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Show Progress Made At Steel New Plant Site Equipment, Materials, Shipments Arriving Daily A hum of activity exists at the site of the new steel mill at Vineyard. Vine-yard. Work is progressing rapidly on the administration buildings, with crews working around the clock. A heavy battery of searchlights is employed, permitting workmen to proceed with their activities through the nights. Heavy shipments of materials are arriving at the site daily, over the new spur line recently completed by the D & R G W railroad. Pieces of heavy equipment for use by the three contracting companies com-panies continue to arrive, many traveling under their own power or toeing hauled in by heavy duty trucks. Bulldozers, piledrivers, ditchers, concrete mixers galore are busy at work preparing foundations. It is anticipated that May 1 will i find up to 1500 construction workers engaged on various jobs at the new i plant site. Actual building materials to be j used in the fabrication of the plant's buildings are being received. To convey an idea of the quantity of materials to be used in preparing prepar-ing the Geneva mill and the size of these shipments we will mention that one carload of iron washers was checked in at the materials depot during the past week. Yes, you guessed right more washers will be arriving at a later date. One of the most serious obstacles in the way of rapid progress in construction con-struction work is the lack of housing hous-ing for these plant construction workers. It is again suggested that all resident resi-dent sin this area make a survey of their living quarters. Try to rearrange rear-range the home to the end that at least one sleeping room be made I available for some worker. Probably the basement or attic may at small expense, be converted into an apartment apart-ment or a suite of housekeeping rooms. The rental income from such a source would easily pay for the necessary renovizing and still show the home owner a nice income. Now that this community has been declared a defense area. It will be relatively easy to obtain the necessary equipment to convert extra ex-tra living quarters from possible vacant space in many of the local homes. FHA loans up to $500 may be secured for renovizing homes. Farm homes also may secure FHA loans for converting vacant space into living quarters. |