The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1933-11-23
500 to Get Work in Redwood
County as Part of Presi-
dents Program
100 RE-EMPLOYED TODAY
Plan Will Reduce Expense of
Caring for Poor; Boost
Spending Power

As a unit Of President Roosevelt's
civil works program, Redwood county
officials are launching a program to-
day which will give jobs to practi-
cally every able-bodied man now de-
pendent on county relief funds and to
others whose names are on the unem-
ployed list.
The first 100 men selected are to
begin work today on two crawling
projects, one of about five miles be-
tween Morgan and Redwood Falls and
the other near Revere. Both jobs
were authorized by the state board of
control.
Representatives of every town in
the county except Delhi and Revere
attended meeting called by Richard
Cook, county engineer and head of
the civil works program in the coun-
ty, at Wabasso Tuesday night, when
the program was planned. Projects
were suggested in each community of
the county and the list of eligible
jobless was checked.
Redwood Falls projects which will
give jobs to 40 men, include building
storm Sewers erecting a tool house
as an addition to the city hall and
building new road to the pump
house. This work is awaiting approx
al by the state board of control.
May Move Bridge
Twenty men will be used at LAM
berton to improve Kuhar park and
the school grounds. A county gar
age for highway equipment may also
be built here and the old North Red
wood bridge may be moved to Sheri-
dan township, where it would be used
over the, Redwood river one mile west
of the Wabasso road. Besides sever
al crawling jobs, the county drain
age bitches may be cleared of brush,
yielding some fuel as well as giving
jobs.
Redwood county's share Of the &c.
900 jobs to be created in Minnesota
is 400 and work is to be provided un-
til each man has earned 500 to car
nv his family through the winter.
When a census of the unemployed
was taken in August, 445 registered
of whom about 40 went to work this
week digging the ditch for the sewer
line which will connect present out
lets and carry the waste to point
below the golf course where prelim-
mary treatment plant is to be built.
This project is not included in the IL
vii works program.
Other jobs will be scattered through
the county wherever there is suitable
work that can be started at once. Six
miles on old highway IA from Vesta
west, the county road between Gran
lite Rock and Westline townships and
roads in Paxton and Underwood
townships are likely to be graveled.
Mrs. NJ. H. Sandager Of Belview is
preparing an up-to-date census Of un-
employed in the county which is ex-
pected to be of assistance in alloting
work.
Urges Cooper .tion
n. E. Chard Of st. Paul, division
engineer Of the state highway depart
ment, spoke to officials at the Wa
basso meeting, urging the utmost CO.
operation. Mr.. Cook attended meet
ing called by the governor for the
consideration of plans Monday.
The men will be employed 80 hours
per week at wage of SIS cents per
hour, according to plans. The pro-
gram contemplates giving work over
a period sufficient to allow each man
to earn 500, thereby putting $4,000
in circulation in the county this win
ter. Gravel haulers who furnish
trucks will receive 81 per hour.
The government plan is to take half
the men from the relief rolls and half
from the unemployed list, giving
work to the most deserving in each
case, number of dependents, war
service and need being considered.
The facilities of both the state and
county highway departments are tax
ed to the limit to get the program
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