Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-07-16

vide for the comfort Of n very large
family in fiat II the fiat Is built
I'm what is known as n fashionable
ne ghborhood. a ueighborhood contain
ing homes costing from 10000 up. IT
Is best to build the hats OF six or
seven rooms and provide I'm thcm every
convenience known. with good sized
rooms and we'll finished throughout
Flats in such localities always bring
very high rents
n the fat Is 20 be built in a neigh
borhood that is popular. but not what We
would call fashionable. then I've or six
room nats, we'll arranged, with moder-
ate sized rooms, IS the proper thing
II built very near the center OF popu-
lation only three or four-room fats
should be provided. with the require
mcnts OF a kitchen provided for in
what Is known as a kitchcnctte, since
people who live In tho center OF pop
ulation or business district Of city
I'm rats arc merely looking for n little
more privacy than can be obtained In
a modern hotel and ordinarily expect
to go out for most Of their meals. II
the building Ia to be built IN neigh
borhood 81 small homes IL should DO
built convenient but not expensive,
and the fats should be small. for II
has been found that tho high rents
which one would have to charge for
largo fiat makes II difficult 90 rent
them in the more ordinary parts Of
city since the class " people who
could afford TO pay the high rents
that large FIAT buildings bring would
prefer 10 live In a more high-class
section. Here is a good example. In
one OF our large cities threc-story
fiat building was built providing
two eight-room fats on each
% the lower floors. while the
f..s. -
room flats. The nats m the third floor
were always kept rented at $40 month
each, making a total OF $3.50 for the
floor. The fats on the first and second
floor rented at $50 n month each, or
total OF 800 for each floor, and were
rented only half OF the time. This
proves that the neighborhood was desir-
able for nat buildings providing that
the publlc's demand for a fiat build
ing IN that neighborhood were properly
met
Many people do not realize the value
of appropriateness TO location. They
see something somewhere which they
happened 10 take a notion to and bulk
a building similar to II on a lot which
they happened 20 have with no con
slderation whatever OF the fact that
n building which rents well in one
neiEhborhood might not rent at all w,l
IN another location. For average pur-
poses the ideal fiat consists or parlpr
or living room, dining room, kitchen,
bath room, two chambers for the family
and one for a servant, making what we
call a six-room fiat. Every fat should
include a sdeboard, kitchen cupboard,
built-in ice box and gas range. These
Items do not cost a great deal as
part OF the total contract and Impress
upon a prospective tenant the fact that
all details contributing TO his comfort
have been provided. The proper place
for the built-in ice box Is directly in
side the sink with the ice department
at the top. thereby allowing the drip
from the ice TO go into the sink The
ceiled trap can always be easily cleaned
out az required with the constant flush
ing OF water through the trap from the
sink and seldom allows II To become
clogged while some fats are bui!t
with individual heating plants. each
tenant looking after his own heat. Il
has been found more practicable to pro-
vide the heating and charge the tenant
up for IL in his rent. People who I've
In fats are always looking for every
convenience possible