Show ty typical P ical Edge mount kitchen illustrating conven W A 1 cc N I 1 10 NA A 10 t 0 e f I 1 da I 1 0 4 A kitchen in one Edge mount home arranged beautifully to save the modern housewife house wife many steps in located within the confines of tooele thoele city county seat of tooele thoele county is the federal public hous ing project r no better known locally as Edge mount homes built in the latter part of the year 1942 to accommodate the influx of em ein s at the international amel ter and refining company Comp anys s plant it has served to aid materially too ele county and city s housing shortage the project was bulit originally I 1 as an emergency war housing with ithe the und understanding er standing that it would be razed or disposed of at the ces sati bation on of hostilities A housing shortage was an un forseen daily preparation and serving of food gas is used for cooking and heating lem at that time Edge mount hous ing now serve as a housing for vet erans in the alleviation of the housing shortage the project units are constructed of prefabricated board within and without gas is used for co cooking oking and hot water and space heaters are equipped for coal and wood consumption electricity gas and water are furnished in the rental of the units the maintenance divis on adequately copes with the problems of maintaining and re pairing equipment made during the war time shortages and the ten ants are interested in fica tion of their units particularly this bear ear when hen utah state is ce lebrat ing the centennial throughout tooele thoele county corn com of citizens are stressing the renovating of homes and grounds to go on parade to the visitors of at other her states and Edge mount resi dents are in the vanguard in the decorating of their units at edge mount fences have been erected doorways remodeled shrubs plant ed together with painting and papering the rooms and the ad of bright colored rugs fur kiture coverings and window hang ings residents of pu public alic housing have been branded for the most part as transients and fly by nights here this week and moving away next leaving behind them filthy units and litter in the door yards A casual glance at Edge mount houses would dispel any such idea rather does the project resemble a suburb of many a community large or small throughout the country many public housing projects have been dubbed slums and have been pL avoided voided as places to live by many people Edge mount homes are occupied with a waiting list of considerable extent vacancies are not oc curing rapidly as during the war time residents are settling down for a stay A glance through the occupancy list indicates many tenants in Edge mount are veterans who have returned home to tooele thoele county from ser set vice and finding occupations have turned to find residence in edge mount homes and therefore this project has become an integral part of the local community of too ele Ege mount residents take part actively in the social and civic life of tooele thoele tooele thoele city and county on the I 1 other hand have accepted edge mount as a part of themselves them selve so cial civic and reIl rello ious DIOUS groups work actively with and for the residents of Edge mount homes city and county officials serve the interests of Edge mount tenants to the entire satisfaction of both management and community services of federal housing authority criticisms that federal public housing has been operating with poor and questionable policies definitely does not univ to the Edge mount homes project where full occupancy has been maintained for the major portion of its ex istance and the future portends no decrease in occupancy since there is an acute housing shortage far beyond the confines ot of tooele thoele county |