OCR Text |
Show oo WARFARE AIDS TOWN'S GROWTH Other housing problems, besides that of housing our vast new armies, have arisen through the war, and not the least of these is that connected with the workers at Woolwich ar-senaK ar-senaK Since the war started the authorities authori-ties at the arsenal have been engaging men ln numbers never known before, with the result that men have come from all parts of London and Great Britain to get work there. As a consequence, some of the workers have to travel nearly across the city in order to get to work, tho Journey taking in some cases as much as an hour and a half So hard are the men working now that after the working hours and the time spent In eating and traveling are deducted, some of them can only manage man-age to snatch about five or six hours' rest. The only remedy of course, was to build a sufficient number of houses In Woolwich to allow all the extra workers work-ers at the arsenal to Hvo near their work. Builders, however, have not come1 forward, apparently being scared by ' the Idea that when the war is over Ltl half the houses will not be wanted. j B So the government is taking the 'aUf! work ln hand itself. In order to get iT a over the difficulty a little 50 houses ffljf'l are being built with all speed on a Jjlt f vacant space near the arsenal, and Ijjh a have already been snapped up by eag- wl' fi er men. rlfii In addition to this, the office of f works is proceeding apace with anoth- 'jl f j er plan. " 'stf On a large tract of agricultural land j j barely one mile and a half from the ig arsenal, 1,000 houses are being rushed Sjfl up. Owing to the huge number of ft Hi men who are employed on the job, Ijl however the houses are not only be- fcl lng built quickly, but exceedingly v n well. The work was started ln Febru- S 3 ary, and some of th'e houses, 12 of 1 which are being built to the acre, are y just beginning to take shape. Tit- iSfil Bits. If |