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\ X m ip March 15, 1920. Mr. W. Com stock, General Mdnager^Xos Angeles. Dear 8i/'»- f I Leg t>o acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 13th, ?t- v ?»* —». ^ d y —— ——— —----u — - v in r$s|ard to living quarters at Las Vegas. We had up some time ago, the question of enlarging some of our Company houses by putting on an addition to each one, and making two Apartments of about three rooms each, but we found the expense was veiy considerable, and abandoned it. We also had up about the same time, the matter of furnishing a number of Company houses in order to facilitate the housing of employes, but nothing definite came of /that as furniture is pretty expensive, but rather than put an addition onto the present rooming-house at this time, on account of thf* excessive cost of building, and from the fact that we have a numbei of vacant houses all the time, it occurs to me that we should take say about six of our Company houses, 3 four-rooms and 3 five-rooms, and furnish them with a bed, a little dresser, necessary chairs, etc. In the four-room houses we could make three sleeping rooms, and in the five-room houses we could make four sleeping rooms, and perhaps in the largest room in each one, we might be able to put two single beds, so that the four-room houses would take care of four people each and the five-room houses would take care of five people each. I believe these could be furnished up at a reasonable cost. The only trouble that I see in the matter wo uld be that there would be no hot water for the men to wash, but it has occurred to me that they might stop on their way from the shops to their rooms and wash up at the Rooming-house, as they must have hot water. you think it is practical, I will follow it up, and have Mr. Bracken make an estimate of the cost of furnishing these rooms. The Company, of course, would have to take care of them; that is, it would have to employ a woman for that purpose to make the beds, change the linen, and keep them clean. It occurs to me that this is the thing to do at this time. Please give me your views in regard to this scheme. If I return herewith your file. Very truly yours, (Inc)