Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-11
co-orUu,rlvE HoMt s.

Ciiy people might solve several of
thc prcp.exine problems of urban hfe
d. building BOO common Kind OF apart
mout house adapted Co several families.
Tho project would AFFORD good city
homes os wen os safe and profitable
Investment for money
It is surprising mat cooperative
aome bedding ls not more generally
sgadcltakcu. TcH owners conu,autns
cry. $4,000 cach or 10000 in all could
erect b, co-opcratiyo house that would
be palauoi in dimensions. convenience.
and comforts and would far surpass
any home that could be had by each
one building Tor himself
In the larger cities the cost OF main
tainiug separate home is so great
that only the rich can usually afford
lts complete equipment. especially in
locality be- which they can choose their
neighbors Conversely the average
man in business or @ profession must
live in an apartment house or go out
into the country where living expenses
are often higher than in the city He
finds ordinary apartment house life ia
the big city uncomfortable uncon-
genial and expensive whenever there
are Young children who are forced TO
uingie Unfortunately with the child
rem OF unknown fellow-tenants. The
tenant moreover. IS az the mercy Of
the landlord who Is usually willing to
take anybody who will pay his rent
promptly He o. likewise In the power
o.. The ianitor. who is deaf 10 bis app
peais for comforts and convenionces.
in New York. the conditions OF city
ne are such that start has been
made toward cooperative home living.
In one case writes Mr. Marcusson
"a the Saturday Evening Post. a prone
inent architect was consulted. and he
drew up plans for a twelve-story
apartment-h house. Each man IN the or
iginal group Chere were ffteon) con
lributed nfteen thousand dollars and
tho remainder OF the money needed
was borrowed ON mortgage on the
whole property. Apartments were pro-
uded for the owners and ten extra
ones were built as an Investment fea-
ture The conditions surrounding the
Apartment for tenants were that the
renter must be agreeable 10 the owners
OF the apartment Thus a. censorship |
was put on the applicants for apart
nents
The erection of these buildings has
reached the point IN New York where
me great building and construction
Ompany does nothing else but build
hem. its experts studied cooperative
luilding In Germany. England and
scotland, ana "A somewhat remarkable
'ysiem has been perfected
II has been the custom. says Mr..
iarcusson, TO charge the stockholders
rent during the frsr year of their
esidence in the house A man who
'wns twenty thousand dollars worth or
took would pay from twelve hundred
% fourteen hundred dollars. This
honey would go TO pay the liked
harges, such as intercs, on the mort
age heating, lighting ana ianitor SER
Tee. This Is only done In case the
partmcnts FOR tenants are not rent
d the FIRST year Even IT the stock
'oldet had TO pay small rent for two
p three years he would be getting
twenty-fve-hundrod on three-thou-
and-dollar-a year apartment for much
'ss than IT'S ordinary cost, with q great
many more comforts than he would Or
inaHiy receive
In many of the cooperative apart.
lcnta no ronf WAS rafl t,,. tt,.. .t-
olders from the start
SOME such plan % seems 20 us, could
' made 10 pay even on much SMALL
7 scale Ia Salt Lake city. where
mere 's sum much vacant land al mod
rate prices such cooperative homes /
QUA readily be constructed with
lenty OF ground Tor lawns, lowers
alaens' small groves and shady
rbors