. The new century home book; a mentor for home life in all its phases; a chronicle of the progress of America and the world; a compendium of the nation's greatest city; and a guide for the great army of . Illustrations on this page are of Cottages erected in the vicinity of NewYork City on the Co-operative Plan. The New Century Home Book While the first known association of the kindwas organized in Frankford, Pa., near Phila-delphia, in 1831, the real growth and exten-sion of the system has been almost wholly inrecent years. By far the larger number of as-sociations now in exist
. The new century home book; a mentor for home life in all its phases; a chronicle of the progress of America and the world; a compendium of the nation's greatest city; and a guide for the great army of . Illustrations on this page are of Cottages erected in the vicinity of NewYork City on the Co-operative Plan. The New Century Home Book While the first known association of the kindwas organized in Frankford, Pa., near Phila-delphia, in 1831, the real growth and exten-sion of the system has been almost wholly inrecent years. By far the larger number of as-sociations now in existence are less than twodecades old. How rapid and wonderful theirgrowth has been is shown by the fact that thenumber in operation in 1900 was 5,485, withan aggregate membership of 1,512,685. Thesehad assets reaching the enormous total of$581,866,170. Exactly how many homes have been built by the aid of these organizations cannot be told. The most reliable estimates, made by officers of the United States League of Local Building and Loan Associations, place the number at 661,325 in the eighteen years from 1883 to 1900, both inclusive. If each of these homes should be allowed a ground frontage of thirty feet, and a
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