The New York herald., 1922-10-22

because prices were higher. and then
higher prices because wages were
higher. and so on ad infinitum.
Manufacturers Have Bases
Worth S1oo Square Foot
Again. what was the matter?
Take manufacturing. Here on Nam
haitian Island are hundreds OF factories
on ground that approaches 500 a
square foot In value. when out in some
convenient suburb better location
might be had on land valued at 81 or
So a square foot Here In Manhattan
costs of bringing In raw materials for
manufacture are enormous. Out there
In some suburb the cost would be a
fraction as much. Here in Manhattan
manufacturers sometimes wait weeks
for delivery of materials. because of
congestion in the port and on the rail-
ways. Out there in some suburb he
might have delivery with no delay.
Every year 3S.000.000 tons Of coal are
brought to New York port, 10000. 900
of anthracite and 100000 Of soft. for
actual local burning. when It might be
turned into electric current--or a
greater part Of it--and conveyed into
the greater city over copper cables
And so on through long list of causes
of continued high costs which weigh
down the New York family living
Garner.
The result? The other day we rode
al
scouting for material for this article.
Here and there were manufacturing
plants, formerly in New York. which
had been moved out to the open
spaces. Around them. often. one saw
neat dwellings,, In which lived the
workers In those plants. Spur tracks
ran from the railway lines for quick
delivery Of materials and equally
quick taking away Of the finished
product.
In other places one saw hundreds
Of houses In which live persons who
commute to the greater city--not pal
aces. not magnificent country places
inhabited by millionaires: but ade-
Quate dwelling houses. infinitely bet
ter than city flats and apartments.
Just to get a concrete example to
illuminate this article, to sort OF sum
up the whole matter. we stopped in
Manaroneck. out along the New
Haven line, and sat on a porch with
suburbanite to ask some questions.
/ give the story which the head Of
that family told and In which the wife
joined occasionally with prompting
suggestions. ~
Life in Three Rooms
Ana Bath Analysed
up to October / Of last year." he
began, I'VE lived In New York apart
ment on a modest side street-three
rooms, bath, kitchenette and D.
small outside hallway. We had ex-
actly S3S square feet OF floor space,
which, with 0 foot high ceilings, gave
us 7.542 cubic feet OF air space, We
paid $4,000 a. year. or $2.62 plus a
square foot and 20 cents plus cubic
foot. Electric current for lights and
occasional use Of electric grills cost
IS month. or $50 aEyear. and gas
for cooking the same. Our phone
cost $3.50 month. or $66 a year. and
we were limited to 1000 calls a year.
with s cents for each call over that.
We tipped the janitor So a week. or
$156 year. 1t all came to s2.542 a
year-and remember, 1t was for only
three rooms and bath and kitch-
enette that was 6 by 6.
$50 we made the plunge. Out here
this house, with eight rooms, porches
and q yard rs by 200 feet, costs us
s110 a month, or 1890 a year-eight
rooms. remember, and plenty Of fresh
air and our own yard! We have
actually 9S4 square feet in the house.
220 square feet of porches and $1,000
square feet Of ground. with a IA by IA
garage"
We looked toward the garage, in
which stood an automobile.
"Yours?" we asked.
You bet!" he exclaimed. ITS ours,
and part OF this story. Listen. We
pay $1.320 a year rent; coal ton and
half a month. for eight months, $12 a
ton. $144. Lights, Sc a month-we use
1t plenty-$72 a year. Cooking fuel
for the range, and gas for summer
cooking. $3.50 a year. My commuta-
ton, So q month, $96 a year. Family
communication tickets, $36 a year.
Phone. unlimited service, $36 year.
II all comes to $1,824 a year.
Now for some comparisons. In the
city apartment, 83S square feet, look
ing out on q brick wall. rent and apart
ment expenses. s2,542 in all, s3.04 a
square foot. Out here, 9s4 square feet,
all house expenses and rent, $1,S24, or
s1.85 a square foot, including daily
transportation to the city.
And now for that car. 1t cost
$1,000. We paid down $500 and owed
5000 on monthly payments. The dif-
ference in house rent and costs in the
city and here left us $71S. We paid 1t
on the car and owe now Just t1S2. and
will have that paid in a short WHILE"
Suburbanite Thinks Car
Has Saved Him Money
"Isn't It true. wife," turning to the
apparently happy woman. that the
car has literally saved US money? In
the city we used to get away with
about $40 a week for theaters and the
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