Evening journal., 1920-10-28
HOMES FOR ALL,
MAYOR thinks
Admits, However, ThatOnly
Few Dwellings Are Be-
ing Built
BUILDINGS SHOW
COSTDIFFERENCE

Although permits for erection OF
pnly 20 dwellings have been issued
In the past eleven months. little fear
is enteris ned by Mayor Taylor that
there VII be any families in Viii
minston this winter without homes;
IN Tbs view The Mayor Is supported
bv William Coyne, a vice-president OF
the dupont company.
Mr.. Coyne heard the ouicry con-
cerning lack OF dwelling a year ago
and built 2S reinforced concrete,
threc-rOom houses. viii rourt.
lie offered ihess, with lighting and
water free for s2J a month, and eX-
pected they would be snapped up.
Yet he has i've vacant now. lie
thinks perhaps they were too small,
and II he had 1t TO do again would
build dwellings with a few more
rooms each and rent them for 1T
tie more. Yet he says he heard OF
persons. even families. paying so a
month for one room or I'VE, ana
BELIEVED they wouh jump al MS
new houses.
According to a report on the hous-
ing situation here prepared by the
Bureau Of Municipal Research, OF New
York, in November, 1919. Wilmington
the needed homes FOR 1900 persons
at once. This, it was said. would re-
qufre the construction OF 1900 dwell
ings.
In contrast with this statement,
building permits for housing accom-
modations issued in the past eleven
months have been as follows
. December 1919 nine dwellings
January, 1920, one dwelling. one
apartment house: February two
dwellings: March, six dwellings
April seven dwellings, one apart
ment house. four bungalows; May
thirty-one dwellings. one bungalow
June. two dwellings; July, three
dwellings; August, nye dwellings;
September, five dwellings; October. Ia
date. one dwelling. This makes a total
OF 20
, During the same period ONCE build
ings, stores. motion picture houses
and other structures were put up
But largely building activities rar
to garages. In. one month forty-foul
garages were built, In another TWEEN
ty-fve. No lack OF prosperity Il
shown by the garage statistics.
Discussing the financing Of hom
building operations. Mayor Taylo
said last night:
little money 10 lend on real estate AM
building mortgages. They have Q
take care Of the -merchants-thati Is
meet current Commercial needs. an
they have 20 do that hrst one caus
OF the lack Of available funds is To
. Federal Reserve Banks cutting dow
on credits. This has lighiened ~
oredM an along the line. Only nrl
vate individuals and The savings fund
have money available for real eslat
loans.
Un..N krTtnrsa rrrr nrart "a ttsnr
. m a scare over the housing %itualio
Is all wrong I don't think there
any such deficit in dwellings as ha
been pictured There may be som
persons who are unable TO find house
but ,hs6e cases have not come 10 m
at.cnlicn Perhaps several thous1n
persons have moved away and th'
hss easec The difllculty."
4 member az the firm OF 4. $. Rec
4 60. 702 orange street, hulldln
corA-acsurs has furnished the fo
lov'ae figures on building costs, pas
IN 'iei3 brick cost $40 thousand
nov, tncv cost 80 Bricklaver
Uasss have risen in the same tim
from. co cents an hour 10 about Si.2
Carpenters before the war got I
cehis an hour and now receive $40
Stoneraasons' wages have risen roi
$50 a day TO Ss, 81 an hour asaini
s. cents
I'M i9si-i2 the Reed firm built
hnrsss. wiki fNe ADD sN room
witch rented for from si5 TO siS
month. They rent for about $50 L
dey. They used 10 construct a goc
reSaenca To- ss.Co The sam, bull
fpr- now would cost 5000 One re-
.sGi sss.qned for the nigh cost OF il
'bog b,ge et Eresent Is the fact tn.
ute b,F Office buildings and other bu
gness structures under way. But a.
cord'ng n the contractor the outloc
for the wintsr Is bleak. IN ere is vei
little wcrt IN prspccss in ordina
lines.