Evening journal., 1918-04-19
HOUSES FOR WORKERS
TO Be RUSHED now
Front and Union Site for
500 Dwellings TO be
Erected Soon
$4,000 STOCK SOLD AT
MEETING LAST NIGHT

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Guiding artisans. local captains Of in /
duslrles and business men met 20 dts J
cuss the Governments proposition made /.
to the Wilmington Housing Company
for tho erection Of about 800 houses
on the old baseball grounds at front
and Union streets. Including q small
oddition 20 be taken In, Che Plot OF
ground Tor the proposed erection Of the
buildings covers 81 acres.
Members Of The ho1sins compsny and
the Emergency Fleet Committee %
Washington, have entered into an agree
meut whereby the Government will
finance the project h. lending 20 the
extent or s2.JOOOo0 n the people Of
. Wilmington in conjunction with the
housing company VIII furnish the
ground on which 70 put The buildings.
, 70 was for The purpose of having The
, plan considered and action taken that
the meeting was called.
, rhel those present were interested
/, snd have fun faith IN ihc project Ia
, evidenced by The foc; that $4,000 out OF
( $3.50 600 the amount needed, was raised
ia q short time last night. SlXty-one
, subscribers took The $4,000 in stock In
, the housing company. Many who are
! known 90 be interested 10 the extent
= Of buying stock. could not be present
! Josiah Marvel called tho meeting TO
/ order. This is the most interesting
thing that ever came before The vii
} mlngt0n people" he said we are an
o. Interested in Liberty Bonds. thrift
stamps. Red Cross wori and the many
81 other things that help toward winning
- the war, but this Is an entirely differ
: ent phase and a most important one
THE Government has had representa-
I tlyes In Wilmington looking over as
. many ss ten plots OF ground 90 ind
I suitable location for The erection OF
- the houses IN question. Because the
. localities u tho homes must Doe IN easy
/ access so the shipbuildng plants the
large plot 40 Front and Union streets.
q where the old baseball grounds now
D stand was seleclod The plot takes IN
- acres IN ALL When the ground 20
= question is fully developed aud the
. houses erected snd occupied the Gov
- ernment will make further arrange
q ments with the Wilmington Housing
p Compsny Tor more houses"
o Mr.. Marvel said that d Is the desire
( 10 sell $4,000 Of stock and stockholders
{ would have a voice IN the direction ond
p management Of the whole business
p James Nolen, a city planner Of Cam
= bridge, Mass. was introduced by Chair
b man Marvel, Mr. Nolan had a drawing
e OF the plot showing how 70 will appear
= when laid out In streets and avenues
!. He has conducted similar work
+ throughout the country and has been
highly successful.
d Tho 81 acres would be laid out 10 -
+ blocks. In all there would be some
l. thing over 500 buildings. These In
8 clude single and double one and two
!. story dwelling houses. a school az a
d cost OF $4,000, which is is proposed
that the Board OF Education take over
s later; q community house, a public
- garage, and possibly z postonce n re-
Quired, and auy other needed buildings
G FOR which the emergency Is not now
a known. Houses with sixteen feet front
4 age would have two rooms downstairs
f. and three on the second stovy. There
o would be E combination kitchen and
q living-room and parlor on tho first
4 floor. and one large bedroom for the
d parents on the second door. and two
e bedrooms for the children. The other
u type plans for O twenty-foot front, with
d three rooms on the FIRST floor and three
II bedrooms. Each houss would be FUR
e nlshed with q bath and toilet. Also
a each kitchen would be provided with a
range. The houses would be heated by
e a hot-air system.
l. After describing the type o. houses
j. and giving a general fund of informa-
ton on the subject, Mr.. Nolan said
q that this Is his third trip 20 Whining
l. ton. He said that IN all his travels he
o had not found the people 80 alert and
q entofprsing es they are here on such
d important matters az that Of looking
Y. after the governments interests.
g "Nou take hold OF things and you
e push them through. he said. Were
e lt not for the obstacles which arose
:. when the question was Up before with
l. reference 10 cooperating with the gov
o ernment IN the matter Of building
e, houses 800 OF them might now have
It been occupied with shipbuildors IN
,e stead OF flnding us at the beginning Of
10 9 great project.
% 1T IS up 10 US tonight 20 remove
any obstacle that stands IN the way OF
s building the 800 houses we now have
3 In view. The location selected by the
"a government Is good done. The topog-
l. raphy is very good
81 n. l.. Pcrot, OF the firm Of Ballinger
q and perot. architects, of Phllltelphls
Ie was next introduced. He ned dAlwings
ID on a large card ard showed how one Of
the streets would look. with a Ions
row Of houses msde up Of the types
OF buildings which The plans call for
He also gave an interesting detailed *
PLANTATION Of the uouses inside snd out
B The backs OF the buildings will have
a similar finish 20 that Of The front
80 that an artistic view Will result when
J. seen from any angle.
Is II Is believed that the houses will
~ average 10 cost 5000 10 $500 each. As
h fsr as Is known at present, they viii
10 rent VI an average Of s27 each, monthly
is The figures ere tentative and the den-
y. mite cost ~ building and the amount
al cf rent vii, depend enirely on the price
.. Of material and labor. The fact was
of brought out that far several years fol-
A. lowing any great war II is the tendency
"a OF materials and commodities 70 remain
Z. at the high prices prevailing FOR a while
M and that now Is the best time 10 push
e through the project.
Ia Mr.. Nolan contemplates laying out
20 Fairgrounds for the children and some
- sort of a resting and recreation spol
nj for the fired workman where he and
k-lhls family can spend a few hours In
= the evening Landscape development
Will be in keepiug with the whole plan
Mr.. Marvel said that the Wilmington
Housing Company Is composed Of wei
49, f.s