The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-10-27
THOUSANDS EXPECTED
TO VISIT WRIGHTLAND
TOMORROW, SUNDAY

Thousands of Richmond citizens are
expected to visit Wrightland Addition,
in West Richmond, Saturday and Sun
day Citizens who re anxious to in
spect the 81 new houses built by Ed
win c. Wright of Greenville, and
which have been thrown open for in
spection by the public, will be given
a chance to crafty their curiosity be-
tween the hours of / and 10 o'clock,
Saturday and Sunday.
The American Legion band of Green
vile, Ohio will be a feature attraction
at the addition, on Sunday. The banf
is 35 piece organization, and took
second prize in the Ohio state con-
vention at Dayton. out of eight bands
competing. 1t was sixth among 80
bands at the national convention at
New Orleans.
Distinguished Band
The GreenvilIe band is one of two
such organizations in this country, the
membership, of which is composed ex-
clusively of members of the Forty and
Eight club. 1t has been made the Of
fetal band of the Forty and Eight club
of Ohio. Only one other such band
exists in the country, one at Blooming
ton, Ill.
Three concerts will be given Sun
day-one at 2:30 o'clock, one at 4:30
o'clock, and one at 1880 o'clock in the
evening.
The concerts mark a fitting climax
! to the enterprise first set under way
by Mr. Wright % weeks ago when the
! construction work on his 80 houses
was started in this plat of ground.
Since that time a flat, uninteresting
slope of ground has been changed to
a 60-lot subdivision, with construction
work put up at a cost of S150,000.
Put in Sewers
Seventy thousand dollars additional
funds were expended in putting in
sewers, streets and alleys. The houses
in Wrightland addition, ready for &C.
cupancy now, are fully equipped in
every particular. Gas, heat, light,
water and telephone are ready to be
connected up and the occupant merely
needs 10 order his coal and groceries
and the home is ready for use.
| Inspection of the new homes by
members of the Richmond public has
| been going on steadily all week. From
so to rs men were kept busy since the
work started May s, in preparing for
| this climax which is proving a revela-
ton to the public in the way of mod
ern home construction.
! Charles Fry was general contractor,
and Claude Craig the architect for the
addition. No two houses are alike.
| Have Permanent Appearance
| Visitors to the addition are impress
ed with the permanent air of the build
ings All lawns have been sodded,
/ shrubbery set out and shade trees
planted J. R. Tyler of Cambridge
landscape gardener had charge of this
feature of the work.
Inside the houses are literally the
last word in home construction. A
i closet for each bedroom upstairs, large
Railways. oak floors, built in mirrors
in each house, oak. from tdoors with
beyel plate glass and night locks on
each door are features not usually
found in houses of this character.
Flooring for front porches is one
and one-eighth inch cypress Usually
this flooring is seven-eighths inch
| pine.
/ One feature which adds immensely
i to the Gesirability of the homes IS
the fact that six of them have been
/ fitted up with furnishings by local
furniture stores. Flowers have been
furnished by the E. G. Hill and Joseph
Hill greenhouses for the entire week.
4 An especially attractive residence
stands at the corner of North West
/ Fifth street and Peacock road. 1t has
i built-in garage complete to the last
detail. Inside the garage is a Goa
shute from which the cellar may b
j filled Standing in the structure is Z
brand new roadster. put there by g
local concern to complete the attrac
tive picture.