Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-11
WILMINGTON TO
GET S2,5O0,0OO
FOR NEW HOUSES
Emergency Fleet Corporation Will
Have Charge of Expendi
ture of This Sum.
COST TO BE LOOKED INTO
Special Dispatch from Every Evening
Washington Cores pondent

/ Special Dispatch from Every Evening $
Washington Correspondent
Washington. june 1.-Two and one
! half million dollars have been definItety
| decided upon 10 he used for housing in
/ Wilmington. Del. by the United States
/ Shipping Boards Emergency Fleet Cor
poration This was made known by
Charles Piez, vIce-presldent Of the cor
poration III the course of testimony before
/ the appropriation committee Of the
House
Chester, Pa. has been awarded 81 ,050,-
F.! 600; Camden. y j.. s.. $50. 500; Sparrow 5
! IS, $50 900 end Philadelphia s. .031 900
/ The housing plans for Wilmington, in
detail. as described by Mr. Piez, include
provision for 500 houses Of brick and
stucco. and three large apartments and
boardinghouses TO Accommodate 0i2
people. ut a cost Of 8, SOC, 600
He said that estimates Of s., 500 and
Of IS 900 for the cost of houses at vii
rnington, which were made by the apprais-
erT of the Emergency Fleet Cooperation
have bern considerably cut
The Fleet Corporation Will control
every detail from the plnGIng of tho con
tracts for the houses 20 the FIXING of
rentals and sales prices Rentals will
he iii accordance with the prevailing
rates in Wilmington
with the best We can do we can not
provide anything like the accomrno-
dsti0ns necessary. say, AT Wilmington and
Chester. Mr. Piez admitted There
we have men Sleeping IN beds III three
SHIFTS That If q terrible condition, and
even with the expenditures we are making
we are not going to take care Of all the
needs, and they have got TO double up
for the time being We estimate that
I when normal conditions return after the
war the houses which are there will
represent what will be necessary 70 take
care Of the population at that time
COST or HOUSES IN WILMINGTON.
Part Of Mr.. Piez's testimony. gwen in
answer TO questions by Representative
Sxa4ar Sheriey Of Kentucky, chairman of
the subcommittee of the House apprOpn-
atiOn committee, follows.
Mr. Sherley: What was the cost OF the
houses In Wilmington
Mr. PEE: | have not got that here, but
| think it was about 81 $50 or 5000,
estimated We cut that considerably
Mr. Sheriey; That was the estimate
Of local people,
Mr. Piez: That was the estimate 0f
our Own dpfdd4s4S Of OtG HIS ihfSSaA
gators
Mr. Sherley: Is not the town tributary
TO TINS shipyaTd?
Mr. Ples Yes, sir but that entire
section has been tremendously crowded
with industrial WORK There Is prac-
ticaily one sslid industrial development
from PhiiadelPhis to Wilmington, The
du Points there have grown That is
their fsOEI.e town
Mr. Sheriey: Hiss there been any
development, however, Ia the way Of
individual building?
Mr. Plez Very little IN any Of theef
communities The housing Development
has been practically stopped there foi
the Last two years.
hfr She1ley; In al OF these clties, dG
you mean u say that there ls practically
an absence Of vacant houses?
Alr Plez Yes, sir
Mr. Sheriey 1t is not simply cas6
Of the population shifting from certain
sections and Of houses running down and
not being used?
Mr. Piez; No, sir There Is an ALSO
Lutte deaEth Of houses