Show I j 1 thoughts for the New Year Ye ai Communicated The Housing bill now under consideration consideration tion In congress will wUl unquestionably bring a refreshing inspiration to those thos people who are Interested In homes We begin to wonder what effect this thi elaborate work make-work program will havon have ha on our fair city where we have also an at acute housing problem Park City a i mineral center with a constant constan average production of the basic metals should In my estimation have more mor than a common Interest In this pro pro- gram Hero we have progressed In a re- re remarkable reI re remarkable I manner In securing an efficient ent and modern school system m. m Housing lags far behind compared with the thi schools which have all the earmarks of of modern construction and conveniences Due to earlier settlers the town was waI built piece-meal piece for convenience rather than comfort In the days dars when walking was far more popular than we see It to to- to day So Its It's useless to cast any reflection tion Into the preceding generation We alt all arc are aware that the physical up make-up of this town Is a rather difficult task for any municipal engineer to maintain sanitation Improvements and so forth Not to say anything of the Inconvenience of reaching your abode without a great deal of mountain climbing In other I words you have to be sure footed to get around without Injury Sometimes I have havea a vision that the town will give way to toI toa a more convenient con location more aces aces- I sable at the lower lover end of at town from the high school toward the Junction Any engineer would agree that this is the most logical townsite A townsite carefully planned In this region under the direction of a com com- competent competent competent engineer taking all the advant advant- advantages advantage advantages ages age of sanitation and drainage Into con con- consideration consideration consideration would be of Immense value i Planning Is the most Important Item i nowadays In any given community It ItI I facilitates all civic Improvements as they I arise and makes it easier casler for a muni muni- municipal municipal municipal cipal government to function contrary I to the difficulties now encountered inthe In InI I the upper part of town Here we have a large open epen space with a natural grade for efficient drainage easily accessible from the main highways A background of ot reasonable significance more sun sun- sunshine sunshine sunshine shine a smokeless region that stands ready to absorb any an worth while Idea on this subject There Is unlimited opportunity herein here hereIn herein I In beautifying a suburban section of this I town along modern lines Our century cen cen- century century tury children will expect to find homes when they reach maturity of a higher caliber and there Is no reason why their desires should not materialize In line with a higher type trpe of education Our teachers teach their pupils order observance ob ob- observance observance In the pro pro- problems problems problems servance a higher viewpoint of life which In turn create de- de dei desirous i sirous worth while employment What becomes of them after atter this magnificent i training Is absorbed They are turned I back Into the hovels of a darker cen- cen cenI century century I tury to take up their abode with their Worn out parents living In quarters where excessive e rents are the order of the day day in a primitive worn out-worn building of beauty com com- which lacks anything an fort and convenience A housing project however small should receive here the greatest degree cf consideration A committee on civic enterprises should be an active unit to tore restore re toro faith In a town that Is fast be be- becoming becoming becoming coming obsolete In the face of other better directed communities I know of no other Investment that would bring more Joy into the hearts of the citizens of this community We often hear that there Is no acute shortage of houses In Park City I might add there Is an nn Inevitable lack of com corn fort There Is but butery very ery little Jack of air also but It takes a good pair of lungs I I to absorb It lt I II i Water Is also found In large quantities I I ties for human consumption It has to toi tobe tobe i be purified In closing I might add we weI In this city A dont don't need homes 2000 home would meet the needs of the I majority of our workers I am not In accord with some of the figures set forth by the administration There Is no reason In an age of mass mass' construction methods that this figure could be cut Into a third I doubt whether the average cost here Is even I now over a thousand Chrysler said that If It the same method was used In building automobiles as there is in the building of homes an automobile would cost I also believe belleve that the building of homes bomes can be standardized could be built cheaper i i 1 In large numbers than Individual I tures We should take advantage of that I Yours ours WM WI H. H Park City Utah Dec 20 1937 |