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Show an aviuiiu.-,L. u no m catena in Jfnn-adelphia Jfnn-adelphia men of small means do not buy tho lot outright. They lease tho lot (ISiOO in size) forever on entering into an agreement to pay G per cent, per annum on its present market value. Building associations are willing to erect houses on lots thus leased on payment of about one-quarter cash down. This is why there are more houses, fewer tenement dens and more independence among poor men in Philadelphia than in any j largo city of the United Stales, if not of the world. |