The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-28
ST, 100000 to Be Spent on
Construction Soon, Say
Officials.
SEEK SHUTTLE IN FUNDS
Authorities Initiate Move
for ReaIIoCation of
Federal Aid.

employment soon OF l,zUU
men for more than $1,000,000
worth Of county road and
bridge construction was an
nounced today by Bruce
Short, county surveyor.
Meanwhile city officials started
moves for reallocation OF funds to
tegin federal aid street improve
ment program without financial diff
culties.
Short announced that within a
few weeks. 1900 men Will be work.
ing on county road Jobs. including
construction Of the county belt road
system and bridges.
First OF the county contracts. I'M
der NRA specification, providing a
30-hour week and Accents an hour
minimum wage. will be let within
few days. The work Will be for
bridge on the German Church
road. near Sunnyside. to cost $4,000.
$4,000 Worth Of Paving
Second award will be for $4,000
worth Of concrete paving on Seven
ty-third street. near state road 20.
From 200 to 300 men Will be en-
ployed on each of the projects. the
employment roll increasing as fast
as contracts for the work are
awarded
Short said that he and other
county officials are awaiting tele-
phone communication from WASH
ington on approval Of the entire
program. Under the present set-up.
the first group Of men probably will
receive jobs not later than Aug 7.
II originally had been planned to
start Tuesday.
One Of the bridges to be built
under the plan will be the federal
aid project at Sixteenth street and
White river, dovetailing with the
city's extension Of the thoroughfare.
Suggests U. s. Aid Basis
City Engineer A. H. Moore urged
that the works board appeal TO the
state highway commission. asking
Tor reallocation OF federal aid
funds on the basis of population. to
allow indianapolis TO complete its
major improvements.
Moore broke down state fg1res
to show that on the basis Of a popu-
lation reallocation. Indianapolis will
receive a fairer share Of the public
works funds
Moore. with Short. pointed out
that s4,80000O is available for the
states six districts. indianapolis,
ne showed is in the Greenfield dis
trlct, which has a total population
OF 100000 persons. one-third of
the states population Of 1928, SOB.
100000 for District
For the district 100000 has been
allocated. Moore asserted that. on
a population basis. the district
would be allowed $1,000 300. of
which 100000 could be used in In
dianapolis, and the remainder for
the other cities in the district.
He estimated that the West street
boulevard Improvement would cost
s203 300. The Improvement calls for
extension Of the boulevard from one
and a half miles south of RAYMOND
street 70 the junction with Bluff
road, and widening Of The boulevard
north from Raymond 10 the iunc-
tlon Of Northwestern avenue and
Twenty-first street.
jog TO BE Eliminated
Included in the project is the
elimination Of the jog at that point
and widening and improving of
Northwestern avenue from the bou-
levard north 10 the junction Of State
Road % and Thirty-eighth street.
Resurfacing Of Madison avenue
from Southern avenue. north to
South street, Moore estimated,
would cost $4,000.
Resurfacing Of North Meridian
street from Sixteenth street to Fall
Creek boulevard will cost $4,000,
he told the board
The West Sixteenth street i'm
proyement from West street TO Indi-
ana avenue, ne said. viii cost ap-
proximately s33l.000. of which
amount the county is considering
paying 100000