Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-05-05

estate matters.
Home owners who object to being
nathed In gasoline fumes from pass
ing motors as they take the air or
their verandas. and mothers who
shiver with visions of accidents unit,
their children return from school
VIII be interested in what is GOING
on in Radburn. New Jersey. avs the
National Association Of Real Estate
boards.
FOR the houses in Radburn are
turned inside out so the porches
front on the gardens and the streets
in Radburp are laid out so the pc
destrian can pursue his way without
thinking Of his accident insurance.
And II anyone gets a bad break in
this made to order town it will be
the hired girls who will have to look
out on traffic tie ups as they stir
the soup; but the home owner, who
after all Is the one who paid for
the house. will be sitting on the
edge OF a quiet garden.
For Radburn has been raised di-
rectly from a real estate deed with
no mistages OF early settlers to make
the task difficult. II has been fl
nanced by New York capitalists and
is being built by the famous City
Housing Corporation that has been
engaged for some years in practical
demonstrations OF how to increase
the efficiency Of American homes.
John d. Rockefeller. Jr.. Is one Of
the outstanding men who has agreed
10 underwrite a large part Of the
total capital required 10 build this
little city: and Felix Warburg. Miss
Anne Morgan, and Mrs. Franklin
Roosevelt. are among the stock
holders OF the limited dividend cor
poration.
Nor is Radburn a dream Of the
rich for the Housing Corporation
has already distinguished itself in a
garden community 1t developed in
Long Island City; and two hundred
houses are nearing completion in
Radburn now. The 1850 acres that
will comprise the town will be OPEN
cd for both residential industrial
purposes. the homes. OF course. being
separated from the commercial dis
tricts, in accordance with the most
advanced principles Of coming. II is
estimated that the project will cost
$l0.O00.000 and that ii will take
ten years TO complete the work. The
homes vii be designed mostly for
small salaried workers who may ply
their trades in Radburn itself as in
'dustrieS located there or in the
nearby industrial towns or even in
New York that Is only thirty-two
minutes distant. The American
Radiator company has completed a
100000 warehouse and distributing
center in the new town.
And in this city. that viii ulti-
mately have a population Of $4,000
people. q net work OF harden walks
connect groups OF houses and ira
verse the entire community without
crossing a vehicular traffic street.
And these pleasant foot paths are
reached from the garden doors of
these houses that are built around
short closed streets so that only the
few automobiles going directly TO
these houses will ever pass their
doors.
Radburn was laide out by expert
city planners who hold that there
should not be through traffic on
every street and If a town is raised
up from the beginning. with short
auxiliary streets. such as Radburn
has. traffic can be regulated for all
time 70 come and residential streets
naad not be SO wide. The main ar
teries Of vehicular travel in Rad
burn will amply wide and adequate.
says the Housing Cooperation. for
the thousands Of people who are ex-
pected 10 60 through Radburn.
which Is strategically located be-
tween the growing industrial towns
or HackcnSack and Paterson. with
combined populations OF $4,000.
A through street entirely ~encircles
this model town and cuts through
It's center. but pedestrians do not
have to cross II but 60 under II via
p tunnel. Thus. school children. no
matter on what street they live. can
80 10 and fro 20 their studies in per
feet safety. which will certainly
make for the peace Of mind Of Rad