New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-19
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Company. Mr. Gould is president Of tho company
He IS Johns Hopkins University man he mas tVen ven
years personal study AZ home and ahroac 20 l.is
tenement question. trying 70 formulate foT hImsen
lem Two years ago he came to New-York and as
sumed the presidency OF he COMPANY WnOso
watchword IS Cardinal Mannings assertion Do
mestic NE creates a nation II IS pledged oi 10
build model dwellings. II has capita or S-Voo'"o
DR. GOULDS ADDRESS.
There is no place on the civilized globe. said DR.
Gould where the poor have less chance Tor gooo
living than IN New-York. Mos OF the Ills OF IKE
rise from domestic environment i Is IN 'he "'''
congested districts that We ind the fAlooh' '''''o
allty criminah:y Tho coneested district cre"'e 7
the saloon II Is the legitimate outcofnA feople
can't lie housed 30 that tne4r yl.i..V - S 80 ~
without feeling the need Of a nrac-r lnen 80 ~
ter dreariness. emptiness OF te|e'-e'' 80 80
must have an anudote. advise The Ass 20 con- on
suit the physicians OF New OH my .l.e
Until We eiye the poore; classes ue',e a. a''e
quarters. setting up barriers o. m"uts'y' Va
pulling them down. we nave an Di'So c, t,r'ia,n
bur hands The working people or Great ~ an
aye better housed than the working peoi'e o. NV"
The economic influence o.. environment cannot he
everest ma ted. Twenty days losS OF wars tIoubn
exhaustion brought ABOUT ~ POO ~ W,be~
n!g rent In the wOrkinsmans yearly ehi ~.
the workngman begins - oesC.hu' a.'e -s, ,nirs
he economies IN IS the rent !is me "CISt t'.e
he could do for low rent brings. as iaf' PS''e.
sanitation environment and decent h'Is.ns ~ 10, %
the foundation OF al soclaI Quest ,,'.,r,.,t
philanthropy on purely economic ohris-ln ihleh'
,hUa exeupl.ned IN ne tlty ana oupIT-
Ban Homes Company. II was not nsi!id'od for -, r
purpose OF grabbing all In sight. but foi :hI rct!r
FOR money invested a. PEI cen, ro,r5any FOR
more than per cent. The surplus remains lnlao'
FOR Improvement Of the properly or investm,e ZEN -
cent liSs. said br Gould. 'is the purpose OF me
COMPANY Never in NewYork City has there been
such a response Stock has been applied for from
seventh and sixty-eishin SIS True Ie'orm be e,
They were opened on March Nine houses occupy
seventeen city lots They o., o.,
| There are only thirty-hve apartments vacant IHey
60 veers TnSy occupy locality on border
~ the best residence section OF The city at ne same
,;,ne on inc border OF the most denseiy populated
| or FIVE rooms. The nve-roCm apartments arc on
| ~. as, door The nreprcOf Is aDsolg q Entrance
| "a these tenenenis has precisely the same ap-
pearance as Railways leading 10 high-pTiceH apart
ments-louoe p,a pal, II est,n.'t,,be autornatio
| door-opener and individual ma!loox 80.
The ,hree-room apartments have hot ana cold
water and individual snks The plumbing Is perfect
| Every room is ngh; ana airy anc opens on 10 tAe
ciosets mounted .heve4 ga- fixtures WITH attach
| nents FOR stove or range. some o. ~" apartm"n's
hsvA ranges which the tenants may use at rental
OF u cents week Eaca floor has an ash chute aid
cui 80 AZ, axcelent Laundry WIN sf@am-heated
dryng chambers TIE latter arc not appreciated ~
| he tenants They pine for the open air and sun
sho o. ~ rtparfee the old style OF clotbdryirz
-,rteS Who barnes them? What talk, rs zee
| OF sunshine and human comlarionship! Toe eur1ry
20 t6e csef difficulty that has arisen between he
| ,erants and the landlord. The former have FORCED
The latter 10 remove the locks The average num-
Snr OF children family is two. one OF the model
/ t.oements Is MED with widows and single women
WOMEN RENT COLLECTORS.
~ could III said the manager. Two buildings
from our waiting list OF single women In the COL
| Iec,inx OF ~, tho company ims adopted Octavia
HIS me ,od and put the matter In the hands Of
| two women one gives all her time TO It. tho other
| but TWO days ono keeps the books. Is responsinie
for the rents OF every apartment she IS heavily
| hond.d The lowest rent II s. % q month for two
| room apartment. the highest fouT-Toom IS e. d
| month. AS tho apartments ascehh 'he Pi''e III
| creascs 10 or IS per cent $780,, . 49,
| 'Uomewood," not FAR from Coney Island. IF ne
| site OF the company's suburban homes me afcN-
.cre IS after the style prevalent IN shakespeare
| ho,oc- rock stucco and wood SiXy-six model prl-
vete dwellings now erected ard hfiy-iine occu-
| - They are sold the !nstalrnent pan-tWenty
every possible convenience and arc ABSOLUTELY mr.
nroor In price they range from e. UV 10 so'v' faC
| boyse mas seven rooms and A bathroom The tenants
include etter-carrlers, InecI;Sl-''
| journalists 1--WE policemen, clerks. cashlerS' e'c-
! '.i ms somewhat astonished one day. SAID Ut
| Could when man whom knew had a ia'Bsr
| salary than any that had bought houses AZ home
,r.ood sed OF he lo~est-priced dwellings,
yovns,nAd 10 him the advantages OF higher-prlceh
| house thinking he was buying without c''"' VIZ"
| derstan1ing ,, ,1.a g. .io..a ,ba door
| =, Nv ofarn and stepping inside, with lowered
| vo,cn said My experience as policeman mas
| ,snrht me that the worst thing a man can do - 10
| lac a widow with fine house
,nents after Or. Goud's address ThS moTn, ~
nromises 10 be red letter In the school calendar. ~
| billings. Of library fame. and Dr. Chapn are "l'
| speaker.