New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-02
HINTS ABOUT LIFE IN FLATS.
QUESTIONS OF RENTAL AND LoCATIoS-coNFOGT
AND ECONOMY

AND ECONOMf.
Flat-lfe is pushing out the house jewellers in
directions before the irresistible pressure tc and
the advance of rentals That there are certain unques
tonable advantages in carefully planned and properly
built apartment houses ia evident from their appearance
in suburban regions and in the Harlem district
where yet practicable to buy lots and erect separate
houses at moderate rental But like every untTied
mode OF life it exacts thorough apprenticeship before
learns how avoid its Objectionable features
and 10 make sure OF its best conditions.
To families with modest Income the questions Of time
and expense control the selection OF residence. long
journey night and morning and the early and late hours
involved become "a serious burden to the men, and
of grave Importance TO shorten the time between
home and work As yet there few eligible fats in the
lower part Of the city, for small incomes Sixty
enty dollars month is the mark for attractive
rOomy apartment favoraby situated and thousands Of
thoroughly respectable families must stop at forty
nfty much larger class lind their limit twenty five
dollars.
Giving up search below Thrty-fourth st.,
thing like ratio of lessening rentals marks each mile
up town. For example at the belt OF Fiftieh or
sXtiethst twenty-five thirty dollars will command
the renting powers Of forty or f:ty below Forty
secOnd-s, while i'll Harlem attractive, thoroughly built
apartment houses going up IN oil directions with
corresponding contrast between expenditures and &C.
cOmmodatiOns.
There is all the difference in the world in builders
Here ana there Scd!aWagS are occupying UlSoU,i hlg
drained made grounds-skimping the lot, ana mn
ming up narrow sti0tg badly appointed yet outwafdy
attractive hats ay%idnG all Precautions against lG,ii
snowy halls mirrors and other claT-trap mereL1clons
anti @ mn hone Soae built f hos On SSoeo a s n
Then good wine needs no bns II VIII pe found that
really desirable flats not trcked dressed for
market. This preliminary search Is vital matter, and
everything depends upon lis thoronglness.
or course there many sides To the natife question
SO there are TO the separate dwelling question.
there good sides that are not always borne in mind In
down at that the apartment offers great money
sderaOns To the modest well the income.
veniences for 800 So 900 year could not DO
had in separate dwellings for three times the amounts
tenants possible procure thoroughly comfort
able roSmy, attrsetiGe apartment in satisfactory
hst but where can respectable and equally eligible
house be had for double the ,Dure u, tho s.,
dweer-n servants safegaards Sonvenences securities
apartment the yexaons aud practical bohers OF domcs
nc routine reduced 10 a minimum. Where small
sapanie servant viii saice for small fat with occa
sOna assistance the heavy days Besides there Is no
ment settles all that there strong pressure all
the faucets Steam heating Is also applied SO skfully
that the discomfort and dirt OF stoves and CRATES may DO
uGi Is Web for the hunter explore neghbOrhoOds
we'll Snown at is in the rear Of an orderly but noisy
music society club house and many night is sOrely
broken In upon by orchestra and chorus and dance AMI
festival II is better TO pitch upon Hat that stands
somewhat isolated and that does not abut upon the
OF other uts this touches the matter Of privacy and
-entatiOn. Flats ninety or ninety five feet deep
stretching through block from street street, would
nd but ten feet between their kitchen windows High
ground Is always desirable securing better drainage and
ventilation There Is great tonic and Teparative virtue
In silence still ncighborhood is Indispensable Cross
streets free from routes central depOts and much
travelled thOrOughfares, provide this. And people well
experienced choose the upper OOr where the pressure OF
life Is less felt II you judicOus you will make your
first contract by the month, until you have thoroughly
studied the situation and are familiar with It's ins and
outs The trouble IL that the at-wcer IL apt get oven
asdious aud exactng and falls into the temptation Of
pulling up and trying another under insufficient
and even frivolous annOyunccs.