The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1933-12-07

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tration workers are making the dirt fly
in Troy.
The city council met with Count,
Commissioner Kensler In the latter,
office ON November 80, The county sec
rotary Of relief, Paul Church, was aIst
at the meeting, and program Of work
was laid out which will be of great
value to the community in service rem
dered and unemployed men taken of
the relief rolls
Thirty men were allotted to Troy
which were split up into three gangs Of
10 men each with j. P. Wilson, r. Fl
Kidder, and ]. B. Coffman as foremen
Mr.. Kidder and Mr.. Coffman started in
December ! tearing up the old wooden
sidewalks, on Second and Third streets,
replacing these with finely constructed
gravel walks. Good progress has been
made by these crews to date.
j. P. Wilson started in the cemetery
December with 10 men and a team,
grubbing out buck brush and scrub
timber and fallen debris and piling and
burning this waste The crew is also
building stone wall around the ceme-
terry with rock found upon the grounds.
1t is desired to level and clear the
ground and seed it with bent grass or
some arid ground grass that will stand
dry soil. and thrive with little water. All
graves will be taken care of and fixed
up in the best possible manner, and
well shaped trees that can be trans
planted will be moved and put in regu-
lar rows along streets and avenues. Mr..
Wilson will be glad to receive sugges-
tons from all persons interested in the
cemetery SO that the work can be done
in the best way possible. Piping Of
water from a nearby spring to the
cemetery is also under consideration,
and is much needed to make the ceme-
terry more beautiful.
Other work to be done includes clear
ing of the brush and timber between
left field Of the ball park and the rail-
road, clearing Of other land in the park
and cleaning up every vacant lot in
town regardless of ownership Cleaning
up all alleys and streets where neces-
sary and cleaning the city dump, and
repairing the road leading to it. Most
OF the tools have been borrowed from
the forestry service through the coop
Grafton of our forest rangers, Mr.. Hend-
ricks, Mr.. Woods. and Supervisor c. S.
Webb.
Suggestions for other work Of value
to the community should be given to
the town council for consideration.
Troy's allotment Of 30 men until Feb
ruary Is should enable it to get lot
OF much needed improvement done.
Funds Expected for Completion of
Troy Airport.
Another project that will create en-
ployment, which the city council has
taken up, is the application for SIS 900 to
provide labor for completing the air
port, which was started by the CCC but
not finished. The work to be yet done
Is clearing runWays Of rock, brush and
debris, rolling and dwelling all Of the
ground, construction of system Of
boundary markers as approved by the
department Of commerce, and seeding
the entire area. This airport has been
laid out by the forestry department on
land mostly donated by the city, with
the understanding that it be used as a
Joint forestry and municipal field and
in all respects it is believed entitled to
federal aid under the provisions of the
Montana aeronautics commission. The
maximum amount granted without
special authorization is $4,000 and this
should provide employment for quite a
few men. In fact it is almost as much
as has been allotted to Troy by the Civil
Works administration which has pro-
vided for 30 men here The mayor has
wired for authorization to start this
work at once, and it is hoped the same
will be granted this week, formal APP
plication, maps, specifications etc, to
follow later. This project will be paid
for in cash, with the same rates Of pay,
and five hour day to apply as in the