Evening star., 1935-02-17
NEED Of VIRGINIA
IN PUBLIC WORKS
NEARS500,0DO,0OO
Inventory of Old Dominion
to Be Made to Capital
This Month.
QUARTER OF BILLION
INVOLVED IN ROADS
Conservation and Development
Commission Has Program
for $1oo,OOo,OoO.
BY HEYWOOD BELL,
Associated Press Staff Writer.

RICHMOND, Va, February 10.
When the new inventory of Vir-
ginia public works needs is sent to
Washington, probably the last week
in February, it will show the Old Do
minion and its political subdivisions
need projects costing nearly half a
billion dollars.
The Virginia Public Works Admin
istration, swamped with answers to
the inventory questionnaires sent out
with the advent of the Federal ad-
ministration's proposal for new
$4,000, 100000 public works program.
today would not hazard an official
estimate of the costs attached to
projects listed as needed.
However, a program worked out by
the State Highway Department has
been reported to involve cost ap-
preaching a quarter Of a billion dol
lars.
Has $100,000,000 Program.
The State Conservation and De-
velopment Commission has program
that would cost nearly one hundred
million dollars.
0tlil OtllcI plOSi dillS dlC W SOiilC
from the State Health Department
and other agencies of the State gov
ernment.
In addition to these the cities,
towns and counties of the State have
submitted works programs running
into many millions.
Two days before the February II
deadline set by the State P. w. A. for
the return of the questionnaires $50
projects with an estimated cost Of
$28, 100000 had been filed with the
State administration, headed by Col
James A. Anderson, by some of the
institutions, and these did not include
the projects listed as needed in the
inventories of several Of the larger
cities of the State.
Col. Anderson and his staff today
praised the cooperation given the
administration by the local officials.
Virtually all of the questionnaires
were returned by February IL, momen-
tarily swamping the staff, but en-
abling them to get of to flying start
on the final report. due in Washing
ton by the first of March.
"And it will be there" said Col.
Anderson.
It has been pointed out that the
projects listed are those needed by the
State and its localities, and they will
be thoroughly investigated before they
are finally acted upon as the subjects
Of Federal aid.
Jobs for 10000 Seen.
How many people such program
would put to work was not esti-
mated by the State administration,
but a previous Planning Board sur
vey had asserted that 10000 men
could be used in bringing Virginia's
public works activity up to the stand
ard of other State and municipal
activity.
The projects include utilities,
streets, highways, bridges, buildings,
recreational facilities. shipping and
terminal facilities and other miscel-
laneous items, such as irrigation,
drainage, flood protection and control,
reforestation, soil erosion and fish
hatcheries.
Otner virginia deaouncS.
PROVIDENCE FORGE.-Dr. Lyon
q. Tyler, 81, son of the tenth Presi-
dent Of the United States, and presi-
dent emeritus of the College of Will
liam and Mary, died at his country
home in Charles City County after a
pneumonia illness of month.
RICHMOND - Representatives of
100000 members of American
churches in America having Presby-
terian form Of government gathered
here in the Western Section Congress
OF the World Alliance of Churches
with the Presbyterian section. They
are planning for the world congress
to be held in Montreal in 1887.
FORT EUSTIS.-The Fort Eustis
transient camp Is under indefinite
quarantine" slapped upon it by the
Virginia State Health Department
after the outbreak of three new cases
Of spinal meningitis the day after
previous quarantine for the same
disease was lifted.
BRISTOL.-Better economic con-
ditions are reflected in the report of
the Virginia Baptist General Asso-
citation, meeting here, showing re-
ceipts of $445,6l6.18, or $25,000 more
than last year.
RICHMOND. i Maj. Frank p.
Evans. Virginia Industrial Commits
sion statistician, reports factory en-
ployment in Virginia is back to 1929
levels. His report says factory en-
ployment now has reached 10000
"as many as were employed in the
last hmm vear"