The roofs of the houses are but
slightly arched, and are indeed all but flat. They are covered either
with asphalte, which experience, out of our supposed city, has proved
to last long and to be easily repaired, or with flat tile. The
roofs, barricaded round with iron palisades, tastefully painted, make
excellent outdoor grounds for every house. In some instances flowers
are cultivated on them.
The housewife must not be shocked when she hears that the kitchens of
our model city, and all the kitchen offices, are immediately beneath
these garden roofs; are, in fact, in the upper floor of the house
instead of the lower. In every point of view, sanitary and economical,
this arrangement succeeds admirably. The kitchen is lighted to
perfection, so that all uncleanliness is at once detected. The smell
which arises from cooking is never disseminated through the rooms of
the house. In conveying the cooked food from the kitchen, in houses
where there is no lift, the heavy weighted dishes have to be conveyed
down, the emptied and lighter dishes upstairs. The hot water from
the kitchen boiler is distributed easily by conducting pipes into the
lower rooms, so that in every room and bedroom hot and cold water can
at all times be obtained for washing or cleaning purposes; and as on
every floor there is a sink for receiving waste water, the carrying of
heavy pails from floor to floor is not required.
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