New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-17
40 MODEL HOMES
FOR HIS WORKERS
Will Form the First Group
of Buildings at All
wood, N. J.

The little country community of ALI
wood, situated in Acquackanonk town
ship, about a mile from Passaic, with
its quaint farms, It's woods and flower
dotted hills, will be a thing of the past
within another year or so. For it j,
here that William L. Lyall. president OF
the Brighton Mills, OF Passaic, will lay
out a new and immense factory and a
model village for his employees. Even
now most of the farms and vacant
plots in the community have either
been purchased or an option secured.
Mr.. Lyall's plan was announced two
weeks ago in The Tribune, and last week,
at a dinner to his employees, he ex.
planned some of the details. At first
forty homes, of modern construction.
are 20 be erected for the employees
There will be a schoolhouse, churches
and library. The factory will be of
the new one-story type. II will be in
the valley along the Newark branch Of
the Erie Railroad, and the homes set
nigh on a hill overlooking Passaic, and
from where. on clear days, one can
easily see the taller buildings Of the
metropolis.
Among the more famous farms TO be
taken in this undertaking are the old
flaberle dairy in Bloomfield Avenue,
long a landmark; the Garret II. Renter
farm. near by; the BloiSe Roe fruit
farm near Richfeld; the Speer farm in
Bloomfield Avenue; the Berlin-Jones
farm, the y. L. H. Dahlberg property
near the Atwood station. The land. all
told, comprises nearly 400 acres. These
farms and dwellings with a few others.
comprise the community OF Atwood.
There will he about mile of railroad
frontage in the property, which is wei
adapted to commercial purposes. The
land slopes from the railroad TO
beautiful ridge, near the Roe farm. 1t
is expected that the Erie Railroad Com
pany viii, within q few years. add an
other track TO this line. 1t is now sin
gle-tracked. and it connects with the
main line of the Erie at South Pater-
son.
John ". Ferguson. the Paterson con
tractor, has the contract for the con-
struction of the factory and dwellings.
The planning and the landscape work
will be in the hands of John Nolan, city
planner and landscape architect, of
DOSton. MuIDIl JANA, Ol view OIki
are the architects. John lhlder, secre-
tary of the Ellen Wilson homes in
Washington and formerly field secre-
tary Of the National Housing Associa
ton. will assist in directing the COM
munity features and the service WORK.
which is now under the supervision Of
John K. Meader. The real estate trans
actions are in the hands OF Charles
+. II. Johnson. president of the Pas
sale Board of Trade.
This will be the first model village
for mill employees in this section Of the
country and mill officials far and near
will watch with interest the results of
Mr.. Lyall's experiment. Mr.. Lyall him
self believes that the idea is an excel
lent one, and that it will successfully
work out.
Besides being large manufacturer Of
cotton goods. with about 1000 en-
ployes, Mr.. Lyall also makes cotton
looms. The present Brighton Mills, on
the line OF the Lackawanna Railroad in
Passaic, comprise about six large brick
buildings. There is dining and rec
reation room for employees, and from
time TO time entertainments are given
in the recreation room. A dinner for
his foremen ard superintendent IS
given once each year by Mr. Lya!l.