Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-04-09
TWELVE STORIES.
Am Apartment House for the Limited
Income Glass.
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is gradually assuming a shape, to be of
benefit to the unhappy limited income
class to which | have alluded. These
gentlemen are the inventors of the home
clubs, which are represented by some of
the handsomest apartment houses in the
city. But these home clubs are only
adapted to people with comfortable for
tune, at least most of them. The plan is
TO form stock company of tenants; each
stakeholder subscribes from $4,000 to
$4,000, and when sufficient money is SUBJ
scrlbed the house is built and the apart
ments are owned by the stockholders for
lite, the same as they would own an ordi-
nary house, except that they pay much
less for the privilege. When Messrs.
Hubert q Prison conceived this plan they
were looking toward the accommodation
of the limited-income class, but they
found that that was impracticable at first,
for people with small means were more
cautious about inve etigating than people
with plenty OF money at their command.
In the latest built of the home-club
houses, the Chelsea, on Twenty-third
street, Messrs. Hubert & Prison have
come nearer their original idea than with
any OF their other houses. The Chelsea
is eleven stories high in front, twelve
stories in the rear, but covers so much
ground that it hardly looks its height
from the street. 1t costs 81 100000 to
build, and the money was subscribed by
the stockholders, most of whom own and
live In their apartments in this house,
MIR. Hurbert being one of them. He
put in $1,000, l think it was, and con-
sequently owns his apartment, but his
percentage of the running expenses of
the house comes to $3.50 a year; that is
all his rent In three or four years he
will have nothing to pay, as the house
will be self-supporting. Some apart
ments in the house are more expensive,
Others less SO. Three thousand dollars, |
believe, is the lowest price for buying
any apartment, and is for one of three
rooms arranged with studio. There are
two rooms, both on the eleventh story,
and pretty little staircase runs up from
the Vestibule into an enormous room in
the twelfth story, which is the size of the
two rooms below; this is arranged with a
skylight, and makes magnificent studio.
The view from the twelfth story, or
even from the eleventh, is a grand one
You can see from the south windows the
bay and Staten island in the distance
From the west window you have a PAN
Drama of the Hudson, and OF Hoboken,
with the dome of the Stevens institute
glistening in the sun. You are away
above all the noise and din of the city,
and in summer you get as fine breeze
as you could find at a watering place.
You need feel no timidity at being up so
high, for the house is thoroughly fire.
proof. There is not beam or lath in
it from garrett to cellar. Only the flooring
is wood, and that over iron Orders. The
entrance to the Chelsea is the most at
tractive of any apartment house that |
know of in New York. AS rule you 60
into hall in these apartment houses,
and find nothing in it but an elevator,
and possibly chair.
You enter the main door of the Chel-
sea, and you are at once delighted by the
! hospitable air of the place. The hall is
very large, and is decorated in the most
artistic manner, with great deal of Or
namented woodwork and tiled floor,
over which gorgeous rugs are spread. AT
the side of the hall is an enormous fire
place with iron andirons and great logs
blazing on the hearth. A prettily carved
settee is placed at one side OF the fire
place, and a number of antique chairs, or
modern copies from antique models, stand
around in front of the fireplace and on
the rugs. AT the back of the hall is the
office, which is open all night, and just
out of sight of the main entrance are two
elevators, which run all night long Al
,, the right of the hall is waitjng-room
, furnished in exceptional taste, and with
! five water-color drawings hanging on the
walls.
An advantage the Chelsea has over
most apartment houses is that it is con
Quoted in the spirit of cooperation and &C
commodation. You may have an apart
ment without kitchen, and do "ligh
housekeeping" You may go out to you
, meals or you may take your meals at the
restaurant of the house, where they art
furnished at So week head or you
may take your meals in this restaurant a
such times as you chose, paying for wba
you eat. If you prefer housekeeping, you
can do all your marketing without goinl
out of your room. You simply write you
, order, send it flying down to the store
room on the dumb-waiter, and whateve
YOU want comes flying up to you, and il
, charged on your account at WHOLESALE
rates and paid for at the end of the week
Your letters are brought upstairs every
time they are left by the postman; an(
people are not trotted up to your apart
. ment door, but, instead, unless they ar
intimate friends, are left to wait in the re-
, ception room while their cards are sen
ND for your consideration. You have il
the Chelsea all the conveniences of a no
, tel and the seclusion of private house
, Indeed, you have more seciusion than il
many private houses, for no one can reacl
you that you do not wish to see.