Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-03-17

ready to be put together 10y CarpCu
ters and plumbers. Second. the cost
of housing am individual was re
! duCed To a most reasonable figure
II II still too early to give totals In
dollars and cents, but present rsti-
mates indicate that the Investment
In these community homes Tor single
workers VIII not exceed $3.50 per
man. this including living quarters,
baths, community lounges tor each
club ut { Wcnty- five men. Kitchen
mess han facilities. heating and
u htnga everything II all ihe
housing appropriation for shipWork-
ers were spent ON these community
dwellings homes would he provided
Tor about $4,000 mon or nearly
onc-third the whole emergency Ehin-
building army
hut many OF the new shlpwork
ers win be married men with fumi
lies. and Tor them separate dwell
ings are being huilt Something
like fifty types OF five, six and
sCyen-room cottages have been
studied and reduced to standards in
the same way Tycrvthiug is calcu-
lated for Rlulck, economical. durable
construction Each separate dwell
inc will have its bathroom, hcatius
and kitchen equipment Moreover,
great pains have been taken to avoid
any appearances of standardization
or monotony In exterior design. Only
the materials and inside appoint
ments have been reduced 10 stnnd-
ards while exterior lines and orna-
ment may be modified according to
local conditions 10 secure indiN-
duality ana beauty That IL not all
The plans have been drawn Tor these
individual family cottages with the
idep OF pcrmancnce Insofar ~
possible. they viii hc erected AT
shipyard sites, which are fairly Ger
ndn to be permanent. single men
are free to move to temporary en-
ployment for the war and disperse
~ shipyards are abandoned when
peace comes Married men with
families can not do this, OF course. so
they will be assigned TO the perman-
ent yards as fast as possible with
the expectation that they may live
there for years.
The plans take into account not
only the provision 81 homes for them
when they are shifted into shipbuild-
Ing TO meet the wat emergency. hut
the purchase OF their own homes on
installment payments equivalent to
rent N they feel that the new locality
Is u suitable one In which to NArk
and live and bring up a family The
married man who goes to a shipyprd
JOB alone. works a few months and
then feels warranted I'm moving his
family, can rent "A house at the out
set and continue renter ns long as
he pleases should he wish To pur-
chase his home. however, It viii be
sold TO him on iustallments The
a a. 1.
that Of "A house of the same chHrac-
ter of construction built singly. for
Uncle Sam N going to build these
cottages by the thousand with all the
economies OF large contracts Rnd
standardized construction
Present estimates indicate that
the family houses can be erected
for considerably less than $4,000
each This does not include the cost
OF land nor has that been figured
IN the building OF community houses
for single men. Because most OF
these homes are being erected In un-
developed sections. land values win
be reasonable and In many cases. eN-
tremely low when the married |
shipworker feels entirely safe in pur-
chasing his home, Uncle Sam viii |
deal with him thru "A separate cor !
and on n farsighted adjustment OF
the price and the monthly payments
to his wages during the war rush on 7
shipbuilding, and the less strenuous
conditions likely to exist after peace
IL declared II has been figured |
that each class OF shipyard worker !
whether a carpenter or riveter fore |
man or superintendent. will have "A |
certain scale Of wages during the |
war rush and lower scale when |
peace comes These various wage |
scales have been estimated as ab- /
normal and normal, with an allowEA
Rnce NJ about one third reduction /
from the war wages TO steady peace |
wages Both rents and installment |
payments have been calculated |
chiefly on the peace wage basis 40 |
that any man with n family who !
moves 20 a new locality and settles
during the war rush responding -
the call Of the nation, viii not
himself ultimately burdensd by r, 6.
or installment payments II he sees
fit to remain In locality after the
war rush II over. 0
The major part of this great build
ing program will have been com
pleted by the first OF July. Some
idea OF its magnitude may be given
by comparison with other building
operations. on "A peace time basis
an equal investmeHt would build five
Wooiworth buildings or two Eduit-
able buildings The largest shin
yard housing project taken In hand
by the government IN that at the
great now Hog Island shipyard near
Philadelphia. Pennsylvania tx the |
home OF the building and loan asso-
citation, one Of the greatest agencies
for provision of homes for work
ers In this country Uncle sam viii
invest In homes for his shipyard
between now and July one
sixth as much capital az the total
assets Of nearly 1900 Ponusylvapia
building and loan associations with
nearly 500. 600 members, or this IN
vestment would be equivalent 10
about one months building ~ all
kinds In our leading l55 cities dur
ing normal times or practically
duplicate all the taxable property IN
cities like Altoona. Pa. Springfield.
ohio, Tampa. Fla. or Galveston,
is 10 say. create a com
pIete city OF about $4,000 popula-
ton with all It's homes and business
buildings
Naturally, the magnitude ~
program like that and the
with which II must be
carried out appeals to the imagina-
ton not only OF the shlpvard work
erA who are 10 live IN these dwell
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