The Redwood gazette., 1935-09-12
6 ADDITIONS TO
COUNTY COLONY
IN WPA REQUEST
$461,263.14 Total Cost OF
Projects Submitted
Before Deadline

Eleven pfOJocLS submitted IOf
WPA consideration before the
deadline Saturday brought the to-
tai amount requested for Redwood
county to $461 ,263.14 of which the
federal government is asked TO
spend S403,263 toward relieving
any unemployment situation which
may develop while the local. units
appropriate $58,056.14
Most of the projects have been
approved at ST. Paul and some are
understood to have been passed on
favorably at Washington, al
though George Matson, area en-
gineer, has received no official no.
tification of the latter.
The projects submitted, if ap-
proved, will give 651 men work Tor
one year at a cost of $7O8.54 per
man, of which $619.36 is to be
paid from federal funds and $685.
Is by local units.
Most interesting of the new pro-
jects is one to enlarge the colony
of county houses near the county
home. The county proposes to
pay $1,65O if the federal govern
ment will furnish $4,680 TO build
six more small places. Once built
the homes are tax free and the
county is relieved of paying rent
for families it is called upon to
support and may even collect a
small rental when the families
have work.
Two much larger projects would
improve county roads at a cost to
the county in one case of $18,660
and in the other of $12,540 while
the federal government is asked to
put up $93,875 and $72,45O. In a
third road project, the government
is asked to spend $10,84O for
clearing away brush and weeds
along county highways.
Other projects :indexing school
equipment at Wanda, federal $27O;
painting Seaforth school, local $40,
federal $500; Clements curbs and
cutters, local $948 and federal
$1,275; indexing clerks records
(Redwood Falls) federal $54O;
graveling Redwood Falls streets,
local $3.50 and federal $9,O55;
painting Redwood Falls city hall,
local $500 and federal $3.50 and
building coal bin at county Jail
$192.58, local and $1,155, federal.
The county recreational project
previously submitted will not be
approved as this work will be
handled as a statewide project
with local and district leaders
under the direction of F. B. An
dreen, former superintendent Of
New Ulm schools.
Among projects approved at
state headquarters are:
Redwood County
Lamberton-school building re-
pairs, federal funds $3.50, spon-
sor SITS. County-wide-graveling
project, federal funds $78,328,
sponsor $7,210; construction 64-
foot bridge. federal funds $12,192,
sponsor $2,584. Redwood Falls
taking traffic census on state-aid
roads, federal funds 5000; cut
OOWu I'LL anu terrace Co provide
open-air amphitheatre to lake
shore, federal funds 1884; con-
struct bridge, federal funds $5,325,
sponsor SLIPS; cleaning county
bitches, federal funds $38, 200.
Morgan-construct curb and gut
ter, federal funds $1,57O, sponsor
$508. Belview-building under
ground coal bin, grade lawn of
school building, federal funds ST.
44O, sponsor $156.
Renville County
Morton-sewing project, federal
funds $5,308. Sacred Heart-sew-
ing project, federal funds $7,3O8.
Countrywide ditch repair, federal
funds 5000, sponsor $1,873; con-
struct and operate skating rink,
federal funds $1,000. Franklin
construct new roads, federal funds
$1,833, sponsor $627; sewing pro-
ject. federal funds $2,958. Olivia
repairing county and state aid
roads, federal funds $5,686, spon-
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