A YEAR'S BUILDING.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 94, 14 January 1908, Page 4

A YEAR'S BUILDING.

I .. 943 PERMITS ISSUED. . t A return compiled by the City Building Inspector, Mr. W. Murdoch, shows that dui> ing the year 1907,• no fower than 943 building permits wort issued for contracts total- '' ling in Value £(1G5,096. Tlio number ihy eluded 054 dwolllrighouses, 14 Combined shops and and 49 business promises. It is not definitely l;noj.vn whether o the abovo llgurqs are in excess of previous < g years, as comparative data are not available until tlio close of the Council's financial year, on March 31. • . Tho statistics quoted refer only to buildings for winch permits wero issued during 1907, and! do not include buildings which ® wero completed during the year on permits t issued iit 1900. o Tho estimated value of buildingp, crected during tho period March 311906—March 31, ' 1907, is set down as £557,540. It is interesting to nolo that quite a numher of tlio buildings aro in ferro-concreto. . , Among thoso might ■bo mentioned Messrs. " Kirkcaldio and Stains' 6 new building in i- Brandon Street; tho handsome suite of oflie cCs erected in Panama Street for Mr. Softon Moorhouso; tho big chimney, 150 ft. high, for tho now Cor])oration destructor at Clyde c Quay is also of ferro-concreto'. Tho Couns oil's statistics aro quito independent of Cavil eminent work. Which is under tho Control of „ tho Public Works Department. A busy =■ year ill tho building trado is anticipated by '* tho Corporation's inspectors. j