CHESTER, - Delaware County PA History

CHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA. 39
homes, and many of her mechanics and operatives to-day,
through the aid of building associations, are thc owners of
their own houses. Rcnts, howevcr, arc reasonable; indeed, as
compared to othcr cities, quitc low. A six-roomed house, such
as is desired by the avcrage workingman, rents at about S10
per month, whilc the same sized house, with bathroom and the
modern convenicnces, can be obtained for about $14. The
larger-sizcd residenccs, with from eight to twelve rooms, rent
for $15 to $25 pCI' month.
For the salc of Real Estate we havc scvcral companies, chief
among which arc the Chestcr Real Estate Company, Chester
Improvement Company, Blakeley Land Association, and a
number of reliable real estate agents, prominent among whom
are I. E. Cochran, Jr., Cochran & Swceney, Samuel Lyons,
Samuel Greenwood, \Villiam Lcwis, Thomas \\T. Scott, Gcorg-c
Baker, J. Howard Cochran, and Edmund Joncs.