Show rents up folks at green river hold firm GREEN RIVER utah kent rents have gone up food prices have raised but not out of line with other communities and the population of green luver river has gr grown 0 wn b by some SAG to people s since ince 1943 5 that ig is the story of green river according to the green river service club inc james hurst president of the service club mailed out a questionnaire tion to local citizens asking specific questions such as what specific problems have arisen because of the boom and lias has the new growth in population overtaxed your school hospital and doctor octor fa facilities answers mr hurst received r ec e I 1 v e d to his questionnaire show that uranium mining and related industries dus tries have lave bad had a definite effect on the economy of grem green river trucks engaged cnare in ore hauling and headquartered in green river railroad cars loaded there miners and prospector prospectors working out of the town and several rn mining ln companies with offices in town all contribute to the increase ed amount of money spent here to meet any continuing and permanent growth some long range planning has been developed such as the present expansion plans for the water supply and sewage disposal however the plans are not ye yet in the construction stage so far as can be sen seen from the present picture there is not as yet a boom loca locally fly wrote one contributor who is a member of the club prices of food and eve everyday d y needs of the average family have e not dot materially increased during the past few years other than the gradual increase that has occurred in other cities and towns off the plateau however it Is conceded that growth of the city has taxed school facilities but construction 0 a new school building Is underway according to results of the survey rents have increased as much as aoi per cent and over and there is insufficient housing available to accommodate new residents there is probably twice as much money being spent now as in 1950 and many new jobs have been created in the area job jobs for miners driller struck drivers laborers prospectors and others oon connected with the mining indus industry have gone b begging eg ging A large n number um fone of workers were imported into green river to fill jobs requiring specific skills said one resident new businesses and expanding of existing business firms seems to be going on at a little better than normal normal rate socially the expansion seems to be going at a slower pace than the economic expansion some local residents believe this imbalance unbalance could eventually be the cause of difficulty but im sure we can take care of it before it happens when economic and social S structures t c become unbalanced t there h ore usually occurs a crime wave but there seems to be no large increase in crime locally and the I 1 juvenile delinquency rate appears to be quite a bit lower t than ban the national rate the main reason in my opinion that the city of green river has not bene fitted from the uranium industry more than it has to date Is the high price property owners have put on vacant lots and properties in ia and near the townsite te wrote one of the local citizens lie he added rents have also increased out of proportion to other prices and wages many people who othi otherwise fwise would have erected new buildings build togs and entered business here have had to move on to some other town where they could buy property or could rent property at a more reasonable p price ri c e green iziver does have its b boom 0 or n itis problem but perhaps on a smeller scale than in in other communities muni ties oa an the plateau |