Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-29

| anthracite and bituminous fields of
Pennsylvania. But now the coal
companies are doing better as evil
denced by the new village being
built for one of the companies not
| far from Gilberton in the Pottsville
| district. This little community is
way up on the mountain side and
consists of quite attractive houses
with proper facilities for comfort
able and sanitary living.
Near Harrisburg
Near Harrisburg is the industrial
housing project across the Juniata
river from Mt. Union, built quite Ie-
Company. This little town of Kistler
of about 100 houses, has provision
for $50 more. 1t was planned by
one of the best-known town planners
of the country and has good streets,
parks, a fine school, water pipes,
! sewers and electric light. 1t has
proved very successful in assisting
the refractories company in obtain
ing and keeping its employees during
these strenuous times.
Very recently our neighboring city
of Williamsport constructed an IN
dustrial housing project, known as
Sawyer Park. This project is said
by an authority on the subject to be
architecturally the best thing in in
dustrial housing that has thus far
houses are very attractive and the
whole village is well adapted to the
needs of the community.
This was nots directly an employ
ers' enterprise, but there was no at
| tempt at large profits 1t is in all
respects citizens movement. I'm
the spring of 1917, there being not
a single vacant house in Williams
! port. at that time, the businessmen
of the city, acting through the Board
of Trade. made an appeal ~ the
public spirited citizens of the COM
mupity, calling their attention to the
need which confronted the city and
the opportunity which lay before
| them. AS a result, the Williamsport
/ Improvement Company was organ
| lied with an authorized capital oi
! 81, 600, 900, one-half of which was
soon subscribed for the purchase CT
! land and the laying out of model
residential community. Some SSI
different individuals in Williamsport
subscribed to the stock of the new
corporation. which definitely limited
its dividends to per cent.
1 Ills pretty CON-
ers about thirty-seven acres on the
slope of the hills which border he
Susquehanna Valley. 1t is within
the city limits and readily reached
/ by trolley Within a radius of q
mile there are fourteen large indus
trial plants employing over 5000
persons. The first development con.
sists of 100 houses, while altogether
il is contemplated to erect house:
4 for 800 families. The houses are
built for rermanence. of hollow tile
and stucco largely. They are bull
to sell and not to rent. with the idea
that it was better for the community
as well as the employees to own hi:
own house.
Harrisburg a Pioneer
i How many Harrisburgers realize
that right in our midst we have ar
example of industrial housing exc.
cuted about twelve years ago wher
this great subject, as 1t is now prac
ticed, was really in its infancy.
refer to the Cameron Extension
community, where some forty houses
were built to accommodate employees
of the Elliott Fisher Company
i These houses are of the brick Eng
lish double cottage type and are at
tractive and In demand.
I This community was constructed
on privately-owned land and ad
joins the Cameron Park property o.