The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-10-03

AT normal rentals the revenues of such !,
.nunity will he far greater than ordinary taxes. For
while houses deprecintc. land neither rots nor
wears and such town will he in effect owner of
all its underlying land. The Utopiu Of the single
takers is achieved by virtue of the fact that the
town was caught young and started right with n"
land boom allowed. The town will he In the posi-
ton of having bought Itself at cost without let
ting anybody pocket profits ON the rising values
Perhaps the most remarkable example of Uncle
Sans ability ms town builder is Yorkship near
Camden. n. j.. designed to serve employees of the
New York Shpbulldlng corporation. This town.
where 10000 Of Uncle Sans shipworkers will live
while they mnking ships with which to beat
Gcrinany, might almost he sud to hnve been built
overnight. Starting work early In the summer.
1000 houses will be rendy for occupancy In Ocio-
Der. and another thousand VIII follow within II
few months. Some idea of the speed employed in
The work is Indicated by the fact that one group
of Ave workmens houses put up from founda-
ton TO roof In 36 hours.
While putting up thousand houses In a few
months is amazing feat in itself. 1t becomes
more so when 1t is understood that the buildings
Of Yorkship to be things Of beauty, embOdying
all that Is attractive In our old Colonial style OF
architecture, and ut the same time up to date in
everything. In short 1t will be a town that will
give the workers zest for the morrow's work
when they troop home of evening.
Speed. practically and simplicity. but the best
OF everything the gist Of the governments In
structions, and these Instructions are being fol
lowed to the letter. AT the same time there isn't
trace of paternasm In the governments atti-
tude toward the workmen Uncle Sam simply
wanted to show them that he fully appreciates
what they doing for him.
The town of Yorkslp Will occupy Il site of 40
acres. 100 of which now being developed. The
main feature of the town plan Is central square,
about 800 feet on each SIDE from which the major
streets radiate. Around the central square three
story buildings have been erected, with stores on
the first floor and apartments above. The
side of the square opens upon n broad green. or
common. 125 feet wide and 45O feet long, which is
innked Mt its farther end by church sites ard
terminated by site for school or Library
axis From the north side of the central square n,
broad boulevard Lends out toward New creek. con-
meeting with bridge and main connecting road to
the shipyards. Parks and Fairgrounds are also
literally provided for. Streets are laid out. for
the most part with a width of 80 feet. with road
ways IS feet wide. grass strips feet inches
wide. and sidewalks feet wide. A few streets of
greater width where there will be a concentration
% traffic have been provided, while alleys of ii
1O-foot width provided the interior of all
blocks.
The plan for Yorkship is perhaps the most COM
pete town plan ever made. Every house is com
plete: 1t has hot and cold water systems. modern
plumbing, up-todate plumbing fixtures gas range
hot-water heater, electric light and cellar furnace
Most of the houses are of brick, with few stone.
stucco frame. The majority have slate roofs.
The order for brick for YorkshIp is said to have
been the largest single order of its kind ever given
The brick used came from seven different, manu-
facturers and is varied as to color. etc, TINT
the aspect of the village will not be at all monot-
In fact, the architect has consistently aimed at
avoiding monotony. Starting he did virgin
land-the site of Yorkship before he went to work
on it looked like an ideal golf course-it out
of the question to run up houses in unsightly
rows as IL in city. On he other hand individual
houses would have been too expensive. The prob
lem that confronted him. therefore, to pro
tuce dwellings at minimum cost and yet make
them rs attractive the nature of the plan de-
manded. ..