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1086 xvi. labour legislation and social statistics of sweden.
such a room will be found on page 1087. The result of the company’s work has
been very satisfactory. Rents have been paid punctually, although many of the
tenants belong to the very poorest classes. The shareholders have received 4 %
on their money. For mutual use, a sick-fund has been formed among the tenants.
Religions worship is held in a larger room in one of the company’s buildings,
where sewing meetings are also arranged for wives and work-shops for the
children. A shop has been opened on behalf of the tenants, and the profits are shared
among the customers.
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I. House erected by the Workmen’s Building Society in Gothenburg. — n. Plan of d:o. — HI. Pisa o(
bouse, erected by tbe Stockholm Workmen’s Dwelling Company, I.td. — IV. House erected by the Robert
Dickson Foundation in Gothenburg. — V. House erected by the Workmen’s Dwelling
Aeoommodation^Company, Ltd., in Gothenburg. — VI. Plan of such bouses.
Bostadsaktiebolaget Holmia (Dwelling Accommodation Company, Ltd.) has
also for its object the building of cheap and good habitations for the working
classes. In Kungsholmen, 28 two-story stone-houses are built in two rows. These
houses, which have a frontage of 6’5 meters, contain on the ground floor a flat
of 2 rooms and kitchen, and on the upper floor 1 room and kitchen. The cost
of erection per fire-place has amounted to 1,600 kronor. In Södermalm (South
End of Stockholm), 3 stone-houses (three stories) have been erected at a cost of
1,920 per fire-place. The company has obtained a loan of l1/1 million kronor
from the City for the erection of houses with smaller dwellings.
Bv Aktiebolaget Billiga Boxtäder (Cheap Home Company, Ltd.) five one
story wooden houses have been built in different parts of the city. In these 94
families live who pay 9 — 10 kronor for single rooms per month.
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