Originally published in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, January 6, 1943
Paced by a wartime boom in the South End, new construction in rural King County totaled $25,428,507 during 1942, according to a report compiled by Archie Phelps, south district commissioner.
Rural King County construction far exceeded the figure of approximately nineteen million dollars in the city of Seattle during the same period.
The south district total of $16,066,210 for the year is accounted for partly by such federal housing projects as the one for two million dollars at White Center Heights, $7,500,000 at Renton, and $172,000 at Black Diamond.
“Location of defense industries undoubtedly accounts for most of this expansion,” Phelps said, “but property owners in the south district who have for years watched the north district residential building with envious eyes are proclaiming to the world at large that the scenic advantages of south King County are at last being given the recognition they deserve.”
Fees received by the county for building and trailer permits alone in 1942 amounted to $19,226, Phelps added. This sum has helped meet cost of sanitation and safety inspection.
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