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Signs of Continuance of Trade Improvement. Iron and Steel Industry Well Employed. Mang
Building Contracts THERE is a temporary lull in most trades at the moment, partly by reason of holidays and partly as a result of seasonal slackness. There are, nevertheless, many indications that, so soon as this brief period of stagnation is over, the steady, if gradual, upward trend of activity which has been experienced in the majority of industries will continue.
The iron and steel trade has contracts which will keep manufacturOrs busy until the last quarter of the year, when it is anticipated that further orders will eventuate. That is the view in Middlesbrough. In Birmingham new contracts are being made in anticipation of that trend. Constructional engineers, in particular, in that district are well employed.
In Lancashire, the engineering trades are busy. New plant for the production of magnet steels has been put down by Messrs. Turton Bros. and Matthews. Sheffield, and will shortly be in production. An important factor in the promotion of activity in the engineering trades generally is the anticipated increase in output of motorcars.
The shipping industry continues to be good. The prospects of the Clyde yards during the autumn are promising and the amount of work in the Merseyside shipyards is large for the period of the year. Increasing activity is anticipated on the Tyne.
Boots and Shoes.
Some factories in Northampton are still working overtime, but otherwise the effect of the impending termination of the holiday period is being felt. It is anticipated, however, that increased activity will commence in the footwear trade towards the end of the month.
Drapery and Clothing.
Here, again, the effect of the holidays is being felt, Wholesalers, however, are taking in stocks from manufacturers and anticipate beginning to distribute those stocks towards the end of the month, when deliveries will be expected at short notice.
Timber and Building.
The building trade maintains its activity and the demand for timber, especially for building and joinery woods, continues to be brisk.
It is hoped on the Tyne that the Government will recommend State aid for the wholesale demolition of the many derelict works on the banks of that river, in which case, of course, a considerable increase in haulage opportunities in that area will result.
Amongst large works contemplated are the following :—The building of 308 houses at Altcar ; 377 at Dudley ; 239 houses, flats, etc., at Ealing ; 300 houses at Greenock ; 102 at Ilford; 100 at
E36 Kettering; 130 at Manchester ; 253 at Mansfield ; 196 at Worthing ; 790 houses, flats, etc., at Twickenham ; a rehousing scheme at Bristol (£113,375), and at Stepney, London (266,697). Bristol also proposes to erect a generating station (£371,664). Cambridge Guildhall is to be reconstructed (£152,793), whilst Dover Institution reconstruction will cost £52,725. Ilford proposes to spend £30,000 on a maternity home.
Schools are to be erected at Tipton (50,000); Glamorgan (.51,540); Essex (173,114); Derry (30,000); Darlington (R26,000), and school reconstruction at Liverpool (£24,421).
Birmingham contemplates spending £170,359 on public buildings and Bristol £34,396 on similar works. Belfast is to spend £23,000 on bridge reconstruction and Cumberland £84,000 on road works. Newcastle-on-Tyne T.C. is considering a quay-extension scheme, estimated to cost £150,000, in view of the proposed erection by Spillers, Ltd., of a modern plant and mill, which will cost between £300,000 and £400,000. Plymouth T.C. is to carry out a foreshore development scheme at an estimated cost of 299,509.
Actual contracts placed include the following :—Messrs. C. Booth and Son, Lidget Green, Bradford, are to extend Hamilton House, Bradford, for the Teachers Provident Society (£39,902). Industrial Builders, Ltd., Croydon, is to build 886 houses on the Gipton Estate for Leeds T.C. (£251,897). Messrs. J. Barrow, Burns Street, Jarrow, are to construct 306 houses on the Ridges Estate, North Shields, for Tynemouth T.C.
Gee Walker and Slater, Ltd., 32, St. James's Street, London, S.W.1., is to erect the new town hall and assembly hall at Crouch End, London, N. (2103,343). Quibell and Sons, Ltd., has secured thecontract for building work in connection with the municipal garage for Hull T.C. (£27,672).
Edinburgh T.6. has accepted the tender of Arnott McLeod and Co., Russell Road, Edinburgh, for the construction of a bathing pool at Portobello (£48,671). Provision will also be required to be made for demolition works, levelling, etc. (£14,080).
George Gordon and Co., 6, Queensgate, Inverness, is the engineering concern for the construction of a 15,000gallon concrete service reservoir at Dalcross, Campbeltown, and for the laying of about 1,000 yards of 2-in.-diameter piping and relative works at two points within 1-} mile of Dalcross L.M.S. Station, for Campbeltown and Petty Waterworks.
Stirlingshire and Falkirk Water Board is considering a 2250,000 scheme for the construction of a water-storage reservoir which will involve the completion of a Central Scotland water grid to provide water for public works in Falkirk and other towns in Stirlingshire.
Irving T.C. is to consider a committee's recommendation to erect a new town hall. Glasgow Corporation is to build 146 houses. Rothesay T.C. is converting the aquarium into indoor baths
(£21,000). Dundee T.C. is to build 272 houses. Argyll C.C. is to construct a new road bridge, half a mile long, across the northern end of Loch Awe, linking up the Dalmally and the Pass of Brander sections of the main Oban Road. It will be built of reinforced concrete and will involve an expenditure of £50,000.
Cotton and Wool.
The staple industries of Lancashire and Yorkshire remain the most backward of those throughout the country. There is, however, a fair amount of business moving in connection with the supply of dress materials, fancy shirtings and products of that kind in the districts of Manchester, Oldham and Bury. The demand from India has slackened off, but there are some signs of an increase in that from China.
There appears to be no real good news from Yorkshire relating to the woollen industry.
Hardware and Cutlery.
Overtime is still being worked at some of the hardware manufacturing factories in and around Birmingham. Makers of edged tools in both Birmingham and Sheffield are active. The state of the cutlery trade is satisfactory. Sheffield still retains the biggest share of the orders for razor blades.
Pottery.
It may serve as an indication of the continued prosperity of the pottery trade that a new factory for the manufacture of tiles has just been opened at Tunstall.
London Docks.
The following is the number of ships arriving at the London docks, wharves and jetties named from August 10-18 inclusive :—Docics: King George V, 6. Royal Albert, 3. Royal Victoria, 6. Surrey Commercial, 4, West India, 4. East India, 3. South West India, 1. Tilbury, 7. Tilbury Stage, 2. Millwall, 5. WHARVES : Hays, 6. Regent's Canal, 1.