. The National Civic Federation review . ngs of the railroad are quartered in boxcars, sixteen being the number allotted to each, al-though it is admitted that more sometimes crowdin them. It would be expected that small numbersrequired in maintenance-of-way crews could be quar-tered in no other way. A few men live in houseboats on the old French canal, where there isdredging to be done. There is great need for additional family men are not contented to remain upon theZone, as a rule, without their families, and throughinability to get married quarters there have been lostmany c
. The National Civic Federation review . ngs of the railroad are quartered in boxcars, sixteen being the number allotted to each, al-though it is admitted that more sometimes crowdin them. It would be expected that small numbersrequired in maintenance-of-way crews could be quar-tered in no other way. A few men live in houseboats on the old French canal, where there isdredging to be done. There is great need for additional family men are not contented to remain upon theZone, as a rule, without their families, and throughinability to get married quarters there have been lostmany competent men. Applications for marriedquarters still unfilled have been on file for more thana year. Attention was directed by competent investi-gators to the special need of married quarters twoyears ago and they should have been constructed inlarger numbers more rapidly. It has been proventhat the Isthmus is not altogether an undesirableplace to live, and many men are anxious to takedown their families. There was a rule requiring each. Floor Plan TYPE JY ] STORY] FAMILY . HOUSE: A One-Story Family House. employe to have an application on file for six monthsbefore being awarded married quarters, assignmentsto be made in chronological order as filed. A newrule has just been adopted permitting the men tomake application for married quarters upon takingemployment, but its effect cannot be felt for sometime unless a supreme effort is made to provide addi-tional quarters, and the notice just posted is notcheering, for it states: Experience shows that aboutten months elapse between applications for and as-signment of married quarters. The outlook is very discouraging owing to theshortage of lumber. One boatload of 1,300,000 feethas just been lost en route from New York. It isestimated that it will take six months to duplicatethat shipload, because lumber is in such great de-mand in the States. The law requires the advertis-ing of proposed purchases and securing of bids. ItIs necessa
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