The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-11-11

| MS pace mus IL is tnat one OIL the
ceipt of good salary. is that nothing
shall be saved out of it. At any rate,
there there are hosts thst Of men in Ne" York
A resident of the metropolis earning
$1,000 a year almost invariably, if he be
marred lives in fat tb Flats cifv in can Ha r.
had for as little as $50 a month: but they
have but five rooms and no bathroom. -. "A
six-room fat with bathroom costs s25
a month at least, and then you must
go up TO the top of the house, An or,
binary good fat in nice nelghporhood
flats on the east side for as low as SIS,
but they have no bath and children are
not permitted. This is owing to the fact
that a cheap fiat full of children IS apt
! to degenerate into a tenement. But rent
alone may be safely counted upon to eat
up $500 of a $1,000 income yearly
THE MATTER OF RENTS.
Looking higher up the scale we reach
house rent. A respectable house, so far
as appearance end locality are concerned,
is hardly to be had in New York under
$1,000 a year. That would send a $4,000
man into an apartment house. An apart
ment house may be described as an aris-
! tocratic fiat, except that it is not primar-
/ lily designed for housekeeping. A suit of
good apartn entS may be had for as little
as $50 month, but a fail. price IS 500.
Yet $500 near Central Park is an ordi-
nary rental Some of the large hotels
| like to have a married couple without
children, as it looks well and imparts a
domestic air to the establishment. Special
ra teS may be made for two rooms by the
month as permanecy. Hotels do not
like children, but hey will accept them
at as.rice. For 81, 600 income. SEQ yearly
is a fair outlay for rent. A 5000 man
might set up in really fashionable apart
ment house.
But the cheapest arrangement of all is
There are hundreds of houses all over
! New York in which good rooms are to
be had. If furnished, a second-story
room in a good location may be had for
cost, 50 more. That would make 500
had no children. People in New York
who rent rooms have a great horror of
children as many parents could tell you.
A whole floor in well furnished house
would cost $1,000 a year unless the loca-
ton were exceptionally good.
When a mans income, however, is UP
to $1,000 year he naturally thinks of d
house to himself. unless he be single.
New houses in New York are almost
thousand dollars year will get you lit
tie better than plain two-story in a
dubious neighborhood. A fair-lookins
three-story brick in a nice locality costs
a year if on Fifth avenue, which even
then commands nothing to boast OF. rms
is one reason why so many Well-to-do
New Workers live in hotels or apartment
houses. However, if a man be good at
driving a bargain he can get a nice
house occasionally for $500 year. Then
he might rent one or two of his rooms
to nice single young man. The de-
mand for nice single young men to serve
as stop gaps in this manner lar eXceeds
the supply, however. Some landiadles
declare that there are no nice single
young men to be had in all the metropo-
THEY SPEND 5000 A YEAR.
We will now ascend into the 5000 a
year region. There are very many men
in New York with this income who find
it pays to spend more than half OF 1t Tor
rent. In the first place to i've IN your
own house in the metropolis is almost
certificate of financial responsibility. Peo-
You have money. For $1,000 a decent
house can be had-almost fashionable
house. for now and then New h or
houses get obstinately empty and land
lords grow anxious for tenants.
The Aston estate is mine OF 1nfor-
nation in this respect. 1t has hundreds
erful is it in the market that when the
report is circulated that the Astors are
going to raise rents tenants shiver, for
they know that all other other landlords VIII
good to their tenants, but they never
make repairs after you move into a
house of theirs. They will fix it up finely
before you get in, however. Mr.. his
sans, who attends to all these Astor de-
tails, said, in this connection:
"a man with $1,000 a year income coulo
get very fair house and have, enough
left to save money and live we'll Three
thousand dollars a year is very reason,
able rent for a good house. You can get
a nice house for $1,000 year. We have
/ a few, but of course they might not sui,
everybody. My opinion can be put In
very few words. Two thousand dollars
is small rent for a New York house
Three thousand is reasonable. A mar
pay half of it in rent If ne wants tG
live outside of a fat or tenement. :. ]
should say that a third of mans IN
come in New York goes in rent. II
other cities, the proportion is much small
: Ter of course-a fifth or a sixth being
the average" A.,
elsewhere, but people consume more OF 1t
. For some reason or other, New Workers
have usually big appetites. A man Wno
will tolerate no housekeeping must 1 eX
if he will endure his .wife's cooking
: food enough to feed a family one yea
. can be bought for $500, But they VII
only live. People who live IN n a,,s e On "a
get along on $500 worth OF 1000 per an
mum. A good table can be set Tor tnLet
on $500 year. 1t may be SAID on tnls
, matter of eating that in sooo poaIo
ing house eating will cost So week pei
person There are good apartment houses
! in which guests are allowed the pTIVlies'
of the table for Sc week eacn auo4eiot n
So, 900 yearly would pay NTH OF II n M
5 food for his family in New YORK. SooU
man would be obliged to give up say
; sixth. That presupposes economy IKE
wise.
CLOTHING AND LUxURIES.
Clothing is cheap In New York, a!
cheap as anywhere. Some men dress wei
on $500 a year. But they. own no ores:
suits or silk hats ats gooa oressgd mehit
dresser, $1,000. Women's attire Is NOR eo !
complicated. Some members OF the fal
! sex in the metropolis have 5000 yearly q
: dress well upon, and can't do 1t. A MAJ sl
, spends about one-fifth of his income 10
dress in New York.
Luxuries are surprisingly high in IN
metropolis. A fair seat in theatre cost
81. Books are higher in New York thai
: anywhere else in the country. IN tne Eiii
l pire City they ask 81 for a DOOR Tn tna - y y
Philadelphia could be purchaseu dGr s s,,n
f annually. You can hardy pass pass oo 90
, without paying at least two fares 10 &c
some where or other. rms Is pecau Esd ~ -
l niaces of Importance or of interest are ar
ranged up and down the city lns .Sa 10
, on side streets This feature OF .lie me ne
sttention of newcomers. The difficulty !
enhanced by the fact that Gao hlre J
j at least twice as high as 1t Is IN Fhiiaoei
I phia and Boston. 4,,, J., No.
;, York. You get less in that line for y
than $40 would bring in any ny, other the cry
/, The cooking is not particulIa3 1ra S1o !,
8 either. man who wants to 1--we Wen !
a New York Should spend his money on hi
home. If he spends it outside ne Amos
invariably regrets it.
A REHABILITATION.
We now arrive at the final elemen'
what can a man save? Every Ne!
worker will answer that question unani
n mousiy and without hesitation. Yer
little. He VINO saves fifth of his i l[Hs
GUes within il not infrequently revels in
move Tis sensation. The great drawbac
2 to life in New York is the necessity 10