Evening star., 1932-12-11
RICHMOND LOAN
GIVES MANY WORK
s1.7OO,000 R. F.> Fund
Provides Part-Time Jobs
to 20 Pct. OF Idle.
s,..,., ns.na.ch to The star.

speeial Dispatch TO The Star. -
PICHMOND, Va, December ~
fNANA0. About 20 per cent sn, ~,
Pichmond's resident unemployed WI
be given at least part-time JOBS osei
a period of Is months beginning sn0lt ron
" before Christmas through a sl,Iuo,-
non loan granted by the ReconstructioLa,
Finance Corporation last week ssat Iowa.
a 81. 200, 900 bridge construction ploJsIS. prS
Registration of laborers, skillea wy In :
ers and white-collar idle alreaoy !ias
started. Thirty-six craftsmen anu os,,
ers, laid off by the City PuoLlc W, Gr,,,s Ms
Department and by engineering ,r;dne and.S
rot. Temporary work on plans 1or priuee
snnroaches and two small trestles over
10 a;fwavs for which the city itself Is pro-
viding the labor. s,,,s
This CITY item is made possible
through $4,000 obtained as reiel
fund for made jobs from the Recon-
strIction Finance Corporation. Men
now raking leaves in parks or on simi. l,.
lar "nade" Jobs will be put to work
on these approaches and trestles.
THE bridge loan will enable con-
str,,ction of three new bridges, one over
the lanes River and the enlargement,
and reconstruction of street Waouct
now used for street cars and otner
traffic. The whole project will be self
liouidating under the act creating tine
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
with the income from bridge tolls going
directly to curtail the Indebtedness.
Community Fund Record.
The community fund here has just
raised more than $605, ,000--a record
nuota-for the support of IS social
agencies. In addition, the city Is
Spending $4,000 q week in direct relief
Nevertheless, Mayor Bright has been
pessimistic about care of the idle. Only
the bridge project, he said, will save
the situation.
All Jobs will be given through the
City Employment Bureau on the basis
of length of unemployment and num-
her of dependents. The plan is to give
as many men possible enough to get by
on. rather than enroll a stated number
the maximum 80 hours week allowed
under Reconstruction Finance Corpora
ton projects.
In the Richmond case, the Recon-
struction Finance Corporation loaned
the money to the Richmond Bridge Cor
poration, non-profit organization
headed by State Senator John j. Wick
er. jr. Neither the city nor State Is
liable for repayment of the loan.
Day laborers, carpenters and con-
crete workers will make up the bulk
of those employed. The Reconstruction
Finance Corporation expected the prof.
ects to help indirectly mills and shops
through the purchase and transporta-
ton of materials, including $4,000 bar
rels Of cement, $4,000 cubic yards ot
stone, $4,000 cubic yards Of sand, 5000
tons of reinforced steel and 100000
feet Of lumber.
The resident idle will receive employ
ment on the project for at least few
days each week, being put on the pay
roll beginning around December Il
about as follows:
During the first three months, 800 q
day; for the next six months, 2,500 q
day; the next three months, 1,500; the
next three, 1,100, and for the fina
three months. 1900.
Viaducts to Be Replaced.
Three toll viaducts owned by the Vir.
ginia Electric g. Power Co. were thrown
into the project by that company and
will be replaced. The company also
will pay $4,000 year in lieu of tolls
for permission to run street cars OF
busses over three Of the four structures.
All contracts will be awarded on the