The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-01-27
4 yvorkGngmaz,'s Village.
now AuCHANICs CAN SECURE HOMES.

4 number Of Father Mathew and Church
Temperance Socistiss have appointed dele
gates at the request Of the Bureau Of Eni~
grafton to confer with the Executive Gom-
mittee Of ,he Bureau with reference to estab-
fishing homestead settlement for cheap and
comfortable homes ia the immediate neigh.
borhood of New York. The first Of these
conferences was held on January 3d, at Co
operative Hall, New York. Calvin Pepper
informed tie delegates Of the nature Of the
ptoject, and Horace Greeley, President Of the
Bureau, then related bis experience in estab-
lishing q suburban village. He said that
about twenty years ago he was connected
with the society that founded the village Of
Mount Vernon, in Westchester county. The
members were poor men who said to them-
selves, 1--WE will get i,CO0 men together
who will put away 81 so week to buy
land" They had $4,000 in The savings
bauk before they attempted TO buy an inch
Of ground. Then they said Now we can
look for a location" The speaker was on
the buying committee. v hich purchased two
hundred acres where Mt. Vernon now stands
Attention was called to the ine location Of
the village, ,sl0piHg back as i. does from the
New Haven Railroad. which was then first
begun. The socisty paid SO 200 do9n on
the contract, the rest to be paid in few
mouths.
The speculator who owned the land had
no more idea that the whole amount would
be paid by the Society than it would be ua;d
by the bank Of England. lie said, THEY'LL
break, and / viii fyreclose and Keep tEsir
10000" There never vas more aston.
ished man than be was when the committee
came to him with the rest of the price, $40
600, and demanded the deeds, The Society
afterward bought 100 acres more adjoining.
as there was money etiu coming in-the
agreement having been that the 900 men
should put ia $l.50 a week for fifty weeks
The whole was then laid out with streets.
and portions assjgusd for churches and ether
buildings. The part not used in this wav
was divided, each person getting al least 100
feet square. Mr.. Stevens, the President, was
granted house and lot for his services
This village is now one of the finest around
New York. Mr.. Stewart may do we'll at
Hampstead, but his lots are intended rather
] for people who can build houses worth from
( thrse to ten thousand dollars. Nj Vernon
houses Tarsly cost over 81 900 each Mr..
Greeley said that he could only speak vague.
y of the later history of the m5-emeut. AZ
his purpose had simply been to aid 10 start
. ing it. He sold out h!s part to mechanic
/ after the scheme had bsen estabGsLed-
There was no trouble in carrying out the
plan after the proper officers were selected.
As soon as the land was laid cut it was worth
/ double the cost. Il Is now worth s.. 900 al
acre. The sams attempt should be macs
eIsewhere. IfprosPerous workiDgmen would
join together and save 81 a week each. for
five years, they would then be strong enough
to dictate any terms they chose 10 any other
class. Every healthy man should save ST.
/ coo before he is twenty-five years old. A
man who has that is indepeudent-bis own
master at least Mr. CIrretry saf1 in o,-,.
clus:on, that lie hoped to see orgauiz.d be
fore long Fifty companies of men, each deter
I miued to own lot. It IS easier for work
men to save money new than it was thirty
1 years ago, and their extrayagance is iuexcu-
sable.