Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-05
ROTARIANS HEAR OF HOUSING PROBLEM

we'll put up all the money that's
 fxeded." They told these engineers to
 figure out the proposition. These ergi-
 neeFs and architects and contractors
 worked and worked, and finally, ey
 said, we can build as good a fN. or
 six room house as money can buy, for
 around s4,5e0 to s5,000,' They said,
 sgThis will not include the cost of the
 lot-that is an extra that will have to
 be added Everyone figured that
 s4,5o0 or $5,e00 house should set on a
 $1,500 lot anyway and when the house
 and lot cost was run up to ,$5.5eo or $s.-
 800, they al thought it was too much,
 Around $500 to $5.5oo was all right. but $6 800 was too steep, and they were right.
 So one of these men said, T think that we could lay some of the property out for business let's, and get enough from the business lots to pay for ali of the property-at the same time selling them at a reasonable price-and then we could put the lots. on which we will build the houses, in for nothing. So it was decided to do it that way, and it was done The business lots were sold to Chicago business concerns and indi- Yiduals who, like these original nine men, are interested in you.
 Large Tract of Land Selected. A large tract of land, near good trans portation, was the property selected. 4terials were purchased, equipment was assembleu. Inch were employed, and it soon looked like a great govern ment camp. These 175 homes were built and theA were sold to 175 of the finest fellows that you ecer want to neet-and they are all happy-very, | very happy-with their homes and their gardens. These 175 families see. for ] the first time, phat life really means. and the most wonderful part of it is that the payments that they are Faak- ing on their homes require less moHey each month, in many cases, than they were paying for rent before they bought their homes-and, this $S5 to $4e a month they pay toward their houses ip- cludes interest principal, life insurance | fire insurance. health insurance and ac- cident insurance. Just think of it! And 1 in comparatively few years they will have no more money to pay and they will own their own homes, with their lawns and gardens and trees and flow CTS
 Mir RosenthaI showed pictures of the .aomes in the various stage of construc- I ition and the competed homes. He al- 1 so spoke of the method of financing the ! 1 6 per cent. interest. Many questions were asked of Mir Resenthal and in conclusion the speaker expressed the | hope that Norwich would take a stand l for better housing facilities for no doubt Norwich has some of these same eFamp- ed living conditions that are found in other cities. | MT. Rosenthal was given rising vote I of thanks at the conclusion of his talk. ] President Worth referred the matter of housing condition to the welfare com mittee of the club who met immediately after the meeting with Mir. Resenthal. ! There were about 46 at the meeting | including fifteen guests. President Worth extended the right hand of fel- | lowship to four new members, Arthur c. Beck, George W. Carroll, Jehn J
 McAuliffe and Arthur N, Thompson. Invited to Waterbury.
 l A communication was read from the
 Waterbury Rotary club inviting the To- cal club to their annual outing and sheep bake this month. Another eomnnu- ] nication from the Lynn Rotary clut was read relative to the New England conclave which is to be held at Swamp. scott on Sept 15 and Is. Joseph N | Weymouth was appointed chairman o l the committee to make arrangementi for as many members as possible at tending the conclave from the leca club.
 pr. H. B. Campbell was appointed al
 chairman of committee to confer witt committees from the New London Ro ! tary and Chamber of Commerce ant the local Chamber of Commerce for z
 dual outing to be held later.
 The meeting closed with the singing O
 The Star Spangled Banner.