Congressmen, San Francisco Builder
Investigating Alaskan Housing
Although set back by Con
gressional action which delayed
the appropriation of 15 million
dollars for housing in Alaska,
pending a committee investiga
tion, there still is some hope that
the housing program can be ini
tiated during the present con
struction season. That announce
ment came from E. Glen Wilder,
executive director of the Alaska
Housing Authority, last week.
Meanwhile members of the
Congressional committee arrived
in Anchorage late Sunday. They
set to work immediately. They
plan to spend this week in An
chorage, go on to Fairbanks, and
then return to Anchorage.
Members of the Valley Cham
ber of Commerce were attempt
ing to have the committee visit
Palmer, to make a housing sur
vey here. It was still indefinite
at press time, whether that visit
would be made. However, the
committee had scheduled a ten
tative appointment for Valley
representatives, and had prom
ised to listen to the report being
prepared by Charles Wilson, M.
D. Snodgrass and Walter E.
Huntley.
The eight-man committee is
expected to help the Alaska
Housing Authority set up pro
cedures for administering the
appropriation, once it is okayed
by Congress. In addition, the
committee is expected to study
the housing market, needs, in
comes, location, rent or sale,
type and size, construction and
operating costs, availability of
labor and materials, availability
of private financing, site prob
lems, real estate taxes and mu
nicipal services.
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Palmer’s housing problem re
ceived further consideration at
last week’s Chamber of Com
merce meeting. James Gilmore,
representative of a San Fran
cisco builder interested in Alas
kan construction, spoke of the
possibility of including Palmer
in an extensive housing con
struction project planned by the
builder.
As planned, the San Francis
can will hire a boat in which to
transport the materials he needs
for use in Alaska. The houses will
be built of a special type of cin
der brick, manufactured by the
contractor. He plans either to
buy an Anchorage brick manu
facturing plant, or to set up his
own plant.
The builder expects to con
struct a housing project already
being planned in Anchorage, but
is interested in building addi
tional housing units, in order to
fully utilize the available mate
rial storage in the chartered
boat. Mr. Gilmore said he felt
Palmer might logically expect to
have housing units located here.
“It is my conviction Palmer
could absorb 100 new homes in
less than a year’s time, if they
were built soundly and well
placed,” the visitor stated. He
estimated that the units being
planned should cost between
$8,500 and S10.000.
Chamber heads asked to meet
with the San Francisco contrac
tor, who is expected to arrive in
Anchorage sometime this week.
Although no date was fixed at
press time, it is believed the man
will be a guest at a special Cham
ber meeting in the near future.
Mrs. J. E. Swidelsky, wife of
the jeweler in the Neal Wright
building, joined her husband in
Palmer last week. The couple
live in the Ward apartments.
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