Building Activity Hits Three Year Peak In City
Building permits rise this spring driven by FHA financing and Better Homes efforts. William C. Crawford notes increased demand for repairing and new construction. loans under Title 1 and 2 spur material sales and employment. Unemployment among craftsmen declines as the trades show strong activity and optimism for housing in the year.
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Federal Housing Administration
William C. Crawford
Better Homes Committee
Cits
FHA
Crawford
Acing
Awford
Ve Williams
Building Trades Comn
Williams
Local Trade Firms Listing for Cedar Rapids Area
Directory of local builders suppliers and service firms including Better Homes Directory companies such as Builders Materials Cedar Rapids Gas Co Hatch and Brookman Lumber Co Hawkeye Lumber and Coal Co Home Lumber Co Town Electric Light and Power Co Kings Crown Plaster Co Lampert Yards Limback Lumber Montgomery Ward Nagle-Eaton Lumber Ogden Lumber Peoples Savings Bank and Sherwin-Williams Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Builders Materials, Inc
Cedar Rapids Gas Co
Hatch and Brookman Lumber Co
Hawkeye Lumber and Coal Co
Home Lumber Co
Town Electric Light and Power Co
Kings Crown Plaster Co
Lampert Yards, Inc
Limback Lumber Co
Montgomery Ward
Nagle-Eaton Lumber Co
Ogden Lumber Co
Peoples Savings Bank
Sherwin-Williams Co
Cedar Rapids Building Boom Outpaces Chicago in Midwest
Williams states Cedar Rapids leads Midwest construction activity for its size, with substantial industrial work. He cites reports from Iowa and compares the pace to Chicago, noting rapid growth across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Illinois
Wisconsin
Operative builders start new projects across the nation
Operative builders begin new residential projects nationwide as mortgage insurance applications rise. W. E. Boeing starts ten houses in Seattle Blue Ridge addition while Central Park annex in Buffalo breaks ground on a 7500000 project. Home Industries in Rochester sells 23 homes with insulated frame construction.
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Washington, D. C
Operative Builders
Federal Housing Administration
Te Better Housing Program
Blue Ridge Addition
Seattle
Wash
W. E. Boeing
Boeing Airplane Company
Pacific Coast
Buffalo
N. Y
Central Park Annex, Inc
Buffalo Better Housing Committee
Buffalo Real Estate Board
Rochester
Home Industries, Inc
Tex woman grows local celery as food shipments spurned
Mrs J T Andrews in Cleburne Texas is raising celery to replace foods shipped into the state. The experiment is successful and she plans to try other vegetables not grown locally. Her celery is a foot long and still growing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleburne
Tex
J. T. Andrews
Texas
Carloadings Rise In Early 1935 For Building Materials
The federal housing administration notes an 8.3 percent, 72,449 car increase forecast for second quarter 1935 building material shipments, with overall non building material loadings dropping 69,953 cars. New York Central reports March 1935 building material carload rise 35.6 percent to 7,710, with 4,464 delivered, while total loadings fell. Lumber orders for 14 weeks 1935 up 18 percent. 13 week carload total 114,918 versus 106,829 a year earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Federal Housing Administration
New York Central Railroad
Boston and Albany
National Lumber Manufacturers Association
France Plans New Stamp For Ship’s First Trip
Paris reports the French post office will issue a special stamp to commemorate the completion of the world’s largest liner Normandie and her first trip to New York this month. The stamp highlights national pride in France’s expanding mercantile fleet, exciting philatelists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
New York
France
Homes Need More Electricity in 1935 Urban Study
A federal power commission report notes many urban homes lack major electrical equipment. Of 20 million customers in cities over 50,000, only 320,000 use power for all needs, 6.5 million for lighting and small appliances, 1.34 million have cooking and refrigeration, signaling modernization needs under the National Housing Act and FHA insured loans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Federal Power Commission
Federal Housing Administration
Administration
Real Estate Transfers Recorded in Linn County Journal
Series of property deeds listing transfers from D W Bates receiver to A H Wagner and Bertha Wagner joint survivors and others. Includes parcels in Park View Midboro Riverdale Linwood Leverich’s Center Point Mallory’s additions with small cash considerations and recorded dates in 1935.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. W. Bates
Ely Trust and Savings Bank
A. H
Bertha Wagner Hus
Park View
C. R
Jennie Hayford Mickel
Hus
Tor Leslie R
Lena J. Gerhardt Hus
Midboro
Valcon
Frank L. Buser
Florence Skalsky
Riverdale
Della Graham
Charles A. Graham
James Graham
Matilda Graham
Cem
Linwood Cemetery
Also Mentioned on This Page
King’s Crown Plaster Co
First Ave. W
Better Homes Directory
Sam
Wares Housing Administration
Consultus
Wisconsin Lumber CO
DIAL
Third Avenue SW
Hawkeye
Hawkeye Lumber & Coal Co
West End Cedar Dam
Hackensack
N. J
Sereviae
Tenn
Panola
Third Ave
First St. SW
Engineering Service
Ward’s
Montgomery Ward & Co
17Th Street
C E Pearson
H O Young
Gray and Greene
Write Gazette
The
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Hurt
Fannie Horsky
Milroy Horsky
Mallory
Grantor
Maude J Coffran
J L
Eugene Sullivan
Nely
Sherwin Williams CO
Third
Hatch & Brookman Lumber Coq
8Th Ave
F Ave
E Ave
3Rd St. NE
17Th St
3Rd Ave
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