The Elk Mountain pilot. [volume] (Irwin, (Ruby Camp), Gunnison County, Colo.) 1880-19??, 1919-08-07

1SAl last two years ard that only $4,000
actually built. leaving short
age TINT is estimated Mt fully 10000 homes.
That from 100000 to $4,000 homes must be now
built yearly to make up the shortage and to get
back to the normal rate.
That 5O.OOOOOO feet Of lumber. board measure.
will have to be cut yearly. instead Of 100000
feet which is the normal rate.
That an Increase In the lumber output Of 10.
100000 feet year will certainly make the lum-
berjack hustle - t.f ,
The experts do not agree us to figures In aii
cases. But II is evident that the. shortage in
homes is very large. At the recent real estate
convention In Atlantic City inadequate housing
facilities were reported from all parts OF the
country and the shortage in homes was put at
l.oOOOOO.
Agnn. 1t should he remembered that the or
dlnnry demands of manufacturers for lumber are
also to be met.
That the demand of devastated Europe for
lumber will undoubtedly stimulate export from
this country q.
While all the lumberjacks of the country will
have to hustle. 1t looks II the biggest activity
will he demanded from the lumberjacks of the
Pacific const. where most of the lumber comes
from nowadays.
The pictures show In Idaho and Wash
ingtOn. The mountain lumber camp is 1000 feet
up In northern Idaho and there is still snow on
the ground in June. The trninOnd OF logs Is on
arrow-Gauge road In the Idaho pine forests
Fcrnwood The three magnificent yellow
pines ARE In n logging region near Spokane Vel
low pine Is the principal source of lumber In
eastern Washington. The normal production OF
yellow pine Is about 100000 feet (board
mcasurc) a year. 1t Is figured that this output
will have to be increased to about 10000 100000
feet Some of the white pine trees near Spokane
are five feet in diameter and 175 feet high. The
largest white pine belt left in the United States
IL In northern Idaho. Some of the largest and
best-eOupped sawmills In the country are in this
wnshngton-Ydaho district.
This housing problem is n big one-so big that
II may lead TO action by the federal government
The department of labor, In announcing in jan
uary TINT 100000 new dwelling houses need
ed had this to say:
1.-Two billion dollars. available for loans to
home builders, would go far In providing the
necessary capital for the building of these DWELL
ings. Securities of n value approximating $1,000
100000 are held by the Constituent organizations
in the United States League of Building and Loan
Associations Labor conditions, manufacturing,
md social needs clearly indicate the deslrnbility
OF an Immediate acceleration of building activi-
ties throughout the country
by making available capital necessary to
building n tentative plan may materiallze in IL
national system of home loan banks The plan
contemplntes the creation of bank In each fed
eraI reserve district similar to the land banks
created under the federal farm loan act with
which a local building and loan association could
deposit collateral, receiving in exchange home
loan bonds"
The announcement has been made in Washing
ton by Louis X. Sherman. president Of the United
States Housing corporation. that the land In vnri
cities which was to have been utilized by the
government in its war emergency building pro-
gram Is to be sold to home seekers for the cree
ton of private houses. The conditions governing
the sale of such property are that there is real
demand for houses In the community and that the
construction of homes will be started Immediately
following the sale. The lots to be sold pub
nciy. Complete sets Of plans prepared by arch
fleets for the housing corporation. will be fur
nished with the various lots.
Grosvenor Atterbury has some interesting
things to say on this problem. He is known
an architect Of International reputation. He IL
a member of the board of directors of the Ma
tional Housing association. chairman Of the
time housing committee member Of the National
City Flaming institute, member Of the French
Council of Architects and Engineers the prob
lem Of reconstruction in the devastated regions
and q member of the New York tenement house
commission. For Is years. under various appro-
priations. beginning with the Henry Phipps
terprises and then with the Russell Sage founda-
ton, he has spent large part of his time In
search work and experiments In the possibilities
Of quantity production Of the small house suit
able for workingmen These practical studies
and demonstrations have Involved the expendi-
ture Of two three hundred thousand dollars
He says among other things:
I'VE will make substantial progress toward
the solution OF the Industrial housing problem
until We apply 10 the production q ~ snail