The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-09-09
WORKERS HOMES
PART OF new
SHOP CONTROL

Industrial freedom and peace being
me goal at which all level headed en-
ployers constantly are aiming, the two
most interesting Industrial develop
ments Of the last few years have to do
with the operation of plants on a man
demonstrating basis and the con-
structon of model homes for occu-
pancy by Industrial workers at mod
crate rents, or to be purchased on
fair and equitable terms.
Spread Of the management-sharing
plan has been 50 steady that it now
includes more than 300 corporations in
the United States. The plants that
recently have participated in the for
nation of housing corporations, for
the purpose of building homes suitable
for American workingmen, are num-
bered in the thousands. In addition.
many Of the larger plants throughout
the country have financed building
companies of their own, and without
outside aid.
1t Is clear, therefore, that something
of importance, something that is big
with potentahties, has been started in
this country, >and that Capital and
Labor finally have gotten together on
common ground
BY far the most important feature of
these two great movem ents, is the fact
that where Observation-Disclosures, and
home ownership have been given
fair and honest trial, they have put an
end TO strikes.
The list of pioneers in management
sharing includes a large number of
corporations ranging widely in size
and engaged in a. variety of manufac-
lures The National Industrial Con-
ference Board published the names of
these CORPORATIONS in n list dated as of
October, 1919, at which time, however,
a number of other enrp;oye represent
alton systems were in process * for
nation, so that the list undoubtedly
has been greatly enlarged since.
Among the more important con-
Germs by whom the management
sharing system has been adopted, are
corporations of such size and standing
as the various Standard Oil Compa-
MES, Western Union, Westinghouse
American Cash Register. Colorado
Fuel & Iron, the General Electric Co,
the Bridgeport Die g. Machine Co, the
Bridgeport Brass Co, the Locomobile
Co. of America, of Bridgeport; the
Trick Co, Inc; the Globe-W erniclze
Co., of Cincinnati; the Bethlehem
Shipbuilding Corp; the Amrfcan Ship
building Co, of Cleveland; the Ameri-
can Tube G. Stamping Co, of Bridge
port; the American & British Mfg.
Co, of Bridgeport, and numerous 9TH
ers of high standing in the business
world.
In the case of the Remington Arms
Company, of Bridgeport. Connecticut,
the demand for homes located near
that. great plant could not be- met
during the period of the war. AS the
result Of the scarcity of housing, the
Remington Arms Company caused to
be erected more than 400 single and
mutt family, attached. detached, and
emi-detached dwellings apartment
houses, bungalows and dorrnitorfes.
When 1t was decided to build these
houses. the East End section of
Bridgeport was largely un1mproved,
bur eHceffentfy located land at high
elevation. This section is now one of
the most desirable residential districts
for worfdngmen. in the City OF
Bridgeport, and the houses are in
strong demand
All Of the houses erected by the
Remington Arms Co. subsequently
were taken over by the East End
Realty Co, which stiH is the owner,
although the General Electric Co. re-
Gently acquired the huge plant of the
Remington Arms Co. in a $1,000. 900
real estate transaction consummated
by Joseph p. Day
When the Remington Arms Com
pany began the erection of these
houses, II adopted the principle that
where a development is started on the
outskirts of a town, it is always wise
to acquire land sufficient in area to
provide for future expansion.
This arrangement i,sures to all the
advantages of purchase in the whole
sale, while the larger developm ents
provide opportunities for more diver
sified improvements by giving wider
range of accommodations. They are
easier of control and define perma
nently the character of a bigger area,
thereby insrring the continued des:r-
ability Of the section, which. If large
enough, Is comparatively independent
of what happens beyond it's own i'm
mediate limits. The costs of uTSkeep
and supervision correspondngly are
reduced as the number of units, or
families, under one management in
creases.
The Remington Arms Company COL
ony at Bridgeport, is an excellent ex-
ample of what may be done by the
employer, to make happier the lot of
the Industrial worker. who, now tina t
the management sharing system has
been adopted by many of the moro
prominent corporations, has not to de-
pend upon strikes to obtain what he
calls his rights