Show nucla eucla grows housing worst of problems NUCLA As in many other towns and cities on the colorado P plateau lateau which have not yet caugh t up with effects of the U boom Is having its difficulties but meets them bravely perhaps the most serious of 0 all of f its troubles Is inability to cope with a housing shortage e as mayor J V F Wall sky who Is s also chief engineer of the towns efforts to grow with the boom fe eels I 1 that if long term financing for ho housing can be arranged plus an adequate power supply well beally xo go to town story Is similar to that hat of f severa several other communities in 1 montrose county coun tys s west end district it is a story of sudden population growth in 1950 there were list ast people in nucla eucla today there are more than in 1952 there were just water usen JM as compared with cow now too power consumption has double doubled ct every year since 1951 and the towns assessed valuation increased by per cent over 1951 nucla eucla is expanding recently extending the town limits to include acres twelve new houses were completed late last year but they were taken bedfor they were completed feted the ovet flow of people live in trailers tents any other accommodations available within the past 18 months a new postoffice post st office mercantile store motel trail trailer park confectionery cafe and two churches were built the new water system is in use now and the big problem presently being tackled is waste disposal schools are crowded trailer hous bous as rent for as much as 90 a month it would take at least ew homes to meet current needs according ec to mayor and that would not take care of any new people moving into the town relief of the power shortage may way be forthcoming soon thanks to efforts effort s of four southwestern colorado REA coop co op groups which have made application for a loan to 6 build a power plant and to extend present transmission lines nucla eucla may be the site of the generation plant and there are strong indications the installation would be helpful to oie the local mining industry by providing a savins saving of as much as ten per cent on operating costs mayor points with much pride to the new high school now under construction costing 00 and planned to accommodate students by 1960 although elass classrooms rooms in the present high chool school are crowded relief will come in september when the new building is ii opened students from paradox uravan cravan and Na naqunta turita are taught in the nucla eucla high school see oe of three in montrose county nucia does have its problems associated with sudden growth but its citizens are working hard to solve them one by one |