THE NEW YORK TENEMENT-HOUSE EVIL AND ITS CURE    389
 

PLAN  A.

Net cost of building.............    $71,460

Add cost of land, say ^8,000 per

lot, or $32,000 in both cases....      32,000
 

$103,460

near Lot Line
 

PLAN  B.

$58,000

32,000
$90,000
 

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Figure 7—Plan D.
 

Thus the well-lighted space shown on plan B could be rented
for about thirteen per cent, less than the improperly lighted quar¬
ters shown on plan A, and the owner would still receive the same
rate of interest on the investment; or the owner of a house planned