The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-04-22

There exist in all great European capitals

signed exclusively for single men in modcrat,
or wcll-to-do circumstances. In London.
Paris. and Vienna thcs' buildings ARE ~ silly
situated in the noiEhborhool OF clu''a hotels
and restaurants. The service Is y ri1rmcd 10y
tho con 'icrse or janitor for a trn.ns sum per
month. II il soucwhu, singular that bore in
NV York. the third largest city ~ the civilized
world. this profitable rrd " investment SHOULD
So far have hacn entirely overlooked 10y land
lords and builders. At prcscn mt the New York
bachelor in search ~ some permanent place in
which tost MI his household gods nn1- himself
omp'llcd to take rooms IN % boarding nrlpl ling
house. or with soine private family. subject to
all the thousand and ono in'onvcnlcnccs with
which only those who have tried it are familiar
tu say nothing oi a vague apprehension Of
being forced TO pull up stalk and seek other
quarters ON each first of May. He cannot for
many reasons avail himself of the present
French fat or apartment ~ stem; they are both
too expensive and too large. each apartment
containing from six to seventeen rooms.
The wants Of the New York bachelor in this
direction will prove biz bonanza to those
shrcwd capitalists who first exploit them. To
do this ntrlligcntly and successfully requires
no very great outlay Of capital An ordinary
twenty-five foot house. on u lot one hundred
feet deep. can. at comparatively small expense.
bs enlarged and altered into n "hachclor's
apartment house" with the aid and ingenuity
Of any OF our leading architects. We suggest to
those owning property now nnrontcd. near the
clubs. theatres. and hot'ls-say IN the neghhor
hood of Mad son sIuarc-a careful examination
OF this subject. The building should br about
cighty-ilve feet deep. leaving fifteen feet yard
for light and air An apartment should cousi-
Of two rooms. the smaller, the bedroom. being
.
air. and space for Sleeping aud ventilation.
Each floor should contain n bathroom and
closets for the use Of the jewellers on that par-
ticular floor. 1t is not at all ne essary that ea,h
apartment should be provided with separate
Bathroom and closet Besides Increasing the
rental and diminishing the space these numcr-
Gus closets and bathrooms would Ice rather u
nuisance than an advantage in an ordinary
si7"d house.
The owner Of such house So arranged could
let furnished or unfinished aparn, nts by the
year. with Efficient management an establish
ment of this ind would rny ton per cent. net on
present VALUES and TINS can hr said ~ very few
real estate Investments iusi now When ", say
efficient management. We mean that the owner
should personally soc to 1t that the janiior and
his wife properly discharged their respective
duties-tl'e one Keeping the prom is"s generally
n order. the other looking niter thu apartn.
In building bachelor apartment houses. or
adapting houses already built to such uses
economy aud comfort should he chiefly studied
This. in certain localities. seems Ia have been
entirely lost sight Of In all New York apartment
houses her' toforc huit. Money has hocn law
i-hly spent in mirrors marbles high-rricod
woods. and costly ornamcniation. an ~ which
add nothing t. the comfort ~ the tenant whilr
rr,utiy in reaeine his rent. Owners of .NiruNa-
cautly iurn -hcd Firth avenue apartment houses
have coma g. understand that no sons vi" per
son wall uay <5uuU "a year for an apartment
nrvar mind bow complete or how elaborate
when be- can sct fr-t-ciass full -1ed brown
-town nous" in "a rlnir' lpealitv for much lees
money. Expensive Apartment houses have boon
greatly oy,rdnne in this cty. Many OF them
even when or.upicd. net their own, r. les than
four per cont
LIT those who inausurate bachelor apart
mont houses avoid the useless eNfravagunc.
which has been 50 fatal to the projectors oi
more than one OF our Finh avenue apartment
houses. There l. large class oi young men
in this city most u them belonging 20 some of
the numerous ciul which abound in the neigh
horhood 81 Mad son md Union squares who
would eng rly avail ihtfrs lives of the % rnr-
tunty ~ permanently securing rooms in a
hous, ~ the kind we have described.
For tho-" wloare unmerrlod and without q
family an e~tahi -hmeut of the sort wou.l boz %
great h'on. almost % homn Of atr yrnf- here
Nv York sil4i" mon In ov'fy walk nul pro-
iesson Of hie have 90 % great extent adopt 81
the English bachelor system of living IN fur
% she'd rooms and hrous NJ around generally
for meals They luu' ia Gown town. and dine at
Some club restaurant. or hotel ur town; for o
ann Nho has no fam IS tics. e Is iui '--.hlr {,