St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-11-19

This is not beyond the possibilities,
although one has to look between the
lines Of the matter-of-fact drawings to
find this picture On an upper floor
there will be several rooms, approx
mately 10 feet square, which, when
considered in conjunction with the
other equipment of this floor, includ-
ing shower bath, one guesses may
be designed for these aforesaid young
men.
On the west side of the square the
excavators and cement workers are
busy with their wheel-barroWs prepar-
ing the foundations for group Of
five two and three family apartment
houses. There will be no air and light
shafts in these terra Gotta, stucco and
concrete apartments, for they have
been so designed that the windows Of
every living room will open directly
on the blue sky. With the exception
of three rooms, one of which is a bath
room, every living room will have
chance at full volume of sunshine at
some period in the day at some season
of the year.
Externally and internally there will
be little suggesting the conventional
type of three-story apartment house.
The lots which they will occupy are
40 feet deep and 20 feet wide. The
building at the south end will be set
back only a short distance from the
building line on the square and run
back 61.3 feet. The three buildings in
the middle of the block will be set
back from the street some 20 feet, and
as they will be only IS feet deep will
have yards in the rear approximately
"a feet in depth. The fifth and end
building will be set nearly as far from
the street, but will extend further
back on the lot, being 60.6 feet deep.
All of the houses will be three
stories high. On the ground floor Of
each will be store, and in the rear
of the two long apartments quarters
for the janitor, equipped with bath
room and other conveniences for the
comfort of the custodian of the build
ing. All will be heated from a CEN
trail heating plant. The entrances to
the end buildings will be on the side
streets.
There will be two apartments on a
floor, one at the front end and one
at the rear. In the former there will
be living and dining rooms side by
side, each by 16 feet, with several
windows on two sides in each. In
their rear will be the kitchen, with
its equipment Of gas range, refriger-
ator, sink, tubs, and closets. This
room will be IA by 1872 feet in dimen-
sions,
The rear apartment is smaller, con-
tanning only a. living room, a bath, two
bedrooms and closet space. On the
third floor in the tower of the front Is
a studio, 1872 by 10 feet, and in the
peak, storerooms and lockers. There
is also opportunity for persons to
sleep in the open air in balcony If
they desire to do so. This building, 1t
is expected, will cost s12,40o. If the
annual rental we're placed at 10 per
cent. of the investment, as Is, GUS
tomary in Manhattan, it would require
only $1,240, divided between the store
and five families, to carry the invest
ment in the building with the usual
return to the owner.
The building at the north end of the
row will have only one apartment on
a floor. This will consist Of a living
room, dining room, kitchen, three
bedrooms and a bathroom and five
closets. The rooms in general dimen-
sions are similar to those in the other
apartment and those in the three
smaller intermediate apartments. This
building will be connected by bridge
with the western end of the railroad
platform. Its cost is estimated at
$4,000.
The ten three-story and extension
one-famiIy houses for which plans
have been filed do not impinge upon