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Indiana University Studies 



south from the gates of the mill, a street 100 feet wide with 

 cement walks 18 feet wide, and Fifth avenue, running at right 

 angles to it, a street 80 feet wide with correspondingly wide 

 walks. Other streets are 60 feet wide and are laid out according 

 to the original plan of these two streets. Alleys 30 feet wide 

 run the long way of every block. 



Subdivision No. 1 was platted with a business district and 

 a residence district. In the business district the Land Company 

 sold lots to outsiders with the provision that buildings of a certain 

 class should be put up in a certain time, and with the provision 

 that with two exceptions no intoxicating liquors should be sold 

 on these lots. 7 



In the residence district the lots sold for the price of the land 

 plus the cost of the improvements — -that is, the paving, side- 

 walks, sewers, etc.; and if built on, plus the cost of the house 

 with 5 per cent interest on the amount invested. In the begin- 

 ning the Company built 506 dwellings, selling as fast as possible. 

 Lots were also sold to individuals for residence building purposes 

 with certain building restrictions la^d down by the Company. 

 The purchaser must put up a residence of a certain standard 

 costing from $2,000 to $5,000, and the plans must be approved 

 by an agent of the Company; the building must also be com- 

 pleted by a certain time after the purchase of tne lot — usually 

 18 months; a uniform building line of 25, 29, or 30 feet, depending 

 on the district; and no intoxicating liquors to be sold on the 

 premises. In order to avoid speculation each peison might buy 

 only one lot at a time and build on it; but when his building 

 was completed he might sell, buy another lot, build and sell 

 again, etc. This scheme aided in the more rapid building of the 

 town. 



In a district in the northwest part of Subdivision No. Lthe 

 Company put up a number of cheaper residences. This district 

 known as "Kirkville" was occupied mostly by workme i of t\ e 

 Chicago, Lake Shore, and Eastern railway. 



In the northeast corner of the subdivision, the Company 

 built a number of very much cheaper houses described as double 

 dry-goods boxes, of five rooms and a bath each. This district 

 was popularly known as "HunkeyvihV and was designed for the 

 low-paid immigrant laborer. The experience of the Company 

 with this type of tenant was so discouraging because of the filth, 

 overcrowding, keeping of boarders, misunderstandings, and mis 



7 This was before national prohibition. See Preface. 



