Tent Dwellers Promote Tent Homes to Ease Rent in Kansas
Kansas City May 1 reports a colony plan to offer tent and tent house units under Stage Park name. George Miller finances new lots with 44 acres per tract, betting on a tented solution to rising rents. Tent homes will have wooden floors and walls, shifting from canvas shelters to semi permanent structures as demand grows. Tent makers and sporting goods stores note rising interest in camping kits and tenting supplies.
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Columbus Plans 200 Family Apartment Building
The first major step to relieve Columbus housing strain is a development company plan to erect a three story 200 family apartment house at an estimated cost near 1 million dollars. The firm has already increased capital stock and intends further expansion after completing this project as residents seek relief from rising rents.
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Milwaukee Summer Housing Crisis Spurs Cooperative Efforts
In lambertown office, tenants form the tenants' Protective Association to resist rent hikes as many seek summer homes. Milwaukee reports widespread efforts to ease housing costs with cooperative buying and reduced loan ratios amid a summer housing glut.
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Rent Increases Hit Chicago Loop Offices In May
Moving day in Chicago forced renters in the loop district to sign new leases with rents up about 20 percent, says A G Hall of a major leasing firm. He notes loop office rents rose since 1913 and remain cheaper than in New York Detroit Cleveland and other cities.
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Thousands of NYC tenants seek park camps for summer
New York City tenants petition to divert city owned park spaces and beaches for summer use. Hundreds plan to camp on Staten Island and offshore sites east of Brooklyn and Queens. Seaside resorts report a surge of applications for room space as urban homes empty.
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San Francisco Urges Park Tents to Relieve Overcrowding
San Francisco officials urge park tents as the quickest, safest remedy to ease overcrowding caused by the 1908 fire effects. Commissioner Sage leads the welfare committee with Supervisor Warfrin Shannon pushing for rapid shelter solutions in parks citywide.
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Tent Cities Proposed in Forest Park and Fairmount Park
May 1 reports from St Louis and Philadelphia describe tenants seeking tent cities in large urban parks to escape high rents. In St Louis Forest Park 1300 acres may host tents this summer as families displaced by high rents seek relief. In Philadelphia Fairmount Park may become a tented city after aTenants association petition to pitch tents.
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Opposition to Railway Split Plans in Magic Valley
In San Antonio area discussions a proposed railroad from Point Isabel to Rio Grande City and then to San Antonio faces mixed reactions. Local boosters tire of delays while valley residents favor a southward route to connect with major cities, amid talk of broader regional lines.
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Valley Row Aims to Bypass City Costs Says Protest
A five member committee disputes plans to extend the San Antonio to Valley row arguing it will bypass citizens’ required paving efforts. The group notes promotion of feesites along the route and hints at tying the project to local interests in the Rio Genny region.
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Robbery at local drug store and two cars stolen
A burglary at a San Antonio area drug store occurred early Friday with entry through a window. About a thousand cigars and a quantity of cigarettes were reported missing, along with two automobiles nearby, owned by G. A. Michel of Berkshire Avenue and T. Dixon of Cottomcoail Avenue. Insurance and police are investigating.
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