White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1935-01-17
Is Million Paid
Relief W orkers
In W ashington
w Err A Continues Work
Started BY CWA In
1888

Work in the public benefit amount
ing to many millions OF dollars mas
resulted from the work programs OF
the CWA and the Washington Emer-
gency Relief Administration since work
relief first started in this state III
March, 1888, according to statement
made this week by w. w. Dillon, ad-
ministrator of District of the VERA.
"Production of goods for families
receiving relief is now also part OF the
works program which is reducing the
cost of relief and providing more de-
cent standard of living" said Dillon
Greater than the dollars and cents
value of relief wages paid or relief costs
saved are the human values preserved
by the works program" he continued.
approximately $25,0O0,OOO has been
paid in this state in work relief wages,
from state relief bond issue funds, the
RFC, CWA and other federal sources"
The work relief program was given
impetus when the state relief bono
issue money became available IN Oc-
tober, 1888, and the months payroll
was $165 900, about double any pre-
vious month The CWA program
opened in November, 1885, and in five
months paid out more than 100000
mostly in wages. The VERA continued
the work program at the close OF the
CWA.
In addition to work relief and CWA
wages paid through the state admins
tration, many millions of dollars were
expended by counties, cities and other
units for materials and equipment
used on work relief projects. This
money flowed into the channels OF
trade and helped stabilize private IN
i tlustry and employment
In District S, comprising Benton,
Chelan, Douglas, Franklin, Grant, Kit
titas, Klickitat, Okanogan, Walla Walla
and Yakima counties, the chief &C.
complishment of the work relief pro-
grams was highway construction and
flood damage repair. Schools, public
buildings, drainage, airport construc-
ton and irrigation district improve
ments we're other public works on the
program Highways received the larg-
est amount of work in Benton, Doug
las, Franklin and Okanogan counties.
Wenatchee street work was major
item in Chelan county. Ellensburg
sewers and irrigation district work
4,,,.a in
: the Coulee Dam school and airports
were important work in Grant county
Z Flood damage and river repairs were
s Importantly beneficial to Walla Walla
e Yakima and Klickitat counties. A tu-
n berculosis sanitorium in Walla Walls
e county and city reservoir work in va.
kima were other outstanding projects
n Flood damage repair and relief II
= flood sufferers a year ago forms al
= outstanding chapter in the relief work
= program. Started under the CWA ant
g continued by the VERA the flood pro
Is gram extended from the Columb1
st river north to the British Columb1
line on the west side of the Cascades
in Yakima county and parts OF tn
Wenatchee valley as we'll as elsewher
:. on the east side Dixie repairs, ban
> revetments and the restoration
stream channels we're features Of th1
IN project. The total cost was more tina
E 81 100000
lg
It. The wide scope of projects useful
81 the public is shown in the folloWln
ed summary of work relief accomplish
tie ments:
ut Airports--11 completed; work dor
on 81 more.
sc Armories-Repairs completed on
m, Dikes-Repairs to bikes, revetment
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