The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1920-09-22


And tho very interests which op-
aDosed the embarkation OF the state
upon the sea Of municipal housing
now admit that there may be some
good In the idea. Private building
enterprise 10 relatively buster In
Csnada to-day than In the United
States and tho busiest centres OF
private building enterprise are those
in which the municipal housing prof.
cot has been extensively adopted.
lpEALIsM AND UTILITY COM
BlNED IN CANADIAN PLAN.
The most ambitious municipal hous-
ing scheme in Canada has been
launched by the City OF Ottawa,
which II about the size OF Albany in
population, area, railroad Importance
and manufacturing, and Is heavily
populated by Government employees
'5hose incomes average about $1,000
year. The city borrowed tho money
this scheme and for other hous-
enterprises from the Dominion
yernment.
he Canadian housing plan COM
. mes ideal!sm with utility, and the
bulk OF the idealism Is furnished by
Mr.. Thomas Adams, Housing and
Town Planning Adviser 20 the Cana
dian Government, whose reputation
as an expert IN his line Ia interna-
tionai. Ie spends part OF each year
in the United States, and 10 familiar
with housing conditions IN Greater
New York and other New York cities.
In the spring OF 1919 private de-
velOpment company was trying to
sell lots in a 22-acre tract in the
suburb OF Rockville.I The tract 10
situated on high grIund, commanding
q view OF the city and the Parliament
buildings and the mountains. II is
about ton minutes walk from the
terminals OF two street car lines, and
the street car ride TO the heart Of the
city requires about ten minutes.
The development was laid out in
the old fashioned way with straight
streets crossing at right angles. and
the average price demanded for lots
was around $3.50. The Housing Act
passed Immediately after the arlni-
stice, gave the city OF Ottawa power
to condemn and buy this tract but
condemnation proceedings proved to
be unnecessary. BY advice OF Mr..
Adams the city bought the twenty
two acres at $4,000 an acre.
Mr. Adams and his stan thon pro-
oeeded 20 lay out the site with the
idea OF preserving the trees end tho
topography. HIS plan called FOR one
main boulevard through the property
and winding roads for the service OF
the householders. The city put in
sewers and water service and gas,
and electric lines were extended 10
the plot before ground was broken
for the frst house.
BY the end OF August, 1919, 60 lots
had been sold 10 Government en-
a Sloyees, ans work was begun on sixty
houses costing from $4,000 70 $4,000,
Later contracts were let for sixty ad-
ditional houses, and 100 will I've COM
pleted before winter sets in. There
are 16s plots in the tract and all have
been sold at from $3.50 70 5000 a lot.
The remaining forty-eight houses
called for by the plans will be erected
next year.
LlNDENLEA AsToNlsHEs THE
INVESTIGATOR.
In company with Mr.. Adams and
Mr. W. d. Cromarty, architect of
bureau Of advice. visited Lindonlea,
a. the development is called I'm
telling no lie when / say that even IN
It's uncompleted state, encountered as
il is win piles Of building material
and with the roads only trails through
tho woods, It knocked me twister
49, When the project is finished. with
three and a half acres devoted 70 LITTLE
parks. childrens playground and wad-
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