New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-11-21
HOMES IN BIG FLAT HOUSES
emrA1. PLACES OF ABODE FOR SMALL FAM
LIES.

ADVANTAGES OF TIN So-SA
FORTS AND CoNvENIENCEs.
=, oro has an income of $4,000 year possibly
ns can afford TO live in one of the ornate and COM
,nodo,,s apartment-bouses Of this city, some 'weNe
nf which have sprung up within the last hVe OF
nix years fat in one of these houses Is eSSon'
TALLY a luxury and ii is now settled COM Nuoi'
with tenants as well as with real estate aSeh'S 'i'''
such homc is chiefly and only for the man OIL
wealth Yet if one can afford 1T. the unanimous
conclusion of those experienced in The matter seenS
70 be that such place Of abode Is the Ideal honc'
particularly where the family IS small Inc 'ca
sons for this belief are. that the fatigue OF climb
inc stairs Is done away WITH all 'he
looms Of the family are or may be on onc
Hior and. what is getting more and more 10 DE
\ roint desired the migratory disposition OF ue
wealthy is especially provided for In mat such
home may be shut up for six months on snor'
notice, tho family may go TO the country =" iu
rope or to Florida and no servant can forge keys
10 the wine cellar and none run up the provision
account 10 abnormal proportions in the absence
of the employer for the rooms are left under lock
nni key in sole charge OF Waterman
ONE OF THE FIR T CT THE KIND 70 BE BULL
About the first Of these houses to be ouilt-oh
tho coopel alive plan. most OF them a'e-"N
tha Iembrn IT, in Fifty seventhst.. six years ago.
Then came the Hubert. in Fifty -ninthst ha1heu
Prom the head of the firm Of architects when oul'
IL. Hubert, Prison Co. The hawthorne 'hc
houses Nos 80 and 100 Madison ave 'he MILITIA
erbocxer at Fifthave. an Twenty hihSt 'he
Chelsea in West Twenty thirdst The Ceh'iai
Park Apartments generally kn'wn as the Ma ario
,,la,s tno lakota in " est Seventy-secohu-S'''
theOsborne and the Dalhousle' lar hoin "'''"'
tive extel nally. followed In SUCCESSION
Tho Navarro Flats. at Sc cntha'c ana '''c ~
have heen The greatest venture in this cn~ea' or
40 form an aggregate OF homes for wealthy tenants
vhere the roon,s for each family should oe OH Cic
floor and where all the cOnvemences pOesio'e
should be supplied AMI all the diScohioi'' u0n
away with. The scheme was concei'e CT ny 'o0'
f. Navarro splendid pile OF QUIZ 10 ""'
every New-Yo ker and every Vsi'o' hoe
hooking for sights find delight TO The eye Is "'e
result The buildin-s are erected aiOuhu h'i5e
courtyard which wider than an oruiiia's e"ee'
ami tower 100 feet IN the air. They are Twelve
stories in height AM the houses aIc Known Do III"
Madrid. Cordo> a. Grcna la, Valen Ia Liso n la
ccona Salamanca and To.osa There ae wo
Aats ON each OF eight floors. maxim, total OF leo
fails The external structure Is Of bl1ck AM ST he
with elabo ate and beautiful on ament 'uon lie
buiuin S are ra.H frcH oof-ha\ IN De'h eAaini'eu
and so reported by Chief Bates-with hOn oc@ie
brick arches PAL titions of cement anu DICK rooi
while the stars are of iron ana stone peileo'
ventilation has been secured. one feature oeih-
that the rooms look out on the street or the coui'
ward They are heated by steam an ooiiih4
water is supplied to the apartments There ac TWO
nas,. er ele ators in each building the large court
Is lghte by electricity there is Waterman 'or
each house, and a special policeman Is on duty
constantly. -
PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE BIG HOUSES.
Some of the tenants IN these fats are BISHOP H.
c. Potter. Frederick r Coudert Colonel Jones'
Colonel Hogg. c. G. COl-ate. Carl SchuIz, MIS-
Malouanl Justice Blatchford eA-Judge Ashoei
Green. Judge Sedgwicl< Chamberlain WINS Mis-
Gunther and CsgOod Welsh.
The rents of these flats run from $1,000 TO
k6 900 year. Many OF the apartments belong 10
members of the association.
good specimen Of the interior of one OF The
best flats may be found in the Madrid. ono or the
corner houess AT the corner fronting the two
,t,eets Is n dinins-room seventeen by thirty-four
feet adjacent 10 this the front is The library
nineteen and a half by twenty two an nan
feet: next in SUCCESSION are three chambers iouf-
teen by twenty-five an half. fifteen by tw'hV-
two and half and seventeen by nineteen lee'
resrectvely At the OF this set OF rooms are
two ,ece, ton halls and Just back Of those the
pubic hall and the public and service elevators
and staircase At side of the staircase Is
chamber n neteen by twenty feet, on the opposite
hide heinz the billiard room. eighteen anu a hall
by twenty four feet AT the rear OF the billiar'
room is an ,ther dinin .-roOm sixteen by 'hrV
npe feet off OF this buffers pantry. and beyond
that the kitchen. seventeen and nal py elsh
teen feet of this store-rOom, ami SUI oeSohl
yervants' and bathrooms and two more cham
bers twel by twelve and e.csen by hiiecn ieeI
This makes the AREA about one hundred by elch
ty-fve feet .--.
THE PLAN AN UNDOUBTED SUCCESS
MIR. Les inlsse, Of Lespinase Fried
man. the agents Of these particular
fats, says: "1hc scheme is certainly a success
Ms the fact that all but eight flats arc let IN
dicates This class Of building certainly only foi
the wealthy The rooms are spacious the Iarlos are
larger than in the priv ate houses OF tmiV 'eet
front the dinjn .-rooms and bed rooms in the
ZANE proportion so that one floor gives more
advantages than three in the ordinary house
People Of wealth are growing more migratory
too and the extent Of their country life is grow
Ing SO that they leave their city house often for
My months in the year This tendency is bound
In make an increase in the demand for this Kind
pf a house The corner buildings in the Navarro
Oats contain more rooms OF greater dimensions
than private houses. and are more suitable Tor en-
fertainments.
This last remark is equally true OF other flats
A gentleman who has had large experience WIN
This kind of q structure, and who occupies MAJ
In one of the large apartment houses coroboIatcs
the view of the convenience and comfort of this
method of housekeeping. and adds: 1t Is the
best form of moden life The division Of labor
works for the comfort of the tenant The
sxpense is no more than in keeping a house Of
three or four floors
Otl,er tenants. however, complain that the ex-
pense is so great that only those with abundant
means can afford to occupy these flats One tenant
wc.lknown man speaking OF the working of this
tcheme, says: "If one has the means and eS
pccialy if his family be not large. this is really
an IDEAL way in which to live There are no stalls
10 climb, q feature especially desirable for the
ladies' Of a family. anu one which IN the ordinaI?