The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-08-24
CAPITAL PLEDGED FOR DEAL
Every Cent to Be Spent on Proposed
New Homes VIII Go Into Pockets of
Kenosha Workmen and Kenosha
Plans Are Outlined.

The method of procedure having
been outlined by DR.. Nolen in his re-
port Glow Cost Houses for Kenosha,
How to Provide Them, J" the initial
step was the formation Of company
or corporation to finance house
building enterprise.
There was no difficulty in this direc-
tion, for there is not a business man
or manufacturer who does not realize
that Kenosha's greatest issue is the
building of more homes for workmen.
The present as well as the future Of
Kenosha is intimately tied up with the
need for homes-with homes Kenosha
will expand and become even more eff
fcient, but without homes her growth
will be stunted with an accompanying
inefficiency that no city in this age of
intensive competition can tolerate.
Therefore, Kenosha having been con-
WINGED Of the dire necessity of houses,
money in sufficient amounts was i'm
mediately underwritten.
This capital, however, was pledged
with the understanding that it would
be spent in the creation of Workmen s
houses, I'd be governed, however, by
those well tried out principles which
account for the success of projects of
a similar nature in the United States
and Europe. These principles brief
ly are
l. Scientific planning along adj
vanced lines, determining the charac-
ter and arrangement of roads and
houses, thereby securing the best and
cheapest results.
2. Wholesale operations and ef-
ficient management, thereby effecting
economics in construction.
3. The use of durable materials.
thereby saving the serious depreciation
Of cheap frame dwellings
4. Limiting the number of houses
per acres, thereby avoiding the evils
of overcoming
| S. Providing for community parks
and Fairgrounds, thereby promoting
the social life of the neighborhood
8. Eliminating excessive profits, the
earnings over a certain per cent being
used for the benefit and development
Of the property.
{. Distributing the payments for
the home over period of years,
thereby bringing it within the reach
of all who desire to improve their
home conditions.
g. Assisting the workingmen to own
his home by providing financial
scheme of small regular payments
within the limits Of his wages.
Now came the question, "Who Will
! Build These Houses?' On account of
the enormity of the whole proposition,
requiring as it does not only a LARGE
organization, but experience with large
scale construction Of houses, the local
building trades were, and not unjustly,
thought out of the question
A large house building firm from an
other state, together with nationally
renowned construction company were
interested. Their representatives came
to Kenoha, went over the situation in
detail and eventually submitted figures
and plans.
These companies planned to run a
spur track right on to the tract of land
to be built upon. A saw and planning
mill were to be installed on the ground
and steam shovels and other labor saw
ing machinery were to be utilized,
Plans were drawn up of individual
houses and sketches were made show
ing the proposed groupings. Figures
We're then quoted as to the cost per
| house
The result of this active interest BY
these outside companies was, in word,
that plans and figures not only seemed
satisfactory, but an agreement for act
ual construction seemed imminent.
The enterprise Of local contractors
and builders had not, however, been
reckoned with, for at last Kenosha !
! construction companies were heard
from, and consequently the complexion
of the entire situation was changed
Every cent to be spent on homes for
Kenosha IS workingmen was to remain
in the ethyl
The Kenosha Homes Company.