Arizona republican., 1900-12-14
TO BE A MODEL FACTORY TOWN.
Modern Ideas ito Be Embodied in a
 New Jersey Town.

A model factory town wherein is to be created an industrial community for the betterments of the moral, SOC ial and healthful welfare of the work man is now being established in New Jersey.
 It is known as the Belle Mead, a tract of land situated on the highest plat au along the Nine of the Philadel- phia & Reading railway, just half way between New York and Philadelphia. It is fine, rolling country, with beau tiful views in all directions, and was selected because of it's healthful eli mate.
 The 1,200 acres of land are to be turned into a busy banufacturing dis trict. Factories are to be erected and model homes for the army of workers employed in the induel,'
 Each home will have frontage broad enough to insure space for a flower garden, while the depth of the lot affords room for a vegetable gar den in the rear. An eXperb horticul- turist will give instructions in garden ing, and prizes are Ito be offered for the best results.
 For the use of the general commun- ity a public building will be provided, containing a library. gymnasium, baths and meeting places for lodges and other societies. A kindergarten and good schools will also be estab- lished. Classes in garment cutting, plain and fancy sewing, cooking and general household economies will be organized.
 There will be one big building which will be devoted ito baths and an im- mense washroom, where the house. wives may take the family wash each week and do their alundrying, thus doing away with the annoyance and confusion of such work at home.
 The purpose of ghe establishment of the town is neither philanthropic nor cooperative. A company capitalized at $350 000, has been organized and is to carry on the operations on a purely business basis. The directors of the company include the Rev. David J.. Burrell of the Marble Collegiate church, shis city; the Rev. E. P. John son, D. D., of Albany. and Prof. E. B. Voorhees, of Rutgers college New Brunswick, N. J.
 The social affairs of the town are to be managed by the League for Soc ial Service, Of which Josiah Strong is president and William H. Holman, secretary.
 Already the property has been ar tistically laid out by Prof. A. A Tits worth, head of the department of surveying and landscape architecture of Rutgers college, into broad avenues and streets, every lot on Nhe property having a frontage of not less than fifty feet and extending back 125 feet into an alley sixteen feet wide.
 The construction of the first factory has been started. By spring it is ex- pected the community will be actually esi. ablished.
 Each dweller of Belle Meade will be encouraged to purchase and own his own property.
 William J. Robinson. The general manager of the company which has control Of Belle Meade, explained the schsme at length. He said:
 In response to necessity a number of manufacturers and business men have selected Belle Mead as an ideal location for modern factory town.
 But land is not everything in the founding of a model factory kown. The danger is that Utopian schemes and Visionary experiments will end in com mercial ruin. We fully appreciate this fact, and the plans adopted by us are not in any wise experimental. They are actually in successful operation in several of she large manufacturing centers of the world. They will be conducted here by men who know what has succeeded and what has failed the world over"