The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-07-27

different from the others. All sorts OF
building materials will be used in the
construction of the houses.
Locations Partially Selected.
The Kenosha Homes Company has
one entire subdivision of $50 lots and
several smaller pieces of property are
| ready for purchase. Houses will be
placed on all of these lots and at the
same time the company is going to be
helpful in securing the building of
houses on lots owned by Kenosha men
and women. These people need only
make application to the Company and
select the type of house and it will be
erected just as soon as the workmen
can complete it and at a cost consider
ably less than it would be possible to
have it built under contract for sin
/ gle house. The big mills where parts
for houses are made have already re-
ceived the record order from Kenosha
and # is understood that the work must
ihe turned oNt III gece td t;.aa in order
not to delay the building operations IN
Kenosha. The contract of the Ke-
nosha House Building Company is
strict one and under it the buildings
must be completed in the time set.
No Profit to the Holding Company.
Under the plan that has been worked
out not cent of profit will be paid to
the directors of the Kenosha Homes
Company. The real estate which is pur-
| chased will be re-sold to the ultimate
| purchasers of the houses at exactly the
price paid for it plus the actual cost
OF the installation of sewers and walks
and the grading of the streets. A strict
/ account will be made so that all peopIe
will find that there is no profit being
charged. The only profit that will be
earned will be to the Company contract
ing for the houses and the hundreds of
men representing the various building
trades in the city who will be employed
In the actual work on them.
The houses are going to be honestly
built, constructed of the best possible
materials and built with a view of meet
ing every possible demand for santa
ton. The laying out of the grounds
about the houses, it is declared, will
be under the supervision of one of the
best landscape architects in the United
States. The Company hopes to be able to
build large number of the houses on
streets where sewers have already been
put in SO that there will be no delay
In giving the purchasers real homes.
If the plans outlined are success
fully carried out and the movement
meets with the proper response in Keno
sha, f" said one of the promoters of the
plan, 1T will lead to an investment of
millions of dollars for homes for the
people of the city. It will mean that
this company will build all the houses
that Kenosha may demand and build
them right to be sold to men and women
who want them at the right figure.
Local banks and men who have a real
vision of the future of Kenosha feel
that the best possible investment that
can be made for Kenosha money is in
homes for her people. There is need
for more than four hundred homes in
Kenosha right now but this plan must be
worked out with this number of homes
to start with and the rest will be easy. -
Mayor Charles Fl. Pfennig has been
placed at the head of the Company on
account of the fact that he has had
wide experience as real estate man
and on account Of the further fact that
he has on many occasions shown his
interest in the movement He is to be
the active executive head of the Com
pany. Speaking of the plan he said:
ut is our idea to give the fullest
possible value and by letting contracts
for SO many houses at one time it will
be apparent that a very large saving
can be made to the people. These same
houses if built under an Individual con-
tract would cost hundreds of dollars
more and when you take into considera-
ton that there is to be no profit charg-
ed to the real estate the great saving
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