Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 240, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 October 1918 — DULUTH SUBURB IS A MODEL [ARTICLE]

DULUTH SUBURB IS A MODEL

——y— Carefully Planned and Laid Out, It Furnishes an Object Lesson for Other Communities. In Morgan Park, a suburb of Duluth, owned and operated by a subsidiary of the United States Steel corporation for the use and benefit of employees, the government has fount! food for reflection with respect to town-planning and housing. It is analyzed by Leifur Magnusson, a housing expert of the bureau of labor statistics, in the bureau’s monthly review, wherein Morgan Park is described as “an example of a modern industrial suburb intended to serve as a nucleus of a permanent industry.” “It has been developed,” it seems, “in an orderly and systematic manner, town-planning principles have been observed in its layout, educational and recreational facilities have been provided. and houses of a permanent and substantial character erected.’ 1 The latter, indeed, are of concrete, though variety has been secured and the usual monotony of company towns avoided. There is more than the average range in- the number of rooms and character of dwellings provided in the different designs in order, that both high and low paid labor may be accommodated. In addition to the variety of houses to meet all purses there are boarding houses for the unmarried employees. Also, the taking of roomers and boarders in private families is permitted to a limited extent. No land or houses have been sold, the title to ? the whole townsite remaining in a housing and maintenance company organized for the purpose. Special blocks have been set aside for business purposes, as well as for recreation and parks, and a block has been given by Duluth for a school site.