SAN FRANCISCO.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1832, 17 April 1907, Page 56

SAN FRANCISCO.

A body called the California Promotion Committee has taken upon itself to issue a weekly Bulletin having reference to the progress of the State. The Bulletin for January states that reports show that all parts of the State were feeling the influence of improved conditions, lliere wa© a continued shortage of labourers in many lines, which was especially noticeable in ordinary labourers in the lumber industry, and as female help as opera.tives in mills and factories. "Store help, telephone operators, and domestics were in great demand, and office men, clerks, bookkeepers were called for in all parts. Conditions in San Francisco •so far as building operations and commerce were concerned were eminently satisfactory. More than 39,000,000 dols. expenditure was called for by the 7,734 building permits that have been issued since the nre. It is estimated by architects and contractors that fully 100,000,000 dob. will be expended oh buildings during the present year. One hundred and fifty buildings were being erected or have been completed and occupied since the fire that are between five and twenty-two stories in height, and the total number of permanent buildings erected or in course of construction is more than 7000. The following summary shows San, Franciscos condition:— January permits issued, 787; value, 6,822,000 dols. Total permits issued since fire, 7734; value, 39,621,865 dols. January permits for permanent buildings, 540. Total permits for permanent buildings issued since the fire, 3629. January real estate transfers, 770; value, 4,000,009 dols. January postal receipts, 149,392.69 dols. January customs receipts, 752,253.31 as compared with 606,734.02 in January, 1906. California’s hop and rai crops have been exhausted at the largest prices paid in many years, and it is estimated that the orange crop will amount to 30,000 car-loads, which bring top prices in the Eastern market.