New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-19

from the start We give the people wnat they weI
IN the first place The building Is is D vou 10 have al
ready SEEN The rest ~ carefui mahase"e""
Alfred T. White won the degree OF NJ A. from
Harvard University some years ago Tor MS 'elie
ment building in Brooklyn. near the wa'eiA0'i'
One OF these building has been erected TOT inoie
than twenty wears the other for five years. Inc
latter NJ these the Riverside with its courtyard
and gardens The Tribune pictured a SUNDAY u
two ago The two room apartments IN these TWO
buildings average in cost from II bi 10 81 d
week. the three room from 2lS to " 70
REASONS FOR THE RIvERsIDEs SUCCESS.
Mr. White Is now III and out Of town. but his
manager man thoroughly conversant with the
buildings. succinctly summed up inc iea9o" 'V'
had paid. He said:
The success Of the Improved Dwellings Is Que 70
fbe Tact that large portion OF the so-caled labor
ing classes" earnestly desire better MONIES anu
erage tenement house. They gladly embrace the
opportunity TO live in more cleahy way r a1
willingly obey the simple rules that are enforced
e., order 70 carry out the purposes OF the builders
When the Improved Dwellings were flrst punt
were inclined to suspect philanthropy of some sort
but that idea has now been sntgY ,n dore smple
business one OF landlord and tenant and the Ten
ants demand their rights WIN as nnant i've mp to
the rules of the company II is the endeavor OF are
company 20 eliminate al den OF craI' EuenIngs in
Rrooklvn are concerned, that has been luhiy AZ
tanned and the tenant takes his apartment IN me
Improved Dwellings simply because they oHer MN
more at the same. slightly lower. rates than ne
could get elsewhere. II Is the opinion oi the Hill
ayers of the Improved Dwellings that the tehhhtss
who occupy their apartments are sell reIlant anu
independent and would resent any apprOach ~
patronage or semblance of charity or any khu.
The REQUISITES for success In model teheIeii'
are the location proper arrangement OF the apart
ments and utilization OF the space alloteu loT tne
hilding and proper management OF the buliulns
after il is complete. A fault in either OF these
three essentials would defeat the design OF the
builders. -, H.. 1. -, oraa+
The direct management OF the building is or great
importance as an incompetent agent may cause a
loss 10 the company, both IN actual outlay anu ~
unnecessary repairs and in possible income az IN
driving away desirable tenants by lack or tact IN
handling them. a good agent Will keep bulIdlhs
filled where a man seemingly quite as competeht
will have from one-quartcr TO one-tnlrd OF lne
apartments vacant. simply through lack OF KNOW
ing how to handle the tenants IN MS chhrke. II Is
not economy 10 have a cheap resident agent.
At the same rental the apartments In the I'M
proved dwellings in greater demand than apart
nlents in the ordinary tenement houses, therefore
the vacancies are propOrtionately less
CITY'S FIRST FIREPROOF TENEMENTS.
Ernest F'agg. the architect, who Is now bulld-
ing in Forty -second-st. the first freproof tenement
houses New-York has had, says that the secret OF
the financial success OF the model tenement house
Is very simple. at is built sound common sense