Good housing that pays /

by Fullerton L. Waldo

	Properties						Families
Year	Total	Old	New	Houses		Tenement	Total	One Family Houses	Two Family Houses	Tenements
				For one Family	For two Families
1896	5	5		4		1	10	4		6
1897	14	14		13		1	19	13		6
1898	14	14		13		1	19	13		6
1899	31	31		30		1	36	30		6
1900	34	34		32		2	45	32		13
1901	35	35		32		3	50	32		18
1902	40	40		36		3	56	36	2	18
1903	36	36		33	1	2	48	33	2	13
1904	40	38	2	35	3	2	54	35	6	13
1905	39	37	2	34	3	2	53	34	6	13
1906	46	44	2	39	3	4	67	39	6	22
1907	46	44	2	39	3	4	67	39	6	22
1908	50	48	2	42	3	5	75	42	6	27
1909	65	61	4	54	6	5	93	54	12	27
1910	82	78	4	67	8	7	122	67	16	39
1911	120	116	4	103	10	7	162	103	20	39
1912	124	112	12	101	16	7	172	101	32	39
1913	124	112	12	101	16	7	171	101	32	38
1914	143	131	12	116	20	7	189	116	40	33
1915{	143	131	{12	{116	{20	7	{189	{116	{40	33
	32[[1]]		{32[[1]]	{16[[1]]	{16[[1]]		{48	{16	{32
1916{	147	143	{6	{121	{18	8	{196	{121	36	36
	32[[1]]		{32[[1]]	{16[[1]]	{16[[1]]		{48[[1]]	{16[[1]]	32[[1]]

[1]. Includes houses owned by Philadelphia Model Homes Co.

Character and Growth of Agency Properties

Properties							No. Families
Year	Total	Old	New	One Family	Two Family	Tenement	Total	One	Two	More than two
1898	17	17		17			17	17
	29	29		25		3	49	25	2	22
	29	29		25	1	3	49	25	2	22
	37	37		26	3	8	89	26	6	57
	43	43		31	3	9	101	31	6	64
	64	63	1	42	8	14	177	42	16	119
	79	78	1	54	10	15	209	54	20	135
	104	103	1	79	10	15	234	79	20	135
	120	117	3	88	11	21	287	88	22	177
1907	120	117	3	88	11	21	287	88	22	177
	145	142	3	111	13	21	321	111	26	184
	176	173	3	140	15	21	357	140	30	187
	182	178	4	143	16	23	346	143	32	171
	179	175	4	140	16	23	343	140	32	171
	181	177	4	141	14	26	386	141	28	217
	189	185	4	141	13	32	392	141	26	222
1914	210	206	4	168	11	37	435	168	22	251
1915	220	210	4	170	11	39	451	170	22	259
1916	228	214	13	172	18	38	464	172	36	256

Returns on the Four Oldest Properties

Property	Years Acquired	Net Return 1900	Net Return 1915	Net Return 1916
518 So. 7th St.	1896	4.8%	5.6%	5.4%
529 Lombard St.	1897	4.6%	5.8%	5.6%
Front & League Sts.	1899	4.5%	5.3%	4.6%
514 S. 7th St.	1900	3.1%	5.2%	1.5%

Income from Typical Properties

Location of Properties	Date of First Care	Income First Year	Income Second Year	Income 1915	Income 1916
Franklin Court	1906	$1,394.38	$1,534.68	$1,475.09	$1,474.59
502–4–6 Kater St.	1898	437.20	410.50	468.00	468.00
510 South 7th St.	1903	357.35	431.20	454.83	449.70
708 Lombard St.	1909	710.75	720.00	725.50	[[2]]
304 League St.	1909	241.50	227.00	268.25	274.50
241–3 Queen St.	1910	621.75	724.50	826.05	939.93
414–6 Perth St.	1903	263.75	334.00	336.00	336.00
Webster St.	1899	909.40	968.95	1,055.50	1,024.00
422 Perth St.	1904	165.00	162.00	168.00	168.00
Rodman & Naudain Sts.	1901	1,122.50	1,166.33	1,263.25	1,207.25
521 Randolph St.	1907	280.25	238.25	293.00	288.00
510 Reese St.	1899	222.00	228.35	270.00	250.75
523 Reese St.	1901	446.71	483.95	562.05	535.15

[2]. Under Alteration in 1916.

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