, 1877-02-23
IN, Ensli.h worhiHEnAn'. Home.

n, Charles Barnard has a PAPER with
-. .i,,ve title in Scribaer for January,
80, which We take the following in re-
- 4, the Shaftslury Para homes for
gorkingmen in London:
an, the streets one meets wcll-drcsscd
- a1parently vrll-to-,lo working Peo-
,,ls Hero is a Jolly company Of hearty
Ib;lirrn Just loose from school, living
,.-s;monv of the hcalthfulness Of the
- Iouller a man Is tending one Of
~ Gardens, and there 4 young girl is
-,,,,nq roses from the luxuriAnt vines
.h.t Trail over her door. There are
souers everywhere in the greatest
abundance, and every patch Of garden
"a new cOnceit in horticulture, With
IN the houses are supplied with every
sonvenionce Of gas, water and heating
snaratus. and all save the very cheapest
az supplied with bath rooms. The
Frst Aoor usually contains a hall with
stoirway. a living room, with7one or
40 windows on the street, q kitchen, a
snIlery and q closet in an extension in
tbe rear. On the second floor are three
or more chambers, according to the
s;za of the house. Every room is also
nrovided with a ventilator in the wall,
Communicating with the hall or with
tbe cbimnevs. There are no cellars
and drains under the houses, the drains
being all laid in the yards in the rear,
and only reaching the street at the end
~ the blocks. The foundations and
floors being laid in cement, the rooms
are perfectly free from dampness and
decay. The floors of the kitchens are
fnisbed in brick and stone, and the hall
and the living-room have wooden floors
laid on the cement. Each house is
protected by fre-proof walls carried
above the states, and in some instances
brick is used for partition walls. The
oornices, window-caps and sills, door
stems and ornamental work, are all either
real or artificial stone, and, in the use
of brick, several colors are employed to
give variety and finished to the houses.
Eyerything is solid, substantial and
nerfect of its kind. Each house is sup
plied throughout with inside Venetian
blinds: and when the wallpapers are
mt on every tenant is allowed to select
his pattern out of the company's stock.
The sidewalks are all Of concrete, and
in the gardens in the rear, walks and
other conveniences are provided to suit
individual tastes.
Every house is occupied, and hun
dreds Of applicants are always waiting
their turns for vacancies. Some of the
houses have been sold to the tenants,
with or without ground lease for nine
ty-nine years; others are being paid for
in regular monthly or weekly Install
ments. and the rest are rented. The
rents are 5s. 3D., IS. Cd. and IS. per
: week, according to the size of the house,
while the larger houses command eos
and upward q year. In purchasing a
house by installments, the payments are
made according to a fixed table, pre-
pared by an actuary, designed to spread
the payments evenly over q given num-
Der Of years, Compared with the CO.
opertive society's plan, or the system of
building societies, the company offers
these advantages:-th purchaser may
begin to pay at once, as soon as a house
is ready for him, paying in the form of
aren't and without any previous invest
ment. If he pays anything in advance,
or anticipates his payments, his INSTALL
ments are proportionally decreased, and
he cannot be called upon for further
payments till his anticipated payments
are exhausted. The money due on the
house cannot be called in by the COM
pany before it is due; but the purchaser
may tender full payment and take the
house at any time, and having paid all
the installments, he is no longer liable
for any claims whatever, excepting the
groundrent, and this he may take up if
he wishes.