Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-28

Under the direction of woolworth
Cady, a representative of the Housing
Corporation, a department OF the
United States Bureau of Labor, a
housing campaign is slated to be
started in this city sometime next
week. The Red Cross, Y. NJ. c. A.,
Wa Camp Community Service, the
health department and the Board OF
Trade are cooperating in the cam
paign here n the ~canvassing of the
city will be done by the members of
the girls division of the War Camp
Community Service.
This is probably the first big step
toward a building boom for Perth
Amboy. In the canvass the exact
housing conditions in the city will be
Investigated, the lumber of vacant
rooms will be listed, the kind of
houses that people wish to live in
and buy will also be taken note of
and the conditions as they exist here
today will be thoroughly gone into.
There has been talk from time to
time about the city that various
roups of men were planning to erect
a number of houses which were to
be sold on the installment plan. One
of the difficulties in a proposition of
this kind, is the fact that the men
who are putting up the buildings are
not always sure that the design they
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purchaser, but under the canvas this
will be remedied to q great extent.
In the canvass the people that dwell
in houses of every description will be
requested to state just what kind of
q house they like to live in, and with
an idea such as will be gained in a
canvass Of this kind, a standard for
a house thai will be pleasing to the
citizens, and be readily purchased by
them, can be obtained.
The writer. a few days g took a
trip to Washington, ID. C.. and the
train carried him through some Of
the ship building country In that Sec
ton. One plant in particular that i'm
pressed itself on him. was that of the
Sun Shipbuilding Company. In the
vicinity of this large plant were
row upon row of beautiful homes.
The buildings were sometimes a block
in length, some were built of wood,
others of %stucco, but many of them
were of beautiful red brick with white
trimmings. All the buildings had flat
roofs and many windows. The build
lngs were divided up into apartments, !
each apartment housing two families.
Flowers grew in the small yards in
front of the places and the ppear
ance was indeed striking.
people working in the ship plant, skill
ed labor. people who enjoy the plea
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commonly called the Middle Glass"
There are a great MAN. of these peo-
pie in this city, in, fact. skilled labor
here sufferSs SIS waqtof the proper
--axsses and blocks of these
Scuse* bunf here. by local capital. |
would relieve the situation to a great
and could be sold to the many
people on the installment plan.
, People should be educated to own
own homes. Anyone can point
but families in this city n vicinity,
who have paid rent In the place they +!
are now living that would be more /
than enough to purchase the prop
erty. This money has gone into the
of the landlord and the peo- ,
pie have only had shelter for the
many years they have lived In the
property.
Had these same people purchased
the place or q lot and erected a home
borrowed money from the Building
and Loan Associations. with which
to pay for them n then repaid the
building loans a small sum monthly,
many times the sum would be less
than that paid for rent, which gives
them nothing but a place to live, at
the end of twelve years. had they
gone into the loa and purchased the
property 1t would ave been theirs to
DO with as they saw fit.
Boom at Woodbridge.
Many new houses are being erect
ed at Woodbridge. while ground is
being broker for others almost every
day. This seems to be the only real
building boom In the vicinity Of this
city. Although local carpenters are
busy, the local work is mostly that
Of alterations and small arage This
Is plainly shown by the building per-
mits which we're issued during the
past week. two were for alterations,
two for garages. n for workshop
Ind one for dwelling.
New School at Dunellen
Plans which nave been drawn by
John Noble Pierson and Son of this
city for the new Witter school at
Dunellen are now out. The building
will be situated on the site OF the