around the turn of the century, the church burned down for reasons that were unclear at the time. the hall is used for large information sessions. there, articles were written and advertisements sold. by the mid-1920s, the number of rubber plantation workers had declined to around 600, in concert with the fall in international rubber prices. the demand for a good is the same for a given price level so the demand curve does not change. the district is about  in size because of this section and a smaller southern extension of union street. 