, 1859-04-02
ONE THOUSAND HOUSES WANTED,

Ne referred to tile fact few DAYS since that
under the stimulus Of cxor],itant rents for some
time previous to the commencement Of the
lizard tines,' and the low price Of labor au.l
materials siucc. III immense number Of build
1ngs lad hccn completed. There is now room.
1or Il large aecesslun TO the business circles d
the city. As compared with former years.
rents for stores and seco1d-t4ass dwellings
lI've experienced a laryc aud heall,y rcdnc.
t'on We are sorry 10 be obliged to add, tltt
good dwellings arc exceedingly scarce Onc
thousand medium'sized, good brick tenant lou-
scs4 wc arc convinced, could he rented within
the next thirty days at fair rcn,,,lcrativc prl-
ces- 1t is to be hoped that property-ouaefs
will takc advantage Of the low prices Of lGl,or,
and all kinds Of building materials to coyrr
their vacant, and therefore, for the time being.
nsefess lots. with respectable dwellings,. aud
t!s''s supply 4 great and pressing necessity 10
tho city. Blocks Of brick dwellings, supplied
with gas and wafer: a1d I'LL necessary "moa-
crn improvements" can HOW ],c built at 4 cost
varying from two to five Thousand dollars, aud
almost any number Of them could be rented 4,
from three 10 eight hundred dollars 1x.r wear,
Houses costing five thousand dollars. would
probably rc1t for higher r;te
We are satisfied that Tie want Of u sufficient
number of comfortable dwellings,, at f:lir rrnt-
H. has proved serious drawback upon The
prosperity Of the city, aid it must continue t.
do so until that want is supplied. 4 merchant,
Tor instance, comes hero from some Eastcr,,
city, who las for years lirca in comfortable.
brick dwelling. ut rent, perhaps, or three or
at most four hundred dollars per rear Tic
call now find store that will suit him. The
rent may he more than lie las been accus-
TONED to pay; hnt he expects TO do !,
larger business to tu71 over lis
capital faster, and therefore lie is satisfied
to pay it. 4 dwelling is the next REQUISITE.
Hc soon finds that Il good comfortable brick
hot'se is scarcely to bc had at any figures, for
perhaps nine.tcEths Of all the good houses in
the city are owned by the occupants. For
what would bc called where lie las lived .
very poor excuse tas 4 house, "stuck down in
the mud, and full Of rat holes and other ven.
filators, lie is charged five md rcrl1aps
eight hundred dollars per year. III
IL not willing to subject his family
u dlscomlorts Of this character, and lie
goes hack to dole out N inactive existence in
some Of the Finished citics Mt the East.
There can he no question that 70, reasons like
these, our city has lost and will continue N
lose, large number Of cntcrprlsing and most
valuable citizens. To tell thcm that ,uanv IF
our tuost wealthy aud inttuc1ti:.l citizens arc
content to live in plain frame dwellings, does
not help tile matser. They will not ask their
families to submit to what they will regard as
an insnf1erahle disgrace.
We hope these suggestions will not hc lost
upon those who own the thousands of vacant
lois al orer tile city: 1t nlay not fc pleas-
ING truth to some Of our readers tia, the finn
10 mike cnoHnous profits on vacant lots hv
holding on for rise" will not arrive for
some years to come. To improve them nn,,
makc them productive will he found Ia },c },,.
lar The best and tl,u 1aost successful 1olicr
We repeat, therefore, let ono thousand cnod
comfortable brick dwellings be built during
the coming season, with 's I'LL tie modern f.ou.
Tcnicnces:' let the landlords be satisfied u,,7,
lalr rent covering reasonable interest ,,,,ou
tier 'nvestmcnts, and the owners aud tho r;tv
will alike be benefited.