Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-10-26
LATEST MODEL Town.
Endicou City to be nm Ideal Place of
Residence.

Residence.
One Of the most thorOughGolng at
tempts to make the workingman con-
tented with his lot is being made ut
| Endicott, near Binghamton. y. Y,
where So 100000 is being spent in what
Is regarded either as Il sociological ex-
pertinent or a shrcwd business plan
the classification depending on the bust
ness viewpoint of the critic.
Endicott at present is a good deal
unfinished, says the Brooklyn Eagle,
but 1t is being made to fit as imposing
name as fast as men and money can
move materials. \ year ago Endlcott
city was noncXiStent. Its site was a
pleasant tract OF meadow and hill on
the banks of the Susquehanna river.
| Today that tract looks as If orders had
been given for the instant construction
| of n mammoth exposition. for from one
end to the other 1t is prey to the
cxcavator. the roadmaker, the sewer
builder, the carpenter, the millwright-
the bridge constructor and the iron
worker.
When Endicott Is finished. it Is to be
the site of the largest tannery in the
world as we'll as to be the home OF the
finest and biggest shoe factory in the
United States. Those two institutions
are designed to form the nucleus
around which the town will cluster, for
the inhabitants of Endlcott, like the
town itself. are in the future.
COntcntment Is to be the keynote of
| bn cit 70
unsclGShly directed can bring about
that condition. 1t Is the wish of the
founder, J. Il. Tilt, to make every one
| of the workers so comfortable and
| happy that discomfort will exist only as
n word in the dictionary-an expression
which, in the future Of Endicott city,
will have to be labOrious1y explained to
| its children, and which, when so de-
fined, will have to be taken entirely on
trust.
There have been built more than a
hundred cottages. each Of the most
modern and beautiful design, equipped
with every modern improvement in the
way of porcelain tubs, shower baths,
Conservatives, clothes drying closets
and plate glass refrigeratorS. Each Of
the cottages will be lighted with the
electric light, and electrical ranges and
heating apparatus have been INSTALL
ed. In every respect the cottages will
resemble the most costly bungalows
and summer cottages of the rich.
The man who planned Endicott. J. Il.
Tilt. says: We're going to give the
workmcn easy finances. which should
bring peace of mind. We're going to
eliminate all the old, rotten conditions
of class superiority and affectation,
and these men and women can learn,
If they do not already know, that they
are the equals of any men or women
living.
FINALLY we propose to have absolute
liberty in the community. The citizens
will make their own laws. We do not
intend to make Sunday a day of SNUG
hypocrisy. There will be no laws for
bidding the use of liquor and tobacco.
when we have succeeded In cstab-
fishing our factory town. we shall.
hope. find that there has arisen about
us community of men and women
who enjoy peace, prosperity and, above
all. liberty. We expect that they will
| naturally become better workers than
il they were hampered, patronized or
maitrcatcd. The man who has some
thing on his mind-the man with a per-
sonal grievance cannot do his work
properly. I've made up my mind. how
ever. that the American workman does
not need any philanthropy or any pat
ronagc. All he wants is fair treatment
and free hand. The rest he will at
tend to for HIMSELF
Most of the money so far invested at
EndicOtt has been used for the CON-
pletion of city improvements, parks,
baseball grounds and the laying out of
streets. The latter will all be of ex-
IRENE width and are being planted
with shade trees The general work
at Endcott is being pushed forward
as rapidly as possible, and n special eff
fort Is being made to finish the big shoe
factory and the tannery buildings
ahead OF the time fixed by the con-
tracts.
There will be at least 5000 people In
this ideal town. Accommodations will
be provided for that many anyhow.
The two manufactures that are COM
ing in to make the necessary industrial
nucleus already employ 1000 wOrkmen
and workwomen. In their new quarters
they will be enlarged. The earning
power of the inhabitants Is estimated
ut $1,000, 600 year, and it is calculat-
ed that each resident will be an ind-
rect contributor to the city's support
and still have margin for saving.
AIXertISInK New Jersey.