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Show Tooele Offers Ideal Living for Workers h " ' n"" , ' " J L J "! J xJh4-- s t it y i , -mm. , If. ! ' ' J tfar " I ' f j rr-- a ' Jo 1 J i i 1 J Top: Interior view of housing unit built for mine and smelter workers at Tooele, Utah. Below 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 rapidly absorbing the newcomers and reaching out for additional workers and their families. Workers are needed at the smelter smelt-er and at mines, which have outlets are in the valley, and there is plenty plen-ty of housing for them and their families. The housing problem was solved with completion of the new $1,000,000 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 Edgemount and was erected with funds furnished by the Federal Public Housing Authority. Apartments are designed to accommodate accom-modate workers and their families at low 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 box and furnace. These living quarters have ben set aside for workers in the metal industry, and some are stiil available, availa-ble, according to W. P. Monson, manager of the project for the Federal Public Housing Authority. A feature of the project is a now recreation center which has Just been completed. It is provided with rooms for all typos of recre-a-tion for workers and their families. Children's rooms and day nurseries for youngsters of pre-school age will be provided. Outdoor playgrounds have also be added. Tooele valley offers Its residents room for expansion and opportunity for those who desire to delve into agriculture on a small or even & large scale. Driving of the Elton tunnel made available water for hundreds of acres of fertile but previously semi-arid lands of the valley. |