Show Tooele T Offers Off eh's Ideal Living for Workers W s t 41 t J j J r II j 11 t I t j I I If f I IJ M Y J b J S 1 f 44 J A 4 r f Top Interior view of housing unit built for mine and smelter workers at Tooele Utah Below 0 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 rap lY absorbing the newcomers and reaching out for additional workers w and their families Workers are needed at the smelt smelt- smelter er and at mines which have outlets are in the valley alley and there is plen plen- plenty plenty plenty ty of housing for them and their families The housing problem was solved with completion of the new 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 and was erected with funds furnished by the Federal Public Housing Authority Apartments are designed to accommodate accommodate accommodate workers and their families at low Jow 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 water heater ice icebox Icebox Icebox box and furnace These living quarters have been set aside for workers in the metal industry and some are still available available ble according to W. W P. P Monson manager of the project for the Federal Public Housing Authority A feature of the project is a new recreation center which has Just been completed It is provided with rooms for all types of recreation recreation recreation tion for workers and their families Childrens Children's rooms and day nurseries for youngsters of school pre-school age will Ls provided Outdoor playgrounds have also be added Tooele valley offers its residents room for expansion and opportunity for those thosa who desire to delve into agriculture on a small or even a a. large scale Driving of the Elton tunnel made available water for or hundreds of acres of fertile ferUle but previously semi-arid semi lands of the valley |