﻿October, 
  1907 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  399 
  

  

  Even 
  the 
  Chimney-stacks 
  Contribute 
  Their 
  Quota 
  to 
  the 
  Result 
  

  

  and 
  the 
  laying 
  out 
  of 
  

   parks. 
  

  

  In 
  1878 
  the 
  stan- 
  

   dard 
  type 
  of 
  cottage 
  

   cost 
  one 
  thousand 
  

   dollars 
  each 
  to 
  build, 
  

   but 
  in 
  1 
  90 
  1 
  the 
  same 
  

   cottage 
  cost 
  one 
  thou- 
  

   sand 
  six 
  hundred 
  and 
  

   fifty 
  dollars 
  to 
  build, 
  

   which 
  price 
  has 
  been 
  

   steadily 
  increasing, 
  

   owing 
  to 
  the 
  increase 
  

   in 
  the 
  cost 
  of 
  ma- 
  

   terials. 
  The 
  first 
  

   parlor 
  houses 
  cost 
  to 
  

   build 
  one 
  thousand 
  six 
  

   hundred 
  and 
  fifty 
  dol- 
  

   lars 
  each, 
  but 
  in 
  1901 
  

   they 
  cost 
  two 
  thou- 
  

   sand 
  seven 
  hundred 
  

   and 
  fifty 
  dollars, 
  and 
  

   they 
  have 
  been 
  in- 
  

   creasing 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  

   rate. 
  The 
  rents 
  of 
  

   the 
  cottages 
  have 
  

   been 
  fixed 
  at 
  such 
  an 
  

  

  amount 
  as 
  to 
  pay 
  for 
  roads, 
  taxes, 
  repairs 
  

   and 
  maintenance. 
  The 
  standard 
  cottages 
  

   rent 
  for 
  eighty-seven 
  cents 
  a 
  week, 
  while 
  

   the 
  Parlor 
  Cottage 
  rents 
  for 
  one 
  dollar 
  and 
  

   thirty-seven 
  cents. 
  The 
  maximum 
  limit 
  

   possible 
  for 
  the 
  maintenance 
  of 
  a 
  healthy 
  

   life 
  has 
  been 
  decided 
  as 
  ten 
  cottages 
  to 
  the 
  

   acre, 
  or 
  four 
  hundred 
  and 
  eighty 
  yards 
  per 
  

   cottage. 
  The 
  village 
  contains 
  upward 
  of 
  

   six 
  hundred 
  houses 
  and 
  four 
  miles 
  of 
  road- 
  

   ways, 
  widening 
  out 
  at 
  each 
  junction 
  into 
  

   open 
  spaces. 
  

  

  At 
  Port 
  Sunlight 
  no 
  monotonous 
  and 
  de- 
  

   pressing 
  rows 
  of 
  brick 
  and 
  mortar 
  can 
  be 
  

   found, 
  but 
  only 
  dainty 
  looking 
  cottages, 
  in 
  

   early 
  English 
  style 
  of 
  architecture. 
  The 
  

   cottages 
  are 
  built 
  mostly 
  in 
  blocks, 
  ranging 
  

   from 
  two 
  to 
  seven 
  cottages 
  in 
  a 
  block, 
  and 
  

   no 
  two 
  blocks 
  are 
  alike. 
  In 
  many 
  cases 
  

   they 
  are 
  almost 
  entirely 
  covered 
  with 
  ivy, 
  

   clematis 
  or 
  climbing 
  roses, 
  and 
  each 
  vil- 
  

   lager 
  tries 
  to 
  outdo 
  the 
  other 
  in 
  the 
  im- 
  

  

  FIRST 
  FLOOR 
  

  

  provement 
  of 
  his 
  property. 
  The 
  interiors 
  

   are 
  remarkable 
  for 
  their 
  comfort. 
  The 
  

   pretty 
  latticed 
  windows 
  add 
  to 
  the 
  attractive 
  

   qualities 
  of 
  the 
  rooms, 
  and 
  growing 
  plants 
  

   are 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  window 
  sills 
  and 
  are 
  placed 
  

   on 
  tables 
  about 
  the 
  room. 
  Every 
  cottage 
  has 
  

   a 
  bath. 
  

  

  The 
  wives 
  and 
  children 
  of 
  the 
  employees 
  

   share 
  in 
  the 
  general 
  good, 
  while 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  

   in 
  1904 
  the 
  birth 
  rate 
  was 
  fifty-six 
  and 
  the 
  

   death 
  rate 
  only 
  eight 
  speaks 
  volumes 
  for 
  the 
  

   general 
  health 
  of 
  the 
  villagers. 
  

  

  An 
  evidence 
  of 
  the 
  thoroughness 
  of 
  the 
  

   whole 
  scheme 
  is 
  the 
  provision 
  made 
  for 
  the 
  

   safety 
  of 
  the 
  employees 
  in 
  the 
  soap 
  factory. 
  

   The 
  most 
  complete 
  arrangements 
  for 
  guard- 
  

   ing 
  machinery 
  are 
  provided, 
  but 
  as 
  accidents 
  

   can 
  not 
  always 
  be 
  avoided, 
  a 
  room 
  is 
  fitted 
  

   up 
  as 
  a 
  surgery, 
  and 
  an 
  ambulance 
  carriage, 
  

   replete 
  with 
  every 
  comfort, 
  is 
  always 
  on 
  

  

  hand; 
  an 
  ambulance 
  

   corps 
  has 
  also 
  been 
  

   established, 
  furnished 
  

   with 
  every 
  facility 
  

   calculated 
  to 
  mini- 
  

   mize 
  suffering 
  and 
  to 
  

   prevent 
  the 
  ill 
  effects 
  

   which 
  too 
  often 
  result 
  

   for 
  want 
  of 
  prompt 
  

   and 
  efficient 
  attention. 
  

   Every 
  provision 
  is 
  

   made 
  against 
  fire 
  

   risks. 
  In 
  addition 
  to 
  

   small 
  manual 
  engines 
  

   and 
  fire 
  buckets 
  in 
  

   each 
  department, 
  

   there 
  is 
  also 
  a 
  well 
  

   equipped 
  fire 
  brigade 
  

   station 
  on 
  the 
  prem- 
  

   ises. 
  The 
  brigade 
  is 
  

   in 
  charge 
  of 
  an 
  ex- 
  

   perienced 
  captain, 
  

   and 
  is 
  composed 
  of 
  

   workmen 
  in 
  the 
  fac- 
  

   tory, 
  who 
  are 
  drilled 
  

   periodically. 
  A 
  fur- 
  

   ther 
  protection 
  is 
  pro- 
  

  

  Second 
  Floor 
  

  

  Allotment 
  Gardens 
  

  

  