FUTURE DEMAJSTD FOK TIMBER 



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Table 218. — Estimates oj volume oj new nonresidential construction {excluding railroad and J arm) put in 



place annually, 1915-55 — Continued 



[Expressed in 



millions of dollars at 1953 prices] 











Public 

 total 



Public 



Year 



Buildings 



Military 

 facilities 



Highways 



Sewer and 

 water 



Conserva- 

 tion and 

 develop- 

 ment 



All other 

 public 



1915 -- --...- 



2,932 

 2, 468 

 3,656 

 5,508 



4, 154 



2, 113 

 2,996 

 3,583 



3, 128 

 3,681 

 4,312 

 4,417 

 4,965 

 5,233 

 5,301 

 6,421 

 6,624 

 5,492 

 4,075 

 4,966 



5, 140 

 7,725 

 6,308 

 7,241 

 8,330 

 7,504 



11,361 



19, 428 



10, 199 



5,435 



4,272 



2,996 



4, 130 

 5,380 

 7,077 

 7, 703 

 9,393 



10, 439 



10, 838 

 11,568 



11, 560 



1,242 



1,031 



778 



649 



622 



580 



1,036 



1,390 



1,241 



1,289 



1,526 



1,606 



1,588 



1,700 



1,756 



1,907 



1,988 



1,548 



871 



1,230 



1, 137 

 2,325 

 1,561 

 1,888 

 2,726 

 1,625 

 3,851 

 7,525 

 3, 939 



2, 798 

 1,879 



609 



793 



1,527 



2,449 



2,753 



3, 754 

 4,265 

 4,346 

 4,607 

 4,057 



64 



71 



1, 772 



3,947 



2,408 



280 



106 



58 



33 



19 



18 



24 



26 



34 



44 



71 



109 



108 



106 



127 



101 



77 



91 



155 



313 



936 



3, 662 



9,533 



4,535 



1,540 



1, 260 



290 



257 



180 



158 



202 



932 



1,413 



1,307 



1,031 



1,266 



728 

 715 

 633 

 484 

 635 

 747 



1, 173 

 1,321 

 1,090 

 1,393 

 1,605 

 1,647 

 1,913 



2, 158 

 2, 192 

 2, 824 

 2,818 

 2,504 



1, 737 

 1,813 

 1,605 

 2,384 



2, 288 

 2,762 



2, 747 

 2,670 

 1,927 

 1,032 



572 

 511 

 583 

 1, 190 

 1,698 

 1,853 

 2,359 

 2,624 

 2,604 

 2,759 



3, 160 

 3,960 



4, 286 



530 

 379 

 270 

 253 

 306 

 300 

 438 

 545 

 478 

 620 

 673 

 691 

 753 

 726 

 604 

 836 

 700 

 462 

 266 

 411 

 434 

 760 

 643 

 708 

 761 

 689 

 489 

 324 

 211 

 152 

 179 

 316 

 491 

 674 

 760 

 765 

 849 

 829 

 883 

 939 

 998 



181 



112 



81 



78 



96 



108 



129 



130 



153 



187 



177 



148 



152 



174 



275 



335 



405 



444 



888 



1, 147 



1,559 



1,447 



1,221 



1, 127 



1, 163 



1,077 



992 



736 



565 



313 



242 



392 



551 



790 



974 



1,021 



937 



901 



830 



675 



548 



187 



1916 - -_- - . 



160 



1917 - ._ 



122 



1918 - - --- - 



97 



1919 



87 



1920 ._- . _ . - _ 



98 



1921 



114 



1922 . 



139 



1923 - - --- -_- 



133 



1924 - ._. . . _. _ 



173 



1925 



313 



1926 -- 



301 



1927 



533 



1928 ___ 



441 



1929 



430 



1930 __ _ 



448 



1931 _ __ -- 



604 



1932 _ _ . 



426 



1933 --- 



207 



1934 



238 



1935 - - - -------- - 



304 



1936_- -_ - 



732 



1937 -_- - -- 



504 



1938 _ 



601 



1939 -------- _ _ 



620 



1940 



507 



1941 --_ _ 



440 



1942 . - 



278 



1943 . _- _ 



377 



1944 



121 



1945 __- --- - 



129 



1946 



199 



1947 ----- --- 



340 



1948 - -- _- -_ 



356 



1949 - - - 



377 



1950 _ -- - - - 



338 



1951 



317 



1952 - - _ - _ 



272 



1953 - --_ - --- -- -- 



312 



1954 - _ _ -- 



356 



1955 



405 







• Not separable from total. 



Source: U. S. Department of Commerce and U. S. De- 

 partment of Labor. Construction Volume and Costs, 1915- 



196Jf, Statistical Supplement to Construction Review, Vol. 

 I., Washington, D. C. 1956; and Construction Review Is- 

 sues of January and February 1956. (Values converted 

 from 1947-49 prices to 1953 prices.) 



