Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-12-24
WONDERFUL GLASGOW.


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The following concerning Glasgow,
which ranks today among the foremost
cities OF the world, is taken from the
Pasadena (Cll) Weekly Star OF Dec,
9th:
In naming Glasgow, Scotland, as the
most advanced city in the world there
is not the remotest possibility that any
one will challenge the statement who
has studied the subject of municipal
government long enough to become
familiar with the facts relating tout; and
as to the matter oil running tue govern
lnent OF the city without an assessor or
tax collector, the official announcement
that the income from the public utilities
owned by the city is now sufficient to
pay all expenses OF the city government
and to provide for important public I'M.
rrovemenls after January I, 1897, will be
sutticient 10 satisfy the most increduous
person in San Francisco. And yet the
city OF Glasgow does SO many things Tor
the general welfare vi the people, such
as have never been dreamed Of in San
Francisco, that few readers OF the Call
can be prepared TO believe 1t all actually
trne, aud they ate therefore invited 10
investigate Tor ITEMS elves,
On June II, six months since, the city
Of Glasgow celebrated the thirtieth att
niversary OF the passage by the British
Parliament OF the "Glasgow Improve
ment Trust Act" which opened new
epoch IN the history OF the city, says the
Annals of the American Academy.o
But In 1854, twelve years previous, a
number OF pnilanlhropic citizens formed
an association for the purpose OF elect
ing some cuanges in the unfortunate
condition OF the Stun population, and
this was in fact the beginning OF the re.
form movement which alter years OF
intle private endeavor resulted IN the
act OF Parliament which empowered the
city as Il corporation 10 undertake the
work which philantrophy and private
effort could not accomplish. ut was
natural that Glasgow should take the
lead, says the Annals, 'as the condi.
tons there were probably worse than in
any other OF the cities oi Great Britain"
1t was from this condition that Glasgow
has risen to the highest rank among the
foremost cities OF the world.
In the space which remains | must
deal with results only. The slums dis
tricts are practically eradicated. The
city condemned the dlsease.breeding
tenamens, hough. iup the property OF
the slums districts, erected the best
modem san tary buildings veral stories
high IN place OF the former novels, with
one, two, three, iour and five room
apartments, which the city rents to
tenants at about s. S4 81, SII and sI7
a month respectively, AMI night in the
center OF the city, while the water and
gas rates which are paid to the city are
merely nominal aud reduce the cost ol
living to minimum. The city now
owns over 90 oi these dwellingso or
suites OF rooms, and houses over 600
people, an average, OF SIX persons IN
each. The income derived by the city
even at these low rates not ONLY covers
the interest on the investment. the care
Of the buildings and all needed rcpalrs,
but also is gradually accommodating
sinking fund to extinguish the debt in
CURED in the purchase OF the con
demned property and in constructing the
new buildings.
The social, sanitary and financial
success OF this work of changing the |
slums into modern scientific habltadons
the city to extend its
operations to beuelit another class OF |
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widowers with small children, who were |
obliged to 60 out to work and had no |
one to take care OF their children. For
these people they erected large ana
commodious building containing I75
bedrooms, a number OF general common |
rooms, nurseries, bathrooms, small |
Kitchens in which to prepare food ior |
infants, and recreation rooms for the |
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charge OF the children during the entire |
day and the children erj)y themselves |
in The open air instead being, as for |
merry, locked up in small rooms while
their parents were at work, With all |
this the charges are very low and in
clude light, heat, washing and care of |
The children, namely, 10. mother aud |
one child 70 cents per week, or with two |
eSH cents, with three Fl, and
I21a cents tor each additional child for |
a father and one child, sI.o4 per week;
with two children, sI.2I; with three. |
1917, aud 10 cents for each additional |
child. Board is provided Tor adults at |
) cents for breakfast, s cents for dinner
and cents Tor supper, or 10 cents per
lay. Thus widow with three children
IAN live very comfortably for 81 as per
week and man with three children Tor
g rs.
y But the end is not yet. At meeting
,f the town council June 18th last, a
notion was carried with but three dis
enting voices out OF seventy-,wo mem.
.ers 10 ply to parliament for power
o appropriate property for the express
purpose OF providing sanitary modern
dwellings, for all the working classes.
JOSEPH AsBuRY JOHNSON.
SAN FRANCISCO, December !, 1896.