The evening world., 1915-07-10
Operators Along New Dual
Rapid Transit Lines Rush to
Provide for Big Population.
MANHATTAN FAR BEHIND
Bronx Breaks All Records in
Heavy Construction, Brook
Ign and Queens Following.

Still more New Workers. must live
III flats.
That the rapid traL-it subways will
not add grea; TO the number Of
private dwellings In tho suburbs Is
shown by new building operations Of
the first half OF the year. Flats rather
than small houses are spreading along
the outrunnlng lines.
During the first six months Of the
year. H.. builders have started al
most as many structures ~ they pro-
duced In the entire preceding year.
Their work In the greater city has
provided s7b houses containing 1910
apartments for 10000 persons. The
cost of construction II estimated at
44.410.ooo. For, the twelve months OF
1914 their output was 1880 houses
wieh 21,es5 apartments for 1850
families at . cost Of ~, 71o,6oo.
Outside the greater city nat build
Ing has bson confined mainly to the
New Jersey cities, adding 200 houses
and q ts.ooo.ooo outlay to tho half
years operations. II makes . total
expenditure In the entire mstropol-
itan district Of $50. 40s. 900 for new flats
with 2s,7lo apartments for 5000 per-
sons.
BRONX LEADS GREATER CITY
IN FLAT BUILDING.
Flatbuilders are making their most
pretentious efforts In the Bronx,
which u moro than doubling Its
volume Of 1914 operations. They have
started S03 structures there during
the first half OF the year, to cost
| Sl3,590, 900, with 7,675 apartments to
house 26.516 persons. Their work for
| the entire year OF 1914 was 225 struc-
lures with Sass apartments for 49,
100 persons. at a cost OF 310.S0S. 100.
The average Bronx house has cost
S4l,sso. and the outlay for each apart
ment has bsen slightly more than
$500.
the number Of persons to'be housed In
Its new structures, but passes the
north side In the total number Of
buildings. II has filed plans since the
first Of the year for 40 nat houses
with 7,310 apartments for 1856 Dor.
sons at a cost Of >S.509. 100. The ave.
rage house has cost SELLS, or &l,3ot
for each family.
Like the Bronx, Brooklyn has bull
most of Its structures along the new
dual rapid transit system hines. But
there has been q far larger proportion
Of cheap housings In Brooklyn. Whils
all Of the new Bronx houses cost more
than 5000 each, go OF the Brooklyn
l
and 226 called for more than $4,000
each. with total outlay Of 1851 200
MANhATTAN'e 90 NEW HOUSES
COST $s.os2,5oo.
Manhattan. which was the chic
dat house centre for builders only
few years ago. has fallen to fourtl
place in tho number OF its new
structures, although II holds second II
the total outlay. the great activity u
the Bronx passing 1t by nearly 5000.
600. Yet Manhattan also 10 forgin
. well ahead OF its 1914 volume. It
bulldogs fled plans for 90 houses dur
| ing the years FIRST half to cost -, 9s2.
500. They contain $3.50 apartment
for 12,1Co families. The entire outpu
of last year was IFS houses with SIS
.. apartments for 12,s0o persons at cos
of SIS. 601, 900.
II Many new Manhattan structure
, are OF tho twelve-story type, with cos
, averaging around 100000 zach. tn
A., average for the 9s was 310l,s60. o
; 5000 for each family. This shows a
. appreciable drop from last year
OPERATIONS, which made averages O
4 Si6i ,7b0 for each house and 34.670 70
!. each family.
Builders have been impressed b
/, the needs Of economy and hav
striven to cut CONSTITUTIONAL costs
The averages for 1913 were Si75. 400 10
each house and St.ss2 for each family
The main reductions in the average
OF the past half year have been ef
fected in the Washington Heights sec
ton where nve-story and six-stor
houses have been started in lars
mum bers. In the old central Manhai
tan districts, activity has been cor
: fined mainly 10 the fashionabie Yves
Q End and Park Avenue localities whef
: twelve-story houses are the rule. an
n the average costs have been held hig
& to suit the Incomes OF wealth
u tenants.
Queens natbuilders keep close I
their 1914 record. their projects calm
K for 1855 new houses, with 1.s40 apar'
. msnts for 4.700 persons at cost I
Q 81. ass, 800. Their total for all of 49,
h was 27i houses with 1854 apartment
= for less TINA 5000 persons. Since n
e end OF the half year. however. plar
IS have been filed for Long Island CIT
operation involving nearly 100 hous,
and Negotiations are pending for oth'
big projects which promise 10 swe
II the volume Of Queens work well b.
= yond that OF 1914. The avera ges thei
Il are 81, 600 for each house and SIG
IT for a family.
: Richmond has not taken to ma
!, building any more than usual, j