Chapter IX: Appendix: III

TABLES SHOWING WORK AND GROWTH, INCOME AND VALUATION OF PROPERTY OF THE
OCTAVIA HILL ASSOCIATION

GROWTH OF OCTAVIA HILL ASSOCIATION, 1896–1916

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│ PROPERTIES │ FAMILIES
─────┼─────┬───┬──────┬───────────────┬────────┼──────┬──────┬──────┬─────────
Year │Total│Old│ New │ HOUSES │Tenement│Total │ One │ Two │Tenements
│ │ │ │ │ │ │Family│Family│
│ │ │ │ │ │ │Houses│Houses│
─────┼─────┼───┼──────┼──────┬────────┼────────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼─────────
│ │ │ │ For │For two │ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ one │Families│ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │Family│ │ │ │ │ │
─────┼─────┼───┼──────┼──────┼────────┼────────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼─────────
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]│
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Footnote 1:

Includes houses owned by Philadelphia Model Homes Co.

CHARACTER AND GROWTH OF AGENCY PROPERTIES

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

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

INCOME FROM TYPICAL PROPERTIES

═════════════════════╤═════════╤═════════╤═════════╤═════════╤═════════ Location of │ Date of │ Income │ Income │ Income │ Income Properties │ First │ First │ Second │ 1915 │ 1916 │ Care │ Year │ Year │ │ ─────────────────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼───────── 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 ═════════════════════╧═════════╧═════════╧═════════╧═════════╧═════════

Footnote 2:

Under Alteration in 1916.

THE SALARIED WORKERS

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Staff │ Monthly │ Octavia Hill │ Agency Properties
│ Salary │Association Properties │
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│ │ % of time │ Amount of │ % of time │ Amount of
│ │ │ Salary │ │ Salary
───────────┼───────────┼───────────┼───────────┼───────────┼───────────
A │ $200.00│ 66.67│ $133.34│ 33.33│ $66.66
B │ 83.33│ 47.91│ 39.93│ 52.09│ 43.40
C │ 65.00│ 50.00│ 37.50│ 50.00│ 32.50
D │ 70.00│ 18.97│ 13.08│ 81.03│ 56.91
E │ 50.00│ 66.67│ 33.34│ 33.33│ 16.60
F │ 50.00│ 43.25│ 21.62│ 56.75│ 28.38
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Total │ $518.33│ │ $273.82│ │ $244.51
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TABLE SHOWING PER CENT OF ORIGINAL COST SPENT IN REPAIR AND ANNUAL
AVERAGE NET RETURN IN PROPERTIES OWNED BY THE OCTAVIA HILL ASSOCIATION

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Location Year Original Cost of
Purchased Cost of Original
Property Repairs

──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 518 S. 7th St. 1896 $7,193.95 $3,333.05 529 Lombard St. 1897 7,000.00 2,648.90 Front and League St. 1899 8,500.00 3,171.70 514 S. 7th St. 1900 3,800.00 317.67 722–24 Lombard St.} 1904 5,462.95 981.37 717–19 Nandain St.} 578.68 new houses 3,288.03 234–6–8 Monroe St. 1906 12,942.25 1,464.33 306 League St. 1908 2,655.92 387.78 516 South 7th St. 1908 5,213.18 458.94 417–21 Perth St. 1909 417 658.84 655.28 421 878.57 673.35 427–29–31 Montrose St.[3] 1909 9,742.61 (new) 6,218.82 235–7–9 Queen St. 1910 12,176.80 2,711.16 304–6–8 Lombard St.[3] 1910 9,075.50 1,983.71 613 Lombard St. 1910 2,549.40 1,253.58 523–551 East Rittenhouse St. 1911–12 38,577.881 (new and old) North Front St. 1911 17,599.25 5,350.96 Addison Court 1914 2,350.00 650.00 723–25 Naudain St.[4] 1914 2,011.15 424.80 948–50–52 N. 3d St. 1914 15,112.71 6,135.39 3–5–7–9–11 League St. 1916 3,603.25 1,692.48 ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════

═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ Location % of Net Net Net Average No. of Repairs Return Return Return Annual Years on of First 1912 1916 Net Which Original Year Return Revenue Computed ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 518 S. 7th St. 46.33 4.8 3.3 5.4 5.2 17 529 Lombard St. 37.84 4.6 6.0 5.6 5.4 17 Front and League St. 37.31 4.5 3.8 4.6 5.1 17 514 S. 7th St. 8.35 3.1 6.6 1.6 5.9 16 722–24 Lombard St.} 17.96} 6.6 5.2 4. 5.4 12 717–19 Nandain St. } 234–6–8 Monroe St. 11.31 5.6 4.8 4.3 4.4 10 306 League St. 14.60 3.2 0.9 4.5 2.9 8 516 South 7th St. 8.80 6.2 4.1 1.6 4. 8 417–21 Perth St. 99.58} 7.0 6.5 7. 6.7 13 76.69} 427–29–31 Montrose St.[3] 63.83 5.3 4.8 3.8 4.6 6 235–7–9 Queen St. 22.26 4.8 4.9 3.1 3.9 6 304–6–8 Lombard St.[3] 21.85 2.5 3.6 3.0 3.2 6 613 Lombard St. 49.18 4.9 4.2 3.4 3.9 10 523–551 East Rittenhouse St. 3.1 4.2 3.9[3] 4 North Front St. 30.40 3.1 2.6 1.7 4 Addison Court 27.65 8.7 3.6 6.1 5.7 14 723–25 Naudain St.[4] 21.12 6.4 5.3 5.8 5.3 11 948–50–52 N. 3d St. 40.59 3.8 3.5 3.6 2 3–5–7–9–11 League St. 32.00 6.4 6.4 ½ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ Footnote 3:

Property under alterations during 1916—figure given for 1915.

Footnote 4:

Property sold in 1916—figure given for 1915.

RENT COLLECTIONS

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Year │ Value of Property │ Rents Collected
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1896 │ $10,500.00│ $466.70
1897 │ 18,705.00│ 1,001.17
1898 │ 20,048.90│ 1,709.91
1899 │ 30,386.13│ 2,567.43
1900 │ 35,965.27│ 3,187.08
1901 │ 39,160.27│ 3,381.36
1902 │ 42,493.85│ 4,142.85
1903 │ 39,213.18│ 5,271.45
1904 │ 49,564.21│ 4,772.40
1905 │ 47,789.95│ 4,962.36
1906 │ 60,807.20│ 5,688.09
1907 │ 62,496.53│ 6,339.89
1908 │ 68,285.41│ 6,346.70
1909 │ 82,474.35│ 7,455.12
1910 │ 109,530.19│ 9,254.92
1911 │ 148,216.13│ 11,623.13
1912 │ 180,012.95│ 14,149.92
1913 │ 181,347.78│ 15,295.08
1914 │ 210,031.83│ 17,585.60
1915 │ 228,031.83│ 18,444.74
1916 │ 276,026.63[5]│ 24,672.50[5]
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Footnote 5:

Includes value and collections of the Philadelphia Model Homes Co.

PHILADELPHIA MODEL HOMES COMPANY

THE RETURNS FOR 1916. (See pages 60–65.)

Total Possible Income from January 1st, 1916 to Dec. 31st,
1916 $6,144.00
Unlets 124.35
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Total Net Collections $6,019.65

EXPENSES

Repairs $265.35 State and Federal Taxes 120.27 City Taxes, 1916 779.97 Water Rents, 1916 382.50 Insurance, Fire and Liability 75.97 One-half of one month’s rent to tenants 129.40 Interest on $43,550 at 4.4% per annum 1,916.20 Depreciation 500.00 7½% Commission on Collections 451.40 ————————— $4,621.06 ————————— $1,398.59 Cost of Lot $10,332.50 Cost of Houses 53,217.50 —————————— Total $63,550.00 Cash Invested by Octavia Hill Association $20,000.00 On mortgages at 4.4% per annum $43,550.00 Net Percentage on $20,000 invested by Octavia Hill Association 6.6%

Reports of the Philadelphia Housing Association may be had from the
Secretary, John Ihlder, at 130 South Fifteenth Street. A list of
Low-Cost Housing Developments in the United States, carefully
annotated by Mr. Nolen, is given in the pamphlet entitled “A Good Home
for Every Wage Earner,” by John Nolen, Sc.D., City Planner; published
by the American Civic Association, Union Trust Building, Washington,
D. C.

INDEX

Agency properties, 71, 74

Agnes Irwin School, 44

Alms-giving; deprecated by Miss Hill, 15

Alpha Pi Fraternity, 44

Amsterdam, Miss Hill’s influence in, 17

Animals on premises, 37, 38

Artisans Dwelling Act, 15

Ashes, 84

Association, the Octavia Hill:
Its function, 8, 9
Its name, 11
Its history, 21–75
Its scope and field of effort, 77–102
Its financial returns, 103

Ayres, Alice, 16

Babies, 33

Bachelors, 74

Bath-tubs, 34

Berlin, Miss Hill’s influence in, 17

Boy Scouts, 19

Bricklaying, 8, 32

Browning Societies, 11

Building Association, Benevolent, 22

Building Inspection, Bureau of, 34

Burial Grounds, 17, 19

Cadets, 19

Carpentering, 8, 32, 66

Casa Ravello, 33

Catharine Street, 33

Chaucer, 20

Chicago, 21

Civic Club (Philadelphia), 21, 22, 25, 31

Clark, Mr. and Mrs. E. W., 43, 44

Collins, Ellen, 17

Crane, Walter, 16

Crenshaw, Nathaniel B., 22

Croats, 21

Dancing, 34

Deptford, 16

Dinwiddie, Emily W., 34–39

Directors (of the Association), 26

Dividends, 26, 60, 103–106

Doctors, 33

Dundee, Miss Hill’s influence in, 17

Ecclesiastical Commissioners, 16

Edinburgh, Miss Hill’s influence in, 17

Emergency Aid, 66

Fairhill Street property, 31

Feld, Frederick C., 27, 65

Flag-raising, 51

Flowers, use of, 18, 34, 44

Fox, Hannah, 22, 34

“Friendly rent-collector”: her function, 8, 18, 77–93, 104

Front Street, 43

Games for children, 14

Garbage, 38, 84

Gardens, home and school, 14, 59

Garrison, Miss, 27

Germantown, 51, 52

Gifford, Edith Wright, 22

Girard Estate, 72

Glasgow, Miss Hill’s influence in, 17

Good Neighbors’ Club, 43

Gould, Dr. E. R. L., 77

Graveyards, 17, 19

Hampstead Heath, 16

Hardware, 101, 102

Head, Mrs. E. L., 52

Health, Board of, 34, 40

Hector Macintosh Playground, 33

Hill, James, 11

Hill, Octavia
Her “legacy,”, 8
Her life and work, 11–20, 26, 77, 94

“Homes of London Poor” (Miss Hill’s book), 17, 18

Houses, various types of, acquired by Association, 28, 31

Housing Association, 40

Italians, 33, 38, 59, 92

Jenks, Mrs. William F., 22

Jews, 21, 28

Kingsley, Charles, inspires Miss Hill, 12

Kirkbride, Mrs. Thomas S., 25

Kyrle Society, 17

Laborers, 38

Landlords, 39, 83

League Street property, 31, 32, 33

Legacies, 71

Legislation, 39, 40

“Letters to My Fellow-workers” (Miss Hill’s book), 18

Lombard Street property, 31

London, Octavia Hill in, 11–20

Longstreth, Mrs. Edward, 31

Lowell, Josephine Shaw, 17

Ludington, Charles H., 74

MacMillan’s Magazine, 16

Mahomet’s coffin, 7

Manning, Caroline, 40

“Massenhotels,”, 21

Mifflin family, 43

Miller, E. Spencer, 37

Model Homes Company, Philadelphia, 60, 104

Mothers’ Club, 33

Multiple dwellings, 7

Music, 14, 19, 34, 51

Naudain Street, 66

Negroes, 33, 66, 93, 95, 104

New houses, building of, 72

New Orleans, 21

Nurses, 33

Office force (of Association), 27, 102

Old Swedes’ Church, 32

Open spaces, 15

“Our Common Land” (Miss Hill’s book), 8

Painting, 32, 66, 94

Parliament, Hill, 16

Parrish, Helen L., 26, 31, 34

Pemberton Street, 43

Pembroke, Lord, 16

Penn, William, 44

Personal workers, 39

Philadelphia:
City of homes, 7
“Under the Lid”, 21

Philadelphia Model Homes Company, 60

Philanthropy, 25, 26

Plastering, 8, 32, 66

Playgrounds, 14, 19, 33, 34, 51, 52, 60

Plumbing, 8, 25, 32, 37, 85, 94

Poles, 21, 51, 91

Poor laws, 17

Privy-wells, 96, 105

Properties, classification of agency, 71

Red Cross cottages, 16

Rent-collecting: duties of “friendly rent-collector,”, 8, 18, 77–93,104

Rents, 18, 32, 33, 34, 52, 65, 71, 75, 93, 103

Richmond (Kensington), 51, 59

Royal Commission, 17

Ruskin, John: his assistance in Miss Hill’s plans, 12, 13, 14

San Francisco, 21

Serbs, 96

Seventh Street, 33

Sewage, 37

Shaen, Mrs., letter from, 14

Shakespeare Societies, 11

Shick, Robert P., 34

Singing Community, 14

Slovaks, 21

Smith, Southwood, 11

Social Science Association, 15

Southwark, 16, 33

Starr, Theodore, 22, 31

Starr Centre Association, 33

Stock, issues of, 26

Summer school, 33

Superintendent: his work, 8, 9, 94–102

“Sweating,”, 39

Sweden, Miss Hill’s influence in, 17

Taylor, Frank H., 25

Tenants, 18, 32, 33, 39, 65, 72, 77, 83, 84

Tenements, 7, 37, 39

Tibet, 38

Trust, National, 17

Tunlin, 101

Types of houses, 28

University of Pennsylvania, 44

University Settlement, Women’s, 17

Van Gasken, Dr. Frances C., 34

Veiller, Lawrence, 37

Vienna, 21

Volunteer service, 27, 72

Whittier Centre, 66

Wilson, Alexander, 32

Women, Employment of, 11

Wood, R. Francis, 26

Woodward, Dr. George, 33, 37

Workman Place, 43

Yom Kippur, 38

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TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES

1. P. 78, changed “the signal for a fusillade of questions, petitions, complaints” to “the signal for a fusillade of questions, petitions, and complaints”. 2. Silently corrected obvious typographical errors and variations in spelling. 3. Retained archaic, non-standard, and uncertain spellings as printed. 4. Enclosed italics font in _underscores_.