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\ Las Yogas * April 17, 1944 I 23-1-A Mr, J, P, Mack? Refarring to your jaailgraa, A-829, April IS regarding information concerning the number of employes at Las Vegas and accommodations available for them during to 1943 Inclusive. the years 1939 In accordance with your request I show below a tab­ulation showing the percent of of occupancies at the Company Rooming House at Las Yegad during those five years. XME R1VEBUES $ OCCOPABCY 1943 $13660.48 99.6$ 11994413 13613.30 99,3$ 1940 13309.05 97.1$ 1939 180810343..9950 73.9$ 64.3$ Since beginning of construction on the Basic Magnesium Plant our Rooming House has been full to capacity. For some time we have had and still maintain a waiting list of employes who will be accommodated as soon as vacant rooms are available. You are familiar with the necessity of building an additional Club House on Berth Main Street during this period to take care of the large number of additional employes required to handle abnormal war traffic. Also the arrangement under which the Railroad had to lease the Victory Hotel in Las Vegas ttoo wporrokv ihdeer ea.ccommodations for employes so they would remain In this connection I find in checking over our records that the Las Vegas Land and later Company extended water mains and service lines to 1146 new houses constructed here during the "boom* period. In addition to 365 additional houses con­structed for Army personnel, or a total of 1511 houses. By far, the larger part of the population influx was caused by the