Housing up-to-date (companion volume to the Housing handbook) . The area of the portion newly plannedis about 24 acres, and the scale isroughly about -^^ of an inch to 100 portion already built upon is showntowards the top of the page. l62 SHEFFIELD COTTAGE EXHIBITION, [Ilhctrations kindly hnt hv the Munic!/>alJournal.] FIRST PRIZE-CLASS , H L. Paterson, , iq, St. James Street, —Thomas Roper and Sons limited, Mowbray Street, Sheffield. The sites are leased for 200 years at a ground rent based on (a) thecapital value of the land taken a
Housing up-to-date (companion volume to the Housing handbook) . The area of the portion newly plannedis about 24 acres, and the scale isroughly about -^^ of an inch to 100 portion already built upon is showntowards the top of the page. l62 SHEFFIELD COTTAGE EXHIBITION, [Ilhctrations kindly hnt hv the Munic!/>alJournal.] FIRST PRIZE-CLASS , H L. Paterson, , iq, St. James Street, —Thomas Roper and Sons limited, Mowbray Street, Sheffield. The sites are leased for 200 years at a ground rent based on (a) thecapital value of the land taken at ^200 per acre ; {b) the estimatedcost of making roads, sewers, etc. ; {c) an extra charge for speciallygood sites. This method of utilising municipal land, taken as a whole, is veryinteresting, and well worth the attention of other municipalities. The following interesting calculations were made by Mr. E. , A., one of the judges in the Sheffield competition, asto the difference in the cost of road and sewer-making between thecheapest plan and the most costly plan of development :— Capital Outlay. Maximum. Minimum. £ £ Cost of Land (24 acres at ^200) 4,800 ... 4,800Cost of Roads ... ... 16,000 ... 9,000 20,800 13,800 Difierence in capital outlay, ^7,000,
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