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Show GOT HOMES AT SMALL COST Fertunat Purchaser Profited, by the Dismantling of Government-Bullt Munition Plant. To select a dwellingfrom a large stock of samples, buy It "over the counter" nt a bnrgaln price, nnd then pack It on n motor truck to be sent home. Is n novel solution of the house hunting problem, says Popular Mechanics Mechan-ics Magazine. Thnt Is literally what has been happening recently, however. In a mimbH- of communities where munition-plant housing facilities are being dismantled by. the -government. All the purchnsrr needs Is n vncnnt lot. of course, nnd n foundation for his new home. Near Clhclnuntl more than 200 four-room four-room houses were sold In two days at the remarkable price of $200 each, Iheir original i'ot to tho government having been over SLfiOO. Purchasers of these houses have been able to get concrete block foundations built for an average price ofJ22.'l, nnd to secure truck and trailer delivery within five miles for $120, making u -total cost of JBIKI for a well-built home. |