Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1905-03-25

nave erected model ones VIII Ch accom-
modatc 1902 persons. Houses and
cottages for 1.U21 person, hHN" also
been completed at an expense eIcccd-
ing 81 2.Oo0,OOO In addition t. this plans
have been prepared and llnd purchased
for lO43U new tcncmCntS and 600 lOug
ing rooms. These VIII aft prl accom-
modatiOn for II .O,,5 persons. and the
total cost, including the land, is cSti-
mated at S16,OOD,uO 1t Will thus be
seen that the London county couH%il
has provided and is providing for To-
4lo tenementS and ISIS lodging house
rooms for -. .l32 persons at total out
lay of $23,G9l.USU. These tcncmcntS
contain one, two, three, four, five and
six room apartments.
All of the fralm"ntHry statements
and rumorS concerning the extent of
the housing SC. cmc planned by the
London authorities sink into ms. gnti-
cancc compared with the plain facts
and figures 1t is not reform; it is a
revolution.
Closely allicl with the task of houS-
ing the working classes of London is
the problem of providing cheap and
rapid transportation for those who live
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way ,''"N'N operating III 'llc rolh-
nv IA - one ""i'h 'lau
,"'' '''>' 'Npii' WAS promptly hou-
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f'' '"'''' nv company hi''de
>l''t'i '"' F''''''''''. ne county scored
az ''''' ~ T. y i'i '' "aS appointed
ana awarded the company S322 900.
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ne 'I'ii'""AS "'l 'ld not permit the
io'"l "u'Lo'ltleS TO operate street rail
ways. II was therefore necessary to
le"Se 'he Inc Tor Il short period, which
WAS accordingly done, tn" lease eXpir
ing III l''"r lhe council then proceed
eu 10 purchaS" other plants rs the fran
'lilNeH 'Ap'r"l ana also introduced
plH ENl"S 'l'e"l power I" op"rat" lines.
l "I Iii"'''tn' l''SHe Su'h an act IN lS56,
ann Oh jan l. lNE'' IN London county
'o"'''Il came INTO formal possession of
h'I E' snare Oh TN" hi'lcaS" OF tram
way "I'n''' I,' jurisdiction. The last
p'N"le ir"ichlSe VIII not expire until
l'l"' p'' 'lle INES are small and of no
consequence compared with the stu
peluouS problem OF constructing and
operating new arteries of tranSporta-
i' no n'ouerh utIII'E Is London so
N"el "IlN de"'ieht as III street railways.
II mas "hI! Ito miles of tracks, of
Wnlrh 'he county council owns eighty