Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-01-20

Never o the history oil the world has
the Investment made by the State Of
New York To- q single building been
e4ul'Isi The Capitol az Albany has
cost So. 100000. and this IS, with the
exception OF ecclesiastical ed fees, the
most costly building on earth, and at
the same time, the most perfect.
In New York city there is a building
which, as an investment, is said TO be
worth S2O,OOO,O 600. This is the "Neva-
da. an apartment house situated be-
tween Fiity-eightn aud Ffty-ninth
streets, on Seventh avenue. The NE
vada" is a combination Of eighs distinct
houses, each twelve stories high, and
connected by srchwayS, ana demon
StTates 20 degree the feasibility Of a
500 900, 900 Investment The building
10 which 10 is proposed 20 invest this
amount of money is rot 20 be devoted 20
Office or business purposes TAT least not
exclusively, but iJ is 10 be 4 combina-
ti0n arrangement under one roof in
which every provision will be.made that
modern science can suggest aud money
supply for the development Of perfect
community.
PROJECT MERELY CONSIDERED,
Thus FAR the project is merely being
considered, and can by force OF neces-
Sly only be a On de steele affair in the
Aiera sense OF the phrase, as some
years will be required TO mature the
ll,S. The architect OF the highest
building iu New York claims that i've
years will be necessary 20 perfect draw
Ic-s aCd Specifications for this colossal
enterprise.
Nowhere on earth, perhaps, outside OF
New York could such an undertaking be
considered practicable, whereas the con-
dltous which control here are all con-
duciye % Us success, and serve almost
as guaranty against failure. The
area on which the city Is built is so
limited tla, even for living purposes, in
tae tenement districts, there are more
inhabitants 90 the acre than 10 the city
OF Bombay, India, where human beings
are supposed % DO crowded together In
worse condition than elsewhere on
earth
The Office buildings already erected,
Ar The stili higher ones being con-
sIlctet, are an illed from roof 10 base
neut, So that there is no shortage on
population, and tens Of thousands are
ready ald eager 20 improve their condi-
lion by ava.h0g themselves Of every
opportunity Afforded Oy the Investment
O. capital
ll sl-.t.o1 20 the density OF popula-
Ton there is also another condition pre-
sel-ei To the life OF New York, which
c'1iuceS % the practcabiiity OF the
project referred TO. There are no lines
drawn between rich and poor IN regard
% .oC2Ity. There is hardly block in
10 ,ae the city in which. the extremes of
poverty aud Opulence are not encOun-
'ersd Everywhere the poor man, the
aa1rsr or mechanic, rub shoulders
N,atbe ariStrOcrat, aud each has grown
70 understand that he is indispensable
70 t-e welfare and happiness OF the
o,1sr For this reason the class dis
tccuons which prevail elsewhere and
Keep people apart would not operate In
New YORK tn such a way as to render
Continuance OF existing conditions I'm
possible In 500, OOO 600 community.
NEW DETAILS IN THE PLANS.
The plans involve the consideration
%. many details, as harmonious whole
must be created out the conditions
which, az first blush, would seem ire
c1acuab,e. The project, il should be
remembered, is not the construction or
q tenement house or lat or office build
'ls, or factory, but OF community
where tue wants OF every individual
be provided for IN accordance with |
l-e most modern and improved methods. |
10 IS not intended TO associate any !
SOC a.istic, CommuniStic or cooperative /
inca with its, though il is expected to
Prevent class distinctions from operat- |
.-' 10 any way by reason OF the condi- |
'-ls already described,
Low large the community will be Is /
-staii that must be settled, for the |
population must be limited. Among the |
Sa-Is TO be supplied are religious train !