The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-09-28 00:00:00

MR. OWEN, OF L.4NARK.

Mr. Owen sets off to-day for Derby, on his way to
Liverpool, to embark for the United States. He goes for
the express purpose of treating for the purchase of Rapp 's
oetehrated settlement of Harmony, including all the landed
property and buildings upon it. The property contains
wore than 20,000 acres, 3,000 of which are already under
cultivation. About 1,000 acres more are rich meadow
land, on the banks of the Wabash. His object is to erect
communities upon it, similar to the plan to be put in exe-
cution at Motherwell. The colony is situated upon the
apothem extremit7 of the State of New Indiana. The
site, for Mr. Owens new establishment at Motherwell is
Seed. It is to be a square, each wing of which will be
sae thousand feet long, and the whole covers shout 23
English acres. The quantity of ground bought from Mr. '
Hamilton, of Helsel', is 526 Scots acres, and cost from
27,000/. to 30,0001. A part of the land is inferior, from
want of cultivation, but it is all highly improvable. The
delay in commencing building is owing to some important
improvements having taken place on the original plans.
As soon as the plans are fixed on, the preparatory steps
of quarrying, making sewers, digging the foundation, &c.
will begin. It is calculated that the grand square cc
parallelogram, with all the cooking apparatus, will cost
above 100,000/. Each side of the square will contain
about 500 people, making about 2,000 altogether. The
principal improvement in the new plan is, that each side
of the square, as it is completed, will be rally for the
inhabitants, and no delay take place in putting the new
scheme of society into full operation, while the other wings
are in progress. Each side of the square is to have a
public kitchen, two dining rooms, and a public room. In
the inside of the square there will be two octagonal build-
rigs, with two hot and two cold baths on each side for the
use of both sexes.

Those tradesmen that enter the community are to have
the same rate of wages as are general in the country. A
managing committee is to fl a the rate of wages, and the
proportion that the members shall have it in their power to
draw, which includes the value of their food and clothing.
A certain proportion of the wages of every individual is to
be retained and placed to their credit as community stock
jn the books of the community. This surplus will be i
applied to. repay the purchase money and the cost
of Tricultural operations meantime
and a considerable quantity of
The improvements will be
spring by the trenehing and laying
e brict-making was commenced
the purpose of ascertaining the
about 300,000 bricks have been
required for the establialiment. A
• 4000 bricks a-day ; or from
the working season. Hence
..aormous quantity of bricks made
_ year.—Glasgow Chronicle.

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