Building activity in May week slight. one new warehouse
Building records show the second week of May had fourteen permits totaling 4250 dollars with only one new structure, a 2001 dollar Bath Packing warehouse, and five private garages. Permits list Bath Packing Homer Stark 1403 Seenue Tpit and several local addresses with various roofing and garage projects.
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Edward Mahnke
Bath Packing Company
Meret
Bath Pachouse
Homer
Stark
Seenue
Tpit
Swinehart
Ballmore
Biftth
Henry Senders
South
Lefties
Western Agente
Wela’s
Medd Bros
Indep Dent
Raviin
Rail Y Plans New Building
The executive board approved promotion of a new railroad Y building near the Central shops. A committee led by Hodge B. Taylor will draft preliminary plans for activities and a potential move to new facilities. Secretary Roy A. Graham reported robust membership growth and a debt-free financial state with funds ready for next year’s budget.
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Westernsday
Hodge
Taylor
L W. _S. Williams
H. G. Brown
H.O. Dahl
Caois
A. Archer
Mnittee
H. O. Dahl
Roy A. Graham
Theattion
Cost of Erecting Building Drops 44 Per Cent in Year
A Michigan dealer reports a 44 percent drop in building costs from a year ago. In a letter to H. D. Conkey & Co., Mendota, it notes the lowest bid for a large project was 898,000 and now proposes $55 to construct the same building. It claims clay products, steel, lumber, millwork, lime, and most materials have fallen to near minimum levels, advising against delaying erection due to costs.
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Michigan
H. D. Conkey & Co
Mendota
Tfl
Constract
Cedar Rapids Council Awards Curbstone Contract Totals
Cedar Rapids city council held a special session and awarded curb construction contracts totaling about 530,000. Bidders included a paving company with bids at 2,905 and 2,002.50, with the successful bidder receiving the key blocks of concrete work.
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Cedar Rapids
Perey Fia
Ltion
Ity P Blocies
Pavi
Neapons Contractor Plans 200 Bungalows This Summer
A building contractor, J. Davidson, announces construction of 200 bungalows this summer at an aggregate cost of $1,000,000. Davidson, an apartment house builder, runs up signs of the city.
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J. A Building
Mr. Davidson
Building Progress Across Midwest Cities Reported
Building permits issued by 14 Midwestern cities in April totaled just over half the value of last year. Wichita shows an increase while Kansas City Missouri records the largest percentage drop. Waterloo declines 70 percent as 2,419 permits valued at 5,178,136 were issued, versus 2,087 permits valued at 9,501,232 a year ago.
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Kansas City
Wichita
St. Joseph
Waterloo
Protest Fixing of Steel Prices in Midwest Hearing
Farmers and residents of Midwest cities await a Federal Trade Commission hearing in Washington on May 29. The case challenges steel and iron price fixing by United States Steel Corporation and 11 subsidiaries. The dispute cites producers in Chicago, Duluth, and Birmingham, plus state legislatures and several associations. Pittsburgh price baselines affect Gary Indiana and Duluth shipments to Waterloo, altering regional pricing.
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Middlewest
Washington
United States Steel Corporation
Chicago
Duluth
Birmingham
Association of Rolled Steel Consumers
Federated Farm Bureau
Chambers of Commerce
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgus
H, Pa
Gary
Ind
Contingei
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Leavitt, & Johnson Bank Bldg
Waterloo Roofing & Supply Company
Wall Board and Building Papers
Byearsore
Phon
Waterloo Jows’ Town
the Netcott-Donnan-Netcott Co
Herman c Miller
Hetter
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Nauman Company
Permete
Joe
A. Olson Construction Company
Bouilders of
Concrete and Steel Bridges
Waterion, Town
Rail “Y
Stnneapons Contractor
Lowebb
Harris Welding Co
AU Metals
West 5Th
Black Hawk Bank
Waterloo, Iowa
Kiester- Hall Seed Company
Ph Gnboo, Low A
Russell-Lamson
Echiotz
Engiers
Sixta
Tatose
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Pres
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Black Hawk Eléctrical Co
B. Schultz
Waterloo Ice Cream Co
East
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Dance
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B. Hull
Kranklin Streets
Dart Sales CO
Mapaipaluroce
Register &Buxton Contractors
Marsh-Place
Waterloo, Ay
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H. H. Husman ‘Motor Sar
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Jerald Suley CO
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Russell-Lamson Hotel
Ardeer
Eason Bros
Keen
Coca- Gola
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Caine
Coca- Cola
Coca-Cola Bo’ Os
Connolly’s Carriage and Auto Works Rn
Jefferson St
National Check Writer, Co
Associated Manufacturers CO. Waterlog
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Thone
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East Seventh Street
Central Battery & Electric Co. Miller - W. J. Decker
Philadelphia
Philco
Cedar River Land and Material Co
West Fifth St
United States Tire Sales and Service Depot
Fred Thompson
West Fifth Street
Town
Anderson Plumbing & Heating Co. Steam and Met Service
Thatcher
Sycamore Street
Waterloo Savings Bank Building
Waterloo Plumbing & Heating CO
Commercial
Nat'l Bank
Ralph B. Slippy
Befec Shores Fuel & Transfer CO
Phore
A.C. Stewart Tire & Vulcanizing Co
East Fifth Street
Commercial St
Siegel
Auto Wrecking Company
Cedar Falls & Northern
Standard Glass and Paint Co
Sycamore
West 4Th FN
Sutcliffe Reo Auto CO
Jake Brough
I. G. Chamberisin
Waterloo Implement & Transfer Co
Mullen Ave
Washington St
Olson
Bluff Street
W. C. Foster
Wb. Foster
Treswater
Producers Milk Co
Hetail
Waterloo, Town
Sedgwick-Lichty Abstract Company
Court House
Waterloo, Towa
Bartles Shepherd Oil Co
Iowa Warehouse
COMPA
General Warehous Furniture
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California
Lawson Automotive Company
John Deere
Joann Deere
Waterloo Gasoline
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