New Britain herald., 1922-07-22

States. Today there are about ten million. which Ia an average of one car to about every ten people They are bringing new and better roads and opening up millions of acres of
 hitherto inaccessible land The more cars purchased, the more families there are who can have a suburban home, even though the breadwinner must work In the city, Wage earnerr during the last period of prosperity spent their money for motor cars; in the next period of prosperity they will buy country homes!
 The motion picture has put the local town hall on a par with the city theater. The motor truck Is giving the rural or suburban dweller nearly the same freight and express facilities as has the city.
 Motor bus lines are covering routes which never could be served by trol- ley carA. Autom obiles are bringing the schoolhouses and the village to with In few minutes of the country home. Chain stores are carrying to every community the saLie efficient mer- chandising as the city dweller enjoys. Last but not least the radio, especially If developed on General Squire's wired basis, gives to suburban homes the finest city lectures and music.
 Tenants Dissatisfied
 The reason for suburban expan- sion. however. is not alone the attrac- ton of a country home. In the cities congestion of dwelling house space and high rents iong have been brew ing discontent. For more than five years now these conditions have exist ed. Rebellion on the part of the rent payer Is reaching the point of explo- sion Almost any kind of change would be attractive. Once the aver age city worker realizes that with a few hundred dollars and fiivver he can get house of his own with all the land he needs, the chances are two to one he will move.
 The city no longer has a wall around 1t. Railroads make the first only narrow strips along their lines radiating from the city. In most cases the railroads followed the val leys and lowlands, which are not the best building location. Between these lines are miles of land much more de- sirable for building but which have been inaccessible to the commuter be- cause men had no means of getting to the train. It is in these areas be- tween the railroad lines and within a radius of Is or 20 miles of the cities, which the motor car and good roads have opened up. that the most spec tacular development in new building should take place.
 If you are interested in real es- tate the situation demands action, It means that if you want to buy desir. able suburban land near any good city at present low prices, you will have to go about it at once. In se- lecting such property, a good plan usually is to follow out the best resi- dential street and buy where land be- gins to sell by the acre instead of by l the foot. On the other hand. if you own city dwelling house property | which cannot be converted to busi- ness uses, the quicker you get rid of it | the better. This does not apply to | business buildings nor to property | which will soon be in demand as the | business section of the city expands. | It does apply to other city dwelling houses for which such extravagant rents are now demanded. Remember that while the readjustment in indus try is well along, the readjustment in real estate values has only begun.
 Industry May Move
 Some may ask why Industry does | not move to the country? Before | many years have passed we probably l shall see a strong tendency in that direction. Many businesses can be carried on in the country far more efficiently than in the city. This idea that all offices and factories must be located in the population centers is simply a notion handed down through | generations. In the old days, indus try was confined to the city and the l country was left for agriculture. That | was before the age of modern trans 1 portation. Of course, it must con- tinue true in the case of distributing | houses. Wholesalers, jobbers, mer-