Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- Introduction
- Chap. I The Town-Country Magnet
- Chap. II The Revenue of Garden City, and how it is obtained—The Agricultural Estate
- Chap. III The Revenue of Garden City—Town Estate
- Chap. IV The Revenue of Garden City—General Observations on its Expenditure
- Chap. V Further Details of Expenditure on Garden City
- Chap. VI Administration
- Chap. VII Semi-Municipal Enterprise—Local Option—Temperance Reform
- Chap. VIII Pro-Municipal Work
- Chap. IX Administration—A Bird's Eye View
- Chap. X Some Difficulties Considered
- Chap. XI A Unique Combination of Proposals
- Chap. XII The Path followed up
- Chap. XIII Social Cities
- Chap. XIV The Future of London
- APPENDIX: Water-Supply
- INDEX
- Plate section
Chap. III - The Revenue of Garden City—Town Estate
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 February 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- Introduction
- Chap. I The Town-Country Magnet
- Chap. II The Revenue of Garden City, and how it is obtained—The Agricultural Estate
- Chap. III The Revenue of Garden City—Town Estate
- Chap. IV The Revenue of Garden City—General Observations on its Expenditure
- Chap. V Further Details of Expenditure on Garden City
- Chap. VI Administration
- Chap. VII Semi-Municipal Enterprise—Local Option—Temperance Reform
- Chap. VIII Pro-Municipal Work
- Chap. IX Administration—A Bird's Eye View
- Chap. X Some Difficulties Considered
- Chap. XI A Unique Combination of Proposals
- Chap. XII The Path followed up
- Chap. XIII Social Cities
- Chap. XIV The Future of London
- APPENDIX: Water-Supply
- INDEX
- Plate section
Summary
“Whatever reforms be introduced into the dwellings of the London poor, it will still remain true that the whole area of London is insufficient to supply its population with fresh air and the free space that is wanted for wholesome recreation. A remedy for the overcrowding of London will still be wanted. … There are large classes of the population of London whose removal into the country would be in the long run economically advantageous; it would benefit alike those who moved and those who remained behind. … Of the 150,000 or more hired workers in the clothes-making trades, by far the greater part are very poorly paid, and do work which it is against all economic reason to have done where ground-rent is high.”
—Professor Marshall, “The Housing of the London Poor,” Contemporary Review, 1884.Having in the last chapter estimated the gross revenue which may be anticipated from the agricultural part of the estate at £9,750, we will now turn to the town estate, where, obviously, the conversion of an agricultural area into a town will be attended with a very large rise in land values, and endeavour roughly to estimate—again taking care to keep well within the mark—the amount of “rate-rent” which will be freely offered by the tenants of the town estate.
The site of the town proper consists, it will be remembered, of 1,000 acres, and is assumed to have cost £40,000, the interest of which, at 4 per cent., is £1,600 per annum.
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- To-morrowA Peaceful Path to Real Reform, pp. 31 - 35Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1898