The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-12-08
Must Have Homes.

1t seems that Dyersburg and Full
ton are both confronted with a prob
lem along with the opportunities Of
fered to each of these places with the
location of a cigar factory, and this
problem is furnishing homes for the
operatives. The promoters of the
branch cigar industries, we under
stand, require as one of the condi-
that homes be furnished for the OPP
eratives.
In the effort to meet these condi-
tons we understand these places are
both having trouble.
Now, how much greater will be
the trouble to house five hundred
employees of the Brown Shoe Co. in
Union City? This is our problem,
and it is not by any means small
job. 1t is absolutely necessary before
the Brown Shoe Co. can begin to
manufacture shoes in Union City
that the employees have homes here,
and it is equally as necessary that
we have to build new homes because
our present housing facilities are
practically all in use.
Five hundred employees, with prob
ably an increase of fifteen hundred |
in population, must have living quar-
ters. That means hundreds of new
homes in q years time. How are we
going to get them? Must VIC wait
and allow real estate prices to soar
an unwarranted imitation Of land val
uos?. If we do the homes will cost so
much that they cannot be sold or
rented for price that wage Garner
can pay. If that condition should ex- l
ist we will have no shoe factory in {
Union City. t
As much as we may have felt like {
finishing the job, only the first step t
has been taken to get branch fac q
tory. We have provided for the DO h
nus, but there is another big thing to d
be done, and this thing is to provide a
homes for the wage earners or en- il
ployees of the factory. This can be e
done, and a committee from the il
Chamber of Commerce is now work t.
ing on the plan. This plan, we I'M "
derstand, consists of organizing 4 al
home building corporation, with il
capital stock for the purchasing of Ell
land sites and construction of suit n
able homes. We are also informed VI
that the Brown Shoe Co. will take
liberal share of the stock. The idea
is to build homes, single, double and W
tenement, in colonies or groups of tn
ten or twelve at time. is
The homes must be sanitary, com dc
and clean. The old type can M
not be used The present day wage in
Garner will not be content With the
I'D conditions of squalor. They must DIR
lave good homes, with bath and sew I'M
rage and otherwise modern in i'm
They may be simple tic
nd small but nice. by
The proposition is TO take subscrip- ma
ions for stock in this building cor sor
oration, organize, buy the land and sci
uild the homes as they are needed; de1
hen sell them on small margin Ma
efficient to guarantee a reasonable scr
interest on the money invested. The SO
ompany must not go into this en- of
erprise with the idea of making was
lrge profits on the investment. If sta1
hey do then the object of the organ und
alton is destroyed and the results to traC
e desired are lost bee
In any event Union City must find her
way to build homes for the en- erw
oyees of the Brown Shoe Co. branch ovel
Glory, and the above plan has been aud
loDted in other places. It should tran
I'VE 4be approval and support of ter,
Mon City people if nothing better z I
offered viii,
What shall We do? this