The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-01

the housing act TO engage IN such enter
prses. subject to the general supervision.
of the London County Council Although
It. is only three years since the boroughs
have lad this right, an enormous amount
OF work has been accomplished. Batter
sea has erected dwellings for 15W or us
population At an expense Of 32e"'
Eermondsey is erecting four blocks oil
model dwellings, for $50 peraons BY the
end NJ the year camberwell will have
provided accommodations tor ~ * PEI
+ The most extensive of borough schemes
rs that undertaken by Shoreditch, which
Is pushing work on three large estaies
which its council has purchased or con, con,
den1ned For this work there has been
appropriated moro than sl.50o COO Houses
and cottages are being erected ior i fac
$500 persons. The boronsnir suPpi,ss for
two-room hat IS sixteen cents Il week
and for three rooms % cents a week.
with large apartment IN 2r9p1fr, ,sn . dM,
persons, who pay from sl.5o to 81 q week
for these fats. Tue borough derives n
profit both from its rents anG It's eiec-
1ricai service. q
The boroughs combined Lave expended
or appropriated nearly 10000 and a. a., arc re
or Will accommodate more than l3,voo III
Of this work has been planned, %, or com ION !,
Melted in less than three years. The map
Of greater London Is ,honeycomped WI :, .
,sIs munepa aTs hns sc ann begun
But the ACTIVITY OF the boroughs is IN
significant compared with that Of the all
powerful and aggressive LEMON rna b GonhI1
scheme ever undertaken By private or or
public corporation is that which is IN
progress in Tottenham; SnnuF3 2,,s 81.
he, ne London County Council is
Grating ere a new town which will have a
population or 4Gt+a. After pToionged ne
sotiations the council purchased sa rom
= = nrIce of 5000 nm acre, Through II
runs the River MoseIIe, and IN every re-
spect the location is a dci!ghtlul one.
In the center there. IS reserved 9 space ,d
for stores and public buildings includ-
ing n fine library. donated by Mr.. Fass-
more Edwards FROM nd i ass cf n all diree
tons. 1t VIII be q city Of cottages, ea a.,
with It's garden and it share OF the spa pa.
cIous courts, parks ana OPEN see'io'''
The estate is divided into two tracts Is
The one nearer the city consist OF ~
acres and has fron1lge Oh , Mall nrn.
than half mile. oo morH y Thero u Viii be
s'To iso,ated cottages for an estimated
stipulation Of 80. coo and 1000 more VIII ne
provided for in oH Mere ~" has een
Scr aside Tie sum of s7.6oo0D. This err
terprIse is sometimes designated as me
White Horse Lane i, - oe,,r ~ his
rhe frst estate outside the County OF OF
London purchased by me ,, coumcil Was - =,
extent and is situated q mile and quar-
ter beyond the county boundary. On TINS
tract the council is erecting ~ cottagss s
With accommodations frn IN q I IN ~ 50 ~ n
The rents VIII range Aroi'i 'i'vo - 49, -
Tho greatest progress , has been mage 1
With the 1otterdowfn rac tie Of thrtynine
acres nearly 300 cottages have been com con,
pieted and are occupied Five nun n,
dred more are fo under to ShS. Of cot.
tnecs IN this venture the London Coun-
t tss1 counc l is Is investing 100000 -,
t1top Ipe'' On leaving London Tie fog and
one Could S' not trace The sky line OF the
Houses of Parliament from the center OF
signs that the sun was smiling brightly,
overhead, and as tho electric car moved
south, he gloom decreased Mo had not
traversca the tTG m aMsv and op' had Tic
iirst nlmnso of the glorious orb during
my sojouitn on John Bulls Island, !
The municipal village , - lpTi,nn on an ~
f i6ren si SLre'S 6N Wooded hills superntend.
ent Robert Haylis acted as guide, and
we inspeeted score ORR OF I'M more or she The
average London workman never saw a
cottage until the men he placed IN office
erected those in footing and elsewhere.
His only conception of place OF abode
was a faw rooms In crowded tenement
mnl As a hoy he played in dark al
ieys, in filthy courts or beneath tho clat-
streets. II he had one window opening
10 the murky light he was satisfied It
was asserted that he had become SO
Injured 10 this environment that he would
iref,,SN to abandon such haunts for tho
m nairi building estates. ,isuth there is
not a vacan cottage in footing, and while
With Superintendent BaSiis heard him
inform Il dozen or more OF applicants
Inn their only chance to secure quar-
tcrs was to enroll their names on the
LIST and await the completion of more
cottages %
with lNifth avenue. New York. nor with
the Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, but the
sffect is pleasing, nevertheless. The
With tic roofs and chmneys, .surmount-
cd mi' with ti the inevitable English chimney
pot AS OF course YOU know, there is
not n wooden structure IN Fnglnnd,.
Even the barns and cow sheds are Of
brick. tho same being true or a switch
mans shanty Tie scotch look on tbeFe
str,lctrrh. ;,s ninSy, and proudly point