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Show Tooele Oilers Ideal Living for Workers i , v , a n h i I II li ts r f . tc. s" It J 1V. , ! I - " " 11 ' ;V4 i , 1 f x N - v x ? 5 , x . fv p - x I N O x 2v i L i I - - , -' - !r i I I N - s N.J,,-' -s 11 ! xN x . r I i fl ' : . - I Lxlx . S.XV. x, . yi 1 xx,. iiXJ ,ViS2a3 H - , , x - 1 hj , . x , , x- iPt'k-S - x jxf 1 -'X- X, I ' v, , ,-NSR.-" - " x f X x " x. . N X x - -XX- MUMXj&.x -it -xv.x xvHt " ' . v. J- vJ Top: Interior view of housing unit built for mine and wweitsr workers at Tooele, Utah. Below Is a view of new office and recreation center. Tooele, Utah, which has had the largest population increase of any small community in the state is rapidly absorbing the newcomers and reaching out f.r additional workers and their families. Workers are needed at the smelter smelt-er and ru mines, which have outlets are in tha valley, and there is pion-ty pion-ty of hoi-sir.'; for them and their families. The hous;:; problem was solved v.ith completion of the new $1,000.01)1) federal public housing program for the mining industry of the valley, which is so vital to the war. The new housing project Is known as Kdgemount and was erected with funds furnished by the Federal Public Housing Authority. Apartments are designed to accommodate accom-modate workers and their families at low rentals ranging from $25 to $29 per month. Electricity, gas and water costs are included in the rental. Each unit is equipped with cooking stove, wa,ter heater, ice box and furnace.' 1 These living quarters hare been set aside for workers in the metal industry, and some are still available, availa-ble, according to W. P. Monson, manager of the project for the Federal Public Housing Authority. A feature of the project is a new recreation center which haj just been completed. It is provided with rooms for all types of recreation recrea-tion for workers and their families. Children's rooms and day nurseries for youngsters of p;-c-sch iol age will be provided. Outdoor playgrounds have also be added. Tooele valley offers its residents room for expansion and oppartunity for those who desire to delve into agriculture on a small c - even a large scale. Driving of the Elton tunnel ma.le available water for hundreds of acres of f n'tile but previously semi-arid la::ds of th valley. |