Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-26
ANONYMOUS NAN GETS
OPTIONS ON MANY
VACANT LOTS
WELCOME RENT SIGN
CITY 10 PROMISED RELIEF FROM
PRESENT "HOUSE STRlNGEN-
CY"--cHAMBER OF COMMERCE
o.K.'S PLAN FOR BUILDING
RUSH.

The For Rent" sign gives promise
of coming in to its own in Ottawa.
Instead Of its usual meaning OF de.
terioration however, the For Rent"
placard will mean more TO the city
than the establishment at this time of
a large industry. II will serve as a
welcome to hundreds who have come
here within the last year found work
that suited them, and then were forced
to leave thru lack OF proper housing
facilities and seek homes elsewhere.
With the Chamber Of Commerce
boom on in dead earnest and the
glowing prospects that Ottawa is
fastly shaking oil its lethargy to soon
step into its own as one Of the pro-
gressive cities of Illinois, comes we'll
founded stories that a building cam
paign is to be waged in all sections
OF the city--the building feature to be
modern conyeniences and to rent at
moderate prices
Already parties working anony
mously are grabbing up options on
vacant lots in q half dozen quarters
OF the city. 1t is openly stated. tho
no particulars will be be given out
for publication at this time, that one
man alone stands ready to building
twenty-five houses at an average cost
Of $2,5n0 each These will bear "For
itent' signs sssa ansaspidei,se that ct
tawa is willing to do something more
than merely furnish work for It's men.
This same individual will either
rent or sell these houses to the ten
ants on the monthly payment basis.
The houses will be of five and six
rooms, situated in perfectly desirable
neighborhoods. and will be designed
50 az to meet all requirements OF the
man and family of moderate means,
or the Industrious. thrifty wage
Garner.
1t has been Ottawa's one impesins
stumbling block, this lack Of suitable
homes that rent al suitable prices
Now that investors are awakening to
the possibilities that lie behind the
Opportunity here, it is a moral cinch
that Ottawa Is facing one ofthe great
est years for building activity in its
history
The movement to start such cam
paign is endorsed by the Chamber OF
Commerce in the following statement
issued this morning.
"The Ottawa Industrial Association,
one of the big spokes in the Cham
ber of Commerce is beihg looked upon
by business men and manufacturers
as one of the most necessary plans
that will tend to the growth and pres
perity OF the city OF Ottawa.
"The plans outlined by Mr.. c. e
Saylor has proven more successful
than 1t was thought possible at it,
inception. Every possible safeguard
IL being exercised to protect the share
holders, and with present labor con
ditions so unsettled In the larger citiet
az we'll as the congestion in popula
ton. making property values high ant
sites almost prohibited; the a!er
manufacturer il looking to the small
er cities, which n. almost every in
stance tends to do away with labo
fights and other annoying conditions
that serve to injure his interests
The experiences Of the people 0
WauKegan, who have subscribed t,
the fund, toward bringing to it
doors, manufacturers who want 4
manufacture, and not promoters, ha
made history for the city on the lake
as Its population has more tha
doubled within a period Of six years
"The Industrial Association. wit
fund OF 100000, would be in pt
sition to finance factories on the tc
year plan and pay to It's stakeholder
splendid dividends, as many instit'
tions of various lines OF industry AZ
seeking new locations, and Ottaw
has little more 10 offer in the wa
OF advantages than most cities in TIL
valley.
"One of the most vital question
that the Chamber of Commerce ht
not overlooked IL the matter bull
Ing homes for the housing OF ne'
comers, and particularly those no
employed by our present institution
There appears to be u lack Of hons
and this branch of the chambers a
tivity Is ono that Is now given mo
earnest attention From u prottab
standpoint, one hundred new hom
would not supply the present demai
and could be constructed In grouI
Of ten or more at saving OF on