CHEAP HOUSES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 709, 7 January 1910, Page 3

CHEAP HOUSES.

A NEW;WAY;OF;BUILDING. : ''>;■. (By Teleeraoh.-Special ;.'■': 6. _ _ Something.new;in the' wayiof: cheapening the cost of houses was mentioned to' a reporter f 't'o-day';b"y Miv: R. F. 1 Moore', late"chief' engineer to:the'Ferrb :: Concrete" ■Company,, who. " '! ."I have .evolved," said Mr; ■ Moore;-'."a method,. of ; building . .working .men's cottages, or any/ building, .irrespective. of ■; all architectural./features, varying in--, cost; from 'iS2SO for live-roomed cottages' to any .price; according to size.' 'In all cases the buildings will; cost'less'than if they .were of wood construction; The ohief point of- ! the "method is '.-a: system of patent jointing and reinforcing." :. ■''•.■-:■: ; ;; '■■';■]■■■':■■ ■,::■•■ • ':'. Do : ypu thiuk is.vßuch.that l ;its;;morit':;,wili: be/quickly :.recognised "so that' it will come-into general away ? asked itho reporter.,' . ■;'■■■;. v .'..-'."

• "No' doubt : ;about' it,"', replied .Mr. Moore. '■' "The "chief,' question in!'housebuilding ; is',,- one.,of. cost;;' At - present r a 'working, man-bos~.to.,pay .anything;from a: fourth, to a third, of his,earnings in rent, while, by a simplo method of rein- . forcement,. rent may. „■ bo' reduced ■: by -25 per. cent, .very/easily.-, This not* .only.: applies, to, working men's cottages,: but also to any 'structures whatever.. .-The/method deals, only with, the-general'-structure, 1 and /all embellishment ■ must be .-at addiWonai'cost.''- : : ,; -, /;': ;: ;\' i --::,';/.-i' '..■ ■