Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-23
BUYERS At SALE OF
UNION PARK GARDENS
WILL Be PROTECTED
Original Restrictions as to OBJ
noxious Trimmings
Will Stand.
BARGAINS IN REAL ESTATE


who have been commissioned to sell
Union Park Gardens for the United
States Shipping BOARD Emergency
Fleet Corporation Mt auction next Mon
day afternoon ~ o'clock In tho Audi
torium IN Eleventh street just west Of
Madison consulted Mayor Leroy Har-
vcy about the proposition because Of
the doubt and indccislon that has de-
vslopcd I'm tho minds Of individual
home seekers as TO the sort of protec-
tion they would have against distastc-
ful cncroachments on their privedy
In csse they wcre successful bidders
Cor houses In Union Park Gardens.
Mayor Harvey promptly advised thcm
% tell their whole story. 10 conceal
nothing and 90 place the entire prop
osition squarely before the people Of
the city and any others who might
want Go bid with Wow To establish
tng n permanent home In that section
OF Wilmington.
In accordance with this advice
Gerths herewith presents tho COM
Yicte history OF this new settlement;
on the outskirts OF Wilmington ts
~Wnr Village" which cost the United
Etstcs Government about fve and a
quarter millions 90 build. II is one OF the
very best Of hundreds projected In a
time of war preparation on n mammoth
scale. hut unlike many OF these war
workers communities. tho property
choson for development is ideally To-
Gated for permanent residences and
there II also n consistent element OF
pcrmanency throughout tho whole do
v.lopment OF the community. The hous-
go are we'll built. substantial. tasteful
md convenient and constructed OF the
best material. Thcy cost tho Govern
mont "A great deal more than they should
hpvo cost. tho price OF materials and
labor both being at the peak and con-
tractors being paid ten percent OF
,c>,s-which. ms anybody can see. Is
bad business I'm time Of peace or war,
for the moro contract costs tho more
the contractor reaps. However,. the
price OF labor has not been cut In half,
nor the cost Of building materials
dropped sppreciahly. or at any rate
nowhere near the mark that would
permit a homcseeker 10 build at pres
ent price. a home for the same amount
he will be able 20 buy ono Of those
homes that 20 under the hammer
Monday. February 27th.
But tho 4, &. Government was not
building with any though, OF selling
Union Park Gardens was built 20 house
wnr workers. And tho ideal OF the
Government wss 90 mako these war
workers communities - attractive. &c
Vpufortnbla and convenient and health
fNil that those who occupied them
would hs shle 70 give the best that
wss IN thcrn Ia their country. AT the
command Of tho 6ovsrnment were the
tsst IN all professions and trades. so
why woulSnt a wrr Village be a little
better hunt. a little better planned
under a s~oncentr~tsd drive Of activity
,han n village that has taken years
80 srow and et hcet- represents the
varying needs and tastes OF a polyglo
population.
. Union Park Gardens IL there for the
N.hoidcr 20 see Cor himself 10 is one
of tho few war villages that was really
completed in every detail and COM
piescd iurt before the war itself was
over since that time the houses have
found willing tenants. IL has been &
haven Of young mothers for TIVE
years And Il IN pre- em'ncntly q plnc'
for children for Il ~ a park In spiri
and fact as well as IN name and chm
drcn thrive on the flne air and opei
space. for honithtul exercise and th'
mothers are content IA tho knowledg'
that their children may be out of sigh
and stil he ont of harm,
And now the L. :, shipping Bear
ard Emergency Fleet Corporation Il
liquldatins their properties. have ar
rived az Wilmington. Del. They m
lcager have any need of Union Par
Gardens 80 they have chosen Gerth'
ls.aity Esports 60 dispose of - 20 IN
hirh.s, bidder. II IL an opportunit
that has not como 10 every city an
never comes but once sn n life tim,
1t 10 like paying sixteen dollars for
pair ~ shoes. only g. find after wear
ins them several times that the
pinch. 30 YOU are willing 10 sell thcI
fcr four dollars % rome ono whose Zee
are smaller. IL ls n sacrifice, but wha
car you do7
A. 20 the story that the Shippin
Board would remove the restriction
or this property In selling i,-this
Q area, mistake. 10 was reported an
r~t~sicd and passed from mouth I
mouth that the individual who hougf
cna az these homes Nigh. buy I'm nes
door &c "A man who would keep n ri
iu the hacs. build a chicken run alon
the party fence and set up n u
garage on the sida of his lawn; G