"c           VAR 0131      02004 TTL BLD  R 868-939               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0131         LOC 1159 WIDTH  9             DK  19 COL 35-43  "
"c                                                 EXP DEC=  1                "
"c                                                                            "
"c              INDEX OF VALUE OF TOTAL BUILDING, ORIGINAL DATA, LONG         "
"c              -----------------------------------------------------         "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES: 02004                                            "
"c              AREA COVERED:  U.S., 5 TO 35 CITIES                           "
"c              UNITS:  1930=100                                              "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1868-1939                                    "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE                                      "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1882-12/1917                             "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE                                     "
"c              SOURCE: MONTHLY DATA, CLARENCE D. LONG, JR.,"BUILDING         "
"c              CYCLES AND THE THEORY OF INVESTMENTS" (PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   "
"c              PRESS, 1940); ANNUAL DATA: U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS,         "
"c             "HISTORICAL STATISTICS OF THE UNITED STATES," 1789-1945,       "
"c              SERIES H77.                                                   "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  SERIES 02004 IS PRESENTED HERE AS 2 VARIABLES:  (1)   "
"c              ORIGINAL DATA, 1868-1939; AND (2) ORIGINAL DATA,              "
"c              1882-1917.  FOR FURTHER INFORMATION SEE INTRODUCTORY NOTES    "
"c              ON LONG INDEXES. THE PUBLISHED MONTHLY SERIES COVERS THE      "
"c              PERIOD 1868 THROUGH APRIL 1940.  THE INDEX WAS SMOOTHED, AND  "
"c              RANDOM AND SEASONAL FLUCTUATIONS  ELIMINATED, BY MEANS OF     "
"c              THE MACAULAY  43-TERM GRADUATION.  (SEE SOURCE, PP. 101 AND   "
"c              223.)  THE ORIGINAL MONTHLY INDEXES FOR THE SEGMENT 1882      "
"c              THROUGH 1917 ARE PRESENTED HERE WITH SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT BY   "
"c              NBER.  FOR 1868-1874, COVERAGE CONSISTED OF MANHATTAN ONLY.   "
"c              THE NUMBER OF CITIES INCLUDED REACHED FIVE IN 1882,           "
"c              THIRTY-FIVE IN 1906, AND THIRTY- SEVEN IN 1930.  THE          "
"c              SPECIFIC CITIES COVERED ARE LISTED IN THE SOURCE.  THE        "
"c              MONTHLY INDEX COVERS ALL TYPES OF BUILDINGS FOR WHICH         "
"c              PERMITS WERE ISSUED OR PLANS FILED AND INCLUDES ALTERATIONS   "
"c              AND REPAIRS.  THE BASE IS THE MONTHLY AVERAGE IN 1930 OF THE  "
"c              AGGREGATE VALUE OF BUILDING IN THE CITIES INCLUDED IN THE     "
"c              INDEX FOR THE PARTICULAR  MONTH BEING MEASURED.               "
"c                  FOR A MONTHLY SERIES ON VALUE OF BUILDING PLANS IN        "
"c              MANHATTAN, BEGINNING 1868, SEE SERIES 02045.  FOR MONTHLY     "
"c              DATA ON VALUE OF BUILDING PERMITS FOR 120 CITIES, BEGINNING   "
"c              1911, COMPILED  BY BRADSTREET, SEE SERIES 02006. THE ANNUAL   "
"c              FIGURES FOR THIS SERIES WERE CALCULATED IN"HISTORICAL         "
"c              STATISTICS" BY AVERAGING LONG'S MONTHLY INDEXES.              "
"c                                                                            "
"c              ORIGINALS MISSING; NOT PROOFREAD.                             "
"c           ...............................................................  "