HOUSES FOR WORKERS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17213, 15 July 1919, Page 8

HOUSES FOR WORKERS.

WELLINGTON PROPOSALS. „ ; GAS COMPANY'S - SCHEME. SETTLEMENT AT MIKAMAR. [B? . TBtSGB.iI'H.—OW» COIOCBSI?OIJOESfT.j ' ; "WELLINGTON. Monday, The directors of the Wellington Gas Company Have on foot a scheme *for-the erection, of houses for their .employees or 12£ acres of laud at, Miramax. . Before a start iV made ■with the work the; employees are to be consulted in the matter, and the engineer has been instructed to form a committee representing various (sections of the employees,^ including those in the city. , :y - -*" > ■■'. The scheme provides for vfchV ejection of permanent buildings in brisk and concrete at as low a cost as is compatible with good workmanship, so thai the rents, to be based on the, cost, may be moderate.. The company does not desire to make a profit in. the.letting of. the houses. Among other matters to b* placed before the committee of employees is the desirability of building semi-detached houses or groups of botises in a block; interesting pictures of which were shown at the recent Dominion town-planning conference. The* conference is also k decide whether a communal laundry would be appreciated, and to ascertain how many employees would fee likely tc I become tenants, arad when the scheme is floated to assist in the supervision and management of the settlement. The directors of the company also intend tc acquire a recreation ground in the neighbourhood of the houses'.