The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-10-19

be mafTied, lives in Hat Flats In
Harlem, the upper section Of the city,
can be had for as little as $50 month,
but they have but FIVE rooms and no
bathroom. six-room fat with q
bath room costs SIS a month at least
and then you must go up to the top Of
the house. An ordinarily good fat in
a nice neighborhood brings $40 to SIS a
month. One can secure flats on the
East side for as low as SIS, but they
have no bath and children are not per-
mitted. This is owing to the fact that
cheap fat full of children is apt to
degenerate into a tenement But rent
alone may be safely calculated upon to
eat up $500 of loo income yearly.
Looking higher up the scale, we
reach house rent. A respecta bic house,
so far as appearance and locality are
concerned ia hardly TO be had in New
York under So, 900 year. That would
send a g. 900 man into an apartment
house. An apartment house may be
described As an aristOcratic fiat, except
that il is not primarily designed for
housekeeping. 4 suite of good apart
ments may be had for as little as
$50 month. but a fair price is SIOO
Yet 800 neer Central park is an ordi-
nary rental. Some of the large hotels
ike to have a married couple without
children, as it looks well and imparts a
domestic air to the ests blishment
Special rates can be made for two
rooms by the month as a permanency.
Hotels do not like children, but they
Will accept them at a price. For
5000 income, $50 year is fair out
lay for rent A $4,000 man might set
up in really fashionable apartment
house
But the cheapest arrangement of all
is to rent a few rooms In a private
house There are hundreds Of houses
all over New York in which good rooms
are 20 be had If furnished, second
story room in a good location may be
had for $40 week An adjoining room
would cost g mora That would make
$50 yearly for rent, provided a man
had no children People in New Yori,
who rent rooms have great horror Of
children, as many parents could tell
you a whole floor in a well furnished
house would cost 1000 year unless
the location were exceptionally good
When a mans income. however, IS
up 70 $3.50 . year he naturally thinks
OF house 20 himself unless he Be sin
gle Now houses in New York are al
most Injuries Rents are very, very
high. Two thousand dollars q year
-. 49,
.wO-story in dubious neighborhood-
A fsir-lcoking th-ee-storv brick II a
nice locality costs s.. 90 year. and
the scale rlses 70 the so. 900 a year, 4
Fifth avenue, which even then com
rlands nothing = boast Of This i one
reason why 50 many well-to-do New
Workers live IN hotels or apartment
houses- However, Il man te good al
driving a bargain he can get 3 nice
house OCCASIONALLY for 500 year
Then he might rent one or two rooms
70 q nice single young nan The &c
mand fo- n.-e single Young men n
serve a. st0p c@rr> IA Ills nla1csT ar
exceeds the supply, however. ZONE
landladies have grown sksptseal or TIE
- hjec; and declare that there are DO
nice single voung men TO DC bad u al
the metropolis
Wewiil nov ascend into ths FIVE tAou-
Saud dollar year regioa- There are
very many men N New York with ;bl.
income who Sud il paFs 20 spsnd more /
than half ~ &; Tor rent u the Hrs:
place 70 live in your osn house IN The !
metropolis Is alncs; oer'isca;e q |
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