New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-17
THREE-FAMILY
HOUSE PROBlE,
Investigation of Declin. :.
This Type of Homs v
Begun.
ADVISORY COUNCIL
NAMES COMMUTE,
Tenement Law Said To Re- d.
Obstacle Against Erectin,
This Kind of Building

For me las. decade .so r
mouse question has been eo,,',...a.l
confronting rea. estate ov 80. .'lsi
brokers. The gradual dlsappes,,.n a:
two and three family bogse, 'a's =
several bor0ushs has bse1 49,. % D
noticeable. 'Auensi
Much talk has arisen "a n -.
cause for the decline In buiiJ;.,... s'ie
OF TINS character. and I'd 10 tbs , ...'e'
time the situation has no, be.1% ~,
NED ~ comprehensive and 80, az
lnVestigat.on Of ,ho subject I, 80
serted on the one hand tba. = y
visions OF the tenement bopse ~ h.. N'
clude the building Of tbrsa :. ya
houses !nasmlcn az comDliare. =.
the requirements Of this Law al, =.
siderable expense 20 their cons,,,,.' 50.
On The other hand. il IS mai,.....'es
that economic and social eo,S,..-fo
have interviewed and made tae No. .1S,-
or these houses Improbable !. y.
bOrOughs of Manhattan. The r. W
probably Brooklyn. IN the mess :.
the housing Of our people In -,I.
family houses has had a tender
augment the percentage Of the 60.
who feel no direct interest In ~. -
eminent OF the city, for In =. s
conservative owners Of real es,,,,
their families numbered from o-s'.s =.
TO one-half of the citizens. Will. !, u.
there are but $4,000 properly sv,..
to a population OF 5000 600 neon, -
The Advisory Council OF Real y,.,.
Interests has appreciated this sitn,,i..
and realized that the time 1, nav =
perfume 70 investigate this probl,n -,
to arrive at a solution that will bepss
the citizens of each borough. Co..
quently IL has appointed a comni.,,,
for this purpose, consisting OF Fra,
Bailey, Edward c. Blum, William y
Calder, Cyrus c. Miller, Frederic ,
Pratt and Lawrence WELLER.
In Brooklyn there has been a
crease in the erection Of three-fs-Iv
houses from AIS, or II per cent Of \.
houses erected in 1912, to 227, or % n,
cent OF the houses erected In ri,
whereas in Queens the great bull n
the houses erected are three s,s,,
houses. A peculiar phase Of the Bros,
Ign situation is that but Is per cent.
the three story houses erected Ia l,'
were for three families; the balrg
we're for six families. Il has often BEE
suggested that II the tenemen. hons
law were 20 be properly amended
would be possible 10 erect more ,kr,.
family houses, particularly /! d,
amendment would permit the hrss
story buildings TO be built on lard a,
not over $500, and pay q n.arr
upon their cost. This. il is asser,sl.
could be done By certain ndies
changes in the law. First, the krsprOo'
provision should be cancelled; second
the court area should be reduced: ant
third, the hall area should be reduced
little bit. IL has been maintained tia
II this we're done three story constr,
ton would be so favored BY the leri
ers that the owners would be forced u |
build them.
There seems 90 be no question tia
the ownership OF this class Of tire.
story buildings is much better thar
that Of big buildings. inasmueh as he
tenants are required 10 keep theEI
clean or move, because. as a rule, tire,
tory buildings are occupied in part b.
he owners. who rent the upper hoori
md attend 70 the buildings themselves
n this respect il is said that the Ten
.ency OF the ownership Of tenement
now is toward those who are
Wiling 70 be served with requisite no
ices per year. and are interested only
n the net income and nothing else, Wit
he result that the interests Of the ten
mt are not thereby conserved. Ia oihsi
words. the present tenement house lsI
: conducive 70 large tenements, and
hus to congestion Of population, ghe'
here is no doubt that II would Fl
,etter for the health and morals OF ne