"c           VAR 0006      02220 URB-PUB    870-897               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0006         LOC   34 WIDTH  9             DK   1 COL 44-52  "
"c                                                 EXP DEC=  1                "
"c                                                                            "
"c              INDEX OF VALUE OF URBAN BUILDING AND PUBLIC UTILITIES         "
"c              CONSTRUCTION, ABRAMOVITZ (CURRENT DOLLARS)                    "
"c              -----------------------------------------------------         "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES: 02220                                            "
"c              AREA COVERED: U.S. (SEE NOTE)                                 "
"c              UNITS: (SEE NOTE)                                             "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1870-1897                                    "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE                                      "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE: NONE                                        "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NOT APPLICABLE                           "
"c              SOURCE: ABRAMOVITZ, MOSES. "EVIDENCES OF LONG SWINGS IN       "
"c              AGGREGATE CONSTRUCTION SINCE THE CIVIL WAR," (NEW YORK:       "
"c              NBER, 1964)                                                   "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES: A GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE ABRAMOVITZ INDEXES IS     "
"c              GIVEN IN THE INTRODUCTORY DOCUMENTATION.  FOR FURTHER         "
"c              INFORMATION, CONSULT THE SOURCE CITED ABOVE.                  "
"c                  THIS VARIABLE REPRESENTS THE WEIGHTED AVERAGE OF TWO      "
"c              TIME SERIES, EACH EXPRESSED AS A RELATIVE OF ITS AVERAGE      "
"c              STANDING IN 1870-97 BEFORE BEING COMBINED:                    "
"c                  (1) RIGGLEMAN'S INDEX OF VALUE OF BUILDING PERMITS, AS    "
"c              ADJUSTED BY ISARD (NBER SERIES 02254). INCLUDES URBAN         "
"c              RESIDENTIAL AND URBAN NONRESIDENTIAL BUILDING. WEIGHT: 0.75   "
"c                  (2) GROSS CAPITAL EXPENDITURES OF RAILROADS IN CURRENT    "
"c              DOLLARS (INCLUDES ROAD AND EQUIPMENT), ULMER.  SEE ULMER,     "
"c              MELVILLE J.,"CAPITAL IN TRANSPORTATION, COMMUNICATIONS, AND   "
"c              PUBLIC UTILITIES: ITS FORMATION AND FINANCING."  (PRINCETON   "
"c              FOR NBER, 1960).  WEIGHT: 0.25                                "
"c                                                                            "
"c              ORIGINALS MISSING; NOT PROOFREAD.                             "
"c                                                                            "