The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-05-07

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Total improved and unimproved. g, e25, 1874
The number Of males between the ages OF fifteen
and sixty in these counties were, by the OF
$780, g. 1885, showing but 600 laborers to 325
acres Of land improved ana 5,3l2,5O9 acres
OF unimproved lands In nineteen counties Of
eastern North Carolina, or i've times as
much unmproved land as there IL cultivated
or improved land In farms and with only one able
bodied hand to 2l5 acres. Since the war the record
Is much worse than this but what u temptation to
the industrious in pursuit OF homesteads In these
nineteen farming counties there should be at least
12s practical laborers, ana this would leave fifty
acres for each hand. Lands are dirt cheap all
through North Carolina, but the radicals, unfor-
tunately have taxed the people with an unparalleled
load OF taxation. In this way only can we account
for the fact that one gentleman authorized Colonel
Forney to say that for $500 good homestead could
be purchased few miles from Wilmington, with at
least 100 acres which might be turned into immediate
use.r
latest project for cooperative house building:-
1.-The plan OF Mrs. Phelps for cOonizing the poor sew
ing women OF Boston In the suburbs Of that city,
where they have houses, gardens fresh air, and
chance for healthy life is by no means an original
one in It's application TO the special class which
this Jealous phlanthropist represents State aid IL
invoked to begin the work; but we do not under
stand that anything more than beginning and a
demonstration OF the practicabllty OF the scheme is
desired at the hands Of the State. Private DenevO
lence and the good will OF capitalists Is expected to
carry the work OF establishing these homes when
once begun similar movement in favor OF working
men has been going on for years in Europe, and as
OF its results we find In the London Ne,cs an &C.
count or an enterprise near London, which is very
like Mrs. Phelps scheme in some OF Its features. The
Suburban Village and General Dwelling Company
on the 30th OF March laid memorial stone In their
first village which is to be built a. Lougn6orougn
estate Of tweutyfour acres near which run four rail-
ways with cheap trains for working people. The
company Is organized on the limited liability princi-
pie, for the purpose OF building houses In
healthy Suburbs for the accommodation of
the many thousands OF ne Industrial classes
In Iaru who
ing from the evil Of overcrowding. The houses,
when built, are to be allotted to the shareholders,
whose rents are In a given number OF years to de-
fray the cost Of the dwellings, which Will then he.
come their own property. The rents thus imposed
are ars n and csaTacer The st Village Will Contain s
houses, each having garden, arranged with q view
to domestic comfort and sanitary requirements.
Provision Will also be made for schools, lecture
hall and reading rooms. About 300 OF the houses
the estate have already been chosen applied for
by clerks and artisans. who are prepared TO pur-
chase them upon the company's terms and to IN
habit them as soon as ready. The Boston Herald,
which more than any other newspaper In that city
seems to take interest in The matter recommends
that such measure this shall tie adopted In the
suburbs Of Boston. IL says:
miles OF the city, and on the Inns railroad already built
By cooperation comfortable and convenient house. eau be
can in few years, by industry and fruga secure homes
Which such village is situated should agree 70 run certain
trains at cheap r.s They could wei to pa, ,h. fare
would be handsomely repaid BY the increase Of their traffic
suc e,psrmsn, would obsr enterprises Of TX.
ure Boston would be practically
far beyond It's immediate suburbs
Why not mite forces IN favor or this scheme
that OF Mrs. Phelps, and the cooperative house
keeping plan OF the Atlantic Monthly, and put the
combined project IN operation this year Of grace
1862 Mr.. Stewart, In New York, Is planning for the
same thing, only he adopts the form Of a monster
hotel the city limits and restricts its occupancy
to unmarried persons II would be much better f
the difficulty OF daily travel could be got over tn
make the home Of the city workers among the rural
and the fresh air Of The suburbs liz there not
In Boston some emulator Of Stewart who Will take
the thing In bandf Or cannot company be formed
do H. building houses Of various sizes and grades
adapted TO the wants Of people of different incomes
The Legislature might incorporate such company,
granting II certain privileges. IL necessary aud in
the pleasant weather coming on the homes might
be buIt, rented and occupied before the seventies of
another winter"