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used In their construction. This In a
matter of fire protection. There liz no
water in the valley and to build the
plant Of timber would mean total des-
truction IN time Of f'rc The hundred
houses will he built around Il great in
terror courtyard. In other words. the
houses will I've built in tho form Of an
, immense concrete square. MCkim.
Mead & White. the architects, thought
this not only the most economical, but
the best solution Of the problems that
they had to face In designing this coli
ony. So one house will follow the
other around the court There will not
be a break In the concrete wall II
will look like one Of the old Western
forts. or like the houses built along the
north fringe of the Sahara Desert. In
nearly every respect the setting is the
same. The Sahara Desert men from
years of experience have learned that
this is the best type Of house.
McKm. Mead Il White respect the
knowledge Of the tribcsrncn and have
accepted their type Of buildings.
Archi,ecturally the buildings will he
OF the mission type. This type prevails
In California. Around the inner square
Of the buildings will he "A continuous
arch One may 20 all around the square
without coming out in the sun once.
The same feature will be on the outside
of the building. II will he carried. how
ever only across the houses that will
face the sun the greater part OF the day
The arch will be ten feet wide and will
slope down in such a manner as to pre-
vent the rays Of the sun striking the
walls Of the houses. 1t will be rooted
with red Spanish tiles with air ducts be-
tween The walls of the houses will he
Of deep cream colo" This color IL cN-
pected to relieve the eye strain Of tho
dwellers. The outer line of the houses
will be 500 feet square. The inner line
will be 400 feet Each hous" Will he
about 90 feet wide and 40 feet long. One
story will be their height. Taller build
ings. II is said arc not suited to hot
climates. fcr the nearer the ground the
cooler.
The house will he built along the lines
laid down by Milton Dana Morrill,, Il
young architect who up to Il few years
ago was working in Washington design
ing buildings for Jnole sam. III has in
vented a set of stc"l forms into which
the low forms are swung up over the sec.
ond row. and so on all the way up "a
high as one wishes tn go. The houses
will be pressed into shane. So to spcak.
1t IL estimated that house viii be fin
lshed every four or five dass Each
house will have six well arranged rooms
These ill be divided by concrete walls
so that fire cannot spread 10 other
rooms. Thn walls will 10 rubbed down
and may We tiHtcd u pleasing color. The
houses will have ala mOdern imlrov,-
mcats. The colony will no. oAly hr ilr"
and disease proof but will reuu,r" l;tle
expense in upk'ep
II is the ambition of the Trona Com
pany ia have as many married men as
possible in the cololN. However. 4
place for bachelors vii, ne provided
4 building tn he known as the barracks
will he erected to accommodate the
bachelors This will hc built along
military lir~s I.s homes VIII took out
on a lawn 400 feet wide and 400 long.
Realizinc rho restlessnoss that is bourd
to follow living in such II country the
Trona Company Is To have a theatre
for the colony. Films will be shipped
down from Los An-N'cs once a week
probably to he shown Tho desert
dwelors. BESIDES the movies the COM
pany plans 20 provide several phono-
graphs for the amusement Of the colony
dwellers They viii be loaned to families
for certain periods. In this way the
company expects To keep In humor it's
working force.
The colony will be built in Install
ments The group to br finished next
year will he in time only a small part
Of the settlement As the industry
Increases additional factories will he
erected. whcl means additional homes
for the increased force that will be
brought into the valley To work tho
new plants. Those houses Of the future
will not he attach d tn the initial group.
hut will he separat" squares. They Will
he identical with the first square unless
"A better type of house Is discovered in
the meantime. Men IN the colony will
work in four big factory buildings. Two
of them will he started with the houses.
Machinery will he operated by power
generated by oil burners. The brine
will be pumped into the factories There
II will be put through machinery which
will separate the ingredients. Potash
VIII be sent into one vat. horaX into
another. salt into another. There are
many other substances in the brine, but
only potash, horaX and soda will he
utilized. The salt and otler material Is
Will he thrown away as useless. 1t is
estimated that 1.5O0 tons Of salt Will
he thrown away every day. The other
waste material will be almost as heavy.
The company expects to produce 467, 900
tons of potash and boraX year for