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Show $10,000 More For Ute Tribal Housing Project An additional $10,000 has been appropriated for the housing hous-ing fund to improve the 53 housing hous-ing units assembled through the Ute housing project from surplus sur-plus army barracks, and to construct con-struct new units, is an announcement announce-ment made by Francis McKin-ley, McKin-ley, planning officer for the Uintah and Ouray Tribal Business Busi-ness Council, who approved the project. Improvements will include the surfacing of the walls and ceiling with celotex, painting and roofing. The materials for improvements will be made available to the Ute Indians on a reimbursable basis, and labor will be made performed by the housing construction gang under un-der the direction of Ross Iorg, foreman. The original housing project for the Ute tribe grew out of the purchase of surplus Army barracks in Salt Lake two years ago. The total cost of the barracks, bar-racks, including transportation, was $22,000. A housing fund in the amount of $5000 was appropriated ap-propriated by the business committee com-mittee for assembling and moving mov-ing of the units. The "portable units" were made available to the Utes on a cash or a long term reimbursable basis at an average cost of $200 for a 20x20 foot unit. Expenses for moving1, assem- bling and roofing the unit amounted to an average cost of $150. The painting and surfacing sur-facing of the walls and ceiling, including labor, will cost an average av-erage of $188 for each 20 x 20 foot unit. Thus for an average cost of $538, 53 Ute families or approximately 16 per cent of the total Ute families, will be provided with housing under this project. Welfare clients receive re-ceive all of their housing under this program free of charge. I |