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as more than 'il- s higher than At point of 1938. T. 0. Morgan, Chicago manager of Dodge Reports, the news division of! F. W. Dodge .corporation, corn- menting, on the, local ga in, ,said, d'The increased valuation of con- tracts awarded during the January- through-May period, for materials and labor to be used in residential building throughout, Coo k county, takes on .added. significance when we learn that it ispart of an actîv- ity which developed a gain of more than, 200 millions of dollars .over thé same, months of last year, in. the '37. States east of the Rockies."ý May Gain 253 Per Cent Contracts: awarded ýduring May,- for residential building 'in the area totaled $5,442,000. A gain of 253 per cent was recorded over $1,540,- 000, the total, for May, lRaa. At the close of the live-months' period the year'sý volume of' resi- dential building contracts was at $18,238,000. The valuation recorded at the corresponding point of 1938 was $7,018,000. Non-residential building has fol-, lowed residential with an upwardl movement this year. Show 69 Per Cent Advance The contracts awarded in this classificationi during Mlay axnounted to $3,354,000,- ini a rise o~f 9 per ASHN STREET (i block notth of Willow Rd., 1 blockeast ofi. fibbard) 40 ~gVr w Mbdiled.Georion Eight roh;4 biroemna break jasai room, stu4y, 2 ail. bat ha, qwdr om, rere tinrooem, Iuo-car' detachied garage. $19.500 1248 ASH STREET (1 block north of Willow Rtd., 1.2il c east EuqIish Design Sevewi roomu; 4 bedrooms. breaasit room, 2 tUpe bathx, fri~Vi S9BEU tb e U 1B lI un mLYW ÇSJ of May, 1938. Non-residential building contracts awarded in Cook county, during the five months had a total valuation of $10,365,000, ahead of last year' s corresponding $9,313,000. The engineering construction un- dertaken by the utilities, and fed-- eral, state and local governments, 4uring the first five months of the year accounted for materials-and- labor contracts totaling $13,800,000. Last year, the total at the same point was $8,427,000. - twoear aitached garage. $17,500 of Hîbbiàa'td Pte. it' 7%l 969 TOWER MANOR DRIVE (Northeast corner Tower and Green Bay Roads) 518-20 MORYGAGE SANKER SI. UuRok siIdIal Evuustsoe ST. ("Residence UNI. 6060 of The North Shore" mnillion~s of was at the 1 0 dmî,ý71F'w "ý - - . ý l 1 :. 1 1: