El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-15

ONDON. Eng Jan 1.-THE lOca-
tion Of the town cannot be given,
but it is the first city owned in
entirety by the government Of Great
EE3ritain.
nations first national moving
picture theater stands on one hand
and is beyond the first national gro
Gerry. A stones throw away are the
sites Of the. first national laundry and
fire house.
A woman steps from the back door
OF national cottage * West and
pegs some national washing on a ma
uonal clothesline.
Lloyd-George's ministry of NUM-
tons founded this town, plumb in the
middle Of vast new muhitiOn area
IN Doubt About Name.
The ministry wanted huge new
works IN the open country, but with
sands of workers There was moth
ing else TO do but build town for
The workers as they built the NUM-
ton works. The town is at present
dispuung whether it should be called
Georgetown" or Lloyd georgetown
The main street runs north and
south, with the wide streets east and
west The first side street is "a
street east or west as the case may
be, and letter and a number plus
east or west are sufficient postal
address for any house
Along the main street, past row
after row Of houses. past the club and
the school. the institute and the
kinema- one comes to the town square
Here are to be all the town shops
(Which for the moment are housed in
temporary premises elsewhere) and
the public buildings Among the
shops viii be the bank and the post
office. The shops viii be run on
cooperative plan, but with government
supervision.
Not far away Will be the hospital
and the doctors house. The laundry
beer canteen or public house. At
junction Of main street and cross
streets viii be the fire house Behind
is tie telephone nge-with
the area must be transmitted and
censored" Discreetly in the back
ground also viii be the town lock
up
Three Types of Houses.
There are three types Of houses in
the township. and they are interest
ing as showing the kinds OF people
expected as workers in the munition
area Type one is a little family house
comprising q big living room. with
stove, three bedrooms, a larder, a soul
lery and wash. room, and bath room
and q laTatOry- The rent for this, IN
elusive of rates and electric light, will
be S1-z5 q week
Next come boarding houses, capable
OF housing .elEnL men or elgnL MOInells
with separate quarters for the house
keeper and her family These house
keepers viii act as mothers
viding meals and attendance for their
bOarders. The rent of these houses is
S225 q week Beds and bedclothes
may be hired from the government for
six cents a week
The third house will hold 20 men
or 20 women workers with staff TO
look after them. They are big places,
with four wings and central dining
rooms and kitchens All have baths
and clothes drying rooms These bar
racks. of which there a good num-
Der. lie behind two sides OF the town
square. the wOman's houses on the
east side, the mems on the west. Sew
eral thousand women workers viii
live here
No Officials.
The administration of this munitions
township viii be on novel lines Where
viii be no mayor no town clerk, no
watch committee or highways COM
Tnittee. no multifariOus committees
with subcommittee and clerks for
this and that Nobody will have the
time for these pleasing municipal hob
bies and the powers Of the town viii
be vested in one man, government
officer. and his title viii be, the
town manager" He is acting already
and is a local government authority
Of wide experience with an able as
sistsnt