3,289,404
9,905,838
$6,087,850
1.672.850
51,741,509
209,933
684,845
819,056
East Chicago, Ind.......
East Cleveland, Ohio..
Easton, Pa...................
East Orange, N. J.......
East Providence, R. I .
East St. Louis, 111____
Elgin, 111......................
Elizabeth, N. J............
Elkhart, Ind................
Elmira, N. Y ...............
El Paso, Tex................
Erie, Pa........................
Evanston, 111...............
Evansville, Ind............
Everett, Mass_______
Everett, Wash.............
5,151,206
1.574.476
1.696.341
5,463, 728
2, 613,578
2,200,343
1,149,148
4,094,700
830, 616
1,145, 333
4,000,446
3,726,856
7,331,950
4,094,775
815, 330
610,665
156,132
83,877
308,410
481,962
291,131
191,511
231,211
....... 230,021’
373.364
324,405
• 2,704,182
864,350
325,885
309,202
597,270
5,307,338
1,658,353
2,004,751
5,945,690
2,904,709
2,391,854
1,380,359
4,094,700
1,060,637
1,518,697
4,324,851
6,431,038
8,196,300
4,420,660
1,124,532
1,207,935
3,481,904
1,789,252
733,008
7,632, 385
3,090,101
2,706,934
2,369,646
5,503,600
1,063,889
1,905,717
2,144,225
4,763,688
13,178,225
5,110,814
1,760,759
I,186,590
870,902
358.500
108,368
2,889,500
1,112,792
1,246,105
711,385
2.085.000
426,050
557,435
1,952,824
1,679,209
3.320.000
1,996,900
305.800
258,740
Fall River, M ass...
Fitchburg, Mass....
Flint, M ich______
Fond du Lac, Wis..
Fort Wayne, Ind__.
Fort Worth, T ex ...
Fresno, Calif..........
556,477
311,016
12,743,955
647,102
5,793,761
10,270,117
1.164.443
235,779
235, 344
1,940,538
147,945
1,245, 531
991,929
534, 330
792,256
546,360
14,684,493
795,047
7,039,292
11,262,046
1,698,773
2,835,644
822,350
14,422,729
579,130
5,011,124
11, 543,787
1,661,565
204,150
190,600
8,192,621
175,180
2,865,708
4,546,476
680.825
Galveston, Tex...........
Gary Ind....................
Grand Rapids, Mich.
Great Falls, Mont___
Green Bay, Wis....... .
Greensboro, N. C___
Greenville, S. C .........
Greenwich, Conn____
3.273.342
2,526,970
5,011, 560
3,205,532
3,033,707
2.693.443
957,855
6,239,601
339,820
619.365
1,075,425
251,130
295,118
440,422
213,248
602,040
3,613,162
3,146,335
3,456,662
3,328,825
3,133,865
1,171,103
6,841,641
2,676,808
6,041,150
8,186,755
2,659,482
1,991,861
5,048,295
1,440,143
6,604,380
1,196,152
1,168,400
2,166,100
1,005,652
1,358,410
961,064
475,975
5,155,640
Hagerstown, M d .........
Hamilton, Ohio______
Hammond, Ind...........
Hamtramck. M ich___
Harrisburg, Pa_______
Hartford, Conn______
Haverhill, Mass______
Hazleton, Pa................
Highland Park, Mich..
Hoboken, N. J.............
Holyoke, Mass............
Houston, Tex..............
Huntington, W. Va__
Hutchinson, Kans.......
684,876
1,745,758
3, 748,150
593,200
7,034,130
12,249, 797
226,285
297,902
2,037,515
338,400
729,225
28,595,040
1,413,300
1,512,897
72,070
665,594
406,150
472,415
923,400
3,894,557
164,355
150.345
289,855
409,477
527,070
538,214
42,060
73,585
756,946
2,411,352
4,154,300
1,065,615
7,957,530
16,144,354
390,640
448,247
2,327,370
747,877
1,256,295
29,133,254
1,455,360
1,586,482
677,234
2,063,033
6,527,280
1,344,975
5,594,775
II,278,443
554,065
1,195,010
2,603,277
564,963
1,261,100
35,309,503
981,600
1,269,112
409.825
1,010,094
1.294.800
36.500
765.000
1.459.800
130.800
114,728
995.500
33.500
346.000
13,587,172
163,900
524,480
Indianapolis, Ind..
Irvington, N. J___
13,184,957
1,961,673
1,658,626
172,570
14,843,583
2,134,243
21,967,386
6,639,294
7,033,895
804,850
Jackson, M ich......
Jacksonville, F la..
Jamestown, N. Y_.
Jersey City, N. J..
Johnstown, Pa___
Joliet, 111...............
Joplin, M o ............
2,713,170
3,630,792
1,586,185
13,445,226
468,814
2,918,360
567,925
778,873
949.345
341,018
1,139,578
213,527
415,322
77,255
3,492,043
4,580,137
1,927,203
14,584,804
682,341
3,333,682
645,180
2,097,086
7,660,159
1,846,870
13,876,244
1,095,094
3,081,620
1,403,739
1.059.850
1,615,700
861.250
4,623,380
265,550
1.455.800
197.250
Kalamazoo, Mich__
Kansas City, Kans.
Kansas City, M o ...
Kearny, N. J...........
Kenosha, W is.........
2,031,693
1,764,671
13,936,600
3,761,334
3,684,900
377,892
79,740
907,950
86,194
892,174
2,409,585
1,844,411
14,844,550
3,847,528
4,577,074
Denver, Colo..........
Des Moines, Iowa..
Detroit, M ich....... .
Dubuque, Iowa___
Duluth, Minn....... .
Durham, N. C ___
1Not estimated by Census Bureau.
2,034,864
1,651,277
15,541,275
6,251,590
3,726,404
* Estimated as of July 1, 1926,
667,390
658,350
7.026.800
1,024,200
2,128,878
13
INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY
and families provided for in 811 cities in the calendar year 1929— Continued
Families provided
for
City and State
Estimated
population
July 1,1928
Per capita expenditure 1929
For
per new
Number Ratio
build
10,000
ings
Per capita
expendi
ture for
house
Rank keeping
of dwellings
City only, 1929
For re
pairs
and ad
ditions
Total
$6.59
5.45
11.27
2.21
6.90
5.14
$56.34
26.87
72.93
19.71
31.56
39.14
85
215
46
247
191
147
$20.69
11.01
37.52
4.96
5.86
17.21
294.200
151,900
1,378,900
42.300
116,800
47.600
1,608
348
12,151
68
115
205
54.7
22.9
16.1
9.8
43.1
$49.75
21.43
61.66
17.50
24.66
34.00
East Chicago, Ind........
East Cleveland, Ohio..
Easton, Pa_____ ____ _
East Orange, N. J........
East Providence, R. I..
East St. Louis, 111........
Elgin, 111.......................
Elizabeth, N. J........... .
Elkhart, Ind............... .
Elmira, N. Y .............. .
El Paso, Tex............... .
Erie, Pa........................
Evanston, 111................
Evansville, Ind............
Everett, Mass............. .
Everett, Wash............ .
50.800
239,400
38.400
65.000
227,100
74.000
36.000
16.5
7.6
4.7
76.9
80.8
51.2
40.0
101.40
39.96
44.18
84.06
96.44
29.73
31.92
3.07
2.13
8.03
7.41
10.74
2.59
6.42
104.47
42.09
52.21
91.47
107.18
32.32
38.34
20
131
96
34
19
187
150
17.14
9.10
2.82
44.45
41.06
16.84
19.76
14.4
58.7
22.91
33.96
7.47
2.75
0.37
6. 71
194
161
11.15
16.58
47.600
98.100
43.300
329,303
84
30
18
500
219
379
144
514
107
72
691
393
386
458
81
123
81.1
46.7
18.7
42.0
154.03
41.74
18.83
20.84
18.16
3.32
7.14
20.38
172.19
45.06
25.97
41.23
5
115
221
140
69.75
20.36
7.06
Fall River, Mass...
Fitchburg, M ass...
Flint, Mich______
Fond du Lac, Wis.
Fort Wayne, Ind...
Fort Worth, T ex ...
Fresno, Calif..........
134.300
45.200
148.800
226, 500
105.300
170,600
64.000
48
33
2,076
47
578
1,262
187
3.6
7.3
139.5
17.7
54.9
74.0
29.2
85.64
24.42
55.02
60.20
18.19
5.90
1.76
5.21 •12.09
13.04
98.69
5.58
30.00
11.83
66.85
5.81
66.01
8.35
26.54
290
273
27
195
60
63
216
1.52
4.22
55.06
6.61
27. 21
26.65
10.64
Galveston, Tex...........
Gary, Ind...................
Grand Rapids, Mich..
Great Falls, M ont___
Green Bay, Wis.........
Greensboro, N. C .......
Greenville, S. C..........
Greenwich, Conn.......
50.600
89.100
164.200
230,900
36.100
51.900
228,100
350
375
589
293
185
268
97
69.2
42.1
35.9
94.8
51.2
51.6
34.5
64.69
28.36
30.52
103.74
84.04
51.90
34.09
6.72
6.95
6.55
8.13
8.18
8.49
7.59
71.41
35.31
37.07
111. 87
92.21
60.38
41.68
47
171
157
16
32.
77
135
23.64
13.11
13.19
32.55
37.63
18.52
16.94
Hagerstown, M d..........
Hamilton, Ohio..........
Hammond, Ind...........
Hamtramck, Mich___
Harrisburg, Pa.............
Hartford, Conn...........
Haverhill, Mass...........
Hazleton, Pa...............
Highland Park, Mich.
Hoboken, N. J............
Holyoke, Mass............
Houston, Tex..............
Huntington, W. Va.._
Hutchinson, Kans____
2 32,000
44.200
56.000
99.800
86.900
172.300
» 49,232
38.300
86; 400
0)
60.400
«164,954
68.600
0)
90
261
312
8
140
281
45
18
250
4
52
3,490
49
148
28.1
59.0
55.7
.8
16.1
16.3
9.1
4.7
28.9
21.40
39.50
66.93
5.94
80.95
71.10
4.60
7.78
23.58
2.25
15.06
7.25
4.73
10.63
22.60
3.34
3.93
3.35
23.65
54.56
74.18
229
87
45
279
33
31
286
275
214
12.81
22.85
23.12
.37
8.80
8.47
211.6
12.07
173.35
20.60
8.73
3.26
.61
20.80
176.61
7.1
21.22
241
2
236
5.73
82.37
2.39
Indianapolis, Ind..
Irvington, N. J___
382,100
234,600
1,760
170
46.1
49.1
34.51
56.70
4.34
4.99
38.85
61.68
149
74
18.40
23.26
Jackson, Mich...................
Jacksonville, Fla...............
Jamestown, N. Y ..............
Jersey City, N. J...............
Johnstown, Pa...................
Joliet, 111............................
Joplin, Mo.........................
63.700
140.700
46.000
324.700
73.700
41.900
(0
218
638
206
1,388
46
188
63
34.2
45.3
44.8
42.7
6.2
44.9
42.59
25.81
34.48
41.41
6.36
69.65
12.23
6.75
7.41
3.51
2.90
9.91
54.82
32.55
41.90
44.92
9.26
79.56
186
132
116
282
40
16.64
11.48
18.72
14.24
3.60
34.74
Kalamazoo, M ich...
Kansas City, Kans..
Kansas City, M o....
Kearny, N. J...........
Kenosha, Wis..........
56.400
118.300
391,000
232,100
56,500
160
271
2,234
261
296
28.4
22.9
57.1
81.3
52.4
36.02
14.92
35.64
117.18
65.22
6.70
.67
2.32
2.69
15.79
42.72
15.59
37.97
119.86
81.01
128
261
153
11
39
11.83
5.57
17.97
31.91
37.68
Denver, Colo.........
Des Moines, Iowa..
Detroit, Mich........
Dubuque, Iowa___
Duluth, Minn.......
Durham, N. C.......
0
0)
50.000
117.800
0)
0)
3 State census Jan. 1, 1925.
3249°—'30------ 2
88.1
4.14
6.88
10.68
91. 57
93.70
7.94
11.70
26.94
6 Estimate of July 1, 1925.
2.66
3.00
11.52
14
BUILDING PERMITS IN THE PRINCIPAL CITIES
T
able
5 . — Total
and per capita expenditures for new buildings and for repairs,
Total expenditures
City and State
Expenditure Expenditure
for repairs
for new build and
additions
ings 1929
1929
1929
1928
Expenditure
for new house
keeping dwell
ings only,
1929
Kingston, N. Y .......................
Knoxville, Tenn......................
Kokomo, Ind...........................
$569,620
5,323,385
1,128,046
$565,844
175,467
219,845
$1,135,464
5,498,852
1,347,891
$1,736,790
7,114,537
526,666
$290,500
1,991,975
228,100
Lakewood, Ohio......................
Lancaster, Pa------------- -------Lansing, M ich......... ..............
Lawrence, Mass......................
Lebanon, Pa...........................
Lewiston, M e.........................
Lexington, K y ........................
Lima, Ohio.............................
Lincoln, Nebr.........................
Little Rock, Ark................. .
Long Beach, Calif...................
Lorain, Ohio...........................
Los Angoles, Calif...................
Louisville, K y .........................
Lowell, Mass...........................
Lynchburg, Va........................
Lynn, Mass.............................
1,731,390
1,514,558
8,190,269
455,056
700,000
386,300
1,664.124
176,725
2,329,358
2,626,958
17,427,240
693,461
80,819,231
11,056,000
298.550
818,535
2,885,578
98,990
467,138
547,625
399,440
92,000
80,000
451,428
254,390
230,740
641,259
616,575
204,660
12,200,929
2,148,910
405,025
184,242
1,056,321
1,830,380
1,981,696
8,737,894
854,496
792,000
466,300
2,115,552
431,115
2,560,098
3,268,217
18,043,815
898,121
93,020,160
13,204,910
703,575
1,002,777
3,941,899
4,622,096
2,389,075
5,204,347
602,635
660,325
990,000
1,617,418
454,434
3,643,349
4,260,108
16,307,825
1,177,374
101,678, 768
18,120,075
941,750
1,093,083
3,786,804
1,109,800
745,950
2,687,183
69,500
100,000
192,000
364,930
19,500
1,381,350
1,406,457
8,553,430
622,800
45,396,991
5,110,600
146,425
337,655
1,740,800
McKeesport, Pa......................
Macon, Ga..............................
Madison, Wis.........................
Manchester, N. H...................
Mansfield, Ohio.....................
Marion, Ind________________
Marion, Ohio...........................
Medford, Mass........................
Memphis, Tenn......................
Meriden, Conn.......................
Miami, Fla____________ ____
Milwaukee, Wis__...................
Minneapolis, Minn.................
Mobile, Ala.............................
Moline, 111................ . . ......... .
Montclair, N. J.......................
Montgomery, Ala...................
Mount Vernon, N. Y .............
Muncie, Ind__.........................
Muskegon, M ich............ ........
Muskogee, Okla......................
1,305,993
601,902
4,286,327
1,668,212
884, 714
863,153
226,190
491,680
2,831, 685
6, 664,897
1.073, 610
2, 754,848
32, 284,424
16,490, 360
1,484,465
1,838, 764
2, 576,159
2,346, 390
4,545, 630
1,596,704
2,071,315
353, 731
368,215
385, 723
688,156
225,736
356,539
253,802
76,110
15,490
651,810
1,396,649
204,670
860,168
5,662,819
4,469,775
182,423
385, 755
793,812
422, 209
1,633,613
464,463
404,089
72,430
1,674,208
987,625
. 4,974,483
1,893,948
1,241,253
1,116,955
302,300
507,170
3,483,495
8,061,546
1.278,280
3,615,016
37,947,243
20,960,135
1,666,888
2,224,519
3,369,971
2,768,599
6,179,243
2,061,167
2,475,404
426,161
2,184,985
2,349,689
7,630,114
2,892,944
1,058,719
1,808,874
1,307,160
1,140,285
4,514,833
14,283,039
1,268,721
1,946,063
35,406,381
23,257,725
3,345,818
1,659,775
4,643, 268
3,288,918
14,262,449
2,874,148
1,810,335
565,585
1,021,270
285,040
2,209,550
1,260,400
396,035
659,830
90,050
190,450
2, 243,000
4,248,865
607, 600
672,920
14,945,502
6,223,010
644, 722
857,300
2,242,130
1,293,070
2,558,200
903, 292
575,035
100,050
Nashville, Tenn......................
Newark, N. J..........................
Newark, Ohio.........................
New Bedford, Mass................
New Britain, C onn ...............
New Brunswick, N. J . ...........
Newburgh, N. Y ....................
New Castle, Pa.......................
New Haven, Conn..................
New London, Conn................
New Orleans, La....... .............
Newport, K y .........................
Newport, R. I.........................
Newport News, Va.................
New Rochelle, N. Y ...............
Newton, Mass.......... ..............
New York City, N. Y ............
Niagara Falls, N. Y ................
Norfolk, Va.............................
Norristown, Pa.......................
Norwalk, Conn.......................
4,656,212
23,920, 724
654, 565
563,180
789,373
1,385,003
852, 220
993,885
11,593,120
1,333,458
9,987,930
259, 775
1,436, 230
456, 561
6,662, 276
6,150, 671
864,363, 206
4,366,855
2,183,121
1,581,804
3,121,710
1,038,833
4,917,496
22,995
225,375
316,426
175,616
250,127
115,900
1,169,126
277,700
1,982,920
30,975
210,745
313,066
922,663
706,374
77,934,013
703,737
547,085
298,255
408,035
5,695,045
28,838,220
677,560
788,555
1,105,799
1,560,619
1,102,347
1,109,785
12,762,246
1,611,158
11,970,850
290,750
1,646,975
769,627
7,584,939
6,857,045
942,297,219
5,070,592
2,730,206
1,880,059
3,529,745
5,564,643
34,285,153
1,066,916
1,095,375
3,532,117
2,184,065
1,237,967
1,466,240
8,798,394
2,188,652
12,627,678
426,950
680,065
819,305
11,233,318
10,802,078
916,671,855
4,869,478
3,839,743
1,294,965
4,781,703
2,247,497
3,726,480
312,400
116,400
627,800
787,768
337,700
364,450
1,392,300
832,900
2,679,574
163,400
644,700
189,523
4,629,800
5,635,350
344,128,175
1,672,674
1,062,875
545,530
1,872,600
Oakland, Calif.........................
Oak Park, 111...........................
Ogden, Utah...........................
Oklahoma City, Okla.............
Okmulgee, Okla____________
Omaha, Nebr. ____ ______
12,461,007
5,490,080
511,195
20,478,055
84. 200
3, 742,872 i
>Not est imaled by Census Bureau.
1,935,181
230,815
189,500
2,022,575
57,750
1,838, 625
14,396,188
5,720,895
700,695
22,500,630
141,950
5,581,497
* Estimated as of
19,537,165
9,290,495
1,348,225
13,521,998
252,965
9,050,410
July J, 192f».
6,194,212
2,750,060
191,700
10,251,795
10,000
1,924,200
15
INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY
and families 'provided for in S ll cities in the calendar year 19&9— Continued
Families provided
for
City and State
Estimated
population
July 1,1928
Per capita expenditure 1929
For
per new
Number Ratio
10,000
build
ings
For re
pairs
and ad
ditions
Total
Per capita
expendi
ture for
house
Rank keeping
of dwellings
City only, 1929
Kingston, N. Y ................. —
Knoxville, Tenn...................
Kokomo, Ind........................
*28,400
105,400
40,400
53
472
75
18.7
44.8
18.6
$20.06
50.51
27.92
$19.92
1.66
5.44
$39.98
52.17
33.36
145
98
183
$10.23
18.90
5.65
Lakewood, Ohio................ —
Lancaster, Pa........................
Lansing, Mich......................
Lawrence, Mass....................
Lebanon, Pa..........................
Lewiston, Me.......................
Lexington, K y......................
Lima, Ohio....................... —
Lincoln, Nebr.......................
Little Rock, Ark...................
Long Beach, Calif................
Lorain, Ohio.........................
Los Angplp-s, Oaiif.,
Louisville, K y ......................
Lowell, Mass.......................Lynchburg, Va______ - ........
Lynn, Mass...........................
65,000
58,300
79,600
* 93,500
* 25,300
36,600
48,700
49,700
71,100
79,200
1104,200
44,900
(l)
329,400
«110,296
38,600
105,500
203
156
537
22
19
49
133
6
346
356
3,198
170
15,234
1,427
37
92
475
31.2
26.8
67.5
2.4
7.5
13.4
27.3
1.2
48.7
44.9
306.9
37.9
26.64
25.98
102.89
4.87
27.67
10.55
34.17
3.56
32.76
33.17
167.25
15.44
1.52
8.01
6.88
4.27
3.64
2.19
9.27
5.12
3.25
8.10
5.92
4.56
28.16
33.99
109.77
9.14
31.30
12.74
43.44
8.67
36.01
41.27
173.17
20.00
207
180
18
283
192
272
123
285
167
138
4
246
17.07
12.80
33.76
.74
3.95
5.25
7.49
.39
19.43
17.76
82.09
13.87
43.3
3.4
23.8
45.0
33.56
2.71
21.21
27.35
6.52
3.67
4.77
10.01
40.09
6.38
25.98
37.36
144
289
220
156
15.51
1.33
8.75
16.50
McKeesport, Pa...................
Macon, Ga.................. - ........
Madison, Wis.......................
Malden, Mass.......................
Manchester, N. H _ ..............
Mansfield, Ohio___________
Marion, Ind____ -_________
Marion, Ohio-------------------Medford, Mass.....................
Memphis, TenH....................
Meriden, Conn.....................
Miami, Fla........— ..............
Milwaukee, Wis...................
Minneapolis, Minn..............
174
73
499
332
100
115
38
69
438
1,246
120
112
3,848
1,570
299
163
165
488
325
319
161
46
34.5
11.9
98.8
62.2
11.7
35.4
25.91
9.84
84.88
31.24
10.32
26.56
7.31
6.30
13.63
4.23
4.16
7.81
33..22
16.14
98.50
35.47
14.48
34.37
185
256
28
170
266
176
20.26
4.66
43.75
23.60
4.62
20.30
Moline, 111.............................
Montclair, N. J.....................
Montgomery, Ala.................
Mount Vernon, N. Y ...........
Muncie, Ind...................
Muskegon, Mich..................
Muskogee, Okla....................
50,400
61,200
50,500
53,400
85,700
*32,500
0)
* 33,400
52,900
190,200
37,100
156,700
544,200
455,900
69,600
35,600
*33,700
63,100
54,700
46,800
46,600
33,200
20.7
82.8
65.5
32.3
7.1
70.7
34.4
43.0
45.8
49.0
77.3
59.4
68.2
33.7
13.9
14.72
53.53
35.04
28.94
17.58
59.32
36.17
21.33
51.65
76.44
37.19
83.10
34.12
44.45
10.65
0.46
12.32
7.34
5.52
5.49
10.41
9.80
2.62
10.84
23.56
6.69
29.86
9.92
8.67
2.18
15.18
65.85
42.38
34.45
23.07
69.73
45.98
23.95
62.49
100.00
43.88
112.97
44.04
53.12
12.84
263
64
130
173
231
50
110
228
71
24
120
14
119
92
271
5.70
42.40
22.34
16.38
4.29
27.46
13.65
9.26
24.08
66.53
20.49
46.77
19.30
12.34
3.01
Nashville, Tenn___________
Newark, N. J-------------------Newark, Ohio.......................
New Bedford, Mass.............
New Britain, Conn..............
New Brunswick, N. J_____
Newburgh, N. Y ..................
New Castle, Pa....................
New Haven, Conn...............
New London, Conn.............
New Orleans, La..................
Newport, K y _____________
Newport, R. I .......................
Newport News, Va..............
New Rochelle, N. Y .............
Newton, Mass......................
New York City, N. Y „ „ „ .
Niagara Falls, N. Y _______
Norfolk, Va...........................
Norristown, Pa.....................
Norwalk, Conn.....................
139,600
473,600
*30,600
»119,539
72,800
40,800
30,400
52,500
187,900
*29,700
429,400
0)
*27,757
53,300
48,800
57,300
6,017,500
68,300
184,200
36,200
* 30,100
781
693
97
18
130
195
57
65
276
112
1,060
35
62
67
355
568
58,320
320
233
103
262
55.9
14.6
31.7
1.5
17.9
47.8
18.8
12.4
14.7
37.7
24.7
33.35
50.51
21.39
4.71
10.84
33.95
28.03
18.93
61.70
44.90
23.26
7.44
10.38
0.75
1.89
4.35
4.30
8.23
2.21
6.22
9.35
4.62
40.80
60.89
22.14
6.60
15.19
38.25
36.26
21.14
67.92
54.25
27.88
141
76
234
288
262
151
166
237
56
88
210
16.10
7.87
10.21
0.97
8.62
19.31
11.11
6.94
7.41
28.04
6.24
22.3
12.6
72.7
99.1
96.9
46.9
12.6
28.5
87.0
51.74
8.57
136.52
107.34
143.64
63.94
11.85
43.70
103.71
7.59
5.87
18.91
12.33
12.95
10.30
2.97
8.24
13.56
59.33
14.44
155.43
119.67
156.59
74.24
14.82
51.94
117.27
80
267
7
12
6
44
265
99
13
23.22
3.56
94.87
98.35
57.19
24.49
5.77
15.07
62.21
Oakland, Calif____________
Oak Park, 111_____________
Ogden, Utah.........................
Oklahoma City, Okla______
Okmulgee, Okla___________
Omaha, Nebr........................
274,100
57,700
39,100
(0
(*)
222,800
1,904
310
74
3,023
69.5
53.7
18.9
45.46
95.15
13.07
7.06
4.00
4.85
52.52
99.15
17.92
95
26
254
22.60
47.66
4.90
461
26.7
16.80
8.25
25.05
224
8.63
aState census Jan. 1,1925.
1 Estimate of July 1, 1927.
16
BTJILDING PERMITS IN THE PRINCIPAL CITIES
T
able
5 . — Total, and
per capita expenditures for new buildings and for repairs,
Total expenditures
City and State
Expenditure Expenditure
for repairs
for new build and
additions
ings 1929
1929
1929
1928
Expenditure
for new house
keeping dwell
ings only,
1929
Orange, N. J............................
Oshkosh, Wis..........................
Ottumwa, Iowa.......................
$1,952,382
565,775
650,150
$413,715
214,869
67,375
$2,366,097
780,644
717,525
$3,106,499
852,846
393,775
$735,000
430,025
222,500
Paducah, K y...........................
Pasadena, Calif.......................
Passaic, N. J...........................
Paterson, N. J.........................
Pawtucket, R. I......................
Peoria, 111................................
Perth Amboy, N. J.................
Petersburg, Va........................
Philadelphia, Pa.....................
Phoenix, Ariz..........................
Pittsburgh, Pa........................
Pittsfield, M ass......................
Plainfield, N. J........................
Pontiac, Mich.........................
Port Arthur, Tex....................
Port Huron, Mich..................
Portland, Me..........................
Portland, Oreg........................
Portsmouth, Ohio...................
Portsmouth, Va......................
Poughkeepsie, N. Y ................
Providence, R. I......................
Pueblo, Colo...........................
224,170
5,488, 235
4,383,240
3,732,899
1,702,170
3,135,068
1,282,366
380,829
95,254,090
4,819,182
28,509,741
2,615,275
1,587,164
5,740,217
1,491,432
257,410
1,307,686
12,665,835
623,012
233,302
1,367,925
11,720,750
1,122,338
120,890
1,498,469
486, 509
1,138,710
292,755
468,592
388,760
69,324
9,151,455
415, 595
7,129,126
788,405
422,859
478,698
487,147
66,440
825, 502
2,837,845
95,084
174,075
254,263
3,222,745
450,117
345,060
6,986,704
4,869,749
4,871,609
1,994,925
3,603,660
1,671,126
450,153
104,405,545
5,234, 777
35,638,867
3,403,680
2,010,023
6,218,915
1,978,579
323,850
2,133,188
15,503,680
718,096
407,377
1,622,188
14,943,495
1,572,455
608,605
5,949, 553
3,061,518
7,356,691
2,822,589
3,951,260
1,367,359
568,628
112, 225,865
5,976,662
39,373,532
1,813,130
3,464,771
13,115,226
1,881,236
461,175
2,738,886
21,275,970
1,247,085
688,531
1, 664,820
16,003,519
1,466,812
181,145
3,193,677
679,750
1,527,500
1,368,125
1,809,083
325,525
148,545
32,875,685
2,324,152
11,064,650
1,169.100
954,756
3,481,182
142,553
105,875
738,692
6,576,645
352,150
161,700
663,850
5,184,200
481,900
Quincy, 111...............................
Quincy, Mass..........................
765,605
3,416,247
66,145
800,295
831,750
4,216,542
1,276,957
6,870,012
371,400
2,420,650
Racine, Wis.............................
Reading, Pa.............................
Revere, Mass..........................
Richmond. Ind........................
Richmond, Va.........................
Roanoke, Va...........................
Rochester, N. Y ......................
Rockford, 111............................
Rock Island, 111.......................
4,303,543
5,118,842
537,935
778,489
7,921,475
1,984, 279
11,205,232
4,262,182
800,339
479,234
991,724
192,440
284,763
1,224,750
235, 550
2,098,029
821,260
2, 111, 311
4,782,777
6,110,566
730,375
1,063,252
9,146,255
2,219,829
13,303,261
5,083,442
2,911,650
4,417,489
3,808,320
1,227,142
940,723
8,844,881
3,279,423
17,620,798
5,736,642
1,583,244
3,091,711
1,452,075
417,000
554,300
2,528,964
1,140,337
2,802,063
2,367,200
616,100
Sacramento, Calif...................
Saginaw, M ich........................
St. Joseph, M o........................
St. Louis, M o..........................
St. Paul, Minn........................
St. Petersburg, Fla.................
Salem, Mass............................
Salt Lake City, Utah..............
San Antonio, Tex....................
San Diego, Calif.....................
San Francisco, Calif................
San Jose, Calif........................
Savannah, Ga..........................
Schenectady, N. Y .................
Scranton, Pa......... .................
Seattle, Wash..........................
Sheboygan, Wis......................
Shreveport, La........................
Sioux City, Iowa.....................
Sioux Falls, S. Dak.................
Somerville, Mass.....................
South Bend, Ind.....................
Spokane, Wash........................
Springfield, 111.........................
Springfield, Mass....................
Springfield, M o........ i .........
Springfield, Ohio____ _______
Stamford, Conn.....................
Steubenville, Ohio.......... ........
Stockton, Calif.......................
Superior, Wis___....................
Syracuse, N. Y ........................
3,665,615
2,650,100
856,146
22,103, 607
7,086,686
930,200
1,281,740
4,673,398
16,405,173
10,660,675
28,757,442
2,125.035
979,270
2,846,725
2,007,074
22,248,000
1,152,365
2,576,422
2,740,253
1,593.500
2,772,331
6, 609,370
3,098,326
2,734,108
3,937,543
1,226,641
1,595, 110
3,956,623
1,088,975
1,035,380
890,598
8,853,967
715,774
470,672
548,299
4,970,062
2,278,589
515,700
603,468
1,017,193
1,665,177
754,158
4,668,875
303,150
142,742
584,125
940,190
6,853,450
315,633
958,959
390,115
359,440
303,823
405,335
1,049,534
377,898
1,157,506
297,880
155,311
548,325
97,025
396,708
292,666
2,412,738
4,381,389
3,120,772
1,404,445
27,073,669
9,365,275
1,445,900
1,885,208
5,690,591
18,070,350
11,414,833
33,426,317
2,428,185
1,122,012
3,430,850
2,947,264
29,101,450
1,467,998
3,535,381
3,130,368
1,952,940
3,076.154
7,014,705
4,147,860
3,112,006
5,095,049
1,524,521
1,750,421
4,504,948
1,186,000
1,432,088
1,183,264
11,266,705
3Not estimated by Census Bureau.
5,524,332
4,349, 585
2,004,618
42,828,495
8,699,513
1,846,100
1,719,685
5,277,404
18,300,359
12,150,138
37,504,438
2,541,300
2,137.134
3,428,480
4,632,243
34,806,975
2,108,719
4,846,425
2,170,440
2,004,725
1,424,197
6,363,185
5,736,778
3,739,153
5,976,799
1,615,655
1,556,767
5,195,278
1,193,410
1,774,866
1,852,152
13,220,429
>Estimated as of July 1, 1926.
2,445,604
1,498,680
472,850
12,423,740
2,809,212
278,200
608,850
2,575,310
5,695.257
4,708,917
13,868,201
1,174,265
668,050
1,683,100
569,440
11,487,910
686,600
1,462,358
942,300
678,600
991,500
2,884,080
1,536,720
928,805
1,942,500
606,751
819,410
2,038,400
709,450
469,250
505,115
4,553,500
17
INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY
and families provided for in 811 cities in the calendar year 1929— Continued
Families provided
for
City and State
Per capita expenditure 1929
Estimated
Ju^l^l928
For
per new
Number Ratio
build
10,000
ings
For re
pairs
and ad
ditions
Total
Per capita
expendi
ture for
house
Rank keeping
of dwellings
City only, 1929
Orange, N. J.........................
Oshkosh, Wis.......................
Ottumwa, Iowa___________
36,500
33,200
227,400
136
115
41
37.3
34.6
15.0
$53.49
17.04
23.73
$11.33
6.47
2.46
$64.82
23.51
26.19
65
230
219
$20.13
12.95
8.12
Paducah, K y........................
Pasadena, Calif___________
Passaic, N. J.........................
Paterson, N. J.... ......... ........
Pawtucket, R. I ...................
Peoria, 111..............................
Perth Amboy, N. J..............
Petersburg, Va......................
Philadelphia, Pa...................
Phoenix, Ariz_____________
Pittsburgh, Pa......................
Pittsfield, Mass....................
Plainfield, N. J.....................
Pontiac, M ich_....................
Port Arthur, Tex..................
Port Huron, Mich................
Portland, M e........................
Portland, Oreg____________
Portsmouth, Ohio_________
Portsmouth, Va....................
Poughkeepsie, N. Y .............
Providence, R. I ---------------Pueblo, Colo....... .................
226,100
62,100
71,800
144,900
73.100
84,500
50,100
37,800
2,064, 200
2 42,100
673,800
50,000
232, 500
61,500
2 33,000
2 30,700
78,600
0)
41,200
61,600
39,100
286,300
44,200
91
401
115
435
318
366
66
47
7,098
995
2,153
211
128
1,284
58
54
172
1,586
98
66
68
842
193
34.9
64.6
16.0
30.0
43.5
43.3
13.2
12.4
34.4
236.3
32.0
42.2
39.4
208.8
17.6
17.6
21.9
8.59
88.38
61.05
25.76
23.29
37.10
25.60
10.07
46.15
114.47
42.31
52.31
48.84
93.34
45.19
8.38
16.64
4.63
24.13
6.78
7.86
4.00
6.55
7.76
1.83
4.43
9.87
10.58
15.77
13.01
7.78
14. 76
2.16
10.50
13.22
112.51
67.82
33.62
27.29
42.65
33.36
11.91
50.58
124.34
52.89
68.07
61.85
101.12
59.96
10.55
27.14
270
15
57
182
211
129
184
274
100
9
94
55
73
23
79
280
212
6.94
51.43
9.47
10.54
18.72
21.41
6.50
3.93
15.93
55.21
16.42
23.38
29.38
56.60
4.32
3.45
9.40
23.8
10.7
17.4
29.4
43.7
15.12
3.79
34.99
40.94
25.39
2.31
2.83
6.50
11.26
10.18
17.43
6.61
41.49
52.20
35.58
253
287
136
97
168
8.55
2.63
16.98
18.11
10.90
Quincy, 111............................
Quincy, Mass.......................
39,800
67,600
87
650
21.9
81.4
19.24
50.54
1.66
11.84
20.90
62.37
240
72
9.33
35.81
Racine, Wis_______ _______
Reading, Pa..........................
Revere, Mass........................
Richmond, Ind.....................
Richmond, Va......................
Roanoke, V a.._....................
Rochester, N. Y __...............
Rockford, 111.........................
Rock Island, 111....................
74,400
115,400
36,000
231,000
194,400
64,600
328,200
82,800
42,700
653
253
95
138
590
320
496
621
200
87.8
21.9
26.4
44.5
30.3
49.5
15.1
75.0
46.8
57.84
44.36
14.94
25.11
40.75
30.72
34.14
51.48
18.74
6.44
8.59
5.35
9.19
6.30
3. G5
6.39
9.92
49.45
64.28
52.95
20.29
34.30
47.05
34.36
40.53
61.39
68.19
66
93
244
177
108
175
143
75
52
41.56
12.58
11.58
17.88
13.01
17.65
8.54
28.59
14.43
Sacramento, Calif.................
Saginaw, Mich......................
St. Joseph, Mo......................
St. Louis, Mo............ ...........
St. Paul, Minn.....................
St. Petersburg, Fla_..............
Salem, Mass....... ......... ........
Salt Lake City, Utah...........
San Antonio, Tex.................
San Diego, Calif-.................
San Francisco, Calif............
San Jose, Calif......................
Savannah, Ga......................
Schenectady, N. Y ...............
Scranton, Pa........................
Seattle, Wash............. .........
Sheboygan, Wis....................
Shreveport, La......................
Sioux City, Iowa..................
Sioux Falls, S. Dak..............
Somerville, Mass..................
South Bend, Ind...................
Spokane, Wash.....................
Springfield, 111......................
Springfield, Mass........... ......
Springfield, M o......... ..........
Springfield, Ohio..................
Stamford, Conn....................
Steubenville, Ohio------------Stockton, Calif.....................
Superior, Wis_____________
Syracuse, N. Y .....................
75,700
75,600
78,500
848,100
7250,100
53,300
43,000
138,000
218,100
119,700
585,300
45,500
99,900
93,300
144,700
383,200
35,100
81,300
80,000
* 31,200
102,700
86,100
109,100
67,200
149,800
51,700
73,000
43,800
232,600
51,000
(i)
199,300
643
501
205
4,364
591
67
115
699
2,233
1,318
3,518
335
195
278
137
3,289
127
543
308
171
286
661
419
229
466
218
244
315
181
151
134
793
91.5
66.3
26.1
51.5
23.6
12.6
26.7
50.7
102.4
110.1
60.1
73.6
19.5
29.8
9.5
85.8
36.2
66.8
38.5
54.8
27.8
76.8
38.4
34.1
31.1
42.2
33.4
71.9
55.5
29.6
48.42
35.05
10.91
26.06
28.34
17.45
29.81
33.87
75.22
89.06
49.13
46.70
9.80
30.51
13.87
58.06
32.83
31.69
34.25
51.07
26.99
76.76
28.40
40.69
26.29
23. 73
21.85
90.33
33.40
20.30
9.46
6.23
6.98
5.86
9.11
9.68
14.03
7.37
7.63
6.30
7.98
6.66
1.43
6.26
6.50
17.88
8.99
11.80
4.88
11.52
2.96
4.71
9.62
5.62
7.73
5.76
2.13
12.52
2.98
7.78
57.88
41.28
17.89
31.92.
37.45
27.13
43.84
41.24
82.85
95.36
57.11
53.37
11.23
36.77
20.37
75.94
41.82
43.49
39.13
62.59
29.95
81.47
38.02
46.31
34.01
29.49
23.98
102.85
36.38
28.08
82
137
251
189
154
213
121
139
37
30
83
89
277
160
243
41
133
122
148
69
196
38
152
109
179
199
226
21
165
208
32.31
19.82
6.02
14.65
11.23
5.22
14.16
18.66
26.11
39.34
23.69
25.80
6.69
18.04
3.94
29.98
19.56
17.99
11.78
21.75
9.65
33.50
14.09
13.82
12.97
11.74
11.22
46.54
21.76
9.20
39.8
44.43
i i ’ ii
56.53
84
22.85
i Estimate of July 1, 1027.
18
BUILDING PERMITS IN THE PRINCIPAL CITIES
T
able
5 . — Total
and per capita expenditures for new building# and for repairs,
Total expenditures
City and State
Expenditure Expenditure
for repairs
for new build and
additions
ings 1929
1929
1929
1928
Expenditure
for new house
keeping dwell
ings only,
1929
Tacoma, Wash............
Tampa, Fla_________
Taunton, Mass______
Terre Haute, Ind____
Toledo, O hio..............
Topeka, Kans_______
Trenton, N. J....... .....
Troy, N. Y ..................
Tucson, Ariz.............. .
Tulsa, Okla_________
$3,444,795
1,312,833
447,996
501,874
11,471,511
1,566,007
2,892,273
1,658,204
3,034,209
11,255,488
$608,255
545,587
124,906
297.455
2,035. 729
185, 460
782. 731
379,063
382.247
501,147
$4,053,050
1,858,420
572,902
799,329
13,507,240
1,751,467
3,675,004
2,037,267
3,416,456
11,756,635
$4,660,415
3.617.054
882, 497
973,487
17,346,195
1,991,514
4,105,921
1,323,664
2,895,391
13,411,051
$1,480,000*
345,195.
156,850
269,400
4,792,150
803.800
655,014
681,520
1,088,987
5,617,097
Union City, N. J....... .
Utica, N. Y .................
588,215
1,819,975
266,908
677,160
855,123
2,497,135
1,120,756
3,916,970
415,900
715,200
Vallejo, Calif...............
327,969
131,052
459,021
441,847
166,130
Waco, Tex...................
Waltham, Mass..........
Warren, Ohio..............
Washington, D. C----Waterbury, Conn___
Waterloo, Iowa.......... .
Watertown, Mass___
Watertown, N. Y ____
West New York, N.. J
Wheeling, W. Va....... .
White Plains, N. Y__.
Wichita, Kans............
Wichita Falls, Tex___
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.......
Wilkinsburg, Pa........
Williamsport, Pa____
Wilmington, Del____
Wilmington, N. C----Winston-Salem, N. C.
Woonsocket, R. I.......
Worcester, Mass........
2,284,063
2,172,270
1,885,440
52,544,331
2,411,950
1,688,285
1,636,305
953,405
646,300
903,131
6,540,740
8,072,287
1,023,332
2,602,380
1,080,710
884,423
4,690, C98
525,350
4,096, C92
899.445
4,523,974
415,962
167,885
282,760
3,583, 588
586,800
285,764
128.335
136,197
231.335
859.888
654,227
579,295
314,005
622,243
254,385
399,142
1,452,567
157,250
904,075
349,905
2,728,991
2,700,025
2,340,155
2,168,200
56,127,919
2,998, 750
1,974,049
1, 764, 640
1,089,602
877,635
1,768,019
7,194,967
8,651,582
1,337,337
3, 224. 623
1,335,095
1,283,565
6,142,665
682,600
5,000,167
1,049,350
7,250,985
2,291,339
2.477.055
1,811,620
53,974,979
3,488,300
2,722,194
2,824,095
1,152,449
1,628,385
1,967,488
12,632,206
7,974,221
1,911,412
3,896,345
1,915,561
2,080,940
5,577,109
748,500
8,531,028
918, 543
7,260,320
890,837
1,022,800
1,352,845
20,777,645
1,253,500
1,021,825
1,134,400
302.800
294,350
445,950
3,186,635
4,771,605
494,885
249,695
945,755
456,466
2,253,335
314,000
1,253,695
89,950
2,131,900
Yonkers, N. Y _ .........
York, Pa....................
Youngstown, Ohio__
19,765.893
8G4, 821
5,482,497
1,600,156
593,648
411,823
21,366,049
1,458,469
5,894,320
35,618,824
2,065,049
8,637,675
11,850,877
443,525
2,580,325
Zanesville, Ohio....... -
452,824
125,356
578,180
548,064
323,160
Total_________
2,668,158,494
367,522,987
3,035,681,481
3,423,584,461
1,155,528,963
* Not estimated by Census Bureau.
INTRODtrC irid N AND SUMMARY
19
and families provided for in 811 cities'in the calendar year 1929-~- Continued
Fa tnili 3s provided
for
City and State
Estimated
population
July 1,1928
Tacoma, Wash......................
Tampa, Fla...........................
Taunton, Mass.....................
Terre Haute, Ind........ .........
Toledo, Ohio....... .................
Topeka, Kans.......................
Trenton, N. J........................
Troy, N. J.............................
Tucson, Ariz.........................
Tulsa, Okla...........................
110,500
113,400
40,600
73,500
313,200
62,800
139,000
72,300
227, 500
170,500
Union City, N. J..................
Utica, N. Y ...........................
64,400
104,200
Vallejo, Calif______________
Waco, Tex.......................... .
Waltham, Mass___________
Warren, Ohio__....................
Washington, D. C _________
Waterbury, Conn_________
Waterloo, Iow a....................
Watertown, Mass_________
Watertown, N. Y_............ .
West New York, N. J..........
Wheeling, W. Va..................
White Plains, N. Y . ............
Wichita, K a n s....................
Wichita Falls, Tex...............
Wilkes-Barre, Pa..................
Wilkinsburg, Pa...................
Williamsport, Pa..................
Wilmington, Del..................
Wilmington, N. C ................
Winston-Salem, N. C__.......
Woonsocket, R. I _________
Worcester, Mass...................
0
46,600
37,100
*36,100
552,000
Per capita expenditure 1929
For
per new
Nu onb 3r Ratio
10,000
build
ings
For re
pairs
and ad
ditions
Total
Per capita
expendi
ture for
house
Rank keeping
of dwellings
City only, 1929
I jJTi O
*91
*7
111.
.340
$,«346
46.6
16.6
9.4
10.6
41.8
30.4
6.3
15.4
123.6
96.5
$31.17
11.58
11.03
6.83
36.63
24.94
20.81
22.94
110.33
66.01
$5.50
4.81
3.08
4.05
6.50
2.95
5.63
5.24
13.90
2.94
$36.68
16.39
14.11
10.88
43.13
27.89
26.44
28.18
124.23
68.95
163
255
268
278
126
209
217
206
10
51
$13.39
3.04
3.86
3.67
15.30
12.80
4.71
9.43
39.60
32.94
125
111
19.4
10.7
9.13
17.47
4.14
6.50
13.28
23.96
269
227
6.46
6.86
45.9
55.3
74.5
58.4
49.01
58.55
52.23
95.19
8.93
4.53
7.83
6.49
57.94
63.08
60.06
101.68
81
68
78
22
19.12
27.57
37.47
37.64
51.5
18 S
38
J8
48
(9
0)
91,900
96.2
83.7
15.4
20.0
45.51
61.98
28.29
15.76
7.70
4.86
4.04
5.64
53.21
66.84
32.33
21.41
91
61
188
235
27.54
42.97
8.99
7.18
120.2
159.1
227. 90
81.29
22.80
5.83
250. 70
87.13
1
36
111. 03
48.05
228,000
44,000
128,500
39,100
80,000
53,400
197,600
T214
:205
:269
$;223
262
357
221
52
82
72
£545
tti 580
109
70
:199
103
: 383
74
317
23
379
7.6
71.1
23.4
29.8
18.9
39.6
4.3
19.2
28.32
38.60
20.10
36.50
13.44
51.20
16.84
22.89
6.77
9.09
9.07
11.30
4.02
11.30
2.81
13.80
35.09
47.68
29.17
47.80
17.46
62.50
19.65
36.70
172
106
201
105
252
70
248
162
2.72
33.78
10.37
17.54
8.03
15.67
1.68
10.79
Yonkers, N. Y ......................
York, Pa...............................
Youngstown, Ohio................
121,300
49,900
174,200
SiS208
87
. 525
149.1
17.4
30.1
162.95
17.33
31.47
13.19
11.90
2.36
176.14
29.23
33.84
3
200
181
97.70
8.89
14.81
Zanesville, Ohio............. ......
230,600
\ 03
33.7
14.80
4.10
18.89
249
Total............................ 44,940,049
2112,72 6
56.2
59.37
8.18
67.55
•Estimated as of July \ r26.
0)
37,100
*2G, 400
33,700
241,000
228,700
99,300
10.56
25.71
20
BUILDING PERMITS IN THE PRINCIPAL CITIES
Expenditure for Building Operations in Representative
Cities, 1921 to 1929
ACH year since 1921 the Bureau of Labor Statistics has collected
data concerning building permits issued in cities of the United
States having a population of over 25,000. Data are available from
257 identical cities for each year, 1921 to 1929, inclusive. Com
parable figures for these years are presented in this article.
The estimated costs shown in Tabl e (5 are for the cost of the build
ing only. No land costs are included. The costs are as shown by
permits issued within the corporate limits of the cities. Building
operations in suburban territory are of importance in some districts
but data for such territory are not available. Table 6 shows the
estimated expenditures for new resid.ential buildings, new nonresidential buildings, and total new buildings; the estimated popula
tion as of July 1 each year; the number of families provided for; the
ratio of families provided for to each 10 ,000 of population; the index
number of each of these items; and the index number of families
provided for weighted by population.
E
Estimated expenditure for each class of new buildings, families provided
for and ratio to population, and index numbers thereof, in 257 identical cities,
1921 to 1929
T a b l e 6 .—
New residential
buildings
Year
1921.................................
1922.................................
1923.................................
1924.................................
1925.................................
1926.................................
1927.................................
1928.................................
1929.................................
Estimated
expenditure
$937,352,739
1, 612,352,921
2,000,986, P00
2,070.276,7/2
2. 461, 546, 270
2, 255,994,627
1,906,003, 260
1,859,429,751
1,433, 111, 774
Index
number
100.0
172.0
213.5
220.9
262.6
240.7
203. 3
198.4
152.9
New nonresidential
buildings
Estin lated
expenc liture
$635,7 75,199
876,2 76.713
1.070, f 96,718
1,137, ( 31,080
1,343. S 80.884
1, 300, 8 40.876
1,231,7 E5, 870
1,135, 1 <9,986
1.146. S 68.101
Population
Year
1921.................................
1922.................................
1923.................................
1924.................................
1925.................................
1926.................................
1927.................................
1928.................................
1929.................................
As estimated
by Census
Bureau
36,575,118
37,511,516
38,447,913
39,384,311
40,320,708
41,257,106
42, 058, 897
42, 767,125
43. 665, 235
Index
number
100.0
137.8
168.4
178.9
211.4
204.6
193.7
178.6
180.4
Total new buildings
Estimated
expenditure
$1,573,127,938
2.488,629, 634
3,071,583, 618
3,207,907,852
3,805,427,154
3,556,835.503
3,137, 789,130
2,994,979.737
2,580.069,875
Index
number
100.0
158.2
195.3
203.9
241.9
226.1
199.5
190.4
164.0
Families provided for
Index
number
100.0
102.6
105.1
107.7
110.2
112.8
115.0
116.9
119.4
Number
224,545
377,305
453,673
442,919
<91, 222
162, 214
-106. 095
J138, 678
1144,197
Index
number
100.0
168.0
202.0
197.3
218.8
205.8
180.9
173.1
108.8
Ratio to each
10,000 of
population
61.4
100.6
118.0
112.5
121.8
112.0
96.6
90.9
55.9
Index
number
weighted
by popu
lation
100.0
163.7
192.2
183.2
198.4
182.4
157.3
148.1
91.1
In 1921, $937,352,739 was expended for new residential buildings
according to permits issued in these 2*57 cities. There was an in
crease each year in expenditures for this class of building until a peak
of $2,461,546,270 was reached in 1925, when the index number of
expenditures for residential buildings stoc >d at 262.6. Since 1925 there
has been a steady decrease in expenditi ires for residential buildings.
During 1929 permits issued in these 25\r cities showed an estimated
expenditure for residential buildings of' $1,433,111,774, which was
less than the expenditure for this class ( >f building in any year since
1921. The index number of residential buildings for 1929 was 152.9.
Expenditures for new nonresidential buildings in these 257 cities
during 1921 were $635,775,199. The per tk expenditure for this class of
21
EXPENDITURE IN REPRESENTATIVE CITIES
building was also reached in 1925, when permits issued showed the esti
mated cost of new nonresidential buildings to be $1,343,880,884. The
index number of expenditures for nonresidential buildings during this
peak year was 211.4, or 51.2 points less than the peak index number for
residential building. The estimated expenditures for nonresidential
buildings followed the same trend as for residential buildings through
1928, when a low point of 178.6 was reached. There was a slight upturn
in expenditures for nonresidential buildings in 1929, however. The esti
mated cost of the new buildings in this class for which permits were
issued in the calendar year 1929 was $1,146,958,101 and the index num
ber showed an increase of 1.8 points over the index number for 1928.
The 1929 expenditures for nonresidential buildings were higher than
the expenditures for this class of dwelling in any year previous to 1925.
Expenditures for all new buildings reached a peak of $3,805,427,154
in 1925 and have been gradually decreasing each year since that time.
The estimated cost of new construction for which permits were issued
in 1929 in these 257 cities was $2,580,069,875. The estimated popu
lation of these cities was 36,575,118 in 1921, but by 1929 had risen to
43,665,235, an increase of 19.4 per cent.
The number of families provia ed for in new dwellings in these cities
also reached a peak in 1925, when 491,222 families were provided
with dwelling places in the new dwellings for which permits were
issued during that year. There has been a gradual decline in new
family dwelling units since that date, the number of families provided
for during 1929 being 244,197, which is less than half the number pro
vided for during 1925. In 1921, 61.4 families were provided for to
each 10,000 of population. By 1925 this ratio had risen to 121.8
families. In 1929, however, the ratio of families provided for reached
the low point of the 9 years under discussion, only 55.9 families per
10,000 of population being provided with dwelling places in new build
ings. The index number of families provided for weighted by popula
tion, reached a peak of 198.4 in 1925 and declined to 91.1 in 1929.
Average Estimated Cost of Dwellings per Family
T a b le 7 shows the average cost per family unit each year, 1921 to
1929, of housing accommodations of each type for which permits were
issued in the 257 identical cities from which reports were received.
The costs from which these averages were computed are the costs of
the building as stated by the prospective builder at the time when
he applied for his permit to build. There may be a profit or loss
between the cost to the builder and the cost to the home purchaser.
T a b le
7.— Average cost of new dwellings1per family in 357 identical cities11921 to 1929
Average cost of new dwellings per family
Year
1921.
1922.
1923.
1924.
1925.
1926.
1927.
3928.
1929.
Index numbers of cost of dwellings per family
Multi
TwoTwoMulti All classes
OneOnefamily
family
family
family
family
family
of dwell
dwellings dwellings dwellings
ings
dwellings dwellings dwellings3
$3,972
4,134
4,203
4,317
4,618
4,725
4,830
4,937
4,915
$3, 762
3,801
4,159
4,336
4,421
4,480
4,368
4,064
4,020
$4,019
3,880
4,001
4,418
4,289
4,095
4,170
4,129
4,4CK
$3,947
4,005
4,127
4,352
4,464
4,422
4,449
4,407
4,566
1Includes only cost of the buildings.
includes one-family and two-family dwellings with stores
‘Includes multifamily dwellings with storgs.
100.0
104.1
105.8
108.7
116.3
119.0
121.6
124.3
123.7
100.0
101.0
110.6
115.3
117.5
119.1
116.1
108.0
106.9
All classes
of dwell
ings
100.0
100.0
96.5
99.6
109.9
106.7
101.9
103.8
102.7
109.5
101.5
104.6
110.3
113.1
112.0
112.7
111.7
115.7
22
BUILDING PERMITS IN THE PRINCIPAL CITIES
The average cost of one-family d sellings for which permits were
issued in these 257 cities in 1921 was $3,972. There was an increase
in the average cost of these single-family dwellings each year until
1928, when a peak cost of $4,937 per building was reached. There
was a slight decline in the cost of these dwellings in 1929, the expendi
ture per building being $4,915. Two-family dwellings reached the
peak cost in 1926 when the average cost per family was $4,480.
There has been a slight decline each year since that date, the 1929
cost being $4,020 per family. The cost of family units in apartment
houses has varied more than in either of the other two classes of
dwellings. The per family cost of dwelling units in apartment houses
was $4,019 in 1921. There was a slump to $3,880 in 1922, a rise in
1923, another rise in 1924 to a peak cost of $4,418, a decline in cost
for the next two years, a slight rise in 1927, a slight decrease in 1928,
and a rise to $4,402 in 1929, this cost being higher than that for any
year except 1924.
The average cost per dwelling, all types of housing combined, was
$3,947 in 1921. There was an increase in this average cost each year
until 1925, when the cost stood at $4,464. The succeeding years
have shown some variation, but 1929* showed the highest cost of any of
the nine years under discussion. The average cost of dwelling places
per family during 1929 was $4,566, which was 15.7 per cent higher
than during the year 1921, and 2.6 points higher than during 1925.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics collects monthly the wholesale
prices of building material and from such figures computes index
numbers. Retail prices as paid by builders are not available but
it is believed that the trend of retail prices follows closely the trend
of wholesale prices. The index number as shown in Table 8 for wages
in the building trades are wage rates for union labor only. In many
cities the building trades are highly organized, while in others there
is much nonunion labor. Although the bureau has no data concern
ing wages of nonunion labor in the building trades, it is thought that
the trend of wages of nonunion labor tends to follow the same trend
as that of union labor.
The index number of wholesale prices in the building trades reached
a peak of 111.6 in 1923. It decreased each year thereafter until a
low point of 95.8 was reached in 1927. There was a slight increase
in 1928 and another increase (to 99.7) in 1929. The index number
of union wage rates in the building trades reached a low point of
93.4 in 1922 and has been climbing steadily ever since, reaching 130.6
in 1929. That is to say, the union wage rates in the building trades
were 30.6 per cent higher than in 1921.
T a b le
8 .—
Index numbers of wholesale prices of building material and of union
wage rates in the building trades, 1921 to 1929
Year
1921.....................................
1922.....................................
1923.....................................
1924......... ...........................
1925.....................................
wage
Wholesale Union
rates per
prices of
in the
building hour
building
material
trades
100.0
99.9
111.6
105.0
104.4
•100.0
93.4
103.6
112.2
116.3
Year
1926_____________________
1927.....................................
1928.....................................
1929.-,..................................
wage
Wholesale Union
rates per
prices of hour
in the
building
material . building
trades
102.7
95.8
96.2
99.7
124.0
128.5
129.0
130.6
23
BUILDING PERMITS IN THE PRINCIPAL CITIES
Apartment House Construction in American Cities, 1929
URING 1929 there was a slight decrease in the percentage of
homes provided for in apartment houses as compared with the
percentage provided for in this class of dwellings during 1928. Re
ports collected by the Bureau of Labor Statistics are available for
257 identical cities of 25,000 population or over, continuously since
1921, showing the number of families provided for and the class of
dwellings with which they were provided. This information is shown
in Table 9.
A multifamily dwelling is a dwelling accommodating three or more
families. The term is equivalent to the more generally used appella
tion, apartment house or tenement house. In 1929, 244,197 families
were provided for in all classes of dwellings in these 257 cities. This
compares with 388,678 provided for in 1928. According to permits
issued in these cities, 48.6 per cent of the families provided for in
1929 were accommodated in apartment houses, 40.2 per cent in 1-family
dwellings, and 11.2 per cent in 2-family dwellings. In 1928, 53.7 per
cent were provided for in apartment houses, 35.2 per cent in 1-family
dwellings, and 11.1 per cent in 2-family dwellings.
D
T
able
Year
1921.
1922.
1923.
1924.
1925.
9 . — Per
cent of families provided for in the different kinds of dwellings in
257 identical citiesy 1921 to 1929
Per cent of families pro
Number
vided for in-—
of families
provided 1-family 2-family Multi
for in all
family
dwell
dwell
classes of
dwell
ings
ings1
dwellings
ings*
224,545
377,305
453,673
442,919
491,222
58,3
47.5
45.8
47.6
46.0
17.3
21.3
21.2
21.5
17.5
24.4
31.2
33.0
30.9
36.4
Year
1926______
1927______
1928______
1929______
Per cent of families pro
Number
vided for in-—
of families
provided 1-family 2-family Multi
for in all
dwell
dwell family
classes of
ings1 dwell
ings
dwellings
ings 2
462,214
406,095
388,678
244,197
40.7
38.3
35.2
40.2
13.9
13.4
11.1
11.2
45.4
48.3
53.7
48.6
1Includes 1-family and 2-family dwellings with stores combined.
1Includes multifamily dwellings with stores combined.
During each of the last four years more families have been provided
for in apartment houses than in l-famity dwellings in these cities.
If this ratio keeps up the time may come in most of the larger cities
of the United States when the majority of families will be living in
apartment houses.1
Comparison of Conditions in Cities of Over 500,000
In t h e 14 cities of the United States having a population of 500,000
and over, 64.4 per cent of the new family dwelling units for which
permits were issued during the calendar year 1929 were in apartment
houses, 25.3 per cent in 1-family dwellings, and 10.3 per cent in
2-family dwellings. Dwelling accommodations were provided for
139,007 families during this year. During the calendar year 1928,
dwelling places were provided for 232,681 families, of which 67.2
per cent were provided for in apartment houses, 22.1 in 1-family
dwellings, and 10.7 in 2-family dwellings.
In New York City 58,320 families were provided for during the
year 1929. Of this number, 83 per cent were provided for in apart
ment houses and only 10.8 per cent in 1-famUy dwellings. In the
1 This change in the type of building is causing some change in the building trades employed, with a
larger proportion of structural ironworkers and brieklayens. Further, it probably has some effect on the
sale of articles usually found in one type of building and not in another.
24
BUILDING PERMITS IN THE PRINCIPAL CITIES
Borough of Manhattan 99.9 per cent of the 18,067 families provided
for were to live in apartment houses. In contrast, in the Borough
of Richmond 61.6 per cent of the new family dwelling units were
provided in 1-family, and only 16.3 per cent in multifamfly dwellings.
Chicago ranked next to New York in the percentage of new family
dwelling units provided for in apartment houses, as 77.9 per cent of the
18,837 families provided for in 1929 were to dwell in apartment houses.
Baltimore continues to be the outstanding city in the erection of
1-family dwellings. In the Maryland metropolis 3,022 families were
provided for in 1929 and 92.7 per cent were to five in 1-family dwellings.
Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, and Cleveland are the only other cities in
this group which provided more than half of their new family dwelling
units in single-family dwellings. In every city in the group except
Baltimore fewer families were provided for in 1929 than in 1928.
Buffalo, Detroit, Milwaukee, and Boston erected large numbers
of 2-family dwellings. In Buffalo more new housing units were
provided for in 2-family dwellings than in either one-family dwellings
or apartment houses.
T a b le
10.— Per cent of families provided for by the different types of dwellings in
cities having a population of 500,000 or over in 1921, 1928, and 1929
Per cent of families
Total
provided for in—
number
of fami 1-fam- 2-fam Mul
City, State, and year lies pro
tifam
ily
ily
vided dwell dwell ily
for
ings ings 1 dwell
ings 2
Baltimore, Md.:
1921......................
1928 .....................
1929......................
Boston, Mass.:
1921......................
1928.......................
1929.......................
Buffalo, N. Y.:
1921......................
1928......................
1929......................
Chicago, 111.:
1921......................
1928......................
1929......................
Cleveland, Ohio:
1921.......................
1928......................
1929.......................
Detroit, Mich.:
1921......................
1928......................
1929......................
Los Angeles, Calif.:
1921......................
1928......................
1929......................
Milwaukee, Wis.:
1921......................
1928......................
1929......................
New York
City,
N. Y.:
1921.......................
1928.......................
1929.......................
The Bronx:
1921................
1928................
1929................
2,176
2,884
3,022
85.0
86.4
92.7
4.5
.1
10.5
13.6
9.2
878
6,805
3,327
15.5
9.5
15.1
30.5
28.0
24.4
54.0
62.5
60.5
2,405
3,181
1,769
51.6
22.1
18.9
48.0
44.5
51.5
.4
33.4
29.6
12,252
34,447
18,837
37.9
12.2
14.9
17.6
7.1
7.2
44.6
80.7
77.9
4,084
3,167
2,143
35.5
42.8
54.3
40.5
21.7
19.4
24.0
35.5
26.3
6,743
15,929
12,151
46.9
42.7
48.8
17.9
28.4
26.5
35.2
28.9
24.7
19,572
21,081
15,234
68.0
31.3
34.8
16.9
10.0
11.7
15.2
58.8
53.5
2,212
4,965
3,848
44.9
19.7
24.3
38.2
22.3
26.0
16.9
58.0
49.7
51,360
109, 523
58,320
31.6
12.4
10.8
24.2
7.2
6.2
44.2
80.3
83.0
14,037
33,768
13,978
11.7
3.8
4.9
11.9
3.4
3.9
76.4
92.8
91.2
Per cent of families
Total
provided for in—
number
Mul
of
fami
City, State, and year lies pro 1-fam 2-fam tifam
ily
ily
vided dwell dwell ily
for
ings ings1 dwell
ings 1
New York City,
N. Y —Con.
Brooklyn:
1921.............. .
192 8
.
192 9
.
Manhattan:
1921.............. .
192 8
.
192 9
.
Queens:
1921.............. .
192 8
.
192 9
.
Richmond:
1921.............. .
192 8
.
192 9
.
Philadelphia, Pa.:
1921..................... .
192 8
.
192 9
.
Pittsburgh, Pa.:
1921..................... .
192 8
.
192 9
.
St. Louis, Mo.:
1921..................... .
192 8
.
192 9
.
San Francisco, Calif.:
1921..................... .
192 8
.
192 9
.
Washington, D. C.:
1921..................... .
192 8
.
192 9
.
Total (14 cities):
1921..................... .
192 8
.
192 9
.
1Includes 1-family and 2-family dwellings with stores.
2Includes multifamily dwellings with stores.
16,636
28,938
11,224
24.1
9.1
9.7
4,837
15,983
18,067
(*>
13,256
28,797
13,861
44.0
12.5
12.2
31.9
78.4
78.1
3.7
.1
0
95.5
99.9
99.9
60.0
29.4
27.2
24.4
9.8
10.4
15.6
60.8
62.4
2,594 100.0
2,037 60.3
1.190 61.6
16.4
22.1
23.3
16.3
7.3
3.2
6.7
23.4
39.7
.7
.1
2,406
10,576
7,098
93.3
69.2
57.1
1,335
2,544
2,153
59.3
62.4
60.1
26.8
2,072
7.190
4,364
49.0
23.4
28.5
24.1
18.7
12.1
26.8
57.9
59.4
2,683
6,084
3,518
37.6
36.2
35.1
17.0
5.7
5.9
45.4
58.1
59.0
2,195
4,305
3,223
75.4
30.4
42.3
112,373
232,681
139,007
44.2
22.1
25.3
10.2
9.5
13.9
27.4
30.4
24.6
68.9
57.0
21.7
10.7
10.3
8Less than one-tenth of 1 per cent.
34.0
67.2
64.4
25
APARTMENT HOUSE CONSTRUCTION
Comparison of Conditions in Cities Under 500,000
I n Table 11 are shown cities having a population of over 25,000 and
under 500,000 which provided for 200 or more families in either 1928
or 1929. The table shows data for 1921, 1928, and 1929 where the
information is available for those three years. When such data are
not available for 1921 they are shown for the earliest year for which
information was collected. A few of the smaller cities which have
reached a population of 25,000 since 1921 are shown for 1928 and 1929
only. Most of the cities having a population of under 100,000 provided
more of their new family dwelling units in 1-family dwellings than
in either of the other classes of dwellings. There are, however, notable
exceptions. In Highland Park, Mich., for .instance, 99.6 per cent of
the families provided for during the calendar year 1929 were to be
domiciled in apartment houses. Mount Vernon, N. Y ., Brookline,
Mass., and Elizabeth, N. J., also provided for the majority of the
new family dwelling units in this class of dwellings. Thirty-two cities
having a population of 25,000 but less than 500,000 proviaed for over
90 per cent of the new family dwelling units in 1-family dwellings.
Large numbers of 2-family dwellings were erected in Bethlehem, Pa,,
Bayonne, N. J., East Chicago, Ind., Everett, Mass., Kearny, N. J.,
New Orleans, La., and Watertown, Mass.
11.— Per cent of families provided for by the different types of dwellings in
cities having a population of over 25,000 and under 500,000 in 1921, 1928, and
1929
T a b le
Per cent of families
provided for in—
Total
number
of fami
City, State, and year lies pro 1-fam 2-fam Mul
tifam
vided
ily
ily
ily
for dwell dwell dwell
ings ings 1 ings 2
Akron, Ohio:
1921_....................
1928......................
1929-....................
Alameda, Calif.:
1921......................
1928......................
1929......................
Albany, N. Y.:
1921_.....................
1928......................
1929......................
Allentown, Pa.:
192l_....................
1928......................
1929......................
Anderson, Ind.:
1921......................
1928.......................
1929......................
Asheville, N. C.:
1921......................
1928......................
1929......................
Atlanta, Ga*:
1921......................
1928......................
1929-....................
Austin, Tex.:
1929......................
Per cent of families
provided for in—
Total
number
of fami
City, State, and year lies
pro 1-fam 2-fam- Mul
tifam
vided
ily
ily
ily
for dwell dwell dwell
ings ings 1
ings*
Augusta, Ga.:
1921......................
1928......................
1929.....................
Aurora, 111.:
152 88.2
1 9 2 1 ____ ______
11.8
504 33.7
.8
65.5
1928......................
404 28.2
1929......................
.5
71.3
Bayonne, N. J.:
1921
..........
302 59.3
39.7
1.0
615 48.8
22.3
1928......................
28.9
385 48.3
1929.....................
13.5
38.2
Beaumont, Tex.:
102 90.2
1928.....................
2.0
7.8
556 86.7
12.1
1929......................
1.3
397 94.2
Bellingham, Wash.:
5.8
1928......................
37 100.0
1929......................
268 92.5
1.5
6.0 Berkeley, Calif.:
215 86.1
1921......................
.9
13.0
1928......................
374 97.1
2.1
.8
1929......................
370 69.7
2.2
28.1 Bethlehem, Pa.:
120 76.7
1921.......................
23.3
1928......................
1929_....................
1,614 78.1
3.3
18.6
3,170 41.6
14.2
44.2 Binghamton, N. Y.:
1921 ....................
1,389 52.1
22.2
25.7
1928.......................
545 91.7
3.7
4.6
1929____________
i Includes 1-family and 2-family dwellings with stores.
*Includes multifamily dwellings with stores.
234 100.0.
2,557 80.2
2,171 80.2
5.9
6.3
13.8
13.5
342. 96.2
318 81.4
207 93.2
2.6
9.7
6.8
126 100.0
301 87.7
192 92.7
11.0
1.3
3.1 • 4.2
274
436
58
56.9
.7
3.5
28.1
19.0
44.8
1.2
8.8
15.0
80.3
51.7
540 100.0
437 100.0
264 94.3
126 100.0
5.7
706
1,330
587
77.6
28.0
51.4
1.7
1.7
20.7
70.3
48.6
82
223
201
96.3
43.5
45.8
3.7
41.7
49.2
14.8
5.0
327 55.7
306 34.6
169 34.3
30.6
30.7
30.8
13.8
34.6
34.9
26
BUILDING PERMITS IN THE PRINCIPAL CITIES
11.— Per cent of families provided for by the different types of dwellings in
cities having a population of over 25,000 and under 600,000 in 1921, 1928, and
1929— Continued.
T a b le
Per cent of families
provided for in—
Total
number
of fami
City, State, and year lies pro 1-fam- 2-fam Mul
vided
ily tifam
iiy
ily
for dwell dwell dwell
ings ings
ings
Birmingham, Ala.:
1921......................
1928.......................
1929......................
Bloomfield, N. J.:
1928......................
1929......................
Bridgeport, Conn.:
1921......................
1928......................
1929......................
Brookline, Mass.:
1921_ _...................
1928......................
1929......................
Cambridge, Mass.:
1921,....................
1928-....................
1929......................
Camden, N. J.:
1921......................
1928......................
1929.-...................
Canton, Ohio:
1921......................
1928......................
1929.....................
Charleston, W. Va.:
1921......................
1928-....................
1929......................
Charlotte, N. C.:
1921......................
1928......................
1929______ ______
Chattanooga, Tenn.:
1921......................
1928......................
1929.....................
Chester, Pa.:
1921......................
1928......................
1929......................
Cicero, 111.:
1921......................
1928......................
1929......................
Cincinnati, Ohio:
1921......................
1928......................
1929......................
Clifton, N. J.:
1921......................
3928......................
1929......................
Columbia, S. C.:
1928—...................
1929......... - ...........
Columbus, Ga.:
1921____________
3928......................
1929.......................
Columbus, Ohio:
1921
1928
1929
Covington, Ky.:
1921
.......
1928.......................
1929.......................
1,659
2,589
686
93.7
70.2
74.5
0.5
.8
.7
5.7
29.0
24.8
675
476
42.7
53.8
29.2
8.4
28.1
37.8
404 35.6
388 44.6
541 32.3
32.7
27.3
24.8
31.7
28.1
42.9
118
556
362
22.0
21.2
25.1
54.2
14.4
12.2
23.7
64.4
62.7
43
863
788
7.0
5.3
2.8
93.0
26.7
8.9
68.0
88.3
145 100.0
350 87.7
320 78.8
12.3
21.2
403
374
331
86.1
89.6
91. 5
1.0
1.6
1.2
12.9
8.8
7.3
712 77.7
258 83.7
262 69.9
6.0
7.0
15.6
36.4
9.3
14.5
322
1,237
500
93.2
47.9
72.4
3.1
13.7
12.8
3.7
38.3
14.8
226
611
324
65.9
50.9
59.3
5.8
6.4
18.5
28.3
42.7
22.2
47
243
98
91.5
8.5
92.6
95.9 ” T l *
7.4
453
464
328
57.8
23.3
29.9
40.8
12.9
20.7
1.3
63.8
49.4
1,161
3,559
2,077
92.9
51.2
59.9
1.3
10.1
14.5
5.8
38.8
25.6
540
547
359
39.8
43.9
59.1
58.2
26.9
27.3
2.0
29.3
13.6
272
230
82.4
92.2
14.7
7.8
2.9
88 68.2
321 100.0
276 97.1
1.5
1.4
1,317
2,477
l[ 211
65.8
58.1
62.4
31.7
12.1
8.7
2.5
29.9
28.9
198
314
159
95.5
54.8
66.1
2.5
34.7
18.2
2.0
10.5
15.7
31.8
Per cent of families
provided for in—
Total
number
of fami
City, State, and year lies
Mul
pro 1-fam 2-fam- tifam
vided
ily
ily
ily
for dwell dwell dwell
ings ings ings
Cranston, R. I.:
1921.......................
1928......................
1929......................
Dallas, Tex.:
1921.......................
1928......................
1929____________
Dayton, Ohio:
1921......................
1928.......................
1929......................
Decatur, 111.:
1921......................
1928......................
1929......................
Denver, Colo.:
1921 ____ ______
1928......................
1929.....................
Des Moines, Iowa:
1921.......................
1928.......................
1929.....................
Durham, N. C.:
1928-....................
3929____________
East Chicago, Ind.:
1921.....................
1928......................
1929......................
East Orange, N. J.:
1921.......................
1928......................
1929......................
East Providence, R.I.:
1928.......................
1929......................
East St. Louis, III.:
1921.......................
1928.......................
1929.......................
Elgin) 111.:
1921.......................
1928.......................
1929......................
Elizabeth, N. J.:
1921.......................
1928.......................
1929......................
El Paso, Tex.:
1928......................
1929.......................
Erie, Pa.:
1921
1928......................
1929
Evanston, 111.:
1921......................
1928-.....................
1929.......................
Evansville, Ind.:
1921......................
1928.......................
1929.......................
Everett, Mass.:
1921.......................
1928.......................
1929.......................
154 72.7
559 77.3
448 86.6
27.3
12.9
13.4
9.8
80.8
58.7
43.8
5.6
29.0
27.9
13.6
12.3
28.3
546 96.0
732 40.7
212 56.6
2.2
11.7
11.3
1.8
47.5
32.1
335
339
212
82.7
97.6
99.1
13.7
3.6
2.4
1,624
1,869
1,608
87.8
60.8
46.6
4.8
3.9
4.5
7.4
35.4
48.9
758
406
348
87.1
83.0
83.0
7.1
1.5
2.9
5.8
15.5
14.1
464
205
86.2
85.9
3.4
6.8
10.3
7.3
168
204
84
57.1
28.9
56.0
31.0
19.6
44.0
11.9
51.5
376 26.6
968. 3.9
500 5.0
38.6
8.7
12.4
34.8
87.4
82.6
271
219
78.2
78.1
20.7
19.2
1.1
2.7
260 93.8
501 73.3
379 78.6
9.8
18.2
6.2
17.0
3.2
67 52.2
207 93.7
144 95.8
20.9
2.9
26.9
3.4
4.2
514 28.0
1,002 14.3
514 23.9
66.4
12.5
18.9
5.6
73.3
57.2
71.0
55.8
4.5
12.9
24.5
31.3
518 62.5
397 80.6
393 72.5
37.5
17.4
19.1
2.0
8.4
74.0
20.7
31.3
5.8
3.7
2.6
20.2
75.6
66.1
509 84.3
420 91.2
458 84.3
2.4
5.2
5.4
13.4
3.6
10.3
15 46.7
283 11.3
81 28.4
53.3
35.3
51.9
53.4
19.7
2,846
1,199
1,145
310
691
415
945
386
.9~
27
APARTMENT HOUSE CONSTRUCTION
11.— Per cent of families provided for by the different types of dwellings in
cities having a population of over 25,000 and under 600,000 in 1921, 1928, and
1929— Continued.
T a b le
Per cent of families
provided for in—
Total
number
of fami
MulCity, State, and year lies
pro 1-fam 2-fam tifainvided
ily
ily
ily
for dwell dwell dwell
ings ings ings
Flint, Mich.:
1921.......................
1928.......................
1929......................
Fort Wayne, Ind.:
1921.......................
1928.......................
1929.......................
Fort Worth, Tex.:
1921.......................
1928.......................
1929.......................
Galveston, Tex.:
1921.....................
1928.......................
1929.......................
Gary, Ind.:
1921.......................
1928.......................
1929.......................
Grand Rapids, Mich.:
1921.......................
1928-....................
1929......................
Great Falls, Mont.:
1928......................
1929.......................
Greensboro, N. C.:
1928.......................
1929...................
Greenwich, Conn.:
1928.......................
1929.......................
Hamilton, Ohio:
1921.......................
1928.......................
1929.......................
Hammond, Ind.:
1921.......................
1928.......................
1929.......................
Harrisburg, Pa.:
1921.......................
1928......................
1929......................
Hartford, Conn.:
1921.......................
1928.......................
1929.......................
Highland Park,Mich.:
1921.......................
1928.......................
1929.......................
Houston, Tex.:
1921.......................
1928.......................
1929.......................
Indianapolis, Ind.:
1921......................
1928......................
1929......................
Irvington, N. J.:
1921......................
1928......................
1929......................
Jackson, Mich.:
1921......................
1928......................
1929_______ _____
348
2,221
2,076
61.8
75.7
73.9
33.0
16.7
18.4
5.2
7.6
7.7
586 81.4
407 98.5
578 93.6
14.2
.2
1.0
4.4
1.2
5.4
96.7
73.9
76.1
5.1
12.7
3.3
21.0
11.2
103 96.1
369 86.2
350 88.0
4.1
2.6
3.9
9.8
9.4
494 59.1
890 67.4
375 45.3
.4
9.2
42.4
40.5
23.4
12.3
630 94.9
895 93.5
589 90.7
2.5
6.5
3.7
2.5
52.7
53.6
6.5
19.1
40.8
27.3
446 90.1
268 75.7
5.4
6.0
4.5
18.3
344 68.9
282 88.7
13.1
9.9
18.0
1.4
909
1,758
1,262
260
293
192 100.0
410 99.0
261 100.0
5.6
1.0
288 87.8
698 67.6
312 83.0
12.2
6.4
5.1
179 48.6
206 97.6
140 98.6
44.7
2.4
1.4
6.7
39.9
12.8
20.7
52.3
79.2
60.1
13.2
15.2
2.6
1.7
.4 ______
71.6
95.7
99.6
717
1,363
281
250
117
250
7.8
8.0
19.2
25.9
11.9
2,572
4,463
3,490
88.9
63.5
65.8
3.4
21.7
24.4
7.7
14.8
9.8
2,565
2,511
1,760
56.1
52.0
59.8
21.4
14.3
20.7
22.5
33.7
19.5
389 38.8
1,022 3.9
170 20.0
39.3
11.2
29.4
21.9
84.9
50.6
108 87.0
250 93.6
218 83.0
3.7
6.4
10.1
6.9
9.3
Per cent of families
provided for i n Total
number
of fami
City, State, and year lies
Mul
pro 1-fam 2-fam tifam
vided
ily
ily
ily
for dwell dwell dwell
ings ings ings
Jacksonville, Fla.:
.
192 1
192 8
.
192 9
.
Jamestown, N. Y.:
192 2
.
192 8
.
192 9
.
Jersey City, N. J.:
1921................... .
1928 .
1929. ................ .
Kansas City, Kans.:
1921.................. .
1928................... .
1929-................. .
Kansas City, Mo.:
1921................... .
1928.................. .
1929-................. .
Kearny, N. J.:
1921-................. .
1928................... .
1929-................. .
Kenosha, Wis.:
1921................... .
1928................... .
1929-................. .
Knoxville, Tenn.:
1921................... .
1928................... .
1929-..................
Lakewood, Ohio:
1921................... .
192 8
192 9
.
Lansing, M idi.:
1921................... .
192 8
.
192 9
.
Lincoln, Nebr.:
1921................... .
192 8
192 9
.
Little Rock, Ark.:
1921................... .
192 8
.
192 9
Long Beach, Calif.:
1921....................
192 8
.
192 9
.
Lorain, Ohio:
1921................... .
192 8
192 9
Louisville, Ky.:
1921....................
192 8
192 9
Lynn, Mass.:
1921....................
192 8
192 9
McKeesport, Pa.:
1921....................
192 8
192 9
747
L,658
638
75.8
60.1
67.4
9.9
17.2
14.6
161
169
206
94.4
94.7
76.7
3.7
5.3
7.8
970
1,155
.,388
4.4
.4
46.3
12.9
12.8
395 100.0
321 89.4
271 95.6
5,578 70.1
.,969 49.0
5,234 37.1
14.3
22.6
18.0
1.9
15."5
49.3
86.6
86.6
10.6
4.4
1.7
3.8
2.1
28.2
47.2
60.8
52.7
15.3
24.5
35.6
34.1
54.8
11.7
50.6
20.7
128 82.8
295 90.2
69.6
14.1
7.5
14.5
3.1
2.4
15.9
98.8
940 77.2
472 94.9
1.2
6.4
.9
16.4
4.2
26.3
15.8
25.6
72.3
11.5
31.5
1.4
72.6
42.9
492 93.7
443 99.1
537 99.3
.7
205
857
261
877
537
203
a4
241
497
346
97.5
62.6
71.7
749
527
356
96.0
76.5
77.2
1.3
2.7
23.5
22.5
33.2
41.9
7.3
14.9
17.7
59.5
43.2
42.4
146 87.7
227 100.0
170 97.6
6.8
5.5
t, 198
2.5
37.4
28.3
2.4
677 88.9
54.9
34.7
32.1
11.1
34.5
33.2
140 57.1
501 26.9
475 25.1
12.9
24.0
9.9
30.0
49.1
65.0
127 89.0
203 82.3
174 74.7
11.8
19.0
l, 542
:,427
10.6
11.0
5.9
6.3
28
BUILDING PERMITS IN THE PRINCIPAL CITIES
11.—rPer cent of families provided for by the different types of dwellings in
cities having a population of over 25,000 and under 500,000 in 1921, 1928, and
1929— Cont in ued.
T able
Per cent of families
provided for in—
Total
number
of fami
City, State, and year lies pro 1-fam 2-fam Mul
tifam
vided
ily
ily
ily
for dwell dwell dwell
ings ings ings
Per cent of families
provided for in—
Total
number
of fami
City, State, and year lies
Mul
pro 1-fam 2-fam tifam
vided
ily
ily
ily
for dwell dwell dwell
ings ings ings
Macon, Ga.:
1921......................
1928 ...................
1929......................
Madison, Wis.:
1921......................
1928......................
1929......................
Malden, Mass.:
1921......................
1928................... 1929......................
Medford, Mass.:
1921......................
1928......................
1929......................
Memphis, Tenn.:
1921......................
1928......................
1929......................
Minneapolis, Minn.:
1921......................
1928......................
1929......................
Mobile, Ala.:
1928......................
1929......................
Montclair, N. J.:
1921......................
1928......................
1929......................
Montgomery, Ala.:
1928......................
1929......................
Mount Vernon, N. Y.:
1921......................
1928......................
1929......................
Muncie, Ind.:
1921......................
1928......................
1929......................
Nashville, Tenn.:
1921......................
1928......................
1929......................
Newark, N. J.:
1921......................
1928......................
1929......................
New Britain, Conn.:
1921......................
1928......................
1929......................
N e w B r u n s w ic k ,
N. J.:
1921......................
1928......................
1929......................
New Haven, Conn.:
1921......................
1928......................
1929......................
New London, Conn.:
1928......................
1929......................
New Orleans, La.:
1921.......................
1928.......................
1929.......................
New Rochelle, N. Y.:
1921......................
192 8
192 9
Newton, Mass.:
1921......................
1928......................
2929
Niagara Falls, N. Y.:
1921......................
192 8
192 9
Norfolk, Va.:
1921......................
192 8
192 9
Norwalk, Conn.:
1921......................
192 8
192 9
Oakland, Calif.:
1921......................
192 8
192 9
Oak Park, 111.:
1921......................
192 8
192 9
O k la h o m a C ity ,
Okla.
1921......................
192 8
192 9
Omaha, Nebr.:
1921......................
162 95.1
321 98.1
73 100.0
283
542
499
.......
4.9
1.9
73.5
74.5
45.3
12.7
8.7
4.0
13.8
16.8
50.7
94 40.4
718 18.4
332 26.2
27.7
12.0
13.3
31.9
69.6
60.5
256
745
438
46.1
48.3
60.0
48.0
37.3
22.2
5.9
14.4
17.8
1,245
1,887
1,246
75.3
41.4
60.3
2.4
19.1
14.3
22.2
39.5
25.4
3,574
2,240
1,570
75.9
57.1
52.3
5.2
11.6
14.6
18.9
31.3
33.1
1.3
6.4
65.9
54.2
83.0
9.4
17.3
17.0
24.7
28.5
726 91.2
488 95.9
.8
.8
8.0
3.3
638 92.3
299 100.0
276
323
165
....... ___
246
1,636
325
66.3
18.5
33.2
16.3
4.5
12.0
17.4
77.0
54.8
64
371
319
75.0
90.8
96.6
12.5
.3
2.5
12.5
8.9
0.9
470
753
781
89.8
71.3
59.7
11.2
3.7
10.2
17.5
36.6
1,393
3,288
693
19.1
2.3
19.0
49.1
12.9
22.4
31.8
84.8
58.6
215
327
130
20.0
39.1
62.3
38.1
33.0
30.8
41.9
27.8
6.9
129 25.6
210 48.6
195 20.5
71.3
12.4
19.0
3.1
39.0
60.5
444 21.2
546 23.3
276 43.1
40.1
8.4
7.6
38.7
68.3
49.3
218
112
46.8
82.1
21.1
11.6
32.1
6.3
2,335
2,107
1,060
41.8
20.7
34.9
47.2
72.9
54.0
11.0
6.3
11.1
1929.................
Orange, N. J.:
1921.................
192 8
192 9
Pasadena, Calif.:
1921.................
192 8
192 9
Passaic, N. J.:
1921.................
192 8
192 9
Paterson, N. J.:
1921.................
192 8
192 9
Pawtucket, R. I.:
1921.................
1928.................
1929................
Peoria, 111.:
1921.................
192 8
192 9
Phoenix, Ariz.:
1921.................
192 8
192 9
Pittsfield, Mass.:
1921.................
192 8
192 9
247
1,205
355
74.9
22.9
54.7
17.8
2.3
4.5
7.3
74.8
40.8
249
939
568
83.5
61.2
72.2
15.3
38.8
27.8
1.2
286
506
320
56.3
69.2
69.1
37.1
22.9
24.7
6.6
7.9
6.2
419
634
233
69.2
43.8
89.7
17.2
.9
.9
13.6
55.2
9.4
72
358
262
83.3
69.3
86.6
16.7
13.1
11.1
17.6
2.3
2,681
2,430
1,904
77.9
41.6
36.2
4.3
2.2
1.6
17.8
56.1
62.2
720
745
310
70.3
25.9
25.5
4.7
.7
.3
25.0
73.4
74.2
1,724
2,637
3,023
83.8
76.9
51.2
2.2
6.4
19.6
13.9
16.7
29.2
1,298
412
461
76.1
82.3
64.9
.6
4.4
4.3
23.3
13.3
30.8
55
281
136
25.5
6.8
7.4
52.7
24.2
5.1
21.8
69.0
87.5
1,262
600
401
85.9
58.3
83.1
2.2
10.5
4.2
11.9
31.2
12.7
426
351
115
16.4
18.8
40.9
60.1
11.1
19.1
23.5
70.1
40.0
587 39.2
748 23.4
435 26.0
54.5
20.9
36.1
6.3
55.7
37.9
277
455
318
45.8
63.5
67.6
32.5
29.9
27.4
21.7
6.6
5.0
300
437
S66
82.0
82.4
91.5
12.7
.7
1.7
5.3
16.9
6.8
407
748
73.9
69.5
50.4
17.6
26.1
26.1
12.8
23.5
43 95.3
211 65.9
211 88.2
4.7
15.2
10.4
19.0
1.4
29
APARTMENT HOUSE CONSTRUCTION
11.— Per cent of families provided for by the different types of dwellings in
cities having a population of over 26,000 and under 500,000 in 1921, 1928, and
1929— Continued.
T able
Per cent of families
provided for in—
Total
number
of fami
Mul
City, State, and year lies
pro 1-fam 2-fam tifam
vided
ily
ily
ily
for dwell dwell dwellings ings
1921......................
1928......................
1929......................
Pontiac, Mich.:
1921......................
1928......................
1929......................
Port Arthur, Tex.:
1928......................
1929......................
Portland, Me.:
1921......................
1928.......................
1929......................
Portland, Oreg.:
1921......................
1928......................
1929......................
Providence, R. I.:
1921......................
1928......................
1929......................
Pueblo, Colo.:
1921......................
1928......................
1929......................
Quincy, Mass.:
1921......................
1928......................
1929......................
Racine, Wis.:
1921.......................
1928......................
1929......................
Reading, Pa.:
1922......................
1928.......................
1929......................
Revere, Mass.:
1921.......................
1928.......................
1929.......................
Richmond, Va.:
1921......................
1928......................
1929......................
Roanoke, Va.:
1921......................
1928.......................
1929.......................
Rochester, N. Y.:
1921.......................
1928......................
1929.......................
Rockford, HI.:
1921.......................
1928.......................
1929.......................
Rock Island, 111.:
1921.......................
1928.......................
1929.......................
Sacramento, Calif.:
1921......................
1928......................
1929......................
Saginaw, Mich.:
1921......................
1928......................
1929......................
135 100.0
311 73.6
128 86.0
14.5
10.9
11.9
3.1
96.7
69.2
63.3
3.3
7.7
7.6
23.1
29.1
210 100.0
58 ____
31.0
69.0
60
1,735
1,284
207
261
172
78.3
62.1
72.7
.5
2.7
3.5
21.3
35.2
23.8
3,136
2,321
1,586
91.4
69.1
59.3
2.6
3.4
1.0
6.1
27.6
39.7
566
1,134
842
33.9
42.2
43.5
51.2
31.7
30.3
14.8
26.1
26.2
288 98.6
372 79.0
193 90.2
17.5
1.4
3.5
404
977
550
57.2
46.4
52.4
34.4
14.3
6.0
8.4
39.3
41.6
169 77.5
681 43.2
653 38.4
15.4
33.2
41.2
7.1
23.6
20.4
333
263
253
56.2
97.3
89.3
27.0
2.7
4.0
16.8
152
247
95
69.7
53.8
72.6
30.3
38.1
27.4
’ "8.’ l
741
764
590
78.1
63.4
63.4
9.4
10.5
21.9
27.2
26.1
351 100.0
364 56.0
320 38.8
13.7
5.0
30.2
56.2
1,319
1,862
496
72.1
46.1
87.5
17.1
6.8
3.4
10.8
47.2
9.1
351
779
621
68.7
54.6
59.3
16.5
17.5
24.0
14.8
28.0
16.7
94
146
200
92.6
78.1
87.0
7.4
0.0
21.9
13.0
737
917
693
84.0
74.4
55.8
4.6
12.3
16.5
11.4
13.3
27.7
251
577
501
96.8
90.5
97.6
1.6
2.6
1.6
1.6
6.9
0.8
3249°—30------ 3
”~6.~7
Per cent of families
provided for in—
Total
number
of fami
City, State, and year lies
Mul
pro 1-fam 2-fam tifam
vided
ily
ily
ily
for dwell dwell dwell
ings ings ings
St. Joseph, Mo.:
1921.......................
1928.....................
1929.......................
St. Paul, Minn.:
1921......................
1928......................
1929.......................
Salt Lake City, Utah:
1921.......................
1928.......................
1929.......................
San Antonio, Tex.:
1921.......................
1928.......................
1929.......................
San Diego, Calif.:
1921.......................
1928.......................
1929.......................
San Jose, Calif.:
1921.......................
1928.......................
1929.......................
Savannah, Ga.:
1921.......................
1928......................
1929.......................
Schenectady, N. Y.:
1921.......................
1928.......................
1929.......................
Scranton, Pa.:
1921.......................
1928.......................
1929.......................
Seattle, Wash.:
1921.......................
1928.......................
1929.......................
Shreveport, La.:
1921.......................
1928.......................
1929......................
Sioux City, Iowa.:
1921.......................
1928.......................
1929.......................
Sioux Falls, S. Dak.:
1921.......................
1928......................
1929.......................
Somerville, Mass.:
1921.......................
1928.......................
1929.......................
South Bend, Ind.:
1921.......................
1928.......................
1929.......................
Spokane, Wash.:
1921.......................
1928.......................
1929.......................
Springfield, 111.:
1921.......................
1928.......................
1929.......................
Springfield, Mass.:
1921.......................
1928.......................
1929.......................
7 100.0
98 64.3
205 53.7
35.7
46.3
2,194
773
591
78.6
86.3
78.0
4.6
6.7
6.6
16.8
7.0
15.4
826
731
699
90.0
52.7
59.5
3.8
15.0
7.4
6.2
32.3
33.1
1,718
2,784
2,233
95.5
70.8
76.4
6.1
11.5
4.5
23.1
12.1
1,450
2,146
1,318
88.6
73.6
74.0
.3
3.7
6.4
11.1
22.7
19.6
300
370
335
83.7
67.0
70.7
3.6
5.9
1.8
12.7
27.0
27.5
347
430
195
81.0
59.1
68.2
15.8
11.3
19.0
25.1
20.5
193
269
278
70.0
89.2
87.8
30.0
9.7
7.2
1.1
5.0
75
292
137
81.3
51.7
67.2
18.7
13.7
21.9
34.6
10.9
1,961
4,658
3,289
90.5
50.1
51.8
.6
.7
9.5
49.4
47.5
1,157 100.0
713 70.5
543 76.4
11.5
11.4
18.0
12.2
90.4
69.9
50.0
5.0
3.5
4.5
26.6
50.0
638
282
308
303 100.0
211 71.6
171 76.6
28.4
4.7 ’ "l8."7
204
199
286
5.4
1.0
5.2
75.5
64.3
24.5
19.1
34.7
70.3
665
579
661
8.0
95.9
90.2
13.8
2.1
.4
8.1
2.1
9.4
438
574
419
98.7
82.8
83.5
1.4
1.0
1.3
15.9
15.5
210
352
229
76.7
81.0
78.2
6.7
2.8
3.5
16.6
16.2
18.3
827
647
466
59.9
63.8
62.7
30.0
13.9
9.0
10.2
22.3
28.3
30
BUILDING PERMITS IN THE PRINCIPAL CITIES
11,— Per cent of families provided for by the different types of dwellings in
cities having a population of over 25,000 and under 500,000 in 1921, 1.928, and
1929— Continued.
T able
Per cent of families
provided for in—
Total
number
of fami
Mul
City, State, and year lies
pro 1-fam 2-fam tifam
vided
ily
ily
ily
for dwell dwell dwell
ings ings
ings
Springfield, Mo.:
192 8
192 9
Springfield, Ohio.:
1921................
1929...............
Stamford, Conn.:
1921................
192 8
1929
Stockton, Calif.:
1921................
1928...............
1929.,............
Syracuse, N. Y.:
1921...............
192 8
192 9
Tacoma, Wash.:
1921...............
192 8
192 9
Tampa, Fla.:
192 8
192 9
Toledo, Ohio:
1921..............
192 8
192 9
Topeka, Kans.:
1921..............
192 8
192 9
Trenton, N. J.:
1921..............
1928..............
Tucson, Ariz.:
1928...........
1QOQ
Tulsa, Okla.: "
1921...........
192 8
192 9
Utica, N. Y .:
1921...........
192 8
.
192 9
.
10.5
3.7
218
87.9
95.4
1.6
.9
253
315
244
90.9
79.7
79.5
9.1
15.2
13.9
190
331
315
50.5
60.4
46.7
34.7
27.8
39.3
14.7
11.8
14.0
624
226
151
66.8
86.3
53.0
4.4
6.0
33.2
9.3
41.0
627
1,561
793
55.5
53.1
73.4
38.8
14.8
21.1
5.7
32.1
5.5
843
822
515
93.1
65.9
62.1
422
647
188
89.3
93.0
96.3
5.2
1.7
3.7
5.5
5.3
600
1,698
1,310
80.3
68.0
62.1
15.7
10.5
11.2
4.0
21.4
26.7
188
304
191
84.0
75.7
81.2
.7
3.1
16.0
23.7
15.7
6.9
34.1
37.9
317 89.3
223 77.6
87 72.4
10.7
22.4
27.6
340
91.7
82.4
6.0
4.1
2.4
13.5
1,138
2,187
1,646
77.5
48.0
51.5
5.1
21.8
17.4
30.3
31.4
478 43.3
342 59.9
111 96.4
56.7
8.2
3.6
17.1
31.9
Per cent of families
provided for in—
Total
number
of fami
City, State, and year lies
Mul
pro 1-fam 2-fam tifam
vided
ily
ily
ily
for dwell- dwell dwellings
Waltham, Mass.:
1921.....................
192 8
.
192 9
Warren, Ohio:
1921.....................
192 8
192 9
Waterbury, Conn.:
1921.....................
192 8
192 9
Waterloo, Iowa:
192 8
192 9
Watertown, Mass.:
192 8
192 9
White Plains, N. Y .:
192 8
192 9
Wichita, Kans.:
1921.....................
192 8
1929
Wichita Falls, Tex.:
192 8
192 9
Wilmington, Del.:
1921.....................
192 8
192 9
.
Winston-Salem, N. C.:
1921...................
192 8
192 9
Worcester, Mass.:
1921...................
192 8
192 9
Yonkers, N. Y .:
1921...................
192 8
192 9
Youngstown, Ohio:
1921...................
1928...................
137
362
205
92.7
48.9
51.2
4.4
25.4
29.3
2.9
25.7
19.5
171
94.7
95.4
90.3
5.3
2.6
5.2
2.0
4.5
271
504
262
43.2
44.6
60.3
22.9
19.0
26.0
33.9
36.3
13.7
270
357
98.5
81.5
454
221
17.6
31.2
82.4
‘856
345
34.8
53.9
1.9
1.2
63.3
44.9
1,336
1,207
1,580
93.2
73.1
66.8
2.8
7.4
8.4
4.0
19.6
24.8
222 89.2
109 85.3
5.4
5.4
14.7
365
383
71.2
88.5
63.2
7.6
.8
7.0
21.2
10.7
29.8
356
965
317
94.1
63.8
73.5
5.9
20.2
715
474
379
67.0
68.4
73.4
17.8
16.5
13.7
15.2
15.2
12.9
433
4,216
1,808
20.2
4.9
6.1
24.0
80.3
73.7
724
929
525
62.2
83.6
84.0
20.7
10.2
15.2
17.1
6.1
0.8
76.0
14.8
1.5
18.5
5.3
30.3
BUILDING PERMITS IN THE PRINCIPAL CITIES
31
General Table
ENERAL TABLE A, pages 32 to 109, shows detailed information
for 311 cities in 1929 and 309 cities in 1928. The table is di
vided into three parts.
Part 1 relates to new residential buildings, giving the number and
cost of each kind of dwelling, the number of families provided with
dwelling places in new buildings, and the ratio of families provided
for to each 10,000 of population in each city from which data were
received for both 1928 and 1929.
Part 2 gives the number and cost of new nonresidential buildings
for each city from which reports were received.
Part 3 shows the number and cost of additions, alterations, and re
pairs to old buildings, the number and cost of installations, and the
grand total of all buildings both new and old.
The number of installation permits and their construction costs
were obtained whenever such permits were issued by the building
inspector. In a number of cities, however, these permits were issued
by offices other than that of the building inspector, and no data were
collected in such cities.
In 1928, permits were issued for 70,728 installations to cost $38,366,967 compared with 108,458 installations at an estimated cost of
$48,131,567 in 1929.
The bureau attempted to classify additions, alterations, and re
pairs under the headings, repairs, etc., to housekeeping dwellings,
nonhousekeeping dwellings, and to nonresidential buildings. Many of
the cities which reported by mail, however, grouped all repairs under
the heading, total repairs.
In the 311 cities which reported for 1929, permits were issued for
276,276 repairs to old buildings. The cost of these repairs was es
timated to be $367,522,987. In 1928, permits were issued for 277,848
repairs at an estimated cost of $324,039,903.
The total estimated expenditure for the 583,338 building opera
tions (including new buildings and repairs to old buildings), for which
permits were issued in 311 cities in 1929, was $3,035,681,481. In
1928, permits were issued for 662,929 building operations in 309
cities at an estimated cost of $3,421,975,795.
G
T able
A *— Number and estimated cost of buildings 0new construction, and repairs, alterations, and additions to old buildings) covered by permits
issued in 1928 and 1929, by intended use of buildings
PART 2.—NEW RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
Housekeeping dwellings
Year
Akron, Ohio
____
2,051
1,742
170
114
300
186
482
374
156
100
149
173
18
50
248
185
258
92
20
16
1,319
723
37
14
31
40
259
193
264
178
500
2,491
2,801
76
68
2
1
89
26
$635,750
536,500
10,500
4,500
2,078,500
427,000
4
1
1
4
11
1
1
1
12,500
5,000
4,500
25,000
83,500
11,000
6,500
6,500
Cost
Fami Num
lies
ber
152
136
i..........
41
2
178
52
5
22
8
2
2
2
4
8
3
1
22
2
1
2
2
4
220
151
5
3
939,089
530,810
21,000
30,000
440
302
10
6
5
13
7
1
3
5
45,266
42,250
26,500
9,000
31.000
15.000
10
26
14
2
6
10
i
7,660
2
Cost
Fami Num
lies
ber
$46,2C0
62,500
11,000
7
23
3
21,200
29,985
10,000
4
6
2
Cost
Fami
lies
Num
ber
1
$100,000
16
3
223,000
32
1
20,000
4
1
50,000
10
1
2,500
3
1
2
16,000
31,500
3
13
2
25,000
8
71
40
11
11
12
13
4
$1,179,400
1,041,000
532,407
584.000
765.000
843.000
116,500
354
293
330
288
121
147
35
1
5,100
3
12,500
2
25,000
8
3
4
15
6
38,000
96,500
495,550
49,250
16
28
94
28
9
7
1
1
18,300
16,400
16,000
8,000
10
7
1
1
149
41
1
2
3,400,900
706,700
55,000
195,000
1,398
357
6
18
4
10,300
5
1
120,000
28
1
16,000
2
1
110,000
33
7
17,500
10
5
10
3
37,500
1.910.000
1.050.000
25
393
219
Cost
Fami
lies
CITIES
$10,348,908
8,515,158
886,317
531,835
4.516.700
2,314,100
2,779,300
2.237.700
544,224
401,828
904,390
794,450
149,100
397,182
824, 550
574.400
1,178, 750
379.400
150,250
77,650
5.607.700
3,101,943
151,265
82,226
159,125
218,470
643,094
529,032
1,426,549
935,172
1,202,610
10,750,000
11,880,200
Num
ber
PRINCIPAL
2,041
1,742
170
114
300
186
482
374
156
100
149
173
18
50
248
185
258
92
20
16
1,319
723
37
14
31
40
259
193
264
178
500
2,491
2,801
Fami
lies
IN THE
1928
1929
_ 1928
1929
Albany, N. Y ______
1928
1929
Allentown, Pa _____
1928
1929
Altnn, Til...
1928
1929
Altoona, Pa_________
1928
1929
Amsterdam, N. Y ____ 1928
1929
Anderson, Ind ________ 1928
1929
Asheville, N. C ............ 1928
1929
Ashtabula, Ohio
___ 1928
1929
Atlanta, Ga__________ 1928
1929
Atlantic City, N. J____ 1928
1929
Auburn, N. Y ____ ___ 1928
1929
Augusta, Ga__ —. . . __ 1928
1929
Aurora, 111____ __ ____ 1928
1929
Austin, Tex ________ 1929
Baltimore, Md - _____ 1928
1929
Alameda, Calif_____
Cost
Multifamily dwellings
with stores combined
Multifamily dwellings
PERMITS
Num
ber
1-family and 2-family
dwellings with stores
combined
2-family dwellings
1-family dwellings
BUILDING
City and State
117,550
160,800
237,097
669,750
647,950
209,200
256,700
20,000
12,000
1,486,841
1,235,734
666,000
555,433
629,000
298,475
1,893,701
1,402,600
777,000
672,475
608,881
351,800
5,575,004
1,467,250
1,656,000
1,588,700
561,000
803,000
3,877,400
2,922,512
1,043,300
1,147; 910
695,950
496,200
2,127,100
1,949,400
3,330,075
2,261,500
177,500
164,800
258,300
161,100
11,500
33
32
61
163
164
54
63
3
2
540
437
136
114
249
126
372
302
97
92
106
58
1,818
511
288
256
85
110
647
503
173
175
131
93
118
91
704
334
53
52
40
28
7
46
22
307
252
335
303
151
109
461,500
261,500
1,070,650
843,100
1,878,550
1,675,965
653,940
568,664
46
22
307
252
335
303
151
109
1
7,000
2
5
1
43,000
11,000
10
2
39
12
257,500
73,500
78
24
3
2
16,000
23,000
5
2
4
30,500
8
3
24,700
5
9
52,000
18
3
26,500
5
41
46
47
26
4
1
94
19
478,500
425,300
387,540
221,200
10,500
3,500
922,000
186,000
82
92
94
52
8
2
188
38
7
4
63,500
58,000
11
7
12
3
5
1
45,200
8,500
75,000
8,000
12
3
9
2
2
952
404
53
64
5
2
40
22
676
434
1
20,000
8,163,200
3,410, $00
441,100
561,500
37,000
17,000
491,500
237,080
2,969,025
1,892,620
eoo
4
1,904
808
106
128
10
4
80
44
1,352
868
2
2
2
22,000
71,000
3
2
4
39,000
6
36
27
487,500
263,000
63
44
2
8,500
3
10
8
59,500
76,700
17
12
115
35
13
28
3
2
898, 800
303,600
34,800
115.000
21,300
17,500
230
70
26
56
6
4
3
3
1
12,000
12,500
1,800
3
4
1
1
1
16,000
20,000
3
3
21
2
557,000
48,000
306
29
2
45,000
15
68
16
4
3
13
7
83
18
16
33
1
2,067,350
648,700
57,000
33,000
268,000
152,000
1,499,631
271,500
562,000
714,000
40,000
911
285
17
10
106
59
751
170
155
180
5
558
153
19
36
14,804,950
8,225,300
255,600
519,200
4,251
2,014
57
232
63 . 2,446,500
39
1,490,000
52
3,282,500
37
1,732,300
358
227
896
488
17
16
2,221,000
3,133,000
587
696
2
3
1
1
31,000
71,000
35,000
12,000
9
24
6
4
1
40,000
4
8
1
118,000
7,000
44
1
1
68,000
24
1
45,000
16
2
155,000
35
i
4 1
205,000
52
681,850
141,500
166
35
250,000
24
47
11
1
TABUS
33
32
61
163
164
54
63
3
2
540
437
136
114
249
126
372
302
97
92
106
58
1,818
511
288
256
85
110
647
503
173
175
131
93
118
91
704
334
53
52
40
28
7
GENERAL
Bangor, M e____ ______ 1928
1929
Baton Rouge, La.......__ 1929
Battle Creek, M ich___ 1928
1929
Bay City, Mich---------- 1928
1929
Bayonne, N. J ________ 1928
1929
Beaumont, Tex_______ 1928
1929
Belleville, 111................. 1928
1929
Bellingham, Wash____ 1928
1929
Berkeley, Calif_______ 1928
1929
Bethlehem, Pa....... ...... 1928
1929
Binghamton, N. Y ....... 1928
1929
Birmingham, A la ........ 1928
1929
Bloomfield, N. J______ 1928
1929
Bloomington, 111______ 1928
1929
Boston, Mass_________ 1928
1929
Bridgeport, Conn......... 1928
1929
Brockton, Mass............ 1928
1929
Brookline, M a s s ......... 1928
1929
Buffalo, N. Y ................ 1928
1929
Burlington, Iowa_____ 1928
1929
Butler, Pa____________ 1928
1929
Butte, Mont_________ 1928
1929
Cambridge, Mass......... 1928
1929
Camden, N. J............... 1928
1929
Canton, Ohio_________ 1928
1929
Cedar Rapids, Iowa___ 1928
1929
T a b le A#— Number and estimated cost of buildings (new construction, and repairs, alterations, and additions to old buildings) covered by permits
issued in 1928 and 1929, by intended use of buildings— Continued
03
PAR T 1.—NEW RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS—Continued
City an<1 Stats
Year
$12,000
3
7
45
91
216
183
593
362
311
192
11
7
225
04
4,209
2,804
71
66
108
98
1,821
1,243
58
47
1,354
1, 163
240
212
86
65
224
212
Cost
Fami Num
ber
lies
Cost
Fami- Num
ber
Cost
$7,000
38, *i00
$73,000
93,000
25.500
134.500
305,110
248,450
39.500
52,300
512.500
44,000
16
36
162
64
34
58
128
12
2
1,090
619
14
3
29
29
179
151
2
17,000
11,635,900
8,291,600
104,000
22.500
354.800
352,500
1,888,750
930.800
22.500
4
2,180
1,238
28
6
58
58
358
302
4
311
196
67
47
3.219.500
2.048.500
469,500
340,900
622
392
134
94
20
150,000
54,100
$1,500
7,075
7,000
19.000
34,800
96.000
74.000
1,270,370
204,250
637,700
90,800
10.000
60,000
70,000
*17,155'
10.000
192
101
2,786,500
1,311,300
20,000
110,500
80,385
23,600
224.000
156.000
128,500
29,000
252
126
1,537
807
F ami-
Num
ber
10
Cost
Fami
lies
$37,000
24 I
38 j
466 |
68
250
64
3
17
18
51.000
40.000
45.000
10.000
10,000
4,559
1,750
3
136
98
1,377
532
857,000
417,800
30,500
ICO
64
3
4.080.000
2.779.000
509,000
79.000
44.000
4
1,050
546
145
24
9
425,500
103.000
75,000
104.000
75
19
15
25
44,000
8
111,734,200
50,535,500
23,247
12,919
37,000
492,000
391,200
5,781,000
2,290,500
10,000
318
114
6
11
8
1
21,996,000
7,497,200
CITIES
34,700
158.800
259,825
731,500
561,435
2, 770, 740
1,471,786
1,123,075
539, 727
50,500
59,000
930.000
418,450
26,597,300
19,369,150
254,300
251.350
813.800
750,200
13,927,985
9,676,860
254.350
195.800
8,298,100
6,542,300
1,357,650
1,157, 700
296,440
345,875
914.000
643,475
Num
ber
PBINCIPAL
3
7
45
91
216
183
593
302
311
192
11
7
225
94
4,209
2,804
71
66
108
98
1,821
1,243
58
47
1,354
1,163
240
212
86
65
224
212
Fami
lies
IN THE
1928
1929
Charleston, S. C ........... 1928
1929
Charleston, W. V a ..
1928
1929
1928
Charlotte, N. C____
1929
Chattanooga, Tenn___ 1928
1929
1928
Chelsea, Mass..........
1929
1928
Chester, Pa......... .
1929
1928
Chicago, HI..............
1929
1928
Chicopee, Mass.......
1929
1928
Cicero, 111..................
1929
1928
Cincinnati, Ohio___
1929
1928
Clarksburg, Va_____
1929
1928
Cleveland, Ohio____
1929
1928
Clifton, N. J...........
1929
Colorado Springs, Colo. 1928
1929
1928
Columbia, S. C ____
1929
Central Falls, E. I...
Cost
Multifamily dwellings
with stores combined
Multifamily dwellings
PEEMITS
Num
ber
1-family and 2-family
dwellings with stores
combined
2-family dwellings
1-family dwellings
BUILDING
Housekeeping dwellings
Columbus, Qa..............
Columbus, Ohio...........
Council Bluffs, Iow a...
Covington, K y.......... .
Cranston, R. I ..............
Cumberland, M d .........
Dallas, Tex___________
Danville, 111_____ ____
Davenport, Iowa..........
Dayton, Ohio................
Denver, Colo_________
Des Moines, Iowa.........
Detroit, Mich...............
Dubuque, Iowa............
Duluth, Minn________
Durham, N. C________
East Chicago, Ind........
East Cleveland, O hio..
Easton, Pa............ ........
East Orange, N. J.........
East Providence, R. I__
East St. Louis, 111.........
Elgin, 111.......... ............
Elizabeth, N. J.............
Elkhart, Ind.................
321
268
1,438
7.56
75
67
172
105
432
388
64
59
704
501
137
115
132
158
298
120
331
210
1,136
749
337
289
6,794
5,926
54
56
177
107
400
176
59
47
14
30
16
16
38
25
212
171
367
298
194
138
143
123
140
107
700,724
555,760
7,382,100
4,292,150
234,400
234,000
584,000
335,500
2,164,900
1,924,900
271,810
272,360
1,804,009
1,365,675
518,086
439,250
588,250
741,651
1,333,188
619,617
1,935,500
1,121,300
5,869,200
3,877,850
1,564,328
1,489,350
35,841,184
31,391,841
219,500
192,933
874,650
656,845
1,340,035
600,687
281,750
259,102
143,700
358,500
149,425
98,950
311,650
166,800
1,227,725
917,192
1,391,980
1,000,455
1,015,070
666,385
1,130,000
916,000
490,261
426,050
321
268
1,438
756
75
67
172
105
432
388
64
39
704
501
137
115
132
158
298
120
331
210
1,136
749
337
289
6,794
5,926
54
56
177
107
400
176
59
47
14
30
16
16
38
25
212
171
367
298
194
138
143
123
140
107
2
147
51
4,300
1,184,200
451,000
4
294
102
'48
11
36
30
1
1
174
160
261,200
48,500
288,300
222,100
11,000
8,425
1,015,665
797,623
96
22
72
60
2
2
348
320
1
2
43
12
9,400
11,000
254,300
88,560
2
4
86
24
1
36
36
3
5
2,242
1,577
6,650
275,000
263,500
23,000
29,000
15,368,447
11,294,124
3
2
8
7
14
16
1
23,000
18,000
63,400
31,150
143,850
547,150
9,500
4
3
3
l
11
4
29,500
16,500
9,000
3,000
53,000
28,500
5
3
3
1
13
7
1
2
1,200
31,697
1
2
2
22,000
2
2
72
72
6
10 — - - - - 4,484
"’ 459,"566" " " ‘ 46’
3,154
67
627,100
43
6
4
16
14
28
32
2
4
53,000
8
38
29
25
21
23
30
3
327,000
262, 500
207,300
175,300
131,400
154,000
18,500
76
58
50
42
46
60
6
51
43
415,000
331,000
102
86
1
1
5,000
8
5
75,350
64,650
1
4
2
4
9,418
44,500
23,0C0
32,000
2
8
4
6
2
8
24,400
48,950
3
9
8
6
104,000
56,000
23
11
1
86
70
2
1
7
3
1
15,000
2,336,500
1,230,000
18,000
10,000
55,000
23,000
300,000
4
625
332
16
U
33
20
49
23
39
1
356, 250
555) 000
81,000
143
316
27
I
1
35
9
2
16,066
15,000
968,000
192, 500
32,000
4
4
323
61
8
50
38
2
11
350
279
1
2
2,105,000
1,946,500
88,000
154,500
12,740,280
7,440,733
50,000
17,000
661
787
63
49
4,252
2,806
13
12
......... r ......... 10,”660’ ...........4”
4
179,500
48
1
92,000
15
12
12
222,500
60
5
8
32,800
120
37
20
1
2
13
3
2
1
111
65
1
3,808,000
2,367, 200
11,000
20,300
260,600
42, 700
22,000
45,000
1, 616,000
706,000
100,000
813
398
3
6
81
12
7
6
67J
279
15
17
3
601,000
69,000
115
18
1
2
11,000
22,000
5
a
D
1
2
12 000
35^500
4
8
4
2
148 000
47’ 000
25
7
89
56
2,038,695
987,711
359
198
3
45,000
12
10
227,400
45
2
1
140.000
70,000
33
15
1
35,500
4
j
186,000
8!
76,000
31
!
______1__________
63
15
GENERAL TABLE
Decatur, 111...................
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1923
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
T able
A. — Number and estimated cost of buildings {new construction, and repairs, alterations, and additions to old buildings) covered by permits
issued in 1928 and 1929, by intended use of buildings— Continued
Cg
PAR T 2.—NEW RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS—Continued
City and State
Year
1-family dwellings
Elmira, N. Y
El Paso, Tex
Evanston, 111.................
Evansville, Ind_______.
__ _
Everett, Wash
Fall River, Mass_____
Fitchburg, Mass______
Flint, Mich__________
Fort Wayne, Ind_____
Fort Worth, Tex______
Fresno, Calif_________
Galveston, Tex-______
Gary, Ind____________
102
67
220
386
320
285
196
121
383
386
32
23
107
73
81
37
19
31
1,682
1,534
55
47
401
541
1,299
9G0
118
145
318
308
600
170
Cost
Fami Num
ber
lies
2
7
40
28
36
17
5
6
12
50
21
$17,300
29,010
183,300
228,100
183, 700
244,000
72,000
31,000
76,000
344, 500
161,000
4
14
80
56
72
34
10
12
24
100
42
4
8
4
2
1
170
183
32, 500
67,100
38,500
9,700
6,000
1,031,832
1,112,150
8
16
8
4
2
352
366
3
32
62
17,000
184, 768
358,375
6
64
124
4,850
14,500
153,780
180,200
2
4
66
142
1
2
33
71
•
1
Cost
Fami Num
lies
ber
$6, OOJ
1
4
9
3
1
12, 700
96,300
17.000
16.000
9
13
3
1
7
1
36,700
2,000
10
1
1
3,000
1
1
15,000
2
15
12
90,940
113,496
18
17
1
3,000
1
15
22
2
117,483
102,665
15,000
25
37
4
9
5
10
5
33,477
22,000
106,000
72.700
13
5
16
17
Cost
Fami
lies
1
$75,000
18
14
25
1
2
39
14
3
2
9
4
3
1
3
1
80,975
255,900
26,000
66,000
3,688,000
1,579,000
16,000
130,000
410, 500
'34,500
40.000
50.000
34.000
8,500
76
190
8
33
526
243
9
47
151
16
16
42
9
3
15
36
248,631
405, 384
133
147
1
43
30
2
8
6
2
43
12
90.000
766,947
363, 215
50.000
121,500
53.000
85.000
529,800
136. 500
31
316
127
24
42
25
24
172
46
Num
ber
Cost
Fami
lies
2
$36,000
26
9
2
1
1,055,000
140,000
12,000
188
12
6
___
1
11, 500
3
6
1
1
109, 500
40.000
10.000
36
12
4
1
18,000
5
17
4
132,160
55,000
54
14
3
1
12
32,900
10. 000
116,000
11
9
36
CITIES
Fond du Lac, Wis........
$556,100
534,135
790,441
1,464,924
1,754,100
1,412. 509
2,711,000
1, 529,000
1,392, 550
1,788,900
222, 600
110, 300
222,300
176, 240
353,420
157,150
85,800
184,600
7,014, 241
6, 521, 591
193.000
175,180
2,107,815
2,758,70S
5,201,037
3,667, 221
415,645
559,325
1,022,459
1,084,652
2,795,995
779.000
Num
ber
PRINCIPAL
Everett, Mass
102
67
220
386
320
2S5
196
121
383
386
32
23
107
73
81
37
19
31
1,682
1,534
55
47
401
541
1,299
960
118
145
318
308
600
170
Fami
lies
IN THE
Erie, Pa..........
1928
1929
1928
1929
192S
1923
1928
1929
1923
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
Cost
Multifamily dwellings
with stores combined
Multifamily dwellings
PERMITS
Num
ber
1-family and 2-family
dwellings with stores
combined
2-family dwellings
BUILDING
Housekeeping dwellings
3,405,000
2,029,600
481,930
535,227
760,180
1,176,410
1,920,465
774,064
682,957
450,975
4,050,300
4,981,640
215,610
351,425
1, 519,987
1,010,094
1.945.800
1.117.800
236,400
837
534
137
157
167
133
402
203
169
91
237
250
49
68
406
261
472
259
41
201
138
109
54
52
37
20
12
3
1
1
1,168,500
758,000
1, 252,017
640,400
213,900
104,800
134,893
81,170
21, 500
8,500
45,000
201
138
109
54
52
37
20
12
3
40
20
2,836
2,296
45
37
126
139
1,305
1,052
40
34
234
181
997
430
160
158
9
9
299,300
162,000
11,459,985
9, 247,327
364,800
131,900
433,770
502,480
6,122,670
5,441,375
259.000
203, 350
1,043,450
925, 550
3, 381, 565
1,117,225
813.000
714,450
65, 500
63,380
179,100
65.500
60,100
173,325
64.000
182,000
23,600
24,100
8,500
8.000
7
2
469
411
4
71.000
19.000
4,226,050
3,215,745
29.000
2
4
180
182
55
24
8
11
128
12.500
19.500
876,880
862,620
585.500
216,000
64.000
.85,900
461,800
129,275
1
10.000
21.000
102
81
46,800
829.500
564,000
73,800
162,900
33,090
15.000
183,000
35.000
"43,"655'
14
4
938
822
8
2
4
8
360
364
110
48
16
22
256
76
6
16
204
162
16
308,000
54,000
91
10
927
144
475, 500
65,000
153
25
112 !
116
612,000
133
208,800
39.000
43
18,500
374,000
72,000
39,500
23,000
2
2
174
58
10
8
22
6
2
83,000
8,000
4,900
108,900
51,000
93,800
1
1
45
37
126
139
1,305
1,052
40
34
234
181
997
430
160
158
9
9
13,000
"~5,000
139,000
76,900
53.500
10,000
79,000
10.000
10.000
200,000
7.000
797,352
319,100
35,500
26,000
112,847
33,558
71.000
164,800
286,600
4,000
10,500
34, 500
36,500
36,000
2,125,400
435,300
22,000
84,386
11
11,138
335.000
375.000
25, 500
33, 500
174.000
205.000
15,100
2
104
60
122, 500
165,000
1,737, 550
880,100
49,000
6,000
32 l
28 |
616 I
316
16
10.000
16,000
21,000
16
43.000
18.000
3,079,000
705,850
3,342,900
367,500
816
324
720
145, 550
24,050
791,400
30
20
148
140, 200
57,700
48,400
1,221,650
301,500
15
354
112
57,900
10,000
21
3
32
1,639
1,082 I
906.000
500.000
228
120
2,500
21,000
336.000
135.000
1
101
30
100,000
5, 512,000
3,361,000
TABLE
837
534
137
157
167
133
402
203
169
91
237
250
49
68
406
261
472
259
41
GENERAL
Grand Rapids, M ich— 1928
1929
Great Falls, M ont------- 1928
1929
1928
Green Bay, Wis-----1929
1928
Greensboro, N. O—
1929
1928
Greenville, S. C-----1929
1928
Greenwich, Conn—
1929
1928
Hagerstown, M d—
1929
1928
Hamilton, Ohio.......
1929
1928
Hammond, Ind____
1929
1928
Hamtramck, M ich..
1929
1928
Harrisburg, Pa------1929
1928
Hartford, Conn........
1929
1928
Haverhill, Mass----1929
1928
Hazleton, Pa............
1929
Highland Park, Mich__ 1928
1929
1928
Hoboken, N. J_____
1929
1928
Holyoke, Mass------1929
Houston, Tex______
1928
1929
Huntington, W. Va___ 1928
1929
Hutchinson, Kans__
1928
1929
1928
Indianapolis, Ind—
1929
1923
Irvington, N. J____
1929
Jackson, M ich-------1928
1929
1928
Jacksonville, Fla___
1929
Jamestown, N. Y __
1928
1929
Jersey City, N. J___
1928
1929
CO
•<1
T a b l e A .—
Number and estimated cost of buildings ( new construction, and repairs, alterations, and additions to old buildings) covered by permits
issued in 1928 and 1929, by intended use of buildings— Continued
03
OO
PAR T 1,— NEW RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS—Continued
City and State
Year
Jolmstown, Pa.......
Joliet, 111.................
Kalamazoo, M ich..
Kansas City, Kans.
Kearny, N. J-------Kenosha, Wis_____
Kingston, N. Y ----Knoxville, T e n n ...
Lakewood, O h io ...
Lancaster, Pa.........
Lansing, M ich.......
Lawrence, Mass__
Lebanon, Pa...........
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1G9Q
8
7
1928
1929
19
19
74 r onn
i Q
ftfi Ron
Aj
«70Uj
OUU
2,661,183
53,200
37 500
101 000
ioo' 000
46
28
148
154
99
51
148
118
287
259
965
830
131
64
266
206
114
51
726
448
40
55
85
52
154
156
439
533
g
7
19
19
Cost
Fami Num
ber
lies
9
4
2
17
$69, 500
25,000
35, 500
268,400
18
g
4
34
5
10
1
1
1
3
8, 500
4, 500
. 27,000
2
2
6
1
37
19
144
70
g
18
3
1
30
I
323, 500
124, 500
991.000
478, 700
77,600
149.000
32.000
9, 500
163,600
2,400
74
38
288
140
16
36
6
2
60
2
7
50,000
397,800
262,500
31
32
Cost
$15,400
72.000
44.000
20, 000
Fami Num
ber
lies
5
10
2
10
8
4
7
40.000
32.000
25.000
114, 500
103,250
1
6,000
2
5
2
2
5
3
6
7
14
62 ...........1..................
64
2
18, GOO
4
1
1
14,000
8,000
2
2
2
28,000
4
1
3,000
i
Cost
Fami
lies
1
$10,000
4
2
130, 000
18
3
224,000
52
31
6
4
2
41
48
20
5
2
3
1
30,000
91.000
59.000
70,000
2,701,000
3, 220,000
1, 135, 500
123,000
44.000
51.000
25.000
Num
ber
12 i1
36
30
12
927
1, 308
421
54
7
15
6
20
6
2
1
12
7
526,800
153.000
155.000
4,800
775,000
400,000
i54
20
42
6
370
87
4
2
37,000
21, OftO
22
12
1
Cost
$25,000
Fami
lies
8
1
15,000
3
1
11,000
4
3
i
l
10,000
100, 000
68,000
3
50
13
2
250,000
32
5
79,000
20
CITIES
Kokomo, Ind.........
1090
i
v ZJ
$250, 250
168, 550
1.178.400
1.187.400
3G7, 200
168, 750
591,025
549,390
578,620
588,350
4, 594,700
3, 542, 300
718, 500
397, 500
2,248,418
1,575,628
626,050
281,000
2,497,141
1,830, 575
195, 262
173.300
920,600
447.300
OQQ flK
ft
OOt/j
UuU
Num
ber
PRINCIPAL
Kansas City, M o ..
46
28
148
154
99
51
148
118
287
259
965
830
131
64
266
206
114
51
726
448
40
55
85
52
154
156
439
533
Fami
lies
IN THE
Joplin, M o..........
1928
1090
1
JAJ
1928
192!)
1928
1090
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1090
1928
1929
1928
1929
192S
Cost
Multifamily dwellings
with stores combined
Multifamily dwellings
PERMITS
Num
ber
1-family and 2-family
dwellings with stores
combined
2-family dwellings
1-family dwellings
BUILDING
Housekeeping dwellings
19
34
104
93
13
6
311
248
403
275
1,297
1,275
227
166
6,593
5,301
847
495
48
35
114
84
135
119
167
130
315
73
404
226
132
87
92
82
123
113
71
38
160
69
360
263
782
752
121
105
121
105
979
936
1,278
821
2
3
21,000
45,000
4
6
3
18,000
6
225
274
1,051
888
57
183
1
60
22
7
9
1
1
1,157,335 ’ "’ 450
8
548
1,433,250
14
1
i
2,102
7,220,809
6, 587,298
1,776
114 ""” §3"
576,8C0
1,241,660
366
59
2
5,000
1
1
7
492,900
120
44
185,300
2
14
71, 500
7
18
100,650
14
£
1
£8,000
27,000
52
9
9
134,675
40
1
13
18
9
6
24
19
174
183
310,000
184,000
354,152
240,175
2,931,840
2,652,600
186
98
124
80
1,278
1,318
184^750" ' " " 49'
397,990
92
1
1,106
908
114
70
13,000
28,268,917
17,632,360
2,518,100
807,000
17
13
1
2
1
703,750
914,000
35,000
44, OCO
15,000
246
309
8
8
6
8
8
14
8
■5
0
0
62,000
120,000
573,400
230,255
68,100
19,500
1,491,712
1,197,350
1,724,985
1,163,282
4,134,840
4,271,780
815,140
609,800
25,487,401
21,177,333
4, 669, 550
2,406,450
165,600
139,425
499,710
298,025
701,850
625,000
808,235
790, 585
1,233,170
285,040
4,028,000
1,227,550
717,150
470,100
262,325
337,335
624,500
654,830
168,000
90,050
425,900
190,450
2,239,450
1,600,900
3,239,080
2,792,565
622,700
549,900
557,855
637,420
5,742,220
5,197,300
5,655,670
3.832,855
7,000
761,000
1,255,000
612,000
56
237
500
201
16
176,000
62
2
8,000
8
5
3
83
40
2
400,000
315,000
2,051,400
799, 500
18, 500
107
78
745
316
6
166
113
74
48
6,840,899
4,709,952
1,869,400
1, 702, 900
2,454
1,710
702
519
3,000
43,350
97,300
2
.
7,000
2
39,630
8
10,500
58,800
69,035
3
10
15
111, 900
13
1
17
10
43
22
12
9
1
1
12
168,800
91,000
335,100
178,300
77,300
58,700
11,500
5,000
34,000
34
20
86
44
24
18
2
2
24
2
6,000
4
139
48
180
89
4
7
1,050,000
322,100
809,550
656,800
27,000
50,000
278
96
360
178
8
14
531* ""4,’ 294,’ 950" ' " i ‘ 062"
484
3,756,750
968
130
852,850
260
115
687,255
230
7
1
1
27,000 !
i
4,000 |
i
16
8
364,150
98,500
4
12,386
8,157
439 ....... 9’ ’ "
401
11
61
39
36i,~I66~ ....... 93
257, 500
73
«
1
1
7,000
17,000
4
3
4
3
150,000
13ft
fifiO
1
UV|U
VA/
35
16
2
1
...................I...........
1
5, COO
1
1
1
10, OCO
7,700
2
1
1
30
24
500
410, 2C0
303,800
1
43
32
|
|
1
2
54
24
35,000
35^000
1,871,000
977,700
3
6
427
202
TABLE
19
34
104
93
13
6
311
248
403
275
1,297
1,275
227
166
6,593
5,301
847
495
48
35
114
84
135
119
167
130
315
73
404
226
132
87
92
82
123
113
71
38
160
69
360
263
,782
752
121
105
121
105
979
936
1,278
821
GENERAL
1928
1929
Lexington, K y .............. 1928
1929
Lima, Ohio___________ 1928
1929
Lincoln, Nebr............... 1928
1929
Little Rock, Ark........... 1928
1929
Long Beach, Calif........ 1928
1929
Lorain, Ohio................. 1928
1929
Los Angeles, Calif........ 1928
1929
Louisville, K y ________ 1928
1929
Lowell, Mass................ 1928
1929
Lynchburg, V a............. 1928
1929
Lynn, Mass................... 1928
1929
McKeesport, Pa........... 1928
1929
Macon, Ga.................... 1928
1929
Madison, Wis............... 1928
1929
Malden, Mass............... 1928
1929
Manchester, N. H ........ 1928
*
1929
Mansfield, Ohio............ 1928
1929
Marion, Ind.................. 1928
1929
Marion, Ohio____ ____ 1928
1929
Medford, Mass............. 1928
1929
Memphis, Tenn............ 1928
i929
Meriden, Conn........... 1928
1929
Miami, Fla...............— 1928
1929
Milwaukee, W is........... 1928
1929
Minneapolis, M inn___ 1928
1929
Lewiston, Me____ - ___
T a b l e A*—
Number and estimated cost of buildings (new construction, and repairs, alterations, and additions to old buildings) covered by permits
issued in 1928 and 1929, by intended use of buildings— Continued
o
PART l . —NEW RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS—Continued
City and State
Year
299
108
130
175
137
662
468
302
108
337
308
104
157
102
44
537
466
77
132
108
89
36
18
128
81
102
40
62
51
133
63
4
Cost
$23,500
Fami Num
lies
ber
Cost
Fami Num
ber
lies
8
28
12
3
2
37
19
246,705
119,500
18,000
6,000
539,600
327,500
56
24
6
4
74
38
4
18,467
8
3
1
42
14
181
61
9,500
5,000
123,450
60,418
2,185,070
688,680
6
2
84
28
362
122
3
28,300
6
54
20
11
15
6
1
382,500
15,800
81,500
111,968
49,500
12,000
108
40
22
• 30
12
2
i
8,666
2
1
$10,000
1
4
27,230
4
1
1
1
34
23
12,000
5,135
2,000
58*4,990
236,600
1
1
1
62
33
4
4
32,800
68,050
4
7
5
99,700
10
Cost
Fami
lies
Num
ber
Cost
Fami
lies
3
$119,000
41
3
1
194,000
24,000
33
3
2
$540,000
89
12
1
32
6
2
1
128,000
40,000
5,453, 500
832,000
113,100
6,620
58
16
1,053
178
33
3
7
1, 523,500
207
4
1
117,375
7,000
40
8
20
5
245
94
608,500
772,000
11,956,580
1,682, 500
128
286
2,563
378
1
15,000
8
19
3
13
4
280,666
29,000
210,500
352,000
76
9
74
118
1
14,500
4
1
20,000
4
20
7
1,255,000
153,000
224
28
1
75,000
15
2
64,500
8
CITIES
$1,547,956
644,722
543,084
663.300
2,862,619
2,095,400
877,355
1,247,070
3,475,335
1,386,700
1,016,650
878,205
318, 010
457,660
297,850
95,050
1,164,124
1,413,079
673,923
965,700
338.300
297.400
252,800
116.400
1,025,450
583,000
418,625
255, 750
380.300
311,200
839,125
356,450
Num
ber
PRINCIPAL
589
299
108
130
175
137
662
468
302
108
337
308
104
157
102
44
537
466
77
132
108
89
36
18
128
81
102
40
62
51
133
63
Fami
lies
IN THE
1928
1929
Moline, 111............ ........ 1928
1929
Montclair, N. J_______ 1928
1929
Montgomery, Ala......... 1928
1929
Mount Vernon, N. Y__ 1928
1929
Muncie, Ind_________ 1928
1929
Muskegon, Mich.......... 1928
1929
Muskogee, Okla............ 1928
1929
Nashville, Tenn______ 1928
1929
Newark, N. J------------- 1928
1929
Newark, Ohio________ 1928
1929
New Bedford, Mass— 1928
1929
New Britain, Conn----- 1928
1929
New Brunswick, N. J_. 1928
1929
Newburgh, N. Y --------- 1928
1929
New Castle, P a .-......... 1928
1929
Mobile, Ala__________
Cost
Multifamily dwellings
with stores combined
Multifamily dwellings
PERMITS
Num
ber
1-family and 2-family
dwellings with stores
combined
2-family dwellings
1-family dwellings
BUILDING
Housekeeping dwellings
908,800
889,200
782,400
722,500
1,745,805
1,272,389
178,800
135,900
301,300
636,700
294,703
164,523
4,223,650
3,731,800
7,026,620
4,874,100
127
119
102
92
437
370
41
29
59
60
73
55
276
194
575
410
19
7
23
5
688
224
1
2
1
1
168,500
68,000
239,000
60,400
2,057,010
736,608
6,500
14,500
8,000
8,000
38
14
46
10
1,376
448
2
4
2
2
14
8
182
79
149,000
105,000
1,960,100
761,250
28
16
364
158
1,271
680
2,631
1,092
12
4
8,477
3,767
1,229
733
350
221
278
209
82
101
248
227
1,012
690
193
79
139
72
2,029
1,549
7
1
339
299
19
10
150
112
38
41
8,949,000
5,231,900
17,909,150
7,659,200
731,000
505,000
47,311,810
21,203,110
5,557,609
3,723,190
1,856,983
1,255,474
1,071,950
988,375
531,000
536,530
1,840,483
1,664,600
4,122,993
2,977,527
2,577,955
1,104,060
435,300
186,700
7,071,259
6,409,845
27,050
10,000
1,838,750
1,452,700
216,900
163,000
535,366
415,825
204,800
222,500
1,271
680
2,631
1,092
12
4
8,477
3,767
1,229
733
350
221
278
209
82
101
248
227
1,012
690
193
79
139
72
2,029
1,549
7
1
339
299
19
10
150
112
38
41
537
258
1,270
452
4
2
903
546
126
90
53
38
5,749,635
3,093,300
12,281,400
4,282,700
131,000
45,000
7,379,500
4,891,700
911,500
665,050
342,695
230,700
13,700
5,700
43,000
1,074
516
2,540
904
8
4
1,806
1,092
252
180
106
76
3
1
7
6
5
4
45,000
35,400
8
7
3
92
88
22,000
937,688
463,477
3
161
124
1
13,000
2
42
16
540
234
626,000
251,250
7,019,500
3,214,700
76
24
1 080
’ 468
585
228
55
51
nUf 4o 0k 0k ) iXUU
nn
1,013
348
82
83
10
3
1
200,200
116,000
117,750
66,700
8,000
42
22
44
24
2
2
1
81
295
4
6,000
5,000
447,700
1,690,800
18,500
4
2
162
590
8
9
10
33
3
2
1
149,200
86,500
311,500
39,000
1,200
5,200
18
20
66
6
4
2
1,093,000
399,700
373.000
14,000
451,640
184.000
370
136
56
4
110
98
1
12,000
3
2
1
7
4
59.000
14.000
113, 770
23,100
14
3
23
20
1
1
14
4
52,500
25,000
2,377,800
327,000
28
12
553
94
14
4
1,889,000
466,000
348
51
783
322
1,031
312
229
224
115,621,200
50,496,700
74,453,400
31,942,000
123.860.000
163.065.000
55,234,150
27,526,500
1,599,000
529,000
144,500
38,000
865,000
68,800
27,720
11.962
19,311
7,435
15.963
18,059
16,295
7,897
434
194
34
6
339
22
102 16,912,050
20 4.041.000
277 13,225, 500
57 6.338.000
3,627
796
3,376
1,325
4 4O
70
27
5
5,093,100
3,066,500
162,000
1,206
757
40
1
1
28,000
100,000
6
14
11
63
6
1,323
1,173
475
212
14
2
2
6
2
85,000
29,285
400,000
ido
non
XriKj) UUU
41
11
72
3
1,991,300
498,000
366,075
75,100
48,500
1
3
5
10
6
2
1
9,000
46.000
59.000
43,900
63.000
36.500
12.500
1t UA
6
3
1
66
26
14
1
285,000
33.000
3,737,800
3,057,700
2,243,000
1,493,500
35.000
3
3
35,700
4,150
6
3
62
103
1,043,350
1,969,000
411
812
7
13
111, 500
178,000
29
69
2
1
1
1
20,000
18,000
2,500
9,000
2
1
1
1.
7
8
11
4
270.000
385.000
758.000
489.000
55
142
194
115
1
26,000
4
8
249
18
9
5
1
27
2
2
14
21
11
22
12
34
20
12
1
33
18
2
5
7
8
2
0CO
4
j
a nnn
6o %
UUU
IQ
lo
TABLE
127
119
102
92
437
370
41
29
59
60
73
55
276
194
575
410
GENERAL
New Haven, Conn------ 1928
1929
New London, Conn___ 1928
1929
New Orleans, T.^a_____ 1928
1929
Newport, K y _________ 1928
1929
Newport, R. I ............... 1928
1929
Newport News, Va___ 1928
1929
New Rochelle, N. Y __ 1928
1929
Newton, Mass________ 1928
1929
New York City, N . Y .:
The Bronx________ 1928
1929
Brooklyn___ _____ 1928
1929
Manhattan............. 1928
1929
Queens____. . . . ___ 1928
1929
Richmond________ 1928
1929
Niagara Falls, N . Y ___ 1928
1929
Norfolk, Va................... 1928
1929
Norristown, Pa............. 1928
1929
Norwalk, C o n n ........ 1928
1929
Oakland, Calif__ _____ 1928
1929
Oak Park, 111................. 1928
1929
Ogden, Utah................. 1928
1929
Oklahoma City, Okla.. 1928
1929
Okmulgee, Okla............ 1928
1929
Omaha, Nebr................ 1928
1929
Orange, N. J................. 1928
1929
Oshkosh, Wis................ 1928
1929
Ottumwa, Iowa............ 1928
1929
T a b l e A .—
Number and estimated cost of buildings (new construction, and repairs, alterations, and additions to old buildings) covered by permits
issued in 1928 and 1929, by intended use of buildings— Continued
to
PAR T 1.— NEW RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS—Continued
City and State
Year
Paducah, K y ..........
Pasadena, Calif___
Paterson, N. J........
Pawiucket, R. I . . .
Perth Amboy, N. J
Petersburg, Va-----Philadelphia, Pa.._
Phoenix, Ariz........-
Pittsfield, Mass___
Plainfield, N. J . . . .
Pontiac, M ich____
Port Arthur, Tex_.
Port Huron, M ich.
812
210
53
184,050
100, 375
1,201
84
89
350
47
175
113
289
215
360
335
52
36
40
42
7,321
4,054
520
501
1,588
1,294
139
186
229
110
1,201
812
210
53
43
1
3
8
10
2
2
280
113
66
97
118
96
16
11
22
6
67
Cost
Fami Num
ber
lies
$2,000
3,000
142,867
52,400
168, .500
109.000
448,313
455.200
482,800
261,850
10,000
30.000
84.780
69.780
2,400
19.000
1,709,350
1,632,050
300, 565
344,015
1,151,325
791,900
143.200
91.500
161,400
55.500
496,600
282.000
16
20
4
4
560
226
132
194
236
192
32
22
44
12
134
98
27,353
18
2
2
62
16
30
22
134
138
132
Cost
Fami Num
ber
lies
Cost
Fami
lies
Num
ber
Cost
Fami
lies
$14,000
$6,500
5,500
70,000
160,300
128,800
27,500
4, f OO
5,000
~4i,~625
90,275
1
172
1,000
1,190,110
6.500
5.500
179
43
225
36
408
133
4
12
74
22
25
3
$19,000
25,837
85.000
48.000
32.000
47.000
85.000
18.000
13,821,960
14,092,000
172.000
350,225
1,817,000
1,993,700
150.000
3,455,490
8
8
21
10
9
32
26
4
20,000 I
5,500
1
215
48,325
140,600
81,000
1,900
13,000
405,204
232,250
975.000
165.000
1,175,000
330.000
10,000
35,100
194.000
95.000
60.000
10,680
134.000
1,990
2,818
96
234
614
561
40
3
37
1,397,300
1,014,080
400
374
115,200
40
12,000
39
233.000 |
422.000 ;
6,000 I
490
93
CITIES
Pittsburgh, Pa------
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
$186,735
178,145
2,774,358
2,877,690
468,150
357.750
764,900
566,500
1,318,550
1,048,675
1,973,500
1,064,083
245,677
154,790
179.750
128,545
31,255,670
17,151,635
1,674,357
1, 581, 587
9,929,044
7, 776,050
824,000
1,065,600
1,769,479
880,256
3,907,465
2,185,102
457,877
Num
ber
PRINCIPAL
Peoria, 111-------------
84
89
350
333
66
47
175
113
289
215
300
335
52
36
40
42
7,321
4,054
520
501
1,588
1,294
139
186
229
110
Fami
lies
IN THE
Passaic, N. J...........
1928
1129
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
Cost
Multifamily dwellings
with stores combined
Multifamily dwellings
PERMITS
Num
ber
1-family and 2-family
dwellings with stores
combined
2-family dwellings
1-family dwellings
BUILDING
Housekeeping dwellings
Racine, Wis_____
721,550
541,692
7,149,585
4,647,995
595,450
348,950
206,055
137, 800
563,050
625.350
4, 202,600
2,933, 900
732,425
415,900
517, 775
347,400
2,136,900
1,637,150
1,671,568
1, 515, 686
1,455,650
1, 317,075
522, 745
312,800
598,342
554,300
2,428,501
1,880,100
903,832
574,087
4,983,570
2,592,363
1,789,500
1,582,200
399,500
564.100
2,806,322
1,677,104
1,353,066
1,385,680
304.200
317,850
6,000,340
4,948,190
4,028,118
2,350,332
824.100
276.200
332,000
317.350
1,542,010
1,748,560
162
125
, 603
940
161
94
71
48
57
58
478
366
294
174
131
82
453
288
294
251
256
153
138
484
374
204
124
858
434
425
368
114
174
682
387
522
489
63
110
1,682
1,242
667
461
170
65
49
48
385
416
10,000
17,000
294,500
36,150
1
1
1
4
3
173
111
32
9
1
70
15
111
131
1
648
255
26
18
500
3
9,800
3
2
2
6,900
2,700
2
2
6,000
6,000
38.500
25.500
1, 6S7,000
990,400
138,200
56.000
12.000
346
222
64
18
2
514,700
113,300
846,125
1,033,725
140
30
222
262
2
364,800
104,200
94
206,665
268,364
119.500
56,000
467,400
69,400
422,000
444.500
72
62
50
16
112
14
132
140
275, C50
296,500
32,500
112
112
12
10,000
4,017,340
1,631, 250
258,600
172,680
1,296
510
52
36
2,000
260.500
186.500
140,400
109,750
2
48
46
110
52
______1___________
11
131,000
18
210,400
1
4, 500
1
10,000
14
33
1
1
1
12,000
1
2
2
6
5
4
21,000
23.000
98,700
42.000
50,000
4
7
5
10
9
2
4
6
107,650
16,300
26,000
71,500
14
3
4
9
1
1
3
8
4,700
9,500
22, 500
104,000
1
2
3
8
32
10
327,100
101, 500
48
18
3
1
59,400
4,000
3
2
5
1
46
26
2
305,000
125 000
2,313,200
1,617,500
13,000
92
31
620
548
6
1
2
5
1
39
23
4
30.000
17, 900
44.000
13,000
1,105,000
909, 500
36, 700
12
16
16
4
281
188
13
1
63
36
11
18
12,000
1,044,000
649, 200
406,500
443,600
4
384
229
128
133
1
2
25.000
55.000
13
8
11
990,000
380,500
346,250
208
154
110
28
2,065,500
767
43
26
4
3
11
8
484.000
269.000
54.000
52.000
216,900
256.000
218
104
32
26
122
138
1
3
8
504
272
4
6
9,000
70,000
155,000
7,780,200
5,158,800
210,600
226,800
4
35
95
3,764
2,382
46
91
4
2
9
10
114, 500
105.000
615.000
717.000
23
21
236
231
5
20 j
2
3
4
65,000
150.000
275.000
10
20
82
2
46,000
15
3
2
55,000
140,000
16
33
•4
162,000
33
1
60,000
12
13
15
3
510,250
336,589
124,000
180
111
45
4
1
206,500
61,050
54
40
37
14
2
1,104,000
684,000
31,920
400
212
8
TABLE
162
125
1,603
940
161
94
71
48
57
58
478
366
294
174
131
82
453
288
294
251
256
228
1?3
69
153
138
484
374
204
124
858
434
425
368
114
174
682
387
522
489
63
110
1,682
1,242
667
461
170
65
49
48
385
416
GENERAL
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
Portsmouth, Ohio..
1929
1928
Portsmouth, Va___
1929
1928
1929
1928
Providence, R. I ...
1929
Pueblo, Colo......... .
1928
1929
Quincy, 111.............
1928
1929
Quincy, Mass....... .
1928
1929
1928
1929
Reading, Pa______
1928
1929
Revere, Mass.........
1928
1929
Richmond, Ind___
1928
1929
1928
Richmond, V a___
1929
1928
Roanoke, Va_____
1929
1928
Rochester, N. Y__.
1929
1928
Rockford, 111_____
1929
Rock Island, HI___
1928
1929
Sacramento, Calif-.
1928
1929
Saginaw, Mich.......
1928
1929
1928
St. Joseph, M o.......
1929
St. Louis, M o.........
1928
1929
1928
St. Paul, Minn___
1929
St. Petersburg, Fla.
1928
1929
Salem, Mass______
1928
1929
Salt Lake City, Utah__ 1928
1929
Portland, M e.........
Portland, Oreg___ _
00
T a b le
A .—
Number and estimated cost of buildings (new construction, and repairs, alterations, and additions to old buildings) covered by permits
issued in 1928 and 1929, by intended use of buildings— Continued
PAR T 1,—NEW RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS—Continued
City and State
Year
1-family dwellings
1,972
1,706
1,579
975
2,204
1,236
248
237
254
133
240
244
151
92
2,332
1,703
155
116
503
415
197
154
151
131
2
15
555
596
475
350
285
179
Cost
Fami Num
lies
ber
85
124
37
27
165
94
6
3
34
11
4
6
17
15
13
11
14
5
41
31
5
$567,595
688,763
134,175
118,500
1,308,945
796,490
29,500
18,500
278,250
76,500
40,000
53,500
119,710
96,100
78,450
37,200
104.600
32,200
195,785
116,502
19,000
170
248
74
54
330
188
12
6
68
22
8
12
34
30
26
22
28
10
82
62
10
30
4
64
35
4
182,440
35,625
547,500
274,500
25,000
60
8
128
70
8
1
5
3
5,000
35,600
25,700
2
10
6
Cost
Fami Num
lies
ber
8
3
15
7
11
8
$21, 525
11,000
135, 700
7±, 500
104, 500
73,580
8
5
30
14
18
10
11
6
3
65,600
67,200
17,000
18
8
6
2
1
16, 200
10,200
2
1
4
2
8
2
39,000
27,000
27,150
8,300
4
3
8
2
i
13,500
2
Cost
Fami
lies
61
46
55
45
221
119
6
5
29
13
1
1
6
3
143
81
$924,390
562, 625
994,300
518,325
8,381,185
6,904,000
230,150
199,500
346,040
101,000
23,000
55,000
787,000
62,000
8,672,000
5,479,000
642
219
410
256
3,476
2,076
94
89
108
40
3
14
83
15
2,300
1,564
22
13
7
4
324,732
201,257
286,000
360,000
128
66
75
154
4
2
12
3
2
5
1
5
6
77,000
280,000
639,000
36,000
155,000
363,000
225,000
373,500
162,000
32
66
201
12
56
91
65
57
42
Num
ber
Cost
Fami
lies
6
14
1
5
$66,875
260, 250
18,000
250,000
52
78
3
60
2
1
20,000
9,000
6
3
6
56,400
18
1
13,000
3
1
28,000
3
1
12,000
g
CITIES
$7,169,571
4,355,469
5,847,376
3,918,392
9,933,034
6,063, 211
947,780
947, 265
805,375
490, 550
1,540,900
1,507,400
652,385
411,340
8,082,900
5,971,710
903,600
644, 200
1,519,397
1,144, 599
753, 750
582,300
676,480
565,975
5,800
78,000
2,851,350
2,690,080
1,853,875
1,298,420
1,520,800
727,605
Num
ber
PRINCIPAL
1,972
1,706
1,579
975
2,204
1,236
248
237
254
133
240
244
151
92
2,332
1,703
155
116
503
415
197
154
151
131
2
15
555
596
475
350
285
179
Fami
lies
IN THE
San Antonio, Tex......... 1928
1929
San Diego, Calif. ......... 1928
1929
San Francisco, Calif___ 1928
1929
San Jose, Calif.............. 1928
1929
Savannah, Ga.......... .
1928
1929
Schenectady, N. Y ....... 1928
1929
Scranton, Pa....... ......... 1928
1929
Seattle, Wash................ 1928
1929
Sheboygan, Wis______ 1928
1929
Shreveport, La_______ 1928
1929
Sioux City, Iowa______ 1928
1929
Sioux Falls, S. Dak___ 1928
1929
Somerville, Mass.......... 1928
1929
South Bend, Ind______ 1928
1929
Spokane, Wash_______ 1928
1929
Springfield, 111............... 1928
1929
Cost
Multifamily dwellings
with stores combined
Multifamily dwellings
PERMITS
Num
ber
1-family and 2-family
dwellings with stores
combined
2-family dwellings
BUILDING
Housekeeping dwellings
-08—06*S8
1,920,650
1,398,300
621,775
568,751
828,950
674,110
1,614,250
1,194,400
550,000
576,950
707,280
330,150
551,850
398,615
4,977,000
3,652,800
1, 539,000
930,000
1,495,860
323,395
190,800
137,350
338,050
261,400
4,902,450
3,480, 230
861,550
628,300
973,600
500,014
593, 650
634,020
998,832
937, 337
4,659,100
3,957,847
18, 500
6,400
1,401,100
697, 200
182,950
166,130
608, 003
890,837
1,003,100
635, 800
1,023, 030
1, 236,445
11,316,850
11,007,145
1,071, 500
786, 500
413
292
268
208
251
194
200
147
155
144
195
80
136
105
829
582
542
320
602
131
50
32
113
76
1,155
813
230
155
173
63
104
99
308
230
1,049
847
3
1
205
107
43
48
171
214
177
105
292
243
1,307
1,385
225
158
45
21
1
1
24
16
44
62
3
6
4
4
272,400
134,200
4,000
8,000
113,600
82,800
685,000
18,000
47,500
20,350
12,800
90
42
2
2
48
32
88
oo
124
6
12
8
8
99
80
847,000
683,200
193
160
5
3
24,500
19,500
10
6
1
76
69
1
2
8,000
552,125
439,300
9,000
10,500
2
152
133
2
4
6
5
5
238
141
4
2
13
2
152,800
47,500
38, 052
21,150
1,095,100
688, 250
45,000
17, 500
103, 000
18, 000
42
12
10
10
476
282
8
4
26
4
46
30
2
7
15
11
48
34
421, 700
282,000
22,800
44,700
92, 000
71, 500
375,500
273,000
92
60
4
14
30
11
98
68
21
2
11,500
3
2
O
A
14.500
34.500
2
A
%
12
77,000
14
2
1
9,800
2,500
2
1
3
23
4
14.500
181,200
52.500
5
QO
OO
U
7
47,700
21,800
11
7
23
9
93,750
60,000
27
9
1
21,090
2
7
6
3
42, 513
5,500
10
4
2
2
20.000
18, 000
4
2
2
14,000
4
g
4
1
1
1
4
4
3
3
4
2
4
425.000
410.000
40.000
30.000
45.000
48.000
127, 500
129,000
63,000
85,000
71.800
98.800
118
132
32
8
16
16
36
32
16
25
21
58
3
19
5
7
4
g
92,000
1,385,000
150.000
970.000
475.000
76,700
24
369
37
254
182
34
11
33
g
6
4
3
2
227,800
303, 570
236.000
144.000
150.000
155.000
40,300
188
63
30
41
24
11
2
3
44
43
1
4
3
23,575
80,000
1,765,600
971.000
17,800
247.000
615.000
8
32
641
517
4
112
109
40
1
23,000
g
12
10
2
1
57
42
25
14
154.000
105.000
20,000
15, 000
15,392, 500
7,199. 000
422, 500
194.000
51
40
6
4
2,592
1,478
153
36
3
158,000
26
1
1
15.000
30.000
3
12
1
25,000
4
10
2
2
1
609,000
30.000
37.000
75.000
132
7
26
13
5
10
1
882,000
529,000
51,000
OQA
Zoo
162
9
2
48,500
9
1
1
45.000
93.000
14
21
5
1
245.000
125.000
69
4
6
165, 500
42
2
3
4
9
25, 700
2 800, 000
2, 500. 000
94,000
g
376
358
30
TABLE
413
292
268
208
251
194
200
147
155
144
195
80
136
105
829
582
542
320
602
181
50
32
113
76
1,155
813
230
155
173
63
104
99
303
230
1,049
847
3
1
205
107
43
48
171
214
177
105
292
243
1,307
1,365
225
158
GENERAL
1928
1929
Springfield, M o_______ 1928
1929
Springfield, Ohio--------- 1928
1929
1928
1929
Steubenville, Ohio------ 1928
1929
Stockton, Calif----------- 192S
1929
Superior, Wis------------- 1923
1929
1928
1929
Tacoma, Wash----------- 1923
1929
Tampa, Fla---------------- 1923
1929
Taunton, Mass_______ 1923
1929
Terre Haute, Ind.......... 1923
1929
Toledo, Ohio____ ____ 1923
1929
Topeka, Kans------------- 1923
1929
Trenton, N. J------------- 1923
1929
Troy, N. Y .................... 1923
1929
Tucson, Ariz-------------- 1928
1929
Tulsa, Okla---------------- 1923
1929
Union City, N. J.......... 1923
1929
Utica, N. Y ................... 1923
1923
Vallejo, Calif................. 1923
1923
Waco, Tex......... .......... 1923
1929
Waltham, Mass---------- 1923
1929
Warren, Ohio------------- 1923
1923
Washington, D. C _ .„ ._ 1923
1929
Waterbury, Conn......... 1928
1929
Springfield, Mass_____
T a b l e A .—
Number and estimated cost of buildings {new construction, and repairs, alterations, and additions to old buildings) covered by permits
issued in 1928 and 1929, by intended use of buildings— Continued
P A R T 1,—NEW RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS—Continued
City and State
Year
Waterloo, Iowa______
Watertown, Mass....... .
W.?st New York, N. J.
Wheeling, W. Va-------
Wichita, Kans............ .
Wichita Falls, Tex----Wilkes-Barre, Pa........ .
Williamsport, Pa_____
Wilmington, Del..........
Wilmington, N. C -----Winston-Salem, N. C..
Woonsocket, R. I ------Worcester, Mass......... .
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
68
298
180
882
1,056
198
93
91
52
90
85
108
61
323
242
52
54
616
233
36
23
324
278
291
80
69
51
50
2
2
87
68
298
186
882
1,056
198
93
91
52
90
85
108
61
323
242
52
54
616
233
36
23
324
278
Cost
Fami Num
ber
lies
187
76
1
1
7
7
$1,678, 200
665,000
3.000
5.000
57.000
72.000
374
152
2
2
14
14
6
2
44
66
6
63, 500
38.000
300,500
392, 500
28.000
12
4
.88
132
12
21
5
168,425
34,800
42
10
20
21
17
151,000
141, 500
91,300
40
42
34
13
6
109,000
27.000
32.000
103,950
28,600
41.000
26
12
12
50
20
12
39
26
327,400
214,000
78
52
6
6
25
10
Cost
Fami Num
ber
lies
5
11
$00, 000
112, 550
7
22
2
32,400
4
1
5,000
1
Cost
Fami
lies
10
$186,000
66
6
1
2
1
22
3
28
45
3
2
5
1
419, 500
100,000
92,000
15. 000
2, 220,000
617,000
547, 500
710, 250
37.000
60.000
187,900
12,000
142
44
38
4
442
125
216
392
12
16
41
4
Num
ber
Cost
Fami
lies
1
$4,000
4
1
20,000
5
5
2
3
471.000
195.000
47,000
100
30
20
1
12,600
1
1
12,800
3
6
10
6
3
1
56,500
26,000
8,975
20,300
3,500
12
10
8
3
8
3
143,500
13,200
40
9
2
114,000
22
2
5
126,000
583,000
33
114
1
28,000
6
4
6
21,500
30,300
7
67
9
64
463,725
204,600
65,500
256
64
31
6
157,000
36
15
16
251, 500
155,300
72
49
1
s
CITIES
Wilkinsburg, Pa--------
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
51
50
2
2
87
$844,700
835, 825
568, 600
469,400
275, 800
297.800
20.500
9,800
549, 280
430,950
3, 578,700
2, 330, 635
3,076, 615
3, 668,855
835, 788
434,885
397, 215
177,495
1,009,095
480,755
549,390
356,191
2,133,163
1.557,835
195,000
260, 500
2,842, 385
1,020,495
164.800
89,950
1,930, 635
1,762,600
Num
ber
PRINCIPAL
White Plains, N. Y —
206
291
Fami
lies
IN THE
Watertown, N. Y ....... .
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
Cost
Multifamily dwellings
with stores combined
Multifamily dwellings
PERMITS
Num
ber
1-family and 2-family
dwellings with stores
combined
2-family dwellings
1-family dwellings
BUILDING
Housekeeping dwellings
Yonkers, N. Y ___
York, Pa_________
Youngstown, Ohio.
Zanesville, Ohio__
Total:
309 cities.
311 cities.
622
365
144
85
777
441
128
6,933,910
4,256,677
575,300
436,325
4, 389,835
2, 234,375
346,285
294;160
622
365
144
85
777
441
128
104
55
1928
1929
145,262
104,798
715,134,047
516,296,221
145, 262
104,798
19,963
12,990
1,205,800
587,200
136
43
208
110
7,200
252,400
273,700
21,500
29,000
153,157,386
98*998,741
2,624
1,507
26,701,412
14,354,773
3,306
1,228
339.000
700.000
80
105
90,754,524
34,826,808
19,780
7,727
205,000
196,700
62,250
39,926
25,980
21,074,500
6,307,000
10,000
5,000
4,282
2,351
12,070
6,662
776,520,458
490,957,201
190,346
111, 910
1,528
559
GENERAL
TABLE
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
T able
A .— Number and estimated cost of buildings {new construction, and repairs, alterations, and additions to old buildings) covered by permits
issued in 1928 and 1929, by intended use of buildings— Continued
£
00
PAR T 1.—NEW RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS— Continued
City and State
Year
Grand
total
families
Akron, Ohio...........
Alameda, Calif____
Allentown, Pa........
Alton, 111.................
Amsterdam, N. Y_.
Anderson, Ind____
Asheville, N. C ___
Ashtabula, O h io...
Atlantic City, N. J
Auburn, N. Y ........
Augusta, Ga______
Aurora, 111_______
Austin, Tex______
28,806
"113,”344
0)
"or
120,400
60,331
‘"99,166'
(9
” 69,"166'
33,525
36,200
29,767
"28,"507"
"0).....
0)
22,082
" ( I ) .......
73,502
"24,682
' 266,"616
"255,"166"
“ 56,"707
~ 54,700
36,192
0)
52,548
"’ 56,
’7o6‘
36,397
47,100
34,876
”45,'l33'
122.7
101.2
175.0
140.2
54.3
34.0
75.6
54.0
67.7
42.5
25.7
31.7
12.5
15.5
90.0
72.2
129.8
42.1
9.1
7.2
158.0
69.2
Cost
Number
$300,000
475,000
230,000
27,061
22.4
27.6
11.6
14.4
400,000
90,000
13.8
60.5
39.4
82.7
52.8
156.3
56.1
36.5
63.9
40.8
120.8
190,000
4,244, 750
5,309,259
42.000
90.000
28,000
146,540
53,930
400,000
Cost
Cost
$40,000
51.1
32.0
55.9
39.9
10.3
8.6
Other
Number
Number
$5,000
124.3
54.4
10.4
9.5
11.2
Lodging houses
2,200
1,850
184
12(3
404
225
495
396
162
102
156
181
30
51
253
191
278
99
20
16
1,698
927
51
34
31
46
278
201
267
183
518
$12,469,148
10,092,658
1,469,224
1,120,335
7,935,200
3,584,100
3,395,000
2,300,200
567,724
411,928
957,151
869,435
242,600
408,182
881,550
1,077,400
1.749,300
518,650
150,250
77,650
9,968,489
4,545,853
4,546,015
5,745,985
159,125
291,670
962,181
609,462
1,561,549
991,172
1,672,610
CITIES
Atlanta, Ga______
208,435
Hotels
Esti
mate for
specified
Number
Cost
year
PRINCIPAL
Altoona, Pa......... —
2,557
2,171
504
404
615
385
556
397
167
105
155
191
42
52
268
215
370
120
20
16
3,170
1,389
57
52
31
50
318
207
301
192
545
Census
of 1920
IN THE
Albany, N. Y _____
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1929
Estimate
for specified
year
PERMITS
Census of
1920
Total new housekeep
ing and nonhouse
keeping dwellings
Nonhousekeeping dwellings
BUILDING
Ratio of families
provided for per
10,000 of popula
tion based on—
Population
1928
1929
1928
1929
Baton Rouge, La_____ 1929
Battle Creek, M ich___ 1928
1929
1928
Bay City, Mich___
1929
Bayonne, N. J_____
1928
1929
Beaumont, Tex____
1928
1929
Belleville, 111............
1928
1929
Bellingham, Wash..
1928
1929
Berkeley, Calif____
1928
1929
Bethlehem, Pa____
1928
1929
Binghamton, N. Y_.
1928
1929
1928
Birmingham, A la...
1929
1928
Bloomfield, N. J___
1929
Bloomington, 111___
1928
1929
Boston, Mass____ _
1928
1929
Bridgeport, Conn...
1928
1929
Brockton, Mass___
1928
1929
Brookline, Mass___
1928
1929
Buffalo, N. Y _____
1928
1929
Burlington, Iowa__
1928
1929
Butler, Pa................
1928
1929
Butte, M ont______
1928
1929
Cambridge, M ass...
1928
1929
Camden, N. J_____
1928
1929
Canton, Ohio.........
1928
1929
1Population not estimated by
Baltimore, M d...
Bangor, Me____
2,884
3,022
38
36
62
177
169
57
63
436
58
540
437
136
127
264
126
1,330
587
223
201
306
169
2,589
686
675
476
90
114
6,805
3,327
388
541
141
97
556
362
3,181
1,769
55
52
40
31
7
863
788
350
320
374
331
733,826
830,400
25,978
0)
21,782
36,164
0)
47,200
47,554
49,600
76,754
95,300
40,422
56,300
24,823
0)
25,585
0)
56,063
71,000
50,358
67,600
66,800
74,800
178,806
222,400
22,019
34.7
36.4
37.5
35.8
11.5
12.7
45.8
6.1
95.9
77.6
187.3
82.7
33.0
29.7
40.9
22.6
116.4
30.8
% 450,000
1
200,000
1
639,000
1
3
1
3
1
550.000
930.000
150.000
1,350,350
15,000
1
25,000
4
2
331.000
365.000
1
75,000
1
187,636
0)
748,060
799,200
143,535
0)
66,254
0
37,748
45,700
506,775
555,800
24,057
0
23,778
0)
85.1
41.6
1
500,000
121.7
79.2
57.2
31.8
41,611
43,600
1.6
109,694
125,800
116,309
135,400
87,091
116,800
68.6
62.6
25.8
23.6
32.0
28.3
6
i
6
1
1
543,000
52,775
53,000
1
1,500
1
5
1
80,000
4,060,735
18,000
1
60,000
3
3,540,000
100,615
455,000
2.507
2,807
37
169
167
55
63
74
19
542
437
136
121
0)
' 28,725
Census Bureau.
2
252
129
460
322
152
145
166
91
1,918
534
405
309
86
112
2,160
1, 0“
250
279
136
95
221
152
1,516
843
54
52
40
30
7
6
178
76
330
288
341
309
15,441,000
13,302,200
136,550
248.300
238,897
752,750
874.950
229.200
256,700
968.500
163.500
2,313,477
1,235,734
666,000
610,633
1.224.000
1,228,475
4,800.551
3,454,425
1.489.000
1,188,775
1,264,421
725.000
7,155,335
1,752,250
3.370.000
2,496,700
601.000
823,000
26,947,550
19,190,447
1.963.000
2,267,610
732.950
513.200
5.065.100
3,676,480
10,810,950
6,290,920
178,100
164,800
258.300
169,600
11,500
100,615
3,581,300
7.238.100
1,164,950
1,034,800
2,180,850
2,164,465
T a b le A*— Number and estimated cost of buildings 0new construction, and repairs, alterations, and additions to old buildings) covered by permits
issued in 1928 and 1929} by intended use of buildings— Continued
Or
O
PART 1.—NEW RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS—C ontinued
City and State
Year
Grand
total
families
45,566
58,200
24,174
T 1) .......
34.5
24.8
18.2
24.8
6.8
14.3
65.1
67,"957
75,900
39,607
"55’ 266'
46,338
” 82," 166'
57,895*
"73," 566’
43," 187*
"49,"ioo"
58,030
34,447
18,837
102
80
464
328
3,559
2,077
98
66
3,167
2,143
547
359
95
65
74,200
3^157,466”
36,214
45,400
*44,"995
■"’ 71,160
401,247"
27,869
413,"760"
0)
“ "26,"476"
"i,"616,166'
■” oj.....
" ’ §6,’ 165"
.......
796,841"
66.1
267.0
107.9
105.5
56.0
32.9
8.3
41.9
16.9
127.5
69.7
28.2
22.1
103.1
72.9
88.7
51.8
35.2
23.7
39.7
26.9
206.6
135.6
31.6
21.6
Other
Number
Number
Cost
Number
27.0
19.4
6.1
12.8
46.7
47.5
150.7
60.9
83.1
44.1
28.5
7.2
32.7
13.2
109.1
59.7
22.5
17.6
64.8
45.8
$424,500
$26,400
170,000
40,000
135,000
13,432,000
4,144,000
31.3
21.2
12,500
68,000
3
1
86.0
50.2
15.000
25.000
!, 379,600
16.000
$112,000
1,115,000
150,000
50,000
475,600
Cost
Cost
1
1.400,000
3 I
326, 000
152
110
23
29
46
96
236
211
755
408
358
233
76
15
229
97
7,427
4,475
88
71
168
159
2,086
1,426
81
58
1,791
1,401
331
268
87
65
$688,940
580,664
92,000
202.900
160.300
266.900
1,310,900
788,935
4,642,020
1,964,486
1,862,875
837,827
573.000
163.000
1,015,000
460,450
191,673,500
91,177,250
436.300
310,850
2.537.600
2, 022,200
22,743,235
13,048,160
407,235
229,700
18,122,700
11,954,800
2,539,650
1.710.600
340,440
345, 875
CITIES
157
113
44
60
46
97
258
262
1,237
500
611
324
142
Lodging houses
PRINCIPAL
Cedar Rapids, Iowa___ 1928
1929
Central Falls, R. I ____ 1928
1929
Charleston, S. C ______ 1928
1929
Charleston, W. Va....... 1928
1929
Charlotte, N. C_______ 1928
1929
Chattanooga, Tenn___ 1928
1929
Chelsea, Mass________ 1928
1929
Chester, Pa_____ —----- 1928
1929
Chicago, 111____ ______ 1928
1929
Chicopee, Mass_______ 1928
1929
Cicero, 111____________ 1928
1929
Cincinnati, Ohio______ 1928
1929
Clarksburg, W. Va------ 1928
1929
Cleveland, Ohio______ 1928
1929
Clifton, N. J_________ 1928
1929
Colorado Springs, Colo. 1928
Hotels
Esti
mate for
specified
Number
Cost
year
IN THE
Census
of 1920
PERMITS
Estimate
for specified
year
Census of
1920
Total new housekeep
ing and nonhouse
keeping dwellings
Nonhousekeeping dwellings
BtJILDING
Ratio of families
provided for per
10,000 of popula
tion based on—
Population
Columbia, S. C__
1 Population not estimated by Census Bureau.
(9
53.
45.
68.
59.
82.
40.
22.
18.
53.
26.
149.
119.
68,000
46,000
6,000
117.000
210.000
25.000
90.000
81,466
50,000
)
"Io5"
37.
63.
54.
26.
22.
115.
88.
15.!
16.:
16.!
9.
97.
43.
40.
16.
4.
148.
76.
2,234,000
452,000
1,089,291
50,000
183,100
124,000
570.000
172.000
199.000
144
333
211
2,433,000
58.000
20.000
27,500
95,300
9,500
246
221
321
271
,695
884
80
69
240
125
471
418
66
63
906
704
138
115
136
.161
1,225
825
342
307
9,513
7,885
56
58
185
110
412
187
103
69
23
17
119
77
242
194
406
339
199
139
1,108,000
697,575
700,724
575,060
11.601.300
6,104,650
261,400
247.000
984,200
536.500
2,775,200
2,147,000
284,010
393,948
3,354,924
2,963,798
599,086
439,250
635.650
767.651
6,026,779
1,399,677
1.967.500
1,127,950
8.482.300
6.211.850
1,675,328
2.242.850
69,053,106
51,998,509
289.500
209,933
975,150
684,845
1,582,935
819,137
950,850
880,402
186.000
358.500
202,425
108,368
4,631,150
2.889.500
1,478,025
1,112,792
1,843,880
1,246,105
1,055,570
711,385
TABLE
272
37,524
50,600
230
321
46,600
31,125
276
2,477
237,031
299,000
1,211
94
36,162
42,300
79
314
57,121
59,000
159
559
29,407
37,500
448
67
29,837
63
1,199
158,976
217,800
1,145
164
33,776
38,800
115
140
56,727
0
166
732
152,559
184.500
212
339 ......... 43,'818' .........57,
212
256,491
1,869
294,200
1,608
406
126,468
151,900
348
15,929
993,678
1,378,900
12,151
67
39,141
42,300
68
196
98,917
116,800
115
464
21,719
47,600
205
204
35,967
50,800
84
136
27,292
0)
30
24
33,813
38,400
18
968
50,710
65,000
500
271
21, 793
0)
1
i
219
501
66,767
74,000
379
207
27,454
36,000
144
GENERAL
1928
1929
1928
1929
Columbus, Ohio.
1928
1929
Council Bluffs, Iow a... 1928
1929
Covingtoii, K y ___
1928
1929
Cranston, R. I ___
1928
1929
Cumberland, M d.
1928
1929
Dallas, Tex______
1928
1929
Danville, 111_____
1928
1929
Davenport, Iowa..
1928
1929
Dayton, Ohio____
1928
1929
Decatur, 111______
1928
1929
Denver, Colo........
1928
1929
Des Moiues, Iowa.
1928
1929
Detroit, Mich.......
1928
1929
Dubuque, Iow a...
1928
1929
Duluth, M inn___
1928
1929
Durham, N. C___
1928
1929
East Chicago, Ind
1928
1929
East Cleveland, O hio.. 1928
1929
Easton, Pa__________ 1928
1929
East Orange, N. J____ 1928
1929
East Providence, R. I.. 1928
1929
East St. Louis, 111____ 1928
1919
Elgin, 111....................... 1928
1929
Columbus, Ga.__
Cn
T a b le
A .—
Number and estimated cost of buildings ( new construction, and repairs, alterations, a n d additions to old buildings) covered by permits
issued in 1928 and 1929, by intended use of buildings— Continued
Or
PAR T 1.—NEW RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS— Continued
City and State
Year
Grand
total
families
Elizabeth, N. J . . .
Elkhart, Ind.........
El Paso, Tex.........
Erie, Pa................
Evansville, Ind.__
Everett, Mass___
Everett, Wash___
Fall River, Mass..
Flint, Mich...........
Fond du Lac, Wis
Fort Wayne, Ind..
Fort Worth, Tex__
Fresno, Calif_____
2,221
2,076
59
47
407
578
1,758
1,262
146
187
95,783
24,277
0)
■(I)'
'45,"39§‘
50,000
77,560
"117,800
‘ 93,"372
0)
"37,"234"
’ 47,"600
85,"264
98,100
40,120
"27,"644'
43,300
0)
120,485
"l34,~300"
"41,029
“ 45,"200‘
"’ 9i"599
148,800
"23,”427
" 0) .......
104.6
53.7
63.8
44.1
26.4
15.9
40.0
89.1
42.5
42.1
253.8
103.7
49.3
53.7
70.5
20.2
44.5
44.5
9.1
4.0
6.1
8.0
242.5
226.7
25.2
86,549
’ 105,"300"
47.0
’ i70,"700‘
165.1
118.5
32.4
41.5
66.8
"64,-666'
$600,000
198.5
81.1
42.8
46.7
65.4
18.7
185,000
8.2
3.6
5.5
7.3
149.3
139.5
20.1
106,"482
” 45,"086
24.0
14.4
26.3
58.7
38.7
54.9
103.0
74.0
22.8
29.2
Lodging houses
Other
Number
Number
Cost
Number
$75,000
80,000
625,000
$99,000
1,390,000
75,216
91,800
9,744
185,000
"2,"300,’ 660'
81,076
Cost
Cost
40,000
8,500
321
240
141
107
105
70
242
458
360
326
263
148
400
401
91
48
110
78
95
42
22
32
1,895
1,767
56
47
404
546
1,417
1,078
122
153
$3,451,000
2,085,000
590,261
426,050
1,306,100
557,435
980,426
2,577,824
2,203,500
1,679,209
7,899,000
4,710,000
1,488,250
1,996,900
977,600
305,800
262,300
258,740
544,236
204,150
110,500
190,600
8,586,944
8,202,365
203,000
175,180
2,313,815
2,905,708
8,792,021
4,546,476
480,645
680,825
CITIES
Fitchburg, M ass..
514
155
107
120
72
310
691
397
393
945
386
420
458
283
81
123
123
110
48
25
33
Hotels
Esti
mate for
specified
Cost
year
Number
PRINCIPAL
Evanston, 111____
1,002
Census
of 1920
IN THE
Elmira, N. Y ........
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
Estimate
for specified
year
PERMITS
Census of
1920
Total new housekeep
ing and nonhouse
keeping dwellings
Nonhousekeeping dwellings
BtJILDING
Ratio of families
provided for per
10,000 of popula
tion based on—
Population
Galveston, T e x ..
72.9
69.2
99.9
42.1
54.5
35.9
1
400,000
1
1
135,000
1
30,000
28,000
51.5
51.2
85.9
51.6
92.8
59.0
124.6
55.7
8.9
.8
23.7
16.1
79.1
16.3
1
1
1
4,000
1
43,000
10,000
600,000
14.9
4.7
13.5
28.9
14.2
8.6
3
270,000
1
4
1,030,000
12.7
7.1
65.7
46.1
39.2
34.2
1
1
12,000
15,000
175,666
1
120,000
318
699
258
867
551
155
205
176
159
418
218
178
93
266
266
65
79
407
261
515
275
64
6
205
140
278
101
59
41
41
15
7
5
4
2
50
24
3,440
2,789
62
45
131
145
1,524
1,261
207
81
242
194
546,686
196,152
729,575
168.400
719.100
166.100
789,830
005,652
834,180
358,410
030,865
961,064
759,547
475,975
559,300
159,640
300,510
409,825
538,487
010,094
759,700
294.800
404,200
46.500
214.500
365.000
693.269
459.800
271.400
130.800
343,264
114,728
364.500
995.500
70.500
33.500
492.800
346.000
088,385
602,172
467.900
163.900
467.270
699,480
254,100
033,895
141.800
804.850
107,450
059.850
TABLE
369
44,255
50,600
350
890
55,378
89,100
375
895
137,634
164,200
589
24,121
260
0)
293
186
31,017
36,100
185
446
19,861
51,900
268
193
23,127
0)
97
344
22,123
0
)
282
82
28,064
0
)
90
410
39,675
44,200
261
698
36,004
56,000
312
89
48,615
99,800
8
206
75,917
86,900
140
1,363 ........ 138,'036" ....... 172,"§66"
281
68
53,884
0)
45
57
• 32,277
38,300
18
117 ......... 46,*499" ......... 86, 466”
250
5
68,166
0
4
86
60,203
60,400
52
4,463
138,276
0
)
3,490
87
50,177
68,600
49
146
23,298
0)
148
2,511
314,194
382,100
1,760
1,022
25,480
0)
170
250
48,374
63,700
218
Census Bureau.
GENERAL
1928
1929
1928
1929
Grand Rapids, Mich__ 1928
1929
Great Falls, M ont........ 1928
1929
Green Bay, Wis______ 1928
1929
Greensboro, N. O_____ 1928
1929
Greenville, S. C_______ 1928
1929
Greenwich, Conn_____ 1928
1929
Hagerstown, M d______ 1928
1929
Hamilton, Ohio_______ 1928
1929
Hammond, Ind_______ 1928
1929
Hamtramck, Mich____ 1928
1929
Harrisburg, Pa............. 1928
1929
Hartford, C o n n ........... 1928
1929
Haverhill, Mass............ 1928
1929
Hazleton, Pa_________ 1928
1929
Highland Park, M ich.. 1928
1929
Hoboken, N. J.............. 1928
1929
Holyoke, Mass.............. 1928
1929
Houston, Tex________ 1928
1929
Huntington, W. Va.___ 1928
1929
Hutchinson, Kans____ 1928
1929
Indianapolis, Ind_____ 1928
1929
Irvington, N. J_______ 1928
1929
Jackson, Mich________ 1928
1929
1 Population not estimated by
Gary, Ind............
OO
T
able
A.— Number and estimated cost of buildings (new construction, and repairs, alterations, and additions to old buildings) covered by permits
issued in 1928 and 1929, by intended use of buildings— Continued
Cn
PAR T 1.--N E W RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS—Continued
City and State
Year
Grand
total
families
117.8
45.3
36.7
44.8
66.4
42.7
9.9
6.2
43.0
44.9
29.3
28.4
27.1
22.9
50.4
57.1
Lodging houses
$341,200
2
1
180,000
37,000
Number
Number
Cost
1
7,000
1
20,000
1
210,000
1
1,390,000
. 1
1
1
$7,000
1
50,000
1
525,000
1
24
1
110,000
512,000
298,200
1
: ............ t...............
Cost
Cost
$22,000
52.2
52.4
89.2
44.8
20.3
18.6
82.6
31.2
26.4
26.8
I
Number;
1
1
1
Other
1,215
499
165
167
259
135
61
42
154
172
103
53
153
127
293
261
1,047
905
300
141
281
237
118
53
801
457
42
63
134
91
154
156
$5,263,115
1,615,700
855,000
961,250
7,671,000
4,623,380
345,150
265,550
1,412,900
1.462.800
932,400
197,250
640,525
667,390
655,620
658,350
7.859.200
7.083.800
2,945,000
1.024.200
2,484,518
2,653,878
683,050
400,500
3,909,541
2,290,175
350,262
228,100
3,562,400
1,109,800
839,050
745.950
CITIES
181.1
69.7
43.4
52.9
72.3
46.6
10.8
6.8
46.8
48.9
50.5
21.1
34.0
33.0
31.7
26.8
60.7
68.9
320.7
97.7
72.9
73.1
47.2
19.9
120.8
60.7
27.3
24.9
12S. 7
48.6
29.0
29.4
Hotels
Esti
mate for
specified
year
Number
Cost
PRINCIPAL
1,658
91,558
140,700
638
169
38,917
46,000
206
298,103
2,155
324,700
1,388
73 ......... 67,"327" ......... 73,"700"
46
180
38,442
41,900
188
151
29,902
0)
63
165
48,487
56,400
160
321
101,177
118,300
271
1,969 ........ 324^410” ........ 3917565“
2,234
857
26,724
(0
261
295
40,472
56,500
296
126
26,688
0)
53
940
77,818
105,400
472
82
40,400
30,067
75
537 ....... 41,"732’ .......65,~666"
203
154
58,300
53,150
156
Census
of 1920
IN THE
Jacksonville, Fla______ 1928
1929
Jamestown, N. Y _____ 1928
1929
Jersey City, N. J______ 1928
1929
Johnstown, Pa________ 1928
1929
Joliet, 111........................ 1928
1929
Joplin, M o - . . . . . . . _ 1928
1929
Kalamazoo, M ich_____ 1928
1929
TTartsflg City, Kans____ 1928
1929
TTftngflj; City, M o_____ 1928
1929
Kearny, N. J .. . . . . . . _ 1928
1929
Kenosha, Wis _ . . . . . . 1928
1929
Kingston, N. Y __ ____ 1928
1929
TT-nrnrvillA, Tfcnn ......
1928
1929
1928
Kokomo, Ind_. . . . .
1929
Lakewood, Ohio
. . 1928
1929
Lancaster. P a ..ull^
1928
1929
Estimate
for specified
year
Total new housekeep
ing and nonhouse
keeping dwellings
Nonhousekeeping dwellings
PERMITS
Census of
1920
Ratio of families
provided for per
10,000 of popula
tion based on—
BUILDING
Population
Lansing, M ich----Lawrence, M ass...
Lebanon, Pa.........
Lewiston, M e.......
Lexington, K j ___
Lima, Ohio...........
Lincoln, Nebr____
Little Rock, A rk..
Long Beach, Calif.
Lorain, Ohio.........
Louisville, K y ___
Lowell, Mass........
Lynchburg, Va___
McKeesport, P a ..
Macon, Ga______
Madison, Wis.......
Malden, Mass.......
Manchester, N. H.
Mansfield, Ohio...
Marion, Ind_____
Marion, Ohio........
Medford, Mass___
Memphis, Tenn__
57,327
79,600
94,270
0
24,643
0
31,791
36,600
41,534
48,700
41,326
49,700
54,948
71,100
65,142
79,200
55,593
0
37,295
44,900
576,673
0
234,891
329,400
........112,‘ 759" " ” ’»*II6,"296"
..........30,'070" ..........38^566"
99,148
105,500
46,781
50,400
52,995
61,200
38,378
56,506
..........49,’ 103" ..........53,‘ 466’
..........78,”384* ..........85,"760"
27,824
0
23,747
0
27,891
0
39,038
52,900
162,351
190,200
77.3
93.7
3.4
2.3
7.7'
7.7
24.2
15.4
25.0
32.0
4.6
1.5
90.4
63.0
80.9
54.6
557.4
575.3
60.9
45.6
356.6
264. 2
65.6
60.8
4.4
3.3
37.9
30.6
50.5
47.9
43.4
37.2
60.6
13.8
141.2
130.0
146.2
67.6
14.8
12.8
45.6
41.3
66.5
16.0
61.7
24.7
190.8
112. 2
116.2
76.7
.............. (j.........
..........
65.7
7.5
___
_
f
441
535
13
11
!
I
19
19
1
.............. |1i
21.0
13.4
21.4
27.3
3.8
1.2
69.9
48.7
66.5
44.9
1
16,000
i
2
1
106
16
1
1
40,000 j
1
500.000 1
2
90,000
397,000
2
3
1"
31,000
108,000
1
7
50.6
37.9
1, 690,206
16
28
1,512,100
1
30,000.
46.8
43.3
4.5
3.4
29.5
23.8
47.5
45.0
40.3
34.5
52.5
11.9
1C7.3
257
428
295
1,722
1,761
227
167
8,766
7,126
1,060
818
49
36
114
91
212
68.8
134.5
62. 2
13.5
11.7
270,000
102
_______
......... I...............
____ 1________
5
1
285.000
250.000
1
225,000
156
183
156
316
73
445
248
189
117
105
91
125
114
100
140.8
82.8
99.2
65.5
1 Population not estimated by Census Bureau.
38
164
69
504
315
1,045
881
1
........................
.....................
* State census, 1925.
2.004.800
2,687,183
104,200
69.500
101,000
100,000
164.000
192.000
843,400
364,930
86,100
19.500
1,872,712
1,489,350
2,579,137
1,406,457
8,721,515
8,950,430
815,140
622,800
61,977,327
46,939,091
8,250,300
5,110,600
170,600
146,425
499,710
337,655
1,898,500
1.740.800
980,535
1,021,270
1,248,170
285,040
4,931,200
2,459,550
2,307,250
1,260,400
564,625
396,035
663.000
659,830
382.000
90,050
439,900
190,450
3,689,450
2,243,000
6,100,030
4,248,865
TABLE
Lynn, Mass..........
443
537
32
22
19
19
77
49
104
133
19
6
497
346
527
356
3,099
3,198
227
170
21,081
15,234
1,542
1,427
50
37
114
92
501
475
203
174
321
73
542
499
718
332
116
100
127
115
158
38
172
69
745
438
1,887
1,246
GENERAL
Los Angeles, Calif.
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
'929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
OX
Ol
T able
A.— Number and estimated cost of buildings {new construction, and repairs, alterations, and additions to old buildings) covered by permits
issued in 1928 and 1929, by intended use of buildings— Continued
Oi
O
P A R T 1.—NEW RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS—Continued
City and State
Year
Grand
total
families
Meriden, Conn........
Miami, Fla......... .....
Mobile, Ala...................
Montclair, N. J.............
Montgomery, Ala.........
Mount Vernon, N . Y . .
Muskegon, M ich_____
Muskogee, Okla---------Nashville, Tenn______
Newark, N. J_________
Newark, Ohio________
New Bedford, Mass___
37,100
45.9
40.2
41.9
37.9
108.6
84.2
58.9
41.3
105.0
49.2
35.5
53.0
112.1
57.3
167.0
112.3
382.9
76.1
101.6
87.3
28.4
42.9
38.3
15.2
63.6
66.0
79.3
16.7
40.4
36.3
3.5
l.fi
’iS6,’766‘
457,147
"544,’ 266'
380,582
455,900
” 66,777
’ 69^600
""30,‘ 734
” 35^600
" 28, 816"
“ <*).......
43,464
63,100
42,726
’ 54,’ 766'
36,524
46,800
"3 6,~570"
46,"600
’‘ 30,"277"
33,’ 266
118,342
139,600
’ 414,"524
*473,’ eoo"
26,718
’ 121,’ 217
0)
"*’ 119,539
36.9
32.3
7.9
7.1
91.2
70.7
49.1
34.4
91.7
43.0
30.6
45.8
115.1
77.3
299.1
59.4
79.3
68.2
22.3
33.7
34.9
13.9
53.9
55.9
69.4
1416
3.5
1.5
Lodging houses
Other
Number
Number
Cost
Number
$1,00,000
$25,000
"470,"666"
$65,000
35,000
453,000
521,200
355,882
66,500
438.000
107.000
29,500
236,000
603,000
550.000
850.000
24.000
20.000
Cost
Cost
65.000
15.000
129
113
123
108
1,766
1,585
1,491
987
596
299
109
133
207
153
678
471
378
134
340
313
106
161
106
45
600
487
562
319
108
90
39
18
$778,200
607,600
617,855
672,920
20,050,151
15,047,002
9,268,920
6,851,210
1,690,456
644,722
553,084
857.300
3,702,824
2,242,130
1,259,355
1,293,070
10,991,935
2,558,200
1,134,885
903,292
921,010
575,035
314,350
100,050
1,916,074
2,797,497
17,594,563
3,761,480
338.300
312.400
281,100
116.400
CITIES
Muncie, Ind---------------
29,867
’ ~29,’ 57l'
Hotels
Esti
mate for
specified
Number
Cost
year
PRINCIPAL
Moline, 111___________
137
120
124
112
4,965
3,848
2,240
1,570
638
299
109
163
323
165
726
488
1,636
325
371
319
104
157
116
46
753
781
3,288
693
108
97
42
18
Census
of 1920
IN THE
Milwaukee, W is____
Minneapolis, M inn___
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
Estimate
for specified
year
PERMITS
Census of
1920
Total new housekeep
ing and nonhouse
keeping dwellings
Nonhousekeeping dwellings
BtJILDING
Ratio of families
provided for per
10,000 of popula
tion based on—
Population
33,768
13,978
28,938
11,224
15,983
5,620,048
18,067
28,797
13,861
2,037
1,190
50,760
506
320
634
115,777
233
96
32,319
103
358
27,743
262
2,430
216, 261
1,904
745
39,858
310
157 ......... 32,W
74
2,637
91, 295
3,023
6,017,500
68,300
184,200
36,200
0)
274,100
57,700
39,"166"
0
55.1
21.9
64.1
59.5
24.4
18.8
31.8
14.5
33.6
17.0
84.9
43.6
54.4
27.4
14.7
11.9
20.2
20.5
28.4
18.8
332.8
98.0
203.9
123.3
194.9
103.8
99.7
63.0
54.8
20.1
29.7
31.9
129.0
94.4
112.4
88.0
186.9
77.8
47.9
22.6
288.8
331.1
44.9
17.9
51.3
47.8
29.5
18.8
23.4
12.4
29.1
14.7
1
30,000
1
210,000
1
218,000
1
2
40,100
240,000
4
4
1
302,000
1,660,000
70,000
1
90,000
1
156,000
49.1
24.7
2
8,500
22.0
22.3
18.9
12.6
246.9
72.7
163.9
99.1
182.0
74.1
46.9
34.4
12.6
26.5
28.5
88.7
69.5
129.1
53.7
40.2
18.9
1 Population not estimated by Census Bureau.
6
8
33
116
1
1
2
5,055,000
27.350.000
49.630.000
222,645,000
150.000
1,500,000
160.000
1
158,000
1
2
2
5
3
282,000
311, 489
1,650,000
290,000
1
2
20,000
2, 575,000
2
18
14
11,593,500
14,808,000
7
1
450,000
5,900
1
176,500
2
500,000
8,300
30,000
* States census, 1925.
204
104
134
65
68
53
138
64
190
154
140
102
1,257
704
44
74
56
319
210
757
489
2,002,950
627.800
1,065,925
1,027,768
429.800
337.700
938,825
364,450
2.529.300
3.052.300
1,523,400
832,900
5,305,913
2,679,574
193.800
163,400
309.300
734.700
347,203
189,523
8,795,450
4,629,800
8,986,720
5,635,350
2,735
1,296
5,755
2,155
296
360
10,811
4,825
1,436
883
417
265
310
212
89
103
280
245
1,132
778
233
99
142
73
2,183
1,967
147,857,885
63,114,150
129,943,950
80,786,600
185,945,500
401,068,000
120,423,660
60,629,110
8,894,009
5,283,315
2,447,278
1,849,174
2,142,650
1,062,875
574,000
553,830
2,371,683
1,872,600
8,889,443
6,505,701
6,915,455
3,040,060
476.300
191.700
8,729,509
12,856,795
TABLE
327
72,800
59,316
130
210
40,800
32,779
195
74
30,400
30,366
57
143
52,500
44,938
65
187,900
546
162,537
276
25,688
218
0
112
429,400
387,219
2,107
1,060
29,317
43
0
35
2*27,757*
61 ......... 30,255"
62
101
53,300
35,596
67
1,205
48,800
36,213
355
939 ......... 46,"054" .........57,"366’
568
GENERAL
New Britain, Conn___ 1928
1929
New Brunswick, N. J.. 1928
1929
Newburgh, N. Y . . .___ 1928
1929
New Castle, Pa_______ 1928
1929
New Haven, Conn....... 1928
1929
New London, Conn___ 1928
1929
New Orleans, La.......... 1928
1929
Newport, K y _________ 1928
1929
Newport, R. I ________ 1928
1929
Newport News, Va___ 1928
1929
New Rochelle, N. Y .._ 1928
1929
Newton, Mass________ 1928
1929
New York City, N .Y .:
The Bronx________ 1928
1929
Brooklyn_________ 1928
1929
Manhattan__ ____ 1928
1929
Queens___________ 1928
1929
R ich m on d ..._____ 1928
1929
Niagara Falls, N . Y ..._ 1928
1929
Norfolk, Va__________ 1923
1929
Norristown, Pa_______ 1928
1929
Norwalk, Conn_______ 1928
1929
Oakland, Calif________ 1928
1929
Oak Park, 111_________ 1928
1929
Ogden, Utah................. 1928
1929
Oklahoma City, Okla.. 1928
1929
Cl
T able
A.— Number and estimated cost of buildings (new construction, and repairs, alterations, and additions to old buildings) covered by permits
issued in 1928 and 1929, by intended use of buildings— Continued
Oi
00
P A R T l . —NEW RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS—Continued
City and State
Year
Grand
total
families
Okmulgee, Ok In___
Omaha, Nebr......... .
Oshkosh, Wis....... ..
Ottumwa, Iowa___
Pasadena, Calif____
Passaic, N. J....... ...
Paterson, N. J........
Pawtucket, R. I ___
Perth Amboy, N. J.
Petersburg, Va.......
Philadelphia, Pa__
Phoenix, Ariz....... .
Pittsburgh, Pa.......
0)
"222’800'
"33,"268'
36, 500
33,102
’ 33,'260'
’ 23,’ 66§*
24,735
0)
“o f
’ 45,” 354
62,100
63,841
” 7i,‘ 806‘
”135,875
"144,900
64,248
"76,‘ m
41,707
73,100
*84,‘ 500
50,100
” §!,*012
37,800
1,823,779
2,064, 200
29,’ 053
" " o ) .......
’ “ 588,"343’
673,"800
8.6
.6
21.5
24.1
84.5
40.9
46.7
34.7
16.5
17.8
38.0
36.8
132.3
88.4
55.0
18.0
55.1
32.0
70.8
49.5
57.4
48.1
24.9
15.8
15.5
15.2
58.0
38.9
257.5
342.5
43.2
36.6
18.5
20.7
77.0
37.3
46.7
34.6
Lodging houses
Number
Number
37.8
32.0
Cost
Number
$3,000
36,000 I
$13, 600
327,000
6,000
230,000 1
.L
1, 000,000
300,000 !_
40,000 j.
93,000
Cost
Cost
$1,000,000
200,000
96.6
64.6
48.9
16.0
51.6
30.0
62.2
43.5
51.7
43.3
20.8
13.2
12.7
12.4
51.2
34.4
Other
3, 349,000
1,080,000
297,000
11
1
356
317
65
19
153
114
38
41
89
90
408
356
97
62
331
215
361
264
369
345
69
53
43
45
7,862
4,250
599
671
1,772
1,434
$45,550
10,000
3,257,950
1,924,200
1,306,400
735,000
539,066
430,025
204,800
222,500
405,735
181,145
3,383,929
3, 207,277
1,766,650
1,006,750
2,586,513
1, 527,500
1,923,850
1,368,125
2,182,500
2,039,083
432,082
325,525
187,650
148,545
55,781,580
34,048,685
2,446,922
2,364,152
13,567,969
11,064,650
CITIES
Peoria, HI................
17,430
191,601
Hotels
Esti
mate for
specified
year
Number
Cost
PRINCIPAL
Paducah, K y ..........
15
1
412
461
281
136
155
115
38
41
94
91
600
401
351
115
748
435
455
318
437
366
104
66
48
47
10,576
7,098
748
995
2,544
2,153
Census
of 1920
IN THE
Orange, N. J......... ..
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
Estimate
for specified
year
PERMITS
Census of
1920
Total new housekeep
ing and nonhouse
keeping dwellings
Nonhousekeeping dwellings
BUILDING
Ratio of families
provided for per
10,000 of popula
tion based on—
Population
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
Pontiac, M ich----1929
Port Arthur, Tex.
1928
1929
Port Huron, Mich
1928
1929
Portland, M e........
1928
1929
Portland, Oreg . . .
1928
1929
Portsmouth, Ohio.
1928
1929
Portsmouth, Va__
1928
1929
Poughkeepsie, N. Y ___ 1928
1929
Providence, R. I ........... 1928
1929
Pueblo, Colo.........
1928
1929
Quincy, H I ..........
1928
1929
Quincy, M ass___
1928
1929
Racine, Wis..........
1928
1929
Reading, Pa.........
1928
1929
Revere, Mass.......
1928
1929
Richmond, I n d ...
1928
1929
Richmond, V a___
1928
1929
Roanoke, V a........
1928
1929
Rochester, N. Y . .
1928
1929
Rockford, HI........
1928
1929
Rock Island, 111...
1928
1929
Sacramento, Calif.
1928
1929
Saginaw, M ich ....
1928
1929
1 Population not estimated by
Plainfield, N. J —
211
41,763
211
311
27,700
128
1, 735
34,273
1,284
210
22,251
58.
71
25,944
54
261 ......... 69,"272"
172
2,321
258,288
1,586
169
33,011
98
85 ......... 54,'387"
66
35,000
96
68
237,595
1,134
842
372
43,050
193
133
35,978
87
977
47,876
550
681
58,593
653
263
107,784
253
247
28,823
95
153
26,765
138
764
171,567
590
364
50,842
320
1,862 ....... 295,750
496
779
65,651
621
146
35,177
200
917 ......... 65,"908"
693
577
61,903
501
Census Bureau.
50,000
42.2
42.2
0
61, 500
282.1
208.8
0)
1
2
125, 000
300,000
2
2
462, 500
232, 500
1
85,000
156
198
256
119
(*)
.........78,"656"
33.2
21.9
(l)
41,200
.........61,"655"
39,100
286,300
44,200
39,800
67,600
74,400
115,400
36,000
41.0
23.8
13.8
10.7
24.6
17.4
39.6
29.4
84.2
43.7
33.4
21.9
144.5
81.4
91.5
87.8
22.8
21.9
68.6
26.4
1
1
2
60,000
299,000
2
435,000
122,000
1
791,000
1
4
1
1,500,000
1
2
OOi
oo oo
oo
Pittsfield, Mass—-
2
6
194,178
1,753,000
79,777
445,552
0)
194,400
64,600
....... 328,"255"
82,800
42,700
......... 75,756"
75,600
30.3
56.3
49.5
56.7
15.1
94.1
75.0
34.2
46.8
121.1
91.5
76.3
66.3
1
1
1
45,000
133.000
150.000
212
19
70
54
172
131
165
97
73
51
68
62
706
520
331
185
132
84
586
341
422
406
263
237
182
82
153
138
535
415
240
145
968
452
538
470
118
177
751
457
533
498
1.117.200
1,169,100
2,066,779
1,079,756
6,101,365
3,481,182
920,377
405,053
190.550
105,875
1,046,350
738,692
10,052,285
6,875,645
615,350
352,150
242,055
161,700
691.550
663,850
7.625.600
5.184.200
911,825
603,900
529,775
371,400
3.695.600
2,420,650
3,109,193
3,091,711
1,587,427
2,688,627
942,545
417,000
598,342
554,300
5,200,166
2,728,964
1,369,582
1,140,337
8,154,887
4,555,063
2,721,500
2.367.200
453,500
616,100
3,347,972
2,578,604
1,619,116
1,498,680
s
w
>
t"1
1-3
£
Oi
CD
T able
A.— Number and estimated cost of buildings ( new construction, and repairs, alterations, and additions to old buildings) covered by permits
issued in 1928 and 1929, by intended use of buildings— Continued
O
o
PAR T l . —NEW RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS— Continued
City and State
Year
Grand
total
families
77,939
78,500
772,897
"848," loo’
12.6
26.3
93.0
56.5
32.9
25.2
120.8
47.1
28.2
27.0
61.9
59.2
172.5
138.4
287.3
176.5
119.6
69.2
93.3
84.5
51.7
23.4
30.3
31.3
21.2
9.9
147.7
104.3
60.7
41.0
162.5
123.8
'234,"698
14,237
(0
” 53”300
’ 42,529
43,000
118,110
’ i38,"666*
"161,379
218,100
74,683
119,766
508^676
585,300
39,642
” 45,"566
’ 83,'252
99,900
"88,"723"
*93,’ 300
137,783
144,700
"315,112
‘ 383,’ 266'
"30,"955
" ’ §5,’ 166'
” ’ 43,'874
” ’ 81,’ 360'
12.5
26.1
84.8
51.5
32.3
12.6
27.9
26.7
53.0
50.7
127.6
102.4
179.3
110.1
103.9
60.1
81.3
73.6
43.0
19.5
28.8
29.8
20.2
9.5
121.6
85.8
53.6
36.2
87.7
66.8
Number
Number
Cost
$2,967,000
1,535,500
45,000
Other
Number
$361,000
55,000
$20,000
80,400
” 35,'066
324,000
675.000
153.000
109,400
2,445,800
1,399, 500
15,525
" 15,'665"
60,000
77, 326
96, 000
175,000
1,778,000
Cost
Cost
56.000
68.000
174.000
220.000
94,988
118
2,915
1,797
699
491
172
67
78
73
449
453
2,118
1,895
1,690
1,064
2,612
1,472
270
247
317
157
260
258
184
110
2,496
1,799
172
122
567
459
$374,200
472.850
22,556,980
14,014,240
4,529,238
2,889,612
848,100
323,200
742,000
608.850
2,297,410
2,899,310
8,661,556
6,385,782
7,400,101
4,818,317
22,465,464
15,345,027
1,301,010
1,270, 265
1,429, 665
668,050
1,844, 500
1,739,100
1,700,495
569,440
17,785,350
11,707,910
1,037,400
686, 600
2,134,902
1,462,358
CITIES
98
205
7,190
4,304
773
591
172
67
120
115
731
699
2,784
2,233
2,146
1,318
6,084
3,518
370
335
430
195
269
278
292
137
4,658
3,289
188
127
713
543
Lodging houses
PRINCIPAL
St. Joseph, M o.............. 1928
1929
St. Louis, M o________ 1928
1929
St. Paul, M inn_______ 1928
1929
St. Petersburg, Fla____ 1928
1929
Salem, Mass........- ........ 1928
1929
Salt Lake City, U tah.. 1928
1929
San Antonio, Tex......... 1928
1929
San Diego, Calif........... 1928
1929
San Francisco, Calif— 1928
1929
San Jose, Calif____ . . . . 1928
1929
Savannah, Ga________ 1928
1929
Schenectady, N. Y ____ 1928
1929
Scranton, Pa_____ ____ 1928
1929
Seattle, Wash................ 1928
1929
Sheyboygan, Wis......... 1928
1929
Shreveport, La.............. 1928
1929
Esti
Hotels
mate for
specified
year
Number
Cost
IN THE
Census
of 1920
PERMITS
Estimate
for specified
year
Census of
1920
Total new housekeep
ing and nonhouse
keeping dwellings
Nonhousekeeping dwellings
BUILDING
Ratio of families
provided for per
10,000 of popula
tion based on—
Population
3249°—30-----------5
Sioux City, Iowa______ 1928
1929
Sioux Falls, S. Dak___ 1928
1929
Somerville, Mass______ 1928
1929
1928
South Bend, Ind..
1929
1928
Spokane, Wash__.
1929
Springfield, HI___
1928
1929
1928
Springfield, Mass.
1929
Springfield, M o ..
1928
1929
Springfield, Ohio__ ___ 1928
1929
Stamford, Conn..,
1928
1929
Steubenville, Ohio____ 1928
1929
Stockton, Calif___
1928
1929
Superior, Wis__ ______ 1928
1929
Syracuse, N. Y — .
1928
1929
Tacoma, Wash____ ___ 1928
1929
Tampa, Fla_____
1928
1929
Taunton, M ass...
1928
1929
Terre Haute, Ind.
1928
1929
Toledo, Ohio____
1928
1929
Topeka, Kans___
1928
1929
Trenton, N. J_________ 1928
1929
Troy, N. Y __________ 1928
1929
Tucson, Ariz___
1928
1929
Tulsa, Okla__________ 1928
1929
Union City, N. J.
1928
1929
282
308
211
171
199
286
579
661
574
419
352
229
647
466
305
218
315
244
331
315
191
181
226
151
136
134
1,561
793
822
515
647
188
60
38
113
78
1,698
1,310
304
191
223
87
157
111
336
340
2,187
1,646
84
125
71,227
80,000
25,202
O
93,091
102,700
70,983
86,100
104,437
109,100
59,183
67,200
129,614
149,800
39,631
51,700
60,840
73,000
35,096
43,800
28,508
0)
40,296
51,000
39,671
(l)
171,717
199,300
96,965
110,500
51,608
113,400
37,137
40,600
66,083
73,500
243,164
313,200
50,022
62,800
119,289
139,000
72,013
72,300
20,292
0)
72,075
170,500
40,074
64*400
1Population not estimated by Census Bureau.
39.6
43.2
83.7
67.9
21.4
30.7
81.6
93.1
55.0
40.1
59.5
38.7
49.9
36.0
77.0
65.0
51.8
40.1
94.3
89.8
67.0
63.5
56.1
37.5
34.3
33.8
90.9
46.2
84.8
53.1
125.4
36.4
16.2
10.2
17.1
11.8
69.8
53.9
60.8
38.2
18.7
7.3
21.8
15.4
165.6
167.6
303.4
228.4
21.0
3L2
35.3
38.5
19.4
27.8
67.2
76.8
52.6
38.4
52.4
34.1
43.2
31.1
59.0
42.2
43.2
33.4
75.6
71.9
1
500,000
1
100,000
1
230,000
44.3
29.6
1
1
22,500
7,500
78.3
39.8
74.4
46.6
57.1
16.6
14.8
9.4
15.4
10.6
54.2
41.8
48.4
30.4
16.0
6.3
21.7
15.4
1
80,000
128.3
96.5
13.0
19.4
1
100,000
1
300,000
1
350,000
3
2
5
170.000
423.000
1,240,000
1
4,000
1
2
25,000
27,500
1
12,000
1
25,000
1
20,000
1
55,000
1
115,000
1
17,000
1
35,000
209
158
181
139
69
62
566
601
489
354
295
189
470
317
272
211
277
216
252
213
173
154
204
91
136
111
982
673
552
325
622
188
56
35
113
77
1,270
939
240
164
180
66
128
106
325
297
1,337
1,032
13
10
T a b l e A .—
Number and estimated cost of buildings 0new construction, and repairs, alterations, a n d additions to old buildings) covered by permits
issued in 1928 and 1929, by intended use of buildings— Continued
to
P A R T 1,—NEW RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS—Continued
C ity and State
Year
Grand
total
families
Census of
1920
Waltham, M a ss....__
Warren, Ohio_______
Waterbury, Conn___
Waterloo, I o w a .......
Watertown, Mass___
Watertown, N. Y ____
Wheeling, W. V a .___
White Plains, N . Y - .
Wichita, K a n s ........
Wichita Falls, T ex.__
104,200
21,107
‘ (i).......
"38,'500
46,600
30,915
37,"ioo
" 27,"050
(0
437,571
"652,066"
“ 91,715
“ (i).......
36,230
‘ 21,"457
31,285
’ 29,’ 926
56,208
’ 21,’ 031
72,217
"40,’ 079
"ir io o
0)
" 33,766
(»)
.........
.........
“ 99,"300
.........
36.3
11.8
20.4
22.7
46.0
55.6
117.1
66.3
113.1
99.4
98.4
73.7
55.0
28.6
74.5
98.5
211.6
103.0
16.9
16.6
56.8
27.4
22.2
12.8
407.0
164.0
167.1
218.8
55.4
27.2
32.8
10.7
Other
Number
Number
Cost
Number
$250,000
$76,000
38.0
45.9
97.6
55.3
67,500
78.0
58.4
1,500,000
900,000
72.8
96.2
400,000
24,867
350,000
236,000
1,070,000
77,000
15.7
15.4
145,000
353,300
121.6
159.1
640,000
75,000
Cost
Cost
224
109
44
48
172
219
241
145
300
253
1,385
1,427
308
206
268
301
267
145
52
51
23
21
89
69
334
193
962
1,168
207
95
$2,390,100
715,200
258,950
166,130
631,003
983,204
1,744,300
1,022,800
1,434,830
1,352,845
33,337,350
22,747,645
2.040.500
1.253.500
1,248,700
1,021,825
2,246,800
1,134,400
278,800
722,000
294,350
641,280
445,950
6,718,900
3,186,635
4,616,615
4,846,605
900,788
494,885
CITIES
West New York, N. J .
94,156
Lodging houses
PRINCIPAL
Washington, D. C ....
342
111
43
48
177
214
362
205
306
269
4,305
3,223
504
262
270
357
454
221
53
52
170
82
125
72
856
345
1,207
1,580
222
109
Hotels
Esti
mate for
specified
Number
year
Cost
IN THE
Waco, Tex____ . . . ___
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
Census
of 1920
PERMITS
Utica, N. Y _________
Vallejo, Calif________
Estimate
for specified
year
Total new housekeep
ing and nonhouse
keeping dwellings
Nonhousekeeping dwellings
BUILDING
Ratio of families
provided for per
10,000 of popula
tion based on—
Population
Wilkes-Barre, Pa____
Wilkinsburg, Pa__ ...
Williamsport, Pa____
Wilmington, Del____
Wilmington, N. O___
Winston-Salem, N. O.
Woonsocket, R. I ____
Worcester, Mass____
Yonkers, N. Y ______
York, Pa_______ ____
1928
1929
252,726
73,833
24,403
91,900
.........
”36,'i98
44,000
110,168
"128,500
"33,"372
39,100
48,395
16,‘ 6o6‘
’ 43,"496
53,400
179,754
197,600
‘l55‘i76
121,300
47,152
"*49,”900
"l32,‘ 358
174,200
”29,"569
“ o ) .......
23.6
9.5
36.9
81.5
46.7
28.5
33.1
34.8
19.2
22.2
199.4
65.5
18.2
5.3
26.4
21.1
420.9
180.5
30.5
18.5
70.2
39.7
46.7
34.8
18.9
7.6
800,000
38.4
23.4
28.4
29.8
16.4
18.9
120.6
39.6
14.8
4.3
24.0
19.2
347.6
149.1
28.9
17.4
53.3
30.1
38,219,442 *44,911,179
38,276,100 *44,940,049
1 Population not estimated by Census Bureau.
299,000
620,000
173,000
329,500
3,500
389,600
1,000
600,000
1,085,000
1,200,000
235
275
114,928,650
284,604,413
37
$780,576
428,569
208
138
* See notes u> detail.
35,557,169
37,011,151
117
61
90
121
143
84
330
262
58
64
720
255
49
23
381
321
866
477
144
86
833
487
132
98
753,540
1,049,695
1,009,095
945,755
1,029,090
456,466
2,927,463
2,426,335
222,000
314,000
3,597,360
1,583,195
274,800
89,950
2,899,135
2,132,900
29,553,210
13,535,877
575,300
443,525
5,043,935
3,780,325
372,785
323,160
181,927
126,952
1,913,534,222
1,477,477,877
TABLE
Total:
309 cities___
311 cities___
174
70
90
199
169
103
365
383
64
74
965
317
79
23
474
379
4,216
1,808
144
87
929
525
138
GENERAL
Youngstown, Ohio___
Zanesville, Ohio_____
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
O*
CO
T able
A. — Number and estimated cost of buildings {new construction, and repairs, alterations, and additions to old buildings) covered by permits
issued in 1928 and 1929, by intended use of buildings— Continued
PART 2.—NEW NONRESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
City and State
Albany, N. Y ______
Allentown, Pa___...
Altoona, Pa_______
Amsterdam, N. Y._.
Asheville, N. C____
Ashtabula, Ohio___
Atlanta, Ga..............
Atlantic City, N. J_.
Augusta, Ga_______
Aurora, HI_________
Austin, Tex___
Baltimore, M d .
Bangor, M e.
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
Cost
$235,500
35,000
32,100
224,000
357.000
224.000
46,945
35,000
1,000,000
2
2
1
3
4
7
36,000
1,150
25,000
264,000
1,969,500
109,500
20,000
28,826
475
25,000
500,000
35.000
83.000
Num
ber
Cost
$72,500
190,000
42,700
80,000
500,000
100,800
832,690
40,066
200,000
44,000
6,700
12,500
49,900
208,500
650,311
115,000
Num
ber
Cost
$1,332,975
911,750
13,500
27,970
56.000
16.000
242,500
262.050
21,185
500
201,175
10,355
240,000
2,400
92,500
17,450
361,000
19,500
1,000
26,300
2,000
70,000
80,543
11,690
169,975
800
138,000
27,750
107,500
618,500
522,000
1.144.000
3.648.000
75
10,000
200
Num
ber
Cost
$531,350
184,700
438,500
106,000
4f, 000
159,000
9,850
5,000
4,000
700
142,250
30,000
36,800
292,750
407,400
265,000
5,000
10,410
8,500
2,900
37.500
4,000
20,000
106,000
71.500
26.500
30.500
Num
ber
2,163
2,373
187
162
358
218
517
504
84
38
263
363
119
93
142
102
177
123
124
116
296
301
70
45
145
162
53
92
192
192
360
2,204
1,978
73
73
Cost
$471,537
509,037
39,401
39.480
411,215
192,778
522,915
291,815
25,452
11,266
94,427
102,870
55,875
47,050
27,814
27,009
20,400
15.481
24,123
22,354
33,656
34,804
33,365
22,595
41,119
64,751
4,289
17,079
56,494
110,014
30.000
1,304,700
1,376,400
22,610
21.000
Num
ber
Cost
$102,022
104,786
15,475
1,100
16,000
87,000
38,100
79,300
9,100
2,050
37,135
3.000
29.000
21.500
3,500
37.800
132,150
15,200
35,450
97,250
134,650
70.000
43,600
16,950
12.500
31.800
54,845
6,600
4.000
35.000
373.000
257.000
4,800
15.000
Num
ber
Cost
Num
ber
Cost
$2,200,000
27,820
$1,250,000
235.000
297.000
78,400
5,500
2,800
900,000
2,086,000
198,400
16,300
250,000
75,000
365,0001
210,000
60,000
181,500
71,700
50,500
6,122,500
485.000
228.000
257,884
24,800
17,000
2,430
50,000
420.000
375.000
60,000
204.000
275.000
4.152.000
363.000
265.000
24,000
CITIES
Auburn, N. Y _____
Office buildings
PRINCIPAL
Anderson, Ind_____
Institutions
IN THE
Alton, 111__________
Gasoline and
service stations
PERMITS
Alameda, Calif_____
Factories, shops, Oarages (public) Garages (private)
etc.
Year
Num
ber
Akron, Ohio_______
Churches
BUILDING
Amusement and
recreation places
Baton Rouge, La.......
Battle Creek, Mich._..
Bay City, M ich_____
Bayonne, N. J______
Beaumont, Tex____...
Belleville, Dl________
Bellingham, Wash___
Berkeley, Calif______
Bethlehem, Pa______
Binghamton, N. Y ___
Bloomfield, N. J_____
Bloomington, 111_____
Boston, Mass___. . . . . .
Brookline, Mass_____
Buffalo, N . Y ________
Burlington, Iowa____
Butler, Pa_____ ______
Butte, M ont______ ...
Cambridge, Mass____
Camden, N. J . . . . . . . . .
Canton, Ohio________
Cedar Rapids, Iow a...
50.000
25.000
5,000
23.000
8,750
29,500
51,000
252,100
55.000
19,500
80.000
6,000
36,000
5,000
15,962
16,000
40,000
260,963
118,685
41,800
5,000
34,000
42,300
381,716
447,678
200,000
60,000
442.000
790.000
18,000
136.000
70,600
448,000
2,000.
388.000
563.000
23.000
86.000
175.000
75,000
271,000
8,100
"ioo,‘ 666'
10,750
29,000
1,244,000
100,000
‘ m 'ooo"
64,300
8,000
50.000
158,500
85.000
25.000
115,000
3
14
14
8
• 10
10
9
20,300
272,200
786,050
1,051,350
932, 700
280,180
413,270
7,185
41,400
33,750
34,700
6,000
<4)
2
6
19,650
18,425
7
12
7
6
6
17
14
32
19
16,230
241,967
166,500
29,800
501,000
895,600
211,501
540,850
292,990
3
5
4
23
15
193,000
35,000
62,000
1,080,000
379,200
1
1
2
8,000
80,000
3,200
9
78
55
3
1
1
1
1
2
13
23
36
19
16
11
5
3
30,730
1,389,902
1,848,700
39,500
145,000
1,800
21,000
10,000
7,500
159,000
461,100
748,600
215,400
180,075
108,000
595,541
29,000
4Included with private garages.
20,000
14,350
"“21,'BOO
’ "83,"806"
12,500
76.000
11.000
361,930
135,950
35.000
370.000
14.000
9,000
424.000
127.000
"40,"800"
30.000
’ "35,"666’
30.000
235,190
317,410
"14,’ 666"
92,400
8,350
37,900
*28,'’666"
12.500
49.100
77.100
99.500
100
239
229
185
236
75
47
« 155
157
108
95
121
68
457
307
241
235
352
283
487
267
397
354
24
30
1,176
1,060
455
404
241
221
132
81
2,211
1,805
96
133
38
50
58
66
205
148
284
216
570
554
360
348
7,499
61,955
58,000
37,181
51,881
46,650
27,525
« 83,269
248,573
10,231
12,812
13,680
11,620
125,990
81,849
152,785
121,275
110,070
88,180
78,865
33,084
162,600
139,925
13,300
15,500
946,915
756,222
255,774
168,148
77,113
84,053
191,145
101,980
686,074
508,167
29,094
26,303
19,740
30,875
10,300
16,584
158,805
115,075
107,580
98,765
112,762
108,805
74,947
73,106
5
8
10
5
10
3
5
7,206
18,350
44,100
10,250
132,800
7,200
21,800
4
15
14
12
5
8
12
5
24
22
23
2
3
2
5
28
36
17
8
2
4
1
3
19
13,000
184,950
75,980
20,080
20,050
17,200
3% 450
51,350
155,450
87,900
105,830
15,000
15,000
8,000
75,000
242,100
136,225
89,100
113,800
2,550
28,150
45,000
157,000
16,075
1
1
1
7
8
6
5
6
11
17
17
13
5
2,000
1,500
10,000
14,350
29, 050
53,100
13,000
39,795
32,900
119,650
72,750
98,560
27,500
2
850,000
1
54,400
1
20,500
3
2
2
1,485,208
102,252
60,150
3
2
228,500
73,000
3
5
4
30,413
418,300
189,450
1
5,300
1
15,000
14
44,990
......
17
10
3
852,"666
701,434
445,721
105,000
1
125,000
1
218,000
9
9
1,752,248
6,900,500
2
1
14,400
30,000
15
13
6
8
8,068,000
5,861,500
29,550
906,650
1
50,000
1
3
80,000
320,000
1
9
18,000
2,050,000
2
32,380
4
1,551,000
1
150,000
1
2
18,000
230,000
9
5
1
15
6
1
2
59,150
32,100
50.000
2,058,875
184,045
22.000
40,000
TABLE
Bridgeport, Coxm.___
Brockton, Mass______
800
7,000
GENERAL
Birmingham, Ala____
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
* Includes public garages.
o>
O*
T able
A.—Number and estimated cost of buildings ( new construction, and repairs, alterations, and! additions to old buildings) covered by permits
issued in 1928 and 1929,
intended use of buildings— Continued
O
2.—iVtfTF NONRESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS—Continued
City and State
Factories, shops, Oarages (public)
etc.
Garages (private)
Num
ber
Num
ber
Gasoline and
service stations
Institutions
Office buildings
Year
Num
ber
Cost
Num
ber
Cost
Cost
Num
ber
$14,305
3
$21,918
$14,000
36,000
42, 500
173,000
68,350
2,000
15,939,500
3,351,500
17,500
50,000
141.000
300.000
750.000
383.000
4.000
102,000
145.000
100.000
288.000
843.000
5.000
25.000
22.000
7,950
56,500
135.000
6,000
24,800
1,200
9,700
167,000
4,000
8.000
5
4
152,500
35,000
59,500
3,700
112,000
90,000
272,800
221,400
2
156 4,692,"900
108 4,176,600
10,000
88,000
300,000
1,426,800
279,800
53,000
18.500
615,300
834,500
63,600
41,800
1,500
34.500
1,275
2,000
30,200
58,000
25
91
24
23
175
185
81
62
121
176
51
35
137
123
4,994
4,071
143
168
170
184
1,613
1,171
107
104
3,724
3,576
436
437
217
191
77
71
60
72
2,370
1,482
$18,040
45,975
3,095
4,255
99,190
149,764
15,959
9,985
20,617
19,176
27,565
19,865
131,767
70,860
1,831,600
1,539,400
43,575
54,900
54,220
71,667
793,590
531,540
31,325
29,735
876,150
1,062,275
149.260
141,820
33,015
34,885
14,850
10,890
5,019
6,769
701,340
449,450
Cost
$25,500
43,100
30,200
49,897
25,150
137,300
46,000
11,850
Num
ber
Cost
6
6
4
20
15
2
5
86
83
7
9
5
5
9
3
8
4
17
34
986,500
1,181,400
400
6.700
16,100
17,300
57,600
69.900
11,000
29.800
132,300
363,750
16.900
20.500
13.500
22,700
29.900
9,500
51.500
17.500
153,400
211,450
Cost
$150,000
19,250
559,500
$175,000
6,000
76,000
24,400
207
120
1
Num
ber
3,600,000
5,700,400
800,000
610,800
3,203,000
4,475,000
60,000
536,800
5,000
1,057,000
21,100
23,350
24,700
20,000
36,599,213
25,033,800
96.500
36.500
1,335.000
125 000
140,200
69,800
. 5,475,600
4,667,100
29,300
298,050
“ 22,"666'
5,500
90,000
372.000
225.000
CITIES
2.000
619.500
202.500
153,000
1
5
3
6
4
8
3
1
1
ii'ooo'
400
151,500
25,500
263, 500
31,700
80,000
20,000
5,000
45.000
53.000
Num
ber
PRINCIPAL
110,000
20,000
18,000
6>855,100
3,106,500
1.750
25,000
$230,500
2,650
5
11,650
5
21,500
5
43,400
18
218,615
8
118,550
18
147,643
11
80,000
5
148, 700
3
109.000
3
145.000
10
151,600
197 14,556,300
187 15,621,900
5
90,000
7
95,750
13
368,900
14
438,650
14
763.000
30 2.527.500
.4
100,700
3
31,505
59
1,182,600
52
1.078.500
10
339,500
9
198,200
2
5,000
2
Cost
IN THE
131,500
12,000
402,400
158,275
154, 744
Cost
PERMITS
Central Falls, R. I____ 1928
1929
Charleston, S. C_____ 1928
1929
Charleston, W. Va___ 1928
1929
Charlotte, N. C .......... 1928
1929
Chattanooga, Tenn___ 1928
1929
Chelsea, Mass___ . .
1928
1929
Chester, Pa__________ 1928
1929
Chicago, 111__. . . . . .
1928
1929
Chicopee, Mass____
1928
1929
Cicero, 111_____ ___
1928
1929
Cincinnati, O h io ...
1928
1929
Clarksburg, W. Va___ 1928
1929
Cleveland, Ohio_____ 1928
1929
Clifton, N. J_________ 1928
1929
Colorado Springs, Colo. 1928
1929
Columbia, S. C______ 1928
1929
Columbus, Ga_______ 1928
1929
Columbus, Ohio_____ 1928
1929
Churches
BTJILDING
Amusement and
recreation places
1
2
3
1
3.000
2.000
79,300
49,000
1
3
12,000
16,500
3
1
2
29,800
12,600
71,616
2
3
1
11
7
1
1
3,000
1
1
1
20,000
30,000
350,000
2
87,500
16
15
1
6,000
2
3
2
1
102,000
39.000
14.000
32.000
126,000
10,650
700
3,647,500
369,000
5
4
8
7
29
19
166,000
90,000
310,505
17d, 200
1,906,600
1,347,300
40,000
2
1
46,500
3,000
71,900
4,950
89,300
4
1
3
1
2
3,700
1
1
1
46.000
24.000
60.000
2
6
359,100
121,300
77,000
202,000
1
1
9,925
10,500
1
4
1,500
270,500
4,000
1
49,200
1
1
1
4
2
341.000
3,000
125.000
24,000
6,500
3
3
4
1
2
90,500
166,000
174,000
2,500
31,665
1
2
3
46,500
16,750
7; 800
6
8
7
6
8
1
4
4
32
7
1
4
2
2
45
42
12
5
5
16
4
4
172
184
””i§"5
2
13
1
45
200
5
1
3
2
4
5
16
" 'i o '
4
1
2
8
7
9,000
40,000
12,000
4,610"
124,750
79,304
5,105
2,190
30.000
104,900
611,643
240,645
12,700
74
90
125
121
465
463
103
103
212
153
4
10
230
275
1,061
780
465
392
672
'313,"606"
576
592.000
497
46,475
432
117,200
4,339,203 11,067
1,796,232 10,419
141
24.000
132
136.000
156
13.000
328
12
29,000
4
84
I 26,' 606'
76
106
8,000
70
68
28,600
78
60,000
311
85,000
247
9,000
264
74,750
280
336
280
3,579
308
49.000
265
15.000
526
16.000
419
63,000
252
246
33,000
232
28,100
216
2,550
15,875
206
144
19,050
17,850
70,950
55,300
175,999
170,668
30,991
31,283
41,448
38,738
1,800
5,057
46,012
59,332
550,399
400,614
104,910
88,085
327,500
263,100
76,371
69,939
2,875,042
2,551,797
39,594
29,872
34,814
109,596
3,365
5,750
37,764
26,374
27,196
20,576
46,819
55,993
280,875
246,263
110,142
119,986
74,154
43,564
102,005
79,663
184,500
142,200
56,580
51,446
43,034
44,316
44,969
39,207
1
6
2
500
17,000
4
4
5
27,200
1,750
5
27
41
13
13,122
97,900
242,350
69,900
49,760
8
2
6
11
17
11,200
111
120
4
1
172
12
12
2
3
2
5
5
5
2
14
13
5
6
22
11
4
6
17
33
12
2
9
3
9
12
2
453,000
3
2
85,200
16,000
1
80,000
1
50,000
72,750
47,800
74,950
69,495
364,870
426,800
9,500
3,500
52,729
17,775
42,000
9,800
8,740
7,000
20,300
9,400
10,435
6,770
99,000
01,600
5,800
11,600
54,642
60,885
17,500
21,800
65,000
86,500
28,700
3,700
27,300
9,200
41,759
33,763
2
52,000
90,200
27
102,640
--- —-------------
6,200
41,600
58,000
146,721
--- ----33
17
29
23
4
10,000
1
1
t
Htdj COCO**
Council Bluffs, Iow a... 1928
1929
Covington, K y . . . . . . . . 1928
1929
Cranston, R. I_______ 1928
1929
Cumberland, M d_____ 1928
1929
Dallas, Tex____ . . . . . . . 1928
1929
Danville, 111___
1928
1929
Davenport, Iowa_____ 1928
1929
Dayton, Ohio____. . . . . 1928
1929
Decatur, 111....... ........... 1928
1929
Denver, Colo------------- 1928
1929
Des Moines, Iowa........ 1928
1929
Detroit, M ich________ 1928
1929
Dubuque, Iowa____. . . 1928
1929
Duluth, Minn___ . . . . . 1928
1929
Durham, N. C —. . . . . . 1928
1929
East Chicago, Ind------ 1928
1929
East Cleveland, Ohio.. 1928
1929
Easton, Pa____ . . . ___ 1928
1929
East Orange, N.
1928
1929
East Providence, R. I . . 1928
1929
East St. Louis, 111_____ 1928
1929
Elgin, 111____________ 1928
1929
Elizabeth, N. J_______ 1928
1929
Elkhart, I n d . . . . . . . . . . 1928
1929
Elmira, N. Y ___ . . . . . . 1928
1929
El Paso, Tex........ .
1928
1929
120,000
250,000
40.000
"1,145,774"
75.000
2
2,500
1
30,000
5
1
713,000
35,000
1
2
2
6
1
1,005,000
425,000
79,000
5,150
21
6,139,974
4,540,684
1
60,000
3
171.000
500.000
362,846
1
21
2
1
7,000
1
750,000
9
6
5
1
1
2
6,000
3,300
662,300
461,200
582.000
92.000
.........25,'’066
10.000
6
600.000
37,000
102,500
206,000
2
4
2
50,000
24,930
364,200
4
1
2
8,000
39
T a b le
A .—
Number and estimated cost of buildings ( new construction, and repairs, alterations, and additions to old buildings) covered by permits
issued in 1928 and 1929, fry intended use of buildings— Continued
C5
00
P A R T 2.— NEW NONRESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS—Continued
City and State
Evansville, Ind_____
Everett, Mass______
Fall River, Mass___
Fitchburg, Mass.___
Fond du Lac, Wis—
Fort Wayne, Ind___
Fort Worth, Tex----Fresno, Calif------ ----
Gary, Ind_______.__
Grand Eapids, Mich
Great Falls, M o n t Green Bay, TVi s ..__
Greensboro, N* C - - .
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
Cost
$38,100
800,000
75,000
32,000
Num
ber
Cost
$169,100
166,040
312,000
65,000
10,700
177,500
100,000
14.000
40,600
283,698
729,650
50.000
30,500
12,000
1,348,500
101,000
103,913
417,700
11,000
2.500
50,590
20,690
69.000
15,780
580.225
750,510
6,550
85.500
100,068
491,750
188,682
281,900
23,125
50,808
74.000
145,700
149.000
287.000
193,250
42,500
15.000
127.000
184.000
472,600
52.000
7,900
71.000
264,100
556,800
149,500
8,350
29,650
3.500
185,332
247.225
30.500
8,000
21,645
200,000
"175,"oo5
160,000
942,000
62,700
63,545
63,814
28,000
57,656
9,200
500.000
142.000
60,000
Cost
$17,700
1,041,300
199,150
398.300
66,500
593,731
25.000
57.800
100.300
75
12.800
50.000
Num
ber
8,000
Num
ber
Cost
$107,385
257,500
90,000
100,000
111,900
121,700
3,950
9,800
21,850
15,675
10,500
15,000
155,747
87,535
5,000
18,000
61,100
371,137
161,925
2,800
5,000
12,000
11,260
110,800
9,000
185,900
396,675
124,230
65,806
7,100
35.500
233,000
35.500
Num
ber
612
616
379
245
397
268
172
120
174
154
132
147
59
68
1,706
3,772
149
122
716
852
296
193
158
158
178
134
608
382
1,498
1,284
157
212
233
240
98
70
Cost
$151,709
193,032
285,775
213,450
47,729
38,420
75,250
36.475
10,640
9,465
43,834
39,095
17,885
41,957
528,769
565,705
22,231
20,487
208,592
251,771
52,495
48,109
26,450
55,020
29.476
16,683
227.790
108,645
363.790
287,585
43,800
70,301
39,338
42,155
15,393
7,008
Num
ber
Cost
$37,200
45,900
20,000
97.500
155,250
92.500
Num
ber
Cost
Num
ber
Cost
$29,300
$400,000
140,500
351,500
250,000
845,000
1,000
17,200
39,950
71,800
6,900
15,700
206,065
114,894
8,930
55,965
91,783
113,450
61,457
229,619
19,677
26,759
2,000
2,000
24.450
34.450
79,160
68,200
11,200
15.450
1,625
17,850
45,150
26.650
681,000
80,000
68,000
251,600
1,174,969
631,384
10,850
1,024,202
115,000
97,000
423,222
141,200
34,620
1,977,244
38.000
16.000
158,000
1,700
13,500 •
172,550
1,119,000
128,000
27,880
30,000
330,837
CITIES
Galveston, Tex_____
Office buildings
PRINCIPAL
Flint, M ic h ....'____
Institutions
IN THE
Everett, Wash_____
Gasoline and
service stations
PERMITS
Erie, Pa___ . . . . . . . . .
Factories, shops, Garages (public) Garages (private)
etc.
Year
Num
ber
Evanston, 111____ . . .
Churches
BUILDING
Amusement and
recreation places
107,000
69,000
1,000
140.000
20,000
300.000
253.000
107.000
107.000
65.000
60.000
385,000
6,000
500,000
206,500
18,000
127,099
2,000
202,290
315,273
263,200
128,650
18,000
47,600
309.000
88,800
182.000
35.000
8,000
13.000
84.000
35.000
200,000
14.000
111, 921
1,000,000
375
22,500
27
643,650
1,613,281
160,000
5,000
55,000
1,608,500
192,000
5,000
87,000
76,300
9
4
3
1
2
9
1
361,500
14,000
107,000
5,000
105,000
933,800
6,000
18,900
46.000
10.000
17,000
25,500
304,000
4
1
1
3
5
2
2
1
2
12
4,700
800
31.000
26,500
22,950
92.000
1,400
12,916
2.190.000
1.399.000
38,300
4
2
12
12
6
8
3
6
48.750
43.000
294,945
274,785
51.500
1,150
4,644
8,688
776.000
23.000
31,600
22.000
19.000
165.000
1,322,686
695,350
30.000
50.000
10,685
6,650
1,660,972
719.700
313.500
28.000
3,100
120.000
124.700
84.500
85,200
311,200
513.500
257.800
27,975
29.750
256.800
427,000
75.750
16
6
208,996
189,000
2
2
3
1
2
4
3
6
1
4
3
41
36
2
4
14
3
25
22
11
2
4
3
14
4
2
4
17
17
11
1,000
5,200
86,700
194,340
3,~666"
17.500
’ *85,’ 666’
” 37,166’
9,500
170,700
212,000
27,820
23,200
10,400
7,864
34.000
295,000
72.500
38.000
26,750
18,900
505,650
207,600
10.000
3,500
182,620
635,087
308,500
75,000
MOO*
59,500
19,150
288,880
710,000
50.000
136,200
47.000
6,000
84,219
25,020
26
19
119
114
136
106
189
198
242
218
168
239
259
241
419
237
127
113
56
41
155
124
20
8
109
57
154
135
120
150
191
104
2,755
1,468
493
289
320
236
233
247
294
349
137
133
10
37
91
57
232
214
2,450
3,725
110,715
76,990
27,030
25,850
53,072
48,954
171,680
118,650
44,240
52.300
161.235
158.235
462,353
204,338
38,745
34,070
77,127
55,307
67,927
46,160
37,290
11.400
45,750
24,775
94.301
89,420
12,500
47.400
35,410
15,443
712,179
660,831
343,923
156,855
97,494
104,958
64,885
37,353
83,590
78,570
276,799
315,936
75,159
79,119
6,678
22,860
33,493
14,475
35,467
6,000
22,500
10,000
7,650
2
7.000
11,650
6,800
6.000
1
4,500
2,000
38.000
18,500
53,700
131,150
27.350
19,615
2,958
718
3.000
21.000
6.000
7,000
11.350
2,550
163,029
292,390
29,000
9
7
100
80
12
5
1
1
1
4,000
10,500
sim oo ”
43,000
1,400
2
78,000
1
500,000
1
3
1
1
3
4
5
8,000
92.000
51.000
10.000
307,400
367,900
6,739,450
1
13,725
279,500
50,000
225,000
225,550
1
35,000
3
1
1
5
4
3
100,500
220,130
22
14
6,261,803
1,885,425
2
291,000
1
15,000
3
1
665.000
145.000
5
7
116,600
1,255,250
4
206,000
2
315,000
1
2
1
700.000
98,000
100.000
1
2
2
1
34,000
740.000
150.000
175.000
1
12
9
3
75.000
663,700
180,900
37.000
52,500
50,000
1
40,000
19,666
2
1
40,250
645,186
24,650
31,750
116,675
249,490
34,300
17,400
16.500
96,450
174,650
8,300
54,900
61.300
10,115
20,000
14.500
30,000
100,200
la
i
• HM
174,000
44.000
78.000
§,’ 750*
26,200
14,400
47.300
l
TABLE
5,000
557,000
223,500
GENERAL
Greenville, S. O ______ 1928
1929
Greenwich, Conn__
1928
1929
1928
Hagerstown, M d __
1929
1928
Hamilton, Ohio____
1929
1928
Hammond, Ind___
1929
Hamtramck, M ich.
1928
1929
Harrisburg, Pa____
1928
1929
Hartford, Conn____
1928
1929
Haverhill, Mass______ 1928
1929
Hazleton, P a .—. _____ 1928
1929
Highland Park, M ich. 1928
1929
Hoboken, N . J _______ 1928
1929
Holyoke, M a s s ....___ 1928
1929
Houston, Tex________ 1928
1929
Huntington, W . Va__ 1928
1929
Hutchinson, Kans.___ 1928
1929
Indianapolis, Ind_____ 1928
1929
Irvington, N . J . . . . ___ 1928
1929
Jackson, Mich________ 1928
1929
Jacksonville, F l a ...__ 1928
1929
Jamestown, N. Y ___ _ 1928
1929
Jersey City, N . J_____ 1928
1929
Johnstown, Pa____
1928
1929
Joliet, 1 1 1 ...........
1928
1929
Joplin, M o____. . . . .
1928
1929
1928
Kalamazoo, M ich ..
1929
Oi
CO
T a b l e A .—
Number and estimated cost of buildings ( new construction, and repairs, alterations, a n d additions to old buildings) covered by permits
issued in 1928 and 1929, by intended use of buildings— Continued
^
P A R T 2 —NEW NONRESIDENTAL BUILDINGS—Continued
City and State
Factories, shops, Garages (public)
etc.
Garages (private)
Gasoline and
service stations
Institutions
Office buildings
Year
Num
ber
Cost
2
$65,000
4
1
990,000
3,000
1
18,000
1929
Long Beach, C a lif..... 1928
1
4
1
1
17
6
4
$7,500
3,500
512.500
264,000
103.500
3
2
113,000
18,500
1
8
2
19
19
2
1
1
1
9
2
127666”
3,500
57,526
2,600
298,560
619,800
10,000
500
15,000
3,500
35,700
8,000
3
16
15
2
42,028
26,150
15,675
16,500
5,666
7,000
87,134
29,850
70.000
10.000
198,094
7
112,6o0
273,450
15
108,800
42,240
4,920
8
11
210.600
199,500
10
15
79,000
323, 547
35,000
20,500
1
3
1
40,000
355.000
130.000
2
1
145,000
75,000
4
72,000
10
18
1,415,400
3,044,045
75,750
1
1
125,0C0
65,000
1
20,000
1
12,000
1
27,500
500
156,500
112,300
2
Cost
$471,000
457.800
1,347,500
239.000
2,682,850
2,564,645
500
$15,200
2,800
154.000
162,500
15,000
4.000
254,375
125.000
2.000
Num
ber
9
20
16
9
7
19
4
2
6
6
1
1
2
2
1
2
9
Cost
..
42,600
2
12, loO
1
200,000
1
2
1
4
42,000
75.000
90.000
178,000
1
10,000
1
12,500
2
5
3
5
2,800
45.000
13.000
87.000
1
2
4
4
500
21,200
43,800
27,300
1
1
10
5
2
1
20
9
1929
142
72
2,071,215
683,705
39
1929
21
Num
ber
272
1929
204
402
355
242
209
313
359
164
109
92
128
283
278
323
313
130
120
409
1929
225
85
66
48
83
17
17
132
104
144
106
479
461
Little
168
175
1,418
1*345
Cost
Num
ber
Cost
4
$3,700
$33,277
10,800
22,171
3
37
182,200
138,975
279,700
36
145,000
3
2,500
82,710
73,839
6
12.500
3
12.500
97,476
3
14.500
88,822
5
56,065
13,000
24,550
7
38,290
75,425
14,538
27
25
17,497
27,090
9
34,221
28, eoo
17
55,311
36,230
11
21,900
93,976
70,700
12
58.500
97.875
76,528
136,700
9
92.875
91,661
2
3,100
37,825
3
3,700
29,165
14.000
4
15,500
30.000
41.000
6,300
18,135
9
94,550
81,340
15,000
4
18,267
4
13,200.
24,475
9
31,650
97,907
9
21,800
17,075
7
92,318
Rock,
27,711
A r k . . 2. . . . 1928
7,300
22,866
36,780
29
521,565
65,090
499,035
34
Num
ber
Cost
6~ ' “ $785,’ 666'
1
40.000
1
100,000
1
1
208,800
73,000
1
225,000
3
41,100
2
1
224,000
95,000
2
2
50,000
215,000
Num
ber
2
1
5
5
3
Cost
$77,500
100.000
1.552.000
2.125.000
105,000
2
145,000
11
4
572,400
728,948
1
250,000
1
500,0C0
2
4
75,000
1,003,000
1
90,000
8
2
49,838
650,000
2
1,160,666
CITIES
1928
1929
Lebanon, P a . . . . . . . . . . 1928
1929
Lewiston, M e___ . . . . . 1928
1929
Lexington, K y__. . . . . . 1928
1929
Lima, Ohio___. . . . . . . . 1928
1929
Lincoln, Nebr___ . . . . . 1928
5
1
Num
ber
PRINCIPAL
Lawrence, Mass___ __
1
Cost
IN THE
1928
1929
Kearny, N. J . . . — . . . . 1928
1929
Kenosha, Wis___ . . . . . 1928
1929
Kingston, N. Y ______ 1928
1929
Knoxville, Tenn „„ T__ 1928
1929
Kokomo, Ind____. . . . . 1928
1929
Lakewood, Ohio___ . . . 1928
1929
Lancaster, Pa___ ____ 1928
1929
Lansing, M ic h ......... 1928
Num
ber
PERMITS
Kansas City, Kans___ 1928
Kansas City, M o__ . . .
Churches
BUILDING
Amusement and
recreation places
450
577,493
3,617,410
1
1
6,000
135,000
2
1
4
1
1
8,000
12,000
800
325,000
377,850
1
5,000
43
35
12
3
1,909,944
698,564
948,500
115, qpo
2
12
3
2
34,"500’
48,500
35,500
2,200
2
1
3
3
2
1
48,000
3,000
33,926
24,000
357,123
53,000
1
45,069
2
1
3
1
1
55,000
12,000
58,000
5,500
128,000
2
14,300
1
400
284
386
21
10
1
2,919,254
4,401,269
1,191,000
876,000
1,500
4
9
6
1
47,550
302,800
86,375
15,000
4
5
15
9
3
4
3
2
4
48,200
49,000
182,950
50,150
70,000
61,800
7,400
7,025
88,000
24
1
3
1
3
5
6
10
97
81
13
7
569,330
503,328
158,510
78,850
1
1
1
12
8
2,000
6,600
1,500
35,900
146,100
1
2,500
75,000
12,000
14,300
10,000
17,500
29,200
96,200
608,400
3
7
4
1
7
5
1
1
4
1
62,500
207,000
40,500
25,000
80,500
121,850
8,000
25,000
57,000
8,500
2
13
3
5
1
48,000
16,200
4,500
119,600
18,200
1
150,000
1
200,000
3
443,000
1
400,000
2
3
4
26,700
788,600
84,500
14
37
1
2
1
1
70,525
392,980
300,000
29,100
600
10,000
7
8
4
3
12
7
6
40,900
39,500
222,948
450,000
335,700
126,960
68,752
3
4
11
41
38
21
29
2
270,975
4,500
75,850
1,359,371
2,287, 750
315, 725
705, 570
125,500
12
2
21
30
45
19
5
101,750
8,350
786,900
796,400
233,825
117,665
71,600
2
1
383,131
24,974
1
1
51,800
2,000
10
1
318,538
15,000
3
2
45,460
36,600
2
4
5
1
1
6
9
15,000
150,000
131,300
97,000
140,000
236,325
58,220
2
100,000
1
7,000
2
4
33,175
359,093
2
2
1
15
11
8
175,000
60,000
20,000
419,100
160,468
120,807
1
23
6
3
§
30,000
1,310,000
244,600
112,905
17,431
39,944
34,411
211
8,378 2,522,701
7,265 2,091,326
205,355
679
544
221,715
139
31,935
159
46,310
15,524
93
9,175
73
117,931
360
102,173
342
54,956
157
69,735
174
9,970
80
4,320
35
104,800
437
74,432
320
81,617
181
74,793
143
63,705
196
57,409
209
39,462
207
45,478
214
20,160
112
11,460
65
36,830
316
24,295
208
169,612
346
174,535
348
284,384
934
182,812
760
66,510
135
63,035
165
39,698
189
62,498
195
2,711 1,037,086
2,831 1,017,597
577,630
2,367
549,540
2,067
102,530
514
4,965
10
42,612
160
188
57,633
230,411
316
142,029
223
40,000
400
21
2,845
134,831
224
102
56,980
94,783
520
65,197
438
472
281
6
8
7
7
8
5
5
5
5
2
7
7
16
U
6
8
10
14
5
11
14
4
3
3
2
4
23
3
1
2
18
28
23
21
53
55
3
2
4
2
3
22,000
3,700
19
66
410,281
1,086,782
265,651
15
1,942,800
60
25.300
2
35.300
12.225
15,125
25,625
22,924
2
39.000
6,240
1
1
150,000
23.225
22.500
14.000
31,100
2
42.500
1
93.300 ------- ---------------1
62,800
1
37,900
50.000
1
70,000
30.300
32,750
17,650
4
62,950
30.000
27.500
22.000
21,000
1
10,000
22.500
3
13,800
3
80,860
2
3
143,000
27.300
2,000
4
4,500
39,550
3
4
230,400
22,500
2
52,210
879,738 ■"24*
2
50.000
21
370.000
3
138,925
19
693,210
2
207,250
21
771.000
15,472
3
4,987
14,975
1
3
21,600
1
100,000
1
31.000
10,000
24,350
47,800
19,000
5,490
12,911
3
50,000
2
2
296,750
13,250
2
5
3
4,203,490
5,567,023
900,000
16,000
115,300
36,000
200,0U0
550,000
740,000
101,500
58,900
2,605,100
138,666
41,701
l" 503."250
3,223,375
5,654,150
5,090,625
628,000
3,500
288,000
500
30,000
327,176
379,500
TABLE
1
39
48
GENERAL
Lorain, Ohio................ 1928
1929
Los Angeles, Calif____ 1928
1929
Loiiisvillft, K y .............. 1928
1929
Lowell, Mass___ _____ 1928
1929
Lynchburg, Va_______ 1928
1929
Lynn, Mass......... ........ 1928
1929
McKeesport Pa.......... 1928
1929
Macon, Ga______ . ___ 1928
1929
Madison, Wis___ . . __ 1928
1929
Malden, Mass____ . . . . 1928
1929
Manchester, N. H ____ 1928
1929
Mansfield, Ohio______ 1928
1929
Marion, Ind___ . . . . . . . 1928
1929
Marion, O h i o . ........ . 1928
1929
Medford, M a s s ........ 1928
1929
Memphis, Term__ . . . . 1928
1929
Meriden, C o n n ........ 1928
1929
Miami, Fla__. . . . . . . . . 1928
1929
Milwaukee, W is ..,
1928
1929
Minneapolis, M in n .... 1928
1929
Mobile, Ala___ . . . . __ 1928
1929
Moline, H I . . . . . .
. . . 1928
1929
Montclair, N . J............ 1928
1929
Montgomery, Ala........ 1928
1929
Mount Vernon, N . Y_. 1928
1929
Muncie, Ind__ _______ 1928
1929
T able
A.—Number and estimated cost of buildings ( new construction, and repairs, alterations, a n d additions to old buildings) covered by permits
issued in 1928 and 1929,
intended use of buildings— Continued
M
^
P A R T 2.—NEW NONRESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS—Continued
City and State
Factories, shops,
Garages (public) Garages (private)
etc.
Gasoline and
service stations*
Institutions
Office buildings
Num
ber
1
$305,000
38,500
3,000
3,621,000
463.000
200.000
Num
ber
2
1
1
1
7
10
2
3
Cost
Num
ber
Cost
$21,200
287,900
15,900
19,000
833,500
219,950
1,348,762
1,427,820
1
84,000
1
2
40.000
91.000
7
9
6
12
106.750
114.750
43,500
500,900
2
2
183,000
16,000
3
6
3
1
2
5
18
12
2
138,000
29,500
155,000
36,000
40,000
103,600
1,087,362
136,750
35,000
7
4
2
1
1
44,235
283,779
14,400
5,000
15,000
1
3
1
1
1
1
50,000
40,000
18,000
5,000
148,000
60,000
1
3
2
2
1
3
2
600
205,000
40,000
8,300
600
268,094
43,650
1
7
8
9,000
504,343
549,500
3
3
3,800
110,500
1
2
74,000
110,000
3
3
1
117,000
38.000
25.000
1
2
16,150
545,000
3
1
141.000
130.000
2
1
3
2
1,900
7,000
29,000
10.200
13
16
12
18
2
$193,700
474,050
508,542
1,437,900
10,800
5
4
16.500
15.500
2
......
16
5
2
9
6
10
1
19
41
1
3
10
12
9
8
2
1
38,175
“ ""33,"425"
47,520
130.000
103.000
138,000
138,430
96,500
4,000
37,500
210,520
2,750
6,500
51,100
41,600
82,500
231,300
32,000
9,000
Num
ber
253
318
80
40
130
122
942
793
167
105
114
120
220
155
106
72
100
79
244
211
331
337
179
120
110
79
41
19
116
152
79
93
231
159
436
373
Cost
$53,847
145,830
13,795
7,970
13,210
13,640
1,136,609
767,125
32,416
17,870
66,665
74,085
113,290
68,073
23,575
27,185
51,350
40,500
69,920
47,780
466,000
223,500
105,165
61,775
35,961
35,710
25,760
9,475
49,370
65,930
7,296
11,077
224,352
149,326
279,305
228,237
Num
ber
Cost
9
5
8
7
17
9
26
37
4
7
10
5
1
3
3
4
$63,150
8,200
20.500
38.000
44,800
74,050
130,600
487,400
6,000
17,925
31,400
23,300
1,025
18.000
14.500
27,000
1
3
20
9
2
6
28
51
1
2
1
3
4.000
20,300
80.500
41,900
9.000
52.500
65,550
248,881
900
11,100
800
7,000
3
3
2
7
11,600
110,500
5,500
64,600
Num
ber
Cost
1
$67,500
1
2
4
1
Num
ber
17
Cost
$259,250
1
5,000
90,656
240.000
443.000
1
27
32
8,000
1,826,644
10,145,885
100,000
1
35,000
2
61,695
1
60,000
1
4
1
2
2
1
90.000
2,430,000
40.000
109,400
202,855
30.000
3
1
364,166
7,000
3
4
1,419,037
213,000
1
5,200
1
50,000
2
233,000
1
1
1
40.000
350,000
25.000
2
3
1
200,700
445.000
100.000
CITIES
3
10
4
2
10
21
41
70
Cost
PRINCIPAL
$275,000
24,000
15,000
10,000
418,000
211,800
30,000
108,000
Num
ber
IN THE
3
1
8
6
1
Cost
PERMITS
Muskegon, M ich_____ 1928
1929
Muskogee, Okla........... 1928
1929
Nashville, Tenn______ 1928
1929
Newark, N. J________ 1928
1929
Newark, Ohio___ ____ 1928
1929
New Bedford, M ass... 1928
1929
New Britain, Conn___ 1928
1929
New Brunswick, N. J. 1928
1929
Newburgh, N. Y _____ 1928
1929
New Castle, Pa........... 1928
1929
New Haven, Conn___ 1928
1929
New London, Conn__ 1928
1929
New Orleans, La_____ 1928
1929
Newport, K y________ 1928
1929
Newport, R. I _______ 1928
1929
Newport News, Va___ 1928
1929
New Rochelle, N. Y __ 1928
1929
Newton, Mass_______ 1928
1929
Churches
BUILDING
Amusement and
recreation places
Vflfir
New
York
City,
N. Y .:
The Bronx.............
Brooklyn_________
Manhattan__ ____
Queens______ ____
Richmond________
Niagara Falls, N . Y —
Norfolk, Va__________
Norristown, Pa_______
209
30
32
14
21
12
32
37
8
8
4,270,904
4,486,800
6,808,000
619,800
6,295,000
2,899,700
1,427,900
2,288,500
981,200
487,500
937,500
728.000
2.237.000
1.710.000
180.000
484.000
1.191.500
1.517.500
206,200
145.000
2,700
11,700
1,600
71,990
35.000
101,500
31,522
2,000
Norwalk, Conn______
Oak Park, H]_________
Ogden, Utah_________
Oklahoma City, Okla.
Omaha, Nebr________
Orange, N. J_________
40,000
88,300
190.000
776.000
2,258,000
61,000
Oshkosh, Wis________
186,000
180,785
472,000
80,000
95.000
80.000
129,568
128,500
16
14
2
29,400
14.000
55.000
167,400
Ottumwa, Iowa...........
Paducah, K y_________
Pasadena, Calif______
Passaic, N. J . . . . . . . . . .
1.500
1.500
49,800
73,223
48,000
Paterson, N. J_______
Pawtucket, R . I______
Peoria, HI______
Perth Amboy, N. J ___
27,000
61,500
6,000
175.000
2,500
11,600
44,000
443,970
33,450
483,700
311,500
176.000
30.000
2,500
36.000
_46,'i98
18
18
5
4
....
2
5
8
6
10
1
14
260,000
121,000
1,637
16,950
1
2
6,000
18,000
2
18,600
13
9
7
4
12
153
1
2
9
1
1
1
64,142
25,570
44,100
64,300
11,675
86,150
4,000
14,500
111,600
2,000
14,500
10,000
649
632
4,414
3,130
318
195
6,643
5,697
1,001
790
381
371
455
435
137
232
204
1,473
1,018
406
279
5
4
1,027
1,299
7
2
362
310
115
75
183
177
45
31
17
14
363
372
209
159
331
153
396
372
445
405*
105
117
203,315
232,260
2,145,055
1, 752,370
184,180
47,450
2,508,370
2,055,194
265,327
216, 260
127,742
123,866
93,423
71,693
32
35
170
142
17
23
130
162
44
52
10
8
15
11
222,150
178,400
454,725
513, 755
60,300
81,050
414,915
755,893
79,550
244,450
34,725
14,610
36,585
36,728
85,674
100,155
140,375
456,844
318,389
218,915
140,595
1,400
500
228,710
373,540
2,615
450
84,448
87,622
164,073
129,657
51,908
43,835
15,650
14,650
4,155
2,525
66,145
80,743
157,035
106,425
164,922
97,836
162,194
156,305
125,465
125,670
50,840
47,950
4
10
5
48
23
11
5
4
10
22
39
11,350
23,750
13,000
58,370
59,840
106,397
87,000
11,000
19,550
98,900
195,100
8
25
32
5
6
3
49,000
61,100
131,500
21,900
16,450
6,400
5
19,000
8
3
19
12
4
2
13
5
7
10
7
7
1
5
15,450
9,500
31,050
17,629
25,000
14,000
142,800
16,200
32,050
27,700
19,500
66,000
7,500
20,000
3
3
798,000
1,900,000
7
10
1
3
3
1
9,800,000
25,820,000
20,000
990,000
1,180,000
250,000
1
2
3
28,000
30,400
125,700
2
180,000
2
2
1
215,000
52,000
70,000
2
11
50,000
266,050
1
1
400,000
800,000
2
1
65,291
85,000
1
1
1
21,390
600,000
300,000
1
5,500
1
409,000
22
25
26
20
55
68
44
53
8
1,857,250
1,599,200
3,135,500
5,565,000
74,875,750
74,063,000
2,219,050
2,918,725
46,700
5
4
42,443
81,560
1
1
3
1
8
10
2
2
76 500
4,’ 000
375,000
75,000
1,199,000
330,932
201,190
450,000
6
3
114,100
96,000
5
4
1,032,710
455,500
1
69,000
3
31,000
6
8
3
2
1
3
209,500
520,875
98,550
235,000
59,000
103,814
1
1
239,000
7,000
6
249,100
TABLE
Okmulgee, Okla______
8,600
287,749
146,200
67,500
433 8,460,295
357 2,205,640
165 8,196,000
156 6,948,400
37 3,229,650
41 5,478,500
112 4,010,800
146 3,220,350
606,000
11
11
262,500
3
25,000
3
167,935
2
21,300
2
30,000
119
75,502
4
48,000
5
114,450
4
112,000
15
476,000
14
361,250
3
70,000
1
18,000
4
53,500
3
55,000
14
267,500
5
215,500
GENERAL
Oakland, Calif_______
10.000
106
92
187
170
40
31
79
46
6
36
15
36
7
1
2
7
4
17
59
49
1
T able
A*— Number and estimated cost of buildings (new construction, and repairs, alterations, and additions to old buildings) covered by permits
issued in 1928 and 1929, by intended use of buildings— Continued
PAR T 2.— NEW NONRESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS—Continued
City and State
Phoenix, Ariz__ —.
Pittsburgh, Pa........
Plainfield, N . J_______
Pontiac, M ich__
Port Huron, M ich..
Portland, M e ...___
Portland, Oreg........ .
Portsmouth, Ohio...
Poughkeepsie, N . Y . . .
Providence, R. I . . . . __
Pueblo, Colo-------------Quincy, 1 1 1 ........___
Quincy, Mass__ _____
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
Cost
Num
ber
Cost
$300
$131,000
5,032,500
5,255,660
101,100
27,800
753,460
1,115,000
222,850
21,500
158,150
800
1,681,700
976,100
164,500
170.000
1,149,500
333.000
3,000
6,250
1,200
866,000
150,000
1,600
75,000
1
2
7
3
5
2
2
15,000
10,000
428,807
16,200
18,400
5,500
5,000
233,300
335,000
96.000
27.000
56,000
1,000
6,000
90.000
12.000
40,000
6,000
55,000
20,000
Cost
1
5
162
$10,000
35,648
6,626,870
5,136,055
60,000
10,000
1,224,740
385,700
169,150
37,200
30.000
50.000
1,820,100
80,500
5,500
122
1
2
23
30
12
85,000
40,000
156,000
Num
ber
3
3
1
24
6,100
6,500
46,330
5.000
456,100
497,500
228,000
9.000
16,000
800
194.000
664,150
1,357,100
10,550
11,200
650
25,000
100.000
26,200
Num
ber
Cost
Num
ber
100
2
$13,200
8,000
2,250,560
11
7
209
19
5
3
1
2
5
18
90,846
117,400
721,971
238,750
16,700
19,500
100,000
80,000
520,500
50,250
56
39
1,300
1,225
73
69
1,467
1,516
151
2
2,000
184,000
47,185
1,023,855
395,150
4,000
23,500
12,400
33,500
34,000
364,800
226,600
4,500
35.000
20.000
6,000
Cost
Num
ber
Cost
Num
ber
$48,000
4
$10,017
2
11,000
5,300
964,530
’ "’ is"
4
2,635,175
20,695
10
33,151
48,720
15
37,200
147,600
28
1,180,019
3
467,700
29
813,902
7
5
79,590
107,750 ‘ " 'i o ' ‘ "'34,'955'
5,100
3
189,372
25,000
3
71,835
209
47,800
15
220,046
787
788,000
2
190,598
6
655
34,983
139
2
56,740
142
11,720
3
7,030
30
12,100
4
1,985
11
12,500
4
1
85,092
253
17,275
8
60,448
194
82.500
30
2
399,020
2,365
53,220
16
262,910
2
1,680
16,350
5
12,475
81
12,850
4
16,062
95
14,875
9
9,190
80
1
8,000
7,715
79
3
40.000
43,010
106
5
20,700
25,875
64
35
54.000
1
597,960
905
43.000
22
2
552,200
839
6
24.000
2
119,489
317
74.500
17
202
40,321
3
25,236
131
10,000
26,955
2
138
45.500
240,321
6
726
1
46.500
11
195,985
2
Cost
‘$5,2,625,000
‘ 742,‘655’
24,600
4,072,100
4,333,000
14,500
14,350
448,200
40,000
1,410,000
19,000
50,000
400,000
21,500
Num
ber
4
48
50
97
1
12
8
Cost
$159,125
7,622,365
14,147,950
749,903
238,000
7,084,050
568,600
3
312,500
17
1
1,166,480
155,000
1
3
2
3
9
2
200,000
124,800
5,600
102,700
1,166,500
43,000
1
1
25,000
200,000
27
11
500,700
493,100
1
66,000
4
4
850,000
140,750
340,000
188,555
CITIES
Portsmouth, Va___
Office buildings
PRINCIPAL
Port Arthur, T e x ...
Institutions
IN THE
Pittsfield, Mass------
Gasoline and
service stations
PERMITS
Philadelphia, Pa___
Factories, shops, Garages (public) Garages (private)
etc.
Year
Num
ber
Petersburg, V a____
Churches
BUILDING
Amusement and
recreation places
Racine, Wis__________
50,600
Reading, Pa___ . . . ___
Revere, M ass..__ ____
Richmond, V a ..._____
‘ 140*075
Roanoke, V a . . . . _____
Rochester, N . Y . . . ___
379,482
723,000
18,600
24,000
Rockford, H I ... . _____
Rock Island, HI............
Sacremento, C a lif......
Saginaw, M ic h .._____
St. Joseph, M o_______
St. Paul, Minn_______
76
76
Salt Lake City, Utah..
San Antonio, T e x . . . . .
San Diego, Calif._____
San Francisco, Calif__
San Jose, Calif____. . . .
216,800
163.000
525.000
99,797
196,200
280,482
206,000
152,529
30,050
1,000
65.000
65.000
830,644
64,100
831,800
260,000
150.000
61,680
29,000
288.000
1
7
1
2
18
18
14
8
17,000
66,650
100,000
3,700
989,730
1,786,261
476.000
225.000
6
49,050
17.000
1,239,300
96.000
1,233,650
1
15
6
45
56
4
20
16
3
6
77,000
189.000
192,025
99,925
180,100
140,700
102.000
301,000
33,920
1
7
14
9
22
15
5
37
29
23
Savannah, Ga___ . . . . .
Schenectady, N. Y ___
Scranton, Pa_________
Seattle, Wash________
1
1
10,900
4,900
178,000
92,000
100,000
8,000
133.000
114.000
1,145,000
10
16
4
10
42
695,300
1,117,600
110,352
593,922
14,400
2,700
128,000
275
29,225
69,030
112,650
458,010
50,820
12,000
674,706
1,001,465
250,705
226,140
88,850
279,500
81,640
88,050
772,050
807,660
408
413
313
238
99
90
114
106
279
485
255
187
1,655
1,313
601
553
183
222
222
214
467
470
70
131
3,566
3,003
l,3 r
1,177
257
147
122
96
130
122
338
573
713
462
150
80
160
142
48
24
444
412
324
239
1,789
1,482
173,523
155,032
235,525
133,245
53,352
27,810
28.525
26,859
138,574
255,394
26,490
18,845
573,626
433,283
179,100
170,932
39,515
50,250
44.301
41.301
142,566
118,765
42,413
24,546
825,544
768,513
333,411
299,136
70,600
32,800
86.525
54,425
39,386
23,983
130,159
162,891
174,008
102,238
99,221
81,193
19,580
19,175
6,870
189,670
175,650
165,400
142,205
290,965
210,730
3,250
11,000
43.000
86,100
12.000
125,000
3,500
52,750
18,000
6,850
138,500
170,000
28,392
25,000
120.650
37.000
56.000
77,900
24,550
192,020
160.650
46,200
18,300
2,507,400
26,400
48,535
195,950
177,750
62.500
36.500
3,000
13,700
4,400
15.800
37.000
61.800
12,750
52,200
129,420
21,600
47,500
1,850
15.000
108,500
119,400
230,800
273,190
81,711
70,794
115,010
108,350
35,235
53,970
99.000
27.000
95,575
266,000
2,000
145,000
25,000
2.290.000
1.770.000
102,000
268.500
546.500
345.000
145.000
700.000
85,000
286,000
260,058
200,000
35,000
278,000
338,900
1,116,550
10,300
161,450
111,000
11,500
1,327,660
1,404,000
276,000
1,291,680
500,300
38.000
63.000
3,907,500
5,693,300
117,750
900,070
4,655,720
2,965,450
TABLE
Salem, M ass..._______
14,000
60,000
172,800
7,500
37,100
27.000
500.000
63.000
25.000
1,130,000
94,500
192,125
711.000
352,750
26,300
94,890
St. Petersburg, Fla___
313,900
384.400
399,095
361.400
GENERAL
241,288
38,532
13
13
18
12
59,000
100
700
2,700
Richmond, In d .._____
St. Louis, M o . . . . . . . . .
125,000
329,004
144,600
350.000
151.000
2,739,400
3,952,350
Of
T able
A.— Number and estimated cost of buildings ( new construction, and repairs, alterations, and additions to old buildings) covered by permits
issued in 1928 and 1929, by intended use of buildings— Continued
-1
o>
P A R T 2.— NEW NONRESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS—Continued
City and State
Sioux City, Iowa___
Sious Falls, S. Dak.
South Bend, Ind___
Spokane, Wash____
Springfield, Mass__
Springfield, M o____
Springfield, Ohio___
Stamford, Conn____
Stockton, Calif—...,
Superior, W is____ _
Syracuse, N. Y ____
Tacoma, Wash___ _
Tampa, Fla_______
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
Cost
$117,000
Num
ber
Cost
490,955
$120,000
23,500
” 30,'666'
50.000
10.000
5,000
3,500
25,000
44,550
51,900
60,000
237,000
1,450
1,500
114.000
385.000
90,200
40,000
30,000
240,500
55
278.000
250.000
60,000
500
292,600
90,694
20,000
95.000
100,000
337.000
2,000
6,000
350.000
60.000
57.000
9.000
21,300
37.000
4.000
60,000
40.000
32,275
78.000
6,000
165.000
85.000
230.000
41.000
46.000
49,900
6,000
Num
ber
Cost
Num
ber
$25,600
$22,500
22,400
94,707
476,850
64,500
4,375
138,100
624,400
903,800
1,502,500
56,700
48,400
18,000
5,000
203,000
34,600
142,750
139,000
500,275
900
196,725
108,488
41,900
47,250
344,790
53,500
422.000
352.000
427,960
69,200
Cost
164,557
1,000
69,500
105,000
3
1
1
9
897
17
10
7
3
4
3
3
14,300
30,000
85.000
119,700
271,710
341,300
99,700
47,400
172.000
250.000
36.000
34,500
37,000
132,200
103,000
30,000
23.000
16,250
40,550
72.000
211,000
746,500
156,300
223,700
3,100
2,000
Num
ber
243
213
247
198
345
347
27
126
79
144
1,203
172
644
622
356
540
98
61
394
386
252
306
122
91
296
185
137
113
1,245
1,007
228
382
348
199
Cost
$69,675
53,585
45,493
31,177
45,785
51,188
39,155
38,600
57,730
107,066
271,735
71,100
67,403
73,690
67,428
235,570
187,543
15,110
12,440
71,327
72,400
144,835
182,198
29,195
21,125
36,186
22,140
20,565
20,133
465,670
363,985
30,800
48,835
46,920
Num
ber
Cost
Num
ber
Cost
10,000
1,000,000
$375, COO
44,200
50,050
32.200
33.000
23,300
14.200
34,814
53,410
67.000
117,250
23.000
26,125
10.200
21,200
17.000
2,500
31,500
44,275
12,250
11,920
64.100
25.800
44.000
48.800
27.100
89,074
Cost
$44,000
$24,075
25,760
15,160
18.100
20,700
55,440
11,500
Num
ber
112,500
458,200
620,000
1,092,000
25,000
275,000
110,000
9,500
190.000
175.000
648,700
300.000
27,200
614,900
761.000
218.000
31,000
200,000
258,000
100,000
9,860
1,177,300
145,100
20,000
180,000
CITIES
Steubenville, Ohio..
Office buildings
PRINCIPAL
Springfield, HI___ _
Institutions
IN THE
Somerville, Mass__
Gasoline and
service stations
PERMITS
Shreveport, L a ......
Factories, shops, Garages (public) Garages (private)
etc.
Year
Num
ber
«Sheboygan, Wis___
Churches
BUILDING
Amusement and
recreation places
Terre Haute, Ind____
3249°— 30o
1929
1928
1929
Waterloo, Iowa____
1928
1929
Watertown, Mass—
1928
1929
Watertown, N. Y —
1928
1929
West New York, N . J_. 1928
1929
Wheeling, W. Va__
1928
1929
White Plains, N. Y ___ 1928
1929
Wichita, Kans_______ 1928
1929
Wichita Falls, Tex___ 1928
1929
Wilkes-Barre, Pa------- 1928
1929
Wilkinsburg, Pa______ 1928
1,432,064
124,000
12,000
447,500
5.000
4.000
297.000
366.000
36,000
160,800
407,700
35,000
107,345
1,294,296
107,656
250,000
96,705
50.000
88.500
81.500
13,300
84.000
28,400
248,000
4,000
63.000
4,700
94.000
72,350
24,700
2,000
169,200
205,500
20,000
53,500
30,000
8,200
17.000
1,236,350
530,500
13.000
163,000
2,500
20.000
65,000
50.000
45.000
88,000
3,000
604,000
58,000
178,800
1,000
184,"737*
""37,"55o‘
3,400
3,150
7,500
10.000
113.000
170.000
2,900
23,700
130,200
15,000
367,840
256,000
23
45
“1,"910,148
682,'556"
7
2
19
8
3
1
3
10
1
2
2
6
25
11
3
2
11
4
8
23,850
9,800
463,250
45,800
12,200
7,000
9,650
27,823
50,000
6,100
48,700
49.500
419, 650
92,300
66,200
40,000
185,500
60,600
49,970
5
5
1
82,890
40,466
14,500
1
1
20
11
7,500
1,000
981,740
216,280
4
29,500
23
30
1
1
6
9
18
28
6
4
3
8
341,400
457,140
1,500
16,800
23,850
46,150
129,700
260,450
36,950
31,000
6,700
281,500
2
2
1
5
26
1
11
7
1
15
12
3
6
1
1
1
2
2
8
25.000
26,667
35.000
69,450
78,710
50.000
203,500
677,800
9,000
298,450
695.000
408,075
89.000
40.000
250
300
263,250
110.000
97,200
6
2
8
16
7
3
25
24
4
428,900
5,500
188,600
242,400
84,150
9,700
226,477 ” ‘ 54" ‘ ""107,"759"
49
80,663
96,440
47,800
i
-m
m
-nm
m.
------ __ tm
4
6
5
5
14
9
13
17
3
84,000
90,250
56,000
44,800
846,900
436,850
168,500
198,950
6,850
3,556
127
118
370
319
2,378
1,992
467
366
338
302
133
114
138
261
1,458
1,155
81
33
198
155
88
68
10
16
207
186
94
329
1,554
1,521
296
241
358
418
230
167
191
153
39
26
147
137
210
146
355
396
18
17/
1
162
129
111
145
41,572
43,045
69,185
54,374
565,239
442,323
86,623
78,299
134,900
118,260
69.875
56, 734
42,164
71,656
502,998
419,974
45,485
55,585
70,715
60,275
19,337
13,721
9,853
5,562
111,500
92,865
16,200
57,675
460,460
437,260
310,300
165,700
55,158
79,355
112,525
108,955
38,665
51,805
51.875
33,700
51,526
52,481
193,389
115,000
59,655
71,545
4,667
4,597
52,548
74,861
67,505
1
7
2
9
14
61
9
11
10
9
5
9
2
13
32
5
1,200
21,900
8,500
41,300
78,500
143,950
23.100
39.700
70,150
47.100
14,650
45.700
1,250
13,976
224,600
18,000
2
20
12
1,430
46,350
88,600
13
6
8
7
9
6
22
43
10
11
10
8
2
6
2
7
2
2
9
11
5
6
15
19
6
10
9
14
57,169
55,041
28,500
25,060
41.200
45,950
189,500
281,200
19.300
44,250
38.500
30.600
3,050
48.600
5,600
38.000
15.500
6,000
51.000
67.500
21,900
55.200
40,650
49.000
28,260
26.300
11.600
17,059
2
1,328,000
1
1
1
261,393
260,000
249,173
--
....... 14,"556*
76,000
4
1
10,000
14
72,065
2
3
1,003,400
9,300
1
1
83.000
32,500
6
7
1
4
7
680,381
108,100
375.000
614.000
199,500
1
53,000
1
6,000
2
675,000
1
1
1
16
7
4
3
100,000
59.000
20.000
6,550.700
523,500
127.000
221.000
1
1
1
75.000
20.000
3,000
1
1
65.000
60.000
1
12
4
2
2
40,000
1,155,375
932.000
645.000
400.000
4
2
2
2
1,453,469
24,199
351,000
50,500
1
20,000
3
5
254,000
382,000
1
10
7
1
3,800
1,078,990
378,457
20,000
1
1,500
1
3
110,000
564,500
1
160,000
TABLE
Washington, D. O____
Waterbury, C onn ..
162,000
1,450
GENERAL
1928
1929
1928
1929
Toledo, Ohio___ . ___ 1928
1929
Topeka, Kans____ .. . . 1928
1929
Trenton, N. J__ . . . . . . 1928
1929
Troy, N. Y __________ 1928
1929
Tucson, Ariz____ . . . . . 1928
1929
Tulsa, Okla____ _____ 1928
1929
Union City, N. J ...
1928
1929
Utica, N. Y _______
1928
1929
Vallejo, Calif_________ 1928
1929
Waco, Tex_____ ____
1928
1929
Waltham, Mass____
1928
1929
Warren, Ohio____....
1928
Taunton, Mass___ . __
M
P A R T 2.— NEW NONRESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS—Continued
Amusement and
recreation places
Churches
Factories, shops, Garages (public)
etc.
Garages (private)
Gasoline and
service stations
Institutions
Office buildings
Year
Num
ber
Num
ber
Cost
$103,200
2,600
91,000
195,000
125,000
13
5
4
3
$78,505
131,390
15,400
42,100
2
2
710,000
5,000
6
1
387,390
725,000
122,000
79,575
80,000
46,200
319,500
3
64,000
1
2
2
3
2
2
1
2
6
2,000
250,000
120,000
266,000
27,000
214,000
3,000
79,500
124,300
296,800
39,275
31,800
24,000
218,025
630,925
276,500
5
11
1
10
5
9
5
3
2
27
28
5
2
3
14
3
3
5
20,200
113,500
191,950
351,000
11,150
6,450
79
65
51
21
3
2
7
7
205,075
215.423
1,463,800
386,400
60,000
11,600
79,200
53,900
1
700
183,000
43,700
$25,500
7,000
Num
ber
168
146
794
541
45
39
533
345
96
92
398
364
513
375
222
217
947
832
91
76
Cost
$77,670
57,375
291,600
194,748
13,500
16,350
146,582
64,312
33,701
31, 512
185,484
165,099
307,389
232 843
88,582
149,416
136,810
155,772
15,066
9,622
Num
ber
3
5
7
12
6
10
8
8
6
8
13
35
13
38
1
4
15
9
5
4
Cost
$3,000
10,400
39,200
122,840
30,500
70.000
28.000
32,300
27, 715
22,750
33.900
93,600
188,100
185.240
2,500
50,000
41.350
82.900
26,800
6,000
84,684,800 1,009 49,059,444 3,965 152,617,634 33,839 870,690,699 3156,306 355,120,904 4,511 14,888,382
43,215,396
855 40,881,577 3,927 141,620,127 4,071 49,198,147 135,637 48,637,185 4,207 19,928,471
Num
ber
Cost
Num
ber
Cost
1
1
3
3
$45,000
15,000
87,200
1,369,000
50.000
30.000
15,925
i
10
3
15,000
1,992,625
274,150
2
295,000
2
1
1,400,000
20,000
1
2
2
5
5
2
3
9
6
x
450,000
56,200
105,400
477,900
2,063,000
350,000
65.000
521,300
88,850
30.000
65,080,263 1,353
75,702,762 1,136
256,101,159
240,950,145
2
$178,631
1
1
4
304
274
CITIES
948
748
Cost
PRINCIPAL
. 1928
. 1929
Num
ber
2
2
1
2
3
6
2
$200,000
Cost
IN THE
2
1
1
Num
ber
PERMITS
. 1928
1929
. 1928
1929
. 1928
1929
. 1928
1929
. 1928
1929
. 1928
1929
. 1928
1929
. 1928
1929
. 1928
1929
. 1928
1929
Cost
BUILDING
estimated cost of buildings (new construction, and repairs, alterations, and additions to old buildings) covered by permits
issued in 1928 and 1929, by intended use of buildings— Continued
Public build
ings
Public works
and utilities
Schools, libraries,
etc.
Stables and
barns
Sheds
Stores, ware
houses, etc.
All other
Total new nonresi
dential buildings
Year
Num
ber
Akron, Ohio_________
1928
1929
Alameda, Calif_______ 1928
1929
Albany, N. Y ............... 1928
1929
Allentown, Pa_______ 1928
1929
Alton, 111___________._ 1928
1929
Altoona, Pa____ _____ 1928
1929
Amsterdam, N. Y ____ 1928
1929
Anderson, Ind.............. 1928
1929
Asheville, N. O____. . . 1928
1929
Ashtabula, Ohio........... 1928
1929
Atlanta, Qa_________ 1928
1929
Atlantic City, N. J .__ 1928
1929
Auburn, N. Y ________ 1928
1929
Augusta, Ga_________ 1928
1929
Aurora, 111___________ 1928
1929
Austin, T er__________ 1929
Baltimore, M d _______ 1928
1929
Bangor, M e__________ 1928
1929
Baton Rouge, La.......
1929
Battle Creefc, Mich___ 1928
1929
3 See notes to details.
Cost
1
$61,000
2
122,655
1
1
16,400
Num
ber
Cost
$39,400
500,270
117,805
2
4
3
$469,000
905,000
36,900
1
1
25.000
10.000
1
25,000
1
2
2
1
500.000
110.000
187,000
207,700
1
10,000
2
2
1
82,000
663,944
37,000
1
30,000
2
81,500
1
1,400
1,700,000
602,000
44,500
2,300
11,700
610,600
3,100
3
863,700
1
161,000
1
4
1
1
340,000
2
1
35.000
12.000
325,000
Num
ber
2
5
8
3
1
2
1
1
Cost
3
600,000
3
87,000
7 1,117,000
1
800
2
151,000
25,000
15
1
1
1,961,029
7,000
82,500
1
2
72,500
67,447
4
662,457
13
23
8
1,000,000
1.567.000
1.255.000
1
2
5
25,300
4,400
453,500
Num
ber
Cost
34
42
65
10
2
$13,660
8,778
31,724
2,587
3,750
12
4
2
24,400
8,500
290
219
26,620
3
5
14
27
4
7
187
151
6
8
200
1,350
937
10,285
695
1,205
30,833
22,911
8,600
2,710
9
28
43
1
11
8
5,495
2,056
3,885
250
5,750
1,000
10
3
20
18
20
4,525
575
7,255
6,800
4,875
Num
ber
Cost
2
$2,388
1
1
1,000
200
2
3,000
1
50
1
150
1
1,200
5
5
610
210
5
800
4
24,000
1
500
Num
ber
Cost
116 $1,829,558
194 5,027,998
8
77,520
55,077
6
664,050
20
10
428,800
36
238,400
31.000
9
113,964
19
6
40,276
146,839
17
8
83,130
4
77.700
2
28.000
206,550
17
40,625
9
392,425
30
25
430,100
9
19,725
7
92,900
190 1,329,724
120 2,213,422
16
99,980
38
238,900
9
24.700
1
70,000
15
49,040
30
147,651
14
233,950
7
280,000
40
123,851
78 1,212,000
72 2,235,000
5
8,400
4
64,500
5
28
195,850
Num
ber
Cost
Num
ber
$209,850
106,950
2,406
2,715
293
195
404
183
18
79,300
1
71,000
155
'372,'092
800
18,000
131,850
8,175
240
3,245
......... 75
4,150
6,000
1.500
971
6.500
184,200
572
114
52
293
766
131
103
171
129
249
193
159
140
767
646
116
117
176
198
121
187
230
217
458
2,168
97
89
154
328
321
Cost
$5,368,352
10,684,269
525,500
160,885
4,568,515
3,536,578
2,089,715
1,782,065
248,391
241,192
1,941,125
756,203
435,075
546,850
1,287,464
314,684
1,083,062
1,452,266
244,843
493, €09
15,151,442
4,758,198
1,240,795
625,164
197,745
872,984
203,662
226,845
1,089,151
853,264
2,670,651
11,037,200
11,651,900
332,710
318,575
218,488
1,933,755
2,006,025
§
I
CD
T able
A.— Number and estimated cost of buildings ( new construction, and repairs, alterations, a n d additions to old buildings) covered by permits
issued in 1928 and 1929, by intended use of buildings— Continued
OO
o
P A R T 2.— NEW NONRESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS-Continued
City and State
Beaumont, Tex____
Belleville, 111.............
Berkeley, Calif.........
Bethlehem, Pa_____
Binghamton, N. Y_.
Bloomfield, N. J___
Bloomington, HI___
Boston, Mass______
Brockton, Mass____
Brookline, Mass.— .
Buffalo, N. Y ______
Burlington, Iowa__
Butler, Pa_________
Total new nonresi
dential buildings
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
Cost
Num
ber
Cost
Num
ber
Cost
Num
ber
$106,000
12
$287,770
38,000
10,500
$12,000
5,280
”14,500
28,000
12,000
2,233,000
518,000
14,000
161,000
125,000
150,000
3,000
65.000
350
5,150
165,332
16,500
60.000
1,529,000
991.000
200.000
13;000
4,000
$659,453
2,800
219.000
158.000
60,123
1,779,000
181,700
2,947,300
120,000
144,000
22,100
87,500
400
1,662
"1,455,000
Cost
Num
ber
120
15
650
23,175
3,355
9,600
900
208
7,950
13,695
3,000
562
2
212
35
$23,200
100
100
2,000
6,000
233,369
473,446
7,300
26,325
15,845
9,795
1,325
43,900
6,080
50
2,350
13,400
Cost
$500
172.000
224,350
504, 714
252,057
20,000
131.000
135,950
100
12
200
2,715,193
9,469,063
109,047
Num
ber
$6,220
4,145
22,000
50,000
730,749
920,186
586,233
116,000
Cost
2,500
22
4
5
19
8
181
79
6
11
13
7
142
99
14
10
9
9
10
5
139
108
2
1
191,559
180,890
81,250
85,900
164.000
39,670
2,039,435
682, 582
23.000
54.000
129, noo
41,800
5,664,050
3,424,595
364,800
50,450
131,450
291,855
247.000
101.000
2,815,875
4,362,175
6,600
200
8,000
Num
ber
Cost
Num
ber
222
289
120
215
16
10
35
3
136
79
6
2
$16,400
4,100
3,625
85,785
3,900
9,726
11,889
38,350
29,000
60,000
164,430
2,700
9,775
10
133
239
203
115
131
272
336
540
391
310
267
537
432
863
501
436
378
51
50
1,630
1,484
505
477
325
317
151
105
2,758
2,294
108
151
45
Cost
$1,261,001
361,426
838,800
753,945
1,302,436
562,780
348,881
374,887
384,105
354,575
717,399
2,249,514
1,990,390
915,277
1,497,896
2,211,297
5,665,329
5,362,880
562,100
832,487
718.300
209.300
21,013,882
24,032,418
1,107,524
1,564,573
715,958
673,753
673,245
589,510
12,468,309
16,511,595
224,771
195,905
44,440
249,775
CITIES
Bridgeport, Conn__
AH other
PRINCIPAL
Birmingham, Ala....
Stores, ware
houses, etc.
IN THE
Bellingham, Wash...
Stables and
barns
Sheds
PERMITS
Bayonne, N. J_____
Schools, libraries,
etc.
Year
Num
ber
Bay City, M ich___
Public works
and utilities
BUILDING
Public build
ings
Butte, M ont................
Cambridge, Mass____
Camden, N . J_____ __
Canton, Ohio________
Cedar Rapids, I o w a Central Falls, R. I____
Charleston, S. C______
Charleston, W. Va___
Charlotte, N. C ...........
Chattanooga, Tenn.__
Chelsea, Mass________
Chester, Pa__________
Chicago, 111_____ _____
Chicopee, Mass______
Cicero, HI........... ..........
Cincinnati, Ohio..........
Clarksburg, W. V a___
Cleveland, Ohio______
Clifton, N. J_________
Colorado Springs, Colo.
Columbia, S. C—_____
Columbus, Ga_______
Columbus, Ohio______
Council Bluffs, Iowa_.
Covington, K y _______
Cranston, R. I_______
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1628
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
75,000
435,040
2,853,130
500
36.000
25.000
115.000
142.000
24,000
4,000
450,000
29,700
978.000
180.000
563,343
35,000
391,797
100,000
175,000
2,540
35,000
203,000
33,744
95,653
"i76,'3il
285
100,085
181,700
130,997
200,000
45,000
" 7,loo'
2,584,000
539,500
215,000
2,797,800
2,364,500
4,000
15,796,100
12,073,500
359,000
90,000
101,000
62,000
3,444,000
66,000
1.532.000
3.225.000
95,000
5,470,000
1,564,400
3,026,900
532,500
60,000
1„430,000
129,000
78,000
2,000
83.000
15.000
640,000
15,000
500,000
642,500
9,000
10,000
35,000
38,000
39,000
9,000
6,000
201,000
2
13
7
3
2
600
1,359
6,790
3,830
2,500
20
21
58
4,935
3,087
9,268
3
2
9
10
2
2
7
11
27
50
2
1,700
250
775
1,540
600
300
3,600
2,805
4,075
9,167
325
194
153
34
47
2
4
87
79
6
11
10
5
34
31
27
25
5
78
69
2
5
1
2
88,295
56,900
7,640
6,275
300
2,330
37,685
24,505
625
1,215
1
1,600
1
3,000
2
3,050
3
47
675
14,240
——
1
“ ’ i,’ 250‘
500
3
1
16,700
12,000
2
11,000
1
75
2
1
5,900
1
3,550
2
5,121
5,592
4,845
4,950 .........
1
275
1
63,950
52,200
15,300
200
1,500
1,100
750
2,800
100
450
------12,500
400
3
400
4
2
8,500
750
1
29
39
33
16
2
24
26
22
32
2
7
3
23
33
27
64
50
102
46
8
8
8
9
666
719
6
8
8
5
26
31
9
6
185
369
22
10
12
3
15
22
27
26
64
52
19
10
15
11
18
17
900
104,934
405,518
294,535
728.750
6,650
76,725
214.750
136.900
647,530
4,300
18,600
15,990
97,825
127,200
400,485
669,950
260,855
256,830
219,170
118.500
151.000
99.000
88,150
141,400
685,175
5,350
19.500
191,885
44.650
365,280
1, 165.000
59,850
19.650
,657,800
,388,600
127.900
101.750
91,090
3,050
74,100
78,075
91,330
46,515
752.900
489,450
347.500
87.500
76.000
107,100
53,250
161.000
1
1
242,500
22,500
1
1,800
13
2,417
1
200
1
3
1
250
2,100
150
1
3
50.000
61.000
5
2
15,609
14,800
3
40
1
34.000
6,440
10.000
3
1
6,000
250
1
600
74
141
289
220
373
265
664
651
474
441
39
109
54
87
234
241
215
178
306
311
73
58
159
144
6,640
5,556
194
240
214
217
1,800
1,362
183
138
4,137
4,168
499
481
274
239
132
130
102
114
2,577
1,669
103
122
2
6
900
23,750
158
163
504
497
203,550
237,677
3,564,813
3,192,540
5,597,140
4,401,233
902,297
963,492
1,167,691
1,748,173
138,345
471,575
222,928
182,977
1,302,890
922,196
2,406,974
1,146,781
2,115,194
635,892
325,540
520,065
522,867
348,610
123,535,408
112,504,075
724,965
1,010,625
1,022,514
1,225,897
7,936,755
15,258,245
668,215
212,205
28,894,450
16,027,325
897,860
668,970
274,026
409,927
239,695
362,915
284,124
175,559
3,256,490
3,043,450
440,050
222,750
315,200
711,900
419,818
%
S
OO
T able
A.- -Number and estimated cost of buildings (new construction, and repairs, alterations, and additions to old buildings) covered by permits
issued in 1928 and 1929, by intended use of buildings— Continued
00
to
PAR T 2.—NEW NONRESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS—Continued
City and State
Cost
Stables and
barns
Sheds
Stores, ware
houses, etc.
All other
Total new nonresi
dential buildings
Cost
$500
$61,892
1,023,650
1,200,000
10,990
65,000
1,065,000
1,336,949
125,000
37,062
16,000
26,093
8,000
1,057,797
52,850
$935
27,752
35,401
$113,960
72,000
6,000
483,300
50,000
190,600
750,000
23,000
651,000
391,400
3,814,860
2,275,940
240,231
100,000
27,500
272,500
7,421,198
199,181
406,000
1,350,000
1,014,642
96,210
710.000
493,598
720.000
185,000
53^300
Cost
520
465
25
40
Num
ber
Cost
$1,022
3,000
12,320
3,365
32,630
9,410
702
92,450
82,250
4,418
10,877
100
145
2,700
70
6,125
29,325
100
5,005
2,000
13,000
1,400
3
5
126
145
12
5
13
22
14
15
118
60
132
72
48
23
618
562
4
1
11
11
25
8
11
11
1,375
1,065
515
2,800
50
4,800
1,000
400
8,710
Num
ber
850
290
1
6
3
3
20
7
7
27
41
31
Cost
$17,800
7,350
1,627,948
2,881,800
66,280
26,900
220,080
324,050
206,400
143.600
1,213,000
1.058.350
4.372.350
783.500
204,825
431,550
13,105,210
8,491,311
36,600
225,000
68,000
489,700
166,300
283.600
56,090
73,727
14,000
119.200
19,850
5,230
77,500
486.500
56,800
308.200
261,869
203,450
Num
ber
Cost
$125
4, £
1,500
405
476
400,700
59,850
82.020
1,068,000
182,250
839,950
10,000
14,000
9,380
24,300
850
8,250
Num
ber
115
140
559
475
32
34
280
326
1,239
916
616
463
1,400
1,547
12,181
11,506
154
155
402
430
77
25
159
314
136
91
94
318
426
Cost
$640,411
68,810
3,005,916
4.497.845
153,073
336,207
424,712
1,200,052
2,984,121
3,076,650
1,939,210
2,519,515
6,630,700
8,424,250
2.478.845
1,011,626
48,405,234
33,029,800
474,925
530,209
1,308,218
2,194,901
8,089,953
799,343
2,175,649
4,270,804
1,492,961
1,215,976
223,914
1,587,973
2,634,862
2,574,228
1,494,092
1,500,786
646,446
954,238
CITIES
176,100
Num
ber
PRINCIPAL
154,813
51,000
Cost
9,500
'4,‘ l00'
358,200
58,480
33,650
4,267,000
523,000
Num
ber
IN THE
1928
1929
19£8
1929
Danville, 111______ _
1928
1929
Davenport, Iowa__
1928
1929
Dayton, Ohio_____
1928
1929
Decatur, 111__________ 1928
1929
Denver, Colo______
1928
1929
Des Moines, Iowa...
1928
1929
Detroit, M ich_____
1928
1929
1928
Dubuque, Iowa-----1929
Duluth, Minn_____
1928
1929
Durham, N. C ____
1928
1929
1928
East Chicago, I n d 1929
East Cleveland, Ohio.. 1928
1929
1928
Easton, Pa.............. .
1929
East Orange, N. J----- 1928
1929
East Providence, R. I . 1928
1929
1928
East St. Louis, HI...
1929
Num
ber
PERMITS
Cumberland, M d._.
Schools, libraries,
etc.
Year
Num
ber
Dallas, Tex..............
Public works
and utilities
BUILDING
Public build
ings
Elgin, HI____________
1928
1929
Elizabeth, N. J_______ 1928
1929
Elkhart, Ind_________ 1928
1929
Elmira, N. Y ________ 1928
1929
El Paso Tex__________ 1928
1929
Erie, Pa_____________ 1928
1929
Evanston, 111_________ 1928
1929
Evansville, Ind______ 1928
1929
Everett, Mass____ ___ 1928
1929
Everett, Wash_______ 1928
1929
Fall River, Mass_____ 1928
1929
Fitchburg, Mass_____ 1928
1929
Flint, M ich.................. 1928
1929
Fond du Lac, Wis....... 1928
1929
Fort Wayne, Ind_____ 1928
1929
Fort Worth, Tex_____ 1928
1929
Fresno, Calif................ 1928
1929
Galveston, Tex___ ___ 1928
1929
Gary, Ind___ . . . . . . __ 1928
1929
Grand Rapids, M ich .. 1928
1929
Great Falls, Mont____ 1928
1929
Green Bay, W is______ 1928
1929
Greensboro, N. O_____ 1928
1929
Greenville, S. C ______ 1928
1929
Greenwich, Conn_____ 1928
1929
Hagerstown, M d _____ 1928
1929
27,000
678,000
26,431
725,000
1,000
8,500
8,000
35.000
30.000
25,269
117,000
341,000
6,000
59,983
1,026,500
170,200
1,765,000
80,000
987,000
511,650
379,541
150,000
166,700
13,000
3,060
14,000
12,000
9,000
1,500
8,000
125,000
680,084
5,000
100,000
‘ 116,'’800
12,800
100,834
1,000,747
3,275
846,950
840,960
100,000
46,980
81,304
36,500
36,255
378,799
5,000
622,960
25,000
74,700
27,329
32,300
‘ 43,085"
127,000
31,915
77,000
65,350
86,800
15,000
44,000
3
1
7
400
130
1,437
2,732
1,265
2,807
18,715
33,100
20,750
4,000
28
16
10,995
14,545
6
2,100
77
25
41
32
24
131
89
15
4,815
7,905
5,485
11,130
7,992
25,265
16,016
7,620
3,790
4,675
4,500
32,000
22,142
2,431
4,868
400
3,867
15,850
3,375
38,295
41,795
3,350
90,380
4,468
1
1
34
38
9
19
43
47
8
20
20
8
43
32
23
37
2
12,500
692.400
573,200
501.400
816,135
44
16
14
51
47
14
280,601
21
10
660,000
779,980
4,000
115,000
95.000
168.000
“ 65,‘ 660"
4,500
2,500
27
16
22
8
1
1
20
16
17,510
3,530
12,235
1,055
150
140
4,710
2,901
2
600
1
350
1
1
4,000
50
“ 70‘ ' ‘ l6,‘ 920‘
19
8,110
1
1,000
----- ------1
3,000
2
1
2,550
65,000
4
700
34
16,342
------.........
9
......
925
“ i5,‘ 416"
------2
5
44,000
60,450
3
10
11
5
28
4
13
3
34
36
5
4
19
10
11
15
10
2
5
12
19
19
2
8
95
64
8
5
40
22
79
104
44
36
13
13
21
12
61
35
14
17
18
15
48
23
16
7
11
12
182,000
119,300
489.000
145.000
112.850
4,700
208.850
22,800
629,190
458,544
45.400
23,275
493,500
1,518,500
39,500
127,800
168,100
11,455
367.450
113,600
74,550
119,542
1,200
23,987
780,585
615,970
30,175
15.400
653,415
254,560
217,495
642,319
155.450
273,700
1,535,570
118,750
10,900
618,500
783.100
601,272
593,605
407,049
633.100
551,521
376,374
163,170
101,400
128,550
84,616
“ ''16,166'
98,000
28,943
1,875
117,300
63,650
39,500
20,200
175
40
291
170
10
3
115,907
115,517
10,125
10,800
2,250
2,110
76
54
1
3
76*000
2,613
7,500
10,000
‘ 13V ’ i S i e o
“ 15,'772
2,360
1,200
36,320
100,775
321
292
582
491
302
267
300
279
280
254
754
714
441
285
536
387
211
152
192
250
229
246
106
111
2,354
% 178
197
168
819
946
578
479
268
262
281
258
692
449
1,764
1,605
275
284
216
135
84
56
178
182
163
130
T able
A.— Number and estimated cost of buildings ( new construction, and repairs, alterations, and additions to old buildings) covered by permits
00
issued in 1928 and 1929, by intended use of buildings— Continued
P A R T 2.—NEW NONRESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS—Continued
City and State
Hamtramck, M ich___
Harrisburg, Pa_______
Haverhill, M a s s .......
Hazleton, Pa___ . . . .
Hoboken, N . J . . . . . .
Holyoke, Mass__ ...
Houston, Tex______
Huntington, W. Va__
Indianapolis, In d ....
Irvington, N. J____
Jackson, Mich__ _____
Jacksonville, F la ....
Jamestown, N. Y __. . .
Total new nonresi
dential buildings
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
Cost
Num
ber
Cost
Num
ber
Cost
Num
ber
$7,075
6,454
$270,600
101,000
65,000
$142,000
1,700
1,040
300
$6,800
3.020.000
3.512.000
” '"52,"744
16,500
23,315
750,516
35,000
155,500
1,585,000
595,000
22,320
23,445
3,350
1,380
7,530
1,000
3,000
367,500
31,843
20,000
356,690
373,968
60,000
'i63,'050*
130,000
34,830
3,499
5,300
7,600
1.900
500
1,850
6.900
13,000
4,500
100,000
2,303,257
947,140
2.500
2,000
5.500
1,859
7,332
8,199
50
780,000
"'§7,‘ 666*
128,150
830,000
100,550
903,500
232,938
220,000
500,000
3,500
6,795
362,000
Cost
43
102
128
2
21,071
6,662
29,875
33,768
1,100
Num
ber
Cost
Num
ber
850
13,000
48,025
1,575
1,400
700
7,075
3,000
Num
ber
$33,650
20,540
530,700
454,000
127.850
376,100
72,250
562,645
1,158,292
1,570,310
20,600
11,020
47,938
32,112
161,240
238.850
51,000
$11,000
225*
Cost
178
165
3
6
37
24
153
168
7
5
37
22
82
71
9
13
17,250
14.500
3,105,919
8,454,201
15.000
24.000
460,650
277,025
2,043,095
1,889,567
126,500
49.500
210,275
182,200
428,350
559,575
52,800
65,715
Cost
$1,400
32,492
135
450
3,050
564
61,263
*’ 2,‘ 255*
14,500
274
130
‘ 946,"292*
407,288
20,500
62,680
37,068
121
52
9,490
5,550
Num
ber
213
228
326
279
205
264
297
275
581
359
178
166
75
59
180
163
38
15
159
99
818
652
166
188
306
169
3,162
1,838
557
325
465
484
699
539
253
272
Cost
$382,477
735,664
3,298,280
2,453,350
652,730
546.700
3,499,135
5,669,130
4,700,917
10,789,997
172,790
95,485
668,724
183,174
1,310,667
1,042,015
250,290
304.900
420.900
383,225
16,510,555
14,992,868
461.700
1,249,400
600,120
813,417
8,100,473
6,151,062
1,414,453
1,156,823
443,240
1,653,320
1,555,475
2,015,092
699,990
724,935
CITIES
Hutchinson, Kans____
All other
PRINCIPAL
Highland Park, M ich..
Stores, ware
houses, etc.
IN THE
Hartford, Conn____. . .
Stables and
bams
Sheds
PERMITS
Hammond, Ind___ . . . .
Schools, libraries,
etc.
Year
Num
ber
Hamilton, Ohio______
Public works
and utilities
BUILDING
Public build
ings
3,950
17,000
41.000
52.000
272,000
4,000
15,000
41,500
2,115,000
55,000
5,000
155,300
5,800
73,920
386,000
20
17,500
205.000
334.000
19,750
138,345
1,857
2,095
20,000
2,150
205
4
37
2
7
5
2
33
35
250
146
2
17
6,300
10,700
200
7,350
9,375
2,400
6,315
7,105
90,587
50,748
150
53,000
26,300
61,541
150.000
300.000
1,675
700
10,000
166,000
107,000
746,800
1,350
6,000
375
200
120,000
65,500
392,330
182,630
1,146,000
2,090,150
704,702
75
776,700
•Includes stables and bams.
26,500
25
4,100
"1,166'
1,200
500
15,600
2,390
380.000
125.000
21,741
29
80,000
554,000
330,000
90,000
175,000
30,000
195,000
345.000
6,000
96,500
110.000
480,000
15,600
’ "6,*500"
156,787
186,240
250.000
200.000
250,000
15.000
96.000
14.000
42.000
62.000
15
635,000
260,000
171,800
781,930
82
53
5
1
4,825,645 «1,459
2,404,950 •1,354
5,100
160
9,525
7,185
300
250
•613,326
•534,102
450
7,000
177,740
5,008,650
5,500
34,300
779.000
759,600
92.000
199,500
187,060
5,850
227,655
140,750
1,016,150
1,427,500
22.000
46.000
186,115
129,800
36,850
96,075
592,330
360,760
35,780
149,510
19,770
328.000
56,270
58,265
455.000
992,852
259,325
48,100
79.000
60.000
125.000
68,100
84,775
69,700
323,300
298,327
296,575
892,635
2,043,905
291
2,483,985
19
201,480
8
32,300
604 8,662,045
555
9,968,700
7 Included with sheds.
5
1
17,325
6,000
1
2
50
250
67
3
35,850
26,400
2
1,500
57
625,815
15,"666’
3
5,200
3
1
70,000
3,000
“’ “i f ■■§72,I64~
-------
11
1,149,025
827,300
89,000
: i
Johnstown, Pa—
1
11
1
1C28
1929
1928
1929
1928
Joliet, 111..................
1929
1928
Joplin, M o_____ __
1929
Kalamazoo, M ich ..
1928
1929
Kansas City, Kans___ 1928
1929
Kansas City, M o ...
1928
1929
Kearny, N. J______
1928
1929
Kenosha, W is.—. . .
1928
1929
Kingston, N. Y ____
1928
1929
Knoxville, Tenn___
1928
1929
Kokomo, Ind__ . . . .
1928
1929
Lakewood, Ohio__ ___ 1928
1929
Lancaster, P a ..... ..
1928
1929
Lansing, Mich_____
1928
1929
Lawrence, Mass___
1928
1929
Lebanon, Pa__ . . . .
1928
1929
Lewiston, M e_____
1928
1929
Lexington, K y.____
1928
1929
Lima, Ohio............
1928
1929
Lincoln, Nebr_____
1928
1929
Little Rock, Ark___
1928
1929
Long Beach, Calif..
1928
1929
Lorain, Ohio____ ...
1928
1929
Los Angeles, Calif...
1928
1929
Jersey City, N. J.__
-------- -------------------- -------------------- ------------113
64
267,626
923,317
423
453
192
188
62
74
127
94
294
266
353
272
646
551
273
255
346
389
235
171
485
401
307
336
350
342
158
197
501
302
127
111
66
100
27
23
187
190
166
126
550
524
228
250
1,957
1,897
266
2:
11,61
10,238
T a b l e A .—
Number and estimated cost of buildings (new construction, and repairs, alterations, and additions to old buildings) covered by permits
issued in 1928 and 1929, by intended use of buildings— Continued
<x>
o>
P A R T 2 - -N EW NONRESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS—Continued
City and State
Lynchburg, Va_______
Lynn, Mass_____ ____
Macon, Qa___ ___ ___
Madison, Wis___ - ___
Manchester, N. H ____
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
All other
Total new nonresi
dential buildings
Cost
------ ----------2
1
1
2
$8,350
50,000
1,400
270,000
1
5,000
3
58,000
1
3
8,100
47,500
1
17,500
1
700
1
1,000
2 1,530,000
1 6,540,360
Num
ber
Cost
3 $1,185,000
7 1,214,000
2
250,000
2
4,000
2
2
2
1
1
110,000
6,600
32.000
90.000
3,300
2
604,864
1
15,000
1
10,000
1
60,000
1
1
1
2
3
2
2
4
2
16,900
2.700
6,000
3,500
2,200
21,000
10,000
6,800
3.700
Num
ber
Cost
7
6
$984,500
1,324,750
1
2
2
1
30.000
145,036
130,000
15.000
2
219,400
2
51,500
Num
ber
Cost
403
154
26
17
19
4
21
38
19
18
7
16
3
6
5
7
32
37
7
g
6
$45,010
25,010
5,105
2,265
5,890
450
8,175
2,960
9,835
1,188
3,100
4,800
930
3,920
1,480
950
3,625
3,445
2,591
1,855
1,500
4
1
2
3
181,822
70,000
237,400
851,500
15
4
5
53
8
613
875
1,050
20,670
1,560
2
1
2
7
2
5
3
100,000
600
76,500
1 968,000
700,000
1,423,530
197.000
122
173
395
66
21
32
15,732
46,550
384,740
29,265
2,580
4,875
Num
ber
Cost
Num
ber
Cost
Num
ber
Cost
64
158
7
5
10
8
26
19
5
11
49
19
18
23
13
10
12
14
8
3
7
4
147
$1,563,000 -------- ------------2,036,525
$315
24,125
5
4,125
13,800
7
129,500
1,000
44,300
11,081
31
245,000
19,000
7
133,920
27,000
186,000
15,700
10
486,774
1,965
102,777
2
323.100
617,475
157.100
80,200
50,185
2
4,540
14,160
10,252
7
99,100
58,040
180,000
4,680
135,315
17
9
53
40
Meriden, Conn 7
2
1
4,000
65
49
64
57
151
119
109,000
42,600
1,118,390
1,458,860
1
2,500
18,350
10,500
11,000
4
66,347
215,130
91
1,093,000
30,600
11
1,669,200
1,506,400 "§ 1 r **227,*175*
73,015
1,332,950
27
35,250
1.819.715
21
13
23
$5,645
12,250
5
3
6
6
585
405
24,742
4,025
5
1929
3,920
2
780
Num
ber
1,223
921
188
201
156
108
482
436
193
209
163
90
497
382
212
175
267
287
243
239
172
77
473
235
390
381
1,088
828
149
179
530
524
3,297
3,387
2,729
2.378
Cost
$7,211,820
5,945,400
460,205
152,125
416,534
480,880
942,769
1,144,778
864,541
284,723
749,070
316,862
1,929,567
1,826,777
388,597
407,812
262,735
488,679
1,005,055
203,323
861,660
136,140
666,445
301,230
635,187
588,685
6,123,384
2,416,032
230,726
466,010
644,633
2,081,928
11,714,443
17,237,422
10,788,640
9,639,150
CITIES
Mansfield, Ohio_____ - 1928
1929
Marion, Ind_. _______ 1928
1929
Marion, Ohio________ 1928
1929
Medford, Mass__ ____ 1928
1929
Memphis, Tenn______ 1928
1929
__ ____ 1928
1929
Miami, Fla........
1928
1929
Milwaukee, Wis______ 1928
1929
Minneapolis, Minn___ 1928
1929
Stores, ware
houses, etc.
PRINCIPAL
Malden, Mass________
Stables and
barns
IN THE
McKeesport, Pa______
Sheds
PERMITS
Lowell, Mass___ ~ ___
Schools, libraries,
etc.
Year
Num
ber
Louisville, K y_______
Public works
and utilities
BCILDING
Public build
ings
Mobile, Ala_______
Moline, HI_______ ___
Montclair, N. J____
Montgomery, A la...
Mount Vernon, N. Y ._
Muncie, Ind_________
Muskegon, M ich____
Muskogee, Okla-------Nashville, Tenn_____
Newark, N. J ....____
New Britain, Conn___
New Brunswick, N . J
New Castle, Pa______
New Haven, Conn___
New London, C o n n ...
New Orleans, La__
Newport, K y__ ____
Newport, R. I_____
Newport News, Va___
New Rochelle, N. Y ...
Newton, Mass_____
70,000
20,000
2,500
105,000
14,000
79,750
2,500
22,000
714,970
370,000
255,175
328.000
128,000
158,000
162,181
162, 500
103,000
177,950
223,140
10,359
599.000
160.000
969.000
1,050,087
450.000
90,000
156,458
15,500
200
7
7
100
87
5
3
61
44
13
17
3
2
83
81
142
206,500
9,000
2,055
3,350
2,853
1,578
810
1,052
38,580
23,675
11,510
19,800
800
700
7,230
10, 295
124, 743
5,050
10,500
200
2,285
350
9,500
254,550
500
1,300
78,000
26,583
100,000
1,397,768
529,902
18,000
18,000
2,825,000
823,004
1,289,558
32,000
1,008,000
3,300,000
1,000 ;
191,500
60,000
800
2,200
175,000
1,318,672
1,693,598
95,800
55,000
261,000
153,000
14,495
4,315
88,898
48,520
1, 500
62,105
9,846
4
16
79
101
7
8
17
34
2,300
16, 500
2,861
7,860
9,840
1,550
2,480
12,384
6.700
43,946
750
10,030
1,500
18
72
43
117
130
211,500
726, 791
45.340
535,657
48,600
155,000
511, 773
321,200
700,088
613,150
75,210
44,925
198,800
10,100
82,475
70,350
796,300
403,600
1,595,179
3,135,617
23,100
134,650
89,600
33.000
7,000
238.500
171, 700
192.500
20.500
116,575
323,600
350,260
81,900
39,200
580,839
291,422
22, 200
59,100
12.500
32.000
146,951
167, 750
203.900
619,300
251.900
102,400
2
53
5,500
33,625
'7
‘ ""6,"750'
3
12,000
6
19
11
13,600
29,725
195,920
2
325
3
5,700
6
3,265
1
1
13
1
3,000
6,380
1,500
4
3
12,600
35,000
84
9,201
1
3,500
5,000
560
47
188
210
329
236
494
101
306
176
661
358
108
81
347
285
1,217
1,167
180
138
235
230
381
168
124
109
286
251
470
463
225
141
349
315
51
36
156
198
177
293
276
211
474
429
1,467,854
839,743
905,356
981,464
416,211
334,029
1,721,743
1,053,320
2,658,950
1,987,430
1,287,134
693,412
611,997
1,496.280
215,980
253,681
2,977,875
1,858,715
11, 797,202
20,159,244
700,016
342,165
527,653
446,780
886,658
161,573
691,745
357,235
559,475
514,520
419,915
629,435
5,250,094
8,540,820
396,065
500,558
4,552,271
7,308,356
66,010
96,375
255,220
701,530
252,908
267,038
1,590,822
2,032,476
1,107,685
515,321
TABLE
Newburgh, N. Y -------
12,000
GENERAL
Newark, Ohio___ ____
New Bedford, M ass..
1P23
1&23
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
00'
T able
A.— Number and estimated cost of buildings {new construction, and repairs, alterations, and additions to old
covered by permits
0O
issued in 1928 and 1929, by intended use of buildings— Continued
P A R T 2.—NEW NONRESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS—Continued
City and State
Schools, libraries,
etc.
Stables and
bams
Sheds
Stores, ware
houses, etc.
All other
Total new nonresi
dential buildings
Year
Num
ber
Cost
7,500
Num
ber
$8,604,000
8.429.000
7.262.000
7.253.000
4.115.000
4.702.500
2.986.000
5.426.500
1.268.000
730,000
236,249
$200,000
148,000
330,500
473,600
202,000
46.000
642,300
15.000
295,700
8,000
151.000
154.000
300,000
96,000
324,530
941,102
150,000
1,408,086
130,670
239,994
1,012,425
30,000
26,200
2,269,450
14
1,073,383
140,000
192.000
65,000
150.000
25,000
8,415
65,000
Num
ber
Cost
$500
10,545
59,070
47,850
25,600
27,622
1,480
3,500
6,245
8,490
751
6,200
53,125
12,835
11,670
32,700
2,000
1,700
675
6,410
45,340
425
134,825
7,800
3,200
250
500
Num
ber
Cost
$110,500
58,450
1,782
1,500
150
440
150
450
4.000
8.000
1,200
1,800
Num
ber
211
110
208
208
53
55
402
340
137
64
59
58
21
19
9
5
13
13
98
95
12
5
16
26
113
150
9
11
83
56
17
1
7
Cost
$5,864,700
2.820.500
10,471,250
4,571,700
8.443.500
12,324,000
5,754,550
4,715,665
537,627
669.000
192,525
653,520
155,850
668,600
75,150
19,750
197,300
469,200
3,636,264
2,444,313
638,500
627.000
118,425
75,470
909,098
2,200,785
38,050
24,325
965,640
388,050
574,780
13,775
38,300
Num
ber
Cost
$1,500
2
2
2,300
738
884,820
646 1,088,589
45
85,040
151,665
33
241
111, 110
117,994
230
142
80,024
85
60,485
9,400
2,000
1
11
18
52,696
55,047
12,300
35,000
Num
ber
1,698
1,333
5,997
4,528
614
479
7,801
6,833
1,413
1,094
513
529
543
505
158
173
306
294
1,783
1,319
450
296
40
49
1,248
1,635
20
39,000
186,700
950
23
535
472
144
103
198
184
Cost
$35,047,664
26,366,557
52,81*, 900
49,308,609
137,967,920
147,270,865
25,374,515
26,124,503
5,688,928
4,411,497
1,822,875
% 517,681
1,205,253
1,120,246
407.025
1,027,974
1,854,280
1,249,110
8,934,559
5,955,306
2,158,796
2,450,020
726.025
319,495
3,538,121
7,621,260
182,065
74,200
5,164,123
1,818,672
1,401,690
1,217,382
147,858
135,750
CITIES
200,000
38,302
914,000
Cost
PRINCIPAL
785,000
Cost
IN THE
$185,000
481,412
2,163, 000
12,435,000
1,835, 500
132.000
657.000
503.000
80,000
590.000
40.000
26.000
43,200
3,785
Num
ber
PERMITS
New York City, N .Y .:
The Bronx............. 1928
1929
Brooklyn__ . . . . __ 1928
1929
Manhattan_______ 1928
1929
Queens_____ _____ 1928
1929
Richmond_____. . . 1928
1929
Niagara Falls, N. Y . . . 1928
1929
1928
Norfolk, Va___ . . . .
1929
Morristown, Pa_____ 1928
1929
Norwalk, Conn____
1928
1929
1928
Oakland, Calif_____
1929
Oak Park, HI__ . . . . . . . 1928
1929
1928
Ogden, Utah_____ _
1929
Oklahoma City, Okla.. 1928
1929
1928
Okmulgee, Okla___
1929
1928
Omaha, Nebr______
1929
Orange, N. J____ ____ 1928
1929
Oshkosh, Wis___ ____ 1928
1929
Public works
and utilities
BTJILDING
Public build
ings
1928
1929
Paducah, K y— ___ . . . 1928
1929
Pasadena, Calif...____ 1928
1929
Passaic, N. J___ —___ 1928
1929
Paterson, N. J____ ___ 1928
1929
Pawtucket, R. I __ ___ 1928
1929
Peoria, HI___ __ _
1928
1929
Perth Amboy, N. J___ 1928
1929
Petersburg, V a_______ 1928
1929
Philadelphia, Pa_____ 1928
1929
Phoenix, Ariz___ . . . . . 1928
1929
Pittsburgh, Pa_______ 1928
1929
Pittsfield, Mass______ 1828
1929
Plainfield, N. J_______ 1928
1929
Pontiac ,Mich__ _____ 1928
1929
Port Arthur, Tex.____ 1928
1929
Port Huron, M ich.___ 1928
1929
Portland, M e .._______ 1928
1929
Portland, Oreg_______ 1928
1929
Portsmouth, Ohio____ 1928
1929
Portsmouth, Va______ 1928
1929
Poughkeepsie, N. Y __ 1928
1929
Providence, R. I_____ 1928
1929
Pueblo, Calif_________ 1928
1929
Quincy, HI.................... 1928
1929
Quincy, Mass________ 1928
1929
Ottumwa, Iowa______
50,000
6,200
867,000
60,000
15,700
22,950
131,500
457,000
"m o o o "
48,579
279.000
128.000
25,000
5,000
’165,'oo5‘
230,000
™ S o
26,423
110,000
86,000
1,077,468
275.000
399.000
2,113,000
66,000
1,407,500
180,000
1,497,666
3,843,640
1,500
4,700
386,000
‘ 33,’ 915'
450
6,550
21
22
12
1
12
8
6,285,790
9,452,610
693,386
79,770
1,631,435
814,995
1,100,000
1,956,775
443,000
150
1.700
8,791
2,165
1,290
10,230
590
2.700
9,320
3,226
2,190
11,640
11,910
7,766
7,750
4,925
634
100
6,050
9,845
14,878
*400'
400
’ ii'ooo
23,000
67,600
3,060
100
1,525
65,000
750
82,000
69,200
33,753
1,432,364
215,000
5,‘ 700
101,400
18,500
12,000
20,000
15,960
3,100
15,000
745,200
1,545,000
392,081
225.000
340.000
2,291,000
190,000
279,500
8,400
2,886
454,225
204,460
1,800
1,825
5,318
500
6,000
17,250
98,400
4,287
7,442
6,925
2,100
12,851
8,612
800
5,000
100
9,000
4
10
15
11
39
31
14
25
55
42
8
7
26
16
14
6
8
4
186
207
3
135
133
72
17
15
16
5
73
61
54
53
3
2
13
11
85
86
20
11
4
3
14
12
79
68
23
132
16
8
37
24
22,000
128,000
22,600
11.350
676,310
412,634
238,522
365,725
1,046,875
305,608
34.600
32,200
588.650
59,525
139,900
267.350
16.600
9,986
6,323,240
19,699,420
164.000
1,245,400
1,796,614
2,303,677
28,650
35,400
191,113
137,723
403,130
538,685
177,467
552,952
5,600
1,150
697,020
75,450
1,347,555
2,422,550
237.925
109,450
6,500
21,169
224.925
140.000
1,295,920
735,700
45,372
249,500
189.650
47.350
1,246,800
365.350
162
331
55,333
114,869
3
8
4
1
2
4
4.200
19.000
1.200
50
26.000
73,200
46
74
170,920
619,115
28
49
82,255
106,262
1
3
3,000
1,250
21
1
10,087
200
5
10
4,450
23,550
1
700
1
4,500
41
14
56,750
14,450
—...
......
i
675*
27766'
3,266
62
44
51
35
624
785
266
215
440
408
525
449
129
152
74
65
1,930
1,746
233
267
1,979
1,7“
208
299
415
229
944
774
229
223
47
24
364
289
2,939
2,096
117
118
111
104
130
93
1,176
1,124
397
414
166
164
813
T able
A.— Number and estimated cost of buildings (new construction, and repairs, alterations, and additions to old buildings) covered by permits
issued in 1928 and 1929, by intended use of buildings— Continued
PA R T 2.—NEW NONRESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS—Continued
City and State
Schools, libraries,
etc.
Stables and
barns
Sheds
Stores, ware
houses, etc.
All other
Total new nonresi
dential buildings
Year
Num
ber
Cost
Cost
$128,500
44,400
467,000
3,600
Beading, Pa_________
7,000
$53,870
80,500
400,000
108,150
11,624
136,200
1,700
330.000
30.000
54.000
768.000
3,300
66,800
$52,472
223,000
78,369
473,750
571,164
1,184,253
677,540
11
853,125
6
3
22
19
3
12
1
4
424
218
3,851,007
79,387
69,500
435,000
60,000
1,146,600
302,500
9,288
81,000
6,500
661,000
11,500
327,500
520,675
Cost
Num
ber
Cost
$14,050
9.400
10,000
2,595
1,950
2,300
$500
1.400
106,883
50,089
1,825
900
100
81,410
28,100
16,675
13,350
7,500
114,989
70,410
523,550
319,776
150,000
54.000
4,200
75.000
43,750
Num
ber
75
33,700
12,030
14,320
7,281
19,985
5,230
510
23,955
957
150,826
97,399
3,000
259
1
7
8
6
10
46
119,087
600
1,000
700
1,015
22,370
43,400
4,375
Num
ber
Cost
17
18
17
13
8
18
17
11
107
54
48
52
52
41
$98,750
131,000
79,050
542.200
45,450
27,525
50,350
116,855
1,204,349
594,950
329,449
334,422
506,350
688,215
373.200
319,250
2
56
36
23
18
15
19
219
184
9,000
582,602
321,024
400,348
479,615
79,050
261,750
5,503,175
2,249,505
440,280
257,400
34,800
119,600
187,050
34,675
394,035
850,575
1,190,081
1,462,150
18
15
10
5
52
54
127
128
Num
ber
Cost
$1,800
1,000
3,000
3,200
34,455
5,591
5,000
27,500
15
3,275
375
406,989
97,109
3
3
8,700
11,900
469,979
201
Num
ber
454
462
408
349
120
126
142
136
826
794
325
271
1,914
1,529
684
628
185
226
344
333
601
591
148
166
4,963
4,006
1,818
1,635
329
198
152
117
248
318
743
840
Cost
$1,024,945
1,211,832
1,221,939
2.430.215
176,352
120,935
104,675
224,189
2,379,120
5,192,511
1,738,749
843,942
7,529,025
6,650,169
1,560,225
1,894,982
50,015
184,239
1,326,452
1,087,011
2,252,556
1,151,420
1,504,443
383,296
15,658,349
8,089,367
2,497,320
4,197,074
691,900
607,000
581,125
672,890
1.633.216
1,774,088
8,071,104
10,019.391
CITIES
1, 000,000
12,500
Cost
PRINCIPAL
13,000
Num
ber
IN THE
1928
1929
1928
1929
Revere, Mass________ 1928
1929
Richmond, Ind______ 1928
1929
Richmond, Va_______ 192S
1929
Roanoke, V a____ ____ 1928
1929
Rochester, N. Y _____ 1928
1929
Rockford, HI................ 1928
1929
Rock Island, HI______ 1928
1929
Sacramento, Calif____ 1928
1929
Saginaw, M ich______ 1928
1929
St. Joseph, M o______ 1928
1929
St. Louis, M o_______ 1928
1929
St. Paul, Minn______ 1928
1929
1928
St. Petersburg, Fla—
1929
Salem, Mass_________ 1928
1929
Salt Lake City, Utah.. 1928
1929
8an Antonio, Tex____ 1928
1929
Num
ber
PERMITS
Racine, W is_________
Public works
and utilities
BtJILDING
Public build
ings
•San Diego, Calif........
1928
1929
1928
1929
San Jose, Calif_______ 1928
1929
Savannah, Qa_______ 1928
1929
Schenectady, N. Y ___ 1928
1929
Scranton, Pa________ 1928
1929
Seattle, Wash............. 1928
1929
Sheboygan, W is......... 1928
1929
Shreveport, La........... 1928
1929
Sioux City, Iowa........ 1928
1929
Sioux Falls, S. D ak ... 1928
1929
Somerville, Mass......... 1928
1929
South Bend, Ind_____ 1928
1929
Spokane, Wash............ 1928
1929
Springfield, HI............. 1928
1929
Springfield, Mass____ 1928
1929
^Springfield, M o........... 1928
1929
Springfield, Ohio......... 1928
1929
Stamford, Conn_____ 1928
1929
Steubenville, Ohio___ 1928
1929
Stockton, Calif______ 1928
1929
Superior, Wis________ 1928
1929
Syracuse, N. Y ---------- 1928
1929
Tacoma, Wash______ 1928
1929
Tampa, Fla........... ..... 1928
1929
Taunton, M ass...___ 1928
1929
San Francisco, C alif..
6
14
3
2
281,390
197,860
262, 824
83,767
1
100,000
1
11
7
1
4,200
590,250
66,000
28,300
1,
18,130
1
1
20,000
40,000
1
1
60,000
14,000
435,950
3
24,200
3
6 1,363,781
15 2,542,280
12,075
4
1
2,000
2
5
5
5
1
1
2,300
93,500
40.500
43.500
15,000
228,710
3
1
5
8
538,985
791,154
1,028,400
921,000
3
2
390,369
208,531
i
3
100,000
145,000
1
40,000
518.000
175.000
26,000
213.000
1
160,000
40,000
1
2
2
1
37,500
1,300
15.000
15.000
5,245
158,000
4
2
2
2
1
1
2
856,800
206,000
15,350
28,000
12,500
87.000
10.000
20,000
73,273
155,000
8
16
5
2
2
1
1
1
27,000
656,600
2
40,000
191,250
240,000
1
275,778
2,025,591
1,761,689
2,186,120
6
6
1
3
8
15
46
12
10
1
2
2
2
4
2
1,000
26,000
113,000
106,863
56,860
9,000
6
2
1
1
81,150
6,300
5,000
41,500
1
80,000
2
81,240
2
4
2
423,117
1,157,012
125,000
2
1
32.000
30.000
1
100,005
1
1
’
750
1,000
V *”32,755"
...... ’ "
” 765"
1
2
1
200
200
500
2
700
6
8
1
5,425
1,575
100
1
1,250
10
1
1,500
4,200
1
1
1
3
1
2,500
12,080
300
135
200
31
3,340
3
750
109
89
101
98
30
25
28
15
20
12
2
5
185
143
30
21
74
131
21
32
27
22
15
13
40
1,142, *90
1,198,375
1,502,965
3,267,550
467,060
275,070
8
193,425
39.100
2
262,000
240.750
236,500
91,300
6,022,100
2,755,825
40
202,690
11,370
660,018
873,356
154.750
453,110
1
213.750
3
430.300
243,570
858.000
230,950
407.000
391,557 “ "21"
47
1,135,705
21
632,350
16
988.000
27
142,200
14
522,115
10
94,900
1
356,100
42
69,850
21
25,000
201,075 • 1
16
419,025
14.100
299,700
171,650
1
5
62,950
756.300
300
32
486,150
12
990,125
367,550
3
436.000
1
320,850
449,250
4
36,640
74,885
I
20,000
2,045
550
5,300
4,400
4,600
18,595”
20,700
25,685
7,350
86,015
33,175
2,950
200
19,837
1,400
700
23,750
25
5,150
9,775
13,450
8,500
3,000
800
1,566
1,210
994
445
331
91
69
506
473
372
289
2,478
2,025
309
270
427
437
78
169
105
195
1,351
1,251
875
871
426
360
728
629
163
142
468
442
318
405
153
108
424
277
198
158
1,392
1,133
591
853
668
407
171
175
3,910,839
5,842.358
11,356,816
13,412,415
932,000
854, 770
580,404
311,220
1,117,570
1,107,625
1,897,498
1,437,634
12,754,665
10,540,090
558.765
465.765
1,904,439
1.114.064
907,310
1,797,953
984,620
914,900
342,645
1,780,831
3.081.065
3,725,290
2,610,038
1,561,606
1,389,225
1,805,303
1,680,274
1,995,043
688,760
519,890
400,014
775,700
1,535,060
1,918,223
443,595
379,525
579,432
558,630
1,113,855
385,483
3,726,403
4,300,467
1,365,470
1,964,795
1,321,770
967,638
252,947
291- U6
I
CD
T a b le A.— Number and estimated cost of buildings (new construction, and repairs, alterations, and additions to old buildings) covered by permits
issued in 1928 and 1929, by intended use of buildings— Continued
co
to
P A R T 2.—NEW NONRESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS—Continued
Num
ber
Topeka, Kans_____
Trenton, N. J_____
Tucson, Ariz______
Tulsa, Okla_______
Utica, N. Y .............
Vallejo, Calif...........
Waco, Tex________
Waltham, Mass___
Washington, D . C__
Waterbury, C onn ..
Waterloo, Iowa____
Watertown, M ass..
Watertown, N. Y __ —
All other
Total new nonresi
dential buildings
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
Cost
$125,000
328,850
40,000
29,580
Num
ber
Cost
$540,600
155,000
28,000
31,000
301,500
413,300
101,000
8,000
2,200
72,658
50,000
26,700
857,786
183,189
~"l,‘ 666
14,826
40,000
250,000
52.000
532,000
11.000
200,000
3,500
3,000
19,366,000
Num
ber
$128,000
77.000
566,061
1,112,605
298,225
17,750
73.000
145,000
336,433
20,000
250,"534
1,500
Cost
290,849
1,299,838
23,300
227,000
Num
ber
64,000
1,801,104
2,597,989
138,000
800
80,000
150.000
568.000
175.000
Cost
Num
ber
Cost
Num
ber
14
32
100
94
1,807
24,090
30,980
26,412
$400
1,500
1,000
1,900
50
160
3,605
4,506
1,505
5,450
4,145
6,600
40,735
22,250
4*050
4,300
7,640
250
1,350
115
Num
ber
Cost
$11,650
$460
10,675
23,737
4,335
14,162
1,190
2,400
Cost
25
7,800
5,100
4,030
io6‘
130
150
8
43
29
16
7
9
22
32
103
139
8
4
13
13
6
5
18
21
1
19
6
13
194
120
21
12
25
22
9
2
5
3
1,535,457
3,479,010
64,150
240,150
258,205
57,173
65,200
87.800
189,434
338,250
1,346,340
2,814,917
74,650
40.000
261.400
179.400
36,681
28,600
133,200
173,950
2,500
367,300
19,300
147, 500
2,281,250
4,447,320
128,000
124,000
274,395
111, 000
57.800
93.000
35.000
85,500
$500
1,925
‘ 35,”637'
”1,940
1,300
500
4,000
21
9,165
120,000
4,800
1,000
4,960
Num
ber
395
333
2,587
2,314
583
465
430
377
164
146
228
369
1,758
1,472
105
48
255
199
109
85
71
65
260
243
140
405
1,914
1,811
431
483
245
186
206
167
Cost
$269,145
232,474
7,805,171
6,679,361
645,400
762,207
1,792,767
2,237,259
270,850
959,684
1,428,423
1,459,722
3,843,407
5,626,391
422,785
172,315
1,085,365
1,104,775
113,538
161,839
1,366,017
1,300,859
541,670
1,149,470
233,110
532,595
16,947,076
29,796,686
903,950
1,158,450
1,211,884
666,460
482,625
501,905
652,230
650,605
CITIES
Warren, Ohio______
Stores, ware
houses, etc.
PRINCIPAL
Union City, N. J__
Stables and
barns
Sheds
IN THE
Troy, N. Y ________
Schools, libraries,
etc.
PERMITS
Terre Haute, Ind___
Toledo, Ohio______
Public works
and utilities
Year
BUILDING
Public build
ings
City and State
•o6tSS
West New York, N. J .. 1928
1929
Wheeling, W . Va....... . 1928
1929
White Plains, N. Y___. 1928
1929
Wichita, Kans............ . 1928
1929
Wichita Falls, Tex___ 1928
1929
Wilkes-Barre, Pa......... 1928
1929
Wilkinsburg, P a _ ....... 1928
1929
Williamsport, Pa......... 1928
1929
Wilmington, Del......... 1928
1929
Wilmington, N. C....... 1928
1929
Winston-Salem, N. C_. 1928
1929
Woonsocket, R. I........ 1928
1929
Worcester, Mass.......... 1928
1929
Yonkers, N . Y ............. 1928
1929
York, Pa...................... 1928
1929
Youngstown, Ohio___ 1928
1929
Zanesville, Ohio........... 1928
Total:
309 cities....... 1928
311 cities....... 1929
*6ee notes to details.
15,500
2,000
9,000
23,700
110,000
6,561
63,000
75,000
225,000
155, 000
200,000
29,378, 349
327 87,653,812
100,000
200
150,000
1, 530,500
1,070,000
771,933
234,034
6,830
10,867
250,000
51,000
49, 000
I ,'666'
67,000
950
31,087
980
10,000
286,934
600,000
200,000
139,410
23,997
1,500
114.000
6,350
4,535
93,600
1,017,495
342, 700
666, 111
250,900
954,965
417.000
625,950
149, 500
96.000
1,505,000
98,000
32,300
344,000
20,000
617 38,690,950
629 45,443,768
2,300
550
7,000
1,000
7,725
5,075
5,735
8,570
10,319
2,233
18,449
10, 256
23,500
10,275
750
50
5,065
2,850
465
3,392
6,144
2,325
11,000
’
20, 666'
150
3
6
6
6
14
15
110
111
30
20
12
15
7
1
12
9
22
26
15
9
45
21
6
8
19
25
35
31
4
9
26
24
10
24.000
2,250
1
62.000
3
3,150
127,950
152.400 ......
464,900.
ifooo"
608.400
3
3,155
2
506,695
4,100
1,138,002
1
32,684
159,485
302.150
1
150
105.450
124,116
34,800
5,500
61,450 ’ ” 45’ ’ ” l2,*263’
19,375
140
37,866
118,330 ......
78,300
*” *4,’ §66’
201, 500
60,000
561,962
4
3,124
1
304,850
300
2
22,900
5,700
103,350
1
50
190,027
23
15,296
162,050
1,621
7
1, 443, 200
12,700
35
878, 200
29
11,058
36, 600
28,730
128.150
402.450
19,010
2
98,200
5,300
42
185
163
278
193
561
632
70
59
272
241
128
152
252
340
840
672
453
146
138,
654
607
674
542
240
240
1,055
912
114
101
560,875
351,960
690,526
462,181
5,374,164
3,354,105
2,707,363
3,225,682
414,612
528,447
2,479,924
1,552,685
801,461
134,955
704,675
427,957
1,520,194
2,263,763
370,500
211,350
4,404,362
2,512,897
189,670
809,495
2,873,101
2,391,074
4,820,089
6,230,016
772,632
421,296
3,064,325
1,702,172
102,491
129,664
847 143,032,876 311,718 *4,891,477 *359 *582,703 13,098 211,875,365 4,137 7,706,629 203,154 1,184,401,634
753 128,897,346 * 10,649 *4,456,039 *324 *968,941 12,038 254,102,850 4,535 9,124,061 180,110 1,190,680,617
T able
A .— Number and estimated cost of buildings (new construction, and repairs, alterations, and additions to old buildings) covered by permits
issued in 1928 and 1929, by intended use of buildings— Continued
O
P A R T 3 —REPAIRS, ALTERATIONS, AND ADDITIONS TO OLD BUILDINGS, AND GRAND TOTAL OF ALL PERMITS
City and State
Year
Housekeeping
dwellings
Number
Cost
Nonhousekeeping
dwellings
Cost
Num
ber
Cost
AIrrnn Ohin
13
18
382
325
204
220
529
847
3U,4C0
271,389
107,72-i
121,539
189,814
187,475
138,925
156,000
120,616
140,361
272,817
133,178
7
315
185
267
176
116
155
87,400
114,094
111, 134
121,203
68,635
40,510
61,170
442
334
92
103
1,478
1,222
298
349
488,748
325,297
121,506
252,428
107,418
147,115
171,673
232,285
3
$3,876
14
37,624
83
95
84
55
335
124
2
1,097
3
57
47
107
130
52
40
9,000
169,725
237,080
141,545
196,737
78,269
16,933
30
15
129,300
79,000
200
201
22
35
355
271
69
72
1,005,984
707,692
37,220
73,345
167,680
152,105
128,099
160,600
1
3
110,000
1,134
$1,647,596
862,716
136,672
123,196
2,389,810
1,914,312
450,325
427,389
228,340
265,776
462,631
358,277
6,000
96,400
283,819
348,214
262,748
265,372
118,779
79,200
2,274,848
3,259,804
1,624,032
1,111,989
158,726
325,773
385,098
300,354
299,772
392,885
133,852
7,467,150
8,220,800
5,356
5,560
734
737
2,226
1,784
1,556
1,388
564
432
1,313
1,932
163
164
796
552
901
598
347
353
3,952
2,946
839
701
321
382
2,233
1,915
864
821
1,139
17,099
lfi.332
$19,485,096
21,639,643
2,131,396
1,404,416
14,893,525
9,034,990
5, 935,040
4,509,654
1,044,455
918,896
3,360,907
1,983,915
683,675
1,051,432
2,452,833
1,740,298
3,095,110
2,236,288
513,872
650,759
27,394,779
12,563.855
7,410,842
7,483,138
515,596
1,490,427
1,550,944
1,136,661
•2,950,472
2,237,321
4,477,113
33,945,350
33,174,900
20
Num
ber
Cost
408
585
$167,189
244,566
222
241,084
240
122
86
61
74,892
39,254
14,711
13,396
54
81
27
56
222
324
333
317
11,091
24,424
4,765
11,585
185,762
648,756
291,676
227,777
5
46
40
455
2,857
6,135
3
920
220
49
94
258
178
251
196
166
286
38
57
210
235
165
96
12
CITIES
$110,242
106,881
750
995
257
416
1,418
1,310
465
420
288
278
864
985
2
10
372
232
874
306
168
197
1,487
1,373
672
550
114
138
1,834
1,527
367
421
163
12,193
14,357
Cost
Installation
permits
PRINCIPAL
244
398
$26,430
16,315
Number
Grand total of all per Rank
mits—new construc
in
tion and repairs, etc.
cost
of
con
struc
tion
Number
Cost
IN THE
1928
1929
1928
1929
Alhfmv N Y
1928
1929
Allnnf Atirn Po
1928
1929
1928
Alton 111
1929
A Itnonft Pn
1928
1929
Amof
W V
1928
1929
k A
T A
1928
1929
AfthovillA 1ST O
1928
1929
Achtahnln OW ft
1928
1929
Aflnntfi flo
1928
1929
Atlantic City, N. J....... 1928
1929
AftKnm XT V
1928
1929
An Ernst,a On
1928
1929
Avif»/\v»a Til
1928
1929
Anofln •’Pat
1929
iyiai*a
1928
1929
Total repairs, etc.*
PERMITS
Num
ber
Repairs, etc., on nonresidential build
ings*
BUILDING
Repairs, etc., on residential buildings *
22,450
1
1,000
18
20
Bangor, Me..
132,900
11
1929
28
12,755
18,135
Baton Rouge, La_____ 1929
362
61,207
114
63,964
114,307
Battle Creek, M ich----- 1928
202
63
70,500
1929
198
121,160
118
241,490
104
113,205
Bay City, M ich.......... 1928
1929
1,057
261,965
428,880
48
Bayonne, N. J............. 1928
1929
175
157,685
32,000
2
Beaumont, Tex........... 1928
1929
Belleville, I1L.............. 1928
1929
7
7,250
2
75
331
175,105
Bellingham, Wash----- 1928
89,108
135
1929
82,018
112,250
262
116
Berkeley, Calif............. 1928
1929
208,531
237
11,4)0
143,885
2
42
Bethlehem, Pa............ 1928
1929
141
156,390
11
40
627.825
16,925
254,599
Binghamton, N. Y ___ 1928
704
439,477
866
205,767
665
1,559
845,845
1929
653,623
2,442
737,615
Birmingham, Ala------- 1928
4
12,675
460
377,919
740,131
1929
1,672
5
745
359
40.500
563.000
Bloomfield, N. J......... 1928
36
5,000
8
6
40,360
329.000
51
8
1929
21.500
42.000
Bloomington, 111......... . 1928
14
13
52.000
34,000
1929
23
12
2,263,774
3,682
5,259,456
Boston, Mass.............. 1928
106
213,895
1,677
1,859,140
3,800
1,722
8,016,256
1929
95
736,210
94,055
201
362,043
179
Bridgeport, Conn....... . 1928
274
185, 574
142
224,565
1929
184,575
294
92,375
132
Brockton, Mass............ 1928
148,821
131,060
1929
398
117
314,694
238,383
130
86
Brookline, M ass.......... 1928
142
418,238
80
337,375
1929
533,023
946
589,701
325
Buffalo, N. Y .............. . 1928
831
358
832,985
1929
492,000
Burlington, Iowa_____ 1928
1929
31
25,460
20
60,636
Butler, Pa..................... 1928
28
12
19,550
20,770
1929
92
Butte, Mont................ . 1928
81,830
42
69,560
109,180
1929
51
Cambridge, M ass..__ 1928
350
245,149
235
692,461
371
334,603
1929
1,400,597
274
211,250
Camden, N. J............... 1928
122
459
435,165
9
19,550
192,004
423
1929
155
535,754
Canton, Ohio............... 1928
2
343
120,126
10,050
229
448,995
334
112,345
213
1929
215,895
407,551
542
88
174,048
Cedar Rapids, Iowa___ 1928
186,141
564
101
390,991
1929
* For years in which figures are shown for total repairs, «te., only, no details w o e reported.
39
39
476
265
198
222
1,105
310
177
1,120
1,212
23
9
466
378
1,487
1,093
281
192
1,570
2,224
2,906
2,036
50
59
27
35
5,465
5,617
380
416
426
515
216
222
1,271
1,189
76
157
51
40
134
51
585
645
590
578
574
547
630
m
156,360
30,890
125,171
184,807
121,160
354,695
690,845
188,065
189,685
710,856
783,132
6,740
7,325
264,213
194,268
568,676
665,161
363,616
801,140
694,076
1,051,312
1,403,913
1,118,795
608,500
369,360
63,500
86,000
7,737,125
10,611,606
456,098
410,139
276,950
279,881
553,077
755,613
1,122,724
1,324,985
40,900
210,592
86,096
40,320
151,390
109,180
937,610
1,735,200
665,965
727,758
679,171
328,240
581,599
677,132
178
164
692
762
686
499
1,457
504
329
1,901
1,852
274
261
990
843
2,487
1,806
743
604
2,273
2,747
5,687
3,071
891
746
164
197
9,255
8 ,m
1,135
1,172
887
927
588
479
6,545
4,326
238
360
136
130
215
198
1,052
941
1,293
1,131
1,579
1,507
1,256
1,216
625,610
597,765
288
289
582,556
2,871,312
3.002,135
139
1,844,896
1,308,971
225
1,995,365
1,107,130
243
4,326,769
2,681,646
150
1,021,621
992,845
255
1,872,318
1,777,318
191
6,076,626
6,369,100
66
3,843,006
2,905,192
144
3,45fi, 393
3,987,909
107
14,224,577
8,233,925
'" h i
4,540,600
3,698,547
112
1,382,800
1,118,300
240"
55,698,557
-53,834,471
3,526,622
4,242,322
100
1,725,858
1,466,834
213
6,291,422
5,021,603
86
24,401,983
24,127,500
18
443,771
292
571,297
388,836
459,695
298
366,440
302
447,472
8,083,723
12,165,840
39
7,428,055
6,163,791
70
3,662,318
3,456,197 ■'"124*
% 438,230
2,905,969
143
25
4,212
46
125
25,048
73,971
59
35
19,980
7,795
876
779
912
184,424
598,877
383,888
1
50
7,380
7,538
8,104,037
6,974,203
47
27,950
75
25,961
25
20
817
20,000
------------------------ ------------------------------
84
83
14,687
26,725
T a b le A*— Number and estimated cost of buildings (new construction, and repairs, alterations, and additions to old buildings) covered by permits
issued in 1928 and 1929, by intended use of buildings— Continued
CO
Oi
P AR T 3.— REPAIRS, ALTERATIONS, AND ADDITIONS TO OLD BUILDINGS, AND GRAND TOTAL OF ALL PERM I rS?—Continued
Repairs, etc., on residential buildings
Year
Number
Charlotte, N. O_____
Chattanooga, T enn...
Chelsea, Mass_______
Chicopee, Mass_____
Cicero, 111-----------------
Clarksburg, W. Va— ,
Cleveland, Ohio........
Clifton, N. J.............. .
C o lo r a d o S p r i n g s
Colo..........................
Colombia, 8. O .____
1928
1929
1928
1929
Cost
9
106
101
$12,150
103,408
94,820
71
125
717
7C0
73
202,218
381,322
418,895
517,647
181,220
59,955
179,600
2,117,435
2,374,295
52,875
47,000
244,966
329,971
37
2,336
2,330
33
32
3
7
110,750
6,182,705
4,742,020
61,425
73.350
55,000
31.350
4,733
128
106
1,620
1,622
2,318,510
62,325
34.195
1.089.550
1.191.550
1,450
35
25
3,038
2,672
412,150
51,610
21,855
7,866,925
8, COS, 825
134
107
102,058
166,096
45
601250
56
248
$39,772
73,999
126,107
356
375
1,553
1,901
126
207,052
230,256
305,612
264,990
83,955
59,201
65
3,579
3,488
91
74
162
179
171
85,895
267
219
95,971
105,528
224
133,965
$910
4,510
184,900
2,600
Number
Cost
Number
36
65
354
490
131
267
427
500
2,275
2,674
199
219
101
102
5,915
5,818
124
106
165
186
5,545
6,183
163
131
4,665
4,294
157
171
$73,000
51,922
177, 407
220,927
259, 390
529,855
409,270
617,578
725,417
787,147
265,175
119,156
208,675
290.350
8,300,140
7,116.315
114,300
120.350
299,966
361,321
4,778,740
2,730,660
113,935
56,050
9.141.375
9.800.375
104,545
85,895
98
203
454
673
601
719
1,397
1,086
2,939
3,218
348
292
489
343
19,982
15,849
406
417
647
562
9,431
8,971
427
327
10,593
9,863
987
920
401
128
(05
198,029
274,224
262,080
194,215
762
632
883
620
Cost
Rank
in
cost
of
con
struc
tion
$303,345
726,397
276
660,635
670,804 ” "285*
2,873,180
2,240,986
164
7,458,264
3,728,845
111
4,703,486
2,260,866
163
1,163,715
802,221
265
1,746,542
1,099,410
246"
323,509,048
210,797,640 ....... 2
1,275,565
1,441,825
217
3,860,080
3,609,418
117
35,458,730
31,037,065
13
1,189,385
497,955
296
56,158,525
37,782,500
9
3,542,055
2,465,465
164
812,495
1,030,026
1,609,775
1,264,705
Installation
permits
Num
ber
Cost
1
3
42
104
84
$300
412
13,515
31,894
10,956
123
290
89,226
100,978
28
20
856
795
25,400
27,020
3,614,000
3,180,500
7
4,892
7,932
2,245
3,446,565
5,087,057
28
5,319
127
78
16,550
29,130
263
229
CITIES
Cincinnati, Ohio....... .
Num
ber
Grand total of all per
mits—new construc
tion and repairs, etc.
PRINCIPAL
Chester, Pa-------------Chicago, HI................ .
Cost
Total repairs, etc.
IN THE
Charleston, W. Va__
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
Num
ber
Repairs, etc., on non
residential build
ings
PERMITS
Central Falls, R. I __
Charleston, S. O____
Cost
Nonhousekeeping
dwellings
BUILDING
City and State
Housekeeping
dwellings
Columbus, Ga.........
Columbus, Ohio-----Council Bluffs, Iowa—.
Covington, K y_______
Cranston, R. I ----------Cumberland, M d ____
Dallas, Tex__________
Danville, HI.................
Davenport, Iowa..........
Dayton, Ohio..............
Denver, Colo................
Des Moines, Iowa____
Detroit, Mich________
Duluth, M inn—___
Durham, N. C ________
East Chicago, In d ...
East Cleveland, O hio..
Easton, Pa______. . . __
East Orange, N. J__ . . .
East Providence, R . L .
East St. Louis, HI_____
Elgin, HI___________
Elizabeth, N. J_____
Elkhart, Ind_______
07,072
80,595
553,260
461,700
78,700
140,800
108,950
65,075
72
59
70
1,429
1,541
40
33
79,490
18,292
37,932
692,862
672,279
53,000
49,532
863
648
656
169
140
258,227
334,997
293,264
124,235
151,550
224
167
86
230
134
32
26
20
568,737
362,005
132,538
205.189
166,703
38
50
33
86
164
159
69,381
48,327
154,800
139,419
139,279
278,630
32
113
77
20
114,527
186,485
120,256
11,355
5,500
2
25,000
833
207
1,078
1,004
100
156
182
121
73
73
75
100
1,963
2,072
75
79
819
1,002
995
957
235
165
3,529
3,739
298
281
6,847
7,163
118
580
1,588
1,160
143
72
159
142
77
77
171
283
424
393
470
476
171
193
486
356
7
112,579
93,813
108
99
118,694
136,208
844
882
8
13,975
i
2
500
1,900
94
30
320
344
24
38
54
42
88,107
123,797
825,700
1,001,350
30,100
63,500
183,400
165,950
1
16
26
534
531
35
42
3,000
56,835
42,935
1,035,297
1,525,738
110,189
800,537
77
347
301
53
25
69,001
1,012,481
1,573,084
99,900
91,200
108,402
139,289
74
114
247,405
687,863
35,396
32
77,565
1,358
951
111
42
139
142
39
27
135
194
260
234
437,299
372,091
100,412
34,525
188,702
156,132
40,910
35,550
133,669
158,191
227,094
203,332
444
58
112
419
176,604
30,123
70,440
263,091
5
236
288
4
6,875
4
4,450
62
46,825
13
38,500
!
71,887 1
___________ 1
4
4, £00
75
3
8
18,200
10,800
4
47
815
82,125
169,184
204,892
1,379,460
1,464,950
108,800
204,300
292,350
231.025
103.025
82,490
75,127
87,742
1,728,159
2,198,017
163,189
354,519
389,379
374,053
1,347,478
1,866,348
262,635
242,750
1,657,750
1,940,150
355,807
827,152
11,801,945
15,539,188
112.961
93,568
1,006,036
805.983
232,950
244,614
355,405
156,132
110,291
83,877
306,669
308,410
366,373
481.962
117.984
291,131
216,608
191,511
856,571
231,211
30,500
231,273
230,021
786
592
5,350
8,557
283
347
580
409
1,048
988
256
303
3,428
3,251
245
228
1,235
1,489
2,617
2,017
1,184
839
6,154
6,111
1,299
1,171
28,541
26,554
328
793
2,175
1,700
632
284
421
525
236
198
280
394
928
769
1,032
988
1,003
895
1,006
787
910
731
787
756
1,154,002
955,011
16.237.250
10,613,050
810,250
674,050
1.591.750
1,479,425
3,710,249
2,649,308
999,548
550,500
8,088,999
9,659,660
915,348
1,129,976
1,349,741
2,341,756
10,358,378
6,342,675
4,169,345
3,890,215
16,770,750
16.576.250
4,509,980
4,081,628
129,260,285
100,567,497
877,386
833,710
8,289,404
8,685,729
9,905,838
1,863,094
8,481,904
5,307,338
1,789,252
1,658,353
733,008
2.004.751
7,632,385
5,945,690
8,090,101
2,904,709
2,706,934
2,391,854
2,369,646
1,380,359
5,503,600
4,094,700
1,063,889
1,060,637
257
45
284
211
18,383
2,236,049
------- --------5
3,000
149
293
46
7
2,345
290
281
130,741
114,753
79
33,150
154
37
88,322
20,286
25
16
64,605
47,265
108
207
215
7,440
24,301
31,368
91
283
22,874
79,857
237
160
67
109
25
105
4
263
113
TABLE
Dubuque, Iowa_______
281
177
757
658
76
118
128
779
GENERAL
Decatur, HI..................
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1829
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
187
81
201
176
.......
145
158
221
104
250
CD
T a b le
A.— Number and estimated cost of buildings (new construction, and repairs, alterations, and additions to old buildings) covered by permits
issued in 1928 and 1929, by intended use of buildings— Continued
PAR T S.—REPAIRS, ALTERATIONS, AND ADDITIONS TO OLD BUILDINGS, AND GRAND TOTAL OF ALL PERMITS-ConUnned
City and State
Year
Housekeeping
dwellings
TClTnjra, N\ V _____
Num
ber
Cost
$117,308
129,656
2
4
$1,550
2,875
300
472
462
245
220
780
493
213
194
144,267
344,299
271,548
538,700
559,400
192,251
146,068
54,218
51,000
3
27
875
195,795
169
124
176
45
63
1,767
2,006
167
160
289
295
1,843
1,456
440
59,935
83,605
73,088
27,610
44,323
583,942
651,369
56,914
83,300
213,401
186,217
983,310
708,303
141,185
1,497
1,123
203,605
181,913
375
u if io o
!
1
203
#ne
fllO) no.
#90
240,833
166
1A
A
100
192
91
83
89
73
20
24
179,263
077If n«A
Of
Uw
2,432,634
333,350
304,950
138,473
179,817
184,683
258,202
193
144
143
29
24
684
766
14
70
132
107
lot
459
37
442
537,335
205,655
162,691
224,625
191,021
726,635
1,289,169
28,585
64,645
424,287
1,054,514
220,778
62,878
314,728,
2
3
OO
ftS
Z
O.
187
egvf wvv
ooo
O
4,800
OKK 7ftO
f \JSk
220,748
8
13,000
124
196
151,641
157,907
146,15
is
? m 66
«
Number
521
552
492
469
665
654
336
303
869
566
233
218
152
362
268
319
74
87
2,451
2,772
181
230
423
435
2,565
1,680
882
1,369
1,624
1,319
575
465
Cost
$237,596
373,364
307,411
324,405
917.154
2,704,182
872,050
864,350
330,724
325,885
238,901
309,202
509,000
597,270
289,260
235,779
252,235
235,344
1,310,577
1,940,538
85,499
147,945
726,688
1,245,531
1,459,850
991,929
455,913
534,330
868,246
339,820
800,275
619,365
926
901
1,014
1,181
1,779
1,694
1,040
736
1,805
1,354
535
418
454
690
592
607
202
230
6,700
6,717
434
445
1,646
1,927
4,560
3,237
1,272
1,784
2,243
1,895
1,966
1,162
Installation
permits
Num
ber
Cost
$1,905,717
$34,119
252
209
1,518,697
2,144,225
48,964
215
99
4,324,851
4,763,688
1,000
1
65
6,431,038
13,178,225
8,196,300
53
5,110,814
887,874
3,411
97
4,420,660
1,760,759
238
1,124,532
1,186, 590
1,207,935
231
2,835,644
268 ....... ...... 1|.................
792,256
822,350
294
546,360
14,422,729
14,684,493
31
579,130
1,675
10
795,047
267
5,011,124
7,039,292
60
11, 543, 787
53,904
157
44
11,262,046
9,652
24
1,661, 565
_________
1,698,773
197
7,039
72
2,676,808 ______
5,926
51
3,613,162
116
21,065
25
6,041,150
11,410
3,146,335
22
133
CITIES
338
345
Cost
Grand total of all per Rank
in
mits—new construc
cost
tion and repairs, etc.
of
con
struc
tion
Cost
Number
PRINCIPAL
Num
ber
Total repairs, etc.
IN THE
1928
1929
TT1 PaoA HPat
1928
1929
Erie, Pa_______ ___ __ 1928
1929
Evanston, HI_____ ___ 1928
1929
1928
Evansville, Ind—
1929
Everett, M a s s . . . . . . . . . 1928
1929
Everett, Wash__ . . . . . . 1928
1929
Fall River, Mass.........- 1928
1929
Fitchburg, Mass—. . . . . 1928
1929
j lint, Mien— . . . . . . . . . 1928
1929
1928
1929
_
_ ,
Fort Wayne, in a -------- 1928
1929
Fort Worth, Tex--------- 1928
1929
1?FAQHA Pollf
1928
1929
1928
Galveston, Tex.
i 1929
Aflim Tft/f
1928
i 1929
Cost
Repairs, etc., on non
residential build
ings
PERMITS
Number
Nonhousekeeping
dwellings
BUILDING
Repairs, etc., on residential buildings
Grand Rapids, M ich..
Great Falls, M ont____
Greensboro, N. O .......
Greenville, S. G............
Greenwich, Conn........
Hagerstown, M d.........
Hamilton, Ohio...........
Hammond, Ind...........
Hamtramck, M ich___
Hartford, Conn______
Haverhill, Mass______
Hazleton, Pa_________
Hoboken, N . J_____
Holyoke, Mass_____
Houston, Tex______
Huntington, W. Va___
Hutchinson, K an s..
Indianapolis, I n d ...
Irvington, N. J____
Jackson, M ich.........
Jacksonville, Fla___
Jamestown, N. Y . _ .
Jersey City, N. J___
261
166
237
406
242
231
239
111
128
70
38
195
150
187
192
234
354
222
218
650
1,024
40
71
68
60
185,808
181,658
100,591
126,048
67,404
494,465
544,705
88,293
16,470
121,034
45,200
268,500
202,450
165,405
270,265
286,840
222,675
378,662
813,172
41,225
72,435
98,627
91,474
14
136
115
98
99
55
49
36
15
26
117
27
26
15
5
110
137
422
708
41
58
23
3
156
192
87
102
1,081
90,610
187,442
81,625
128,720
456,756
41
56
54
73
733
63
178
120
12,000
12,060
72,710
53,875
10
10
36
18
109
119
416
423
1,016
915
328
332
163
303
60,746
80,785
145,294
151,222
417,228
313,205
117,207
95,072
344,815
367,133
30
42
107
126
501
604
171
164
530
328
55
26,200
2,390
12,500
54,500
38,700
57,650
17,300
36,000
2,860
185
230
232
251
545
357
329
344
166
177
106
53
221
267
214
223
249
373
342
363
1,072
1,732
87
129
91
63
195
215
197
248
141
175
1,814
531
42
73
214
138
5,531
3,686
139
161
523
549
1,517
1,519
499
497
693
631
1,751,510
1,075,425
133,830
251,130
160,000
295,118
528,151
440,422
242,691
213,248
867,635
602,040
215,034
72,070
142,099
665,594
469,300
406,150
288,045
472,415
881,140
923.400
1,884,257
3,894,557
109,875
164,355
183.022
150.345
928,110
289,855
244,173
409,477
347.400
527,070
710,563
538,214
52,000
42,060
201,722
73,585
2,612,813
1,658,626
83,041
172,570
546,396
778,873
841,569
949.345
291,880
341,018
933,050
1,139,578
5,401
4,415
542
722
683
694
1,179
710
591
493
610
625
334
262
841
756
1,055
777
518
643
844
778
1,931
2,192
324
336
207
137
382
265
350
298
6,072
3,972
270
306
651
452
10,217
6,785
903
567
1,230
1,227
3,431
2,557
917
936
1,375
1,219
8,186,755
6,086,985
2.659.482
3,456,662
1,991,861
3,328,825
5.048.295
3,133,865
1,440,143
1,171,103
6,604,380
6,841,641
677,234
756,946
2,063,033
2,411,352
6,527,280
4,154,300
1,344,975
1,065,615
5,594,775
7,957,530
11,278,443
16,144,354
554,065
390,640
1,195,010
448,247
2,603,277
2,327,370
564,963
747,877
1,261,100
1.256.295
35,309,503
29,133,254
981,600
1,455,360
1,269,112
1.586.482
21,967,386
14,843,583
6,639,294
2,134,243
2,097,086
3,492,043
7,660,159
4,580,137
1,846,870
1,927,203
13,876,244
14,584,804
73
123
130
134
234
304
651
43,539
128,065
....... 62,'‘575
103,161
8
5
2,200
11,175
50
5,500
444
619,022
725
808
1,463
16,606
719
904
1,120,836
766,203
745
1,201
193,561
220,220
64
273
156
102
148
55
26
306
301
162"
274
TABLE
Highland Park, M ich ..
655,650
494,470
80,260
108,165
GENERAL
Harrisburg, Pa............ .
2,599
2,093
156
175
iagg
IHH
1
1
Green Bay, W is......... .
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
228
14
215
205
30
170
121
92
183
...
32
266
’ "‘ "200,"050
60,026
CO
T able
A.— Number and estimated cost of buildings ( new construction, and repairs, alterations, and additions to old buildings) covered by permits
issued in 1928 and 1929, by intended Use of buildings— Continued
©
O
P A R T 3.— REPAIRS, ALTERATIONS, AND ADDITIONS TO OLD BUILDINGS, AND GRAND TOTAL OF ALL PERMITS—Conttoxiri
Repairs, etc., on residential buildings
Year
Number
Joliet, 111____ _____
Joplin, M o......... . . .
Kansas City, Kans
Kansas City, M o ..
Kingston, N. Y _._.
Knoxville, Tenn__.
Lakewood, O h io...
Lancaster, Pa_____
Lansing, Mich-----Lawrence, Mass.—
Lebanon, P a..........
192
131
1,015
917
108,396
54,955
204,584
197,352
339
342,165
38
63,950
22,300
270,802
180,540
58
53,600
"81
93
250
45,480
61,619
350,000
150
435
745
312
308
142,959
140,684
38,390
150,000
219
120
100
228
254
301
27
82,830
99,800
55,490
115,640
151,093
156,755
64,860
47,575
38,000
$38,920
103,010
25,750
$35,167
15
5,020
255
406,235
90,800
24,140
84,000
45
55
21
17
107
49
97
55
535,435
275,160
137,015
10,250
43,500
744,540
311,025
127,930
110,275
209,750
54,000
Number
303
292
391
329
239
166
1,066
956
397
334
652
490
106
116
267
319
360
342
852
362
71
274
141
117
335
318
398
471
82
119
46
Cost
$133,753
213,527
307,792
415,322
172,346
77,255
475,386
377,892
88,825
79,740
802,000
907,950
136,430
86,194
434,745
892,174
716,784
565.844
329,796
175,467
67,653
219.845
110,050
98,990
860,180
467,138
284,685
547,625
175,135
399,440
257,325
92,000
Number
556
522
607
575
469
313
1,513
1,349
1,043
867
2,345
1,946
679
512
894
945
7J3
566
2,138
1,220
420
673
625
550
647
671
1,340
1,308
222
241
131
168
Cost
$1,095,094
682,341
3,081,620
3,333,682
1,403,739
645,180
2,034,864
2,409,585
1,651,277
1,844,411
15,541,275
14,844,550
6,251,590
3,847,528
3,726,404
4,577,074
1,736,790
1,135,464
7,114,537
5,498,852
526,666
1,347,891
4,622,096
1,830,380
% 389,075
1,981,696
5,204,347
8,737,894
602,635
854,496
660,325
792,000
Rank
in
cost
of
con
struc
tion
Installation
permits
Num
ber
Cost
$1,025
282
129*
287
”157
189
"2 9
'lI6 ‘
94
576
448
24
58
337
401
10,450
351,975
310,250
4,200
3,610
272,220
253,953
25
46,378
280
160
21,766
115,200
236
222
~190
179
” 50
262
'269
CITIES
Kokomo, Ind.........
$94,833
110,517
246,875
Cost
Grand total of all per
mits—new construc
tion and repairs, etc.
PRINCIPAL
Kearny, N. J_____
Kenosha, Wis_____
247
225
322
Num
ber
Cost
Total repairs, etc.
IN THE
Kalamazoo, M ich..
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
Num
ber
Repairs, etc., on nonresidential build
ings
PERMITS
Johnstown, Pa.......
Cost
Nonhousekeeping
dwellings
BUILDING
City and State
Housekeeping
dwellings
Lewiston, Me____ - ___
1,600
86
162
59
42
23
39
139
176
568
131,613
367,610
100,335
197,550
99,300
129,835
189,344
388,896
365,105
42,580
37,990
36
45
55,080
166,670
589
255
258
220
192
416
366
879
796
122,640
97,465
81,510
71,180
75,783
353,005
278, 591
253,000
207,602
138
141
179
93
73
169
175
69
159
2,026,270
213,480
320,715
105,659
108,459
592,530
777,730
81,909
160,613
450
430
167
170
261,048
219,831
97,139
161,976
83
95
62
72
508,299
468,325
99,958
63,760
421
118
106
78
167
98,403
43,477
37,412
65,000
64,460
245
58
59
8
12
258,136
97,342
216,390
7,000
4*650
3,600
8a 000
37,686
83,818
57,297
66,840
93,195
100,905
266,241
252,363
335,135
77
92
193
164
460
1,043
2
2
1
2
11
1,585
2,800
5,000
1,500
7,000
112,071
80,505
314,806
336,628
44
44
14
4,495
441
836
78,125
571,305
364,274
623,540
11
14
263
453
250
265
197
199
872
831
1,309
1,291
113
137
12,749
14,358
932
727
396
439
313
265
585
541
949
955
1,338
1,253
533
525
229
242
176
165
88
190
64
53
237
208
1,872
1,469
697
477
915
1,879
2,195
2,529
2,360
6,000
80,000
169,299
451,428
159,217
254,390
192,495
230,740
455, 585
641,259
700,240
616.575
97,660
204,660
10,398,822
12,200.929
2,657,955
2,148,910
310,945
405,025
176,839
184,242
945,535
1,056,321
339,909
368,215
352,449
385,723
769,347
688,156
197,097
225,736
231,359
356,539
140,819
253,802
63,500
76,110
33,940
15,490
190,196
651,810
2,059,625
1,396,649
259,795
204,670
683.575
860,168
3,641,787
5,662,819
3,200,165
4,469,775
66
75
556
745
432
397
1,070
980
1,528
1,376
4,988
4,949
606
526
33,195
31,722
3,215
2,466
633
676
583
464
1,279
1,133
1,325
1,320
1,817
1,416
1,475
1,155
630
534
970
1,044
544
518
360
305
701
357
1,131
904
4,005
3,178
975
769
1,568
2,511
7,258
7,501
6,580
6,054
990,000
466.300
1,617,418
% 115,552
454,434
431,115
3,643,349
2,560,098
4,260,108
3,268,217
16,307,825
18,043,815
1,177,374
898,121
101,678,768
93,020,160
18,120,075
13,204,910
941,750
703,575
1,093,083
1,002,777
3,786,804
3,941,899
2,184,985
1,674,208
2,349,689
987,625
7,630,114
4,974,483
2,892,944
1,893,948
1,058,719
1,241,253
1,808,874
1,116,955
1,307,160
302.300
1,140,285
507,170
4,514,833
3,483,495
14,283,039
8,061,546
1,268,721
1,278,280
1,946,063
3,615,016
35,406,381
37,947,243
23,257,725
20,960,135
297
172"
303
9
7
4
2,660
X 146
5,000
573
689
84,010
105,770
151
131
24
259
5
36
279
254
108
198
256
’ "i6,~813‘ *3,120,276
8,940
3,326,747
8
12
1,250
4,100
544
531
101
125
178,683
192,567
22,159
26,913
936
1,236
1,020,043
1,103,072
524
643
24,105
26,086
69,276
266,381
9,082,880
8,896,890
88
184
230
241
309
295
122
54
227
115
8
22
TABLE
1
10
14
177
291
189
223
174
160
733
655
741
GENERAL
1928
1929
1928
1929
Lima, Ohio................... 1928
1929
Lincoln, Nebr............... 1928
1929
Little Rock, Ark........... 1928
1929
Long Beach, Calif........ 1928
1929
Lorain, Ohio.................. 1928
1929
Los Angeles, Calif____ 1928
1929
Louisville, K y ........... . 1928
1929
Lowell, M a ss........... . 1928
1929
Lynchburg, Va............. 1928
1929
Lynn, Mass.................. 1928
1929
McKeesport, Pa........... 1928
1929
Macon, Ga..... ............... 1928
1929
Madison, Wis............... 1928
1929
Malden, Mass________ 1928
1929
Manchester, N. H ____ 1928
1929
Mansfield, Ohio___ . 1928
1929
Marion, Ind_____
1928
1929
Marion, O h io ............ 1928
1929
Medford, Mass............. 1928
1929
Memphis, Tenn............ 1928
1 1929
Meriden, Conn..... ........ 1928
1929
Miami, Fla__________' 1928
1929
Milwaukee, Wis______ 1928
1929
Minneapolis, M inn___ 1928
1929
Lexington, K y _____
T a b le
A*— Number and estimated cost of buildings (new construction, and repairs, alterations, and additions to old buildings) covered by permits
issued in 1928 and 1929, by intended use of buildings— Continued
£?
P A R T 3.— REPAIRS, ALTERATIONS, AND ADDITIONS TO OLD BUILDINGS, AND GRAND TOTAL OF ALL PERMITS—Continued.
Repairs, etc., on residential buildings
Year
Number
$117,337
147,518
7
7
Cost
$6,025
6,275
Num
ber
87
127
Cost
124
110
61
81
360,175
1,395,343
104,104
77,234
30
21
31,255
15,140
15
20
4,000
57,290
1,290,247
1,191,709
424
508
3,603,141
3,725,787
53
271
226
21,895
154,870
113,150
3
136
107
1,100
131,752
112,225
573
74
64
81
77
118
101
294,197
165,833
82.646
53,650
77,700
67,910
42,310
206
27
51
58
46
51
29
22,229
128,752
91,970
195,042
172,427
49.590
78.590
45
41
1,280
1,555
1,193
1,277
64
56
407
333
642
779
128
116
139
123
169
130
Number
$187,508
1,647
182,423
1,055
201,335
954
385,755
1,063
524,233
804
793,812
681
307,820
2,916
2,320
422,209
946
611,564
1,633,613
577
452,129
2,321
464,463
2,236
990
277,328
404,0891,046
259
35,255
167
72.430
670,694
2,227
1,038,833
2,327
2,972
4,893,388
2,763
4,917,496
352
28,600
284
22,995
286,622
681
225,375
581
642,509
1,227
316,426
1,051
426,395
386
175,616
279
248,692
345
250,127
285
107,500
593
116*900
445
Cost
$3,345,818
1,666,888
1,659,775
2,224,519
4, 643, 288
3,369,971
3, 288,918
2, 768,599
14, 262,449
6,179. 243
2,874,148
2, 061,167
1,810,335
2,475,404
565,585
426.161
6,564,643
5,695,045
34,285,153
28.838,220
1,066,916
677,560
1,095,375
788,555
3,532,117
1,015,799
2,184,065
1,560, 619
1, 237,967
1,102, 347
1,466, 240
1,109,785
Rank
in
cost
of
con
struc
tion
insuiiiaiioii
permits
Num
ber
Cost
200
167
22
$55,159
79
52
8,993
4,744
7
235
219
1,210
1,388
2,950
167,770
34,480
1,998,551
1,728,676
137
68,500
128
146
69
173
153
304
77
16
283
270
244
207
245
242
i
30 I1
1,235
CITIES
769
769
527
491
709
657
720
268
292
1,744
1,748
262
267
1,320
1,354
695
Cost
Grand total of all per
mits—new construc
tion and repairs, etc.
PRINCIPAL
251,389
238,270
348,025
387,229
131,810
1,000
Number
$77,973
231,962
138
157
1,259
1,273
27
1
Total repairs, etc.
IN THE
563
586
Num
ber
Repairs, etc., on non
residential build
ings
PERMITS
Mobfle, Ala_________ _ 1928
1929
1928
1929
Montclair, N. J_______ 1928
1929
Montgomery, Ala_____ 1928
1929
Mount Vernon, N. Y__ 1928
1929
Muncie, Ind__________ 1928
1929
Muskegon, Mich_____ 1928
1929
Muskogee, Okla______ 1928
1929
Nashville, Term__ __ _ 1928
1929
Newark, N. J_________ 1928
1929
Newark, Ohio________ 1928
1929
New Bedford, Mass___ 1928
1929
New Britain, Conn___ 1928
1929
New Brunswick, N. J_. 1928
1929
Newburgh, N. Y .......... 1928
1929
Now Castle, Pa— __ 1928
1929
Moline, 111___________
Cost
Nonhousekeeping
dwellings
BUILDING
City and State
Housekeeping
dwellings
New Haven, Conn____
838
886,000
New London, Conn___
‘ iBo’
146
744
134982
121,670
1,191,215
72
36
102
36,565
26,675
55,485
New Orleans, La______
Newport, K y _________
Newport, R. I ____ ___
Newport News, V a,___
New Rochelle, N. Y __
Newton, Mass..............
New York City, N. Y .:
The Bronx....... ......
Brooklyn-...............
Manhattan.............
Queens....................
Richmond— .........
Niagara Falls, N. Y ___
Norfolk, Va__________
Norristown, Pa.............
Norwalk, Conn............
Ogden, Utah____ _____
Oklahoma City, Okla..
Okmulgee, Okla...........
Omaha, Nebr................
Orange, N. J.................
Oshkosh, Wis................
7,250
5
66
771
773
101,687
75,470
*417*
327
341
454,847
468,704
118
128
4,879
4,826
1,478
1,254
2,525
3,000
508
563
412
693
345
1,310,380
1,442,934
5,958.775
5,044,095
7,704.466
6,858,925
1,384.191
1,473.888
391,965
451.270
228,079
251,039
175,430
191
218
116,405
94,288
265,865
269,060
135
116
33
30
381
540
10
14
157
129
123,382
130,715
29,500
37,750
218,052
323,930
8,950
12,830
119,102
126,195
241
143
103,336
86,149 j
Oakland, Calif..............
Oak Park, HI..............
387
“ so*
44
532
55
45
187
246
2,165,350
102,175
10,778,760
8,331,576
13
76,650
88,595
20,560
6,060
4,689
1,672
1,717
1,212
1,353
964
1,481
409
328
214
304
185
113
104
114
101
5.000
1,200
8.000
6,000
436,525
18
17
23
19
151
125
16
17
121
128
141
24
m
706
200
190
1,276
914
99
41
168
159
1,188
1,172
250
319
445
469
6,526
5,182
6,606
6,588
2,877
2,853
3,489
4,494
917
891
647
1,011
530
468
304
322
394
869
2,177
2,167
153
134
57
50
534
678
26
31
278
257
333
370
382
167
1 019,0001
1,169,126
269,187
277,700
2,769,494
1,982.920
167,140
80,975
115,545
210,745
219,194
313,066
847.046
922,663
707,673
706,374
6,919,304
6,185,467
15,522,055
15,920,455
37,809,648
47,183,160
5,767,629
7,756.054
690,288
888,877
599,325
703.737
491,840
547,085
313,940
298,255
555,740
408,035
1,713,163
1,935,181
216,244
230,815
145,900
189,500
1,254,368
2,022,575
25,350
57,750
628,337
1,833,625
398,409
413,715
165,922
214,869
1,830
1,323
565
433
2,882
1,933
194
109
384
419
1,439
1,521
845
740
1,676
1,387
10,959
7,811
18,358
13,271
3,787
3.692
22,101
16,152
3,766
% 868
1,577
1,805
1,383
1,185
551
598
980
908
5,092
4,264
836
529
239
172
3,965
4,280
57
55
1,169
1,046
542
492
733
465
8,798,394
12,762,246
2,188,652
1,611,158
12,627,678
11,970,850
428,950
290,750
680,065
1,646,975
819,305
769,627
11,233,318
7,584,939
10,802,078
6,857,045
37
869
459
39
84,65*
74,708
1,170
1
250
231
10
75,314
5,565
3,053
1,369
1,091,960
416,383
3,448
1,009,079
783
530,120
204
40
310
202
272
56
63
189,824,853
95,666,174
198,284,905
146,015.664
361,723,088
595,522,025
1
151. 565. 804
94, 509,667
15,273,225
10, 583.689
4,869,478
5,070,592
85
3,839,743
2,730,206 “"147*
1,294,965
1,880,059 ’ "*186"
4,781,703
3,529,745
120
19,537,165
14,396,188
33
9,290,495
76
5,720,895
1,348,225
280
700,695
13,521,998
19
22,500,630
252,965
311
141,950
9,050,410
79
5,581,497
3,108,499
159*
2,366,097
852,846
780,644
27l
80
30,580
264
397
367
60
44
80.972
48,767
62,011
27,101
20,950
489
115,553
22
6
177
297
249
9,525
45,435
72,590
24
48
47,705
11,996
T able
A.— Number and estimated cost of buildings {new construction, and repairs, alterations, and additions to old buildings) covered by permits
issued in 1928 and 1929, by intended use of buildings— Continued
P AR T 3.— REPAIRS, ALTERATIONS, AND ADDITIONS TO OLD BUILDINGS, AND GRAND TOTAL OF ALL PERMITS—Continued
Repairs, etc., on residential buildings
Year
Number
Cost
$16,950
20,000
80
32
1,420
2,693
612
699
1,474
1,510
190
232
37,490
104,375
204,425
192,762
265
320
284,036
293,747
129
154
420
96,375
99,645
271,115
61
78
104
296,055
193,110
268,850
190
439,237
50
49
4,940
35,336
27,556
4,904,210
27
27
1,691
116, .525
41,768
7,298,500
341
2,681
2,269
124
134
182
116
521
514
114,903
123,450
1,997,640
2,498,646
83,315
109,255
186,863
111, 628
228,345
270,093
If 0,000
139
167
559
626
64
54
1,000
112
257,598
292,145
1,787,093
4,630,480
71,900
529,150
218,760
311,231
251,635
208,605
40,250
19,875
18,100
$365,470
143
77
120
21,475
46,565
88
524
413
196
159
77
76
6,631
4,392
427
508
3,319
2,895
188
189
295
259
766
730
23
41
Cost
$65,325
67,375
81,015
120,890
893,300
1,498,469
488,461
486,509
1,142,027
1,138, 710
392,430
292,755
539,965
468,592
457,337
388,760
151,861
69,324
12,202,710
9,151,455
372,501
415,595
4,150,203
7,129,126
155,215
788,405
406,623
422,859
477,980
478,698
234,916
487,147
81,725
66,440
Number
190
165
228
157
2,452
3,834
975
976
2.258
2,123
991
904
1,418
1,207
394
364
194
186
16,423
10,388
1.259
1,446
7,070
6,128
552
686
966
607
2,851
1,207
972
140
119
Cost
$393,775
717,525
608,605
345,065
5,949,553
6,986,704
3,061,518
4,869,749
7,356,691
4,871,609
2,822,589
1,994,925
3,951,2G0
3,603,660
1,367,359
1,671,126
568,628
450,153
112,225,865
104,405,545
5,976,662
5,234,777
39,373,532
35,638,867
1,813,130
3,403,680
3,464,771
2,010,023
13,115,226
6,218,915
1,881,236
1,978,579
461,175
Rank
in
cost
of
con
struc
tion
278
Installation
permits
Num
ber
Cost
121
$27,045
625
621
103,585
53,570
23,625
51,566
'357
46
177
"118
199
18
2,690
300
515
224
3,157
55
97
30,320
78,935
1,823,370
8,963
13,888
3*
§2“
10
’ l27‘
'175
"6 8
"I§6‘
'308'
31
3,800
152
22,108
5,185
10,342
68
' Ӥ,638
11,251
CITIES
347
379
79
Number
Grand total of all per
mits—new construc
tion and repairs, etc.
PRINCIPAL
Paducah, K y ...........
Cost
Total repairs, etc.
IN THE
Num
ber
$48,375
47,375
43,525
16,515
Ottumwa, Iowa.......
Num
ber
Repairs, etc., on non
residential build-
PERMITS
1028
1<29
1<;28
1<!29
1928
Pasadena, Calif........
1929
1628
Passaic, N. J............
1929
1928
Paterson, N. J .........
1929
1928
Pawtucket, R. I ----1929
1€28
Peoria, 111.................
1929
Perth Amboy, N. J----- 1928
1929
1928
Petersburg, V a........
1929
1928
Philadelphia, P a ....
1929
1928
Phoenix, Ariz...........
1929
1928
Pittsburgh, Pa.........
1929
1928
Pittsfield, Mass.......
1929
1G28
Plainfield, N. J........
1929
1928
Pontiac, M ich..........
1929
1928
Port Arthur..............
1929
1928
Port Huron, M ich ..
Cost
N onhousekeeping
dwellings
BUILDING
City and State
Housekeeping
dwellings
Portland, M e ._____
2,666
159,320
111,550
1,271,905
1,178,335
49,470
49,635
133,941
101,630
48,261
53,188
1,163,700
1,310,145
117,686
30,140
2,885
2,000
283
327
1,044
1,425
35
25
56
36
26
73
573
736
63,535
874
801
155
281,934
246,685
156,206
2,500
62
81
46
1,185
1,450
319,804
416,440
4,600
30,859
321
439
216
163,690
122,440
82,165
294,415
285,669
110,092
62,355
531,950
298,432
296,322
136,855
1,006,484
212
553
590
737
391
278
227
67
420
525
46
28
68
5,374
2,950
61,000
622,398
280,850
195,446
234,052
83,985
2,882
2,500
1,598
1,407,943
1,027,662
825,340
342
369
477
420
183
190
194,400
409,900
251,650
494,303
131,485
146,118
74
396
346
26
46
923
812
262
276
537
244
104
187
24
146,220
398, 610
1,8
1,213
884
111
129
123
94
144
128
81ft
794
4,935
4,570
165
205
288
231
78
127
3,097
3,402
730
682
71
73
936
882
202
396
1,508
1,897
152
244
956
942
315
284
1,660
1,448
653
554
880
1,127
764
311
524
712
70
274
4,749
3,730
2,482
2,929
453
498
600
614
327
318
520,094
825,502
2,868,530
2,837,845
101,885
95,084
153,586
174,075
204,701
254,263
2,831,025
3,222,745
295,829
450,117
180,221
66,145
364.440
800,295
283,351
479,234
998,954
991,724
108,245
192.440
237,706
284,763
1,265,595
1,224,750
171,092
235,550
1,936,886
2,098,029
1,454,917
821,260
1,079,729
2,111,311
849,908
715,774
477,913
470,672
125,975
548,299
4,613,166
4,970,062
1,672,955
2,278,589
306,100
515,700
396,560
603,468
1,346,778
1,017,193
1,351
1,214
9,567
7,646
447
420
472
386
276
282
4,979
5,046
1,458
1,281
369
321
2,335
1,920
1,078
1,264
2,179
2,483
454
452
575
540
2,317
2,151
880
700
4,542
3,429
1,875
1,652
1,183
1,530
1,859
1,101
1,658
1,801
284
558
12,627
9,533
4,999
6,055
954
763
830
704
1,024
1,089
2,738,886
2.133.188
21,275,970
15,503,680
1,247,085
718,096
688,531
407,377
1,664,820
1.622.188
16,003,519
14.943.495
1,466,812
1,572,455
1,276,957
831,750
6,870,012
4,216,542
4,417,489
4,782,777
3,808,320
6,110,566
1,227,142
730,375
940,723
1,063,252
8,844,881
9,146,225
3,279,423
2,219,829
17,620,798
13,303,261
6,736,642
6,083,442
1,583,244
2,911,650
5,524,332
4,381,389
4,349,585
3,120,772
2,004,618
1,404,445
42.828.495
27,073,669
8,699,513
9,365,275
1,846,100
1,445,900
1,719,685
1,885,208
5,277,404
5,690,591
171
27
277
305
34
18
11,500
5,345
203
28
206
264
101
91
72
11
49,285
677
584
43
111
75,300
617
17,989
60,725
4
220
2
6
1,025
6,325
1
150
227
120
73,800
27,855
614
67
109
257,054
38,151
309,146
275
249
48
168
35
84
142
98
136
219
17
.......
216
185
78
TABLE
456
3,891
3,145
130
180
232
194
52
54
2,524
GENERAL
1928
1929
1928
1929
Portsmouth, Ohio__
1928
1929
Portsmouth, Va.___
1928
1929
Poughkeepsie, N. Y ___ 1928
1929
Providence, R. I ___
1928
1929
Pueblo, Colo.... ........
1928
1929
Quincy, HI...... .........
1928
1929
Quincy, Mass..........
1928
1929
Racine, Wis.............
1928
1929
Reading, Pa..... ........
1928
1929
Revere, Mass...........
1928
1929
Richmond, Ind........
1928
1929
Richmond, Va.........
1928
1929
Roanoke, Va.... ........
1928
1929
Rochester, N. Y ___
1928
1929
Rockford, HI_______
1928
1929
Rock Island, 111____
1928
1929
Sacramento, C alif...
1928
1929
Saginaw, Mich_____
1928
1929
St. Joseph, M o_____
1928
1929
St. Louis, M o..........
1928
1929
St. Paul, Minn_____
1928
1929
St. Petersburg, Fla..
1928
1929
Salem, Mass........... .
1928
1929
Salt Lake City, Utah.. 1928
1929
Portland, Oreg____
Ta b le A.— Number and estimated cost o f buildings (new construction, and repairs, alterations, and additions to old buildings) covered by permits
issued in 1928 and 1929, by intended use of buildings— Continued
PAR T 3.— REPAIRS, ALTERATIONS, AND ADDITIONS TO OLD BUILDINGS, AND GRAND TOTAL OF ALL
O
Continued
Repairs, etc., on residential buildings
Year
Number
San Diego, Calif___
San Francisco, Calif.
Savannah, Ga_____
Schenectady, N. Y ..
Seattle, Wash..........
Sheboygan, Wis___
Shreveport, La........
Sioux Falls, S. Dak.
Somerville, Mass__
South Bend, Ind___
Spokane, Wash........
Springfield, HI.........
193
2,720
2,346
260
273
1,458,776
1,419,606
108,925
131,975
$103,153
396,105
266
381
208,085
232,650
20,000
521
452
1,447
1,499
105
108
20
115
184
262
550
548
601
767
378
467
181,544
162,519
378,890
337,404
48,955
61,490
20,810
173,590
62,867
140,373
200,695
187,260
257,450
300,389
183,658
204,468
500
‘ 6,’ 335'
1,000
230,780
$448,890
847
1,280
135
151
$2,120, 229
2,853,164
199,365
171,175
138
229
238,325
351,475
163
175
537
548
58
45
20
21
49
120
67
45
220
244
96
86
330,510
153,114
421,859
621,555
155,425
338,625
140,375
185,850
167,385
163,450
130,075
218,075
599,265
618,365
236,370
173,430
Number
1,423
1,815
2,250
1,753
3,591
3,702
395
424
117
91
409
610
633
481
4,638
4,100
685
627
1,992
2,047
163
153
40
136
233
382
607
1,016
474
652
Cost
$1,567,609
1,665,177
839,198
754,158
3,682,158
4,668,875
308,290
303,150
127,065
142,742
466,410
684,125
1,034,250
940,190
4,266,960
6,853,450
512,554
315,633
807,084
958,959
204,380
390,115
161,185
359,440
220,252
303,823
330,770
405,335
857,715
1,049,534
420,028
877,898
Number
4,284
4,550
5,150
3,811
6,648
5,505
948
937
525
317
1,175
1,341
1,189
880
9,512
7,924
1,166
1,019
2,921
2,838
799
748
299
444
407
639
2,524
2,445
2,187
2,241
1,195
1,101
Cost
$18,300,359
18,070,350
12,150,138
11,414,833
37,504,438
33,42G, 317
2,541,300
2,428,185
2,137,134
1,122,012
3,428,480
3,430,850
4,632,243
2,947,264
34,806,975
29,101,450
2,108,719
1,467,998
4,846,425
3,535,381
2,170,440
3,130,368
2,004,725
1,952,940
1,424,197
3,076, 154
6,363, 185
7,014,705
5,736,778
4,147,860
3,739,153
3,112,006
Rank
in
cost
of
con
struc
tion
Installation
permits
Num
ber
Cost
32
797
774
1,408
1,615
119
114
11
$8,715
222,462
168,905
261,925
255, 708
20,450
58,980
1,540
'111
60
10,907
"15
” §5
492
498
160
180
3,325
204,730
183, 230
34,555
30,741
42
“’ 11*
*155"
2.39
125
~212
"m
135
182
4,400
138
'” 61
103
"137
1,350
44,195
47,636
CITIES
Sioux City, Iow a....
$1,216,287
Cost
Grand total of all per
mits—new construc
tion and repairs, etc.
PRINCIPAL
Scranton, Pa............
Num
ber
Cost
Total repairs, etc.
IN THE
San Jose, Calif.........
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
Num
ber
Repairs, etc., on non
residential build
ings
PERMITS
San Antonio, Tex._.
Cost
Nonhousekeeping
dwellings
BUILDING
City and State
Housekeeping
dwellings
Springfield, Mass..
Springfield, M o ...
Springfield, Ohio..
Steubenville, Ohio
Superior, Wis____
Syracuse, N. Y ___
Tacoma, Wash___
Tampa, Fla______
Taunton, Mass__
Terre Haute, Ind_
Toledo, Ohio.........
Topeka, Kans.......
Trenton, N. J.......
Troy, N. Y ...........
Tucson, Ariz_____
Tulsa, Okla...........
Union City, N. J-.
Utica, N. Y ...........
Vallejo, Calif........
Waco, Tex.............
Waltham, M ass...
Warren, Ohio____
Washington, D . C.
Waterbury, Conn.
120,803
169,140
90,595
68,550
270
165
153
85
103,340
200,615
232,225
28,265
53,025
94,003
96,395
98,657
103,427
439.140
358,460
121
171
177
232
244
465
436
1,044
1,232
150
147
1,032
255,475
316,302
211,359
48,732
56,174
338,134
1,197
781,459
200
66,950
127, 730
147,086
139,267
311
267
220
133,760
364,660
4,000
8,150
161
199
61
78
99
111
6,050
73,300
8,710
83,000
763,684
912
12
32
123
156
48
40
261
316
649
578
105
111
156
11,100
101
350
141
114
63,578
515
335
135
91
206
251
115
147
117,798
235,130
322, 584
288,998
229,856
181,858
141,470
87,060
43,778
70.876
94,452
161,494
129
147
145
131,405
50,485
74,820
37
99
138
189
173
185.550
213.550
48
13
38,800
'20,"315'
55
125
165
151
41
69
58
87
89
117
52
55
341
421
193
169
272
348
264
264
97
153
298
341
280
288
729
706
1,198
1,360
2,347
1,810
257
258
1,188
779
1,477
1,549
294
268
452
381
482
529
275
393
734
657
566
404
201
178
295
368
167
202
178
166
246
283
3,617
2,403
237
241
1,020,47ft
1,157,506
249,620
297,880
149,203
155,311
1,185,668
548,325
41,815
97,025
363,724
396,708
186,447
292,666
1,358,826
2,412,738
633,945
608,255
575,024
545,587
114,250
124,906
368,292
297,455
% 882,899
2,035,729
158,564
185,460
791,054
782, 731
262,064
379,063
168,996
382,247
713,844
501,147
371,671
266,980
441,505
677,160
69,359
131,052
294,31J
415,962
191,085
167,885
143,680
282,760
3,690,553
3,583,588
543,850
586,800
1« 539
1,367
628
522
1,017
1,006
834
882
423
415
926
709
614
557
3,103
2,512
2,341
2,538
3,637
2,405
484
468
1,696
1,189
5,334
4,802
1,117
897
1,062
824
774
781
828
1,059
3,829
3,161
674
462
680
486
448
501
410
486
679
564
686
941
6,916
5,641
907
746
5,976,799
83
5,095.049
1,615,655
1,524,521
208
1,556,767
1,750,421
195
6,195,278
4,504,948 ” ” 95’
1,193,410
1,186,000
232
1,774,866
1,432,088 ""'218'
1,852,152
1,183,264
233
13,220,429
11,266,705
43
4,660,415
4,053,050
106
3,617,054
1,858,420
188
882,497
572,902
291
973,487
799,329
266
17,346,195
13,507,240
34
1,991,514
1,751,467
194
4,105,921
3,675,004
114
1,323,664
2,037,267
174
2,895.391
3.416,456
126
13,411,051
11,756,635
41
1,120, 756
855,123
261
3,916,970
2,497,135
152
441,847
459,021
299
2,291,339
2, 700,025
148
2,477,055
2,340,155
161
1,811,620
2,168,200 "'169*
53,974,979
56,127,919
6
3,488,300
2,998,750
145
124
86
i
Stockton, Calif___
167
189
131
107
S5
Stamford, Conn__
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
113
73
23,972
11,966
4
2,190
1,090
133
157
335,410
24,055
58,127
22
26
6,790
8,880
2
4
8,200
25,900
1
35
126
4,000
13,819
32,966
128
181
17,501
50,926
1
800
156
242
22,150
39,910
2,556
1,346,400
49
2,255
T a b le A *— Number and estimated cost o f buildings (new construction, and repairs, alterations,
additions to old buildings) covered by permits
issued in 1928 and 1929, by intended use of buildings— Continued
S
,
PA R T 3.— REPAIRS, ALTERATIONS, AND ADDITIONS TO OLD BUILDINGS AND GRAND TOTAL OF ALL PfflZMiTS—Continued
City and State
Year
Housekeeping
dwellings
Number
West New York, N. J ..
Wheeling, W . Va__ __
White Plains, N. Y____
Wichita, Kans________
Wichita Falls, Tex____
Wilkes-Barre, Pa_____
Wflkinsburg, P a ..____
Wilmington, Del
___
Wilmington, N . 0 ........
Winston-Salem, N . C_.
Woonsocket, R. I . . _.
Woroflstfir Mass
$72,340
88,014
94
525
70,185
110,569
121
88
412
303
91
101
632
685
264
204
147,615
81.600
275, 843
196, 925
226,162
171, 210
290,007
324,682
221, 670
109,334
123
160,963
361
95,702
97
115
1,021
740
95
81
498
468
65,000
9a 750
346,347
177, 255
60, 726
46,621
728,817
618,217
9
12
15
8
5
$7,450
20,250
6,575
1,810
33,000
Cost
35
74
$181,820
177,500
33
10
58,150
110,850
41
74
157
134
80
93
235
227
72
57
201,320
147,925
359,839
662, 963
312,980
483,017
360,236
254,613
374,342
204,671
8
93,422
167
270,440
15
29
137
120
76
91
466
£29
91,566
66,500
182,959
726,820
393,347
103,284
759,267
*108*774
Number
199
258
113
127
535
385
177
170
569
437
171
194
867
912
336
261
948
620
58
131
546
533
799
682
112
144
1,158
860
171
172
964
997
Cost
$261,610
285,764
94,670
128,335
221,419
136,197
355,510
231,335
635,682
859,888
539,142
654,227
650,243
579,295
596,012
314,005
662,881
622,243
105,005
254,385
347,175
399.142
1,129,452
1,452,567
156,000
157,250
529,306
904,075
454,073
149,905
1,488,084
2,726,991
Number
898
1,042
625
458
793
603
253
233
843
669
783
580
2,390
2,712
613
415
1,337
922
276
404
941
957
1,969
1,537
239
268
2,550
1,568
366
333
1,999
1,925
Cost
Rank
in
cost
of
con
struc
tion
$2,722,194
1,974,049
181
2,824,095
1,764,640
193
1,152,449
1,089,602
247
1,628,385
877,635 " ” o‘
1,967,488
1,768,019
192
12,632,206
7,194,967
59
7,974,221
8,651,582
51
1,911,412
1,337,337
223
3,896,345
3,224,623
132
1,915,561
1,335,095
224
2,080,940
1,283,565
226
5,577,109
6,142.665
71
748,500
682,600
281
8,531,028
6,000,167
87
918,543
1,049,350 ”‘ "252"
7,260,320
7,260,965
68
Installation
permits
Num
ber
Cost
771
$15,000
1
121
147
4
10,000
23,163
33,890
47,300
144
28,198
1
200
20
36
104,590
233,525
3
183
136
146
110
1,300
14,680
18,992
96,190
168,485
9
4,866
CITIES
Williamsport, Pa__ __
155
172
Num
ber
Qrand total of all per
mits—new construc
tion and repairs, etc.
PRINCIPAL
Watertown, N. Y .........
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1920
Cost
Total repairs, etc.
IN THE
Watertown, M a ss__
Num
ber
Repairs, etc., on non
residential build
ings
PERMITS
Waterloo, Iowa
Cost
Nonhousekeeping
dwellings
BUILDING
Repairs, etc., on residential buildings
Yonkers, N. Y ............
York, Pa......................
3249°—30----------- 8
Youngstown, Ohio___
Zanesville, Ohio.........
Total:
309 cities___
311 cities-----
217
240
485
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
1928
1929
271,125
217,956
150,682
275
92
71
113,483
31,655
23,736
1928
1929
121,454
120,264
79,400,026
72,044,526
360,000
177
154
62,250
12,340
1,390
1,225
16,312,516
13,317,295
55,473
53,707
394
394
570
648
236,090
28,793
101,620
84
1,245,525
1,600,156
717,117
593,648
529,415
411,823
72,788
125,356
138,058,871
171,500,746
277,848
276,276
324,039,903
367,522,987
974,400
1,382,200
206,435
1,934
1,413
954
974
2,191
1,787
344
662,929
35,618,824
21,366,049
2, 065,049
1,458,469
8,637,675
5,894,320
548,064
578,180
3,421,975,759
3,035,681,481
21
214
......
290
70,728
108,458
38,366,967
48,131,567
LIST OF BULLETINS OF THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
The follow ing is a list o f all bulletins o f th e Bureau o f Labor S tatistics p ublished sin ce
July, 1912, excep t tha t in th e case o f bulletins giving th e results o f periodic surveys o f th e
bureau on ly th e latest bulletin on any o n e su b ject is here listed.
A com p lete list o f th e reports and bulletins issued prior t o July, 1912, as well as th e bulletins
published sin ce th a t date, will be furnished on application. Bulletins m arked th u s (*) are
o u t o f p rin t•
Conciliation and Arbitration (including strikes and lockouts).
♦No. 124, Conciliation and arbitration in the building trades of Greater New York. [1913.]
*No. 133. Report of the industrial council of the British Board of Trade on its inquiry into industrial
agreements. [1913.]
No. 139. Michigan copper district strike. [1914.]
*No. 144. Industrial court of the cloak, suit, and skirt industry of New York City. [1914.]
*No. 145. Conciliation, arbitration, and sanitation in the dress and waist industry of New York City.
[1914.]
*No. 191. Collective bargaining in the anthracite-coal industry. [1916.]
♦No. 198. Collective agreements in the men’s clothing industry. [1916.]
No. 233. Operation of the industrial disputes investigation act of Canada. [1918.
No. 255. Joint industrial councils in Great Britain. [1919.]
No. 283. History of the Shipbuilding Labor Adjustment Board, 1917 to 1919.
No. 287. National War Labor Board: History of its formation, activities, etc. [1921.]
*No. 303. Use of Federal power in settlement of railway labor disputes. [1922.]
No. 341. Trade agreement in the silk-ribbon industry of New York City. [1923.]
No. 402. Collective bargaining by actors. [1926.]
No. 468. Trade agreements, 1927.
No. 481. Joint industrial control in the book and job printing industry. [1928.]
Cooperation.
No. 313. Consumers’ cooperative societies in the United States in 1920.
No. 314. Cooperative credit societies (credit unions) in America and in foreign countries. [1922.]
No. 437. Cooperative movement in the United States in 1925 (other than agricultural).
Employment and Unemployment.
*No. 109. Statistics of unemployment and the work of employment offices in the United States. [1913.]
No. 172. Unemployment in New York City, N. Y. [1915.]
*No. 183. Regularity of employment in the women’s ready-to-wear garment industries. [1915.]
*No. 195. Unemployment in the United States. [1916.]
No. 196. Proceedings of the Employment Managers’ Conference held at Minneapolis, Minn., Janu
ary 19 and 20,1916.
♦No. 202. Proceedings of the conference of Employment Managers* Association of Boston, Mass.,
held May 10,1916.
No. 206. The British system of labor exchanges. [1916.]
♦No. 227. Proceedings of the Employment Managers’ Conference, Philadelphia, Pa., April 2 and 3,
1917.
No. 235. Employment system of the Lake Carriers’ Association. [1918.]
•No. 241. Public employment offices in the United States. [1918.]
No. 247. Proceedings of Employment Managers’ Conference, Rochester, N. Y., May 9-11,1918.
•No. 310. Industrial unemployment: A statistical study of its extent and causes. [1922.]
No. 409. Unemployment in Columbus, Ohio, 1921 to 1925.
No. 520. Social and economic character of unemployment in Philadelphia, April, 1929.
Foreign Labor Laws.
•No. 142. Administration of labor laws and factory inspection in certain European countries. [1914.]
No. 494. Labor legislation of Uruguay. [1929.]
No. 510. Labor legislation of Argentina. [1930.]
Housing.
•No. 158.
No. 263.
No. 295.
No. 500.
Government aid to home owning and housing of working people in foreign countries. [1914.]
Housing by employers in the United States. [1920.]
Building operations in representative cities in 1920.
Building permits in the principal cities of the United States in [1921 to] 1928.
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Industrial Accidents and Hygiene.
*No. 104. Lead poisoning in potteries, tile works, and porcelain enameled sanitary ware factories.
[1912.]
No. 120. Hygiene of painters’ trade. [1913.]
*No. 127. Dangers to workers from dust and fumes, and methods of protection. [1913.]
•No. 141. Lead poisoning in the smelting and refining of lead. [1914.]
•No. 157. Industrial accident statistics. [1915.]
*No. 165. Lead poisoning in the manufacture of storage batteries. [1914.]
•No. 179. Industrial poisons used in the rubber industry. [1915.]
No. 188. Report of British departmental committee on the danger in the use of lead in the painting of
buildings. [1916.]
•No. 201. Beport of the committee on statistics and compensation insurance cost of the International
Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions. [1916.]
•No. 209. Hygiene of the printing trades. [1917.]
•No. 219. Industrial poisons used or produced in the manufacture of explosives. [1917.]
No. 221. Hours, fatigue, and health in British munition factories. [1917.]
No. 230. Industrial efficiency and fatigue in British munition factories. [1917.]
•No. 231. Mortality from respiratory diseases in dusty trades (inorganic dusts). [1918.]
•No. 234. Safety movement in the iron and steel industry, 1907 to 1917.
No. 238. Effects of the air hammer on the hands of stonecutters. [1918.]
No. 249. Industrial health and efficiency. Final report of British Health of Munition Workers’
Committee. [1919.]
No. 251. Preventable death in the cotton-manufacturing industry. [1919 ]
No. 256. Accidents and accident prevention in machine building. [1919.]
No. 267. Anthrax as an occupational disease. [1920.]
No. 276. Standardization of industrial accident statistics. [1920.]
No. 280. Industrial poisoning in making coal-tar dyes and dye-intermediates. [1921.]
•No. 291. Carbon-monoxide poisoning. (1921.]
No. 293. The problem of dust phthisis in the granite-stone industry. [1922.]
No. 298. Causes and prevention of accidents in the iron and steel industry, 1910-1919.
No. 306. Occupational hazard and diagnostic signs: A guide to impairments to be looked for in hazard
ous occupations. [1922.]
No. 392. Survey of hygienic conditions in the printing trades. 11925.]
No. 405. Phosphorus necrosis in the manufacture of fireworks and in the preparation of phosphorus,
[1926.]
No. 427. Health survey of the printing trades, 1922 to 1925.
No. 428. Proceedings of the Industrial Accident Prevention Conference, held at Washington, D . O.,
July 14-16, 1926.
No. 460. A new test for industrial lead poisoning. [1928.]
No. 466. Settlement for accidents to American seamen. [1928.]
No. 488. Deaths from lead poisoning, 1925-1927.
No. 490. Statistics of industrial accidents in the United States to the end of 1927.
No. 507. Causes of death by occupation. [1929.]
Industrial Relations and Labor Conditions.
No. 237. Industrial unrest in Great Britain. [1917.]
No. 340. Chinese migrations, with special reference to labor conditions. [1923.]
No. 349. Industrial relations in the West Coast lumberi ndustry. [1923.]
No. 361. Labor relations in the Fairmont (W. Va.) bituminous-coal field. [1924.]
No. 380. Postwar labor conditions in Germany. [1925.]
No. 383. Works council movement in Germany. [1925.]
No. 384. Labor conditions in the shoe industry in Massachusetts, 1920-1924.
No. 399. Labor relations in the lace and lace-curtain industries in the United States.
[1925.]
Labor Laws of the United States (including decisions of courts relating to labor).
No. 211. Labor laws and their administration in the Pacific States. [1917.]
No. 229. Wage-payment legislation in the United States. [1917.]
No. 285. Minimum wage laws of the United States: Construction and operation. [1921.]
No. 321. Labor laws that have been declared unconstitutional. [1922.]
No. 322. Kansas Court of Industrial Relations. [1923.]
No. 343. Laws providing for bureaus of labor statistics, etc. [1923.]
No. 370. Labor laws of the United States, with decisions of courts relating thereto. [1925.]
No. 408. Laws relating to payment of wages. [1926.]
No. 486. Labor legislation of 1928.
No. 517. Decisions of courts and opinions affecting labor, 1927-1928.
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Proceedings of Annual Conventions of the Association of Governmental Labor Officials of the United
States and Canada. (Name changed In 1928 to Association of Governmental Officials In Industry of
the United States and Canada.)
No. 266. Seventh, Seattle, Wash., July 12-15, 1920.
No. 307. Eighth, New Orleans, La., May 2-6,1921.
No. 323. Ninth, Harrisburg, Pa., May 22-26, 1922.
•No. 362. Tenth, Richmond, Va., May 1-4, 1923.
♦No. 389. Eleventh, Chicago, 111.. May 19-23,1924.
*No. 411. Twelfth, Salt Lake City, Utah, August 13-16,1925.
No. 429. Thirteenth, Columbus, Ohio, June 7-10, 1926.
•No. 455. Fourteenth, Paterson, N. J., May 31 to June 3, 1927.
No. 480. Fifteenth, New Orleans, La., May 21-24, 1928.
No. 508. Sixteenth, Toronto, Canada, June 4-7, 1929.
Proceedings of Annual Meetings of the International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and
Commissions.
No. 210. Third, Columbus, Ohio, April 25-28, 1916.
No. 248. Fourth, Boston, Mass., August 21-25,1917.
No. 264. Fifth, Madison, Wis., September 24-27, 1918.
•No. 273. Sixth, Toronto, Canada, September 23-26,1919.
No. 281. Seventh, San Francisco, Calif., September 20-24, 1920.
No. 304. Eighth, Chicago, 111., September 19-23,1921.
No. 333. Ninth, Baltimore, Md., October 9-13, 1922.
•No. 359. Tenth, St. Paul, Minn., September 24-26, 1923.
No. 385. Eleventh, Halifax, Nova Scotia, August 26-28, 1924.
No. 395. Index to proceedings, 1914-1924.
No. 406. Twelfth, Salt Lake City, Utah, August 17-20,1925.
No. 432. Thirteenth, Hartford, Conn., September 14-17, 1926.
*No. 456. Fourteenth, Atlanta, Ga., September 27-29, 1927.
No. 485. Fifteenth, Paterson, N. J., September 11-14,1928.
No. 511. Sixteenth, Buffalo, N. Y ., October 8-11,1929.
Proceedings of Annual Meetings of the International Association of Public Employment Services.
No. 192. First, Chicago, December 19 and 20,1913; second, Indianapolis, September 24 and 25,1914;
third, Detroit, July 1 and 2,1915.
No. 220. Fourth, Buffalo, N. Y., July 20 and 21,1916.
No. 311. Ninth, Buffalo, N. Y., September 7-9,1921.
No. 337. Tenth, Washington, D. C., September 11-13, 1922.
No. 355. Eleventh, Toronto, Canada, September 4-7, 1923.
No. 400. Twelfth, Chicago, 111., May 19-23, 1924.
No. 414. Thirteenth, Rochester, N. Y., September 15-17, 1926.
No. 478. Fifteenth, Detroit, Mich., October 25-28, 1927.
No. 501. Sixteenth, Cleveland, Ohio, September 18-21,1928.
Productivity of Labor.
No. 356. Productivity costs in the common-brick industry. [1924.]
No. 360. Time and labor costs in manufacturing 100 pairs of shoes, 1923.
No. 407. Labor cost of production and wages and hours of labor in the paper boxboard industry.
[1926.]
No. 412. Wages, hours, and productivity in the pottery industry, 1926.
No. 441. Productivity of labor in the glass industry. [1927.]
No. 474. Productivity of labor in merchant blast furnaces. [1928.1
No. 475. Productivity of labor in newspaper printing. [1929.]
Retail Prices and Cost of Living.
•No. 121. Sugar prices, from refiner to consumer. [1913.]
•No. 130. Wheat and flour prices, from farmer to consumer. [1913.]
•No. 164. Butter prices, from producer to consumer. [1914.]
No. 170. Foreign food prices as affected by the war. [1915.]
No. 357. Cost of living in the United States. [1924.]
No. 369. The use of cost-of-living figures in wage adjustments. [1926.]
No. 495. Retail prices, 1899 to 1928.
Safety Codes.
•No. 331. Code of lighting: Factories, mills, and other work places.
No. 336. Safety code for the protection of industrial workers in foundries.
No. 350. Specifications of laboratory tests for approval of electric headlighting devices for motor
vehicles.
•No. 351. Safety code for the construction, care, and use of ladders.
No. 375. Safety code for laundry machinery and operations.
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Safety Codes—Continued.
No. 382. Code of lighting school buildings.
No. 410. Safety code for paper and pulp mills.
No. 430. Safety code for power presses and foot and hand presses.
No. 433. Safety codes for the prevention of dust explosions.
No. 436. Safety code for the use, care, and protection of abrasive wheels.
No. 447. Safety code for rubber mills and calenders.
No. 451. Safety code for forging and hot-metal stamping.
No. 463. Safety code for mechanical power-transmission apparatus—first revision.
No. 509. Textile safety code.
No. 512. Code for identification of gas mask canisters.
No. 519. Safety code for woodworking plants, as revised 1930.
Vocational and Workers* Education.
*No. 159. Short-unit courses for wage earners, and a factory school experiment. [1915.]
*No. 162. Vocational education survey of Richmond, Va. [1915.]
♦No. 199. Vocational education survey of Minneapolis, Minn. [1917.]
No. 271. Adult working-class education in Great Britain and the United States. [1920.]
No. 459. Apprenticeship in building construction. [1928.]
Wages and Hours o f Labor.
♦No. 146. Wages and regularity of employment and standardization of piece rates in the dress and
waist industry of New York City. [1914.]
♦No. 147. Wages and regularity of employment in the cloak, suit, and skirt industry. [1914.]
No. 161. Wages and hours of labor in the clothing and cigar industries, 1911 to 1913.
No. 163. Wages and hours of labor in the building and repairing of steam railroad cars, 1907 to 1913.
♦No. 190. Wages and hours of labor in the cotton, woolen, and silk industries, 1907 to 1914.
No. 204. Street-railway employment in the United States. [1917.]
No. 225. Wages and hours of labor in the lumber, millwork, and furniture industries, 1915.
No. 265. Industrial survey in selected industries in the United States, 1919.
No. 297. Wages and hours of labor in the petroleum industry, 1920.
No. 356. Productivity costs in the common-brick industry. [1924.]
No. 358. Wages and hours of labor in the automobile-tire industry, 1923.
No. 360. Time and labor costs in manufacturing 100 pairs of shoes, 1923.
No. 365. Wages and hours of labor in the paper and pulp industry, 1923.
No. 394. Wages and hours of labor in metalliferous mines, 1924.
No. 407. Labor costs of production and wages and hours of labor in the paper box-board industry.
[1926.]
No. 412. Wages, hours, and productivity in the pottery industry, 1925.
No. 416. Hours and earnings in anthracite and bituminous coal mining, 1922 and 1924.
No. 472. Wages and hours of labor in the slaughtering and meat-packing industry, 1927.
No. 476. Union scales of wages and hours of labor, 1927. [Supplement to Bulletin 457.]
No. 484. Wages and hours of labor of common street laborers, 1928.
No. 487. Wages and hours of labor in woolen and worsted goods manufacturing, 1910 to 1923.
No. 492. Wages and hours of labor in cotton-goods manufacturing, 1910 to 1928.
No. 497. Wages and hours of labor in the lumber industry in the United States, 1928.
No. 498. Wages and hours of labor in the boot and shoe industry, 1910 to 1928.
No. 499. History of wages in the United States from colonial times to 1928.
No. 502. Wages and hours of labor in the motor-vehicle industry, 1928.
No. 503. Wages and hours of labor in the men’s clothing industry, 1911 to 1928.
No. 504. Wages and hours of labor in the hosiery and underwear industries, 1907 to 1928.
No. 513. Wages and hours of labor in the iron and steel industry, 1929. (In press.)
No. 514. Pennsylvania Railroad wage data. From Report of Joint Pact Finding Committee in wage
negotiations in 1927.
No. 515. Union scales of wages, May 15,1929.
No. 516. Hours and earnings in bituminous coal mining, 1929.
No, 522. Wages and hours of labor in foundries and machine shops, 1929. (In press.)
No. 523. Wages and earnings in the manufacture of airplanes and aircraft engines, 1929. (In press.)
Welfare Work.
♦No. 123. Employers’ welfare work. ri913.j
No. 222. Welfare work in British munitions factories. [1917.]
♦No. 250. Welfare work for employees in industrial establishments in the United States. [1919.]
No. 458. Health and recreation activities in industrial establishments, 1926.
Wholesale Prices.
No. 284. Index numbers of wholesale prices in the United States and foreign countries.
No. 453. Revised index numbers of wholesale prices, 1923 to July, 1927.
No. 493. Wholesale prices, 1913 to 1928.
No. 521. Wholesale prices, 1929.
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[1921.]
Women and Children in Industry.
No. 116. Hours, earnings, and duration of employment of wage-earning women in selected industries
in the District of Columbia. [1913.]
♦No. 117. Prohibition of night work of young persons. [1913.]
♦No. 118. Ten-hour maximum working-day for women and young persons. [1913.]
No. 119. Working hours of women in the pea canneries of Wisconsin. [1913.]
♦No. 122. Employment of women in power laundries in Milwaukee. [1913.]
*No. 160. Hours, earnings, and conditions of labor of women in Indiana mercantile establishments
and garment factories. [1914.]
♦No. 167. Minimum-wage legislation in the United States and foreign countries. [1915.]
♦No. 175. Summary of the report on conditions of women and child wage earners in the United States.
[1915.]
♦No. 176. Effect of minimum-wage determinations in Oregon. [1915.]
♦No. 180. The boot and shoe industry in Massachusetts as a vocation for women. [1915.]
♦No. 182. Unemployment among women in department and other retail stores of Boston, Mass. [1916.]
No. 193. Dressmaking as a trade for women in Massachusetts. [1916.]
No. 215. Industrial experience of trade-school girls in Massachusetts. [1917.]
♦No. 217. Effect of workmen’s compensation laws in diminishing the necessity of industrial employ
ment of women and children. [1918.]
♦No. 223. Employment of women and juveniles in Great Britain during the war. [1917.]
No. 253. Women in the lead industries. [1919.]
Workmen’s Insurance and Compensation (including laws relating thereto).
♦No. 101. Care of tuberculous wage earners in Germany. [1912.]
♦No. 102. British national insurance act, 1911.
No. 103. Sickness and accident insurance law in Switzerland. [1912.]
No. 107. Law relating to insurance of salaried employees in Germany. [1913.]
♦No. 155. Compensation for accidents to employees of the United States. [1914.]
♦No. 212. Proceedings of the conference of social insurance called by the International Association of
Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions, Washington, D. C., December 5-9,1916.
♦No. 243. Workmen’s compensation legislation in the United States and foreign countries, 1917 and
1918.
No. 301. Comparison of workmen’s compensation insurance and administration. [1922.]
No. 312. National health insurance in Great Britain, 1911 to 1921.
No. 379. Comparison of workmen’s compensation laws of the United States as of January 1, 1925.
No. 477. Public-service retirement systems, United States and Europe. [1929.]
No. 496. Workmen’s compensation legislation of the United States and Canada as of January, 1929.
(With text of legislation enacted in 1927 and 1928.)
Miscellaneous series.
♦No. 174. Subject, index of the publications of the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics up to
May 1,1915.
No. 208. Profit sharing in the United States. 11916.]
No. 242. Food situation in central Europe, 1917.
No. 254. International labor legislation and the society of nations. [1919.]
No. 268. Historical survey of international action affecting labor. [1920.]
No. 282. Mutual relief associations among Government employees in Washington, D. O. [1921.]
No. 319. The Bureau of Labor Statistics: Its history, activities, and organization. [1922.]
No. 326. Methods of procuring and computing statistical information of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
[1923.]
No. 342. International Seamen’s Union of America: A study of its history and problems. [1923.]
No. 346. Humanity in government. [1923.]
No. 372. Convict labor in 1923.
No. 386. Cost of American almshouses. [1925.]
No. 398. Growth of legal-aid work in the United States. 11926.]
No. 401. Family allowances in foreign countries. [1926.]
No. 461. Labor organization in Chile. [1928.]
No. 462. Park recreation areas in the United States. [1928.]
No. 465. Beneficial activities of American trade-unions. [1928.]
No. 479. Activities and functions of a State department of labor. [1928.]
No. 483. Conditions in the shoe industry in Haverhill, Mass., 1928.
No. 489. Care of aged persons in United States. [1929.]
No. 491. Handbook of labor statistics, 1929 edition.
No. 505. Directory of homes for the aged in the United States. [1929.]
No. 506. Handbook of American trade-Unions: 1929 edition.
No. 518. Personnel research agencies, 1930, edition.
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