STRATFORD’S TRADE.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 20, 8 September 1911, Page 5

STRATFORD’S TRADE.

SOME TELLING FACTS. (To the Editor “Stratford Post.”) Sir, —In continuation of my brief statement regarding Stratford’s progress, given to your representative yesterday, may I be allowed to place the following facts before , your readers ? The buildings under construction arc surely part and parcel of the progress of the town, and Lie following figures obtained from the Town Clerk arc eminently satisfactory. The fees paid for building permits for the year ending 31st March, 1900, amounted to £4 15s, and the amount from the same source for the year ending 31st March, 1911, amounted to £l6 os. The scale of charges represents £1 for every thousand spent on building, and thus five years ago —i.o., in 1906—the value of buildings erected would be £4750 as compared with £16,250 for the year ending 31st March, 1911. For the past five months permits representing a value of £9750 have been issued. The actual contract prices of buildings for the year just ended aggregate £14,610. Increased business has demanded an increased number of carters to handle the goods, and the licenses increased from £lO 11s 8d in 1906 to £l6 5s in 1911, representing an increase of at least six carters. The enlarged population has required more meat, and the abbatoir fees rose from £5lO in 1906 to £662 in 1911. I may also mention that the telephone subscribers in 1906 were under 100; to-day they are 175. The foregoing indicates a wholesome steady progress, which is highly satisfactory and desirable.— I am, etc., J. B. RICHARDS, Hon. Sec. Stratford Chamber of Commerce.