The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-08-02
HOME BUILDING PLANS
TAKEN UP BY THE BOARD
DEFINITE AND PRACTICAL STEPS
TAKEN TO BRING PEo-
PIE TO WALLACE.

Following is the fun report of the
special committee of the board of
trade appointed to consider plans
through which employees of the can
yon can reside in Wallace:
The Rerert.
"Your committee which was APP
pointed to investigate the matter of
transportation in the Burke canyon,
and the possibility of bringing about
conditions which would permit en-
ployes of the mines and mills at Burke
and along Canyon creek to establish
their homes in Wallace. having met
and considered this subject at length.
desires TO report as follows;
I'VE find that to bring about at
once, or in the immediate future.
conditions which would permit of any
considerable number of these people
living in Wallace is not present pos
sibility. so far as any action that
could be taken by the Wallace board
of trade is concerned.
I'VE find that the outstanding rea-
son why this is so is not so much the /
matter of transportation, which is
rather a secondary consideration, but |
the lamentable lack of housing facil- /
tiles in Wallace. At the present time /
all of the desirable houses and many |
and almost untenable
ones are occupied and instances have
been given your committee where de-
sirable citizens have recently been /
from accepting employ
ment and establishing themselves and /,
their families here simply because of h
The impossibility of securing desirable
wing quarters
while conditions generally have
)een prosperous here for the past
'ear and the prospects for a continu- {
ince of these conditions are bright, .
he new building which should follow Z
nd which is following in so many {
is noticeably absent ]
ere; in fact the spirit of home build
ne and home owning. which is such
n asset to any community. seems to
great extent to be lacking in Wal a
ice.
Your committee feels therefore
hat the best means the board of trade n
an adopt to help the enlargement '
nd upbuilding of Wallace and bring n
bout conditions which will eventually a
ermit of workers from all the sur
,undng mines and mills making u
ieir homes here if they so desire, is W
promote. foster and encourage in n
very possible way a home building IL
ld home owning campaign ca
with this end in view we recon- NJ
end that a permanent committee be pl
tablished to be known as the home III
Hiding committee and that this "
be empowered and instruct Il
to proceed at once with the follow ti'
g duties: W
l. To raise by popular subscrip- =,
IN sum of money sufficient to pur- ~ ~
ase a lot and erect thereon mod -
n dwelling of a type and cost suit q"
lie to the average family employed -
the district "a
;. To dispose of such dwelling inn -,
diately at not less than cost and -
IN the proceeds erect another dwell
and to continue to erect and dis
ie of such dwellings, using the
ney originally subscribed as a re- ~
wing fund for the purpose. and add 80
thereto and charging it's building -
gram as in its discretion may seem
-iseable
To advise, cooperate with and -
ist in every possible way all indi- -
nails or associations DESTROYS of =
ding and owning homes in Wal NO
To recommend to the board Of
lie from time to time any measures n
Oh will further assist the home nua
ding and home owning campaign. Giai
n conclusion your committee pan
les to state that. while the matter fee
housing Burke and canyon people Wal
Wallace has been before the board Aug
rade at frequent intervals for many for
this, no specific cases Of these peo- TO s
wishing to make such a change the
2 come TO our attention If our as r
are adopted we hope
the home building committee will
ediately seek out such cases and
'erate with them" A2-1