Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-11-21
WPAPROJECTS
KEEP COMING
Almost $4,000 Additional
is Authorized for County
This Week.
Many Secondary Roads Will
Get Attention of Fed
eral Funds.

Definite authority to spend $4,000
on nine new WPA projects in Pine
county was announced this week at
the district No. office at Brainerd.
Several new projects are under way
already in Pine county and this an
nouncement was made after allot-
ments had been received from State
Administrator Victor Christgau. Req
uisitions on the national re-employ
ment office for 1S1 employables re-
quired for these projects. are being
issued this week by the office of F.. B.
Whitney. Pine county WPA represen-
tative.
At the beginning of this week, on
the 10 WPA projects under way in
Pine county, 2O2 persons, practically
all of whom classify as employ
ables," had been assigned.
In the county but 10 persons had
either been on a WPA project or did
not report for work for some reason
and there were but III who were
awaiting assignment.
In District No. as a whole, 4,543
persons had been assigned to the 1853
projects now in progress and, accord
ing to Mr. Gilbertson, by the end of
of the original 4,S10 "employables"
in the IL counties who have not been
offered employment through WPA.
The rapidity with which WPA is
providing employment for persons
heretofore on relief rolls is indicated
by the fact that on So new projects
in the district this week, 2,162 per-
sons were assigned Actual allot-
ment Of funds for this new work total
$328.233.OO.
Road Projects Draw Lions Share.
The 10 new projects in Pine county
are briefly summarized. as follows:
Windemere township road-allot-
ment $2,819.00 and will provide en-
ployment for II men who will i'm
prove bitches and gravel 51s miles of
township roads.
Kerrick township roads-allotment
s5,268.00 and will provide employ
ment for 33 men who will improve a
six mile stretch of road which will
offer an outlet 10 the farmers in the
northern part of Kerrick township.
This. when completed, will become an
important link in the county road
system.
Dell Grove road-allotment S4,284;
this project will provide employment
for % men who will brush, grade and
gravel main road leading to Sand
stone; it is a mail and school bus
route.
DOsey and Keene township roads
allotment S5,526. This project will
give employment to 33 men in i'm
proving a connection between two
county aid roads.
Pokegama township road-allotment
$3.50. This project will give en-
ployment to IS men who will improve
an important road from Mora to Pine
City. The work will include the fill
ing of one bad sink hole and other
wise rebuilding and resurfacing
Bruno Streets to be Improved.
Bruno village streets-allotment
S2.41O. THIS PROJECT VIII employ ~
men who will gravel and otherwise
improve two miles of streets in the
village.
Dosey township road-allotment
s5.429. This project will employ 90
men who will brush. grade and gravel
township road in Dosey township
which has received no assistance
from federal funds.
Hinckley library project-allotment
s244. This will give employment to
one person who will select and cata-
logue books for the new library at
Hinckley.
County garage-allotment $3.50.
This will give employment to 90 men
who will put a concrete floor in the
fy .