Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1935-08-29
Federal Projects Approved
For Morgan County

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For Morgan County
Congressman Robert T. Secrest
sends this office list of projects
which were approved last Friday in
Washington. A number of these
projects are for short stretches OF
roads in various parts of the coun-
ty, description of which as to exact
location could not be fully obtain
ed. These roads have been graded
and drained by the county, and the
federal funds are for the resurfac-
ing of them. The projects approved
at Washington. follow:
McConnelsville: r C struct
Meigsville township road, federal
fund $631, sponsors contribution,
$500. Construct county highway
Nos. 101 and 102. Federal funds,
$491; sponsors contribution $7S3.
Rebuilding Kennebec hill road. Fed
eral funds S1,897; sponsors con-
tribution $1,0O3 This is to be re-
surfaced with black top.
| Malta: Construct sidewalks on
various streets. Federal funds ST.
'036; sponsors contribution ST.
$50.
Pennsville: Construct 1900 bar
rel fire cistern, at school house. Fed
eral funds s758; sponsors contribu-
tion $342.
Bloom and Bristol townships: Re-
construct various roads. Federal
funds $1,651; sponsors contribu-
ton, $2,735.
Center and Meigsville: Recon-
struction of county highway No.
1882. Federal funds 5000; spon-
sor's contribution 81, AIS.
Deerfield: Reconstruction Of coun-
ty roads. Federal funds 1851;
sponsors contribution s979. Recon-
struction of county highway No. 54-
contribution $50.
Homer: Road construction. Fed
eral funds $1,3SS; sponsors con-
tribution $667.
Manchester and Bristol: Improve
various roads. Federal funds, $3,-
|014; sponsors contribution S1,f17.
There are other projects, no
doubt, from Morgan county, that
have not as yet reached Washing
ton, and will likely be approved at
later date.
Tuesday evening Mr.. Hoffman,,
local relief director, and L. c. Glib
son, director of district No. 4, which
includes Morgan county, addressed
a representative group of citizens
made up of county, township, and
| corporation officials, civic organiza-
| tions and interested citizens in gen.
eral The meeting was in the court
room The speakers explained how
| the FWA is to absorb the FERA.
The object is to take all employahies
who have been on relief through
the FERA and place them on worth
while work projects-in other words
work and not dOles. In order to do
| this there must be projects, which
are to be financed at approximately
the ratio of 70 percent federal mon
ey to 80 percent from the spon-
sors of the projects. The speakers
stated that the government would
send approximately 100000 into
this county to assist in the financ-
ing of projects which will absorb
the $50 workables now on relief.
They insisted that the projects be
worth while-projects which COM
munities without the federal aid
could not we'll afford to do of
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projects suggested were such as fed
eral aid on highways, streets, play
grounds, elimination of grade cross
ings, etc. No project costing more
than 1000, will be accepted.
These projects will be allocated to
counties as per employables, and
they are to be sponsored by such
governmental agencies as trustees,
boards of education, and village
and county officials. The price to
be paid for unskilled laborers will
be $40 per month, of about 13O
hours. While these projects will
cost communities small amount,
the speakers pointed out that the
cost would not be any more than the
cost Of giving relief would be were
there no projects. They stated that
it was hoped that by the middle OF
October all workables would be on
projects; that Oct. 81 was the dead
line, and if at that time there were
still men out Of employment, and
on relief, they would be turned back
to their local subdivisions to be car
ed for.
Those having projects in mind,
the speakers suggested, should pre-
sent them to Max Ross at the local
FERA office.