The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-12-09
nr LAwRENcE S. HAAs

BUENos AIRES. CBy Mail9-A
building campaign, unequlled in
score in the elstory OF South Amer
ia Is soon u be slrtel in Bueaos
A'aes. Il the predictions cf American
business and construction men here
arc successful The construction
s'uTD II six years is expected to be
ioawel by a waive of activity in
.he building lire designed to rel'eye
the uncomfortable house. apartment
and office shortage, from which this
cy has been suffering for three
years.
Uness American cap@ll can inter
ted in Investments in Buenos Aires
rc tate the financing will be done
a'n VI NY by British and French
Interests, and it Is predicted tha'
lri ding on wholesale scale will lie
.tsaed as soon as British ana French
exchange once mere approach the
i.l. II IS not anticipated that
Apeslcan ca9,tal VIII cut Z great n
IRE in the building drive IN which
& Is beleycd that s1e expe1 lltlie
v es.h at least $2O0,O0oQ(O.
Duenos Aires really is Sin baa
wy for houses ana apartments
On ruction has not kept pace wi Y
t,o constant influx Of new residents !
durlng the past year Rents have
eaared to unexpected heights.
A artment houses have net YET
rgined great popularity with the ma
ire cr the Splnish-speakIng resident
Errapeans and Americans are rer |
feet'y "at home" in them as long as
tiey can manage to keep their minds |
cs, tie rent they must ray Few
reon'e are moving The orerflt'on |
al changing domiciles is like the old
ct.idren's game Of puss in the cor
rer." When a family succeeds in
&c ing an apartment and furnishing
It. it is case of holding on until
death doth them part.
Families who find it necessary to
leave lhe country for as long as a
year or two Invariably sublet tAe'r
apartments furnished for consider
alton that removes much Of the sub
lance from comfortable income
for four or five room furnished !
apartments S2O0, $500 and $500 a
nenth is asked and paid without
kick In the very few APARTMENT
hon e7 that haye, gone up in the past
few years, every apartment was spok-
en- fer before the building was
completed.
Conditions are just as bad in cne-
family houses. Much valuable space
r,es to waste from an American or
4 European viewpoint-in these
r-auses. The Argentinian must have
r.s patio or garden which is located
in The center of the house, bounded
ra two sides by the front door and
he kitchen. 1t would be a task Of
r7ry years to educate the people
cut OF the patio idea. if it is eTer
undertaken
Buenos Aires is literally sprink ed
" b magnificent residences of rala-
tial aype and great dimensions. Some
cf these homes occupy more ground
frace than some CT the larger hotels
IN New York CITY, and at least hall
oe them are larger taan TIE private
homes CT American millionaires oi
Fiath Avenue and elsewhere II is
ccmmon practice fer member Of
wcl,thy ranch owning family to build
one Of these houses and furnish 1t
;reu live in It. Many Of these houses
stand. monuments to the wealth and
asrer.;y Of the country, typical Of
Z pride Of .eir owners and ieVe-
sorting misapplication Of scarce
ana iii expensive building material
and Of labor, which, if employed in
a less pretentous and more utii a
rian cause would aid greatly in pro
yiding shelter for people in more
circumstances.
Real estate values in Buenos
Aires are inflated Several years
ago a great property boom boosted
the price Of real estate Then the
be N Of prices fell out but the
9 er part OF the property owners,
wi) aaqui ed their holdings during
tae Doom still retain the boom days
'n na ION and decline to accept a
loss.
In the poorer districts there are
blocks and books of dwellings, many
II which are nothing more than mis-
,rab.e Eovels In these ditricts. al
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