Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 April 1947 — Page 29
FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 194
Prices Hiked 20-25 Per Cent In Last Year
Material Cost Slows Construction
By UNITED PRESS The anticipated spring boom in housing construction has failed to dev in many cities, a survey “today. A spot check of representative areas showed that: ONE: In many cities the number of dwelling units begun so far this year was less than in the same period last year TWO: The a rion of finished dwelling units has increased about 20 to 25 per cent in the last year. THREE: The high cost of materials has slowed construction. FOUR: In general, municipal housing agencies and programs have been ineffective. In some cities, the number of units completed so far this year
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Boom Fails To Develop In_
was less than in the first quarter of last year. However, some of the cities reported an increase in the number of dwelling units com- | pleted. Single Family Homes Most of the units under construc tion, the survey showed, were single family homes, Few apartment buildings were being built. The construction industry was confronted with only a few strikes. Most contractors and industry sources blamed the slow rate of building on high material costs. The survey showed these conditions: CHICAGO-The number of new units begun dropped 31 per cent in the first three months of the year compared with the same period of 1046. NEW YORK-—Units pleted in the first quarter of year totaled 1855, compared with only 288 in the corresponding period of 1046. New York appeared to be enjoying more building activity than other cities. - However, units begun in the first three months this year totaled 5103, compared with 5818 a year ago. DETROIT—The Detroit housing commission reported that 2247 units were started in the first quarter this year, compared with 2829 begun in the same three months last year. The price of homes advanced about 20 per cent. BOSTON — The building boom failed to materialize because of both high costs and material shortages. However, 1085 new units were begun in the first quarter
SEEKS TIMES PRIZE—This portrait of an amateur photographer at work at The Indianapolis Home Show caught Jack McCormick, 31 S. Sherman dr., snapping an entry for the $100 Times Jack has a keen eye on an indoor He is using a Speed Graphic, the type camera used by many newspaper photographers. A student at Central Business college, Jack graduated from Howe last
Mome Show Photo Contest, subject in the Modular home.
February.
Cattle Prices Are Steady: In Week-End Trade Here
Cattle prices were mostly steady in a week-end cleanup trade at
the Indianapolis stockyards today.
Vealers were firm while lambs were weak. Hog prices were mostly steady to strong with a few sales 25 cents higher,
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this year, compared with 570 in the same period of 1946. NEW ORLEANS—Dwelling units |
completed this year totaled 225 900-1100 pounds ...
compared with 85 last year. Con- | tractors blamed the slow construc | tion rate on high costs, ST. LOUTS—About 800 units were begun in the first three months |™ this year compared with 1260 in
the comparable period last year. Sr
Almost all of the new construction was single family dwellings.
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LEGAL NOTICES
ENERAL ORDINANCE NO. 38, 1947 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND Sectins 1 and 2 of General Ordinance No. 10, 1947, which amended General Ordinance No. yg wid2g | {3 amended), commonly known ing Ordinance of the City a Be Indiana, and a Hm ash t ® Jans shall take effect,
OMMON CoUNCIL. Re THE CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS, That Section 1
8 N 1 a Ordinance No. 10, 1947, be A read as follows: ON 1. That General Ordinance No. 114, 1922 (as amended), commo known as the Zoning Ordinance of indianapolis, ndiana, be and t hereby sinended, fe plemented tended as to U parment House Distriet, A3 or 2400" Bau are Feet Area District and Hl or 50 Feet Height District, so as to include the following described
Beginning at a point in the center ' line of Spencer Avenue, said po two hundred forty-five > (348) "i of the center line of E. 'wenty-First Street; thence south on and alon
of three hundred twenty oint; thence east on a | he center line of East Tw
te pencer Avenue a distance of two hun dred two and four tenths {393. 4) foot to the center line of East Btreet;
point; said of the center line © Btreet and the east line of the west half of the northwest quarter of Section 34 Township 16 North, Range 4 East, said east line being the center line of Hawthorne Lane; thence north on the said center line of Hawthorne Lane a distance of five hundred twenty-two and four tenths (522.4) feet to a poin thence west on a line ocarailel to the center line of East Twenty-First Street a distance of six hundred seventy-three and forty-six hundredths (673.46). feet to the SECTION 2.
point
lace of beginning. That Section 3 of General 1947, to be amended to
SECTION 2. That General Ordinance No. 114, 1922 (as amended), commonly known as the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Indianapolis, Indiana, ne and the same is hereby amended, supplemented and extended as U3 or Business District, A3 or 2400 Square Feet Area District and Hl or 50 Feet Height District, | so as to include the following described territory, to-wit: Beginni ng at a point in the center line
read as follows;
cated five hundred sixty-five (565) feet south of the center line of Fast TwentyFirst Street; thence south on and along the center line of Spencer Avenue a distance of one hundred thirty-six and sixty-four hundredths (136.64) feet to the intersection of the center line of Spencer Avenue and the center line of Fast Twentieth Street; thence in an eastwardly direction on the center line of East Twentieth Street to a point, said point being three hundred ree and fourteen hundredths (303.14) feet west of the center line of Hawthorne Lane; thence north on a line parallel to the center line of Spencer Avenue a distance of two hundred two and four tenths (202.4) feet to a point; arallel wenty-First Street a distance of three hundred seventy-three and thirty-eight hundredths (373.38) feet to the place of beginning. SECTION 3. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from snd after its passage, approval by the Mayor and publi cation according to law STATE OF INDIANA, MARION COUNTY, CITY OF, INDIANAPOLIS, ss Prank J. Noll, Jr. Clerk of the Cit y of Tonk Indiana, do hereby certify the above and foregoing Is a full, true and complete copy of General Ordinance No. 88,. 1947; that ' said ordinance was passed by the Common Oouncil on the th day of April, 1947, and was signed and Approved by the Mayor on the 12th day April, 1947, and now remains on file and on record in my, office. NESS my hand and the official seal of jhe City of Indianapolis, Indiana, this
14th day of April, 1047, FRANK J. NOLL, JR in _ City Clerk.
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Block Co. Plans To Expand
Next to Store
The Wm. H. Block Co. paved the way yesterday for a future expansion program with the purchase of
| two_ properties west of the come
pany’s downtown store. Oompany officials announced the purchase of the parking lot located north of the store's Capitol ave. annex and also a three-story building facing Market st, west of the main store." Purchase price of the newly acquired properties was not disclosed. The parking lot, which offers the Block: firm an additional 53 feet of frontage on Capitol ave, was purchased from Capitol Motor Inn, Inc. The area will continue to be used as a parking lot until October because of lease commitments but thereafter will not be used for that purpose, Block spokesmen said. The Market st. building and ground were purchased from Tyree P. and Josephine K. Burke and the Minor Realty Co., Inc. The building, now occupied by the Mill End Shops and the Terminal Liquor Store are scheduled to be taken over by Block's for office-and service department space within 80 days. Block officers are Meier 8. Block, vice president; R. C. Block, treasurer, and E. A. Block, secretary.
Local Produce
PRICES FOR. PLANT DELIVERY
Poultry: Heavy spri i 2% Ibs. and ovér, 33c; Leghorn 28¢; cocks ae ‘stags, ile; No. 2 ooul ry "4c less than 1.
i Leghorn hens, 20c, soft meated ov ho; Ley cocks and stags. 16c; No. 2 poultry, je less than No "Bustertas No. 1, 60c; No. 2. 87c. Current receipts, 54 Ibs. to case,
BT Bee de A large, 43¢; medium, 38c; mo
ELECTED PRESIDENT—Hugh K. Duffield, manager of Sears, Roebuck & Co., was elected president of the Merchants association at the annual meeting yesterday. " »
Duffield Heads Merchants Group
Hugh K. Duffield, manager of Sears, Roebuck & Co., was elected president of the Merchants association at the annual meeting yesterday. Other officers are A. K. Scheidenhelm, Banner-Whitehall Furniture Co., Inc, vice president; Walter L. Wolf, H. P. Wasson & Co., secretary; Lester Greengard, manager of Morrison’s Washington Street Corp., treasurer, and Murray H. Morris, director. Directors elected to three-year terms were James A. Gloin, treasurer and assistant general manager of L. 8. Ayres & Co., Leo Traugott, president of the Fair Store, and
Albert L. Zoller; vice president and |Clearin
Calls Prosperity Prospect Bright
Chain Store Council Hears Speaker
The outlook for national prosperity of a permanent character is brighter today than it has ever been, Godfrey M. Lebhar, editor-in-chief of Chain Store Age, told 150 members and guests of the Indiana Chain Store Council at noon today. “I look for an increased supply of things the people need at prices they can afford and will be willing to pay,” Mr. Lebhar declared. “And if, as now seems possible, we can avoid labor troubles in the major industries, I think we are all set for a period of unparalleled prosperity.” Eleven directors of the council were re-elected and C. H. Domhof?, Guarantee Tire & Rubber Co., was re-elected president. Walter 8. Greenough was re-elected secretarytreasurer. J. A. Lindgren Jr., Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co, was elected vice president. Directors re-elected are, Mr. Domhoff, G. W. Van Ausdall, Melville Shoe Corp.; Mr. Lindgren; Rodgers N. Brown, The Kroger Co; Hugh K. Duffield, Sears, Roebuck & Co.. James M. Gloin, PF. W. Woolworth Co.; Willlam H. Meckling, G. C. Murphy Co.; Earl F'. Horn, McCrory
Stores Corp.; Colby E. Moody, 8. 8.7
Kresge Co.; J. N. McCreary, Bedford, J. C. Penney Co., and Fred Arend, Bluffton, The Morris Stores
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secretary of Charles Mayer & .Co. Holdover directors are Meier 8S.
Block, Mr. Duffield, Mr. Greengard, |f*
Allan Kahn, Mr. Scheidenhelm and Mr. Wolf. Donald A, Morrison, retiring president, will continue on the board as immediate past president.
Telephones
the Hill bill to form a farmers’ rural electrification administration.
would leave approximately half of the farms of the United States without such service. These two points were stressed today in a letter from REA Admini strator Claude R. Wickard to Senator Lister Hill (D. the telephone bill
Mr. Wickard sald that “based on the past history of Bell companies, they are not interested in acquiring stations that will not pay an acceptable rate of profit.” Senator Hill first introduced his rural telephone bill in January, It provides for long-term
Senator John Sparkman (D. Ala), who also backs the Hill bill, today cited what he called a “phenomenal rise” in farm phone installations since its introduction. He said that the current rate (prior to the strike) was eight times greater than
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Asserts Expanded Bell Company am Still Would Leave Out Half of Rural Area Soripps-Howard WASHINGTON, april 25.~Bell members of the National Federation of Telephone
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