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% Las Vegas Eveni ng„Review-Jou rnalt.Jn ne 19, VetProject Underway Shidler Begins Work On, $500,000 Housing A veterans housing sub-divi­sion, to represent an expenditure Of near a half million dollars, has i been started by Horace Shidler j and Son, and by the end of sum- I mer most of the homes should be ! ready for occupancy. Construc- ? tion is'scheduled to start irnme- diately, and equipment and tool h sheds already have been moved i onto the ground. The tract to be developed is | Mayfair No. 2, east and south of [ Mayfair, No. 1, and will include 53 homes, to sell for $8000 each, and multiple units along Charles- | ton Boulevard. The area includes £ the tract between South Six- ; teenth and Seventeenth streets J between Lewis and Charleston, > and 300 feet on the east side of [ Eighteenth' street between Car- > son and Charleston. ? Houses, all to have two bed- f rooms, will be "the same general , architectural-, design as those of > Mayfair No, i .grid Mayfair No. 3.. I Paved streets; will be constructed, 5 and curbing installed. The sub-division has’ been pre- > viously 'approved by the city planning commission, 5 arid CPA > authority now required for build - * ing has been granted. Shidler has i> obtained all materials necessary ‘ for development of the,tract and ;• anticipates uninterrupted prog- f ress. The homes are approved for [i purchase by Gk I. Bill and F. H. A., Shidler said, . After tin expiration of sixty j days, from date - that" the j first i house, is started; it is expected I that a home will be completed ' and ready foi; occupancy every three days, Shidler estimated. To preclude - delays?; in eapstruction through inability to obtain scarce materials, Shidler has put in his own cabinet, sash and" door plant, ;to. take care of his own and other contractors’ needs of j,hese mate-1 rials. .. , 9p, Shidler came Here in DeceiriV.. ;ber, 1941, and except for seven i months spent iri Long Beach oiMjL • navy contract; has been in the construction businfeSs continuous- ? ly since. He was.1 builder. ofSMay- fair dracts Nos. 1 arid 3, as Well las numerous Sine homes and a great mariy of the new business buildings and night; clubs of Las Vegas .and the surrounding area. ii; a’ g P n td ti 1 hi h p n 1 ia! il Ij I $ t. i| r; y -n i 1 Si li I 1 b h it u a Oj 1 n si H si1 e nr II I 1946