Show the british way our consul at cardiff wales re ports an interesting case cage of pal building in the pontardawe dawe daRo rural district showing how the british proceed to build homes for kingmen when there is a death ot of th these escand and when private enterprise is reluctant the district council advertised 4 for bids for the construction of t enty eight houses in pairs rith w ith forecourts boundary walls road 4 and drainage each house to contain a living room lia kitchen bath and three bedrooms the lowest bidder 26 was yas provi provisionally accepted and an esti mate of th the e additional capital outlay made as follows wages of clerk of boils s cost of procuring loan law charges 73 contingencies 72 the annual outgo was estimated as follows repayment of and inter et on loan municipal taxes national taxes 82 water rent 41 insurance 20 repairs 9 per house cost lection of rents 68 allowance fo vacancies and contingencies 68 ground rents a total of 2 upon this showing the rent was fix ed it 25 shillings 6 08 per month per house giving a total gross annual income of 2166 these estimates were put before the local government board with the request that the scheme bo be san and the necessary loan auth onzer ahls department of tho national government alter after duo in gave the approval required by law the estimates proved tho the scheme almost self supporting and pro aided a sinking fund for the extinguishment of the debt these are statutory the loan was easily effected by the district council at 3 per cent to run GO 60 years the provisional con tract definitely accepted and noih legun agun the time occupied by con st ruction will be one year near and the interest on the loan and the contri aution to the sinking fund 1076 will be paid irom from the general mun fund this represents the cost to the general taxpayers and may perhaps be recouped in part 1 ibis I big sum surn could not be added to the estimates as covering rents must then be fixed at too high a rate to be paid by those whom it is intend ed to benefit the pressing need foi for small homes is thought to justify this outlay nothing of this I 1 ind is needed just at present in salt lal e the business depression in house renting which began to bo be acute some two beirs ago igo has not vet net disappeared and these are many more houses offering for rent than can be taken the british method however commends itself to our judgement jud gement as a species of municipal enterprise that has few it any parallels in american cities deseret ners A janitor in a neighboring school threw up his job ob the other day 1 W hen lien ed what was the trouble he slid said im honest and I 1 wont stand being slurred if I 1 find a pencil pend or a handkerchief bout the school I 1 hang bang it up every little while the teacher or some ono one that is too cowardly to face me gives give me a slur 11 in what way ailed as ed the officer why a little while ago I 1 saw written on the board find the common multiple I 1 well I 1 looked from cellar to garret and I 1 wouldn t know the thing if I 1 met it on the street what made me lyre quit ray my job ob last night in big wr ittin on the blackboard blackb oaid it sud said find the greatest common di visor well I 1 says to myself both of them darn things are lost now and be blamed f ir em so ill quit A small kansas bay was once called in to view his new born bab baba brother lie he looked it over with dissatisfaction and finally ed mama marna where did this thing come from an angel brought it timmie auz you awake arake when ho ito came certainly jimmie 11 well then minima all that I 1 hae hano got to say ia i that you are dead easy id like to see any old angel put off such a looking thing on me but I 1 reckon re w e are stuck unless I 1 kin 4 work johnny green to trade it sight unseen for one of his spotted pupa pups 11 ex A bad temper is an in inheritance that has comedown come down to most of us from anCe ancestors who lived in a period aben ider mis in goyie |