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Show NEED FOB 8011 HOIS IN CITY Chamber of Commerce Housing Hous-ing Committee Meets: Secretary Sec-retary Announces Plan The housing committee recently named by the Ogden Chamber of Commerce Com-merce met in Hip offices of Mayor Prank Francis yesterday arterhoon at which time the housing" problem in ogden was given discussion In attendance at-tendance were Mayor Frank Francis, I W. Abbott. Leslie Hodgson, arihi-tect. arihi-tect. A P Merriil. Utah Power & Fight Co, O. .1 Stilwell. .1 M Tracy and Fred J. Swaner, builder Plans for the erpciion of thirty houses In' i gden were discussed. MAKES REPORT. The following report xas submit ted to the Standard Rxannner by Secretary Sec-retary t). J. Stilwell of the Ogden' Chamber of Commerce, today. "The Ogden Chamber of Commerce committee on housing, of which Mayor Prank Fiancis Is the chairman, is ver. , anxious to ascertain the preseni de mand and future prospects for increas-' ing the number of houses In Ogden. I It is believed that many are con tomplaiiiiR building and are only waiting wait-ing until prices of labor and material have reached the bottom and are sta-i bilized If either of the folloxving state-menis state-menis apply to your case vou are earnestly ear-nestly requested to pign the same an.l mall to the Ogden ( hamber of Commerce Com-merce NUMBER 1 . "I contemplate building a home in Ogden but am waiting for lower pi It ' and settled conditions. I have the money xvith which to build, or believe I can procure the needed funds If discounts were given me on the costs of material and labor, which would appear to offset an tur- , ther decline in prices I would com-1, mence building in the spring. Signed NUMBER 2 "I am desirous of building or buy- i ing a house in Ogden to cost about I I ' F "I have a lot worth about $ "And cash to the amount of $ " If I could borrow on the install men1 plan f I should buy at once or build in the spring Signed NUMBER 3. If either of (ho above Is applicable jto you. please sign as plainly as possible pos-sible and mail to the ogden ( ham-i ham-i ber of Commerce NUMBER 4 NEED 800 HOMES "Calculations by the city engineer of city statistics show the presen; shortage of houses in Ogden to be j more than 800. The committee on j i housing has been told by those who' .should know that practically all of . these 800 families are desirous of ren' I ing, practically none being in a posi j l ion to buv The housing committee will not concede building houses to rent, nor lis it necessary to do so ;n order to relieve the- situation, since each new house built and accepted by the owner own-er releases an existing house to rent,' "You are urged to help the commit-J tee obtain the desired information in order that steps may be taken to rem edj the situation in Ogden." oo |