The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-16
DIR. cALIscH ENDORSES.
He Presents Strong Arguments
$50. for Annexation.

FL Rabbi r.. M Calisch, than whom no one
takes a greater interest in the welfare
Eof the city; a man prominent IN eiyll
affairs, and whose voice carries WEIGHT
In civic assemblies was a sked last night
to express his opinion as to the wisdom.
Of annexation. Isl, .i
5 Dr.. Calisch said he was a firm sadyo-
cate OF the expansion OF the 3citys bound nd
aries. Nosone can deny,,he said, that our
city is congestcd and thatrents are a bnor-5
mally high, compared with other cities,
or the same or even larger size. II have
been in houses in Philadelphia that rent
! for fifty dollars a. month that you could
not get here for scvcnty-flve dollars, for.
the simple reason that no builder builds
houses like them for renting purposes.
A house with modern convenicnces IN r.
respectable neighborhood. OF moderate az
size, cannot he secured Il for less v tans
thirty or thirty-nve dollars. and That lis
entirely too much Of an item for the
average clerk or mechanic. Mayor Mo-
ECartlly spoke the soundcst word on ex-l
fpanslon at the meeting at the. i. I. a.
rooms SATURDAY, night. We want moro
room. lots OF room, and not improved
property SO much as unin1pr owed N PRO
$crty, upon which detached. deslrap lc ana
cont ortable homes maybe built 1or&the
pcoplc of moderate means. The building
of undetachcd houses, row upon row, on
sixteen, seventeen and eighteen foot lots
ia "a civic crime. In this connection It is
not Irrelevant to say that q buitnhs
Inspector ought to be created BY the
city, and all plans Of houses and lots
upon which they are TO be built tnn1ttcu
to- him before building Is permitted to be
begun This office could be connected
with the city engineers department and
work in conjunction with lt., b
Reyerting to Mr.. McCarthy's remnlis,
5he said. ana It Is sound doctrine. tnat
tho commercial and industrial PROSPERITY
OF Il community are inseparable from IT'S
moral strength md domestic virtue. the
question of housing has much to 90 VIII
thennorals OF ~ city. When two families
live IN one house. or. one FAMILY, COM
pclled to live in n house too small Etorlt
there is Il danger to domestic sanctity
that Is unfortunately too often well
grounded. 3 II
inc arguments from n, physical stand
5point 5nTc notices. cogcnt. Fresh air,
sunlight and cleanliness are i he essen
4 tinl requisites Of health. The body IL,
3rbyslcally speaking, n machine, and. like
every other machine, gives tho best re-
suits when 1t is kept in prime condition,
The big Industrial plants have begun TO
give the hest sphyscal conditions III their
plants that they San TO their WORKING
people, Large, airy, sunllt rooms. plenty
OF space and adequate breathing area
for each one, lunch rooms, rest rooms
&bntll rooms and other facilities are pro
syided. not from merely philanthropic mo-
tiy.s, hut on the sound business principle
that the betteriyour plant tho better and
larger Your product IL you regard your
city from the physical standpoint, the
better you provide for the workiEg units
OF IL. the better and bigger. ana more
desirable your city will be. We want to
grow and twa've got to have sol 70 strike
deep and widespraading foaots So that
NE can grow healthily ana sturd)y,
There ought o3be no hesita tiorl now,''
concluded DR.. Calisch, 'frile sentiment
is aroused, 1t Is flood tide. Let us
seize II ere II is too late ID Il