"c           VAR 0138      02253 TTL BLD    868-935               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0138         LOC 1222 WIDTH  9             DK  20 COL 35-43  "
"c                                                                            "
"c                                                                            "
"c              INDEX OF VALUE OF TOTAL NEW BUILDING, LONG, ADJUSTED BY       "
"c              COLEAN AND NEWCOMB                                            "
"c              -------------------------------------------------------       "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  02253                                           "
"c              AREA COVERED:  U.S., 1 TO 27 CITIES (SEE BELOW)               "
"c              UNITS:  1920-29 = 100                                         "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  1868-1935                                   "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                       "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  MILES L. COLEAN AND ROBINSON NEWCOMB,"STABILIZING    "
"c              CONSTRUCTION:  THE RECORD AND POTENTIAL,"  NEW YORK, 1952,    "
"c              APPENDIX  N, TABLE 2.                                         "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  THIS SERIES REPRESENTS AN ADJUSTMENT OF LONG'S INDEX  "
"c              OF PERMIT VALUES FOR NEW BUILDING  IN ONE TO TWENTY-SEVEN     "
"c              CITIES (SEE SERIES 02246.) TWO MODIFICATONS WERE MADE.        "
"c              FIRST THE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING COMPONENT WAS GIVEN A WEIGHT   "
"c              OF ONE-THIRD, RATHER THAN THE IMPLICIT WEIGHT OF ONE-HALF IN  "
"c              LONG'S SERIES.  SECOND, THE BASE WAS CHANGED FROM 1920-1930   "
"c              TO 1920-1929.                                                 "
"c                  THE RESULT OF THIS ADJUSTMENT WAS ONE STEP IN THE         "
"c              DEVELOPMENT BY COLEAN AND NEWCOMB OF AN"INDEX OF DOLLAR       "
"c              VOLUME OF NEW CONSTRUCTION,  1831-1951," PRESENTED IN THE     "
"c              SOURCE, APPENDIX N. TABLE 3.                                  "
"c                  TO CALCULATE A CONSTANT PRICE SERIES, ABRAMOVITZ          "
"c              DIVIDED THIS INDEX BY RIGGLEMAN'S INDEX OF BUILDING COSTS.    "
"c              THE RESULTING SERIES FOR 1853-1933, ON A 1913 BASE, IS SHOWN  "
"c              IN MOSES ABRAMOVITZ, EVIDENCES OF LONG SWINGS IN AGGREGATE    "
"c              CONSTRUCTION SINCE THE CIVIL WAR, NEW YORK, NBER, 1946.       "
"c                  SEE ALSO LIPSEY & PRESTON, PP.  240-242.                  "
"c                                                                            "
"c              ORIGINALS MISSING; NOT PROOFREAD.                             "
"c           ...............................................................  "